*_—______1 These men without exception characterized the training program at this institution as a significant forward step among the technical educational institutions of the nation. The plan at Polytechnic to give the "usable" and vocational information especially the first two years, followed by the more professional and scientific work the last two years, had an especial appeal to these men. At the same time, after visiting classes, talking with instructors and questioning students, they are generally agreed that the content of the four-year program at California Polytechnic is parallel in tgtal content with their own agricultural and mechanics arts type of college, although presented from an extremely practical viewpoint of agricultural and industrial production and operation needs. Visitors included men engaged in teacher training or vocational supervision in such states as Georgia, Illinois, Ohio, Missouri, Utah, North Dakota and others. Many of these individuals are on the college and university faculties in their respective states. At the conclusion of the first quarter of degree work, it may be stated that the students enrolled are of a high type, but with a definite vocational and technical objective which makes it essential that they have the project type of instruction offered on a college level at no other institution than California Polytechnic. A key factor in the educational plan at California Polytechnic is that it is geared directly to student needs. In every college, there is a heavy "dropfout" between freshman and senior years, often leaving barely 25 per cent of the entering freshmen who ever graduate. Those who do not complete their professional training have contributed little or nothing to their earning ability. At California Polytechnic a strong effort is made to correct this situation by grouping the technical and "job-getting" training in the first -5.-