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The Massachusetts Agricultural College is very com- 

 pletel}' equipped for such work, and the State offers free 

 scholarships there. Harvard does not offer free scholar- 

 ships, but it is seldom, I am told, that a needy applicant, 

 who can prove his ability, is not able to obtain a loan, or 

 other offer of help, to enable him to take a course there. 



Several years ago I was interested to see the Essex 

 Agricultural Society turn an annual deficit into an annual 

 jDrofit. It was my pleasure to work with a committee that 

 accomplished this during my presidency, and to do it they 

 decided to locate in this town, in the midst of a large sur- 

 rounding population, which makes a possibility of many 

 small gate payments towards a large total, if properly 

 handled, as I have said, and all readily given and easilj^ 

 collected. Some of the strongest organizations in the 

 land are thus built up to be crowned with success. 



Let us give to our new President all help and encour- 

 agement that is in our power towards a successful adminis- 

 tration ; and to his predecessor, who has been active for 

 the Society for many years, may he find that the advance- 

 ment which has gone along in his terms as President is 

 held and built upon. 



