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Tennessee University. — The new agricultural building is expected to be 

 ready for occupancy October 1. 



The agriculture course has been remodeled. The first two years are to be 

 devoted to required basic subjects, with opportunity for specialization during 

 the last two years in animal husbandry, agronomy, dairying, horticulture, agri- 

 cultural economics, and agricultural education. 



American Association of Agricultural College Editors. — Tlie eiglith an- 

 nual conference of this association was held at the Massachusetts Agricultural 

 College June 30 and July 1 and 2. Sixteen States and the United States 

 Department of Agriculture were represented. F. H. Jeter presided and de- 

 livered the annual presidential address, talcing for his subject The Business 

 of Being an Editor. In an address of welcome, J. D. Willard, State director 

 of extension of Massachusetts, emphasized especially the importance of the edi- 

 torial position and the recognition it should receive.' 



Among the subjects included in the program were: What is the Function of 

 the College News Service? by M. G. Osborn of Louisiana; The Human Interest 

 Agricultural Story, by R. W. Green of North Carolina; Should Bulletins be 

 Distributed Through Mailing Lists, by A. L. T. Cummings of Maine and W. C. 

 Palmer of North Dakota; and Popular Appreciation of Scientific Work in Agri- 

 culture, by W. H. Beat of the States Relations Service. The last-named 

 stressed especially the fact that agricultural research is not now receiving recog- 

 nition and support commensurate with its importance. 



There were also addresses by Ray Stannard Baker on the publicity work of 

 the peace conference at Paris, in which Mr. Baker participated as the rei>re- 

 sentative of the United States ; by J. A. Wood of Philadelphia, on Advertising ; 

 by F. A. Bassette of Springfield, Mass., on Type and Type Faces ; and by Bris- 

 tow Adams of New York, on The Ethics of Publicity. 



A large part of the time of the conference was devoted to less formal discus- 

 sion of special phases of the work of individual editors and institutions and to 

 explanation, discussion, and judging the vei-y interesting exhibits of publica- 

 tion and publicity work of several of the State colleges of agriculture. An 

 outstanding feature of the conference was the lively interest manife.sted in the 

 " human interest story " as a means of conveying agricultural information. 

 The distribution of publications was anottei- subject which aroused much inter- 

 est. The question of holding sectional meetings of the association also re- 

 ceived considerable discussion., and it was voted that the association would 

 receive petitions for the formation of sectional branches. 



The association adopted resolutions recommending that the extension woi'k 

 for counti'y papers organized by the New York State College of Agriculture be 

 called to the attention of the States Relations Service and to the State directors 

 of extension with a view to including such work in the extension programs of 

 other States. The attention of the various institutions was also called to the 

 question of the status and duties of the college and station editor, for the pur- 

 pose of indicating the desirability of "(1) placing the editorial work of the 

 colleges on a project basis supported by budgeted funds, (2) recognizing the 

 editor's service as on equal footing with that of the heads of other departments 

 in the college, and (3) maintaining the editor's salary commensurate with the 

 importance of his work and with the salaries of heads of other departments." 



M. G. Osborn of Louisiana was elected president and M. V. Atwood of New 

 York was reelected secretary and treasurer for the ensuing year. Columbia, 

 Mo., was chosen as the next place of meeting. 



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