29 Pennsylvania State College..

30 Claflin University and South Carolina Agricultural College and Me.

chanics' Institute.

List of agricultural and mechanical colleges whose work cannot be separated from that of the State universities of which they are departments. (See Table 44.)

College of Agriculture, Mechanics, Mining, Engineering, and Chemistry
(University of California).

Georgia State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (University of
Georgia).

Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College.
College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (University of Minnesota).
Missouri Agricultural and Mechanical College (University of Missouri).
Industrial College of the University of Nebraska.

University of Nevada.

Agricultural and Mechanical College (University of North Carolina).
Ohio State University.

Agricultural and Scientific Department of Brown University.

South Carolina College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts (Univer-
sity of South Carolina).

University of Tennessee and Agricultural and Mechanical College.
University of Vermont and State Agricultural College.
Agricultural Department of West Virginia University.

College of Arts (University of Wisconsin).

SCHOOLS OF SCIENCE NOT ENDOWED WITH THE NATIONAL LAND

GRANT.

NOTES FROM CATALOGUES.

CONNECTICUT.

Storrs Agricultural School, at Mansfield, is purely an agricultural school. The full course of study requires 2 years, of 3 terms each. The school possesses a farm of 170 acres well suited to the purposes of instruction. The last State Legislature appropriated $9,000 for the erection of a new laboratory and a barn. The former, which is nearly completed, is a one-story building, with attic for storage. It is 35 feet wide and 64 feet long, and very complete in its arrangement. The entire cost will be $7,000. The appropriation for the barn is $3,000. It will be a plain, substantial structure, 40 by 80 feet.

DAKOTA.

The Agricultural College, at Brookings, provides 2 courses of study, viz, a course in agriculture for young men, and a course in domestic economy for young women. These courses include the usual literary and scientific studies that lead to the bachelor of science degree. In addition, one industrial study or occupation is required each term. The college has just come into possession of a half-section of improved land, which, with the 80 acres given by the people of Brookings, constitutes a tract of 400 acres for college campus and practical farming. The college buildings are three in number, viz, college hall, which contains finely equipped laboratories for experimental purposes; the ladies' dormitory, and the gentlemen's dormitory. Finely equipped shops for wood and metal work have been provided.

The Dakota School of Mines, at Rapid City, was opened February 17, 1887, for a special course in assaying, etc. Four professorships were established, and a number of students presented themselves and were in attendance until the close of the term. The school has established three full courses of study, viz, mining engineering, civil engineering, and a general scientific course. The school of mines building proper is a commodious brick structure, 3 stories in height. The laboratory building is 2 stories in height, and is 138 by 60 feet. It is not attached to the college building proper,

but stands 200 feet distant from it.

INDIANA.

Rose Polytechnic Institute, at Terre Haute, offers 3 courses of study, viz, mechanical engineering, civil engineering, and chemistry. A course in electrical engineering will soon be added. This, like the other courses of this richly endowed institution, will be placed upon an excellent footing as regards professors and material equip

ment. The shops for practical work comprise a wood shop, a machine shop, a forge room, a brass foundry, an engine and boiler room, and an engineering laboratory. The academic building is a brick structure, 4 stories high.

MASSACHUSETTS.

The Lawrence Scientific School of Harvard University, at Cambridge, offers 4 courses of instruction, viz, a course in civil and topographical engineering, a course in chemistry, a course in natural history, and a course in mathematics and physics. The celebration of the 250th anniversary of the founding of Harvard College led to the first reunion of the graduates of this school which has ever been held, and at this meeting the future of the school was most earnestly considered. Three plans were suggested. In his report for the current year, the dean, W. S. Chaplin, expresses his preference for that of concentrating the work of the school on the one subject of engineering.

Bussey Institution of Harvard University, at Jamaica Plain, gives systematic instruction in agriculture, useful and ornamental gardening, and stock-raising. The farm belonging to the institution and upon which the school buildings are situated comprises 200 acres.

The Worcester Polytechnic Institution, at Worcester, offers courses of instruction in the following departments, viz, civil engineering, mechanical engineering, chemistry, physics, and drawing. The capacity of the shop has recently been nearly doubled by a gift of $13,600. The shop contains an engine and boiler room, blacksmith shop, tool room, draughting room, painting and finishing room, work rooms equipped with tools and machinery, and other auxiliary rooms.

MICHIGAN.

The State Mining School, at Houghton, was first opened for instruction on September 15, 1886, with 3 professors and 24 students. The course of study embraces geology, mineralogy, chemistry, mining and mining engineering, and such other branches of practical and theoretical knowledge as will conduce to the end of enabling the students of this institution to obtain a full knowledge of the science, art, and practice of mining, and the application of machinery thereto. Taition is free to all bona fide residents of the State.

