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school, and an interest on the part of the students never before sur- 

 passed. A fuller account of the school has been given in a previous 

 issue." By increasing- the annual dues of each college represented in 

 the association to $50, the association made more definite and adequate 

 provision for the maintenance of this school. The committee recom- 

 mended that the fifth graduate school be held in 1912. In the com- 

 mittee's opinion the graduate school by stinuilating advanced study 

 will make it necessary for the agricultural colleges to differentiate 

 more clearly between undergraduate and postgraduate work, and to 

 provide more adequately for the latter. The committee has therefore 

 undertaken to aid the U. S. Bureau of Education in its inquiry into 

 the facilities for postgraduate work at the land-grant colleges. 



Commissioner E. E. Brown, K. C. Babcock, and A. C. Monahan, of 

 the U. S. Bureau of Education, explained to the convention the char- 

 acter of the new Avork in the field of higher education, especially as 

 related to the land-grant colleges, which the Bureau proposes to take 

 up under authority recently granted by Congress, and asked for the 

 cooperation of the association in this w^ork. One of the first lines to 

 be entered upon is an inquiry into facilities for graduate study at 

 land-grant colleges. A resolution approving the proposed work and 

 favoring the enlargement of the Bureau of Education was adopted. 



The report of the committee on instruction in agriculture, presented 

 by A. C. True, chairman, outlined a college course in home economics, 

 and stated that a secondary course in animal production was in press 

 and would be issued as a circular of this Office.^ 



The discussion of questions relating to the organizing and conduct- 

 ing of extension work in agTiculture was a prominent feature of the 

 convention. The report of the committee on extension work, pre- 

 sented by K. L. Butterfield, chairman, was devoted to a discussion of 

 the problems confronting extension w^ork in agricultural colleges, 

 notably those dealing with the need of largely increased funds for the 

 purpose and the source from which these should be derived, defini- 

 tions and nomenclature relating to extension work, the types of work 

 to be undertaken, the forms of administrative organization, the train- 

 ing requisite for w^orkers, and the problem of social leadership. As a 

 supplement to the report, detailed data compiled by John Hamilton 

 of this Office, as to the present status of extension work in the United 

 States, Avere submitted. These showed that 32 States and Territories 

 now have complete or partially complete organizations for the pur- 

 pose, and that the revenue in 29 States for the fiscal year ended June 

 30, 1910, aggregated $447,110.92. With reference to the method of 

 organization, the committee favored in general the plan Avhereby the 

 work is performed by a director or superintendent of extension work, 



«E. S. R.. 23, p. 402. 



* U. S. Dept. Agr., Office Expt. Stas. Circ. 100. 



