PROCEEDINGS

OF THE

THIRTY-FIFTH ANNUAL CONVENTION

OF THE

Association of LAND-GRANT COLLEGES

HELD AT

NEW ORLEANS, LA., NOVEMBER 8-10, 1921

Edited by W. H. BEAL
For the Executive Committee of the Association

BURLINGTON, VT.

FREE PRESS PRINTING COMPANY

1922

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Officers and committees of the association..

The land-grant colleges..

List of delegates in attendance.

Constitution.....

Minutes of the general sessions..

Letter of the Secretary of Agriculture, Henry C. Wallace....

Address of the United States Commissioner of Education, John J.

Tigert, The Relation of the Federal Bureau of Education to

the State Universities and Colleges.....

Report of the treasurer.....

Presidential address-The Agricultural Experiment Stations in

Middle Life and After, by H. L. Russell....

The World's Need of Russia, by Alonzo E. Taylor...

Address of the Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, C. W. Pugsley-

Department Extension Plans...

Address of the Director of Scientific Work, United States De-

partment of Agriculture, E. D. Ball-The Graduate Work

in the Department of Agriculture....

The Supreme Challenge, by C. E. Gunnels..

Selected List of References on Rural Economics and Sociology,
1913-1921

Memorial to Doctor Stone...

Minutes concerning the deaths of Presidents Stone and Thach,

Director Armsby, and Dean MacKay.

92

Minutes of the sections...

94

Section of Agriculture-Resident Teaching.

94

Report of Committee on Instruction in Agriculture, Home

Economics, and Mechanic Arts..

94

Improvement of College Teaching, by T. H. Eaton..

117

Some Basic Principles Underlying the Curriculum of the College

of Agriculture, by Carl R. Woodward....

127

The Curriculum of the College of Agriculture, by J. F. Duggar 136

Proposed new subsection of the Section of Agriculture...... 139

Election of officers....

139

The International Institute of Agriculture at Rome, by Leon

M. Estabrook.......

140

What Are the Aims of Collegiate Instruction in Agriculture, by

Alfred Vivian...

149

Section of Agriculture-Experiment Station Work..

158

Federal and State Cooperation in Cereal Research, by C. R. Ball 158

How to Secure National Interest in the Purnell Bill, by G. I.

Christie....

163

Securing Publicity and Support for the Purnell Bill within the

Several States, by Edward C. Johnson..

167

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