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be better calculated than this to realize that happy combination 

 of a sound mind in a sound body. In the various departments 

 of study the students have labored with diligence and success. 

 The young men acquitted themselves in their recitations with 

 much credit. Some of the students bore their examinations 

 particularly well, and we shall be surprised if they do not 

 develop into men that the farmers of Massachusetts will hear 

 from. 



The results already attained reflect much credit on the faculty 

 and students. And yet it would be unjust for us to forget that 

 the institution is yet in a formative state. It would be unfair 

 to judge it by as strict a rule as we may apply after a few more 

 years of prosperity. There are various and urgent wants of the 

 college that must be supplied before it can be launched on the 

 full tide of success. It is unnecessary for the Committee to 

 enumerate in this report what they conceive to be the present 

 needs of the college ; but we would refer to the report of the 

 condition of the college which the trustees have made to the 

 legislature, and state that we heartily concur with the views 

 therein expressed as to the measures that should be taken to 

 promote the prosperity of the college. 



The action taken by this Board last year, in authorizing its 

 Secretary to perform such services at the college as should be 

 agreed upon between him and the trustees, resulted in an ar- 

 rangement under which Mr. Flint delivered at the college a 

 course of lectures on the Dairy and Dairy Farming. 



The labors of the resident professors have been characterized 

 by ability, earnestness and zeal. Owing to the small number of 

 professors, and the various duties which must be performed in 

 an agricultural college, there has not been that division of labor 

 that is desirable. The professor of agriculture has had to per- 

 form the duties of farm superintendent, and the result, of course, 

 has not been so favorable in the management of the farm as 

 would have been the case if the professor could have devoted 

 his exclusive attention in that direction. 



President Clark is admirably qualified for the position he 

 holds, by his scientific attainments, his experience, and, above 

 all, by his enthusiastic temperament. It is impossible for the 

 the students to escape the contagion of his enthusiasm. 



