this college, or of any other institution of equal grade, by one year's residence at the college, spent in the successful prosecution of a course of study in applied science prescribed by the faculty.

Students who have completed the general course in each department of the school of mechanic arts, and are qualified, can enter upon a more extended technical course in mechanical engineering.

Students who expect to become practical pharmacists can enter upon a special course of chemistry and natural history, and occupy all their time in the laboratories of these departments under the immediate direction of the professors.

Students who have received the degree of B. Sc. in engineering, or who have prosecuted an equivalent course of study, can enter upon a special course of mining engineering, requiring a residence of one year.

Young men over twenty-one years of age who desire to study agriculture will be permitted, without examination, to enter any class under the professor of agriculture, and will be excused from reciting in any other class, from military duty, and from all other college duties; but will be under the general college regulations, and will be required to have their time fully occupied.

They can attend the lectures in argriculture in all the classes, and engage in the practical work at the experimental station, in the field, stock-yard, dairy, garden, orchard and vineyard, etc., and may thus, in one year, acquire valuable practical knowledge of scientific agriculture.

On February 24, 1888, the board of trustees organized the experiment station as a department of the college, with a competent corps of officers.

In conformity with the Hatch act, this department conducts original research in the physiology of plants, diseases of animals, the chemical composition of soils and plants, etc., etc.

The college is situated in the town of Auburn, fifty-nine miles east of Montgomery, on the line of the Western railroad.

The region is high and healthful, noted for its general good health and freedom from malaria, having an elevation of eight hundred and twenty-one feet above tide water.

The health statistics of the college compare most favorably with those of any college in the United States, and every attention is devoted to hygiene and sanitary regulations.

Applicants for admission must be of good moral character, and not less than fifteen years of age.

The expenses of a student are per half session: Incidental fee $5.00, library fee $1.00, surgeon's fee $2.50 and board per month, with fuel and lights, $12.00 to $15.00. Tuition is free.

A uniform of cadet gray cloth is prescribed, which all undergraduates are required to wear during the session. The uniforms are made at Auburn, of cloth manufactured at the Charlottsville mills. The suit including cap, costs about $19.00; the dress coat $10.00 to $11.00. It is neat and serviceable and less expensive than ordinary clothing.

Any economical student can bring his entire aunual expenses, including fees, board, books and clothing, within the limit of $200.

Nine scholarships each yielding $250.00 per annum have been established, one for each department, to promote post graduate work. These are awarded only to graduates.

A scholarship for undergraduates is maintained by the society of the alumni.

The academic year commences in September and ends in June. It is divided into three terms.

The number of students in the college during the session ending June, 1892, was 255.

For full information and catalogue, address the President, at Auburn, Ala.

ALABAMA INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF.

This institution, organized and established by an act of the general assembly of Alabama, approved January 27, 1860, is located at Talladega, Ala.

The act incorporated the then State Superintendent of Education, and his successors in office, and four other commissioners, to be appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate, under the name of "The Alabama Institution for the

Deaf and Dumb,"* and gave them all the powers necessary to carry into effect the object of the act, which was, primarily, to afford the means of education to the indigent deaf and dumb of the State. The incorporators were, also, empowered to locate the institution, and purchase a site therefor and to purchase or erect suitable buildings, and the act appropriated $20,000 for that purpose, and the further annual sum of $5,000 for the support of the institution.

Under the authority conferred by the act of January 27, 1860, the main building of the institution, with its landed property, was purchased. This building, which is an imposing and capacious structure, three and a half or four stories high, was erected by Clinton Lodge, No. 28, of Free Masons, and was in use by that order as, "The East Alabama Masonic Female College." The corner stone was laid April 12, 1860, and the original cost $27,000.

December 8, 1863, an act was approved, increasing the annual appropriation to $8,000. By an act, approved February 8, 1867, a school for the education of the indigent blind of the State was established, to be conducted within the halls of the institution for the deaf and dumb, and to be under the control of the board of commissioners of that institution, and an annual sum of $2,500 appropriated for its support. February 11, 1870, an act was approved consolidating these two schools under the name of the "Alabama Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, and the Blind ;" and the Governor, ex-officio, and three other person to be by him appointed, were added to the number of incorporators, and the annual appropriations for its support increased to $13,000, and an additional sum of $3,000 appropriated to buy books, apparatus, and musical instruments, and to make repairs. An act approved December 18, 1871, further increased the annual appropriation to $18,000.

By an act approved February 13, 1879, the annual appropriation was decreased to $15,000.

February 17, 1885, an act was approved, making it the duty of the board of commissioners to employ a competent teacher of articulation for the institution, to teach orally such of the pupils as may be beneficially taught by that method, and

* The institution was established for the education of both the deaf and the dumb.

to provide suitable appliances for that purpose, and, also, to appoint an oculist for the institution, and the act made an additional annual appropriation of $3,000 to carry the act into effect.

February 19, 1887, an act was approved, establishing a separate institution for the blind, and by an act, approved February 28, 1887, the name of the institution was changed to the "Alabama Institute for the Deaf." The act of February 28, 1887, changed also the mode of appropriation for the support of the institute, and appropriated, in lieu of all other appropriations, the annual sum of $217.50 for each pupil therein.

February 4, 1889, an act was approved, establishing a mechanical and industrial department in the institute, and appropriating $5,000, to erect and equip a suitable building for such department.

Under the act of January 27, 1860, as amended by the several acts above referred to, the Governor, the Superintendent of Education, and nine other persons, who are appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate, and who hold office for six years, are made a body corporate under the name of "Alabama Institute for the Deaf," and constitute a board of trustees, having the entire management and control of the institution.

The board appoints from its number a president of the board, and also appoints a secretary and a treasurer of the board, and a principal for the institution, who, with the concurrence of the board, appoints his assistants. The board fixes the compensation of the principal and his assistants. The powers of the board may be exercised by an executive committee of three.

The main object of the institution is to afford the means of education to the indigent deaf and dumb of the State; but those who are not indigent may be admitted into the institution on paying or securing the payment of all their expenses.

An application for admission must be in writing, sworn to and addressed to the board of trustees, stating the name, age, place of birth and present residence of the applicant, how long he has been a resident of the State, that he is deaf and dumb, and that he and his family are unable to pay his board and tuition.

*See "Alabama Academy for the Blind," pages 207-210.