Table 1.-Federal Funds Received by the Land-Grant Institutions for [All figures in thousands of dollars] Reported but not analyzed. $2, 480 2, 502 2, 502 2, 502 Year ending 1958. 1959. 1960_. 1961. 1962_ Income $2,300 2, 341 (4) 1 Federal endowment, invested by the States. The income only is used. Continuing appropriations, $50,000 to each State and Puerto Rico. Depend upon annual appropriations by Congress. Allocated in varying amounts in proportion to population. Chronologies of Institutions by States There was no uniform pattern in the designation or establishment of the institutions to benefit from the provisions of either the First Morrill Act of 1862 or the Second Morrill Act of 1890. In some States an institution already in operation was chosen; in others, new institutions were established. Sometimes it took considerable time to make the necessary arrangements for an institution even after the legislature had accepted the provisions of the acts. In a few States a comparatively long time elapsed between establishment and opening for instruction, or between opening for instruction and the granting of degrees. This variation among the States is evident in the following brief chronologies.8 Alabama 1856 1860 1867 1868 1870 1872 Auburn University Legislature chartered East Alabama Male College at Auburn State legislature accepted provisions of Morrill Act of 1862; entitled Acceptance reaffirmed in State constitution (December 31) State accepted gift of Eastern Alabama Male College at Auburn State legislature authorized Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical $ Sources of data, in addition to official records and documents on file in the Office of Education and the catalogs of the individual institutions: American Universities and Colleges, Eighth edition, 1960, by Mary Irwin. The American Council on Education, Washington, D.C., 1212 p. Survey of Land-Grant Colleges and Universities, by Arthur J. Klein. U.S. Department of the Interior (Office of Education Bulletin 1930, No. 9, Vols. I and II) Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1919 p. (Out of print.) The Land-Grant Colleges, Staff Study No. 10, The Advisory Committee on Education, by George A. Works and Barton Morgan. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1939. 141 p. (Out of print.) The Land-Grant of 1862 and The Land-Grant Bureau of Education, U.S. Department of Interior ington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1918. Colleges, Benjamin F. Andrews. (Bulletin 1918, No. 13). Wash63 p. (Out of print.) 1891 1899 1955 1959-60 1960 1873 1875 1891 1901 1919 1948 Alaska 1915 1917 1922 1929 1935 1949 State accepted provisions of Second Morrill Act of 1890 (Febru- Name changed to Alabama Polytechnic Institute Amount of 1862 land-grant endowment fund-$253,500; income- Became Auburn University (January 1) 1958 1959 Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical College State chartered Huntsville State Normal and Industrial School Name changed to State Agricultural and Mechanical College for First baccalaureate degree awarded Name changed to State Agricultural and Mechanical Institute for Name changed to Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical College University of Alaska Act of U.S. Congress (38 Stat. 1214)—A specific grant of four sections of land for the site of a college (March 4) Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines established and board appointed Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines designated by Territorial legislature as land-grant institution, and opened for instruction (September 18) By act of U.S. Congress (48 U.S.C., sec. 354A) granted 100,000 acres An act (Chap. 49) of the Territory of Alaska established University of Alaska with power to succeed to all the rights, powers, privileges, and duties of the Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines (March 12) Public Law 417, 81st Congress (approved October 27) and Public 1959-60 1961 Arizona 1885 1891 1895 1903 1910 1912 1922 Territorial legislature authorized State university at Tucson (March 19) University of Arizona opened for instruction (October) First baccalaureate degree granted Master's degrees first awarded With State enabling act, received 150,000 acres of land in lieu of grant under Morrill Act of 1862 State legislature accepted provisions of First Morrill Act of 1862 1959-1960 Amount of 1862 land-grant endowment fund-$71,585; income Arkansas 1864 1867 1871 1872 1876 1884 1891 Amount of 1862 land-grant endowment fund-$16,256; income $275 1899 1953 Alaska State Regents Board approved reorganization along university lines into six academic colleges and division of statewide services (July 1) $29,351 Unsold-149,405 acres; value $489,200 University of Arizona Tucson University of Arkansas Fayetteville State legislature accepted 150,000 acres in land scrip under the First Morrill Act; but because of disturbed conditions caused by the war, another act of the legislature was necessary before the scrip could be issued (May 11) Legislature acted to issue scrip (January 31) Legislature again affirmed acceptance of the conditions of the 1862 Arkansas Industrial University opened to first students (January 22) Master's degrees first awarded Legislature accepted provisions of Second Morrill Act and designated eight-elevenths of the funds to Arkansas Industrial University (April 9) 642730-62 Name changed to University of Arkansas Doctoral degrees first conferred 1959-60 Amount of 1862 land-grant endowment fund-$133,000; income $6,633 |