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Oreg:on College and Station. — The resignation is noted of F. L. Kent as pro- 

 fessor of dairy husbandry and dairy husbandman to engage in commercial 

 work. 



Texas College. — Press rejwrts announce the resignation of President R. T. 

 Miluer. 



Vermont University and Station. — At a recent meeting of the board of trustees 

 resolutions wei'e adopted in recognition of the long and faithful service of 

 Hon. Cassius Peck and Hon. Gardner Smith Fassett, both of whom have 

 served continuously since their appointment in 1890 as members of the board 

 of control of the station and are now retiring from active service. The station 

 affairs will henceforth be administered by a committee of two members of the 

 board, Ex-governor E. J. Ormsbee continuing as one and N. K. Chaffee of 

 Rutland being designated as the second. 



Virginia College.- — The shop building was burned June 14, causing a loss of 

 from ,$150,000 to .$200.0()0. of which $50,000 is covered by insurance. 



Washington College and Station.— -A. L. Melander, head of the department of 

 zoology and entomologist of the station, has been granted a year's leave of 

 absence in order to carry on entomological studies in Harvard University and 

 elsewhere. W. L. Hadlock has resigned as assistant chemist to engage in 

 commercial work. 



West Virginia TJniversity. — Recent appointments include Firman E. Bear, 

 assistant professor of agricultural chemistry in Ohio State University, as 

 professor of soils, O. H. Kyle as agricultural editor, Anthony Burg as assistant 

 in plant pathology, William B. Kemp as assistant in agromony, R. R. Jeffries, 

 of Ohio State University, as assistant in horticulture, Edgar L. Andrews as 

 assistant in poultry husbandry. Miss Sadie Guseman as assistant in home eco- 

 nomics and in charge of girls' canning clubs, J. L. Young as butter maker, and 

 H. L. Page as herdsman. 



Vermont Rural Life Conference. — At the invitation of the interchurch federa- 

 tion of Vermont, a rural life conference was held June 7-13 in connection with 

 the regular summer session of Middlebury College. Dr. Robert J. Sprague, head 

 of the division of humanities and professor of economics and sociology in the 

 Mas.sachusetts Agricultural College, was leader of the conference and delivered 

 a course of lectures on rural sociology. A large number of state organizations 

 interested in country life problems, together with this Department, cooperated 

 in the conference and a special feature was a collection of rural life literature 

 and other illustrative material. 



American Veterinary Medical Association. — The fiftieth anniversary meeting 

 of this association is to be held in New York City September 1-5. 



Among the matters to be considered is the question of the propriety of testi- 

 monials from college and station officials regarding proprietary veterinary 

 remedies. The committee on advertisements of veterinary remedies of the asso- 

 ciation, consisting of Drs. N. S. Mayo of Virginia, C. A. Cary of Alabama, and 

 S. B. Nelson of Washington, has recently issued a circular asking the attitude 

 of institutions with regard to this matter, and stating that this committee would 

 suggest to college and station authorities that testimonials as to proprietary 

 veterinary or stock remedies should only be given after a thorough and careful 

 test by well qualified men, and that such testimonials should be submitted 

 to, and approved by, the president or director to be official. 



Additional State Veterinary College in New York. — The New York American 

 Veterinary College, allied with New York University, has been designated by the 

 legislature as the state veterinary college of eastern New York. The law is very 

 similar to the act establishing the New York State Veterinary College at Cornell 



