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in a high school, as here defined and discussed; but nowhere 

 has there been the definite and studied employment of the proj- 

 ect and part-time method of training here contemplated for use 

 in both the agricultural school and the agricultural department. 



While, therefore, it is believed that the system of agricultural 

 schools recommended in this report will prove to be an impor- 

 tant contribution to the progress of education in this Common- 

 wealth, it is believed, also, that the experimental character of 

 the proposed system, particularly in matters relating to the agri- 

 cultural department, should be distinctly recognized. To this 

 end, accordingly, the appropriation for aiding such departments 

 has been restricted to $10,000 a year, a sum sufficient to start 

 a small number of such departments. 



Intense interest in the proposed system exists among farmers, 

 business men and educators throughout the State with whom it 

 has been discussed. Under the supervision of the Board of Edu- 

 cation, the work could be subjected to the closest scrutiny, and 

 would be undertaken with corresponding care. Departments 

 need not be established excepting where conditions for their suc- 

 cessful development were believed to exist. Every possible as- 

 sistance could be given those immediately responsible for putting 

 into effect the method here proposed. If the results proved to 

 be disappointing, the appropriation for departments should be 

 discontinued. If the results here anticipated should be realized, 

 the annual appropriation could be increased and the system 

 further extended whenever such action might be considered 

 necessary or desirable. 



