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cultural colh^ges of the nation. I hope you will advertise Farmers' 

 Week all over this Commonwealth, and let us take a new start and 

 let us make the State College the gr^at institution it should be. 



The DEPUTY SECRETARY: Mr. Chairman, I have listened with 

 great interest to the resolutions that have been presented for our 

 consideration at this time. The one resolution, my friends, referring 

 to the last seven years of farmers' institute work in which mention 

 IS made of the work accomplished and the confidence therein ex- 

 pressed and reposed in whatever part I have borne with you in that 

 work, is esteemed and valued by me more than all the other resolu- 

 tions or than any resolution that could possibly be presented, for, 

 my friends, the man who undertakes to serve the public to-day in 

 Pennsylvania is a failure unless he has the whole, heartfelt confi- 

 dence of the people in whose interests he labors and I esteem that 

 expression over and above all o4:hers. 



Mention has been made of the highest oflSce within the gift of 

 the people of Pennsylvania. For many years I have been impressed 

 with the thought that agriculture, the base upon which every other 

 industry and occupation and business rests to-day ought to be rep- 

 resented in the highest position, and while I believe that the inter- 

 ests of agriculture are entitled to such representation, I have not 

 dreamed nor do I dream now that my personality: can enter into view 

 in that connection. 



As you are well aware, my friends, conventions nominating and 

 presenting names for the governorship are already partly consum- 

 mated; one is held to-day, another next week, and another a few 

 days later. You are aware of that, and that delegates are already 

 elected, therefore I take it that the resolution in question is scar- 

 cely intended for more than the presentation of an expression of 

 your will upon this point and question. 



For the past many months questions of this kind have been pre- 

 sented to me and I have repelled them and have not considered them, 

 but I want to thank you for the honor you have conferred in pre- 

 senting my name. I shall go away bearing with me the recollection 

 of your kindness and confidence as shown by the expressions in these 

 resolutions, 



MR. HERR: Mr. Chairman, I would like to emphasize one of the 

 resolutions you have heard read, and I would like to have our people 

 aroused to its importance a little better than we are, and that is 

 for the maintenance of State College. I said something about this 

 on Tuesday morning but I know there are many here now who were 

 not here then. Speaking for the trustees, several of whom are pres- 

 ent, and they are all of one accord, I want to say that they are do- 

 ing all they can in the way of advancing the agricultural end of the 

 college, as my friend Agee has stated, but if we are to do it we must 

 have something to do it with, and it is up to you as influential citizens 

 all over the State to see that we shall have these funds. 



We want to elect a Legislature which will consider the claims of 

 State College and give us maintenance funds. Maintenance funds 

 which sufficed two or three years ago to care for two or three hun- 

 dred students are not sufficient to care for a thousand students 

 which we have, or will have in the very near future, and the appro- 

 priations that we hgive received from the State have been so specific 



