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STOCKBRIDGE SCHOOL 



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STOCKBRIDGE is more than a 

 name for the two-year course in 

 vocational agricuhure at our uni- 

 versity ... it represents a radical 

 thought in the philosophy of educa- 

 tion. 



When our state legislators on May 

 14, 1918, passed a resolution to es- 

 tablish a two-year course in practical 

 agriculture at "Mass. Aggie," they 

 were looking further ahead than they 

 realized. 



This unique course is "open to 

 any student who is seventeen years 

 old or over and who has completed a 

 secondary school course or its equiva- 

 lent." 



Specific Need in Education 



What caused the Legislature to 

 enact this fortunate piece of legis- 



lation? At the time of the resolu- 

 tion the first World War was coming 

 to an end, and agriculture was 

 booming. The war, of course, had 

 created a need for trained men. but 

 most of the graduates of agricultural 

 colleges, although in fields related 

 to agriculture, were not interested 

 in becoming "dirt farmers." With 

 few high schools offering courses in 

 agriculture, many country boys lack- 

 ing the opportunity for agricultural 

 training and interested in return- 

 ing to their home farms welcomed 

 the two-year course that would open 

 to them new vistas in scientific farm- 

 ing. It was for such people as these 

 in particular that The Stockbridge 

 School was founded. 



After the college faculty survived 

 the initial shock of having to absorb 

 two or three hundred veterans, the 

 two-year program was well under- 

 way. 



City Boys Attracted 



More than 75 percent of the stu- 

 dents have come from larger cities 

 and towns of the State, not the 

 farms. They are generally high 

 school graduates with a general 

 course diploma, and are not pre- 

 pared for the four-year degree pro- 

 gram. 



Levi Stockbridge Honored 



When the program, called the 

 Two-Year Short Course in Practical 



