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a whole should prove most helpful, both in clarifying the situation in 

 Massachusetts and also as a careful, conservative, but withal a con- 

 structive conception of the present status and value of the agricul- 

 tural college in the American educational system. 



It establishes clearly the idea of a strong institution of high grade, 

 supported liberally and consistently by the State, to work for the en- 

 lightenment and advancement of agriculture through instruction of 

 college grade, through research and experiment of fundamental char- 

 acter, and through extension teaching. 



