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investigator, a person must devote himself to it for only a short time and when 

 he is in tlie freshest condition. Almost any kind of routine work does interfere 

 with that, and to some extent teaching will so interfere, certainly if carried on 

 to any great extent. It interferes with the continuity of thought, and the hours 

 of teaching may interfere even with the whole day's work by the breaking up 

 of the lines of thought or tlie continuity of investigation. Outside of that I am 

 not at all sure that the teaching does not have a good many advantages. 



I am inclined to believe that the investigator should do less teaching. l)ut that 

 the teaching should be under the direction of the investigation staff rather than 

 the reverse. I am at in-esent far from believing that it is wise to separate 

 college and station, if it were possil)Ie. I do not l)elieve that a staff worker 

 ought to do much teaching, but as to whether the teaching he does should be 

 that given to the higher students or to elementary students I am not quite clear, 

 although I recognize the force of what has been said about the advantages of 

 the instruction of the higher classes. The station workers should have a train- 

 ing which will enable them to express the results of their investigations in a 

 clear way to the public. I am fully aware that there are a great many exceed- 

 ingly valuable investigators who do not have that faculty and do not care to 

 go before the public in any capacity. We recognize their value, and a great 

 many times it is best to recognize that peculiarity of their make-up and allow 

 them to confine themselves to investigation. On the other hand, there are a 

 great many men who can do both, and pi-obably the majority have to some 

 extent the willingness and the ability to do both. To those people who do not 

 have that particular trend, the dealing with elementary students or the 

 attempt to put the subject in an elementary way, it seems to me, is a very 

 valuable training, but ought to be done with limitations. 



F. B. MuMFORD, of Missouri. It seems to me it has been clearly demonstrated 

 by several of the speakers that it depends a good deal on the viewpoint from 

 which we consider this question. The University of Missouri may be differently 

 situated from some of the colleges and stations i-eferred to, but so far as we are 

 concerned we find it to the advantage of the station from almost every stand- 

 point that the teachers who are there engaged are not only permitted but 

 required to devote some of their time to station work. Let me give a concrete 

 illustration. The university has in the cour.se of its seai'ch for men in the 

 departments secured a man who is eminent for his research work in a given 

 line, and that line of work happens to be closely associated, with agricultural 

 college and station work. His salary is paid entirely by the university, and 

 he has from his own choice and by the permission of the university devoted con- 

 siderable time to research for the station, the station paying the expenses of the 

 investigation. I suppose that it would be impossible for the station ever to be 

 able to secure the services of such a man were they compelled to paj' him his 

 entire salary, but working in this way we are able to secure the advantages of 

 his investigation. There are a number of men of this kind in our institution 

 who fae working in the same way. 



J. L. Hills, of Vermont. In the smaller institutions, where funds are com- 

 paratively limited, the dual duty must needs be met. I think you will pardon 

 me if I tell you how at the University of Vermont we have endeavored to meet 

 these conditions. 



In my own case I try for what we term our first half year to lay almost all 

 the stress upon college work. I have arranged with my associates in the fac 

 ulty for several of them to lay almost all their teaching stress on the second half 

 year. From October 1 to February 1, except for the routine of work which must 

 be done. I put my energies just so far as I can into college work. After Feb- 

 ruary 1 I devote my energies to the administration of the station and to 



