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iug $20,000, a dairy and beef cattli' barn rdsting .$o3.000. and a horse barn cost- 

 ing Jfl'L'.ooo. The Judjiinf; pavilion contains a two and one-balf story front with 

 lecture rooms and offices, and u main .uidginji room 112 ft. long witli a seating 

 capacity of ;}00. and so divided that three classes may use it simultaneously. 



George E. Scott, of Mount Pleasant, has l)een appointed to the board of con- 

 trtl of the station, vice T. C. Laylin, and the board has organized for the 

 ensuing year by the election of John Courtriglit as iiresident. D. Ij. Sampson as 

 secretary, and C. W. Montgomery as treasurer. The station is seel<ing an ap- 

 propriation from the legislature of .$11,350 for the inauguration of extension 

 worlc in dairying, and is also asking for funds for building a dairy barn, equip- 

 ping it witli stock, and employing an assistant in dairy husbandly. 



Pennsylvania College and Station. — Dr. Edwin Erie Si)arks, professor of 

 American liistory in the Fniversity t)f Chicago and dean of the university college, 

 has been elected president of the college to take effect in June. R. L. Watts, a 

 graduate of the college in 1800 and ii successful vegetable gardener and fruit 

 grower of the State, has been elected professor of horticultui*e, vice George C. 

 Butz, deceased. A. W. Broomell, assistant chemist in the station, has re- 

 signed to accept a position with the division of feediug-stulTs control of the 

 State department of agriculture. 



An enthusiastic farmers' week held by the school of agriculture and the 

 station early in January attracted 330 people representing r>() counties of the 

 State, and was regarded as of great service in i»opularizing the work of the 

 school and station. 



Rhode Island College. — W. K. Drake, who has been at the head of the me- 

 chanical engineering department for about sixteen years, has tendered his resig- 

 nation to take effec;t in June. The college is asking the general assembly for an 

 api)roi>riation of $75,000. It is desired to erect a new building to serve as a 

 dormitory, dining hall, and assembly room, and to make certain alterations in 

 two of the present buildings to tit them to meet the demands of the increased 

 attendance. 



South Carolina College and Station. — A plan of reorganization of the college 

 and station work has been adopted by the board of trustees under which the 

 work of each will be differentiated to a much greater extent than at present. 

 Under this plan the personnel of the station will comprise J. N. Hari^er as di- 

 rector and agriculturist, C. C. Newman as horticulturist and plant breeder, 

 A. F. Conradi as entomologist. H. W. Barre as plant pathologist, in addition 

 to an animal husbandman, a chemist, a farm foreman, and the clerical staff. 

 The instruction force in agriculture in the college will include an entirely dis- 

 tinct corps of men, organized as a director and professor of agriculture, a pro- 

 fessor of animal husbandry, a professor of geology and mineralogy, a professor 

 of botany and forestry, a professor of veterinary science who will be in charge 

 of State inspection work, a professor of horticulture and entomology, an assist- 

 ant professor of agriculture, and an assistant in veterinary science and the State 

 inspection work. T'nder this arrangement 8 men will devote their entire time to 

 teaching and men exclusively to station work, with each division in charge of 

 a director. 



The college has established in its department of textile industry a i)ermanent 

 school of cotton, grading. The course extends six weeks, and is designed for 

 the ti'ainlng of experts in handling and marketing cotton. A number of men 

 liave ah'eady completed the course and are now engaged under the auspices of 

 the Farmers' T'nion in assisting farmers to market their crojt. 



Virginia College. — A two-year secondary course in agriculture has been ar- 

 rangetl and will be offered for the first time at the beginning of the next college 

 year. 



