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cannot be considered a constructive plan——a plan that is so sorely needed by i
the University and the State, One thing sure, the friends, alumni and old E
students were asleep at the switch.  
Some of the changes under the new arrangement are-  
_ A First. It transfers from the Department of Agriculture $18,000 to be l
used for extension work by the University in connection with the Smith-  
· Lever fund. In turn it makes all the members of the Board of Agriculture, ’
V seven in number, members of the Board of Trustees of the University and ,
l by so doing, ties a political department of the State to the University. { 
Second. It minimizes the influence of the alumni by increasing the Q
Board to 31 members and also by changing the provision whereby the alumni ` 
had three members on the Executive Committee of the Board. _ 
Third. It changes the provision whereby the Governor was required to · 
make one-fifth of his appointments from alumni and says that he must make E
one-fifth of his appointments from old students of at least two year’s i
attendance.  
Fourth. It divorces the extension work from the College of Agricul-  
ture and Experiment Station and puts it into a separate division, a plan which 1
has proven a failure in every state where it has been tried. ¥
Fifth. Politics has., been a more or less dominant factor in the Univer- {
sity for some time, but the new arrangement brings in a new political element A
which can only add to the already bad effects of such influence. j
Fifth. The new arrangement changes the name of the State University, l
Lexington, Kentucky, to the University of Kentuckyéa happy change. {
Sixth: It makes the office of trustee of the University a non—public  
otlice, another very acceptable change. j
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The Pure Food and Drug law was re-enacted  
0;},,,,Acg,_ with practically the same provisions as the old  
law. The old law was made inoperative by the  
Court of Appeals declaring it unconstitutional, on the grounds that the en-
acting clause did not set forth the purpose for which the appropriation of _
, funds was made. Q
` A pure seed bill was placed in the hands of the Experiment Station for
'Z enforcement. This bill provides penalties for adulterating’ misbranding and l
  the selling of spurious seeds. ‘
l A sanitary bill was passed which gives the right of condemnation and E
seizure of foods packed or housed in an unsanitary condition. i
The legislature refused to transfer the Fertilizer and Feed Control work `
from the Experiment Station to the Department of Agriculture.