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G4 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE 



It is uow seriously proposed to extend huge bus bars across the United 

 States in order to make use of every natural source of power whether it 

 be water, or oil and coal deposits. This power is to be converted into 

 electrical energy and made available at any point in any amount by 

 suitable connections. When this is accomplished, or as fast as it is 

 accomplished, it will change the economic situation generally. There 

 are many technical as well as administrative problems in bringing this 

 about. 



The Engineering Division of tliis College is now preparing options by 

 which a student may prepare to participate in this work — either along 

 technical lines or those of an administrative nature which require tech 

 nical training. 



An increasing number of students are taking advantage of these oppor- 

 tunities, as shown by the size of the Senior class for the last few years. 



Year Seniors No. Graduating 



1012 7 6 



ll)i:i 10 12 



1!>14 U 13 



1015 10 . 9 



lOir. 12 12 



1017 14 14 



1018 6 



1010 4 3 



1020 11 11 



1021 15 16 



1022 18 14 



1023 25 24 



Various inquiries have been made to find out what employers of col- 

 lege graduates want. The characteristics and their relative importance 

 is indicated below — as brought out in a paper by Mr. J. W. Koe printed in 

 "Industiial Management". These results are t^-pical of what other inves- 

 tigators have found. 



Character 41% 



Judgement 17 . 5% 



Efficiency 14.5% 



Understanding of Men 14% 



Knowledge of Fundamentals 7% 



Technique 6% 



All of our men including sonu^ who were not able to graduate have 

 abundant opportunity for fields of usefulness at remunerative work. 



However, it is necessary for us to add to our facilities and make such 

 changes as are necessitated bv new methods and ideas. This last year we 

 have had one graduate student who has spent some of his time maintain- 

 ing a ibroadcasting station. There is evidence that much might be 

 accomplished by the College maintaining a suitable station for dissemina- 

 tion of valuable information — interspersed with entertainment to make 

 it go down. 



