The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1869-01-14
AgrIcuIturaI college OF Pcnna.

The next Term of this Institution will
commence on Monday, the 10th OF reoa-
ary, 1869, and continue "a weeks; STU
dents to report at the College on the
Thursday preceding the first day OF the
Term.
Careful instruction, by Lecture, Exam
ination and Practice, will be given In Ag-
riculture in all its branches, and in the
Mechanic Arts and Industrial Pursuits.
The liberal Arts, Sciences and Literature
usually studied in the Colleges will
also be included :: The object being TO
make sound general scholars, while I'M
parting the Practice, and a knowledge of
the Principles upon which the Practice
depends, OF the particular euployments in
view.
The studies and exercises of each STU
dent shaIl be specially directed, as the pa
rent may determine,-1 To Practical and
Scientific Agriculture aud Horticulture ;
2. To Civil Engineering, Architecture and
Mining 3. TO the principles Of the Me
chauic Arts and of Machinery or 4. To
the principles and practices of Commerce
aud Manufactures The whole to be ac-
companied by the study of History and
Government, Mental and Moral Philoso-
ply, the exact and Natural Sciences and
the other branches Of higher education,
and also by such of the Ancient or Mod
ern Languages as may be selected end,
on the part of all the Students, by practice
on the Farm, 10 the Garden, Laborat ory
and Field ae -szsol rs 4sq
At the proper time, detailed account
of the couse OF study and other particulars
viii be published. Till then, general
outline may be found in the Pennsylvania
School Journol for January, 1869, page
185.
BY tile lioerality of the National Gov
ernment ana the state Legislature. the
Trustees have been enabled to dispense
with the charge for Tuition -herctofore
$50 year; aud TO fix the price of Board
ing, &C., at the lowest rate that will meet
expenses, viz: 800 for the spring term
OF "A weeks, and so for the fall term Of
Is weeks;-in ali 'S170 year for every
thing, except textbooks, light, and a
small charge forthe use of room furniture,
when the estudent does not provide his own,
which he has the option to do.
The buildings will comfortably accommo-
date, and the farm OF 400 Acres pleasant
~ and usefully employ, Four Hundred
Students. Of these, each county and the
city Of philadelphia will be entitled to on
without regard to population; and the re-
mainder will be divided amoogst the coun-
tics and the city in proportion to popula-
ton; all free of charge for Tuition.
To entitle to admission, the Applicant
must be the son Of an inhabitant of the
State, net less than sixteen years Of age,
of good moral character and health, and
well verSed 10 Orthography, Reading, Wri-
ting, Arithmetic, English Grammar, Gee
graphy, and the History OF the Uoited
States.
First applicants from the respective
counties, coming up TO the above rquire
meDts, will have the preference for admis-
sion; but il is not desirable that more than
100 be admitted in 1869 and the same num-
Der annually thereafter, in order that the
College may flI only as the Students shall
advance in their classes.
The undersiGnedi is authorized to pledge
the Board Of trustees and flll Faculty
of Instruction, to which he would add his
own promise, that every effort shall be
made 10 render the institution benefit to
the youth who may report to It's halls, a
much-needcd aid to the various Industrial
Pursuits, and an honor 70 the State. For
further information, address THO. Ii.
BURROWES, President Agri cultural
College, Centre county, Pa.