c0x\1-xti()\ of associatiox of amfricax agricultural 

 colll(;es axd experimext statioxs. 



The Association of American AgTiculturar Colleges and Experiment 

 Stations held its fifteenth annual convention at Washington, D. C, 

 November 12 to 14, 1901. The representation was a quite general 

 one, the various sections of the country, including the far West, send- 

 ing delegates. Several topics of importance at this time, such as 

 providing opportunity for graduate study at Washington, the gradu- 

 ate summer school of agriculture, and cooperation between the 

 stations and this Department, were freely discussed, and the conven- 

 tion again recorded its opposition to changing the name or the scope 

 of the association. 



A very enjoyable social featui-e of the meetings was a reception 

 given to the membei's of the association by the Honorable Secretary 

 of Agriculture and Miss Wilson oji the second evening of the conven- 

 tion. A committee appointed to pay the respects of the association 

 to the President was cordially received bv him and given assurances 

 of his interest and high appreciation of the work of the agricultural 

 colleges and experiment stations. 



The Association of State Universities met at Washington simulta- 

 neously with the association of colleges and stations, and a plan 

 for formal cooperation lietween the two associations was consid- 

 ered by both. The project was, however, abandoned. 



The Society of Official Horticultural Inspectors for the United States 

 and Canada also held its first general meeting in Washington in con- 

 nection with the association, as many of the inspectors are college or 

 station men. An account of their meeting was given in the last 

 number (p. 496). 



GENERAL SESSIONS. 



The general sessions of the association were held in the hall of 

 Carroll Institute, and were presided over b}^ President A. W. Harris, 

 of the University of Maine, who delivered the presidential address on 

 the first evening of the convention. This address set forth clearly the 

 more important things for which the land-grant colleges stand, and 

 summarized the results of their work. The land-grant act of 18B2 

 was considered important not onlj^ in providing for agricultural 



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