CONVHNTIOX OF ASSOCIATION OF AMF:RICAN AGRICULTURAL 

 COLLFCFS AND LXFFRIMFNT STATIONS, 1007. 



E. W, Allen, IMi. D., 

 OiJice of E.rperiincjit Slatif»ix. 



This association held its twenty-first aniiiiiil fonv(>n(ion at Lansing, 

 Mich., May 28, 2i), and 80, 1907. The convent ion was the most 

 notable one in the history of the association in that it actively par- 

 ticil)ate<l in the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the pioneer 

 Miiiicuhnral college of this conntry. The significance of this anni- 

 vei'sary to the land-grant colleges as a Avhole, and some of the featnres 

 of the occasion, were referred to editorially in the previous issue. 



It was an important day for all of these institutions — not merely 

 one for self-glorification, but for sober consideration of the place 

 which they should hold and are filling in American education, the 

 outlining of high conceptions and standards of the mission and the 

 duties of these institutions in a broad way, and the means by which 

 these ends may best be met. 'J'hese considerations lent a special value 

 to the proceedings of the con\('ntion, and taken with the account of 

 the celebration as a whole, to be i)nblished separately, will form a 

 most interesting chapter in the history of the land-grant colleges. 



The meetings of the first two days of the convention Avere held in 

 the Masonic Temple in Lansing, and -were devoted to the usual 

 Ijusiness of the association and its sections. These meetings were well 

 attended and suffered nothing from the exercises in progress out at 

 the college. About 130 delegates and visitors Avere registered, includ- 

 ing visitors from Canada, Cuba, Germany, and Scotland. Tiie third 

 ^\:\y. May 30, the session was held in a large assembly tent on the 

 college grounds and formed part of the anniversary celebration. The 

 programme was in charge of the association, and the session was jue- 

 sided over by its president. Three papers Avore presented relating to 

 the land-grant colleges, which are noted further on. 



Although this formed the final session of the convention, the asso- 

 ciation was largely represented in the exercises of the following day, 

 " Jul^ilee Day." The morning session on that day Avas held in the 

 assembly tent, and consisted of addresses by Secretary Wilson, for the 

 Department of Agiicidtui'e : President Angell, for Michigan and its 

 university; President K. AV. StiuLson, for the East; Dr, H. C White, 



1007 



