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Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute. — The Shellbanks Farm, which has 



hitherto been conducted al -t entirely on a commercial basis, has recently been 



turned over to the agricultural department under the direction of Prof. E. < '. Bishop, 

 and will henceforth be utilized largely for the instruction of agricultural students. 

 A special three-year course ha- been inaugurated for those who wish to take agricul- 

 ture as their main work, and each boy \\ ln> undertakes the iree will put in seven 



hours of every scl 1 day in actual field work under the direction of an instructor, 



and will also receive two hours of theoretical agriculture and occasionally some nighl 

 work. 



Policy of the Carnegie Foundation. — The trustees of the Carnegie F< lUndation for the 

 Advancement of Teaching have announced the policy of the foundation, through an 

 article by Henry S. Pritchett in Educational Review for June, 1906. rhe question as 

 to the admission of State institutions to the benefits of the foundation has been left 

 t.> be decided at the annual meeting of the trustees in November next. 



[n this connection it is recognized that "from the standpoint of education there 

 are Berious objections to the recognition in a state like Wisconsin, for example, of a 

 modest college and the omission of the great State university, which is the real center 

 of high education. On the other hand, an important question of general public pol- 

 icy is involved when a private agency steps in between the state and an institution 

 which the State has founded and controls. For nearly a hall' century the greal Mate 

 universities in the Central West have labored to establish the principle that higher 

 education in their respective States is to he maintained by the State itself. This 

 principle has been established, and these universities are soon to be in possession of 

 the largest incomes which any institutions in America receive. The State may, 

 therefore, fairly lie expected to provide a retiring-pension Bystem for its own 

 professors." 



The decision of this matter will he awaited with much interest, as it will affect a 

 large proportion of the workers connected with the agricultural colleges and experi- 

 ment stations of the country. 



The International Agricultural Institute. — A recent number of Revue Scientifique 

 states that in spite of pessimistic predictions the future of this Institute is assured, 

 since the following countries have signified their intention to cooperate in its estab- 

 lishment: Italy, France, England, Russia, Germany, Austria-Hungary, United states, 

 Japan, Belgium, Holland, Switzerland, Spain, Portugal, Denmark, Sweden, Greece, 

 Luxemburg, Servia, Bulgaria, Egypt, Persia, Mexico, Equador, Uruguay, Nicaragua, 

 Cuba, and San Salvador, and other powers have signified their intention of cooperat- 

 ing. It is expected that, in accordance with the wish oi King Victor-Emmanuel, 

 the new palace in Rome will he completed in 1907, and the following: year the work 

 of the Institute wdl commence. 



Agriculture at Cambridge University. — The hoard of agricultural studies reports 

 that the Worshipful Company of Drapers, to whom it is already indebted for the 

 endowment of the chair of agriculture, has offered $25,000 toward the buildings 

 required by the agricultural department, on condition that an equal sum he raised 

 hy the end of the year. Pledges ol $5,000 each have already been received from 

 four persons. 



Agricultural High School of Berlin. — A chair of fishery and fish breeding has been 

 established at the Agricultural High School of Berlin and will he occupied by Dr. P. 

 Schiemenz, director of the Miiggelsee Biological Station, which now becomes a 

 department of the Agricultural High School. 



Agricultural Continuation School in Germany.— The first agricultural continuation 

 school in the Province of Brandenburg was opened at Jessern last November and 

 continued until the end of March. Fourteen students were in attendance, and the 

 high grades which they maintained in the examinations at the close of the term 

 indicated that the experiment was entirely successful. The suhjects taught were 



