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University of Missouri; President W. O. Thompson, of Ohio State 

 University, and President Brown Ayres, of the University of 

 Tennessee. 



The school is supported by the vohmtary contributions of some 

 thirty of the colleges included in the association, by matriculation 

 fees, and by funds granted for this session by the board of trustees 

 of the University of Illinois. The university also freely gives the 

 school the use of its buildings and equipment, and the services of its 

 officers, including especially members of the staff of the agricultural 

 college and experiment station. The faculty has been gathered from 

 the United States Department of Agriculture, the University of 

 Illinois, and other universities and colleges in some twenty States. 



Since the duration of the session is short and the funds of the school 

 are limited, no attempt has been made at either session to offer 

 courses in all branches of agriculture. The plan on which the school 

 is organized contemplates the holding of different sessions at different 

 institutions. It has heretofore been thought well to take advantage 

 at each session of the special facilities afforded by the institution at 

 which that session is held. At Ohio State University courses were 

 therefore given, as stated above, in agronomy, plant and animal 

 breeding, zootechny, and dairying. At the present session courses 

 will be given in agronomy, horticulture, plant and animal breeding, 

 and zootechny. Special stress will be laid here on matters relating 

 to the culture of plants adapted to the Mississippi Valley and the 

 Great Plains, and the production of animals for beef. 



Whatever the agricultural college and experiment station of the 

 University of Illinois has to offer to advanced students along these 

 lines will, it is hoped, be utilized to its fullest extent by the members 

 of this school. And we shall hope also to derive much of inspiration 

 and profit from the environment of this university and the great 

 agricultural State in which it is located. 



As stated in its prospectus, ' 'the purpose of the Graduate School 

 of Agriculture is to give advanced instruction in the science of agri- 

 culture, with special reference to the methods of investigating 

 agricultural problems and teaching agricultural subjects." It is 

 expected that the grade of instruction will be thoroughly postgrad- 

 uate, and no attempt will be made to meet the needs of undergrad- 

 uates or popular audiences. As a rule it is expected, therefore, that 

 the students will have at least completed a college course and taken 

 a bachelor's degree, but all persons will be admitted to the privileges 

 of the school who bring convincing evidence of their fitness to engage 

 in its work. 



Meeting in the halls of this great university, we expect to conform 

 to the professional and ethical code, which, though unwritten, is 

 bmding on all teachers and students m a graduate school in any 



