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Mr. Buckham, from tlie committee appointed to take into consider- 
ation the personal statement made by the chairman of the executive 
committee, reported as follows : 
Whereas President Henry E. Alvord has served with signal ability and fidelity as 
chairman of the executive committee of this Association of American Agricultural 
Colleges and Experiment Stations since the organization of this body; and 
Whereas this Association learns with much regret that President Alvord will no 
longer consent to serve in this capacity, for which he is so eminently fitted: There- 
fore, be it 
Resolved, That this Association, in general session assembled, hereby desires to 
express its grateful and hearty appreciation of the valuable services rendered to this 
Association by President Alvord, and directs that this resolution be spread upon the 
minutes of the Association and published in its proceedings. 
At the suggestion of the chairman this resolution was unanimously 
adopted by a rising vote. 
Mr. Holladay moved the appointment of a committee to draft reso- 
lutions of thanks for the various courtesies which the Association had 
received in Washington, the committee to report at the general session 
at night, November 15. 
Adopted. 
The chair subsequently appointed Messrs. Holladay and Emigh such 
committee. 
Mr. Hays addressed the convention on the subject of a card index to 
agricultural literature relating to field crops and field management, 
live stock, and dairying. He and some voluntary associates, with the 
help of students, had made some 5,000 or 6,000 catalogue cards, arranged 
and catalogued under the system or key furnished by the Office of 
Experiment Stations, with additions along certain lines. He thought 
one or two thousand dollars would bring this work up to date, cata- 
loguing such works as the Association would be especially interested in. 
The Chairman. No formal recommendation has been made; you have 
the matter before you. 
Mr. Alvord. I am instructed by the committee on order of business 
to give an opportunity at this time for delegates to make motions test- 
ing the sense of this meeting as to time and place of the next annual 
convention. 
Mr. Johnson. I call up the resolution I have already offered to 
select Denver, Colo., as the next place of meeting, and suggest August 
15 to October 1 as the most suitable time. 
Mr. Clute extended a cordial invitation to the convention to meet in 
Florida, suggesting a winter meeting as the most interesting and agree- 
ble for Florida. 
Mr. Johnson desired to divide his motion, the first half to relate to 
the place of meeting, the second to the time. 
Mr. Emigh earnestly seconded Mr. Johnson's invitation to Denver, 
reminding the convention that it was invited not by the city alone, but 
by the whole State. 
