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quired for such graduation without detriment to the vocational 

 training in his agricultural course, he, too, should find wide open 

 before him a door of opportunity commensurate with his ambi- 

 tion and his natural powers. 



More and more, agricultural science is bound to be recognized 

 in units of credit for meeting college entrance requirements ; 

 certainly for meeting the requirements for admission to col- 

 leges of agriculture. 



It must be evident, in short, that the agricultural departments 

 in high schools herein proposed would throw open to boys from 

 the farms not limited opportunities only, but opportunities for 

 the most advanced agricultural education of which they might 

 be capable and to which they might aspire. The fact that firm 

 footing for their feet would be found at the outset through the 

 immediate application of their science instruction in their home 

 farm projects, would certainly be no detriment. 



Avoidance of Undue Delay. The establishment of agri- 

 cultural departments in existing high schools could not be ac- 

 complished over night. Their success would depend upon 

 picked men for teachers ; and the selection of such men, or their 

 training, would require time and attention. Some time would 

 be required, also, for enabling the local advisory committee in 

 consultation with the State authorities to outline the course 

 of training best suited to meet the needs of the farm boys in 

 any given locality. Certain special agricultural class-room 

 facilities and equipment would require some time for prepara- 

 tion. 



But the time necessary for the establishment of such depart- 

 ments would be comparatively brief. In one, two or three 

 years it should be possible to have a reasonable number of such 

 departments actively at work, and reaching most of the farm 

 boys in this State who need this form of agricultural education. 

 Conclusion. Chief stress in this chapter has been laid on 

 the need of agricultural departments in existing high schools, 

 and the service they might be expected to render. It is recog- 

 nized that a new and untried method of instruction is proposed 

 in this report. There have been certain approximations to both 

 the separate agricultural school and the agricultural department 



