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with the Experiment Station the services of men engaged in research 

 under our pecuHar conditions can he secm-ed as major professors. Like- 

 wise opportunity is afforded the student in many instances to famiUarize 

 himself with investisrations being carried out bv the members of the 

 Experiment Station Staff. The curriculum has also been strengthened 

 by adding new courses. Through the cooperation of the Department of 

 Zoology in the College of Arts and Sciences a course in Entomology 

 is being given for the first time. This enables the College of Agricul- 

 ture to train men for horticultural inspection work as well as to round 

 out the general instruction given in horticulture and agronomy. Further 

 cooperation with the other colleges of the University is contemplated. 

 The Agricultural student body has shown excellent spirit during 

 the year. They have entered heartily into the affairs of the general 

 student body and have contributed much to social and athletic life on 

 the campus. The Agricultural Club has held regular meetings with 

 interesting and instructive programs carried out for t-lie most part by 

 the students. The Staff of the Experiment Station has also held a 

 monthly Agricultural Science Seminar which, while not primarly for 

 the student body, has been open to them and some have improved the 

 opportunity to attend and take part in the discussions. 



AGRICULTURAL INSTRUCTION IN THE STATE 



In accordance with Paragraphs 2791-2797, Laws of 1913. granting 

 state aid to high schools and normals for instruction in agriculture and 

 industrial arts, twenty-one schools have qualified. Of these nine are 

 offering courses in agriculture ranging from a single year's work in 

 general agriculture to more or less specialized four-year courses. The 

 other twelve institutions receiving state aid are devoting it to industrial 

 courses, including home economics but exclusive of agriculture. While 

 the statistics at our disposal are too incomplete for publication we feel 

 that the teaching of agriculture in secondary schools deserves more at- 

 tention than is being given. One or two elective units of the high school 

 curriculum can be given to such instruction, even in the mining districts, 

 with advantage to the individual and to the State, especially to pupils 

 who do not contemplate taking a college course in agriculture. Those 

 contemplating a college course, however, should be advised to take the 

 regular college preparatory course with just enough agriculture as free 

 elective to arouse and hold their interest in the subject. 



