32G EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



each year in one of the special departments of the National Educational 

 Association. 



A vote of confidence and thanks was ordered sent to Representatives 

 Adams and Mondell for their efforts in behalf of the bills in their 

 charge for the further endowment of the experiment stations and the 

 establishment of mining schools. The association also voted to lend 

 its aid in support of national appropriation for the control of the 

 gypsy moth. It went on record as indorsing the continuance of the 

 collection and publication of data by the United States Department of 

 Agriculture relative to the condition and yields of farm crops, for the 

 use of farmers and for students in rural economics. 



Invitations were received from California, Washington, and Louisi- 

 ana for the association to hold its next annual meeting in these States. 

 The telegrams from various parts of California were especially numer- 

 ous, and much interest was manifested b}" the association in holding 

 its next session in that State, in view of the meeting there of the 

 National Educational Association next summer. The matter was left 

 as usual in the hands of the executive committee. 



In the election of officers M. H. Buckham, of Vermont, was chosen 

 president; C. C. Thach of Alabama, E. H. Jenkins of Connecticut, 

 J. H. Worst of North Dakota, B. I. Wheeler of California, and 

 Luther Foster of New Mexico, vice-presidents; J. L. Hills, of Ver- 

 mont, secretaiw and treasurer; and A. C. True, of this Office, bibli- 

 ographer; executive committee, H. C. White of Georgia, J. L. Sny- 

 der of Michigan, W. H. Jordan of New York, C. F. Curtiss of 

 Iowa, and L. H. Bailey of New York. 



In the section on college work and administration, C. K. Van Hise, of 

 Wisconsin, was chosen chairman, and H. C. Price, of Ohio, secretary. 



B. C. Buffum, of Wyoming, was elected chairman of the section on 

 experiment station work, and M. A. Scovell, of Kentucky, secretary. 



H. P. Armsby of Pennsylvania, C. F. Curtiss of Iowa, and the 

 secretaiw of the section (ex officio) compose the programme committee 

 of the latter section. 



SECTION ON COLLEGE WORK AND ADMINISTRATION. 



The general theme for discussion in this section was The Field and 

 Functions of the Land-Grant Colleges, which was considered under the 

 three heads — curriculum, discipline, and environment. 



In a paper on A Minimum General Culture Requirement, President 

 A. B. Storms held that the students which the land-grant colleges 

 attract are not prepared for severely technical courses, and hence pro- 

 vision should be made for general culture studies during the first two 

 years of the course, with opportunity for election in the last two years. 

 The students should not be occupied in acquiring mere manual dex- 

 terity, which can be more cheaply learned in the workshop. 



