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narrowness, and will make the bulletin the«product of the constructive and critical 

 skill of a number of minds. It were well for every station man to regard the 

 publication of his bulletin as the culmination of his work upon the subject up to 

 that point, the product by which his colleagues and the world will judge him. 

 His real interest lies in that which will endure, will serve as a basis for science, 

 or will at once serve an economic end. And the people's real interest is that the 

 economic relations of scientific work be so clearly developed that their application 

 can be made in everyday affairs. 



The exercises connected with the installation of Dr. Edmund James as 

 president of the University of Illinois were of an unusually interesting character, 

 because of the large number of administrative officers and professors connected 

 Avith foreign and American uninversities and colleges who were in attendance, 

 the variety and scope of the papers read, and the subjects discussed at the meet- 

 ings held during the week Agriculture, as a subject on which has been 



based one of the main divisions of the university, and which in recent years has 

 fully shared in the general prosperity of the institution, w r as given full recognition 

 in the programme of the installation exercises. In his inaugural address, in which 

 great stress was laid on the importance of maintaining the courses of instruction 

 in the university on a high grade and increasing research work, President James 

 used the college of agriculture as an illustration of a university department which 

 had developed so rapidly in number of students that it was evident the day was 

 not far distant when it would be impracticable for the university to care for 

 all the students in agriculture who would come for instruction on the present 

 basis. He was therefore in favour of raising the requirements for entrance to the 

 college of agriculture, and at the same time seeking to provide for the secondary 

 education of thousands of students in special public schools to be established in 



different parts of the State In the response to addresses made by Doctor 



Colman, the history of the Hatch Act and the consequent development of agri- 

 cultural education and research in this country were described in outline. In this 

 way attention was drawn to the fact that the National Government, through 

 its Department of Agriculture and Congress, had been largely instrumental in 

 laying the foundations of our present system of agricultural education and research, 

 and had co-operated with the colleges and stations during all the stages of their 

 development. Last year the trustees of Cornell University passed a resolution 

 creating what is virtually a board of visitors for the college of agriculture, com- 

 posed of representatives of the State and district agricultural societies. The 

 trustees invited each of these societies to send a delegate annually, at the expense 

 of the university, to visit the college of agriculture and make an inspection 

 of its work. 



In accordance with this provision, delegates from a large number of these 

 societies visited the college early in October of this year. An opening talk was 

 given by President Schurman, and Director Bailey spoke to the delegates on the 

 purpose for which the college farm should be utilized. A tour was made of the 

 farms, laboratories, and other buildings of the college and the experiment station, 

 and the work was described. The delegates formed a permanent organization, called 

 the New York State Committee for the Promotion of Agricultural Education and 

 Research, adopted a constitution, and elected officers. The president of the State 

 Breeders' Association was elected president of the new organization, the president 

 of the State Fruit Growers' Association was elected secretary, and the secretary of 

 the Western New York Horticultural Society, treasurer. 



The committee will meet at the college in October each year. The 

 authorities look for very good results from this organization. It is official and 



