The students of the College Department, such as have conscientious scruples excepted, are required to go through this course of military instruction, and to provide themselves with a fatigue suit of dark blue cloth, to consist of a single breasted jacket, a vest, trousers, and regulation cap; with brass buttons of the pattern of the State of Pennsylvania.

MANUAL LABOR.

Every student, who may desire it, has the privilege of diminishing his College expenses by working for the College in whatever capacity his labor may be deemed serviceable by the President. The student will receive adequate compensation for the labor performed in pursuance of this rule.

RELIGIOUS EXERCISES.

Devotional exercises are held in the College Chapel every morning, and all the students are required to be present.

Religious services are held in the College Chapel every Sabbath afternoon, and all the students are required to attend, except such as may have special permission to attend worship elsewhere. Such permission can be obtained only by presenting to the President a written request therefor from the parent or guardian.

DEGREES.

The Degree of Bachelor of Science is conferred on students who have completed the course in General Science, have passed a satisfactory examination at the end of the course, and have prepared a dissertation on some scientific subject, approved by the Faculty.

The Degree of Bachelor of Agriculture is conferred on students who have completed the course in Agriculture, have passed a satisfactory examination at the end of the course, and have prepared a dissertation on some Agricultural subject, approved by the Faculty.

The Degree of Civil Engineer is conferred on students who have completed the course in Mechanical and Civil Engineering, have passed a satisfactory examination at the end of the course, and have prepared a dissertation on some subject connected with Mechanical and Civil Engineering, approved by the Faculty.

The Degree of Mining Engineer is conferred on students who have completed the course in Metallurgy, Mineralogy and Mining, have passed a satisfactory examination at the end of the course, and have prepared a dissertation on some subject connected with Mineralogy, Metallurgy or Mining, approved by the Faculty. The Degree of Bachelor of Arts is conferred on students who have completed the course in Literature, have passed a satisfactory examination at the end of the course, and have prepared a dissertation on some Literary subject, approved by the Faculty.

EXPENSES.

Board and Room Rent, per term of 20 weeks, $70; Tuition, $50; Washing, $5; Fuel, $5; Total, $130.

This bill must be paid in advance on entering. A strict compliance with this rule is required. Candidates for admission are required to pay, on entering, a matriculation fee of $5.

The College is ten miles S. S. W. of Bellefonte, and can be reached by the Pennsylvania R. R. to Spruce Creek, or Tyrone. From Spruce Creek, by stage on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday; and from Tyrone, by cars to Bellefonte twice a day, and hence by stage, or livery. It can also be reached by Philadelphia and Erie R. R. to Lock Haven, and hence to Bellefonte.

MICHIGAN STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.

NEAR LANSING.

HISTORY.

In the year 1855, the Legislature, in pursuance of the requirement of Article XIII, § II, of the Constitution of 1850, passed an act for the purchase of a farm and the endowment of a State Agricultural School; and after some modifications of the original plan, a tract of 676 acres was secured near Lansing, a building was erected, and in May, 1857, the institution was commenced with sixty-one scholars and six instructors. This institution was in a highly suc cessful condition at the time when the National grant was made, and to its further endowment were directed the proceeds which are to come from the disposal of the land-scrip. The share of Michigan amounted to 240,000 acres, all of which has been located within the State for the benefit of the College, and none has yet been sold.

TRUSTEES.

The Trustees of the institution are as follows:

His Excellency, HENRY H. CRAPO, ex-officio, President of the Board; Hon. HEZEKIAH G. WELLS, of Kalamazoo, Vice President; Hon. DAVID CARPENTER, of Blissfield; Hon. JUSTUS GAGE, of Dowagiac; Hon. ABRAHAM C. Prutzman, of Three Rivers; Hon. S. O. KNAPP, of Jackson; Hon. ORAMEL HOSFORD, of Olivet; T. C. ABBOT, A. M., ex-officio, President of the College; Hon. SANFORD HOWARD, Secretary; JOSEPH MILLS, of Lansing, Treasurer.

FACULTY.

The following persons are the instructors of the school:

T. C. ABBOT, President, Professor of Mental Philosophy and Logic; MANLY MILES, M. D., Professor of Animal Physiology and Practical Agriculture, and Superintendent of the Farm; R. C. KEDZIE, A. M., M. D., Professor of Chemistry; ALBERT M. PRENTISS, M. S., Professor of Botany and Horticulture, and Superintendent of the Gardens; SANFORD HOWARD, Secretary; GEORGE T. FAIRCHILD, A. M., Professor of English Literature; ALBERT J. COOK, M. S., Instructor in Mathematics; W. W. DANIELLS, B. S., Assistant Professor of Chemistry. S. S. ROCKWELL, Steward; ALBERT F. ALLEN, M. S., Foreman of the Farm; GEORGE W. HARRISON, B. S., Assistant Foreman of the Farm.

