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Show u PROF. FRENCH RESIGNS. It is a matter of sincere rcgr,ct to the Editor of the Dcscrct Farmer to hear of the resignation of Prof. French, Director of the Idaho Experiment Ex-periment Station and also of the. Farmers' Institute work in tint stale. ( Frof. French' went to the University Universi-ty of Idaho 111 i8p8 as professor of animal industry; a year or two later was appointed director of the experi- ment station. His work there has been devoted to the building up of the agricultural school. When he took the professorship at the Idaho institution there were but two buildings build-ings and no professors employed exclusively ex-clusively at the station. Today there arc eight men employed exclusively in the experiment station work. Professor French has kept in close touch with the progress of agricultural agricult-ural teaching throughout the country. coun-try. In the National Association of Agricultural Colleges he has been u member of the committee on methods meth-ods of teaching agriculture ever since the organization of the committee in 1895. This committee has paid special spec-ial attention to extension work in connection with agricultural colleges, farmers' institutes, and the rural schools. He is also an enthusiast with reference to the teaching of domestic do-mestic science, and that excellent department de-partment in the University of Idaho is very largoly due to his untiring efforts in its behalf. |