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plained of by President Goodell in one of his reports of the 

 number of young men who had presented themselves but 

 failed to pass the required examination. He remarks that 

 "the ignorance displayed of the very rudiments of grammar 

 and arithmetic would almost lead to the conclusion that 

 the grammar school had been suppressed throughout the 

 state." 



He was ever anxious to make the College useful to the 

 people, and inaugurated, as its means would permit, courses 

 of study for those who wished to do advanced work, and 

 also courses of instruction, during the three winter months, 

 in practical farming for those who could not take the full 

 course; and for these courses no examination was required. 

 The growing interest of women in agriculture and flori- 

 culture led to courses for their benefit. 



The work of the College was continually increasing. Ex- 

 perimental work of great importance had been carried on 

 ever since its establishment, and in 1882 the Massachu- 

 setts Agricultural Experiment Station was organized, with 

 Dr. C. A. Goessmann as director. The Hatch Experiment 

 Station, under the direction of President Goodell, was 

 organized in accordance with an act of Congress in 1888, 

 as the Experiment Department of the Massachusetts 

 Agricultural College. The two stations maintained a sepa- 

 rate existence until 1895, when they were united under the 

 name of the Hatch Experiment Station of the Massachu- 

 setts Agricultural College, under the directorship of Pre- 

 sident H. H. Goodell. 



The first duty of the new president was to let the people 

 know what the College was for, and how it would affect 

 them. This involved an immense amount of work, the pre- 



