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general work a decent allowance of state funds, since it would result 

 in such a drain upon the state treasury to meet the demands of the 

 Page Bill conditions, that some of the agricultural colleges and experi- 

 ment stations would get but little state money for departments other 

 than the extension division. It would appear then, if we were to 

 take any active part as a body, in federal legislation, that this is a 

 matter for our careful consideration. 



The executive committee has made a most determined effort to 

 influence the directors of the various stations to pay the way of their 

 entomologists to these annual meetings. Your President with the 

 knowledge and approval of the other members of the Executive Com- 

 mittee, met the Committee of the American Association of Agricultural 

 Colleges and Experiment Stations on Station Policy and Organization 

 at the Columbus meeting in November. At their hands the project 

 received generous consideration, and we can congratulate ourselves 

 upon the fact that w^e have made a step forward toward the desired 

 goal. The text of the resolution as passed by *the Association is as 

 follows : 



"At the request of one of the societies, with which members of the 

 Station's Staffs would naturally be associated, the question of members 

 of the staff attending the meetings of the Scientific Societies was 

 discussed. Your committee believes—that the leading members of 

 the Staff should, for their own sakes, so far as they are able, attend 

 the sessions of at least one such Society annually. It also believes 

 that the Station administration should be alive to the fact that there 

 are frequently meetings and conventions which the best interests of 

 the Stations demand that it be represented. In such cases, the proper 

 official should be sent as the Station's representative and at its 

 expense." 



The details of the working out of this policy belong to administra- 

 tive bodies in connection with each station, and, therefore, it is left to 

 each station to arrange. In considering this matter the committee on 

 station organization and policy took the ground, naturally, that this 

 should apply to all divisions; that it should not be regarded for a 

 moment as a charity on the part of the station toward one of its workers, 

 but rather as an advantage to the station to have its men at the meet- 

 ings, thereby helping it to keep in touch with the most modern methods. 

 Of course, the Association of Agricultural Colleges and Experiment 

 Stations cannot dictate to the boards of regents, or boards of trustees, 

 but, I believe that directors as a whole are trying to look upon this 

 matter favorably, and it is for you as entomologists to present your 

 claims to your various stations, and to use your influence in this direc- 

 tion as far as possible, It might be wise, perhaps, to ask for a general 

 traveling fund as a part of your budget, of such a size as to enable you 



