1914.1 PUBLIC DOCUMENT — No. 31. 3 a 



REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR. 



"WM. P. BROOKS. 



ADMINISTRATION. 



Station Staff. 



From Oct. 1, 1912, to September, 1913, thus including the 

 greater part of the director's leave of absence, the administra- 

 tive duties of the office were faithfully and ably discharged by 

 Mr. F. W. Morse, research chemist in agronomy, of our de- 

 partment of chemistry. It is a pleasure to testify not only to 

 the fine tact and good judgment shown in a position necessarily 

 somewhat difficult to fill, but as well to express appreciation of 

 the effective initiative shown by Mr. Morse at a time particu- 

 larly critical in the financial relations of the station to the State. 

 The material increase in the annual provision made by the last 

 Legislature for the support of the station, reported in detail 

 under a topic considered later, is the best evidence of the quality 

 of his work. It is a pleasure, also, to say that in all the phases 

 of the work of the director's office the vice-director, Dr. J. B. 

 Lindsey, took his accustomed hearty interest, gave most freely 

 of his time, and contributed no little to its successful adminis- 

 tration. The splendid esprit de corps shown by all the members 

 of the staff should also be mentioned. Each fully met the re- 

 sponsibilities of his position, and more ; and it is in a sense 

 invidious to recognize especially the services of the first clerk 

 of the administrative department, Mrs. L. G. Church, and the 

 assistant agriculturist, Mr. E. F. Gaskill, to whom, however, 

 inevitably fell an unusual share of the duties usually devolving 

 upon the director and agriculturist. 



On the resumption of my duties as director on September 1 

 Professor ]\Iorse was once more able to devote his entire time to 

 the important lines of research connected with the nutrition of 



