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The School of Agriculture. 



[July, 



which level it still remains. This great influx of students necessi- 

 tated a considerable reorganisation of curriculum, staff and 

 buildings. A long range of army huts was hurriedly erected and 

 fitted as lecture rooms and laboratories. Estate management and 

 Horticulture were added to the subjects of instruction, Mr. F. B. 

 Smith, C.M.G., being appointed Reader in Estate Management 

 and Mr. C. W. B. Wright, N.D.H., Lecturer in Horticulture. 

 The Gilbey Lectureship in the History and Economics of Agricul- 

 ture was made into a full time office, the original endowment 

 being supplemented from other sources. Lecturers were also 

 appointed in agricultural zoology, agricultural law, veterinary 

 science, accountancy, and statistics, the last jointly with the 

 Department of Economics. An endowment collected by 

 Sir Arthur Shipley made possible the appointment of a 

 lecturer in tropical agriculture. These new appointments 

 have increased the number of the teaching staff to 22, including 

 two professors, four readers and four University lecturers. 



At the same time the curriculum has been greatly extended, 

 not only by the inclusion of the subjects mentioned above, but 

 by the establishment of a definite three years' course of instruc- 

 tion in agriculture and allied subjects for the B.A. degree. Can- 

 didates for this course must become members of the University 

 either by joining a College or by obtaining admission as non- 

 collegiate students. They must also pass or obtain exemption 

 from the previous examination, or Little Go, which comprises 

 ordinary school subjects. The first year's course, which is the 

 same for all students, aims chiefly at giving an all round intro- 

 duction to agriculture and agricultural science. In the second 

 and third years the subjects of instruction and examination vary 

 according as the student is interested chiefly in agriculture, estate 

 management, forestry, or horticulture. There is an examination 

 at the end of each year. A student who has passed all three 

 examinations is awarded the B.A. degree. 



This degree course is designed to give a liberal education to 

 prospective landowners, farmers, estate agents, foresters and 

 horticulturists. It comprises not only agriculture, estate manage- 

 ment, forestry or horticulture, and the allied sciences, but 

 includes also lectures on agricultural history and economics, 

 agricultural law and accountancy. 



The examinations for the diploma in agriculture were formerly 

 open to anyone. Candidates for the diploma must now be mem- 

 bers of the University, and must possess a degree or some 

 equivalent qualification gained either in Cambridge or elsewhere. 



