The New International Encyclopædia: Supplement: Vol. 1-2, Volume 1Frank Moore Colby, Talcott Williams Dodd, Mead, 1924 - Education |
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Page 35 - That co-operative agricultural extension work shall consist of the giving of instruction and practical demonstrations in agriculture and home economics to persons not attending or resident in said colleges in the several communities, and imparting to such persons information on said subjects through field demonstrations, publications, and otherwise...
Page 35 - ... demonstrations in agriculture and home economics to persons not attending or resident in said colleges in the several communities, and imparting to such persons information on said subjects through field demonstrations, publications, and otherwise ; and this work shall be carried on in such manner as may be mutually agreed upon by the Secretary of Agriculture and the State agricultural college or colleges receiving the benefits of this Act.
Page 301 - ... by the Division of Building and Housing of the United States Department of Commerce...
Page 143 - Its object shall be to advance the science of jurisprudence, promote the administration of justice and uniformity of legislation throughout the union, uphold the honor of the profession of the law, and encourage cordial intercourse among the members of the American Bar.
Page 268 - Mendeleeff, which states that the properties of the elements are periodic functions of their atomic weights.
Page 35 - No portion of said fund nor the interest thereon, shall be applied directly or indirectly, under any pretense whatever, to the purchase, erection, preservation, or repair of any building or buildings.
Page 35 - ... to foster agricultural extension in the States and to coordinate the extension work of land-grant colleges and the United States Department of Agriculture, both of which had been active in certain parts of the country. The Act provided: 1. That extension work in agriculture and home economies should be carried on by the land-grant colleges in cooperation with the United States Department of Agriculture.14 2. That extension work should consist of giving instruction and practical demonstrations...
Page 158 - It is the name of a nonentity, and has no right to a place among first principles. Those who still cling to it are clinging to a mere echo, the faint rumor left behind by the disappearing "soul
Page 299 - ... the Christian Science Board of Directors of the First Church of Christ Scientist...
Page 338 - Science and the Division of Chemistry and Chemical Technology of the National Research Council.