marked here as in the so-called professional school. In short, the leading object is to make farmers, chemists, engineers, etc. To insure such results the student must have a thorough preparation for college. Hence, the necessity of cordial relations with the high schools and academies. New Hampshire is rich in these, and they should be encouraged in laying a broad foundation upon which the college may successfully build.

To promote these ends the college already has in successful operation courses in agriculture, in chemistry, in mechanical engineering and in electrical engineering. Doubtless others will be added in the near future, and in addition it is expected that opportunity will be given for many who are not applicants for a degree to obtain much useful information in special lines by means of short, practical courses.

Women are now admitted, and a complete course has been arranged for their benefit..

The degree of Bachelor of Science is conferred upon those who complete the entire course and pass the final examination.

For the present, tuition is $30 per year, although scholarships practically give free tuition to New Hampshire students. The trustees have arranged the scholarships as follows: There are thirty Conant scholarships, each paying $40, and tuition, $30; total, $70. These are to be assigned under the following conditions: Ist, they are to be given to young men taking an agricultural course; 2d, each town in Cheshire county is entitled to one scholarship, and Jaffrey is entitled to two; 3d, scholarships not taken by students from Cheshire county, and those in excess of the number of towns are to be assigned to agricultural students, at the discretion of the Faculty.

There are twenty-four Senatorial scholarships—one for each senatorial district. Each scholarship is to pay $20, and tuition, $30; total, $50. Senatorial scholarships not filled can be assigned to students from other localities, at the discretion of the Faculty. They are open to students. in all courses.

Janitorships, monitorships, work upon the farm, etc., furnish additional assistance in certain cases; but no student should be encouraged to enter college entirely without

resources. It is simply intended to state that the student who uses proper economy may secure the highest educational advantages at a comparatively small expense.

If the plans outlined above, with changes suggested by experience, are carried out, it will be difficult to foretell the immense future benefit to the state. We desire New Hampshire to become from end to end a busy hive of enlightened workers in agriculture and the various mechanical pursuits. To accomplish this our talented young men and women must be thoroughly trained in the most advanced methods and processes, that they may become leaders and examples, the leaven to leaven the whole lump. It is high time, then, for such to be looking well ahead, in preparation for the courses of study that are opening to them. At this juncture those who are carrying the burden of the work in properly founding the new college are entitled to the cordial support and helpful suggestions of all classes of the community, in order that the highest success may be early secured. Hanover, Dec. 15, 1891.

MARTHA DANA SHEPARD.

BY MARION HOWARD.

It seems almost as useless as sending "coals to Newcastle" to say anything to New Hampshire readers about this gifted pianist, this hearty, wholesome, big-hearted woman and artist, Martha Dana Shepard. Yet it is fitting that at least an outline sketch of her successful career should appear in the pages of THE GRANITE Monthly.

The Granite State never sent forth a daughter more worthy the love, respect and confidence bestowed upon her than this good woman, wife, and mother. Martha Dana was born in New Hampton, July 2, 1842, and was reared in a strictly musical and refined atmosphere. Her father, Dr. John A. Dana, was a well known singer and violinist, and a practicing physician of the old school. He was passionately fond of music, flowers, and everything that tends to elevate and improve the mind, while her mother was a musician of more than ordinary ability.

Martha Dana rightfully inherits her rare gifts. Her musical education was begun at home, under the careful guidance of her mother, when she was but five years old. Piano playing seemed to be her forte, and for a few years her practice was faithfully kept up in the home circle. During this time she frequently accompanied her parents to the choral societies, festivals and concerts at Plymouth and elsewhere. At eleven years of age she was sent to Boston to receive instruction under Mr. B. F. Leavens, who took a great interest in the child because of her remarkable talent.

Mr. Leavens had heard her play" Home, Sweet Home" a short time previously, at a small musical convention conducted by Lowell Mason, in which she acted as her father's accompanist. She remained in Boston during the winter months, but passed her summers at her home, in order to pursue her school studies at the New Hampton Institute, which famous school had for its founder the Rev. Simeon Dana, a grandfather of Martha Dana.

All this time she kept up a constant practice, spending several months of the year in Boston, under the careful guidance of Leavens, Kellar, and, later, B. J. Lang.

She began to teach music when in her teens, at the New Hampton Institute, and had many private pupils, besides playing here and there all over the state. At the age of twenty she took an unexpectedly prominent part in the first musical convention in Concord, when a member of the chorus. Mr. J. H. Morey, the well known organist, requested her assistance as accompanist, knowing her ability to read music readily. She consented, and played for the first time Thanks be to God," from "Elijah." As a thousand persons took part in this festival, it was to the credit of this young artist that she came out with flying colors. Her services were given many times gratuitously, and she was occasionally presented with cherished gifts. She relates how at one time, when Carl Zerrahn presented her with a bracelet, on behalf of the chorus, she went towards the footlights, bowing her thanks, when D. M. Babcock, with his deepest tone, shouted from a box, "Speech!" Poor, trembling Martha made it, but to this day she cannot recall a word she uttered.

Martha Dana was married when twenty-one years of age