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referred. Some opponents of this concept claim that the sea-grant arrangement 

 would foster the image of a trade school. In reply, I can say that any arrange- 

 ment which provides training in chemistry, geology, physics, biology, engineer- 

 ing, and mathematics could hardly be described as a trade school, under any sys- 

 tem of definitions. 



We who have studied the effects of the land- grant college principle have a 

 healthy respect and appreciation for the fact that land- grant colleges now account 

 for 40% of the doctorates turned out in United States educational institutions. 

 They educate 20% of all our undergraduates, and provide one third of all our 

 university and college teachers. The Interagency Committee on Oceanography 

 feels that the emergence of the sea- grant arrangement may add to the already 

 highly respected position of the land-grant colleges and contribute significantly 

 to the objectives of the National Oceanographic Program, if developed in a ra- 

 tional, well- conceived manner. 



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