Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-11-14
OFFICERS CHOSEN
~
Convention of Agriculturalists Near
ing the Closing Hour. !
STANDING COMMITTEES CONTINUED
Relations of Experiment Stations
With Agricultural Department.
EXHIBIT AT ST. LOUIS FAIR

ing's session. final reports from various Sec
tons this afternoon and a general session
for the transaction of general business at
the Ebbtt in the evening. the fifteenth an
nual convention of the Association of Amer
lean Agricultural Colleges and Experiment
Stations will come to an end. Many of the
| Gelegates-college presidents, directors of
| the government experiment stations and In
| vestigators at notable institutions of learn
| ing-have prepared to leave Washington
this afternoon. The sessions have been re-
| markabe for the transaction of a large
amount of association business and limited
| amount of scientific discussion. But the
sections to which the scientific subjects are
| assigned before their consideration in gen.
eral convention have held extended discus
| sions on a large number of interesting
| topics.
| The officers chosen this morning were: DR..
W. NJ. Liggett, dean of the College OF Agrl-
culture, University of Minnesota, president;
w. o. Thompson, president of the Univer-
sity of Ohio, first tice president; Director
H. j. Waters of the Missouri experiment
station, second vice president; President J.
| H. Washburn of the University of Rhode
| Island third vice president; President j. H.
| Worst of the University of North Dakota
fourth vice president; President j.. c.
! fifth vice president The executive COM
mittee chosen consists of President H. H.
| Goodell of the Massachusetts Agricultural
College, chairman; Dr. Alexis Cope OF
| Ohio Dr. H. c. White of Georgia and DR..
| G. w. Atherton of Pennsylvania the newly
| chosen president and LIE retiring president
| of the association and the secretary. Ed
| ward B. Voorhees, of New Jersey, secretary
| and treasurer, was reelected.
The Standing Committees.
Standing committees were continued as
follows:
| JndeYinO literatnrp-A G.
True of Washington, D. c., chairman I.
F. Hunt of Ohio, w. NJ. Hays of Mime
| sofa, E. Davenport of Illinois, w. P. Cut
| ter librarian U. S. Department of Agri-
| culture.
Methods of teaching Agricultural. H.
| Washington D. c., T. F. Hunt of Ohio, h.
| T. French of Idaho, H. H. Wing of New
| York.
Graduate study at Washington-C. North
| rop of Minnesota, chairman; j. E. Stubs
| of Nevada, NJ H. Buckham Of Vermont, A.
c. True of Washington, d. c., j. H. Wash
| burn of Rhode Island, c. w. Dabney Of
Tennessee, W. o. Thompson of Ohio.
Uniform fertilizer Lavish. j. Wheeler OF
Rhode Island, chairman; H. P. Armsby OF
Pennsylvania, c. D. Woods of Maine, E. H.
Jenkins of Connecticut, NJ. A. Scovell of
Kentucky.
leges-G. w. Anterior of Pennsylvania,
chairman: Alexis Cope of Ohio, A. w. Har-
ris of Maine, H. II. Goodell of Massachu-
setts, G. w Dabney of Tennessee, r. II.
Jesse of Missouri, H. c. White of Georgia.
Cooperation between stations and United
States Department of Agriculture-E. A.
Bryan Of Washington, chairman; W. A.
Henry of Wisconsin, H. H. Goodell of
Massachusetts,, H. ]. Waters of Missouri,
L. G. Carpenter of Colorado, DR.. B. T. Gal
loway.
Pure food legislation-W. A. Withers of
North Carolina, chairman; H. J. Patterson
of MARYLAND w Frear n nj
H. ]. Wheeler of Rhode Island, A. L.
Neale of Delaware.
Animal and plant breeding-W. NJ. Hays
of Minnesota chairman; A A. Brigham of
Rhode Island, T. F. Hunt of Ohio, l.. H.
Bailey of New York, Director E. B. Curtis
of Iowa.
Chairmen of the various sections are yet
to be assigned.
Report on Cooperation.
When the election had been accomplished
the convention received a report from Pres
ident E. A. Bryan of the Agricultural Col
lege and School of Science Of the state of
Washington on "Co-operation Between Ex-
pertinent Stations and the Department of
Agriculture" DR.. Bryan represented COM
mittee of six members who have given this
| subject close attention for about two years.
| The substance of the report follows:
1T is very clear to the committee that
the autonomy of the stations should be pre-
served, and that the stations should in no
| sense become extensions of the divisions
of the department for purposes of expert
| mental work. Not only is the autonomy
! of the stations necessary to the fulfilment
of their functions, but autonomy in scien-
tific investigations is essential. Your COM
mittee would therefore deem 1t desirable
| where cooperative work seems advisable
| that the agreement take the shape of a
| formal contract between the station, as
| SUCH and the department, as such, through
| the properly authorized channels of each
/ a nt fnQ tiQS
| be the station on the one hand and the de-
partment on the other. Arrangements be-
tween individual officers of the two insti-
! tutions are deemed inadvisable.
| The cost of cooperation should be borne
i Jointly by the station and by the depart
| ment. and the amounts to be expended
| should, as far as practicable, be definitely
| agreed upon and specified.
| While it is understood that an absolute
| guarantee of continuance cannot be given
! yet there should be reasonable mutual as
| surance of a fixed policy until the compile
| ton of the work undertaken.
THE results of the investigation should
| be available to both institutions, priority
| of publication being matter for mutual
agreement at the outset. In all cases pub
| locations should set forth that such work is
| the result of joint experimentation.
| Exhibit at St. Louis Exposition.
| DIR. True offered report on the proposed
| exhibit of agricultural colleges at the ST
| Louis exposition in which 1t was proposed
| that the exhibit should indicate the prog
ress in both the department of education
| and the department of research, and that
| the exhibit should be associated with that
| of the Department of Agriculture. 1t was
| also proposed by the committee that a spe-
cial exhibit should be organized to reflect
| the progress of education in the mechanic
| arts. A special committee was authorized
| 10y the convention to prepare exhibits along
| the lines indicated in the report, the MEM
bers of that body to be selected by Presi-
| dent Harris.
This action brought the morning session
TO close. This afternoon the delegates
| Will assemble in various sections for the
| discussion of the mechanic arts, entomolo-
gy, horticulture, botany, agriculture and
| chemistry.
The Program Last Gight.
Reports from the regular standing COM
mittees of the convention made up the
greater part of last nights program.
| DR.. H. H. Goodell, chairman Of the ex-
ecutive committee, submitted a statemen,