EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS.

PURDUE UNIVERSITY..

W. E. STONE, PRESIDENT.

This institution is located at Lafayette.

ORIGIN.

Purdue University was organized under an act of Congress passed July 2, 1862. This act appropriated public lands to the several States for the purpose of aiding in the maintenance of colleges "where the leading objects shall be, without excluding other scientific or classical studies, and including military tactics, to teach such branches of learning as are related to agricultural and mechanical arts." The act provides that the State shall establish not less than one college as described above, under certain conditions, among which are the following:

First. "No portion of said fund, nor the interest thereon, shall be applied directly or indirectly, under any pretext whatever, to the purchase, erection, preservation or repair of any building or buildings."

Second. "Any State which may take and claim the benefit of the provisions of this act shall provide within five years, at least, not less than one college, or the grant to such State shall cease."

The State, by an act approved March 6, 1865, claimed the benefits of said act of Congress and assented to all its conditions and provisions.

The State received and accepted from John Purdue $150,000 and 100 acres of land, from Amos Heavilon $35,000, and from other citizens about $35,000, pledging the faith of the State to adequately and perpetually maintain the institution.

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Purdue University was established by an act of the Legislature of 1869, and was named in honor of John Purdue in consideration of his liberal donation mentioned above; but while bearing his name it is entirely under State control. The institution was informally opened for students in the spring of 1874, and formally opened in September, 1874, closing the college year with a total enrollment of fifteen in the college department and forty-nine in the preparatory department. In 1889 the Agricultural Experiment Station was established here by the United States with an annual income from the Government of $15,000, on condition that the State would properly provide it with building and lands. Up to this date the State has appropriated for the School of Agriculture $24,000, while the United States Government has contributed $150,000.

PROPERTY.

The value of all the property of Purdue University is as follows:

The following table will show the growth of the institution in respect to attendance since its organization, the respective figures being for the year ending June 30 of the years named:

University Hall is a large three-story brick structure with a basement sufficiently high to be used for laboratory purposes. It is occupied by the college chapel, the halls of the literary societies, library and reading rooms, recitation rooms, and the offices of the President of the University and the Secretary of the Board of Trustees.

The Engineering Building is occupied by the departments of mechanical and civil engineering. It consists of a three-story brick and stone building in front, to which are joined several one-story wings. It has a frontage of 388 feet, a depth of 234 feet, and its floor space aggregates more than an acre in area.

Science Hall consists of a two-story front with two wings, and is devoted to the work of the departments of biology and chemistry.

The Art Hall is a two-story brick building of attractive appearance. The east wing contains the lecture room and studios of the art department, while the rest of the building is occupied as a dormitory for the women students.

The Pharmacy Building, containing about twenty rooms, is of brick, two stories high, with one-story extensions.

The Men's Dormitory is a large four-story brick building which furnishes accommodations for ninety students.

The Electrical Building is devoted to the departments of engineering and physics. It is a beautiful three-story structure of dressed stone and brick.

The Agricultural Building is a large two-story brick structure occupied by the various departments of the school of agriculture and experiment station.

The Agricultural Annex is a frame structure designed especially for lectures and live stock judging. It will seat one hundred and twenty-five students.

FINANCES.

The following is a report of the receipts and expenditures for the years ending June 30, 1899, and June 30, 1900: