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rem," by W. D. MacMillan ; " Note on the 

 groups for triple-systems," by L. D. Cum- 

 mings; review of De Seguier's Theorie des 

 Groupes de Substitutions, by G. A. Miller; re- 

 view of Wilson's Advanced Calculus, by W. E. 

 Byerly; review of Prasad's Differential and 

 Integral Calculus, by E. B. Wilson; "Shorter 

 notices " ; Tannery's Memoires scientifiques. 

 Volume I., by D. E. Smith ; Natorp's Logisehe 

 Grundlagen der exakten Wissenschaften, 

 Grelling-Enriques' Probleme der Wissenschaft, 

 and Volkmann's Erkenntnistheoretische 

 Grundziige der Naturwissenschaften, by J. W. 

 Young; Pascal's Eepertorium der hoheren 

 Mathematik, second edition, by C. H. Sisam; 

 Love's Differential and integral calculus, by 

 Arnold Dresden ; " Notes " ; and " New Publi- 

 cations." 



THE INFLUENCE OF VARIOUS EDUCA- 

 TIONAL INSTITUTIONS UPON THE 

 DEVELOPMENT OF AGBICUL- 

 TUBAL SCIENCE 

 Education in the general field of agricul- 

 tural science is coming to occupy so large a 

 place in primary, secondary and collegiate 

 instruction, that the development of this field 

 is of almost universal interest among educa- 

 tional workers. Both the subject matter and 

 the pedagogical methods of agricultural sci- 

 ence are so new as to be practically the crea- 

 tion of the present generation of research 

 students and educators. It was of interest to 

 the writer, therefore, to ascertain, as fairly 

 as circumstances would permit, the sources for 

 the inspiration and conception of the men 

 who are building up this new science. It oc- 

 curred to me to ascertain at what institutions 

 of learning the men who were shaping the 

 thought in this field secured their scholastic 

 training, both undergraduate and postgrad- 

 uate. Each of the leading educational insti- 

 tutions of the world is generally recognized as 

 standing for a certain type of instruction or 

 conception of educational methods. It seemed 

 to be of interest to determine to what propor- 

 tionate extent the ideals of each such institu- 

 tion are influencing the development of agri- 

 cultural science. 



For this purpose, a study was made of the 

 number of degrees (exclusive of honorary de- 

 grees) granted by each institution to persons 

 who are, or who have been during the past five 

 years, members of the Society -for the Promo- 

 tion of Agricultural Science. This society 

 does not, of course, include every person who 

 is actively engaged in this field of work. But 

 its membership does include a very large pro- 

 portion of the leaders of this movement in 

 America, and is probably closely representa- 

 tive of the scholastic training which such 

 leadership has received. 



DEGREES GRANTED BY VARIOUS INSTITUTIONS TO 



MEMBERS OP THE SOCIETY FOE PROMOTION 



OP AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE 



Michigan Agricultural College 



Cornell 



Iowa State College 



Harvard 



University of Wisconsin 



Mass. Agricultural College 



University of Missouri 



University of Michigan 



Miss. Agricultural College 



University of Illinois 



University of Nebraska 



Purdue 



Yale..... 



University of Maine 



University of Ohio 



Kutgers College 



Johns Hopkins 



Kansas Agricultural College.... 

 Colorado Agricultural College .. 

 So. Dakota Agricultural College. 



University of Washington 



European universities 



The proportionate distribution of the de- 

 grees received by these men among the several 

 institutions does not necessarily indicate the 

 relative esteem in which these institutions are 

 now held by men of agricultural science as 

 schools for training in this field. It is prob- 

 ably a more accurate measure of the oppor- 

 tunities which were available at the time when 

 these men were seeking their scholastic train- 

 ing. Again, the present standards and ideals 

 of these institutions may be quite different, 

 with many of these men now on their facul- 



