donating public lands to the several States and Territories which may provide colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts," is hereby extended so that the acceptance of the benefits of the said act may be expressed within three years from the passage of this act, and the colleges required by the said act may be provided within five years from the date of filng of such acceptance with the Commissioner of the General Land Office: PROVIDED, That when any Territory shall become a State and be admitted into the Union, such new State shall be entitled to the benefits of said act of July two, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, by expressing acceptance therein required within three years from the date of its admission into the Union, and providing the college or colleges within five years after such acceptance, as prescribed in this act: PROVIDED FURTHER, That any state that has heretofore expressed its acceptance of the act herein referred to shall have the period of five years within which to provide at least one college, as described in the fourth section of this act, after the time for providing said college, according to the act of July two, eighteen hundred and sixty two, shall have expired.

APPROVED JULY 23, 1866.

By Joint Resolution, approved November 1, 1866, the Legislature of Texas formally accepted the provisions of the Congressional Acts, and the State received from the General Government scrip for 180,000 acres of public land, the proceeds of which constitute the present permanent endowment fund of this College, and is invested in Texas seven per cent. gold frontier defense bonds to the amount of $174,000.

The Legislature fulfilled its obligations by passing "AN ACT to provide for the establishment of an Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas," approved April 17, 1871, and by making liberal successive appropriations-aggregating $202,000-for the buildings and equipments necessary for putting the institution in operation. And the County of Brazos secured its location within its limits by donating to the State the present college farm, a tract of 2416 acres, five miles south of the town of Bryan.

Finally, the Constitution of 1876, article VII, provided: "Section 13. The Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, established by the act of the Legislature, passed April 17, 1871, located in the County of Brazos, is hereby made and constituted a branch of the University of Texas, for instruction in agriculture, the mechanic arts, and the natural sciences connected therewith."

The College was formally opened for the reception of students October 4, 1876.

FACULTY.

JOHN GARLAND JAMES,

Professor Moral Philosophy and Political Economy,

JAMES REID COLE, A. M.,

Professor English Language, History and Literature.

HARDAWAY HUNT DINWIDDIE,
Professor Physics and Chemistry.

MARIE EWALD BERNHARD GEORGE GARTNER,
Professor Ancient and Modern Languages.

CHARLES C. GEORGESON,

Professor Scientific and Practical Agriculture and Horticulture.

LOUIS LOWRY MCINNIS, A. M.,

Professor Mathematics.

FRANKLIN VAN WINKLE, M. E.,

Professor Engineering, Mechanics and Drawing.

CHARLES JUDSON CRANE, (1st Lieut. 25th Inf. U. S. A.,) Professor of Military Science.

ROLL OF STUDENTS.

SESSION 1881-82.

CLASSIFICATION.-The plan of instruction embraces two Courses of three years each-1st, Agriculture, 2nd, Mechanics. The students employed on the first year's studies constitute the Third, or entrance Class; those on the second year's studies, the Second Class; and those on the third year's studies, the First, or Graduating Class.