THE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN AGRICULTURAL COLLEGES AND 



EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 



OFFICERS. 



Prexitlent, 

 W. (). Tjiumi'son, uf Ohio. 



Vice- Presidents, 



D. F. Houston, of Texas. J. H. Worst, of North Dakota. 



J. C. Hardy, of Mississippi. H. .T. Wiikei.kr, of Rhode Island. 



B. C. BuKFUM, of Wyoming. 



Secretary- Treasurer, 

 E. B. VooRHEKS, of New Jersey. 



Bihliof;raj)her, 

 A. C. Truk, of Washington, D. C. 



Executive Committee, 



H. C. "WniTic, of Georgia, Chairman. J. L. Snyder, of Michigan. 



G. W. Atiierton, of Pennsylvania. W. H. Jordan, of New York. 



C. F. CuRTiss, of Iowa. 



Ex-otlicio: The President; the Junior Ex-President (J. K. Patterson) ; the 



Secretary. 



Sections. 



Section on college work and administration: W. E. Stone, of Indiana, chairman; 



G. E. Fellows, of Maine, secretary. Committee on programme: W. E. Stone, of 



Indiana; G. E. Fellows, of Maine, and H. "W. Tyler, of Massachusetts. 

 Section on experiment station work: E. H. Jenkins, of Connecticut, chairman; 



M. A. ScovELL, of Kentucky, secretary. Committee on programme: J. H. 



Shepperd, of North Dakota; B. W. Kilgore, of North Carolina, and M. A. 



Scovell, of Kentucky. 



SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL CONVENTION. 



The seventeenth annual convention of this association, held in Wash- 

 ington, November 17-19, 1903, was one of the largest meetings in point 

 of attendance which has ever been held. Over 200 delegates and 

 visitors were registered, and the representation was very general from 

 different sections of the country. 



President J. K. Patterson, of Kentucky, presided at the general 

 sessions and delivered the annual presidential address. This dealt 

 with the general topic of the origin and work of the colleges and 

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