—Lancaster Farming, Saturday September 16, 1961 4 FROM WHERE WE STAND - Education Opportunities Going Begging With elementary and high school students back in the classroom and the college students returning very short ly, we are again hearing of the keen competition for space in the nation’s classrooms. We have been so propagandized with the idea of crowded college class rooms and the difficulty of getting a student enrolled that it comes as some what of a shock to learn that there is one sector of education where enroll ment is actually falling off. It is hard for us to accept the fact that only about half as. many agricul tural degrees were granted throughout the United States in 1958 as in 1950 and apparently the trend is continuing. At the same time agriculture and agin dustry (business directly related to ag riculture) offer 15,000 new jobs per year. According to the latest government estimates, agindustry, in all its ramifi cations is a $lOO billion industry em ploying about 35 per cent of the na tion’s labor force. With this hiring potential it seems that the vast agrico-industry combine would attract youth, especially farm youth who have the background, the heritage and the tradition of agricul ture ture instilled in their veins. Especially does this appear likely with the availability of education to the farm youth. Agriculture forms a large portion of the curriculum offer tog of every land-grant college in ev ery state. With the opportunity for ed ucation so plentiful at reasonable costs one might expect the agriculture col leges to be jammed with rural youth seeking degrees in agriculture. But a look at the records shows al most the opposite happening. A survey (begun in 1948 by the Stanford Re search Institute showed 391,656 stu dents enrolled in land grant colleges that year. Of that total 45,853 or 11.7 per cent were in agricultural courses, in 1959, according to the survey report, total land-grant college enrollment had climbed a little to 411,437 but numbers of agriculture students had dropped to 31,722 or 7.7 per cent of the total. Agri culture degrees granted in 1950 num bered 10,906 and in 1958, the last year of complete records, a 'total of only 5,- 525, barely half the number of eight years previous, were awarded. Of the total college enrollmnt to day, the survey continues, agriculture colleges can claim on’y 15 per cent of the students. In the face of the 15,000 new jobs available in agriculture each year why are there only slightly more than 5,- Rural Youth City Cousins Better Educated Educational opportunities are not being utilized to the fullest by rural Pennsylvania youth. This conclusion has resulted from a study of the activities of more than 2000 high school sophomores begun in 1947 by Roy C. Buck, rur al socioligist of the Agricultural Experiment Station at the Pennsylvania State University. Since much education is parents had spent in school obtainable at “bargain rates' was found related to the a t>y recipients and is general- mount of education of off ly accepted as a primary spring. Also, the occupations means of guiding boys and of the fathers of children had girls into useful lives, this an influence on whether they situation deserves thoughtful remained in school, Dr Buck -•'onsideration, Dr. Buck be reports. iieves Students drop out of high school as often from lack of interest as from lack of abili- ty, he found Part of the problem, he says, seems to be associated with the expecta tions of students’ families and fiends who do not sufficient- fafcaste^Pennf' iy stress the importance of Ph one - Lancaster being educated. Express 4-3017 _ Tack Owen, Editor Farm-1 eared youths were Robert G Campbell. Adcertis.ng aound in the study slightly Director & Business Manager Jess likely than those who D hea Xovem ber 4 loss _ , Published eiery Saturday bv grow up in Villages to contin- Lancaster Farming, Lancaster, Pa ue their formal education be Entered as 2nd class matter at yond high school Fifteen per cent of the boys and 20 per Jov Pa cent of the girls who did not Subscription Rates $3 per sear high school had mtelli- fronts $5 Single copy Pnce gence Quotient scores above Members Pa Xew c paper Publish average «=rs Assoc ation, National Editorial Association The number of years which - . . _. ... 