The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-06

| forth in the regular report of the experi- ment station. Printed copies of this re- | port have been sent to each member of the board of trustees and forwarded to the United States department of the | u easury and of agriculture in Washing 1 ton.
 l The examiner of the United States de- partment of agriculture has audited and checked the Hatch, Adams and Lever accounts, and reports them as entirely l satisfactory.
 l The receipts and expenditures of the college are set forth in monthly state ment furnished the president by the treasurer of the college.
 APPROPRIATION OF 1911 l beg to state that the legislative com mittee, MT. Mcdowell, MT. Herzfeld and MT. Terry, were most diligent and ef- fective in their efforts toward securing a contnua ton of the appropriation en- acted in 1911, but the conditions of the treasury did not seem to warrant the fi- nal approval On this appropriation, there is still due the institution S6O000 for the purposes of building and equip ment, and $10,O00 annually for six years for maintenance, making another s60,0OO, or total of $120,0Oo. I regret to state that the very best interests of the in- stitution, both in regard to equipment diid lCdSniiS Stdll dIS oullCllllS hloot keenly for the lack of these funds For the lack of adequate salaries. we have lost some of our leading men, while, compared with other southern institu- tions, over which our own graduates pre- side. our equipment in many important departments is entirely inadequate I am sure that when conditions will permit, the justice and the urgency of these needs of the institution will be recognized a n ,pY,tc Hn tn 10 that have been made to other state in stitutions in previous years.
 I am glad to report that the funds of the memorial scholarship donated by the family of the late A. T. Graydon have been duly paid in, and are in the custody of the college. I hereby submit the off cial copy of the conditions of the funds, and it's acceptance by the college. ENGINEERING AND MINES
 The college of engineering and mines is composed of the following departments: 1. Civil engineering. 2. Electric engineer ing. 8. Mechanical engineering. 4. Mining engineering. 5. Architecture. 6. Machine design. '. Mechanical drawing. 8. Man ual training.
 The work in these several departments throughout the year has been satisfac- tory in every way and up to the high traditional standards of the college. In all, there have been 556 students in the engineering departments or college of en- gineering and mines The demand for men trained in these departments greatly exceeds the supply. In view of the wholesale destruction of the highly trained men of the European countries, we can readily comprehend the increas- ing demand in American and in foreign lands for the young men of America en- dowed with ability and character and skilled in scientific and technical sub jects. It is highly gratifying to make record of the fact that, in the organi- zation by the United States national serivces of the various committees on preparedness, four Auburn graduates in different states were selected, the se- lection being made by the national en- gineering and chemical societies. These men were: Alabama, Prof. B. B.. Ross, S1, state chemist and professor of chem istry at Alabama Polytechnical institute; New Jersey, Miller Reese Hutchinson, g. chief engineer and personal represen- tative of Thomas A. Edison; South Caro- lima, Walter M. Riggs. '93, president of the A. and M. college. and Louisiana, M. S. Sloan, '01, general manager of the New Orleans Light and Power company. The development of the natural resources of Alabama is a field of inexhaustible possibilities for our young men.
 AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE
 The work of the college includes the following departments: l. Agronomy' field crops, cotton. corn, etc.). 2. Ani- nal husbandry. 3. Horticulture. 1. Vet erinary science. 5. Botany. 6. Elntomol- ogy. 2. Chemistry, and 8, plant pathol- ogy.
 Instruction has been given in these various division to over 800 students. It is only nine years now since this group of sciences was able to boast of build the great work, and I am sure that never was money more wisely invested for the growth of technical education and the benefit of agriculture. The depart ments have continued to attract the in tefest of many of the most serious and capable young men of the college, a spirit of fine enthusiasm has permeated the work, and the outlook for the devel- opment of this phase of technical educa- ton is highly promising. There is an ever increasing demand for properly trained young men in this line as teach CTS in agricultural high schools, leaders in farm demonstration, scientific experts in various departments of research, and for the management of farms, dairies, etc, in scientific manner. The greater the menace of the boil weevil and the
 
 the need for higher intelligence and training another name for science. Un- der the present emergencies confronting the farming interests of the state, a more widespread appreciation of the value of this accurate training in the study of plant and animal life is daily evidenced.
 EXPERIMENT STATION Entirely distinct from the work of training young men in the college de- partments is the work undertaken by this institution in the way of Investigating the various problems and interests of the great class of our population engaged in farming. It should be distinctly un- derstood that most of this work is per- formed by men who are also engaged in teaching, and thus is imposed upon them a double and very onerous duty. The services rendered by these men are re- viewed rigidly by the departments al Washington, and 1t Is thus often a deli cate and difficult task to administer this