Twenty-seven members of the senior class of the National Farm School, Bucks County, Pa., today completed the school’s three-year course and will soon leave for posts as experts on food production. They received their diplomas at the institution’s 43rd annual commencement.
Dr. John A. Lester, of Doylestown, Pa., executive secretary of the Friends Council on Education, was the principal speaker at the exercises, which were held in the Louchheim Auditorium and attended by hundreds of neighboring townspeople. Dr. Lester, who has visited and studied school systems in many European countries, including Soviet Russia, stressed the value of the Farm School’s unique program of teaching, which combines theory with practical experience.
Dr. Harold B. Allen, president, emphasized that Farm School students make their contribution to the nation’s food supply even while training. “Last year,” he said, “students at the National Farm School produced on our 1,000 acres, 800,000 pounds of milk, over 600,000 eggs, 8,000 pounds of butter, 10,000 bushels of potatoes and 4,000 bushels of apples.” Simultaneously, Dr. Allen announced that the School would be host to 100 high school boys from Philadelphia during the coming Easter vacation for intensive training as farm helpers so they may spend their summer vacations working on the land.
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