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ANNUAL. REPORT OF THE 



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Income of the College of Agriculture and Experiment Station in 

 the University of Illinois during ten years: 



Year. 





a 

 ■o 



3 



ho 



1S97, 

 1S98, 

 1899. 

 190O, 

 1901, 

 1902, 

 1903, 

 1904, 

 1905, 

 1906. 



$22,000 



22,000 



43,000 



43,000 



103,000 



103,000 



190,000 



190,000 



201,000 



201,000 



9 

 16 

 17 

 28 

 27 

 37 

 37 

 44 

 48 



19 



25 

 90 

 159 

 232 

 284 

 339 

 406 

 430 

 450 



It is evident irom this table that the amount of money and the 

 number of teachers have something to do with the number of 

 students. 



The Pennsylvania State College is not merely an Agricultural 

 School and an Agricultural Experiment Station. It is, in fact, a 

 State University, since it is a collection of schools, the most impor- 

 tant of which in point of development and number of students is the 

 Engineering School. Probably three-fourths of all the students at 

 tending State College are in the Engineering School, which take?, 

 high rank among the Engineering Schools of the country. I, myself, 

 am interested (^specially in the School of Agriculture and the Ex- 

 periment Station, since I am to be charged with the responsibility 

 of their development. I, however, recognize the very simple math- 

 ematical proposition that the whole is greater than any of its parts. 

 I am also a firm believer in the proposition that the place to edu- 

 cate a boy or girl is where there are a number of strong schools. 

 I do not believe in the monastery or the couA^ent or the single course 

 college for the education for the world's work. 



I happen to know that there are a number of people who are 

 afraid that the promotion of agriculture may prevent the proper 

 development of other schools at State College. I am glad of the 

 opportunity to say before official representatives of the farmers of 

 Pennsylvania that I expect to see the other schools of State College 

 promoted and supported by the farmers of the State just as cordially 

 as the School of Agriculture. The School of Agriculture may grow 

 without preventing the growth of a State institution. This may 

 be illastrated by the University of Illinois, the growth of whose 

 College of Agriculture I have just shown you in this table. The fol- 

 lowing table gives the total income and the total number of stu- 

 dents in the University of Illinois: 



