EIGHTH ANNUAL CONVENTION OF THl: ASSOCIATION OF 

 AMERICAN A{;RICUi;rURAL COLLEGES AND EXPF.RIMENT 

 STATIONS. 



The eighth annual convention of the Association of American Agri- 

 cultural Colleges and Experiment Stations was lield at Washington. 

 D. O., November 13-15, 1894, the sessions being held, with few excep- 

 tions, in the lecture room of the Cosmos Club. There were jiresent 

 about 100 delegates and visitors, representing agricultural institutions 

 in 37 States and Territories. Several institutions were represented by 

 trustees or members of boards of control, in addition to their presidents 

 or directors. 



In the absence of President S. I). Lee, of Mississippi, who was kept 

 away by illness in his family, Vice-President Morrow, of Illinois, pre- 

 sided at the general sessions. 



The report of the executive committee, submitted by the chairman, 

 H. E. Alvord, reviewed the work of the committee during the year and 

 called attention to some important matters which demanded the atten- 

 tion of the convention. 



The report of the treasurer, M. A. Scovell, of Kentucky, showed th® 

 finances of the association to be in good condition, a large majority 

 of the institutions entitled to membership having responded to the 

 increased assessment ($15) rendered necessary by the unusual expenses 

 of the past year in connection with the Columbian Dairy Test. The 

 assessment for the present year is fixed at $10, as heretofore. 



The president's annual address was delivered by Vice-President 

 Morrow. He discussed in a thoughtful manner agricultural instruc- 

 tion and investigation at the institutions represented in the Association, 

 and made numerous suggestions based on his experience in these lines 

 of work. 



The attention of the convention having been called to the variation 

 in the entrance examinations and courses of study in difterent agricul- 

 tural colleges, a committee, consisting of Messrs. C. W. Atherton, A. W. 

 Harris, T. F. Hunt, J. M. McP.ryde, and C. S. Murkland, was appointed 

 by the chair to take this matter into consideration and report at the 

 next annual conventi<m. 



The amendment to the constitution, providing for a change of name 

 of the Association, proposed at the last meeting, pre(;ipitated a lively 

 discussion which brought out great diversity of opinion regarding this 



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