MINURS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES



Undoubtedly Prof. Scovell, the Dean of the Agricultural College, and Pro-. Hooper, who

so ably instructed the young men who constituted these teams, deserve the highest

praise for their great work.   The young men themselves are to be congratulated upon.

their faithful industry and their great success. The efficiency of our teams was

greatly aided by the fact that in the country adjacent to our institution there are so

many splendid models of the various animals belonging to the classes to be judged, and

that the owners of these animals have been more than kind and generous in affording

our students every opportunity to study these animals.   This shoves that our Agricu-

tural College should be the very best in the country. I see no reason why we should

excel other Universities in Arts and Sciences or Iechanics, although we may reasonably

hope to eaual them in all these, but Lexington is the place of all others, in my

opinion, where there should be built up the greatest Agricultural College in the

United States.   Where else will you find a richer soil, a more beautiful landscape,

a more equable climate, a higher development of fine stock, or a greater diversity of

crops, than in the blue grass country?   It seems to me that wie need only put forth a

reasonable effort to obtain absolute supremacy in the teaching of Agriculture.

     It gives me great pleasure to report to the Board that our students by an over-

whelming vote have adopted the honor system for the government of themselves; this,

when ratified by the faculty will be formally installed as a system of university

government.   From the institution of this system, I confidently hope great things along

the lines of a general uplift in the moral tone of the student body.   This system

places the government of the students in the hands of the student body, and casts upon

them the responsibility of maintaining law and order and the building up and fostering

of high ideals of manhood and good citizenship.   This is not said with a view of

creating the impression that our student body needs moral uplift to a greater degree

than that of other similar institutions; on the contrary, I believe that ninety-five

percent of our students are as fine ladies and gentlemen as are to be found anywhere.

The honor system places the government of the student body in the hands of the virtuous



December 12, 1911