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room, and is open throughout the day for study, reading, and consultation of authorities. It is well provided with American, English, French and German papers and periodicals, embracing some of the most important scientific and art publications. For a list of the periodicals regularly received, see Table of Contents, page 2 of cover.

AIMS OF THE UNIVERSITY.

" Its leading object shall be, without excluding other scientific and classical studies, and including military tactics, to teach such branches of learning as are related to agriculture and the mechanic arts, in such manner as the legislatures of the states may respectively prescribe, in order to promote the liberal and practical education of the industrial classes in the several pursuits and professions in life."—Act of Congress,

1862, Sec. 4.

" The trustees shall have power to provide the requisite buildings, apparatus, and conveniences; to fix the rates of tuition; to appoint such professors and instructors, and establish and provide for the management of such model farms, model art, and other departments and professorships, as may be required to teach, in the most thorough manner, such branches of learning as are related to agriculture and the mechanic arts, and military tactics, without excluding other scientific and classical

studies." — Act of General Assembly, 1867, Sec. 7.

In accordance with the two acts above quoted, and under which the University is organized, it holds as its principal aim to offer freely the most thorough instruction which its means will provide, in all the branches of learning useful in the industrial arts, or necessary to " the liberal and practical education of the industrial classes, in the several pursuits and professions in life." It includes in this all useful learning, — scientific and classical — all that belongs to sound and thorough scholarship. Its practical aims will be best understood by a survey of the following departments of instruction, for which it offers the best facilities: SCIENTIFIC AGRICULTURE—Soil Culture of all varieties, and for all crops, Animal Husbandry, Stock-breeding, Feeding, Veterinary Science, Agricultural Chemistry, Rural Engineering and Drainage. HORTICULTURE — Market Gardening, Fruit Growing, Management of Nurseries, Forests, Green Houses, Propagating Houses, and Ornamental Grounds. MECHANICAL ENGINEERING — Theory and Practice in Construction of Machinery, Pattern Making, and Working in Iron and Brass. Study of the Motors, Strength of Materials, and Mechanical Drawing. CIVIL ENGINEERING — Land and Government Surveys, Railroads, Canals, Bridge Building, Topographical Surveys and Leveling. MINING ENGINEERING — Mine Surveys, Sinking and Tubing of Shafts, Driving of Adits and Methods of Working, Assaying, Treatment of Ores, and Metallurgy. ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE — A thorough and extended course in higher Grammar, Rhetoric, Criticism and Essay Writing, to fit students for editorial or other literary work, or teaching. ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY — Chemistry applied to the Arts; Laboratory Practice with Re-agents, Blow-pipe and Spectroscope. A full course tofitstudents to become Chemists, Druggists and Pharmaceutists.