Iowa State University - Bomb Yearbook (Ames, IA)

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Ciba resihents Message E. Stanton hgwatchman. tell us ot the night . Xvhat the signs ot promlse are. Never in the history ot this institution has the future given it hrlghter promise. The College ls just coming into its own. up The need ot Science in Agriculture is just heginning to he appreciated. Hitherto Iowa 'farmers have lived largely oft- the hounty ot nature. Their monetary in- vestment was small. and lndigerent tillage gave ahundant returns. Lately, however, Iowa tarms have hecome costly industrial plants are ex- pected to pay dividend on the large capitalization they represent. This can he done only hy the employment of science and scientific methods. Scientific Agricultural education is hecomlng a necessity. The state is awakening. too to the tact that it can hecome a NGreater Iowan only as manufacturing is joined to farming. The state has natural resources: it can ohtain power. It needs an intelligent industrial population with trained leaders. Its mechanical industries are on the eve of a surprising develop- ment. The men who are interested therein are loolcing to the College tor research worlt, advice, direction and leadership. C35 The home maker is aslclng science to help her. The people, everywhere. are demanding that the land grant colleges develop strong courses in household economics. Such departments are an integral part ot the industrial educational scheme. The demand tor their development increase. . The foregoing shows that economic conditions are exceedingly tavorahle to the huilding up of Ames. The College has the confidence ot the state. It has always heen true to its appointed missiong it has never gone outside its province: it has heen content to tie itself to industry. In its held it has acquired a nation wide. and even a world-wide reputation. Iowa is proud ot its worlc, and safeguard and advance its interests. The College is well manned and well equipped. It is adding to its huildings. improving its campus. and strengthening its departments. Its en- rollment shows a decided increase: its faculty and student hody are worlc- ing together in the hnest possihle spirit: its scholastic and social standards show a marlced improvement. The College was never in hetter conditfcn, and it never had a hrighter outloolc.

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