Fifth Annual Report, October 19th, 1902 . satiable desire for the mighty dol-lar, the intense competition betsveeu menof labor, and unless one is not fitted in-tellectuallj- he would be trodden underthe feet of his rivals, Mr. Shepard en-rolled himself as a student of the Massa-chusetts College of Agriculture. At college, he was dependent uponhimself, worked hard, not caring thekind of work as long as it afforded himthe opportunity of being independent andself-reliant. Being troubled with his eye-sight, he left college in his third year,and became gardener at Worcester School,in Oakdale. His s
Fifth Annual Report, October 19th, 1902 . satiable desire for the mighty dol-lar, the intense competition betsveeu menof labor, and unless one is not fitted in-tellectuallj- he would be trodden underthe feet of his rivals, Mr. Shepard en-rolled himself as a student of the Massa-chusetts College of Agriculture. At college, he was dependent uponhimself, worked hard, not caring thekind of work as long as it afforded himthe opportunity of being independent andself-reliant. Being troubled with his eye-sight, he left college in his third year,and became gardener at Worcester School,in Oakdale. His stay was shortened onaccount of the large opening in flower-culture, in which he and a schoolmatemade it their business. At his first realization of few dollars, be went back to college and finished hiscourse. Mr. Shepard was made assistant in horticulture at the Maine ExperimentStation, and also assistant in agriculture in the same place. These positions heresigned to become professor of agriculture in the National Farm School. Iv. A. Mr. Lucius j. Shepard. 28 COMMENCEMENT School Graduates—Its Second Class. The fine spring weather was an incentive to a large number?of the National Farm Schools friends to attend the graduationexercises of the second class to complete its studies at this institu-tion, and the special train which left the Reading Terminal at oneoclock was filled with a goodly number of officials and othersinterested in the work of the school. The commencement exercises were held on the grounds of theFarm School near Doylestown. After a musical selection by anorchestra under the direction of Mr. Harry Herzberg, the invoca-tion was given by the Rev. Oscar Brown Hawes, of the UnitarianChurch, Germantown. Dr. Krauskopf delivered the introductory address, in the courseof which he said: PRESIDENT KRAUSKOPPS INTRODUCTORY ADDRESS. It was a proud day, a year ago, when we welcomed you to thefirst graduation of the National Farm School, but far more epochalin
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