June 1, iy07 



HORTICULTURi: 



723 



A NEW LEADER IN EDUCATION. 



The committee on Course of study 

 and Faculty of the Board of Trustees 

 of the Massachusetts Agricultural 

 College have voted to recommend to 

 the full Board the election of Prof. W. 

 R. Hart, of the Nebraska State Normal 

 School, as Professor of Agricultural 

 Education at the Agiicultural College. 



Prof. Hart is a man of about fifty 

 years of age and is considered one of 

 the strongest men in the educational 

 work in Nebraska. He spent his boy- 

 hood on an Iowa farm and received 

 his education in Iowa Wesleyan Uni- 

 versity, Iowa State Law School, and 

 the University of Nebraska. He had 

 his master's degree from the latter 

 named institution. He has had teach- 

 ing experience in country schools and 

 also in high school and normal and ■ 

 college work. He is a member of all 

 the educational associations in Nebras- 

 ka, has contributed numerous educa- 

 tional articles, and written several 

 monographs on educational topics. 



The department to which Prof. Hart 

 has been called is an entirely new one 

 at the Agricultural College and is a 

 very important departure. Prof. Hart 

 will be expected to make a thorough 

 study of all phases of agricultural edu- 

 cation and to be of especial help to 

 the teachers, principals, and superin- 

 tendents of the State in introducing 

 agriculture into the elementary schools 

 and high schools, and in the establish- 

 ment of agricultural high schools. 

 The Summer School of Agriculture, to 

 be held for the first time during the 

 coming summer, promises to be a 

 great success, and is to be part of the 

 work of this Department of Agricul- 

 tural education. 



It is believed that the Massachu- 

 setts Agricultural College is the first 

 institution in the United States to 

 organize this work on so broad a 

 foundation, although many other col- 

 leges have introduced various phrases 

 of instruction for those desiring to 

 teach agriculture. 



Prof. Hart has extremely compli- 

 mentary testimonials from such men 

 as Chancellor Andrews of the Univer- 

 sity of Nebraska, Dr. A. E. Winship 

 of Boston, Dean Bentley of Clark Col- 

 lege, Worcester, besides a large list 

 of prominent school men in the State 

 of Nebraska. 



He will assume his duties July 1 

 and be present at the Summer School 

 of Agriculture. He will not take up 

 his regular residence in Amherst, 

 however, until the opening of the new 

 college year. He is married, but has 

 no children. 



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