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$500,000; other states are steadily advancing in the same direction. If New York should add to her long established record of the neglect of practical veterinary sanitary work, the further discredit of having to assume a second or third place in veterinary education, it must tell disastrously in depreciating the reputation and value of our live stock.

Respectfully submitted,
JAMES LAW,

Director of the New York State Veterinary College.

APPENDIX VIII

REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE NEW YORK STATE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE.

To the President of the University:

Sir: The present year has been signalized by the College becoming thoroughly establishedin its new buildings. This is no small event either to the College or to the people of the State. It is the epoch to which friends of agricultural education have looked forward since the founding of the University. Whatever the College has been able to accomplish in the past for the rural interests of the State, it ought now to be able greatly to extend its usefulness and influence; and the many enterprises for which it stands now have a tangible abiding place, to which accretions will necessarily be made from year to year in fulfillment of a definite plan. This plan is, to have every rural interest of the State adequately represented in higher education.

The year has seen only one marked change in the personnel of the College. This change is the departure of Professor Pearson, on April 19, to become Commissioner of Agriculture of the State of New York. Professor Pearson's connection with the College, as one of its staff, began with the reorganization of the College five years ago. He has been instrumental in building up a dairy department that is characterized by new methods, a fairly perfect organization, and great teaching effectiveness; and he has made a reputation with the farmers and others of the State for integrity,

ability and helpfulness. While it is a distinct loss to the College to have him sever his connection, we nevertheless feel that he is called to a larger service, and we are confident that the educational and investigational efforts that are now expending themselves in the interest of a better agriculture will find marked expression in the administrative programs of the State.

A marked departure in agricultural college work,- —or in any college work, for that matter,—is the establishing of the sub-department of limnology. This work is in charge of Dr. J. G. Needham, well-known as a painstaking and inspiring teacher and investigator. This department investigates swamp and aquatic life, particularly with reference to the study of the forage food of fishes. This subject is of great importance to New York, since the State contains so many lakes and streams that should be a source of food supply. While we are stocking some of our lakes with game fish, the agricultural utilization of our waters is yet scarcely begun.

The number of students continues to increase. In fact, the number is now so large that we are facing a serious question as to how we can accommodate more persons with justice to the students and satisfaction to ourselves. The great new buildings, which seemed so ample when they were planned, are now filled to every corner in basement and attic, and some of the departments are not yet housed. There is no auditorium large enough to hold all the students, let alone holding the staff also. The Agricultural College community now comprises about 500 persons, and during the winter course period about 750. The main auditorium seats 610. Nearly all the laboratories and class rooms are already crowded. It is even now a question for the State to take cognizance of, that the College is taxed to its full capacity in respect to both teachers and quarters. This really should be a matter of congratulation, and the State should willingly provide additional quarters, facilities and staff. The College is full to overflowing of farm youth. This is what the College is for.

Following is the registration in the College of Agriculture for 1907-1908:

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The College of Agriculture is not a technical institution in the sense of carrying one definite curriculum leading to a profession or a single occupation. It comprises a great variety of subjects, all so organized as to form part of a liberal education in terms of country life. For this reason, as well as because students are increasing rapidly, the expansion of the College should be rapid for many years to come. Certain great subjects are as yet included only under serious limitations. This is markedly true of the agricultural relations of chemistry, a department that should be adequately housed in the College of Agriculture. Certain of the biological subjects need to be extended. A regular normal department to train teachers to teach agricultural subjects in rural schools, is much needed. Aside from this, certain of the technical agricultural subjects are yet imperfectly supplied, particularly in the direction of the animal husbandries. My report of last year indicates a few of the most urgent needs of the College, some of which are not yet provided, as adequate land, class rooms and laboratories for the poultry department, sufficient live stock, a normal department and a forestry department. A year ago the State appropriated $25,000 for barns, and this will make a good beginning. An item is now pending in the "Supply Bill" to provide $30,000 for glasshouses for the various departments, and this also will make a good

start.

The many and diverse pedagogical interests that are represented in a modern college of agriculture make it very difficult to prepare a homogeneous and logically correct curriculum. There is from time to time a movement to introduce technical agricultural subjects into the first two years, and there is much to say in commendation of it; but in the end the choice must always be made between such subjects and those that are held to be fundamental or preliminary to the technical courses in the junior and senior years. In certain institutions it is considered to be advisable to introduce such courses in the early years in order to hold the students; but with us we desire less to hold students than to train them well. For those who cannot remain longer than one or two years, we

provide various special courses. It is undoubtedly desirable to introduce the student to agricultural subjects as early as possible, so long as the subjects are taught for the purpose of really training the man and so long as they do not crowd out more essential subjects; but the solution of the difficulty seems to lie in the redirecting of customary courses-in a new method of teaching-rather than in the mere addition of other courses under agricultural names. This may mean eventually that the College of Agriculture itself must teach much of its fundamental work. This will raise questions of far-reaching importance to the status of the College.

My chief desire at the present time is to press the fact that the College of Agriculture is but beginning its work, and that it must expand greatly if it is to serve the State to the extent that the citizens expect. I hope that the College proves itself day by day, and that it does not need to wait for greater accomplishment before it acquaints the people of the State with the legitimate needs of the institution; in fact, the longer we withhold, the greater will be the difficulty of serving the people adequately.

Respectfully submitted,

L. H. BAILEY,

Director of the New York State College of Agriculture.

APPENDIX IX

REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE

To the President of the University:

SIR-I have the honor to submit my annual report for the year 1907-1908.

So far as may be judged from a near point of view, the year has been one of the most successful in the history of the College. For the first time we have registered more than 100 students, an increase of 25 per cent over the registration in 1906-1907. The general standard of work maintained has been unusually high and our students in design have throughout the year carried off the major honors in such of the Beaux Arts competitions as their schedule has permitted them to enter.

In the absence of the Director on leave during the second half of the year Assistant Professor Phelps has been in charge of the work.

Much serious thought has been given during the year to a revision of courses, with reference both to strengthening the present four year course and to formulating a five year course. The most marked improvement in the four year course has been in the reorganization of the work in the mechanics and engineering of architecture along the general lines recommended in my report for 19061907, though we are still obliged to depend upon the College of Civil Engineering for instruction instead of having a specially trained architect for the work.

The Faculty of this College is in hearty accord with the principle of a five year course advocated for the technical Colleges in your last annual report, and a committee of the Faculty has formulated a course that I hope may be adopted to go into effect next year. This course would not supersede the four year course but would parallel it as an alternative. The entrance requirements would be exactly the same in amount of work required but would allow the student more latitude in choice of subjects offered. The amount of technical work

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