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second degree, while less than nine per cent of the college teachers 

 of agriculture possess a doctor's degree. In the opinion of the com- 

 mittee, higher academic standards are essential and the present un- 

 satisfactory conditions should be regarded as temporary. It was 

 urged that appointments to instructorships in particular should be 

 more carefully considered, the position being regarded as one of trial 

 and of opportunity for graduate study and general development, and 

 without obligation to the institution as regards permanent em- 

 ployment or higher rank. 



Certain other aspects of the situation, however, w^ere regarded as 

 more encouraging. Nearly half of the teachers replying had studied 

 one or more subjects in education, and greater insistence now seems 

 to be placed on such training. A marked tendency to reduce the 

 number of subjects carried by a teacher Avas also noted, almost sixty 

 per cent now confining their -work to a single subject. 



A paper by Mr. L. S. Hawkins of the Federal Board for Vocational 

 Education, before the section on agriculture, emphasized the oppor- 

 tunity and responsibility of the land-grant colleges in preparing 

 teachers for vocational and secondary agriculture. He pointed out 

 that this service, while relatively expensive in proportion to the num- 

 ber of students enrolled, is none the less of great importance, and has 

 numerous advantages for the colleges themselves as they are thereby 

 brought more closely in touch through their graduates Avith the farm 

 boys and girls from whom much of their student body is recruited. 



The committee on college organization and policy reported a need 

 of greater publicity regarding opportunities for agricultural grad- 

 uates. It voiced a belief that agricultural vocations are not now at- 

 tracting young men as are many other vocations, although offering 

 many attractive opportunities for leadership, fair financial returns, 

 and a real career. Each agricujtural college was, therefore, urged 

 to gather, interpret, and disseminate precise facts as to openings 

 available in agricultural work, and a tentative classification of such 

 openings was submitted. It was also suggested that the colleges might 

 cooperate more effectually along regional and national lines in the 

 training of specialists and other ways. 



The subsection on extension service concerned itself largely with 

 the relation of extension work to the new farm bureau movement 

 and to such business enterprises as buying and selling organizations 

 of farmers. The entire subject of marketing relations was thoroughly 

 considered, and a committee of extension directors was appointed to 

 join a similar committee from the American Farm Economics Asso- 

 ciation and confer with the Federal Department of Agriculture fol- 

 lowing the December meetings of that association in an attempt to 

 formulate a comprehensive program on marketing work. 



