of Engineering. These colleges are on the same basis as colleges 

 of Law, Medicine or other administrative devices, but are to be 

 regarded as subdivisions of the institutions whether known as 

 College or University. 



The Experiment Stations were provided for in the Hatch 

 Act, by a separate Act of Congress, which said: " There shall 

 be established, under direction of the College or Colleges or 

 Agricultural Department of Colleges, * * * * a department 

 to be known and designated as an 'Agricultural Experiment 

 Station.' ; In section eight of the Act, provision was made by 

 which a state might have an agricultural experiment station 

 separate from the agricultural colleges and under separate man- 

 agement. Some states have taken advantage of this provision. 

 This situation has probably given rise to the confusion over the 

 term " institution " since evidently a separate station would be 

 regarded as an institution, while a station organized as a depart- 

 ment of the College of Agriculture or Mechanic Arts, might 

 not be so construed. 



In the development of the proposed organization it might 

 be well, therefore, to recognize that fact that the Engineering 

 Divisions are not separate institutions and that it would be well 

 to cling to the legal term " Mechanic Arts" since this term has 

 been interpreted by this Association to include all types of Engi- 

 neering. The mere academic question as to the relation between 

 Mechanic Arts and Engineering may be left for leisurely dis- 

 cussion, but it would seem well for the Association to use the legal 

 terms as provided in the Acts of Congress, leaving the interpreta- 

 tion of these terms as a matter of detail. 



It may further be remarked that since Home Economics has 

 been definitely named in the Smith-Lever Bill, certain persons 

 are disposed to regard that as a warrant for a section on Home 

 Economics. It may be suggested, however, that the object of 

 the Smith-Lever Bill was to provide for Agricultural Extension, 

 under which term Home Economics was but one of the specifica- 

 tions. It is doubtful therefore, whether a section on Home 

 Economics could be justified any more than sections on other 

 subjects specifically named in the second Morrill Act. 



In giving this subject consideration it may be well to cast a 

 look forward. There is good reason to believe that Congress will 

 sooner or later provide for Engineering Experiment Stations. 



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