102 REPORT OF OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 



President K. 1j. liiitlerlicld oll'ercd a rcsolulioii instruc(iiii>" the 

 exec'ulivr {•oininittee to lake s(ei)s to secure, ii" possible, the establish- 

 inent of a tlepartineiit of rural a<;ricultural education in the National 

 Educational Association. 'I'he rt'solulion was adopted. lion. W. V. 

 Harris, Commissioner of Kducation, nuule a Idief address in Avhidi he 

 expressed the view that a<;ricultural education should be considered 

 each year in one of the special de})artnients of the National Educa- 

 tional Association. 



A vote of confidence and thanks was ordered sent to Kepresontat ives 

 Adams and INIondell for their efforts in behalf of the bills in their 

 char<;e for the further endowment of the experiment stations and 

 the estal)lishment of mininjr schools, 'J'he association also voted to 

 lend its aid in support of national aijprojH'iation for the control of the 

 gypsy moth. It went on record as indorsing the continuance of the 

 collection and publication of data by tha United States Department of 

 Agriculture relative to the condition and yields of farm crops, for the 

 use of farmers and for students in rural economics. 



SECTION ON COLLEGE AVORK AND ADMINISTRATION. 



The general theme for discussion in this section was The Field and 

 Functions of the Land-Grant Colleges, which was considered under 

 the three heads — curriculum, discipline, and environment. 



In a paper on A Minimum General Culture Requirement, Presi- 

 dent A. B. Storms held that the students which the land-grant colleges 

 attract are not prepared for severely technical courses, and lieiice pro- 

 vision should be made for general culture studies during the first two 

 years of the course, with ojiportunity for election in the last two years. 

 The students should not be occupied in acquiring mere manual dex- 

 terity, which can be more cheaply learned in the Avorkshop. 



President J. M. Hamilton discussed the relative Amounts of Pure 

 and Applied Science. He held that the land-grant colleges should 

 give a good foundation in pure science, not for intellectual training 

 alone, but as a preparation for the work in api)lied science. He 

 would, therefore, have a large amount of. pure science work in the 

 early part of the land-grant college course, and make the later science 

 work thoroughlv industrial. 



Prof. F. W. Rane presented a jjaper on Courses in Agriculture, 

 Hortic-ulture, and Allied Subjects, in Avhich he confined his remarks 

 mainly to horticulture. In his scheme for utilizing the 150 hours 

 assigned to horticultural courses, 20 hours were given to the study of 

 propagation, 50 to pomology, 50 to olericulture, and 30 to floriculture. 



Dr. H. ^y. Tyler discussed Avhat constitutes a " liberal and practical 

 education " for an engineer, making suggestions as to the allotment of 

 time between general science and professional work j and Dr. W. E. 

 Stone and President J. L. Snyder considered the desirability of 

 degree courses in home economics. The former held that since the 



