Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-11-16
HIGHER EDUCATION LETTER.


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a unique feature in higher education
ia the United St@tes is the Graduate
School of Agriculture held every second
summer 10y the Association of American
Agricultural Colleges aud Experiment
Stations. ID mad ill., origin i'll Il demand
from instructors III asrs ultural cole
gc> and workers III agricultural expert
men, stations who felt the need Of re
viewing and studying the more recent
developments in natural. social. ana
economic sciences applied 10 agriculture
a. well ~ 10 the technical bran hes of
agriculture. under the guidance and with
the assistance of those able to deal eff
emily with such problems.
a. the time the school was inaugu-
rated there was little opportunity i'll the
lliIed States fnr advanced study III
these subjects. The conditions. however.
have changed and systematic graduate
COURSES are now offered in several Of the
leading agricultural colleges. The need
tor advanced systematic courses i'm az
firdlturai SCIENCE ill., therefore largely
provided for; however. there in need for
Iu institution such aS the Graduate
school of Agriculture which furnishes
short. many sided confcrcntial attacks
lp0n fundamental and special problem,
VI agriculture TN the leading specialists
10Th in the United States ANA abroad
The school IL in session for four weeks
Turing which time COURSES are given o.
Fari0uS phases OF advanced agricultural
cipi'r. agricultural economies and rural
sociology. Each course consists Of 20
'ccturcS and ~ seminars. Each course
: usually divided into four distinct
arts given he the four different weeks
II the school ana each by - Spc .iaii>t Isl
liS subject. Many prominent ar,l learn
N men have been members uf ~ NM.
lies: Xuntz. Hall. Won T~ hirmlk.
tWart. Russell. Marshall and Darbi-
hire, from European countries. have
lccn on faculties in past years. Mendcl
H~cIioueal. Castle. Duegar. Riddle
sherman. Carver. East. and Harris.
rom Institutions not primarily aari
Hltnral In purpose. nave been included
$50. IN addition a. these. nearly al w
he men in agricultural colleges in the
nitcd states known rs specialists ON
ari"HS phases 90 agricultural worl
lavc taken part.
The Graduate school bring, together
~ each session fIcm 100 u 200 men anl
women from The faculties Of the agricul
ur@i colleges. from experiment sta
ions. and agricultural and rural work
'r> "a various kind for fonr weeks nf
rcrv serious discussion with rarh other
md with the special lecturers IN prob
ems connected with advanced work IN
'grlcu:turc IL haS proved Ia BE- n vel
able institution for exchange of nd
anccd thought in these fields ANA will
probably hold its Mace for many wears
Y come in spite NJ the addition of w.
cmatic agricultural graduate courses
- regular institutions
The Graduate School Is under tho inn
'%coiate charge Of the Committee ~
'rlduatc Study az thr Association or
Nmericnn Agricultural Colleges ana
'vncrimcnf stations nr 4. 4 IT,.
hrertor "f the States Relations Sorvic,
4 the /. :. DEPARTMENT of Agriculture
as acted n- dean since its establish.
"tnt. The fr4i session was hold IA th.
ohio sta" University Nv ron7. other
~c~SicnS hove been hold ~ thr T-nivrr.
itv Of Min VI tranrl. W;-hioan \ori
Cultured Cell"cr tof21. University ~
Nie~""ri ''"iih Tho Sovo0th session
rii y" h"li ~f thn Nl-SsanhrSutf ~
~''"flirf'l C"iionc frnin July 4 IN p
'"if The three courses w W. omniia-
izetl ARC.