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of teaching a^iiculture in elementary and secondary schools. A 

 member of the statf held conferences witli members of the college 

 staffs and officials of the State departments of education in Oklahoma 

 and Utah in regard to iinal arrangements for the preparation of 

 courses of study in agriculture for the rural schools of those States. 

 Following these conferences preliminary surveys were made in rural 

 sections of those vStates in company with county superintendents of 

 schools to observe and study typical rural-school conditions. 



At the request of State supervisors of agriculture, a specialist was 

 sent to State conferences of agricultural teachers in New Jersey, 

 Massachusetts, and Virginia to talk to teachers on the preparation 

 and use of good pictures and the value of such material to agricul- 

 tural teachers 



In cooperation with the Federal agent for negro vocational schools, 

 and with teachers in these schools, a set of lantern slides showing the 

 development of negro vocational work was made available, and the 

 slides are being used extensively by negro teachers. Studies were 

 made, in cooperation with teachers of vocational agriculture, look- 

 ing to the preparation of sets of lantern slides based on conditions 

 which show successive steps in the development of competency in the 

 poultry and swine enterprises, 



A representative of the division served with representatives of 

 the Federal Board for Vocational Education and the United States 

 Bureau of Education on an advisory committee making studies in 

 regard to the curricula of the land-grant colleges for colored peopl?, 

 and later attended a conference called by the United States Commis- 

 sioner of Education at Nashville, Tenn., February 13 and 14, 1922, 

 for the purpose of discussing the results of these studies and investi- 

 gations. The conference was composed of both white and negro peo- 

 ple interested in negro education, and included presidents and mem- 

 bers of boards of white and negro land-grant colleges. State superin- 

 tendents of education, Federal and State supervisors of agriculture, 

 teachers of agriculture, and negro extension workers. Most of the 

 time of the conference was given to discussions regarding proposed 

 changes in the agricultural curricula in the negro colleges, minimum 

 standards and equipment, minimum qualifications of teachers, and 

 the improvement of teachers. 



Definite recommendations were made in regard to courses in agri- 

 culture for high schools. It w-as agreed that high-school courses 

 should be differentiated from college courses given in the land-grant 

 colleges. Collegiate courses in these subjects were outlined and stand- 

 ards for such courses recommended. It was agreed that colleg s 

 having less than five teachers in agriculture holding the bachelors' 

 degree in agriculture should not grant degrees. The director of the 

 service served on a committee on the agricultural curriculum for the 

 senior college and also addressed the conference on " The need for 

 strong vocational institutions for the education of the negro." 



As a means of giving further encouragement and assistance to 

 negro agricultural education, visits were made during the year by 

 the director of the service to the negro agricultural and mechanical 

 colleges in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Virginia, 

 to Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, Alabama, and to 

 Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute, Virginia, where data 



