The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-11-19
U.S.LAND GRANT
SURVEY DUE


Of the Interior today. The com.
Enittee includes:
The Secretary of the Interior,
chairman.
The Secretary of Agriculture.
President r. A. Pearson of the
University of Maryland, College
Park, Nd, representing the Assoc
citation of Land-Grant Colleges and
Universities.
President r. s. Wilkinson, of the
State Agricultural and Mechanical
College, Orangeburg, South Caro-
lima, representing the Conference Of
Negro Land-Grant College presi-
dents.
State superintendent of Public
Instruction of Illinois, Francis G..
Blair. Springfield. I'll.
President L. D. Coffman. of the
University of Minnesota, Min
neapolis, MINI.
President S. w. stratton, of
Massachusetts, Institute of Tech
nology. Cambridge. Mass.
President Charles A. Lory of the
State Agricultural College. of
Colorado, Fort Collins, Colo.
Martha Van Rensselaer,. director
Of the New York State College of
Home Economics. Cornell Univer-
sity. Ithaca, N. Y.
Survey of land-grant colleges was
authorized by the last session of
Congress at cost of Silt 900 and
lie being conducted by the Bureau
Of Education of the Interior De-
partment. There are sixty.nine
land-grant colleges, each State and
Territory maintaining one for white
students and seventeen States oper-
Ating additional colleges for colored
students.
1921 900 Students Enrolled
The number of students enrolled
IN them last year amounted to
approximately $4,000 of which
$4,000 were white, and $4,000
colored students, and their staff
comprised 23.1SS professors and in.
structors. All of the institutions
are State-supported and their total
income in 1925-26 was $129, 200. 900,
the Federal Government con.
tributing $4,134, 900.
In connection with the formation.
OF the Special Advisory Committee,
final plans for the conduct of the
v.
were also made public through a
statement issued today by Commits.
Moner John ]. Tigert of the bureau.
It follows:
This survey is a national study
81 the accomplishments. the status
and future detectives of the land.
grant type Of education. and not a
collection of surveys of individual
institutions.
THE functions of this type of
educational institution as originally
established by Congress and as de.
Veloped during the past three.
quarters of a century are public
and democratic in nature. They
have practical purposes which are
worthy OF full recognition as be.
longing to the field of higher edu.
cation. The survey. therefore. is
being conducted entirely from this
point of view.
While the bureau is maintain.
Ing entire control of the work and
Is assuming full responsibility for
the report as finally issued, the
dlfferent groups already organized
to promote the interest of special
aspects of landgran college edu.
cation and the individuals who are
directing and who serve on their
stats are being utilized to the full.
est extent.
THE rank and file as we'll as the
leaders of Immigrant college. edu.
cation are being consulted and
given an opportunity to express
opinion. The personnel for the sur.
Vey also Is being drawn in a large
part from the land-grant college
group.
All Branches Covered
"All of the lines of activity and
interest and the relationships of
Immigrant colleges are being Gov.
cred by the survey. This means
that the work is being ORGANIZED
upon functional lines. Under This
procedure. specialists are being EN-.
ployed in each of~the various fields
of inquiry to complete detailed
missionaries upon their nartic,,.
lar fields. Considerable progress
has already been made in the nre.
paration Of these questionnaires
which will later be assembled. 20.
ordinated and consolidated
I'm order to establish personaI
contact with the workers in land.
grant colleges and to discover the
matters which are to be included
In the survey and also in order to
secure their recommendations with
reference to pesonnel to assist in
the survey, the chief Of the Diyi.
sion Of Hig' .er Education of the
Bureau, who is in immediate charge
OF the survey, has just completed
visits to practically every land.grant
institution in the United States.
These visits have permitted per.
eonal consultation in interviews
lasting from one to three hours,
with more than 400 deans, direc.
tors and presidents.
The survey of the land.grant col.
l~ges is expected to cover a period
or two years and a number of or
carnations ae cooperating with the
Sufeau OF Education in the work,
The Executive Committee of the
ASSOCIATION of Land-Grant Colleges
and Universities is acting as con.
tact between the Bureau and the
ASSOCIATION and each section of this
association has designated a com.
mlttee to represent their special in
terest
=. ,. Gives Cooperation
The Department of Agriculture is
cooperating and making available
It's stores of information and tech.
nlcal knowledge. The American
Veterinary Association has also
selected committee to act as con,
tact between the survey and those
interested in the professional train
ing of veterinarians. The Associa.
ton of Governing Boards of State
Universities and Allied Institutions