SUMMER MEETING OF THE BOARD, AT AMHERST. 



The 8uiunior nKH'tini>- of the Hoard of Aiiriculturc was held 

 at the Massachusetts AgricuUural C^ollege and Hatch Exjieri- 

 ineiit Station, Amherst, in eonneetion with Commencement, 

 on Wednesday, June 17, 1903. 



The Board Avas entertained at the Amherst House Tuesday 

 night, where a special business meeting was held. On 

 Wednesday forenoon barges were taken, and the grounds 

 and buildings of the college and experiment station were 

 visited and inspected. The Board attended the Commence- 

 ment exercises in the college chapel at 10 o'clock. At 12 

 o'clock dinner was served in the ncAV dining hall to members 

 of the Board, alumni and visiting friends, nearly 200 persons 

 being present. 



After-dinner speaking followed, with First Vice-President 

 Sessions presiding. President Goodell welcomed the Board 

 to Amherst, after which the Rev. Dr. AVillard Scott of 

 Worcester addressed the assembly on "The newer feeling 

 for nature," an abstract of which forms a portion of the pro- 

 ceedings of this meeting. After brief remarks by Secretary- 

 elect J. L. Ellsworth, the Chair turned the gathering over to 

 President C. S. Phelps of the College Alumni Association, 

 and the summer meetino- of the Board was brougflit to a 

 close. This meeting was a very enjoyable occasion, and 

 those who attended went home well pleased with the appear- 

 ance and work of the college and station. 



