933 Oregon: Amending sec. 3513, chap. 6, Bellinger and Cotton's Annotated Codes and Statutes, relative to the meetings of the board of regents of the university; repealing secs. 3524, 3525, 3526, and 3527, chap. 6, Bellinger and Cotton's Annotated Codes and Statutes, relative to county scholarships at the university. Chap. 121, Feb. 23, 1909. 934 Tennessee: See enactment No. 308. 935 * Tennessee: Amending chap. 78, Acts, 1807, chap. 98, Acts, 1840, and chap. 75, Acts, 1879, and acts amendatory thereto, relative to the charter of the University of Tennessee. Providing for the reorganization of the board of trustees and defining powers and duties. Chap. 48, Feb. 12, 1909. 936 Vermont: Amending secs. 1178, 1179, and 1180, Public Statutes, 1906, relating to appropriations for the university, the state agricultural college, and Middlebury college. Increasing appropriations of the several institutions. Act 50, Nov. 20, 1908. 937 Wisconsin: Amending sec. 385, Statutes, relative to the various colleges of the state university. Changing the name of college of medicine and college of law to medical school and law school. Chap. 36, April 10, 1909. 938 * Wisconsin: Amending sec. 387, Statutes, relative to the admission of both sexes to the different schools and colleges of the state university. Making all schools and colleges of the university open without distinction to students of both sexes. Chap. 66, April 27, 1909. 939 Wisconsin: Proposing amendment to sec. 31, art. 4, constitution, relative to special legislation. Empowering the legislature to enact special legislation with reference to the city at which is located the seat of government and the state university. Jt. Res. No. 12, p. 809, 1909. 940 Wisconsin: Creating sec. 373am, Statutes, relative to the school of library science. The school of library science created by chapter 377, Laws, 1905, to be known hereafter as school of library science of the university. Duties of the board of regents. Chap. 416, June 15, 1909. 941 Wisconsin: Amending sec. 378, Statutes, relative to the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin. Providing that two (formerly one) members of the board of regents shall be women. Chap. 529, June 17, 1909. (d) Carnegie Fund. The list of States in which legislative approval was given to the admission of higher educational institutions to the privileges of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching is presented here as indicative of the probable extent of the future influence of a nongovernmental agency in the unification of higher education in the country. 942 Arizona: Approving the application of the university for admission to the privileges of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Sen. Con. Res. No. 11, p. 529, Mar. 13, 1909. 948 Georgia (Ditto): University; Colleges and Technical Schools. 949 Idaho (Ditto): University. 950 Illinois (Ditto): University. Jt. Res. 35, p. 1034, July 22, 1908 (sp. sess.). H. Con. Res. No. 5, p. 445, Mar. 5, 1909. 951 Iowa (Ditto): University; State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts; State Teachers' College. 952 Maine (Ditto): University. 953 Michigan (Ditto): University. 954 Michigan (Ditto): Agricultural College. 955 Michigan (Ditto): State Normal College. 956 Minnesota (Ditto): University. 957 Missouri (Ditto): University. H. Jt. Res. 2, p. 284, Apr. 6, 1909. Res., Chap. 24, p. 1252, Feb. 9, 1909. Con. Res. No. 1, p. 803, Feb. 11, 1909. Con. Res. No. 2, p. 803, May 12, 1909. Con. Res. No. 3, p. 804, May 19, 1909. H. Con. Res. No. 2, p. 385, Mar. 3, 1909. 958. Montana (Ditto): Higher institutions. 959 Nevada (Ditto): University. Con. Res. No. 2, p. 339, Mar. 3, 1909. 960 New Hampshire (Ditto): College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. 961 New Mexico (Ditto): Higher institutions. 962 North Carolina (Ditto): University. Chap. 13, Feb. 19, 1909. Jt. Res. No. 16, p. 433, Mar. 15, 1909. Jt. Res., p. 1342, Jan. 27, 1909. 963 Ohio (Ditto): Ohio University; Miami University; Ohio State University. Amended by S. Jt. Res. 9, p. 116. Wilberforce University included. S. Jt. Res. 9, p. 112, Feb. 16, 1909 (sp. sess.). 964 Oregon (Ditto): University. S. Jt. Res. No. 12, p. 480, Feb. 13, 1909. 965 Rhode Island (Ditto): College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. 966 South Carolina (Ditto): State institutions. 967 Tennessee (Ditto): University. 968 Utah (Ditto): University. Res. No. 11, p. 486, Apr. 7, 1909. Act 241, Mar. 1, 1909. Sen. Jt. Res. No. 10, p. 2228, Feb. 1, 1909. H. Jt. Res. No. 2, p. 348, Feb. 26, 1909. 969 Vermont (Ditto): University and State Agricultural College. 970 West Virginia (Ditto): University. 971 Wisconsin (Ditto): University. 972 Wyoming (Ditto): University. Jt. Res. 427, p. 576, Jan. 15, 1909. H. Jt. Res. No. 2, p. 641, Jan. 21, 1909. 1909. H. Jt. Res. No. 5, p. 251, Feb. 20, 1909. Q. PROFESSIONAL AND HIGHER TECHNICAL EDUCATION.