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have been sent out. Advertising, as stated previously, has been 

 limited, owing to shortage of funds, to about one-third of what is 

 usually carried. A canvass of the students from time to time 

 shows that the advertisements in the American Agriculturist and 

 Rural New Yorker are the source of more students than any other 

 agency. 



Four thousand copies of the school catalogue have been printed 

 and sent out to people inquiring for them. The School is send- 

 ing to the various high schools, libraries, and reading rooms in 

 central and eastern New York copies of The Arcadian, the school 

 paper. This paper is attracting attention and will prove good 

 advertising. 



NEEDS OF THE SCHOOL 



In the fourth annual report several items were included in the 

 budget because they were needed to meet certain demands that 

 are becoming more and more insistent. Most of these items, in line 

 with the general policy toward all institutions, were not granted. 

 I recommend, therefore, that the following items be included in 

 the budget : 



A class room and laboratory building 



A poultry laboratory building 



Painting, redecorating, and repairing roofs of Bicknell and 

 Madison Halls, residence, shop, and farm buildings, and for 

 providing proper fire exits in school buildings 



Completion of the grading of roads and campus improvements. 

 All these items have been requested from previous legislatures. 



Last year an item for a dormitory was included in the budget, 

 but at an indefinite amount. After considerable discussion in 

 various directions, it would seem best to omit this request because 

 it seems to be a policy that the villages in which state-supported 

 educational institutions are located should house and care for the 

 students. Hence, while dormitories and boarding houses where 

 the cost of living may be minimized represent a great necessity m 

 the welfare and progress of the institution, it would appear that 

 this question is one which must be settled by private capital and 

 initiative. 



