Proceedings of the ... Annual Convention of the Association of Land-Grant Colleges and Universities, Volume 40Metcalf Printing & Publishing Company, 1927 |
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... better civilization : by means of thorough - going investi- gation , by the training of leaders who have both the knowledge and the vision to carry out the task , and by a system of continuing education which brings the people both to ...
... better civilization : by means of thorough - going investi- gation , by the training of leaders who have both the knowledge and the vision to carry out the task , and by a system of continuing education which brings the people both to ...
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... better development for the commonwealth . In the last analysis the prin- ciple of differentiation between the university and the land - grant college will be an answer to the question , " What phases of this great service to industrial ...
... better development for the commonwealth . In the last analysis the prin- ciple of differentiation between the university and the land - grant college will be an answer to the question , " What phases of this great service to industrial ...
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... better chemist . " I would likewise desire to say to him , " We do not guarantee to make you a chemist in two years . That will depend on whether you have had elementary chemistry and other courses in your preliminary work suffi- cient ...
... better chemist . " I would likewise desire to say to him , " We do not guarantee to make you a chemist in two years . That will depend on whether you have had elementary chemistry and other courses in your preliminary work suffi- cient ...
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... better average standing in the university than do those we train ourselves during the first two years . That such a plan will reduce the attendance at state universities , is amply demonstrated by the experience at Missouri . For many ...
... better average standing in the university than do those we train ourselves during the first two years . That such a plan will reduce the attendance at state universities , is amply demonstrated by the experience at Missouri . For many ...
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... better balance of crops to market require- ments might be advised . Excessive cost of production from many unsus- pected causes is sure to be revealed by a thorough economic survey of production . Much assistance has been given the ...
... better balance of crops to market require- ments might be advised . Excessive cost of production from many unsus- pected causes is sure to be revealed by a thorough economic survey of production . Much assistance has been given the ...
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Page 93 - That it shall be the object and duty of said experiment stations to conduct original researches or verify experiments on the physiology of plants and animals; the diseases to which they are severally subject, with the remedies for the same; the chemical composition of useful plants at their different stages of growth; the comparative advantages of rotative cropping as pursued under a varying series of crops; the capacity of new plants or trees for acclimation; the analysis of soils and water; the...
Page 205 - That in order to aid in acquiring and diffusing among the people of the United States useful and practical information on subjects connected with agriculture, and to promote scientific investigation and experiment respecting the principles and applications of agricultural science...
Page 93 - There shall be at the seat of government a Department of Agriculture, the general design and duties of which shall be to acquire and to diffuse among the people of the United States useful information on subjects connected with agriculture, in the most general and comprehensive sense of that word and to procure, propagate, and distribute among the people new and valuable seeds and plants.
Page 205 - ... the analysis of soils and water; the chemical composition of manures, natural or artificial, with experiments designed to test their comparative effects on crops of different kinds; the adaptation and value of grasses and forage plants; the composition and digestibility of the different kinds of food for domestic animals; the scientific and economic questions involved in the production of butter and cheese; and such other researches or experiments bearing directly on the agricultural industry...
Page 104 - AN ACT To establish agricultural experiment stations In connection with the colleges established In the several States under the provisions of an act approved July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and of the acts supplementary thereto...
Page 93 - That there is hereby appropriated the sum of one hundred thousand dollars, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, or so much thereof as may be necessary...
Page 16 - Every college established under the act of Congress approved July 2, 1862, or receiving the benefits of the act of Congress approved August 30, 1890...
Page 65 - ... can be no doubt that a peculiar artificiality attaches to much of what is learned in schools. It can hardly be said that many students consciously think of the subject matter as unreal; but it assuredly does not possess for them the kind of reality which the subject matter of their vital experiences possesses. They learn not to expect that sort of reality of it; they become habituated to treating .it as having reality for the purposes of recitations, lessons, and examinations. That it should...
Page 18 - Senate members in attendance, if the number present constitute a quorum of the membership; provided that notice of any proposed amendment, together with the full text thereof and the name of the mover, shall have been given at the immediately preceding annual convention and repeated in the call for the convention.
Page 16 - ... (3) Delegates from other institutions engaged in educational or experimental work in the interest of agriculture or mechanic arts may, by a majority vote, be admitted to conventions of the Association, with all privileges except the right to vote. (4) In like manner, any person engaged or directly interested in agriculture or mechanic arts who shall attend any convention of this Association may be admitted to similar privileges.