xxiv Report of the Dean 



During the year Professor E. C. Van Dyke, of the University of Cali- 

 fornia, held appointment in the Department of Entomology as an Exchange 

 Professor. Professor J. C. Bradley, of our own Department of 

 Entomdogy, was granted leave of absence to accept appointment to take 

 Professor Van Dyke's work in the University of California. 



The work in vegetable gardening, both teaching and extension, suffered 

 a severe blow with the drafting for military service of Acting Professor 

 Work, Superintendent of the Department. It seemed best, in order to 

 take care of the work in vegetable gardening, to unite for the period of 

 the war the Departments of Vegetable Gardening and Farm Crops under 

 E. G. Montgomery, Professor of Farm Crops. This consolidation was 

 accomplished last fall, and it gives every promise of being a happy 

 arrangement. 



The enlargement of our facilities for the training of teachers, involving 

 several appointments to the staff, is separately treated in the following 

 paragraphs. 



The training of teachers of vocational agriculture and 



home economics 



On February 23, 191 7, President Wilson signed the Smith-Hughes Act. 

 Among the features of this law is a provision for granting to the States, 

 under certain stipulations, federal funds to be used in the preparation of 

 vocational teachers of agriculture, home economics, and trades and 

 industries. The allotment to New York State for the year beginning 

 July I, 191 7, was $49,714. Provision is made by which in four years 

 time this amount will be doubled. The State must provide an equal 

 amount, so that for the year 1920-21 there will be available from state 

 and national sources a minimiun of approximately $200,000 for these 

 purposes in New York State. Within the State this act is administered 

 by the State Department of Education, and this authority has designated 

 the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University for 

 the training of teachers of agriculture and as one of the two institutions 

 to prepare teachers of home economics under the provisions of this 

 legislation. 



Partly under the impetus provided by this act, four new members 

 have been added to the staff of our Department of Rural Education. 

 Professor William F. Lusk, Ph.B., M.S., came to the Department after 

 several years of experience in the University of Minnesota. Assistant 

 Professor Paul J. Kruse completed the requirements for his doctorate at 

 Columbia University just before coming to the Department, but he had 

 been for some time previously a member of the staff of the College of 

 Education in the State University of Washington. Professor Rolland M. 



