43G STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



you can take will be loo loiiji. My idea of a j)roi)aiation for life's work 

 is lliat wliicli prepares for eternity. lam i»rei»:irin<^ to live forever." 



The sloiy illnslrates the fad that there is a feelinjj^ ainonci: yonnpj men 

 that they must l»e;;in to earn money at a very early a<;e, and that they 

 do not understand that the best kind of preparatiou enables them to do 

 in after life what they have to do with jjreater ease and with more 

 satisfactit)n to themselves; and (hat Ihey are eaiiaVile of doinij a jjreater 

 amount of piod in the world durin<x Iheir aelive period. In other words 

 their ideas are selfish. The benefit to the world at large is entirely 

 foreign to their idea of things. 



To make the rei)resentative farmer what n'pi"<'i^'''itntive men in other 

 oecui)alions are, he needs the san\e ])re])ara1ion and the same wealth of 

 mind or mental strenirth. To get this it requires a foundation, years 

 of mental exercise and growth. 



It seems to me that as graduates of this Collet'e. we should all be 

 interested in its future, its prosperity, and the nualitv and ifumber of 

 its irraduates. We should also be loyal to the institution, to its faculty, 

 and to the board. 



I believe in giving the faculty of the College the entire management 

 of the course of study and tbe methods and manner of teaching various 

 sul)jects, holding them res])ousible only for results in the education of 

 the pupils, and standing by them in everything that they do unless 

 results are defective. 



The same with the Board, what they do is expected to be for the best 

 interests of the College. We may not always understand, but if the 

 resuUs of their managemnt are all that they should be, we should stand 

 bv them in evervthing. 



The College today is strong, strong in all its departments, and 

 the president and his facu.lty are doing all that any man or body of men 

 can do to keep it so, and to make it a great factor in the agriculture of 

 this country. 



Young men and women from every part of the State, from various 

 states in the Union, and from different nations in the w'orld, are coming 

 in flocks every year, for the benefit to be derived from contact with its 

 professors, and the inspiration from the atmosi)here of the institution. 



Seeing the results to be what they are, all of us should do what we 

 can, by our influence in the part of the country in which we live, to 

 secure a healthful feeling where it may not exist, and to strengthen the 

 feeling where a good feeling is in the atmosphere. The higher education 

 of farmers' sons and daughters should be encouraged, and a better 

 preparation for admission should be urged upon everj' pupil who seeks 

 admission. 1 know that the professors would rather teach a well pre- 

 pared pupil than one who is poorly ])re]»ared, and I know those best 

 prepared to enter will make the best graduates, and the ablest and most 

 influential members of the society in which they live. 



This being the close of the century, and for the college the close of a 

 well rounded ]ieriod of influence and amount of good done in the world, 

 why not begin the next century by requiring a higher standard for 

 admissions. Taking the lead in this direction will be doing only w'hat 

 the College has done along other lines of work. 



It seems to me that for the ]>resent, at least, the work of the College 

 could l--^ f^ivided into various sections, designated by some appropriate 



