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good reasons for students coming to the College for their in- 
struction, there are also good reasons for the College going to 
the people; and more especially when the College olfers instruc- 
tion in subjects pertaining to the vocations of life. 
That people may be taught in many of the subjects of the 
school and college curriculum through correspondence study is 
a demonstrated fact, and while the method lacks some of the 
advantages of resident study, it has certain advantages of its 
own. Among other things, it has a tendency to encourage self- 
reliance and self-determination. It affords earnest persons the 
opportunity of working and studying at the same time, and 
each student gets individual instruction. On the other hand, ad- 
vanced subjects requiring extensive laboratory equipment are at 
a disadvantge as the manipulation of laboratory apparatus may 
not be taught by correspondence. 
The specific classes of persons that correspondence study is 
designed to benefit may be enumerated as follows : 
1. Those who want to learn but who are prevented from 
attending the College by exigencies of employment or place of 
living. 
2. Those who find new demands made upon them by the 
progress of the industry in which they are engaged. 
3. Those who are engaged in manual employments and who 
wish some mental activity to occupy their leisure hours. 
Plan and Scope. 
It is proposed that the College offer through correspondence 
study the following subjects: Soils and Crops, Plant Life, 
Poultry Husbandry, Domestic Science, Zoology. 
The grade of instruction m these subjects will be in accord- 
ance with the ability and attainments of the students. Students 
taking any subject by correspondence shall be not less than 
fifteen years of age and shall not at the time of taking the 
course be in attendance at school. 
Instruction in the subjects mentioned will be given by written 
lessons or assignments, the student returning a written report 
on each lesson or assignment according to the direction of the 
professor in charge. These reports will be carefully examined 
and returned to the student with such corrections, explanations, 
or suggestions as may be in the interests of the student. If each 
report meets the required standard, a new lesson or assignment 
will be sent. 
A subject consists of weekly assignments and each assign- 
ment may contain one or more lessons. The course of instruc- 
tion will terminate with the close of schools in June. No pre- 
liminary examination will be required, but students must satisfy 
those in charge of the course that they can read and write Eng- 
