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» I ·_  i he contributed a most interesting and valuable paper on the  
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._     i As an educator, Dr. Scovell contributed materially to the  r
    progress of the University at large and as already pointed  Q
      out in the foregoing, he was directly or indirectly responsible _
`»`%£~Cfbi 1 for the appointment of some of the ablest· men upon our
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  faculty. His constant travels kept him in touch with the
l»‘ij:ig.$_;:l;_L rapid developments in the field of technical and agricultural  _
li  education, and in one way or another, he succeeded in . _,
  enlightening our Board of Trustees in these matters and in  
  giving them the valuable results of his observations and {_ _
  experience. Through lack of funds and for other reasons, A
    the College of Agriculture, as one of the schools of the State .
    University, was a thing of slow growth. Under the regency  . ,
  -_i,; 1 of John Bowman and at the time when the Agricultural and  
  i Mechanical College was a part of Kentucky University, the
  work of agricultural instruction had a good beginning. For
  years, however, after the separation of the Agricultural and j
  Mechanical College from Kentucky University, and its incor—  
  poration as a separate institution, the work of agricultural
  instruction had been allowed to lapse, until for a time, at ·
  least, it was the veriest makeshift and for many years, there
  was not a single graduate from the agricultural course. The
..`i g l Experiment Station was the only thing that fostered and .
  kept alive the agricultural· interests of the institution. _
  __ 1  _ Accordingly, in 1910, the work of the College of Agriculture ,
  was regrlganged bg the Exegzugve Committee of the Univer- J
;—·?¥;¥2r sity an r. cove was ma e ean of the College of Agricu -
  ture. In this reorganization, the Experiment Station became ·
   E an integral part of the College of Agriculture which also ‘
    included the Department of Home Economics and the Depart-
  ment of Agricultural Extension. To the discharge of his
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