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line of agriculture, that he has a good understanding of 

 both its principles and practice. We are equally sure that 

 every studious graduate has secured a good, liberal educa- 

 tion, which is needed by every young man of enterprise, 

 whatever his future occupation. Such training serves also 

 as an excellent foundation for those desirous of taking up 

 some special line of work, be it teaching, investigating, 

 medicine, or of a mechanical nature. According to Pro- 

 fessor Brooks, from statistics gathered in 1892, of the three 

 hundred and thirteen men who had then been graduated, 

 rather more than one-half were engaged in agriculture or 

 closely allied pursuits. One-sixth of all graduates were 

 employed in agricultural colleges and experiment stations. 

 There were two college presidents, several professors of 

 agriculture and two directors of experiment stations. Most 

 of those not engaged in agriculture were in various lines of 

 business. We find, however, eighteen doctors of medicine, 

 nine lawyers and four clergymen. 



We do not suppose for a moment, however, that all of 

 our graduates will be equally good farmers, or will be 

 equally well educated. As the late President Chadbourne 

 once said, " It depends upon the material you send us, gen- 

 tlemen." All of the chemistry known to man is not able 

 to turn an inferior metal into gold; but if the rough mineral 

 contains the gold, the dross can be removed and the true 

 metal refined and beaut i tied. 



The college, then, is a direct benefit to the farmer in edu- 

 cating his son at a minimum cost; and the young man, if he 

 is made of the right stuff, is in turn a benefit to his father 

 and his neighbors, in the new intelligence and understand- 

 ing which he puts into the various operations of the farm. 

 Even if the graduate docs not engage in agriculture directly, 

 he has a practical understanding of what, fanning is, he has 

 classmates who are farmers, and he will always be ready, 

 both with voice and vote, in aiding them to secure whatever 

 is right and just. 



Gentlemen, the doors of this, the farmers', or better, per- 

 haps, the people's college, are wide open. We ask you to 

 visit the institution and judge for yourselves of its merits; 



