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division of labor well known in industrial 
pursuits carries with it a necessity for com- 
bination of workers in educational and 
scientific institutions, as well as in manu- 
facturing establishments. Ina way hitherto 
unknown, scientific men will be called in 
the future to work together for common 
ends. No matter is of more vital impor- 
tance in the organization of our colleges and 
experiment stations than the securing of 
harmonious and concerted action on the 
part of faculties and staffs for the common 
good of the institution to which they are 
attached. One of the greatest difficulties 
now attending the successful management 
of these institutions is the fact that while 
specialization has narrowed the field and 
outlook of the individual officer, there has 
not been a corresponding recognition of the 
necessity of readjusting the form of organi- 
zation and the spirit of the worker to meet 
these new conditions. At no time has there 
been greater need of the cultivation of an 
earnest and enthusiastic esprit du corps 
among the rank and file of educational and 
scientific workers. There are many indi- 
vidual examples of men impressed with this 
lofty sentiment, but the whole body is not 
yet animated with it. Obviously it should 
especially be a virtue characteristic of men 
eonuected with public institutions. The 
officers of our agricultural colleges and ex- 
periment stations are public functionaries 
employed to advance very important public 
interests. With them the good of the com- 
munity, as involved in the success of the 
enterprise with which they are connected, 
should be the ruling motive of action. The 
fame and emoluments of the individual 
worker should be subordinated to. the re- 
quirements of concerted action for a com- 
mon end. And yet in the long run it is 
believed the individual worker as well as 
the institution will profit by a loyal and 
self-sacrificing discharge of common duties, 
for union of effort will bring greater success ; 
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and whenever a college or a station is strong 
and flourishing, credit is reflected on every 
worker who has contributed to this issue. 
The general considerations affecting the 
efficient organization of our experiment 
stations have thus been dwelt upon because 
a survey of these institutions during the 
past year has brought additional evidence 
that the problems of organization are being 
more generally considered than ever before. 
The tide is running strongly toward a more 
compact organization and a greater unifica- 
tion of the work. On the whole, those 
stations which havea strong organization 
and administration are meeting with the 
largest measure of success. 
THE ORIGINAL WORK OF THE STATIONS. 
There is also unusual interest in the dis- 
cussion of problems relating to the func- 
tions of the stations and the specific duties 
of station officers. There is quite general 
agreement that each station should con- 
duct a considerable amount of original in- 
vestigation ; but in what way this should 
be provided for and what should be its 
character are variously regarded. Thereis 
still great variety in the assignment of 
teaching and investigation to officers in 
different stations, and the relative amount 
of work of research which is left to assist- 
ants differs very greatly in different places. 
Considerations relating to the financial 
conditions of college and station still affect 
the assignment of work in a number of in- 
stitutions. Our observation of the situation 
leads us to the belief that there is actually 
going on a widespread differentiation of the 
investigator from the teacher, and that this 
is not prevented, though it may be hindered, 
by the varying arrangements made at the 
colleges and stations. A certain number 
of men are more and more devoting them- 
selves to the work of investigation, and 
succeeding in it. Others are just as cer- 
tainly losing their interest and activity in 
