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felt that if they could go to Congress as a body, they would 

 have more influence than they would if colleges presented 

 their cases singly. To this end an association of the execu- 

 tive officers of these institutions was formed, called the 

 American Association of Agricultural Colleges and Experi- 

 ment Stations. With this very important movement Presi- 

 dent Goodell was intimately connected from the beginning. 

 The confidence reposed in his judgment and abilities is best 

 illustrated by the positions of responsibility assigned to him 

 by his associates. Here it will be sufficient to cite the testi- 

 mony of two of his fellow workers. The editor of the Ex- 

 periment Station Record, in the June number for 1905, 

 gives the following account of his relations with the associ- 

 ation: — 



"With the organization of the agricultural colleges and 

 experiment stations of the country into an association, 

 President Goodell became a conspicuous figure in the na- 

 tional association, and was prominently identified with all 

 the movements supported by it during the first fifteen years 

 of its existence. He was a member of its executive commit- 

 tee from 1888 to 1902, and for the last eight years of that 

 period was chairman. As a member of that committee he 

 had a prominent part in securing the legislation leading to 

 the establishment of agricultural experiment stations in 

 every state and territory, and the further endowment of the 

 land-grant colleges. 



"As chairman of the executive committee he devoted 

 much time to the business of the association and to looking 

 after the interests of the institutions represented in it. He 

 was conservative in his action, and his management helped 

 to economize the time of the association and to make its 



