(with interpretations by Omer Dye, Missouri)
To make better men, and through them a broader and better agriculture
My growing-up years on a small Missouri family farm had provided me an extremely limited view of the world. When I left for college, I had no idea that agriculture could be broader or better than tending a few cows, hogs and sheep.
By surrounding our members with influences tending to encourage individual endeavor, resourcefulness and aggressive effort.
As an AGR pledge, I felt peer pressure to carry my share (and more!) of the chapter’s academic achievement. Sometimes the pressure was a bit too aggressive, but it generated a competitive spirit that continues to drive me toward higher personal goals…
Along lines making for the development of better mental, social, moral and physical qualities;
As undergraduate AGRs, we enjoyed wholesome meals in the formal dining room. With the housemother’s tutoring, we soon learned to use the right knife, fork and spoon. We also learned how to scrub floors, wash windows and stoke a furnace – valuable skills for a future homeowner.
To promote a wider acquaintance and broader outlook on the part of agricultural men
Agriculture now embraces more than farming. Much more!! As the first and most important link in the planet’s food chain, agriculture is the ultimate source of health and wealth for people everywhere. AGR’s will continue to fill key positions in agriculture and worldwide food chain of their collegiate training for leadership.
Through fellowship in a national organization that stands for the best social, mental and moral development.
Now as an alumnus, I look back on a priceless college experience, thanks to my fraternity. For more than half a century, I have found AGR’s everywhere I go, from Maine to California…working in every conceivable endeavor…some inside agriculture, some not. But each and every one of them exhibits a set of core values that somehow gives us immediate common ground. And each contact seems to generate mutual benefit.
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