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  16 THE KENTUCKY ALUMNUS y
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  the least interesting of which is the cut showing the magnificent trophies won ‘
 ill by the dairy and live stock team at the National Dairy and Horse Show a few "  
  years ago. The article goes on to state that within the past ten years, the
 il number of students in the College of Agriculture has increased from I7 to 316,
 Il and in the Department of Home Economics from I0 to 63. The article in the
  Country Gentleman is a well deserved recognition of the valuable work now
ii  being done by the College of Agriculture of the State University.
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  WHAT SOME ARE DOING L
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UH GOVERNOR AUGUSTUS OWSLEY STANLEY _ l
 B, Governor Augustus Owsley Stanley is the first Chief Executive of Ken-
  tucky who was a student at State University, although probably fifteen thousand ' `
i ill students have attended the instituion since it has been in existence. Governor Y
 ’  Stanley was born at Shelbyville, Ky., May 21, 1869, and matriculated at the V
 ;   A. & M. College, as the University was then known, in the fall of 1886, coming ¤
  from Gordon’s Academy, near Nicholasville, at which place his father, Rev. `
 ·   William Stanley, resided. In his third year, at the University, Stanley’s father  
 V il; accepted a call to preach at Danville and the future Governor took up his studies
 I   at Centre College in order to be at home. He received the degree of A. B. `
 · lg, there the following year. 3
  Stanley, while at the University, distinguished himself as an orator and as
  a student leader. The vitality and the unconquerable spirit which have placed 2
  him in the Governor’s chair, combined with a sense of humor and a disposition
 [lll to get away from the beaten path, made him a favorite with his fellow students.
{   When the Patterson Literary Society was founded, Stanley was one of the most
  prominent of the organizers and made a stirring speech in favor of his friend
  Sam—now Dr. Samuel M. Stedman——a candidate for president of the society.
{  Needless to say Stedman won. In 1888, Stanley represented State University
,;,1l in the first inter-collegiate oratorical contest.
  President-Emeritus james K. Patterson, who knew Stanley quite well, has
  the following to say of his penchant for oratory:
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{ll,} "He was intensely devoted to the cultivation of oratory, seeming to
  be the only one here then to cultivate it as a fine art. He was a stu-
tl;, dent in Arts here for three years. Through his interest in oratory he
  cultivated a good vocabulary and read good authors. To me it is an
ply].; interesting fact that he never lost an opportunity to speak in public and
  he was generally on the winning side in oratorical contests." 4
  In addition to his other good qualities, Stanley was noted even then for •
lll,} his independence and his loyalty to his friends, many of whom are still inti- Y
  mately connected with him. `
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