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tions : ( i ) Do you seem to see any undesirable effects caused 

 by town attractions on those pupils living away from home? 

 (2) Do you think it would be better if all could (a) live at 

 home and attend as " day scholars," or (b) board in town, or 

 (c) be housed in school dormitories? 



Fifteen respondents expressly favored dormitories and two 

 others apparently do, as their schools are erecting such build- 

 ings ; two found the village accommodations very satisfactory ; 

 and one favored students living at home. Only two seemed to 

 notice bad effects from village associations. Ten failed to see 

 any such effects, often remarking on the essentially rural char- 

 acter of the location of the school. Five others stated that their 

 schools were in the country, so that the question did not apply. 

 One believed the school should be near a city for the sake of 

 cultural advantages ; his school is one of those now providing 

 a dormitory. 



The summaries given in the following table are pertinent 

 to the above remarks. 



Table 50 



Data on Students in Agricultural High Schools 



States 



Alabama . . 

 Georgia . . . 

 Michigan . 

 Minnesota 

 Virginia . . 

 Wisconsin 



Schools 



7 district 

 11 district 

 1 county 

 1 state 

 1 district 

 3 county 



Enroll- 

 ment 



al,008 



1,001 



48 



63 



41 



191 



a Two not reporting. 



b Based on the enrollment of 750 in the eleven schools for the fall term 1909. 



c 763 of 874 enrolled in eight schools during the year 1908-9. 



The Attitude of Colleges and Universities 



While public attention seems to be focused on the relation of 

 agricultural education of secondary grade to the present system 

 of secondary education, its relation to the higher institutions is 

 of no small importance. Its dignity and standing in the com- 



