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this as the last and greatest of his public measures. There were also 

 addresses by Gov. George H. Prouty, Senator William P. Dilling- 

 ham, Col. William M. Hatch, Col. Curtis S. Emery, and Hon. Horace 

 W. Bailey. These addresses are given in full in the memorial vol- 

 ume, together with brief tributes from President Taft, Senators 

 Cullom, Gallinger, Aldrich, Lodge, and Frye, ex-Senators Edmunds 

 and Chandler, Rear Admiral Clark, and Strafford Grange. 



The twenty-fifth anniversary of the establishment of the Oregon 

 Agricultural College was celebrated at the college June 10-18, 1910. 



Idaho University plans to hold an annual recognition day, the 

 purpose of w^hich will be to give official recognition to men who have 

 been prominent in the development of the State and the promotion 

 of its interests. It is expected that the list will include many who- 

 have promoted the development of irrigation, live stock, fruit grow- 

 ing, and other agricultural enterprises, and also many prominent in 

 educational circles. The ceremony will take place each year as a 

 part of the commencement exercises. 



A farmers' hall of fame has been established in the college of 

 agriculture of the University of Illinois " to record the services and 

 commemorate the lives of the great leaders of the State in the de- 

 velopment of agriculture from a pioneer art to a civilized science^ 

 on which the prosperity of all classes will ultimately depend." The 

 selection of names rests with a commission, which thus far has 

 chosen four men: Cyrus Hall McCormick, inventor of the reaper;; 

 James N. Brown, first president of the State board of agriculture; 

 Isaac Funk, a successful and influential pioneer farmer; and Pro-f. 

 Jonathan B. Turner, an early advocate of the land-grant plan for 

 the support of industrial education. Exercises were held December 

 15, 1909, installing the name of Mr. McCormick in the hall of fame. 

 The ceremonies included the unveiling of a portrait and addresses by 

 Gov. Deneen, President Grout, of the commission, Dean Davenport, 

 and others. 



Dr. J. K. Patterson, for many years president of the Kentucky 

 Agricultural and Mechanical College (now the State University), 

 retired from active service and was succeeded January 1, 1911, by 

 Judge Henry S. Barker, chief justice of the State court of appeals.. 



APPROPRIATIONS. 



There is a growing tendency on the part of State legislatures to 

 provide fixed tax levies for the support of institutions of learning. 

 This method has obvious advantages in that it enables those in charge 

 of the institutions to plan far in advance, with reasonable assurance 

 that the funds necessary to fidfill their plans will be available. In 

 California the legislature has increased the rate of taxation for the 

 support of the university from 2 to 3 cents on each $100 of assessed 



