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Alabama College. — The first degree of doctor of science to be conferred by the 

 Institution lias been granted to A. L. Quaintance of the Bureau of Entomology 

 of tliis Department. 



California TJiiiversity and Station. — Science announces that plans are being 

 prepared for an additional building of the agricultural group to cost $250,000; 

 the first unit of a new group of chemistry buildings, this structure to cost 

 $250,000 ; and the completion of the university library at a cost of $400,000. 



A marble chair is about to be placed in the open-air Greek theater in honor 

 of Dr. E .W. Hilgard, professor of agriculture and dean of the college of agri- 

 culture from 1875 to 1906 and now professor emeritus. The degree of emeritus 

 professor of horticulture has been conferred upon ex-Dean AVickson. 



Idaho TTniversity and Station. — Recent appointments include Carl B. Wilson 

 a^ director of the school of practical agriculture and instructor in agricul- 

 tural education ; C. V. Singleton as instructor and assistant in animal hus- 

 bandry ; and Glen S. Ray as assistant in farm crops. 



Illinois University. — H. W. Stewart has resigned to become assistant pro- 

 fessor of soils at the University of Wisconsin. W. J. Fraser and John W. 

 Lloyd have been granted leave of absence for further study, the former in 

 rural economics at Harvard University and the latter at the University of 

 California. 



Nebraska TTniversity. — The contract has been let for the new dairy building. 

 A structure 141 by 64 feet is planned, with three stories and basement and 

 a wing 70 by 30 feet especially arranged for handling butter, ice cream, and 

 market milk. The first floor of the main building will contain student 

 laboratories, the second a large milk testing laboratory, quarters for experi- 

 mental work, a reading room, and offices, and the third, the dairy bacteriologi- 

 cal laboratories, a large lecture room, and class rooms. A modern refrigerat- 

 ing plant in the basement will provide cold storage facilities' for dairy work 

 and also in horticulture, home economics, and veterinary science. 



Third Conference of American Association of Agricultural College Editors. — 

 This conference was held at the College of Agriculture, University of Wis- 

 consin, June 24 and 25, with representatives and visitors from 19 institutions 

 iri 18 States and this Department. 



An address of welcome was given by Dean H. L. Russell, who drew atten- 

 tion to the more specific division of labor in the agricultural colleges and 

 experiment stations due to their growth and increasing complexity of organi- 

 zation. He stated that the editorial work, connected usually though not 

 always directly with the administrative ofiice of the institution, is coming 

 to be one of its most important departments, although it is hard to find men 

 who are fitted by both temperament and training to conduct it. In his opin- 

 ion one of the most important things for the consideration of the association 

 is the matter of the popularization of scientific material for the use of the 

 farming community at large. Permanent bulletins, both scientific and popular, 

 he regarded as necessary, but inasmuch as the farm paper is more widely read, 

 many more people can be reached through that medium. 

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