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sion of the agricultural colleges to infuse learning into these 

 lifeless towns. It may not be in a particular way, it may 

 not always be in a definite specific line, — but here is a 

 young man who has been in an agricultural college, he has 

 a taste for investigation, his surroundings take him back to 

 his own home ; but his eyes have been opened, his intellect- 

 ual horizon has been broadened, and he goes back to the 

 old town to be a new light and power there. I was glad 

 when the lecturer of the afternoon referred to the fact that 

 the student of the agricultural college will find a work ; a 

 preparation in him is being made to make a New England 

 home sweeter and more beautiful, to make the influence of 

 the New England citizen stronger and more helpful, and to 

 do for New England and the States of New England that 

 which could not be done were it not for the agricultural col- 

 lege. I plead, ladies and gentlemen, for the interests of a 

 broad culture. I believe in developing, so fai^as possible, 

 the entire man. I would not keep him in one narrow way. 

 I believe a young man should know something about every- 

 thing and everything about something ; and it is this work 

 that it seems to me the agricultural colleges are doing, — 

 broadening the minds of the students and preparing them to 

 do useful work, and, if they are called to go back to their 

 New England homes, preparing them for useful work there 

 in the community in which they may live and to be a bless- 

 ing to their day and generation. 



Now, as I said, I do not think it is wise for us to decry 

 those who may not be working in the same lines in which 

 we are working. Other forms of education and instruction 

 have given us men of whom we are proud. One of these is 

 the president of the Massachusetts Agricultural College, and 

 some of them are found in similar places in other institu- 

 tions. We are glad of them, are we not? If the ambition 

 of any young man in an agricultural college is stimulated 

 to take a wider field and to prepare for a broader influence 

 than that which he had in view when he entered the insti- 

 tution, I for one say God be praised, and may the light 

 kindled in that heart and soul be so bright that it shall 

 kindle a light in many other hearts and souls. 



The Chairman. Dr. Jordan would like just a moment. 



