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with the work that needs to be done and letting them feel the re- 

 sponsibility to see that means are secured for carrying it forward. 

 The responsibility must rest with the people and they must be made 

 to understand that it is so. 



We at Cornell are not engaged primarily in developing an insti- 

 tution, but in conserving the welfare and developing the internal 

 resources of the State. The Legislature does not yet realize that a 

 college of this kind should become a regular part of the State pro- 

 gram. It is not merely another institution, competing with those 

 already in existence, but a new kind of enterprise, having for its 

 object the betterment of the State and the training of young men 

 and women to live hopefully and resourcefully in the country. 



We are beginning a college of agriculture, not completing one. 

 Few persons even yet realize what aids an institution of this kind 

 will contribute to the welfare of the future. I am in position to 

 appreciate this, for the most urgent requests are constantly coming 

 to my desk from all departments in the College for the means to 

 ao useful work. These are all unselfish. They are not requests to 

 empower an officer to build up his department, but to enable him 

 to do work for his fellows all over the State. I am powerless to 

 provide the means, and I see the opportunities pass and the men 

 grow old and the work of the people remaining not done. 



I have long felt that the people of the State should be given 

 means for the exercising of greater control in the affairs of the 

 College. This seems now to be happily provided for in the action 

 of the last Legislature in creating five State trustees to be ap- 

 pointed by the Governor. These trustees will interpret to the Col- 

 lege the needs of the people and will interpret to the people the 

 needs of the College. 



The growth of this College of Agriculture has been rapid in the 

 past few years, due to the rising interest in country life, to the 

 cordial co-operation of the people of the State, and to the support of 

 the President and the Board of Trustees of Cornell University. It 

 has been an immense advantage to the College, also, that it is a 

 part of a great university, having the counsel of its many experts, 

 the advantage of its equipment, and the benefit of its educational 

 standards. 



Respectfully submitted, 



L. H. BAILEY, 

 Director of the New York State 

 College of Agriculture. 



