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of teaching, Dr. Henry S. Pritchett, concerning the admission of 

 the land-grant colleges to the benefits of the foundation. At the 

 invitation of the committee, Doctor Pritchett addressed the asso- 

 ciation, explaining frankly and fully the conditions under which the 

 benefits of the foundation may be secured, and by formal resolution 

 the association expressed its appreciation of the great value to higher 

 education of Mr. Carnegie's act in admitting tax-supported, state- 

 controlled institutions to the benefits of the foundation, and its 

 sense of gratitude for the benefits thus conferred upon American 

 teachers. The resolution also conveyed to the trustees of the founda- 

 tion and to its president the grateful acknowledgment of the associa- 

 tion for their sympathetic and helpful consideration of the land-grant 

 colleges. 



The report of the committee on graduate study dealt mainly with 

 the session of the Graduate School of Agriculture held at Cornell 

 University in July, 1908, and emphasized the need of still more gen- 

 eral support of this school on the part of the institutions represent- 

 ing the association. It was stated that — 



it is evident that the meaning of the school is becoming better appreciated by the' 

 colleges of agriculture. While the registration in the three successive schools 

 has regularly increased, and there is every reason to expect this increase to 

 continue, yet it is the judgment of the committee that many of the institutions 

 owe it to the cause of education to take more active and appreciative interest 

 in the Graduate School of Agriculture. This school is setting standards and 

 developing ideals. These standards should be propagated everywhere. They 

 are capable of greatly increasing the effectiveness of education bj: means of 

 agriculture, and of extending its application. The committee thinks that every 

 land-grant institution must accept the responsibility of furthering this enter- 

 prise. Moreover, it is also convinced that no land-grant institution can now 

 expect to do the best work in education unless at least some of its staff actively 

 participate in these graduate schools; and the administration of the institution 

 must also officially recognize the type of w^ork for which the graduate school 

 stands. If for no other reason, the colle,ges should feel the obligation of 

 cooi)erating in these schools for the purpose of increasing the supply of avail- 

 able teachers of agriculture. In short, the committee feels that the graduate- 

 school idea Is now established, and far beyond the experimental stage. All the 

 land-grant colleges must now recognize it. (See Graduate School of Agricul- 

 ture, page 2S0). 



Commissioner E. E. Brown, of the United States Bureau of Educa- 

 tion, addressed the convention briefiy on the importance of eidarging 

 the scope of the activities of the National Government with relation 

 to agricultural education and of more perfect coordination of such 

 instruction with the general work of education. He emphasized the 

 importance of considering agricultural education as an essential part 

 of the general educational system. The desirability of enlarging 

 the work of the Bureau of Education in its relation to the land-grant 

 colleges was urged and the need of a central office for the promotion 

 of various forms of vocational education was pointed out. 



