Arkansas State University - Indian Yearbook (Jonesboro, AR)

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When this volume of the Yearling comes from the press the A. M. College will be celebrating its twentieth anniversary. The Legislature of 190!) established this institution to serve an underprivileged group of our people, those young men and young women, who on account of limited earning capacity and an un- developed system of education, were being denied the advantages of both college and high school. Educational progress has been rapid during the last two decades. Today the A. M. College responds to the diversified demands of one hundred per cent of our people for collegiate training. It offers a curriculum covering the course of the freshman and sophomore years of a university. Our state can advance only through the intelligence of its people. Education directs intelligence and permits us to apply it. Twenty years ago the A. M. College accepted the challenge of the people of Arkansas for service. The everchanging demand in character and quality results in more and better educational service. It is our hope and constant endeavor that the young people who leave the A. M. College to enter the lists in the battle of life may be prepared to successfully meet these everchanging demands of society. - V. C. KAYS.