1903-04 Volume 28 No 1–5 - Phi Delta Theta Scroll Archive

THE SCROLL. 439E. D. Warfield told of the material progress of that collegeand said:I believe that there is a strong reaction in favor of the college as againstthe university idea. What we are seeking to supply is up to date teachingunder the well proved conditions of small classes, personal oversight, definitecurricula and pronounced moral and religious ideas. Not a shorter course,but a better course. Not as good, a course as a boy will select for himself,but as good as wise teachers can induce him to take. Not even a course forsocial influence or immediate specialization, but for-broad culture and intellectualpower.A legislative investigating committee visited KentuckyState College, March 11. In an informal talk before thiscommittee. President J. K. Patterson said:Durihg the last few years the course of studj' in agriculture at this collegehas been merely nominal, although the last year has brought signs of s. revival.For, want of sufficient patronage, the department has been allowedto droop. As a general rule, when the son of a farmer comes to the collegehe enters the courses tending to one of the liberal professions, believing thatwhen his course is completed he will be in a better position to make money •than if he remained a farmer. To a great extent this feeling is encouragedby the farmers themselves, who fail to realize that the professions are overcrowdedandthejr earning capacity reduced almost to a minimum.The slight revival in the study of scientific agriculture has been helped bySecretary Wilson, of the United States department of agriculture, who hasdone much for the solid interests of the farmers. The opportunities offeredby the government where remunerative positions are open to men of scientificability along agricultural lines have been a stimulus to some, but theyare very few. The capacity to make money seems to be the primary considerationwith the majority of students, while the mental development, whichcomes as a natural result of their studies, is a secondary matter.HELLENIC,The editors of other fraternity journals are requested tooblige by sending three exchange copies to John H. De Witt, 51Cole Building, Nashville, Tenn.; Walter B. Palmer, Bureauof Labor, Washington, D. C, and J. E. Brown, M. D., 2jgEast Town Street, Columbus, Ohio. This request has beforebeen made by circulars, but has been overlooked by some of oureditorial friends.®AX has entered Stanford.K % has entered Baker University, Kansas.2 N entered West Virginia University February 23.A TO has entered Purdue, making the ninth fraternity there.