Abstract:
Dr. Evan Pugh, first president of the Agricultural College of Pennsylvania, had great confidence in the power of science and technology to transform agriculture. In a speech presented to the Cumberland Agricultural Society in October 1860, he held that science greatly benefits society. Its progress "impresses results upon the destiny of humanity which are immortal." By producing truth in a sure and reliable fashion, science will help expose frauds and quackery and the deplorable results of "ignorance imposed upon the agricultural community."
Indeed, Dr. Pugh felt that the spirit of his own
age was best characterized by "the daring audacity with
which it seizes upon all ideas and opinions originating in
the past and present, and subjects them to certain recognized
methods of investigation."'
Keywords:
education models, values, commitment
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