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A&M, Texas Tech To Coordinate Agricultural W ork
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THE BATTALION
An agreement to eliminate un
necessary duplication 'and coordi
nate the work of their institutions
for the benefit of Texas agricul
ture was announced recently by the
A&M College System and Texas
Technological College. The an
nouncement was made in a joint
statement from the boards of, di
rectors of the two state institu
tions.
Covering their work in resident
teaching, research and extension in
agriculture, the joint statement
sftys that no sei’ious unnecessary
duplications exist in the present
curricula of their colleges and rec
ommends that careful surveys
skould be made before new fields
of specialization are added.
Pointing to the high cost of lab
oratory facilities and equipment
necessary for proper technical
teaching in agriculture, the state
ment emphasizes the very high
cost per student credit hour when
these courses are taught to small
classes. Both institutions, it adds,
could accomodate greatly increased
enrollments in such courses with
very little added cost.
, In the field of research, the
statement points out that the A&M
System is the land grant institu
tion for Texas, with its Agricul
tural Experiment Station responsi
ble under state and federal laws
for conducting tax-supported agri
cultural research in the state. Ad
equate opportunities for research
should be provided by the station
for staff members of other state
institutions. Facilities and envi
ronmental factors of various loca
tions should be used, it was agreed.
Pointing to cooperative projects
on the Texas Tech campus and at
PanTech Farms, which have been
under way for several years, the
statement said that additional pro
jects may be put in force through
memoranda of agreement or under
terms of the Interagency Coopera
tion Act, passed by the 53rd Legis
lature, providing for “furnishing
necessary and authorized special or
technical services including the
services of employees, the services
of materials, or the services of
equipment” by one state agency for
a joint project with another in the
field of agricultural research.
Declaring that cooperation in the
field of extension work in agricul
ture and home economics has been
very satisfactory, the boards rec
ognized the responsibility of the
Texas Agricultural Extension Serv
ice for over-all administration of
this work in Texas. Texas Tech
is furnishing headquarters and of
fices for district administrative
and specialist personnel, in this
field and extensive use will con
tinue to be made of staff members
'and facilities of that college in de
velopment of the extension pro
gram.
The curricula at Texas Tech in
agriculture and home economics
were declared to satisfactorily
qualify graduates for employment
with the Extension Service, as was
the agricultural training program
at A&M.
The statement, drawn by a joint
committee of the two governing
boards, and approved by each board
in regular session, follows:
The Texas A&M College System
and Texas Technological College
are State institutions supported by
state funds. It is desirable that
the funds expended by each be so
administered that the greatest pos
sible benefit be derived in the
training of young men in agricul
ture and in obtaining and dissem
inating information of value to
farming and ranching interests of
our state. In order to do this, it
is necessary that there be a min
imum of duplication and that the
agricultural programs of these in
stitutions be as fully co-ordinated
as possible with each other.
The activities in agriculture are
administered within three main,
general groups: (1) Resident
teaching, (2) Research, and (3)
Extension.
Resident Teaching
The work in resident teaching in
both institutions provides recog
nized curricula in which the re .a re-
no serious, unnecessary duplica
tions. We emphasize that in the
teaching of technical agricultui’e
highly trained staff members in
specialized fields are required. Al
so, extensive laboratory facilities
and equipment are necessary.
These items, when associated with
small student enrollments, result
in very high student credit hour
costs. In the light of this situa-
ion, careful surveys should be
made before new fields of special
ization are added.
Agriculture is a broad term and
includes many fields of specializa
tion. With the staffs, facilities,
and equipment provided within the
A&M College System and Texas
Technological College, these two
institutions could accomodate
greatly increased numbers of stu
dents with very little added cost.
We believe that the governing
boards of these two institutions
should discourage and oppose the
offering of degree courses in ag
riculture at other state-supported
institutions, which can result only
in duplicated effort and unneces
sary expense to the state.
Service, and basic elementary
courses in agriculture will serve
the curricula purposes of other
state-supported institutions and,
at the same time, enable their stu
dents desiring degree work in
technical agriculture to transfer
and complete their work within
four years at one of the designated
degree institutions.
Research
The Texas A&M College System
is the land-grant institution for
Texas. The Texas Agricultural
Experiment Station is the part of
the Texas A&M College System
through which agricultural re
search is administered. State and
Federal laws recognize the respon
sibility of the Texas Agricultural
Experiment Station for conducting
tax. - supported agricultural re
search. It is through this organ
ization that Federal grants and
aids as well as State appropria-
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tions for agricultural research are
channeled.
It is recognized that adequate
opportunities should be provided
within that organization for staff
members and facilities of other
State-supported institutions, to en
gage in research related to agricul
ture. It is further recognized that
personnel, equipment and varying
local environmental factors should
be utilized in the total agricultural
research program for Texas. An
additional point of merit is that
research definitely vitalizes in
struction.
As evidence of the cooperative
spirit and purpose of both insti
tutions, it is noted that Memoran
da of Agreement are now effective
between the Texas A&M College
System and Texas Technological
College which provide for coopera
tive research both on the campus
at Lubbock and at PanTech Farms,
and that the basis for this cooper
ation is clearly defined in the filed
statements made by Texas Techno
logical College in connection with
the acquisition of the PanTex Ord
nance Plant October 12, 1948. On
this basis Texas A&M College Sys
tem endorsed the application of
Texas Tech for the acquisition of
this property.
Agriculture in Texas benefits
from a cooperative complementary,
and supplementary program of re
search.
Agreements already in effect are
recognized and continued. Addi
tional pi’ojects may be consuma-
ted by (1) Memoranda of Agree
ment, and (2) Interagency Coop
eration Act Contracts.
Provision was made by the 53rd
Legislature through the Inter
agency Cooperation Act, Vernon’s
Ann Civ. St., Art. 4413 (32), for
“furnishing necessary and author
ized special or technical services
including the services of employ
ees, the services of materials, or research projects,
the services of equipment.” It is recognized that the over-all
It is therefore, agreed between administration of the program of
the Texas A&M College System cooperative extension work in Ag-
and Texas Technological College riculture and Home Economics is
that agricultural research projects by law the responsibility of the
to be undertaken at Texas Techno- Texas A&M College System. Co-
logical College which are support- operation in this field is very sat
ed by public funds will be coopera- isfactory. Texas Technological Col-
tively considered, evaluated, plan- lege is furnishing headquarters and
ned, and proposed in written form offices for district administrative
as now required in the operations and specialist personnel. Staff
of the Texas Agricultural Expert- members and facilities of that col-
ment Station, and furthermore, lege are used, and should continue
that each project statement shall to be used, extensively in connec-
be formally considered by a joint tion Avith the progressive dcvelop-
project committee of the two insti- ment of the extension program,
tutions and submitted for approval The curricula in agriculture at Tex-
to the Director of the Texas Agri- as Technological College and at
cultural Experiment Station and the A&M College of Texas
the Dean of Agriculture of Texas provide training which satisfactory
Technological College before init- Hy qualify graduates for employ-
iation. ment with the Extension Service.
Reports of progress will be sub- This same statement applies to
mitted to both institutions annual- those graduates in Home Econom-
ly by the designated leaders of the ics at Texas Technological College.
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