University of Idaho - Gem of the Mountains Yearbook (Moscow, ID)

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W. D. VINCENT The Commissioner of Education ODAY we are recognizing the value of a college education more than ever before in the pr actical affairs of our country. President Hoover in choos- ing a cabinet, looked wisely toward college men for his advisors. Industries of all kinds are seeking men of high educational standing for the key position all along the line. The professions long since have demanded a well- rounded education as a prime requisite in their entrance conditions. In fact, wherever there is a real service to be performed, be it public or private, we as a nation are demanding trained workers. So it is that a college seatpipatide is no longer a luxury—it has become a necessity. The inexorable law of supply and demand has forced upon us rather suddenly the need for more college graduates. A few years back some people were prone to look upon college attendance as a fad indulged i in by the wealthy and overly ambitious, but not so now. Public service, industry and professions are demanding a higher and still higher type of educational attainment. Idaho has given rather generously of her wealth to prov ide a University wherein her youth may be trained for this larger service, and you, the students, are to be in demand in just the proportion that you take adv antage of your opportunities. Page 25