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"(5) To bring students and teachers of agricultural science in the 

 several States and in different countries into closer touch and sym- 

 pathy. 



"(6) To bring workers in the so-called fields of pure and applied 

 science into closer and more helpful relations. 



"(7) To promote the more efficient and economical use of public 

 and j)rivate funds devoted to agricultural education and research, by 

 holding up the fundamental importance of thorough training and 

 the right spirit in the teacher and investigator and denouncing the 

 substitution of political and personal motives in the management and 

 work of our agricultural institutions, for the love of truth and devo- 

 tion to public interests." 



He also pointed out the great expansion of agricultural education 

 and research in this country and the consequent increase in the open- 

 ings for well-trained men in our agricultural institutions. 



" But most significant is the broadening of the field of activity of 

 agricultural experts and the realization by our agricultural leaders 

 and institutions that a truly progressive and permanently prosj^erous 

 agriculture can only be reached through the quickening of the social 

 and moral impulses of country people, as well as their intellectual fac- 

 ulties, and through the general improvement of the conditions of 

 country life. 



'' The new development does not in any degree minimize the impor- 

 tance of the Avork of the agricultural specialist who is delving into the 

 problems of agricultural production. On the other hand, it should 

 stimulate him to higher and more thorough endeavor in his investi- 

 gating and teaching when he realizes how the results of his work 

 may affect the happiness and success of multitudes of men and women 

 who live in the open country and deal in practical ways with the 

 problems which it is the business of the agricultural scientist to solve. 

 The growing interest in the human problems of agriculture should 

 put new life into the effort to solve its scientific problems." 



The courses of study offered by the school covered eight main lines: 

 Plant physiology and pathology, agronomy, horticulture, animal hus- 

 bandry, poultry, dairying, rural engineering, and rural economics. 

 The courses in the last two subjects were given for the first time. The 

 hours were so arranged that all interested in plants could attend the 

 course in plant physiology and a similar arrangement w^as made for 

 the course in animal husbandry. Seminars as Avell as lectures were 

 provided, and the programme made it possible for the student to 

 follow several lines of work. As heretofore, special attention was 

 given to methods of investigating and teaching. 



The faculty numbered 57, in addition to 17 speakers at special con- 

 ferences. It included 12 officers of the United States Department of 



