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investigator, a person must devote himself to it for only a short time and when 
be la in the freshest condition. Almost any kind of routine work <i><>s Interfere 
with that, and t<> some extent teaching will so interfere, certainly If carried on 
to any great extent, it Interferes with the continuity of thought, and the hours 
of teaching may Interfere even with the whole day's work by the breaking up 
of the lines of thought or the continuity of Investigation, outside of that i am 
not at all sure that the teaching does not have a good many advantages. 
I am Inclined to believe that the Investigator should do loss teaching, but that 
the teaching should be under the direction of the Investigation staff rather than 
the reverse. I am at present far from believing that it is wise to separate 
college and station, if it were possible. I do not believe that a staff worker 
OUght to do much teaching, hilt as to whether the teaching he does should ho 
that given to the higher students or to elementary students I am not quite clear, 
although I recognize the force of what has been said about the advantages of 
the instruction of the higher classes. The station workers should have a train- 
ing which will enable them to express the results of their Investigations in a 
clear way to the public. I am fully aware that there are a great many exceed- 
ingly valuable investigators who do not have that faculty and do not care to 
go before the public in any capacity. We recognize their value, and a great 
many times it is best to recognize that peculiarity of their make-up and allow 
them to confine themselves to investigation. On the other hand, there are a 
great many men who can do both, and probably the majority have to some 
extent the willingness and the ability to do both. To those people who do not 
have that particular trend, the dealing with elementary students or the 
attempt to put the subject in an elementary way, it seems to me, is a very 
valuable training, but ought to be done with limitations. 
F. B. Mum ford, of Missouri. It seems to me it has been clearly demonstrated 
by several of the speakers that it depends a good deal on the viewpoint from 
which we consider this question. The University of Missouri may be differently 
situated from some of the colleges and stations referred to, but so far as we are 
concerned we find it to the advantage of the station from almost every stand- 
point that the teachers who are there engaged are not only permitted but 
required to devote some of their time to station work. Let me give a concrete 
illustration. The university has in the course of its search for men in the 
departments secured a man who is eminent for his research work, in a given 
line, and that line of work happens to be closely associated with agricultural 
college and station work. His salary is paid entirely by the university, and 
he has from his own choice and by the permission of the university devoted con- 
siderable time to research for the station, the station paying the expenses of the 
investigation. I suppose that it would be impossible for the station ever to be 
able to secure the services of such a man were they compelled to pay him his 
entire salary, but working in this way we are able to secure the advantages of 
his investigation. There are a number of men of this kind in our institution 
who are working in the same way. 
J. L. Hills, of Vermont. In the smaller institutions, where funds are com- 
paratively limited, the dual duty must needs be met. I think you will pardon 
me if I tell you how at the University of Vermont we have endeavored to meet 
these conditions. 
In my own case I try for what we term our first half year to lay almost all 
the stress upon college work. I have arranged with my associates in the fac- 
ulty for several of them to lay almost all their teaching stress on the second half 
year. From October 1 to February 1. except for the routine of work which must 
be done, I put my energies just so far as I can into college work. After Feb- 
ruary 1 I devote my energies to the administration of the station and to 
