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suggested the compiling of a bibliography on the subject of field experiments. 

 The committee on agronomic terminology reported that it is submitting a 

 glossary of terms through the Journal of the American Society of Agronomy 

 for the ajyproval of the society. 



The committee on varietal nomenclature suggested the creation of a register 

 of varieties, along the lines followed in the herd-books, giving the history, 

 ancestors, etc., of the variety. E. G. Montgomery, chairman of the committee, 

 discussed some work that had been done along these lines in the classification 

 of oats at the Cornell Station, and exhibited some mounted specimens. 



The following officers were elected for the ensuing year : President, W. M. 

 Jardine ; Vice-Presidents, J. G. Lipman and J. A. Foord ; Secretary, C. W. War- 

 burton ; and Treasurer, George Roberts. 



American Association for the Advancement of Agricultural Teaching. — The 

 seventh annual meeting of this association was held in Washington, D. C, 

 November 14, 1916. Two main topics were presented for discussion, the con- 

 tent of the course in the college of agriculture for prospective high school 

 teachers of agriculture and the high school course in agriculture. 



Under the first of these. Dean C. F. Curtiss discussed the relation of the 

 sciences. He thought that the science taught ought to be applied science, which 

 will directly connect up with the work of the farmer and the community in 

 which the teachers will serve. 



As to general professional subjects, K. L. Hatch held that psychology is the 

 basis of the professional preparation, but that whether or not there should be 

 a course in general education is doubtful. The student's time is so taken up 

 with technical work in agriculture that an effort should be made to reduce 

 the professional preparation to the minimum. The course in agricultural 

 education ought to include the principles of general methods. A certain 

 amount of practice work should be required with real students, with real 

 classes and conditions, and with problems teachers are going to meet. Profes- 

 sor Hatch also discussed at length the growing demand for a course in the 

 college known as general science or elementary science. In discussing this 

 paper R. W. Stimson laid stress upon the importance of training college teach- 

 ers of agriculture, if for no other reason than that the prospective teachers 

 coming under their influence may imitate good teaching. 



G. A. Works took up The Content of the Methods Course for High School 

 Teachers of Agriculture, outlining the work given in the New York State Col- 

 lege of Agriculture. This court^e, \vhich is given three or four times a year, is 

 open only to seniors. It runs for a term with two discussion periods and one 

 laboratory period 2J hours in length each week. The class is limited to 50 

 and each laboratory section to 12 students. The laboratory and lecture work 

 are closely correlated throughout the course, and special attention is given 

 to the selection of material adapted to the high school pupil and to its arrange- 

 ment in seasonal sequence. Other topics taken up are the place of the home 

 project and the organization of study material for the recitation lesson, the 

 laboratory, and the field trip. A visit to a near-by high school is made for 

 the purpose of studying equipment, library, and home projects, and some work 

 is done in chart making and bulletin collecting and cataloguing. 



The Relations of High School Agriculture to Agriculture as Taught in the 

 Lang-grant College, was the title of a paper read by D. J. Crosby, in which 

 the subject was discussed along the lines of the report of the committee on 

 instruction in agriculture of the Association of American Agricultural Col- 

 leges and Experiment Stations (E. S. R., 35, p. 705). 



In a paper on How to Connect the High School Work with Practical Farm 

 Operations, A. K. Getman suggested (1) a seasonal distribution of the topics 



