EXHIBIT A. Inventory of College Property. Detailed inventories of all College property of the College in the several departments are on file in the College office, as required by the Board of Directors. Donated to the State by Brazos County: Two thousand four hundred and sixteen acres of land...... One steward's residence... Improvements made prior to 1876, when College was opened: One main college building, 151x60 feet, four stories.... One steward's hall and dormitory, 91x34 feet, three stories, brick........ One residence attached to steward's hall, 40x30 feet, four stories.... One stable and baru, 18x30 feet, frame. Five professor's residences... Plank fence and cedar posts, enclosing college| campus, 161 acres. ... Improvements made from October, 1876, to January 1, 1887: Two story frame building. 84x34 feet, wood working shop.. Two story frame building, farm house. One story frame building, for employes. $16,912 00 $17,912 00 $100,000 00 35,000 00 1,500 00 1.800 00 15,000 00 500 00 158,800 00 $4,000 00 500 00 Seven underground cisterns, brick.. Bath house, sixteen rooms.. Oil house.... 1,400 00 300 00 100 00 [From 12th Annual Catalogue, Session 1887-88.] Main Building-The main building stands on the highest point of the grounds. It is four stories high nade of brick, with mansard roof and towers. The rooms are all of high pitch and well ventilated. On the fourth story, nearly half the space is occupied by the chapel. Two society halls, the armory, the athletic hall and three small rooms are also on this floor. On the third story are the mathematical section and instrument rooms and students' quarters. On the second floor are the library, agricultural section room, chairman's office, chemical laboratory for qualitative work, and several students' rooms. On the first floor are physical and chemical section rooms, chemical balance room and dark room, section rooms of English languages and mechanics, offices of the commandant, business manager and treasurer, and janitor's room. There are broad halls running through each story at right angles to each other, and two sets of stairways, one in the middle, the other at the end of the building. The external appearance of the main building is shown on the right of the frontispiece. Shops-Back of the main building (seen a little to the left of it in the picture) is the carpenter shop. It is of two stories, fitted with benches and wood-working tools in separate sets for students. Power is supplied in this shop by a twelve horse power vertical engine. The boiler house and blacksmith shop are in the rear of the building. The metal working shop is seen near the middle of the engraving. Its machinery is driven by a twenty horse power engine. The building is of brick. The blacksmith shop is furnished with six forges and necessary tools. Mess Hall-This is seen on the left of the other buildings. It is three stories high, and is attached to the house which was formerly the president's residence. The first floor is occupied by the hall, steward's office, store rooms, kitchen, &c. The second and third floors are occupied by students' rooms, of which there are twenty in the building. Pfeuffer Hall-This new building erected in 1887 is for a dormitory, and has capacity to accommodate seventy-five students. It is named in honor of Hon. George Pfeuffer, a former president of the board of directors. Austin Hall-This a new dormitory erected in 1888, and accommodates seventy-five students. Assembly Hall - This building has been completed and furnished with neat opera chairs. It is a two story brick stuccoed with Portland cement; has main floor and gallery. It is an ornament to the grounds. Hospital-A large and comfortable building has been erected as a hospital and surgeon's residence. The surgeon will give his attention to all students without charge other than the regular medical fee of five dollars paid by each student upon entrance. Creamery-There has recently been erected a building for the creamery. It is supplied with a complete outfit of the latest improved apparatus for making butter. The machinery is driven by a six horse power engine. Practice in the creamery forms a part of the agricultural course. Farm Buildings-These are situated several hundred yards in the rear of the main building. They consist of two large barns, a milking shed and a piggery. One of the barns is new, and is fitted with stalls for the thorough-bred cattle, and storage rooms for implements and food. These buildings are supplied with water from a large tank, which is kept filled by a wind mill. There have recently been erected three large silos in connection with the agricultural experiment station, and students will have the advantage of practical instruction in the connection of silos and the best method of preparing ensilage. Permanent Fund-In November, 1876, the legislature formally accepted from congress the gift of one hundred and eighty thousand acres of public land for the endowment of an agricultural and mechanical college. This land was sold for $174,000, which sum was invested in seven per cent State bonds. As under the act of congress neither principal nor interest of this money could be used for other purposes than the payment of officers' salaries, at the time of the opening of the college there was an addition to the fund from ac cumulated interest, of $35,000, and both sums being invested, the latter in six per cent bonds of the State, furnish an annual income of $14,280. Land-The county of Brazos donated to the college, two thousand four hundred and sixteen acres of land lying on each side of the Houston and Texas Central railroad, five miles from Bryan and ninety-five miles from Houston. Grounds, Farm and Stock-The farm, garden, orchard, barnyards and campus are included in the inclosures to the east of the station. The farm comprises about two hundred acres. This is devoted solely to experimental culture and the production of forage for stock. The orchard of eighty acres contains a large variety of young fruit trees more or less adapted to this climate. The garden affords experimental work to students and furnishes an abundance of vegetables to the mess hall. A young vineyard has been started; many of the vines are already bearing well. Back of these are the piggery, calf lots, barns and pastures of about four hundred acres. The college now owns registered cattle, Dutch Frisians, Gallocways and Jerseys, besides a number of high-grade shorthorns and common cows for the present milk supply. The swine include Essex and Berkshires. During the next session a creamery will be perfected for giving instruction in butter making. On the west side of the railroad a pasture of eight hundred acres has been enclosed. Apparatus-All departments of instruction are well supplied with implements and instruments of the latest and best forms. The agricultural department is equipped with hand tools, machinery and mules for farm work. The machine shops are well furnished with wood and metal working machinery and tools. The chemical and physical laboratories have recently received important accessions of apparatus. The department of civil engineering is supplied with a full set of surveying and engineering instruments. Military Organization and Discipline-For the purpose of maintaining good order and dicipline, as well as for the proper execution of the law of congress requiring military instruction of the students, they are or |