THE BATTALION.
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a position as assistant instructor of veterinary science in the
Iowa college, been appointed to that eliair in the Oklahoma
university, in which young and prosperous institution an
other one of our graduates is regent. Nine are employed as
teachers in their Alma Mater. Many of the most prominent
officers of the state received their training here; and it is a
matter of just pride that we are able to assert that of the hun
dreds of graduates who have gone hence to enter upon their
useful and honorable careers, not one has ever proved a
gambler, a drunkard, or an idler in the great hive of industry.”
With friendly treatment she will continue to grow in influence
and efficiency, and will repay tenfold the benefits bestowed
upon her. T. A. FULLER.
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Technical Education and Citizenship.
“Times change and we change with them.”
Though first written centuries ago this trueism is especially
applicable to our own.age and time. Our present pursuits as
well as ideas reflect the advance in knowledge and improve
ment in methods which have in the present century, almost
revolutionized the civilized world. This is an age of invention,
of progress, of utility, and the demand is for men whose train
ing has qualified them to not only keep pace with the forward
movement in applied science, but to lead and direct—to open
new avenues for human energy. It became apparent years
ago that an education in the older colleges in which the curri
cula were largely composed of the classics, philosophy and
abstract science, did not equip a young man with the proper
information to enable him to design and direct the great
works being undertaken, and that these positions were being
tilled by men whose limited educations had been supplemented
by intelligent practice in the machine shop and the field of
construction.
To provide for the demand there have been founded in all
parts of the country technical institutions in which it is the
intention to educate the mind, the hand at the same time.
In the early history of these institutions when their patronage