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SCIENCE. 



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to furnish an instructive exposition of a phase 

 of educational and scientific effort which is 

 rapidly extending and is already exerting a 

 potential influence in developing the industries 

 and resources of the country. It is safe to say 

 that in no special field of education and re- 

 search has there been greater progress during 

 the past decade than along the agricultural, 

 industrial and technological lines represented 

 by the land-grant colleges and experiment 

 stations. The exhibit is under the control of 

 the Government Board, and has been prepared 

 under the general management of a committee 

 of the Association of American Agricultural 

 Colleges and Experiment Stations, of vphich 

 Dr. W. H. Jordan, director of the New York 

 Experiment Station, is chairman. Mr. James 

 L. Farmer, special agent of the Government 

 Board, is in immediate charge. The exhibit 

 occupies about 16,000 square feet of space 

 very favorably located in the Palace of Educa- 

 tion. In addition to the displays of the U. S. 

 Bureau of Education and of the Office of 

 Experiment Stations of the U. S. Department 

 of Agriculture, which represent the national 

 government in its relations with these col- 

 leges and stations, the space devoted to agri- 

 cultural exhibits is divided into fifteen sec- 

 tions, that occupied by the mechanic arts 

 exhibits into nine sections. The displays in 

 these sections have been prepared with the 

 collaboration of experts selected from the fac- 

 ulties of the land-grant institutions, agricul- 

 tural experiment stations and the U. S. De- 

 partment of Agriculture, and cover all of the 

 principal subdivisions of agriculture and me- 

 chanic arts. 



The agricultural exhibits include soils, fer- 

 tilizers, plant laboratory, field crops, horticul- 

 ture and forestry, plant pathology, economic 

 entomology, classed under the general head 

 of agronomy or plant production; animal hus- 

 bandry (investigation), animal husbandry 

 (instruction), and veterinary medicine, classed 

 under the head of zootechny or animal in- 

 dustry; dairy laboratory and sugar laboratory, 

 classed under the head of agrotechny or agri- 

 cultural technology; rural engineering, or 

 farm mechanics; rural economics or farm 

 management ; and inspection. The mechanic 



arts exhibits include civil engineering, me- 

 chanical engineering, electrical engineering, 

 mining engineering, technical chemistry, 

 architecture, drawing and shop practise (in- 

 cluding textiles and trades), domestic science 

 and ceramics. 



HONORARY DEGREES CONFERRED BY THE 

 UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN. 



On the occasion of the recent jubilee cele- 

 bration of the University of Wisconsin, the 

 doctorate of laws was conferred on some forty 

 delegates. The words addressed by President 

 Van Hise to several of the candidates were 

 as follows : 



Henry Prentice Abmsby — Formerly pro- 

 fessor at this university, with the aid of 

 ingeniously devised apparatus you have for 

 years been successfully working upon the very 

 important problems of metabolism of food 

 nutrients. Upon you, for these valuable re- 

 searches on the nourishment of the body, and 

 for vigorous administration of the Pennsyl- 

 vania state agricultural experiment station, 

 we confer the degree of doctor of laws. 



Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin — It is with 

 the greatest pleasure that I, confer upon you 

 the degree of doctor of laws. The University 

 of Wisconsin owes you much. As her presi- 

 dent for five years, you contributed to her de- 

 velopment and upbuilding more than can be 

 estimated. She honors you to-day for this, 

 and also for your contributions to the science 

 of geology. In your work in connection with 

 the state and federal surveys, and in your 

 comprehensive scientific investigations regard- 

 ing the principles of ore deposition, the 

 Pleistocene formations and the evolution of 

 the solar system, you have combined in a rare 

 manner patient collections of facts, discrimi- 

 nating reasoning power and constructive sci- 

 entific imagination. You have richly deserved 

 the highest academic honor in the gift of this 

 university. 



John Dewey — Profound philosopher and 

 psychologist, you have successfully applied 

 your learning to the study of childhood and 

 youth. You have been an inspiration and a 

 guide to students of education in every pro- 

 gressive country. For distinguished service 



