50 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



Afternoon Session. 



The meeting was called together at 2 p.m. by the secre- 

 tary, who said : — 



You have all noticed what our subject is for this after- 

 noon. President Goodell has been asked to preside this 

 afternoon. 



President Goodell. The address this afternoon is one 

 that will interest you all. It is on "The mission of the 

 agricultural colleges." The speaker who has been chosen to 

 address you is one who has had wide experience with differ- 

 ent colleges, having been connected with the State College 

 of Pennsylvania, with the University of Maine and also 

 with the Wesle3^an University at Middletown, Conn. I 

 have the pleasure of introducing to you Dr. Jordan, director 

 of the Experiment Station at Geneva, N. Y. 



