Federal aid should come to this division of the work in due time. 

 They have not been opposed or indifferent to the appropriations 

 for agricultural purposes, but they believe sincerely that an 

 aggressive movement should be started looking toward Federal 

 aid for engineering experiment stations and for engineering 

 extension work. This will raise the question sooner or later 

 whether a new section on engineering extension work shall be 

 provided within this Association. The fact that in some states 

 the universities and colleges of agriculture are separate has 

 developed a situation as to mechanic arts and engineering that may 

 make it impossible ever to secure Federal aid for mechanic arts 

 or engineering. It certainly becomes important that this Associa- 

 tion should face that problem and face it squarely. This is 

 infinitely more important than the technical question of amending 

 the Constitution. If the agricultural portion of the Association 

 is at heart opposed to Federal aid for the mechanic acts work 

 and to the development of money for extension in mechanic arts 

 parallel to the work in the Smith-Lever Bill, that fact should be 

 frankly and publicly stated. The truth is that some states are 

 now spending considerable revenue in general university extension. 

 In the future they probably will expend more. It is worth while 

 to consider whether these so called Land Grant Colleges together 

 with such of the state universities as have been developed around 

 the College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, as in Ohio, for 

 example, shall by a close co-operation develop teaching as rep- 

 resented in the College, research as represented in the Experiment 

 Stations, for both Agriculture and Engineering and Extension 

 Work as represented by Agriculture and Mechanic Arts or whether 

 they shall allow this general field to be ignored or neglected. 

 Possibly it may not be neglected, but these institutions will 

 eventually be held responsible for the organization of all these 

 scientific and educational activities. 



Attention may now be directed to the fact that every year a 

 considerable number of Associations more or less technical and 

 scientific in character meet at the same time and place as this 

 Association. Reference to the programme will find several of 

 these organizations announced this year. It is evident that 

 these societies are composed chiefly of men associated with the 

 United States Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Education 

 and the group of Colleges represented in this Association. Whether 



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