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SCIENCE 



[N. S. Vol. XL. No. 1041 



The joint committee of the association and 

 the U. S. Department of Agriculture on proj- 

 ects and correlation reported through Dean F. 

 B. Mumford, of Missouri, that the committee 

 had examined about 1,300 projects submitted 

 by the state institutions and about 1,000 from 

 the Department of Agriculture with a view to 

 their possible correlation. Dr. K. F. Keller- 

 man, of the department, for the joint com- 

 mittee on publication and research, explained 

 the policies of the Journal of Agricultural Re- 

 search, now open to experiment station work- 

 ers, and urged a wider participation by them. 



The evening sessions of the association were 

 devoted largely to the address of the president. 

 Dr. A. 0. True (already printed in Science) 

 and to addresses by E. L. Morgan, of Massa- 

 chusetts, and Miss Elizabeth B. Kelley, of 

 Wisconsin. Professor Morgan described an 

 interesting experiment in rural community 

 planning inaugurated in a typical New Eng- 

 land village by the Massachusetts Agricul- 

 tural College, whereby a strong community 

 spirit was developed and great improvement 

 effected in agricultural practise and market- 

 ing, transportation facilities and other civic 

 affairs, in education, and in the adoption of 

 an all-the-year-round plan for community 

 recreation. Miss Kelley spoke on home eco- 

 nomics in extension work and emphasized the 

 importance of educating men as well as women 

 along this line, outlining some of the ways 

 which have been found effective in bringing 

 improved methods into the home. 



One of the general sessions was set aside for 

 the discussion of problems in connection with 

 the administration of the Smith-Lever exten- 

 sion act. At this session, President W. O. 

 Thompson, of Ohio, chairman of the execu- 

 tive committee, reviewed the passage of the 

 measure and Dr. True, for the States Rela- 

 tions Committee of the F. S. Department of 

 Agriculture, described its practical workings. 

 The matter was further discussed by Dean C. 

 F. Curtiss, of Iowa, President A. M. Soule, of 

 Georgia, A. D. Wilson, of Minnesota, Presi- 

 dent Benjamin Ide Wheeler, of California, and 

 others. Hon. Carl Vrooman, Assistant Secre- 

 tary of Agriculture, also made a brief address 



at this session in which he pointed out the- 

 need of extension work. At its close the 

 association was received at the White House- 

 by President Wilson. 



At the final session, a report was made by 

 President Brown Ayres, of Tennessee, for the 

 executive committee, on the provisions and 

 status of the Smith-Hughes bill for federal 

 aid to vocational education, including an ex- 

 planation of the work of the Federal Commis- 

 sion on Vocational Education. Commissioner 

 Claxton and others also discussed the scop© 

 and details of the bill. The association de- 

 clared itself in favor of federal aid to voca- 

 tional education along the general lines of the 

 bill and instructed the executive committee to 

 cooperate with other agencies in perfecting- 

 the measure and aiding in its passage. 



Various measures relative to military in- 

 struction in the land-grant colleges were re- 

 ferred to the executive committee for consid- 

 eration. An engineering division was estab- 

 lished in the college sectional meeting with 

 provision for either separate or joint programs. 



Officers for the ensuing year were chosen aa 

 follows: President, E. A. Bryan, of Washing- 

 ton; Vice-presidents, J. H. Worst, of North 

 Dakota, T. F. Hunt, of California, C. D. 

 Woods, of Maine, P. H. Rolfs, of Florida, and 

 C. A. Lory, of Colorado ; Secretary-treasurer, J. 

 L. Hills, of Vermont; Bibliographer, A. C. 

 True, of Washington, D. C. ; Executive Com- 

 mittee, W. O. Thompson, of Ohio, chairman, 

 H. J. Waters, of Kansas, Bro-wn Ayres, of Ten- 

 nessee, W. H. Jordan, of New York, and H. L. 

 Russell, of Wisconsin. 



The time and place of the next meeting 

 were left as usual with the executive com- 

 mittee. 



Afternoon sessions were held by the sections 

 on college work and administration, experi- 

 ment station work and extension work. In the 

 college section, the initial paper was on " The 

 Relation of the Agricultural College to In- 

 struction in Agriculture and Home Econom- 

 ics in Secondary and Rural Schools," and 

 " What the College Can Do to Promote Gen- 

 eral Rural School Improvement." In this 

 paper. President E. T. Fairchild, of New 