STUDENTS.

The number of students has been as follows:-In 1859, 105; 1860, 51: 1861, 65; 1862, 74; 1863, 52; 1864, 61; 1865, 88; 1866, 108; 1867, 97.

GENERAL OBJECTS OF THE COLLEGE.

The State Agricultural College proposes

1st. To impart a knowledge of science, and its application to the arts of life. Especially are those sciences which relate to Agriculture and the kindred arts, such as Chemistry, Botany, Zoology and Animal Physiology, prosecuted to a

much greater extent than in institutions where the study of their practical applications is not pursued. The instruction given in the lecture-room is illustrated and enforced by the actual and prolonged study of plants and animals, and of the various practices and experiments of the farm and garden. Students will be taught to distinguish clearly between those principles and settled rules of agriculture, in accordance with which they may safely proceed, and those theories or practices which are either exploded, or are as yet the proper objects of experiment and discussion only, but whose too hasty adoption has led to repeated failures, and to the discredit of science.

2d. To afford to its students the privilege of daily manual labor. As this labor is to some degree remunerated, it might seem intended only to lessen the expense of the student. Its first use, however, is educational, being planned and varied for the illustration of the principles of science. The preservation of health, and of a taste for the pursuit of agriculture, are two other important objects. It is well known that students who pursue a college course very seldom thereafter engage in any industrial pursuit. Four or six years of study without labor, wholly removed from sympathy with the laboring world, at the period of life when habits and tastes are rapidly formed, will almost inevitably produce a disinclination, if not inability, to perform the work and duties of the farm. But to accomplish the objects of the institution, it is evident that the students must not, in acquiring a scientific education, lose either the ability or the disposition to labor on the farm. If the farmer, then, is to be educated, he must be educated on the farm itself; and it is due to this large class of our population that facilities for improvement, second to none other in the State, be afforded them.

It is believed that the three hours' work that every student is required to perform on the farm or in the garden, besides serving to render him familiar with the use of implements and the principles of agriculture, is sufficient also to preserve habits of manual labor, and to foster a taste for agricultural pursuits. It has been found in the past, sufficient to keep the students interested in every department of farm and horticultural work; and the daily labor of each one being performed at one time, does not occupy him longer than is requisite for preserving health and a robust constitution.

3d. To prosecute experiments for the promotion of agriculture. Agriculture is the creature of experiments. Very few farmers possess facilities for carrying on experiments accurately, and to definite results. From a lack of general acquaintance with the laws of Nature, their experiments, generally, unless guided by scientific men, are comparatively valueless for the determination of vexed questions of practice, and the establishment of general principles. An extensive laboratory, and other means at hand, enable the institution to enter on a series of experiments, to be prosecuted systematically and continuously from year to year.

4th. The organic law of the College, as well as the act of Congress donating lands for Agricultural Colleges, contemplate courses of instruction in the military art, and in the applications of science to the various arts of life. The practical applications of science are at present pursued mostly in directions desirable to the farmer-as surveying, leveling, laying out of grounds, mechanics as applied to implements, buildings, stock-breeding, etc. Other departments will be organized whenever adequate means are secured, whether from the Agricultural land fund, or from other sources.

5th. To afford the means of a general education to the farming class. This the Agricultural College endeavors to supply. The labor system preserves the student's health, and the habits and love of wholesome work. The professional part of the course gives him an insight into the nature of the objects and forces with which he has to deal. Added to this are the branches of study which help to make an intelligent and useful citizen, which cultivate his taste, and enable him to give expression to his knowledge and opinions.

REQUIREMENTS FOR ADMISSION.

Candidates for admission into the Preparatory Class must be not less than fourteen years of age, and must sustain a satisfactory examination in Arithmetic, Geography, Grammar, Reading, Spelling, and Penmanship.

Candidates for admission into the Freshman Class, or for any advanced standing, must sustain an examination in all the previous studies of the course.

DEPARTMENTS OF INSTRUCTION.

ELEMENTARY CHEMISTRY.-The primary forces-Heat, Light, Electricity, Magnetism, etc.; Chemical affinity and the laws of chemical combination; Elementary Substances-their history, properties, combinations and uses; application of Chemistry to the Arts and Manufactures; Organic Chemistry. In the study of Elementary Chemistry, the facts and principles of the science are illustrated by experiments.

ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY.-General Analysis; Analysis of Soils; Analysis of Minerals, use of the Blow-pipe; Analysis of Manures; Analysis of the Ashes of Plants; Alkalimetry and Acidimetry. In prosecuting Chemical Analysis, the student spends three hours a day in the Laboratory, under the direction and supervision of the Professor in Chemistry, applying with his own hands the tests required to determine the composition and properties of bodies, thus securing a practical knowledge of the methods employed in these investigations.

AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY.-Formation and composition of soils; the relations of air and moisture to vegetable growth; Connection of heat, light and electricity with growth of plants; Nature and source of food of plants; Chemical changes attending vegetable growth; Chemistry of the various processes of the farm, as plowing, fallowing, draining, etc.; Preparation, preserving and composting of manure; Artificial manure; Methods of improving soils by chemical means, by mineral manures, by vegetable manures, by animal manures, by indirect methods; Rotation of crops; Chemical composition of the various crops; the Chemistry of the dairy. The instruction in Chemistry is imparted both by lectures and text-books.

PRACTICAL AGRICULTURE.-First Year.-Laying out of farms; Arrangement and planning of farm buildings; Farm implements; General principles of tillage; Principles of draining; Laying out and construction of drains; Methods of seeding; Harvesting of crops; Principles of stock-breeding; Breeds of domestic animals-their characteristics and adaptation to particular purposes.

Fourth Year.-General principles of farm economy; Manures, their management and mode of application; Succession of crops; Preparation of the soil for particular crops; Cultivation of crops; Management of grass lands; Stockhusbandry; Care of animals and principles of feeding; Fattening of animals; Management of sheep. In addition to the above course, instruction is given in the field in the various manual operations of the farm.

BOTANY.-A course is first given in Physiological Botany; Systematic Botany is then taken up, the natural orders being studied as to their botanical characteristics; their size and geographical distribution; their relative importance; the genera and species having agricultural value; those having commercial or medical value; those having ornamental value; and those which are obnoxious or detrimental, as weeds or poisonous plants. The orders are illustrated by diagrams, and numerous living and dried specimens. The living specimens are dissected and examined by the student, and their genera and species determined. The indigenous plants, together with those cultivated in the gardens and grounds, afford material for the study of this department of botany. In the study of Vegetable Physiology, structure is illustrated by means of diagrams. Several excellent microscopes are used in the study of minute structure.

HORTICULTURE. In the course in Vegetable Physiology, the relations of that science to Horticulture are pointed out. The Sophomore class being employed during the year in the gardens and college grounds, is afforded abundant oportunities for the application of the instruction received in the class-room. It is intended that each student shall have practical experience in every cultural operation. In addition to these methods of instruction, a course of lectures is given on the history, theory and practice of horticulture.

ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY.-In this department, particular attention is given to the Anatomy and Physiology of domestic animals. The course is illustrated by anatomical preparations and diagrams, representing the comparative structure of the organs of locomotion, digestion, circulation, respiration and reproduction of each branch of the animal kingdom. Dissections of animals are made, to render the student familiar with the appearance, situation and relation of the organs of the animal system in a state of health, and the changes produced by disease. Opportunities are given for the study of the minute structure of the various tissues by means of the microscope.

ZOOLOGY.-Principles of the classification of animals, as founded on their structure and embryonic development. Descriptive Zoology, comprising the systematic arrangement of animals in accordance with their natural affinities, in classes, orders, families, etc.; habits and geographical distribution of animals.

ENTOMOLOGY.-The course in Entomology is illustrated by a valuable collection of native and exotic insects. Particular attention is given to the study of species injurious to vegetation; and the best method of checking their ravages is discussed. Students, by collecting and preserving specimens of our native species, become familiar with their habits in their several stages of development. MATHEMATICS AND CIVIL ENGINEERING.-The Preparatory Class spend some time in the review of Arithmetic. The following branches of Mathematics and their application follow: Algebra, Geometry, Plane Trigonometry, Spherical Trigonometry, Analytical Geometry, Surveying, Leveling, Plotting, Mechanics, Strength of Materials, Arches, Framing, Bridge and Road Building. Students have the use of chain, compass, and other instruments for practice; and receive instruction in the field as well as in the lecture-room, each student being required to take charge of field surveys, and to become practically acquainted with the use of the Level.

GEOLOGY.-A course of daily recitations in Geology during the second half of the Freshman year, is illustrated by maps, diagrams and specimens.