32 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Question. How far advanced must a boy be before he can 

 enter the college ? 



Prof. Febnald. He must be able to pass a satisfactory exam- 

 ination in arithmetic, grammar, comparison and 'analysis, and 

 especially we examine in false syntax and punctuation and the use 

 of capitals, in geography, the history of the United States, and 

 algebra to quadratic equations. Young men meeting these 

 requirements are generally admitted. 



President Allen. In relation to the question of expense I may 

 say that thirty-eight weeks board at $3 per week amounts to 

 sll4, to which about a dollar a week should be added for fuel, 

 lights, washing and incidentals. To offset this we furnish work 

 when we can, up to three hours a day, for which eight to ten cents 

 per hour is paid. But at some seasons, as we are now situated, 

 without workshops, we have no work to be done which would be 

 remunerative. And there is a class of work for which we do not pay. 

 For instance, the junior class goes out to take levels or to survey 

 a railroad from the college to the village. They come back with 

 their figures, and estimate how much excavation and how much 

 filling up are needed— to a yard— and so of other details of the 

 work, but we do not pay them for it. They get what is better 

 than money in the instruction which they receive. Labor which 

 is solely educational we do not pay for. 



Sec. Goodale. The question was asked how long a time was 

 necessary for a boy to be at college to obtain the necessary infor- 

 mation to prepare him for the business of life. Perhaps the 

 question has been sufficiently answered, but it may not be unin- 

 structive to draw attention to it. Unless I am much mistaken, it 

 is a very small part of the business of an educational institution 

 like the college we are discussing to impart information. Its 

 purpose is rather to educate ; and what is education, and how 

 does it differ from the imparting of knowledge ? Look at the 

 derivation of the word educere— to draw out, to lead forth ; educa- 

 tion means more than obtaining knowledge ; it includes the 

 development and training of the faculties, so that they may be 

 able to accomplish fully all which they are capable of doing. To 

 be sure, a boy goes to college and comes home better informed 

 than when he went, but the information obtained is mainly inci- 

 dental and not the prime object for which he went. If he has 

 gained nothing by going except knowledge, if he comes home no 

 more of a man than he went, if his mental powers have not grown, 



