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greater hanuony and efficiency/' The appointment of a committee 

 of three to confer with the representatives of other orjjanizations 

 with regard to the fornnilation of a plan of affiliation was authorized. 

 The committee appointed in accordance with this anthorization con- 

 sists of H. J. Waters, chairman, T. F. Hunt, and H. J. Wheeler. 



The executive committee was instructed to give attention to the 

 bill before Congress providing for the establishment of engineering 

 experiment stations. 



The officers chosen for the ensuing year were : President, M. A. 

 Scovell, of Kentuckj^ ; vice-presidents, W. J. Kerr, of Oregon ; C. E. 

 Thorne, of Ohio; H. T. French, of Idaho; W. D. Gibbs, of Xew 

 Hampshire ; and A. B. Storms, of low^a ; secretary and treasurer, J. L. 

 Hills, of Vermont; bibliographer, A. C. True, of this Office; execu- 

 tive committee, W. O. Thompson, of Ohio, chairman ; J. L. Snyder, 

 of Michigan; W. E. Stone, of Indiana ; W. H. Jordan, of New York; 

 and C. F. Curtiss, of Iowa. 



P. H. Mell, of South Carolina, was chosen chairman of the section 

 on college w^ork and administrati(m : W. J. Kerr, of Oregon, secre- 

 tary. In the section on experiment station work, P. H. Eolfs, of 

 Florida, was chosen chairman; E. J. Wickson, of California, vice- 

 chairman ; and F. B. Linfield, of Montana, secretary. 



The vacancies in the committees occurring through the expiration 

 of terms were filled by the following appointments: Committee on 

 instruction in agriculture, A. C. True, of this Office, and T. F. Hunt, 

 of Pennsylvania ; committee on graduate study, H. P. Armsby, of 

 Pennsylvania, and Howard Edw^ards, of Rhode Island; committee 

 on extension work, K. L. Butterfield, of Massachusetts, and C. R. 

 Van Hise, of Wisconsin ; committee on experiment station organiza- 

 tion and policj^, E. Davenport, of Illinois, and C. D. Woods, of Maine. 



Cordial invitations Avere received to hold the next convention of 

 the association at Denver, Colorado, and Portland, Oregon. 



SECTION ON COLLEGE WORK AND ADMINISTRATION. 



Four topics, educational policy, the value of general culture in 

 technical courses, administrative methods, and military discipline, 

 were considered in the college section. 



One of the most interesting and valuable discussions of the meet- 

 ing was that opened by Andrew^ Sledd with a paper on Rural v. Ur- 

 ban Conditions in the Determination of Educational Policy. Presi- 

 dent Sledcl maintained that educational policy should be adapted to 

 meet the specialized needs of different communities. He believes 

 that the first object of an education is to raise standards of living on 

 a purely physical basis. In rural communities, therefore, instruction 

 in agriculture should be provided for first of all. But education 

 should also give to life a satisfvin.«" content. For the farmer it is 