@ [See enactments under Section O, “Technical and Industrial Education-Elementary and Secondary."] In so far as general legislation is concerned, this group presents no new feature. The appropriation measure of the College of Agriculture of the University of Illinois (979) is given as illustrative of varied and widely extended activities of such institutions. The provisions incorporated in the general education bill of Tennessee (308) for the support of agricultural and industrial education are entitled to special comment in the review of the year's constructive legislation. (a) Teachers' Colleges and No.mal Schools. [See enactments Nos. 565-623.] 973 Arkansas: Amending sec. 17, act 317, Acts, 1907, relative to state normal school diplomas. Authorizing degree of licentiate of instruction. Act 271, May 24, 1909. 974 Tennessee: Repealing chap. 19, Acts, 1907, and assenting to and accepting the proposal of the Peabody education fund relative to the establishment in Nashville of a college for the higher education of teachers for the Southern States. (See chap. 211, Acts, 1905.) Appropriating $250,000 to meet conditions of proposal. Chap. 20, Feb. 5, 1909. a Laws regulating examinations and prescribing conditions for admission to the practice of the several professions have not been included. 975 Tennessee: Providing for the organization of corporations for the higher education of teachers. Chap. 52, Feb. 12, 1909. 976 Wyoming: Authorizing the construction of a building upon the state university grounds at Laramie, to be used as a normal school for the training of public and high school teachers. Making appropriation, and authorizing levy of a tax to provide necessary funds. Chap. 82, Feb. 24, 1909. (b) Agricultural Colleges. 977 Florida: Changing the name of the Colored Normal School. Name changed to Florida Agricultural and Mechanical College for Negroes. Chap. 5925 (No. 56), May 22, 1909. 978 Idaho: Approving and confirming the action of the regents of the university in establishing and maintaining a college of agriculture in connection with the university at Moscow. H. B. No. 192, p. 38, Mar. 6, 1909. 979 Illinois: Extending the equipment and increasing the instruction in the college of agriculture of the university and providing for the extension of the agricultural experiment station; appropriation. * "SEC. 1. * * It shall be the duty of the College of Agriculture to give thorough and reliable instruction in the economic production of crops; the treatment of the different soils of the State in such manner as to secure the largest returns from each and without impairing its fertility; the principles of breeding and management of live stock, including animal diseases and a thorough knowledge of the various breeds and market classes; the economic and sanitary production of dairy goods, and the best methods of meeting existing market demands and of extending and developing trade in the agricultural productions of the State. That it shall be the further duty of said college to provide and maintain such live stock specimens, laboratories, apparatus and other material equipment, together with teachers of such experience and skill as shall make such instruction effective. That to carry out the provisions of this section there be, and hereby is, appropriated the sum of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00) annually for the years 1909 and 1910: Provided, that the disposition of the funds, from time to time, to carry out the intent of this Act shall be along lines agreed upon by the dean of the College of Agriculture and an advisory committee consisting of the presidents of the following State agricultural organizations, to-wit: The Illinois Farmers' Institute, the Illinois Live Stock Breeders' Association, the Illinois State Horticultural Society, the Illinois Corn Growers' Association, the Illinois State Dairymen's Association and the Illinois State Florists' Association. "SEC. 2. That it shall be the duty of the Agricultural Experiment Station to conduct investigations calculated to develop the beef, pork, mutton, wool and horse producing interests of the State, and especially to devise and conduct feeding experiments intended to determine the most successful combination of stock foods, particularly in Illinois grains and forage crops, and to discover the most economical and successful methods of maintaining animals and fitting them for the market; to investigate live stock conditions, both at home and abroad, in so far as they affect market values, and to publish the results of such experiments and investigations. That to carry out the provisions of this section there be, and hereby is, appropriated the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00) annually, for the years 1909 and 1910: Provided, that the work undertaken and outlined in this section shall be carried out on lines to be agreed upon by the director of the Agricultural Experiment Station and an advisory committee of five, to be appointed by the Illinois Live Stock Breeders' Association. "SEC. 3. That it shall be the duty of the Agricultural Experiment Station to conduct experiments in the several sections of the State, in order to discover the best methods of producing corn, wheat, oats, clover and other farm crops on the different soils and under the various climatic conditions of the State, and for the