000 college graduates available to em ployers? Why should agmdustry lead ers have to go to the engineering schools, the polytechnic schools and the liberal arts colleges to find the tal ent sorely needed? Why should agindus try have to accept employees with ur ban backgrounds and train them in the complex philosophy of agriculture when there are so many bright young rural people with the philosophy, a part of their nature? Educators are beginning to express deep concern over this apparent reluc tance of rural youth to enroll in agri culture courses.' Many critics of the education sys tem say the schools and colleges have not been teaching agriculture. Other critics maintain the schools and col leges have been teaching farming, but have been neglecting the integral parts of agriculture off the farm. The agindustry or agri-business in terests have been pushing for a wider scope from the educators. In some' in stances agriculture education person nel have been inclined to agree with this view, only to be criticized and re stricted by the school administrations and legislative regulations. In the larger view, the type of cur riculum that agindustry would like to see in the schools and colleges would benefit equally the student who in tends to farm. Mere farm production is an obsolete ideal. Farm production without the functions of processing, packaging, transportation, distribution, merchandising, and financing would render our economy completely help less in short order. Formerly industry took what raw materials is had and produced what finished products it could without much thought of what would be done with the end product. Industry has learned to study the potential market, to analyze the need and to adjust pro duction to meet that need. Agriculture must learn to do this. Indeed agricul ture has learned to do this to some ex tent, but much more in the way of market analysis for farm production must be done. The most valuable crop produced on the farms of America is that vast number of young men and women gra duating from schools and colleges each year. Agriculture has the market for this crop, but the crop must be proces sed properly. Agindustry is hiring edu cated personnel. It is a pity more of the new personnel can not have a farm background. At least that’s how it looks from where we stand. How young people believ- Lancaster Farming Lancaster County’s Own Farm Weekly P O Box 1524 Lancaster, Penna Offices: ed their parents wished them to be employed made a dif ference in how long boys and girls remained in school, he found At the same time, the young people claimed occu pational aspirations beyond those thought to be entertain ed by their parents. TOYS FOR LEARNING Children need various kinds of toys to help in their all-around development, says Mrs Marguerite Duvall, a Penn State child develop ment extension specialist. Push and pull or wheel toys help develop muscles and co ordination Games and puz zles help them figure out how things go together and help them learn skills Cray ons, paints, and clay help children develop their crea tive talents and express their feelings PERMIT NEEDED Sometimes farm ponds re quire draining to seal leaks, remove excess weed growths or to get rid of undesirable fish populations Robert G Wingard, extensions wildlife management specialist at Penn State reminds pond owners to get a permit be fore starting any draining operations Permits can be obtained Pom the Pennsyl vania Fish Commission, in Harrisburg, or from the Co unty Fish Commission rep resentative. Worker with people Not all friendly men make g 0 pastors; but a good pasku be a good friend, as he must Bible Material* 2 Corinthians 2 12-13: a good man. He needs to be svi •7 0, 13, 14, 86, 16. 23, 12 18. Galatians ... wlth th , 2 1-3, 2 Timothy 4.10, Titus painetic wun xne people ox i Devotional Readme. Titus 2:1-14. church and community, but so many of our friends the past will never be quite satisfied J us For his high and difficult s is to produce better Christians, help every one he knows to H Pastors Needed Lesson (or September ' come a Christian, if not one XTO OTHER religion but Chris- ready, and to be a better Chu stl iNtianity has anything like a castor Thev have monks onests begun. He is a kind of garden pastor, iney nave monies priests. f and that a haid , •‘hdy men." beggars. of garden to care for than orch, preachers: but no pastors. When Tltus must have had tact, bee, the Christian religion began, there Faul used hlm s 0 often a 8 was no precedent for pastors. No- ble . shooter; he had sympathy , body drew up a other ChrlstianS) we diagram of church into church fi g organization and d ar | umel f ts- The good the pastor into- identifles hlMseU in his «offlci’* Pa {ftry r with those with whom an(i i omce va e y wbom be WO rks,—he takes u s We ar6 ~ but dO6S not leaVe US e , ? . . we are. This, we remember, w enceWthe church way of desus, ] grew. Certain men proved to be indis pensable doing the kind o t thing, that pastors do, and so the pastor began to be a long-lived institu tion. A man first A good pastor Is a man first. leaders. In Louisville, Kentud You can’t take a misfit and make there is a congregation which a pastor out of him. There is no many years had as its pastor other occupation in the world like bank president, who declined it, there is no other that calls for take any salary from his cong so many different kinds of skills, gation. But however it's doi We have a picture in the New such a leader is always needi Testament—you might say a set There aren’t nearly enough, of snap-shots rather than a full- The best service a church c length movie—of a young man render to the world Is to produ developing into a pastor: namely young men who wiH volunteer: Titus, a close friend of Paul. He the Christian ministry, especia traveled with Paul around the rim as pastors But how is this don of Asia, as a missionary; but he The experience of Titus gives was much more than an ordinary a hint Paul took this young m traveling companion. Paul was a with him, he drafted him, so Jew and Titus a Greek, yet Paul speak, into the service of Chr was extremely fond of him and and the church. It is quite tn depended on him no little He as Christians are aware, that or writes in one place that his mind the Holy Spirit can call a man could have no rest, because Titus the ministry But God’s call ofl was not there. Titus was his sec- reaches men, as It reached Tit ond self; if Paul could not reach through the suggestion, help a a church, he would send Titus in example of older Christians w his place. This was not merely are God’s messengers to the you formal, so that Paul would be and undecided Does your chm "represented;*’ Titus was sent encourage its young people to into some pretty troublesome ten for the call of God? and ticklish situations, but always * . , , " ’ . • (Based on outline* copyrlehted made good. He could operate m the Division of Christian Educall • (am a. nn too Vi,m National Council of the Churches a team or on his own. we see mm Christ in the U. S. A. Released as a young man (so young that Community Press Service.) Now Is The Titne ♦ ♦ * BY MAX SMITH TO NOTE TOBACCO SEED HARVEST Local tobacco growers who keep their ow seed for next year should bear two impo tant things in mind: (1) Seed should n< be saved from plants that were spraje with MH-30 for sucker Control. (2) See should not be saved from the two ne varieties released earlier this year, nam ly, Pennleaf 1 and Pennbell 69; these ai hybrid varieties and crops from any see saved will have a very indefinite future MAX SMITH TO PRACTICE CAREFUL PASTURE MANAGEMENT Many dairymen utilize temporary pasture crops in the fa or graze the third cutting of alfalfa; these fresh forag crops have caused off-flavor in the milk flow if the milki' 1 herd is left on the area until milking time; as in the earl spring, it is suggested that the cows be removed from t* l area three to four hours before milking time. This is ah true of lush growths of cover crops and winter grams TO UTILIZE FORAGE TESTING—OnIy a small percentag of local dairy and livestock producers have used the fo rag testing service. As we plan for the fall and winter feedm program, it might be very helpful to check the feeding ' a ue of the silage and hay as a basis for developing the g ral feeding ration Herd owners with quality hay can sa\e lars on lower gram feed costs. Test boxes are available 8 the Agricultural Extension Office, TO PREVENT RODENT HOUSING—FaII will soon be bcr when field mice and rats will be migrating into the f arll buildings If they cannot locate suitable nesting boring places, the rodent population will be lowered farmers are urged to clean up dumps, wood piles, and P la es where they can hide; Many stone piles, stone walls, dations of all buildings and, etc are places for them to aad re-produce Efforts to eliminate netsing places will duce the losses from thes creatures. Paul'called him "my child’’) J a firm character, with high uj e J a reliable, dependable man, a J leader of men. Other things be] equal, the better the man, the b ter pastor he will be. , 1961 Help wanted! The church of Christ has alwi had officers and leaders, from t ffrst. But the church came fli the officers and' leaders grew < of the needs of the Christian co munity. No church-full of peoi really gets on very well withe
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