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D. J. Griswold has resigned as research assistant in animal husbandry, ef- 

 fective April 30. to become animal husbandman at the Mississippi Station, vice 

 H. K. Gayle, whose resignation has been previously noted. He has been suc- 

 ceeded by John H. Longwell, now research scholar of animal husbandry. 



Miss Helen Johann, research assistant in plant pathology, resigned April 15. 

 Elmer M. McDonald, assistant professor of farm crops, returned March 1 from 

 national service ; A. J. Durant, instructor In veterinary science, on February 

 17; and R. R. Hudelson. assistant professor of soils, on February 15. Horace 

 A. Gardinell has been appointed extension instructor in horticulture, beginning 

 March 1. 



A request from the Federal Board for Vocational Education that the college 

 of agriculture offer a special short course for disabled soldiers, beginning 

 March 1 and continuing for seven weeks, has been agreed to. 



Cornell University. — The annual Farmers' Week, held February 10 to 

 14, had a registration in excess of 4.000 persons, the largest yet recorded. 



John L. Stone, connected with the farm crops work of the institution since 

 1S97, and professor of farm crops since 19<>7, retired February 15. The death 

 is noted of John Hallock Bromley of the department of soil technology on De- 

 cember 20, 1918, at the age of .'•::: years, and of W. 1. McOann, extension in- 

 structor in pomology, on November IS, 1918. 



Miss Martha Van Rensselaer, professor of home economics, has returned to 

 the college of agriculture after ten months' service at Washington, D. C, as 

 head of the home conservation division of the l'. s. Food Administration. 



North Dakota College and Station. — R. C. Doneghue has resigned as 

 agronomist to become county agent at Macomb, III. I>r. H. L. Walster, assist- 

 ant professor of soils in the Wisconsin University and Station, lias become 

 agronomist to the station and chairman of the agronomy department <»f the col- 

 lege, beginning in April. 



J. L. Tompkin has resigned the secretaryship of the State Stallion Board to 

 become assistant animal husbandman in the station. A. F. Yeager, whose res- 

 ignation from the Pennsylvania College has been previously noted, has been 

 appointed horticulturist of the station, beginning March 15. L. T. Anderegg 

 has been appointed assistant chemist. 



Ohio State University. — Henry W. Schuer, instructor in farm crops, has 

 Designed to engage in farming. H. D. Munroe, superintendent of egg-laying 

 contests at the Connecticut College, has been appointed instructor in poultry 

 husbandry in extension work beginning February 10. 



Oklahoma College. — The legislature has just authorized the provision of 

 two scholarships for each county of the State. This law is reported to have 

 been enacted largely as an outgrowth of extension work in the State. The bill 

 as originally drafted required that candidates must be members of boys' and 

 girls' clubs in extension work, and while this provision was eliminated an el 

 animation is provided which calls for an equivalent training. Both boys and 

 girls are eligible to compete for the scholarships. 



Pennsylvania College. — The trustees have asked the Legislature for appro- 

 priations for the ensuing blennium aggregating $3,300,842. Among the items 

 are $1,250,000 for general maintenance, $1,625,000 for six new buildings, among 

 them agriculture and domestic science, and $370,482 Cor agricultural exten- 

 sion work. 



A. F. .Mason, assistant professor of horticultural extension, resigned March 

 10 to become extension specialist at Rutgers College. L, W. Motley, assistant 

 in dairy husbandry at the Missouri University and Station, has been appo nl i 



