1916] EDITORIAL. 411 



It is evident that the causes which have operated to keep down the 

 attendance at other recent sessions have increased in influence and 

 were not overcome by unusually active measures to advertise the 

 school this year. Among these hindrances, the most potent seem to 

 be the great increase of summer work and other burdens on members 

 of the college faculties, the opening up of greater opportunities for 

 regular graduate work in agriculture at numerous institutions, and 

 the inability of the Association's Graduate School, under present 

 conditions, to give credit for the work done there which might be 

 used elsewhere as part of the requirements for advanaced degrees. 



The future status of this Graduate School, therefore, needs very 

 careful consideration by the association and its constituent institu- 

 tions when the question of the next session is taken up. 



