Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 259, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 November 1911 — First Year Stud nts—Purdue School of Agriculture [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

First Year Stud nts —Purdue School of Agriculture

The freshman class in agriculture at Purdue this year Is the largest in the history of the school. One hundred and thirty-three young men enrolled during September for the regular fouryear course. This is a2O per cent. Ipcrease over the class last year. The records show that a number of these* men have taken one or more years academic work in some of the secondary schools of the state. This is a significant fact, because it shows

that thinking young men in Indiana are beginning to realize v t6e value of an agricultural course whqn compared with the other college conrses. They see the opportunities that the farm offers and they have come to Pufdue to learn the how and the why in agriculture. The class as a whole is a fine' lot of fellows who with four years' training will represent a strong factor in Indiana agriculture.