No. 4.] AGRICULTURAL COLLEGES. T6 



was drawn between investigation and instruction is one 

 which I think was exceedingly pertinent, but the two must 

 go hand in hand. We investigate in order that we may 

 teach the better, and we teach in order that we may know 

 what and how to investigate. They go together, and the 

 double cord is not easily broken. 



The address is now before you, and we shall be glad to 

 have any one speak. One of our old instructors, one of our 

 pioneers in agricultural education, is here to-day, and we 

 hope we shall hear from Professor Stockbridge. 



Prof. Levi Stockbridge (of Amherst). I have listened 

 with delight and with instruction to these nuggets of truth 

 from the lecturer. I feel that I can indorse almost every word 

 that has been uttered, and I hope you young people will 

 learn wisdom from what has been said. I had not the remotest 

 idea that I was to have any part in these exercises ; I did not 

 know that I was spotted for anything until a suspicion went 

 over me when I walked up this aisle this afternoon. You 

 may be perfectly satisfied that I am not so egotistical as to 

 think I can add anything to what has been said. 



This address, as I understand it, was on the mission of the 

 agricultural colleges. How simply it has been answered ! 

 Thank the Lord that the lecturer has answered it so that no 

 man can improve upon it. He answered it when he read a 

 portion of the law of 1862. That is one of the nuggets I 

 am speaking of. What is the object? It is to give to the 

 farmers and mechanics of this country the same training and 

 the same culture and the same fitting for all the duties of 

 American citizenship as is given to the lawyer, to the doctor 

 or to the clergyman. It was the object of the act to give to 

 the farmers of this country the same culture, the same power 

 of thought in their line of duty as is given to the others. Is 

 not that simple? You cannot make it anymore poignant 

 than that. I found the lecturer w r as making a complaint be- 

 cause our agricultural colleges were not full of agricultural 

 students who, after completing their education, return to the 

 farm. My way of looking at it is, — and I went through this 

 mill and was ground out a great many years ago, — that 

 other educated classes have the power and influence in the 

 community. My opinion about this matter is that the primary 



