EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Vol. XIX. Aicii'ST, 11)08. N<». 12. 



The third session of the Graduate School of Agriculture, held at 

 Ithaca and Geneva, New York, July G-31, continued and in nian}'^ 

 respects surpassed the notable successes of the sessions of 1902 and 

 lOOC). A combination of favorable circumstances, such as an exten- 

 sion of the scope of the school to include additional courses and ad- 

 vanced lines of work, the supplementing of the instruction corps as 

 drawn from the staffs of American agricultural institutions by the 

 securing of a number of lecturers of international reputation, and 

 the increasing realization by agricultural Avorkers, through the 

 practical operations of the Adams Act and other agencies of agri- 

 cultural progress, of the substantial benefits to be derived from such 

 a school, resulted in a record-breaking enrollment and a session of un- 

 usual interest and importance. 



The general plan of organization of the school was that followed 

 at the previous session, the Association of American Agricultural 

 Colleges and Experiment Stations, through its standing committee 

 on graduate study, standing sponsor for the school, and the colleges 

 represented in the association contributing to its support. Follow- 

 ing the generous invitation of Cornell University and the New York 

 Agricultural Experiment Station, arrangements w^ere made to hold 

 the school under their auspices. The lectures and seminars were held 

 at the splendid new buildings of the college of agriculture, with a 

 day's excursion to the experiment station at Geneva. To the efforts 

 of the personnel of these institutions and the exceedingly well adapted 

 facilities which were put at the disposal of the school, a large meas- 

 ure of its success should be attributed. Dr. A. C. True, Director of 

 the Office of Experiment Stations, United States Department of 

 Agriculture, served as dean, -as at the previous sessions, and Prof. G. 

 N. Lauman, of the college of agriculture, acted as registrar. At the 

 close of the session resolutions were adopted by the students of the 

 school expressing their appreciation and gratitude to the officers of 

 the school and the institutions represented by them for their many 

 attentions and courtesies. 



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