48 THIRTY-FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 



atory or a dormitory. It needs a special building, specially planned. 

 Moreover, Messrs. Howard, Billings, Converse and Williams gave their 

 buildings for specific and not for general purposes, and the Trustees 

 could not, if they would, convert them, or any part of them, to other 

 uses. And, finally, these buildings are all fully occupied by an increasing 

 number of students. 



Having got along thus far and having done fairly well, why not let 

 well enough alone and go ahead on the old basis ? 



For many reasons: 



1. It is not "well enough." The conditions under which the school 

 has been held are lamentable* 



2. Vermont of all States ought not to be content to allow her Dairy 

 School either to suffer or to lapse for lack of adequate facilities. 



3. Vermont can afford properly to habilitate her Dairy School, 

 since she has no State debt. She cannot afford to tail the procession 

 of the States in this respect. 



What does the University want of the State and of this Association ? 



1. An appropriation by the State Legislature of such a sum of 

 money as will adequately provide for the erection and equipment of a 

 suitable agricultural building. 



2. The endorsement of this movement by'this Association. 



3. The good will and assistance of the people of the State in its 

 effort to improve its facilities for agricultural instruction, and, conse- 

 quently, its power to do good. 



If the need is so great, why has not some action been taken before ? 



See the report made by the University Trustees to the Legislatures 

 of 1896, 1898, 1900 and, especially, of 1902. Printers' ink alone, however, 

 has not sufficed and a more active campaign is to be inaugurated in 

 1904. 



To what uses is the proposed building to be devoted ? 



It is expected to use it for several purposes: 



1. A Dairy School, for dairy, four year and short course students. 



2. Lecture and laboratory room for agricultural teaching and in- 

 vestigation. 



3. As a head center for such short course, domestic science, cor- 

 respondence course or other lines of popular instruction as may in the 

 future be developed. 



4. For sundry Experiment Station purposes. 



Are there bone-fide agricultural students enough, outside of the 

 Dairy School, to warrant the erection of a building for other than strictly 

 dairy school purposes ? 



Forty-four arc in the four-year agricultural course to-day, every one 

 an "Aggie." We hope to see fifty next year and sixty the next. But 

 it is not likely that we can do this unless there is chance for growth. 



* Here were shown lantern slides illustrating the inadequate character of both in- 

 terior and exterior of the building thus far used for Dairv School purposes, as well as 

 slides showing some of the large classes of recent years. 



