CONVENTION OF AMKKHAN AGRICTLTl' K A L COLLEGES. .'!'.', 



President J. M. Hamilton discussed the Relative Amounts of Pure 

 and Applied Science. II*' held thai the land giant colleges should 

 give a good foundation in pure science, not for intellectual training 

 alone, hut as a preparation for the work in applied science. Their 

 should be diversity in this also, for the application of pure science 

 frequently calls for the union of Beveral branches. In view of these 

 considerations he would have a large amount of pun- science work in 

 the early part of the land-grant college course, and make the later 

 science work thoroughly industrial. 



Prof. F. W. Kane, in his discussion of Courses in Agriculture, 

 Horticulture, and Allied Subjects, confined his remarks mainly to 

 horticulture. In his scheme for utilizing the L50 bours assigned to 

 horticultural courses. 20 hours were given to the study of propaga- 

 tion, 50 to pomology, 50 to olericulture, and :'»<» to floriculture. Charts 

 were also exhibited which showed a syllabus of a separate course in 

 horticulture, and of horticulture as it is now given in several States. 



Di-. II. W. Tyler discussed what constitutes a "liberal and practical 

 education" for an engineer, making suggestions as to the allotment of 

 time between general science and professional work; and Dr. W. E. 

 Stone and President J. L. Snyder considered the desirability of degree 

 courses in home economics. The former held that since the manual 

 operations of this country are performed by the uneducated people, 

 there is no place for manual training in the degree courses, hut that 

 skill in manual operations should be acquired in the lower schools. 

 President Snyder maintained that manual development might to a cer- 

 tain extent he considered one of the legitimate aims of a college course, 

 which ought to be in the broadest sense a preparation for life; and he 

 outlined a tentative degree course in home economics. 



In discussing these papers Prof. L. H. Bailey pointed out a tendency 

 to react from the exclusively or severely technical undergraduate 

 courses, and to hold somewhat closely to some of the traditions of 

 education. He noted further a growing disposition to occupy the first 

 two 3 T ears of the college course with the fundamental or pure science 

 Subjects, a drift, of opinion toward humanizing the conduct of courses 

 in all of the land-grant institutions, and' v *an increasing sympathy 

 with the work-a-day life," a desire to introduce other subjects which 

 have to do with the every -day life of the people, and a general indica- 

 tion that the courses, particularly on the agricultural side, are not 

 regarded as severely technical. Particularly was he impressed with 

 the emphasis placed upon the ideals of education rather than practical 

 utility. 



Student Control was the topic of a paper presented by President 

 W. O. Thompson, who discussed (l } student government as originated 

 at the University of Illinois in L869, and tried subsequently at a num- 

 ber of other institutions; {'2) faculty control, and (3) administrative 



