Evening star., 1901-11-12
IN ANNUA4ySESSI0N
Association Of Agricultural Colleges
and Experiment Stations.
PROMINENT SCIEAfBfs PRESENT
Congress Asked to Extend Means
for Commercial Education.
LAND GRANT CoLLEG Es

LAND GRANT COLLEG ES
Instructors in American agricultural col
leges and officers of the experiment sta
tions operated by the United States De-
aartment of Agriculture assembled In Car
roll Institute Hall this morning for the fif-
teenth annual convention Of the Associa-
ton of American Agricultural Colleges and
Experiment Stations. The enrolment for
the first session included the names of
over $50 men prominent in the study of
agricultural science and botanical physiol-
ogy. Three sessions are to be held each
day until Thursday night
ne presiding oincer Of the convention is
President A. w. Harris of the University
of Maine. With him on the executive board
are a number of educators of equal promi-
nence and scientists of distinction. Those
officers who are present in addition to Pres
ident Harris are: Vice presidents. J. X.
Patterson Of Kentucky, r. H. Jesse Of Mis-
souri,. l.. G. Carpenter Of Colorado and E. A.
Bryan of Washington; secretary and treas
urer. E. B. Voorhees, Of New Jersey biog-
rapher. A. G. True Of Washington, d. c.;
executive committee, H, H. Goodell Of
Massachusetts,. chairman; Alexis Cope OF
Ohio. G. W. Atherton Of Pennsylvania, H.
c. White of Georgia, the Junior ex-presi-
lent, ]. E. Stubbs. Il
Officers of sections-Coliege work. ]. H.
Raymond Of West Virginia chairman; B.
.. Aylesworth of Colorado, secretary. Ag-
riculture and chemistry, c. D. Woods OF
Maine chairman; H. j. Waters OF Missouri,
secretary. Horticulture and botany. L. X.
Jones of Vermont. chairman. Entomology.
NJ. V. Slngerland of New York, chairman.
Mechanic arts. H. w. Tyler Of Massachu-
setts, chairman: F. P. Anderson of Ken
lucky, secretary.
Statements from three Of the general Of
fcers. brief reports from the heads of va
rious sections, subordinate bodies Of ex-
perts formed for the study of particular
subjects and the usual preliminaries of or
ganization occupied the delegates this
morning.
Dr. Henry H. Goodell of Massachusetts,
offered the report of the executive commit
tee. 1t was noted that Senate bill for the
advancement of governmental education OF
students OF mining and mining interests
had failed to pass during the last Congress;
that the Secretary of Agriculture was now
considering projected permanent exhibit
in Washington Of the products of agricul-
turai colleges and experiment stations; that
the executive committee recommended the
establishment of "a graduate institute OF
agriculture.
Treasurer Edward B. Voorhees, submit
ted his annual report. 1t was stated that
the total receipts of the year were 81. 1929
The expenditures were s., 105. 40 and the
balance on hand was $2IW.
An extended report on the bibliographies,
prepared for the help of scientific investi-
gators, was read by DR.. A. G. True Of
the Office of experiment stations in the
Agricultural Department. From long list
of book catalogues on particular subjects
DR.. True selected the following to indicate
the growth Of photography: A "Bibliog-
raphy of Milk naming over S,375 works
up to the year 1899 and 1904 after that
year, and a autobiography on Bacteria"
which DamaS z 600 titles
letter was read to the convention from
Prof. Eugene w. Manning of Delaware
College, Newark, Del, which asked the
support of the agriculturists for the fol-
lowing resoiutaon: a5b ~, h. -ats E-s
For Commercial Education.
'In view of the fact that the foreign
commerce Of the United States has vastly
from and the imports into the United
States having been over $1,000 O00, 600 in
1900; and, also, that other countries, not
ably England, Germany and France are
putting forth special efforts as our rivals
in the worlds markets, and that special
commercial training Of a high grade is
needed by persons to become conSulS or to
be representatives of our great and grow
ing trade abroad, both in the products of
the farm and factory; and in view also of
the fact that the general government now
wisely gives aid to education in agriculture
and the mechanic arts, We, the repre-
SeHLdtlyeS, III washington assembled, tnlS
18th day of November, 1901 of the colleges
now receiving aid from the general gov
ernment. do suggest and urge that q fur
ther sum be set aside by Congress to be
expended In furthering commercial educa-
ton throughout the land, and that the
same general regulations obtain as to the
distribution Of this sum among the several
states as is now in force as to the sum
devoted to agriculture and the mechanic
arts"
This subject was referred to the executive
committee for consideration.
The convention passed over the reports
expected from the sections college work,
agriculture and chemistry and horticulture
and botany. It then received from DR.. M.
v. Slingeriand Of New York a statement
from the section on entomology. The re-
study of entomology during the past dec
ade-from thirty-f1ve institutions in twenty
eight states in 1890 to seventy institutions
in forty states in 1860. -
A resolution urging the Secretary of the
Interior to provide for the regular inspec-
tion OF the land grant colleges by an agent
of the bureau of education occupied the
delegates for some time. 1t was finally re-
jected on the ground that while the inspec-
tion Of the commissioner might help the
colleges there was no present need for such
a tour by an undetermined subordinate.
Members In Attendance.
A formal roll call was ordered at the
close of the debate 1t indicated a total
attedance as given above and the presence
Of the following college presidents:
B. o. Aylesworth Of the State Agricul-
tural College of Colorado, Thomas H. Talia-
ferro Of the Florida Agricultural College.
H. G. White of the Georgia State College Of
Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, J. A. Nc
Lean Of the University OF Idaho, w. e.
Stone OF Purdue University. Indiana; E. r.
Nichols of the Kansas State Agricultural
College, J: X. Patterson, of the Agricultu-
raj and Mechanical College Of Kentucky,
A. w. Harris OF the University Of Maine,
r. w. Sylvester Of the Maryland Agricul-
tural College, H. II. Goodsf of the Massa-
chusetts Agricultural College. j. L. Snyder
of the Michigan State agricultural College,
Cyrus Northrop Of the University of Mime
sofa; j. C. Hardy ofbtheI Missfssippi Agri-
cultural and Mechanical college, r. H.
Jesse Of the School of agriculture and En-
cheering Of the University OF Missouri,
e. B. Andrews Of theadndtBtrial4 College of
the University OF Nebraska. c. s. Murkand
of the New Hampshire College of
Agriculture and thezaMeEhanic Arts; G.
r. Winston of the North Carolina Col
leRe of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts.
J. H. Worst of the N&rthdDakota Agricul-
tural College. w. O. Thompson Of the Ohio
State University, G. " Atherton of the
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