conferred upon the student at the end of his College course, (of 

 not less than four years) and another indicating proficiency in Ag- 

 riculture, upon completing his apprenticeship. Probably you catch 

 my idea. I am lod to think that we must move in this direction, if 

 we wish our industrial schools to do the greatest good. I am (juite 

 sure that, with the present limited amount of money at our com- 

 mand, it is useless to expect to turn out from our industrial colleges 

 and universities, finished farmers, gardeners, or mechanics. \V 

 can do this much, however we can give our students a good 

 foundation of pure science, upon which to rear a superstructure of 

 applied science. 



PROFESSOR AGASSIZ ON THE VALUE OF RECENT RESEARCHES IN 



VEGETABLE LIFE, MADE IN THE AGRICULTURAL COLLK<.K 



OF MASSACHUSETTS, AT AMHERST. 



At the close of President Clark's remarks on the " Circulation 

 of Sap in Plants," before the Board of Agriculture, at Fitchburg,. 

 Dec. 2d, 1873, Prof. Agassiz volunteered the following telling com- 

 pliment to the College. He said : " May I request you to grant 

 me half a moment, before you call upon the gentleman who to- 

 speak next? I need not praise what has been said by President 

 Clark, for the man that can make such investigations, and report 

 them in such a manner, has the reward of his works in himself, and 

 no eulogy from others can add to his gratification. But I would 

 not allow this opportunity to pass, without saying a word with' refer- 

 ence to the College. From this time forward, this institution has 

 its place among the scientific institutions, if it had not before ; for 

 only those institutions have a place in the scientific world which do 

 something, and this is something extraordinary. It is a revelation 

 to physiologists. Let me say to those who have not thought that 

 the Agricultural College was doing anything worthy of its expense, 

 that the production of this one paper has amply paid every dollar 

 which the State has bestowed upon the institution." 



THE VIEWS OF PRESIDENT WHITE, OF CORNELL UNIVERSITY, 

 JANUARY, 1874. 



President 'Andrew D. White, of Cornell University, in an ad- 

 dress delivered at Albany, January 21, 187.4, before the N. Y.. 