MISSISSIPPI.

The Industrial Institute and College for Women, at Columbus, was opened October 22, 1885. The design of the institution is threefold: (1) To confer a thorough general education. (2) To give the best normal training, together with teaching and practice in kindergarten. (3) To train pupils in the various industrial arts. The buildings occupied by this institution were donated by the city of Columbus to the State, and have been repaired and improved so as to conform to the uses for which they are intended.

MISSOURI.

The Polytechnic School of Washington University, at Saint Louis, offers 4 courses of study extending through 5 years. They are, a course in civil engineering. in dynamic engineering, in chemistry, and in mining and metallurgy. During the year under consideration, a metallurgical mill has been erected in connection with the department of mining and metallurgy for the sampling of ores and mineral substances, the testing of ores, etc., on a commercial scale. The mill is equipped with a complete set of machinery. The university is supplied with finely equipped laboratories for the study of physics and chemistry.

NEW HAMPSHIRE.

The Chandler Scientific Department of Dartmouth College, at Hanover, provides a 4 years' course, at the completion of which the B. S. degree is conferred. This course is intended to qualify young persons for the duties and employments of active life.

The Thayer School of Civil Engineering, at Hanover, is a department of Dartmouth College, and aims to provide an exclusively professional training for young men who may desire instruction of an advanced character. The course is essentially "postgraduate," and extends through 2 years.

NEW JERSEY.

The Stevens Institute of Technology, at Hoboken, is purely a mechanical engineering school. It offers a 4 years' course, at the completion of which the degree of M. E. is conferred. The institute is provided with a machine and carpenter shop, an iron and brass foundry, and a blacksmith shop, each of which is fitted with a full complement of tools and machinery.

The Newark Technical School, at Newark, was opened on February 9, 1885. The course of study comprises instruction in mathematics, drawing, chemistry, and physics, extending over 4 years. This school is designed to give mental training to men who are already well advanced in some line of manual art. The State appropriates annually from $3,000 to $5,000 towards the support of the school.

The John C. Green School of Science, at Princeton, is a department of the College of New Jersey. It provides a course in general science and a course in civil engineering, at the completion of which the degrees B. S. and C. E. are conferred. Laboratories with experimental apparatus have been provided in order to familiarize the student with the practical part of the profession which he is studying.

NEW YORK.

The Cooper Union Free Night Schools of Science and Art, in New York, provide courses of study in science, art, stenography, type-writing, telegraphy, drawing, modelling in clay, designing, etc. The building occupied by these schools has been practically reconstructed at a cost of about $275,000.

The School of Mines of Columbia College, in New York, offers seven parallel courses of study, viz, mining engineering, civil engineering, metallurgy, geology and palæontology, analytical and applied chemistry, architecture, and sanitary engineering. Each of these courses occupies 4 years. The plan of instruction includes lectures and recitations; practice in the different laboratories; field and underground surveying; practice and study in mines, mills, machine-shops, and foundries; reports on mines, industrial establishments, and field geology.

The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, at Troy, now offers two courses of study-a course in civil engineering and a course in natural science-each of which covers a period of 4 years. During the first 2 years the courses are identical, but during the last 2 years the course in natural history embraces less of higher mathematics and more of natural history, chemistry, and geology. The main building is four stories in height, and contains full suites of recitation, lecture, and drawing rooms, the cabinet of natural history, and the library. The Winslow Laboratory contains the metallurgical laboratory, the chemical laboratory, and lecture, recitation, and appa

ratus rooms.

OHIO.

The Industrial and Art School of the Ohio Mechanics' Institute, in Cincinnati, provides instruction under 3 departments, viz, mechanical department, architectural department, and artistic department. This is an evening school, where instruction is given free of charge.

The Case School of Applied Science, at Cleveland, offers five regular courses of study. Each course requires 4 years for completion, and for proficiency, in any of them the degree B. S. is conferred. The following are the courses, viz, general course, civil engineering, mathematics and astronomy, physics, and chemistry. The Case School building, to which the school was transferred in September, 1885, was burned on October 27, 1856. The trustees and faculty of Adelbert College generously offered rooms and appliances for carrying on the work of the school, and recitations were resumed on the following Monday, work having been suspended but 3 days. The rebuilding of the burnt structure was begun at once, and a temporary laboratory was erected for immediate use. Instruments and apparatus were procured for the classrooms and laboratories, and the work of the classes proceeded with comparatively little interruption.