purpose of improving the varieties grown for special purposes; and that, to carry out the provisions of this section, there be, and hereby is, appropriated the sum of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000.00) annually for the years 1909 and 1910: Provided, that the work outlined in this section shall be carried out on lines to be agreed upon by the director of the Agricultural Experiment Station and an advisory committee of five, to be appointed as follows: Two by the Illinois Corn Growers' Association, one by the Illinois Seed Corn Breeders' Association, and one by the Illinois Grain Dealers' Association and one by the Farmers' Grain Dealers' Association. "SEC. 4. That it shall be the duty of the Agricultual Experiment Station to make chemical and physical examination of the various soils of the State, in order to identify the several types and determine their character; to make and publish an accurate survey with colored maps, in order to establish the location, extent and boundaries of each; to ascertain by direct experiment in laboratory and field what crops and treatment are best suited to each; whether the present methods are tending to best results and whether to the preservation or reduction of fertility, and what rotations and treatment will be most effective in increasing and retaining the productive capacity of Illinois lands; and that, to carry out the provisions of this section, there be, and hereby is, appropriated the sum of sixty thousand dollars ($60,000.00) annually for the years 1909 and 1910: Provided, that the work outlined in this section shall be carried out on lines to be agreed upon by the director of the Agricultural Experiment Station and an advisory committee of five, to be appointed by the Illinois Farmers' Institute. "SEC. 5. That it shall be the duty of the Agricultural Experiment Station to discover and demonstrate the best methods of orchard treatment, the culture and marketing of fruits and vegetables, and the most effective remedies for insect and fungous enemies to fruits and vegetables; to make a systematic study of plant breeding, and to develop, by means of crossing and selection, new and improved varieties of fruits and vegetables, and that, to carry out the provisions of this section there be, and hereby is, appropriated the sum of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000.00) annually for the years 1909 and 1910: Provided, that the work undertaken and outlined in this section shall be carried out on lines to be agreed upon by the director of the Agricultural Experiment Station and an advisory committee of five, to be appointed by the Illinois State Horticultural Society. "SEC. 6. That it shall be the duty of the Agricultural Experiment Station to investigate the dairy conditions of the State; to discover and demonstrate improved methods of producing and marketing wholesale milk and other dairy products, and to promote the dairy interests of the State by such field assistance in the dairy sections upon farms and in the creameries and factories as shall tend to better methods and more uniform products; and that to carry out the provisions of this section there be, and hereby is, appropriated the sum of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000.00) annually for the years 1909 and 1910: Provided, that the work undertaken and outlined in this section shall be carried out on lines to be agreed upon by the director of the Agricultural Experiment Station and an advisory committee of five, to be appointed by the Illinois State Dairymen's Association. "SEC. 7. That it shall be the duty of the Agricultural Experiment Station to discover and demonstrate the best methods of producing plants, cut flowers and vegetables under glass, and the most effective remedies for disease and insect enemies of the same, to investigate and demonstrate the best varieties and methods of producing ornamental trees, shrubs and plants suitable for public and private ground in the various soils and climatic conditions of the State, and to disseminate information concerning the same; and that to carry out the provisions of this section there be, and hereby is, appropriated the sum of eight thousand dollars ($8,000.00) annually for the years 1909 and 1910: Provided, that the work undertaken and outlined in this section shall be carried out on lines to be agreed upon by the director of the Agricultural Experiment Station and an advisory committee of five, to be appointed by the Illinois State Florists' Association. "SEC. 8. That it shall be the duty of the College of Agriculture through its department of Household Science, to make such investigations and give such instructions and demonstrations as are calculated to advance the Art of Practical Housekeeping in the State with special reference to supply practical instructions to those desiring to take special courses in the science relating to and in the art of practical housekeeping, and that to carry out the provisions of this Act there be, and hereby is, appropriated two thousand five hundred [dollars] ($2,500.00) per annum, for the years 1909 and 1910. 36582-10-14 |