Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1868-10-02

OFFICE BOARD OF TRusruEs.)
August le, 1868.

OFFICE BOARD OF TRusrrrs.l
August ls, 1868.
TuE Board of Trustees announce,
hereby, that the first term Of the
Iowa AGRICULTURAL CoIIrGE will be
opened on Wednesday, the 2lst of
October next.
The board take great pleasure in
giving assurance 10 the citizens Of
Iowa, that, in all the facilities for
practical and thorough education,
this College will be unsurpassed by
any similar institution in the land. II
has been for years the steady pur-
pose OF the Board, 10 employ the
ample fund placed in their hands in
such manner rs to secure, hence
forth, for the youth of our State, at
the least possible outlay. scholastic
training that will fit them for the
duties of life.
TnE CoiLEGE BrILprNG, finished
by state appropriation at an expense
of $50, ZOO. is the finest specimen OF
school architecture in the west. Its
dunen,ions are 6ixl7o feet on the
ground, with FIVE stories including
the attic and basement. Its internal
arrangements. consisting of kitchen.
laundry and dining room; public lee
turc room and chapel; rooms for IL
brary, museum, labratory and reel
tation; offices, professors rooms and
rooms for stadents-all Of proper size
and conveniently located--are adj
mirably adapted to the wants Of an
Agricultural College.
The Building will be fitted through
out with the modern appliances for
convenience and comfort. 1t will be
heated by furnaces Of the Rutan
patent every room thoroughly venti-
lated, and supplied by machinery witt
abundance Of pure water from a
neighboring spring. The rooms win
be lighted with gas and appropriately
furnished. The students rooms,
siAty-six IN number, are provided
with chairs and table; bedstead,
mattress and bolster; washstand.
bowl and pitcher; mirror and ward
robe-all suitable and neat. In short.
IN the entire establishment nothing
will he warting which is essential to
the cc.n;ort. health, and progress Of
! Tie pupil.
| THE ColLEGE FARM, consisting of
$40 acres, is, by reason Of its variety
Of soil and surface, and its plentiful
supply of water and wood, well suited
TO illustration. As q part OF our sys-
tenn Of istructlon it will be made a
means ofteaching the application of
science to the successful cultivation
Of the soil. AT the same time it is
intended that the products Of the
farm, raised in part by the labor of
the students, shall be applied to dimin-
isL their current expenses.
THE FACULTY.
Much time and great care have
been given tc the selection OF Facul-
| ~. and it is believed that We have
succeeded in securing the services of
the ablest and most experienced
Professors in the country.
Professor A. S. Welch, for many
years Principal Of the State Normal
School OF Michigan, has accepted the
Presidency of our College, and will
enter at once upon the work Of or
ganizing and preparing for opening
the school at the time fixed by the
Board. His long experience and
high standing as one Of the most sue
cessful educators in the West, is a
guarantee Of success in this new en-
enterprise.
For Professo Of Practical Agricul-
ture, Hon. Norton S. Townshend, of
Ohio, has been elected. lie CON-
bines the necessary qualific atoms of
q thoroughly practical farmer with
great scientific attainments, o fine
scholar, and an accomplished lecturer
and instructor.
| Prof Geo. w. Jones, for many
years Principal Of Franklin Seminary,
Delaware county, n. Y, a distin.
guished graduate Of Yale, has accept
ed the Char of Mathematics. lie is
pronounced by President Woolsey to
be one Of the most accomplished
Mathematicians that has graduated
at Yale for many years.
Other eminent teachers in the va
rious departments are now in commu-
nication with the Committee on Or
ganizatiop, and will probably be Sc
cured as the necessities of the College
may require.
OTHER OFFICERS.
The farm labor is now carried on
under the direction Of the Superinten-
dent, Hon. II. Thompson of Scott
county, one of the most thorough and
systematic farmers in tie State.
Mr.. DUNCAN, of Lucas county, has
been employed as Steward, and will
have charge of the Boarding Depart
ment. His experience as proprietor
Of first class hotel in an eastern
State, for many years, ought to quail
fy him for the duties of his present
position.
| COURSE OF STUDY.
The course Of study will be such as
to answer the requirements Of the
statute under which the AGRIcULrU-
RAJ COLLEGE was established.
Section 1898 declares /" shat the in
struction in said College shall include
the following branches, to-wit: Nat
ural Philosophy, Chemistry, Botany,
Horticulture, Fruit Growing, Forrest
ry, Animal and Vegetable Anatomy,
Geology, Mineralogy. Meteorology,
Entomology. Zoology, the Veterinary
Art, Plane Msnsuration, Leveling,
Surveying, Bookkeeping, and such
Mechanic arts as are directly con.
nected with Agriculture. Also such
other studies IS the Trustees may
from TIM to time prescribe not in.
consistent with the purposes Of this
Act"
The Trustees accordingly add to
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