Muncie Normal Institute - Arbor Vitae Yearbook (Muncie, IN)

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A1:11'ic111111rz11 f1vpzt1'1111v111 F the llliilif' s11l1-1111111 111-1111111111-111s w11i1-11 are 111 111: f'111111l 111 1111- 31111111111 X111-111111 Institute. 111-1'zga11s1111111- 111-11 11111111-1,1 11111111 witl1 a u'1'eate1'1leg1'ee 111 fllvtbl' than the De11a1't111e11t 111 Au1'i1'11l1111'1-. 'l'l11- u'1'1-:1t 11111'1111s1- 111 this 111-1111r11111-nt is to traii. 11111 young' llltfll and XY01111'1l who h:1v11 1-l111s1111 tllf' 111'11111ssi1111 of t1:1111l1i11u. lllilt they may Q11 111 their 1111111-s as T1'il1'll1'l'S flllij' e1111i1111ed to 111'ES1'11t this s1111-1111111 Sl11l,11'l,'1 to their pupils in il way which shall 11111 only 1111 11111-r11sti11u'. 11111 1l1111i1l1'1l1y I1l'21C- tical as well, For soine t1111e we have l1ez1r1l the t'I'j'. --11211'1.i 11,1 the l111111, wi11111111 fully 1-1-111111112 just what was 11111a11t. Tl11'11'e was a certain Vi1g'l1k111PSN 111 the ex111'-1ssi1:11 which 11111 111111 111 111111111 just how its sim-g.1s1i1111 was 11,1 1111 1'a1'1'i1-11 11111. 111' 115' Wllfllll 'fllv advice was to 111? taken. B111 witl1 11111 1111111111 111 the -Xg1'i1111l1111-111 l'11l11-ues 211111 1111- l21l'tl'1?1' in11'111l1111t11111 111' this 111'11111-11 ot instruction into our Xornial S11l11,1ols. 11111 111198114111 is 1i1e111g' ElIlSXVff'l'13ll. 1Yith too lllilllj' 11111111111 111 the past. 11111 whole siihject of 11g'ri1111l1111-1- has l'1'S1'1lVP11 itself i1i111 tl 111111 r11un1l ot Illilllllill 111111111 coupled with a lack of t'lll11l1't1 and 1'111i1111111e11t. B111 this 1111111 is Viillllllj' 1111i11e' 1'111eu'z1t111l 111 11111 1'1a11kgr1111111l. :11111 111-w1,-1' and better ideas are being' t'l11l?1'1tl1llQll. T0 0119 who has 111111 11111 111111111-t1111ity of 1-oining' into 1lire1 1 1-1111111111 with 11111 111:11-1111111 of the 2'1i'11t!l'21l S1l1J,1t'l'1 111' Ncielltitic Agriculture pI'E'S1f'll1P11 in 11114 3111111-111 Xornial Institute. there is ll vision 111' its 1111ssil11lities which 1'l't'1l1Ps 21 fl'Q'lll12' 111 posi- tive entliusiasin. There are few indeed who have 111111 this a11van1au'e of 111111111111 Nf'N11'lll2l11l' 1IISfl'l1l'Tl0l1 who can Q11 11111-k 111 11111 1111-111 with the old idea that it can o11ly he 111111 daily l'011l11,1. of 11111111 lahor. for they 11111s1 have seen how Illlllfll 111 s11i11111-11 may he profit- ably El'llI1l0j'6L1. not only in 11 way to niakc the work ni-Jre enjoyal1l11, 11111 111 111111111 it niuch l1101'1f 1't'Illlll1t'!'i'l11VV as well. The field of Scientific AQl'1tQ'lllilll't? is so larwc 111 its scope and so V2ll'lPl1 ill its a1111li1'ati1111 as to inake 11111 s1111j111:t one in wl1ic11 the student must give a very 1,'OI1S1d1?1'H11l9 time t-J researcli. and this always nieans a hroadeiiinu' of 11111 i111elle1'-tual activities. The subjects considered ill this course l1ave an inter-relationsliip which, taken togetller. create 11 great s1:i1-11ccg and yet almost anyone of them. spe1'11alize11 upon. will he found to he 111' s1111'i1:i1111t 111111111-1 as to render its fullest l1PV9l11pI11t?I1t a question of considerable time and study. For example: Soil Physics. Plant Diseases. or Live Stock and Dairying are each subjects of such a nature as 111 1-111111111' special study upon any one of 11111111 11111 only very enj11y11.11le. 11111 111-ofitalile as well, if 0119 desires to put his kiiowletlee into actual practice. Tl1e work of 1111s departnieiit under the direction of Professor Quear as instru1,-tor 111 class and labo1'at111'y. and Professor J. R. Steward. Dean of 1l1e D9l121I'1I1lt'llf. has heen most eiiicient. and we 11I'P1111?1 111a1 in the future of the BI11111-111 Nornial Institute. the institution will he as well and favorably known through her Agricultural T1er1artn1ent as throuQ'h any other: and that as the years go by. when tllt? H. N. I. is spoken of one will l1t'2ll' 1l1e t,'XI11'ti'SS1OI1, That is the school which has such 11 splendid Agricultural D9I1H1'1ll19,Ilf.1' L. C. EVANS.

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A-vw., H I NVHI-IRE NYE PROVE Ol'R AGRICL'I.'1'URAI. THEORIES

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