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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1882
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20 Minimum. T e r m fees a n d r o o m r e n t for e a c h s t u d e n t T a b l e b o a r d in b o a r d i n g h o u s e s a n d clubs F u e l a n d light W a s h i n g , a t 75 c e n t s p e r d o z e n Total annual amount B o a r d a n d r o o m in p r i v a t e h o u s e s , p e r w e e k $28 50 72 00 10 00 13 50 $124 00 $4 00 Maximum. $34 50 144 00 15 00 27 00 $220 50 $6 00 FEES IN THE PRELIMINARY YEAR. Tuition, per term Incidental fee, per term # $5 00 7 50 SPECIAL F E E S . For music, for 20 lessons , For painting or drawing, to special students Graduating fee $10 00 10 00 5 00 Monday, September 11 Wednesday, September 13 Wednesday, December 20 CALENDAE FOE 1882-'83. Examinations for admission First orFall term begins First term ends , WINTER VACATION. FOE 1883. Examinations for admission to advanced classes Opening of the second or Winter term Anniversary Day.. Second term ends Third or spring term begins. Baccalaureate address in University Chapel Class Day Alumni Day Commencement SUMMER VACATION. Examinations for admission First or Fall term begins Tuesday, January 2 ..Wednesday, January 2 March 11 Wednesday, March 21 Wednesday, March 21 Sunday, June 3 Monday, June 4 Tuesday. June 5 Wednesday, June 6 Monday, September 10 Wednesday, September 12 APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENTS. The College has, for the illustration of practical agriculture, a stock farm of 410 acres, provided with a large stock barn fitted up with stables, pens, yards, etc., and an experimental farm of 180 acres, furnished with all necessary apparatus. It has fine specimens of neat cattle, Short-horns and Jerseys, with several breeds of swine, to illustrate the problems of breeding and feeding. The Experimental Department exhibits field experiments in the testing of the different varieties and modes of culture of field crops, and in the comparison and treatment of soils. It includes experiments in Agriculture and Horticulture, under the direction of the Professors of Agriculture and of Horticulture, and experiments in feeding animals of different ages and development, upon the various kinds of food. In common with similar departments in the several Agricultural Colleges of the country, it attempts to accumulate knowledge preparatory to the development of an agricultural science.
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