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The matter of participation in the benefits of the Cecil Rhodes scholarships bequest 
by institutions represented in this association having been brought to the attention 
of the committee by members of the association, the chairman of the committee was 
assured personally by the representative in the United States of the trustees of the 
Rhodes bequest that no discrimination, other than such as might lie in the specific 
terms of the bequest, would obtain against the peculiar institutions comprising this 
association. 
Your committee having knowledge of the arrival in the United States in October, 
1903, of a commission visiting this country on request and at the expense of Alfred 
Moseley, esq., of England, to "investigate the facilities offered and the provisions 
made for industrial and technical education," addressed a cordial invitation to the 
commission to attend this convention of representatives of the leading technical 
schools in America, venturing the opinion that the purposes of the commission 
might be furthered by conference with this body. The invitation was extended 
through President Nicholas Murray Butler, of Columbia University, New York, to 
whom the commission was referred by Mr. Moseley for arrangement of its itinerary. 
The following communication was received from President Butler: 
"Columbia University, in the City of New York, 
"President's Room, October 14, 1903. 
"President H. C. White, Athens, Ga. 
"My Dear Sir: I beg to acknowledge the receipt of yours of the 10th and to say 
that I am very glad indeed to hand the Moseley commission your very urgent invi- 
tation to attend the seventeenth annual convention of the Association of American 
Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations, to be held in Washington on 
November 17-20 next. I am not sure how many members of the commission will 
be in this country at that time, but I hope that some of them, at least, will be able 
to accept your invitation. 
"Faithfully, yours, "Nicholas Murray BrrLER." 
Your committee are hopeful that some members of the commission may be present 
during the course of this convention, in which event it will no doubt be the pleas- 
ure of the association to extend to them due and proper courtesies. 
Your committee announce with great and sincere regret the death on August 26, 
1903, of Mr. Victor H. Lowe, of the New York Experiment Station, secretary of the 
Section on Entomology. This sad event came to the knowledge of the committee 
so shortly before the convening of this convention that no effort was made to secure 
a secretary for the section. The duty of filling this office is respectfully remitted to 
the Section on Entomology. 
The call for the meeting of this, the seventeenth, convention of the association was 
issued by your committee May 30, 1903. The programme of order of business for 
the convention was issued November 7, 1903. 
As the expenditures of the funds of the association are made, for the greater part, 
upon the authorization and approval of the executive committee, your committee 
has pleasure in calling attention to the satisfactory report which the treasurer will 
present to the convention. The legitimate expenses attending the conduct of the 
proper and necessary work of the association are sometimes unavoidably heavy. 
During the past year such control has been exercised that it has been found pos- 
sible to meet a number of previously outstanding obligations, to pay all current 
expenses, leave no unpaid accounts, and finish the year with a small balance in the 
treasury. 
Respectfully submitted for the executive committee. 
H. C. White, Chairman. 
The report was received and placed on file. 
Report of Treasurer. 
The report of the treasurer was read, as follows: 
Report of treasurer of t lie association, October 7, 1902, to November 17, 1903. 
Amount on hand October 7, 1902 $78. 40 
Amount received from dues 1, 010. 15 
Total 1, 688. 55 
Expenditures 1, 425. 29 
Balance in bank November 17 263. 26 
Edward B. Yooriiees, 
Secretary- Treasurer. 
