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Show OPENING DAY AT STATECOLLEGE U.AC. Attendance, Says President Wldtsoe, Will be 20 Per Cent Over Fcrmer Years In spite of tho fact that tho first year high school work has Been ellm-I ellm-I lr.ated at tho Agricultural Collego, l oay President J. A. Wldtsoe, tho I cxpeiltnco of the first day of regis-I regis-I tratlon Indicates a higher attendance 1 for this year than over before. Ho ! estimates that when registration Is 1 completed that there will bo an ln-ic:ease ln-ic:ease of 20 per cent over the atten-' atten-' dnnco of last year. Thero was a noticeable Increase In tho number of students of collego grades. Past experience ex-perience has shown "that the majority major-ity of collego students have not come In tho first day or two, but have lingered ling-ered at their work on tho farms and elsowhoro In tho attempt to make ov-ory ov-ory day count. Notwithstanding, a much larger number applied for registration reg-istration than over boforo on U10 opening op-ening day. Graduates of tho high schools of tho state flowed in In large numbers. Especially was tho registration regis-tration high In agriculture, agricultural agricultur-al engineering, and home economics. On tho morning of tho second day, when this Information was given out, students were thronging tho hallways and tho various rooms whero registration regis-tration Is being carried on. Members of tho faculty are very busy aiding students In tho preliminaries of registration. reg-istration. Whllo It Is too" early to an-nounco an-nounco anything doflnlto as to figures yet tho prospects nro bright for the biggest year in tho history of the in-ttltutlon. |