Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1871-10-18
OUR EAST TENNESSEE UNIVERSITY.


OUR EAST TENNESSEE UNIVERSITY.
We have received from DR.. Humes,
President of our. University, a copy of the
REPORT of the Board of Trustees to the
Legislature of the State. Regarding it as
an institution in which all our readers are
particularly interested, we take pleasure in
giving place in our calumns to the follow
ing extracts from the report of its learned
and worthy President, In speaking of the
present year, DIR. Humes says:
1.-THE third year of instruction in the
Agricultural College began on the 18th of
September. II. We are gratified to state
that there is o considerable increase in the
number of students as compared with that
at the opening of the preceding year. One
hundred and forty-siX have already enter
ed and accessions will continue to be made.
OF those present, tifty-three are in College
classes of the two years course, and eighty
three are in the High School. SiXty-one
are nominees of members of the House of
Representatives"
OF its preparations and present advan-
tages the report says
"In expectation of considerable addi-
tions to the scholars in attendance, and in
order to their proper instruction and ac-
commodatiOn, the Trustees have recently
made additional preparations. The corps
of Teachers has been enlarged, so that it
now stands as given in note appended.
1.-TWO clearinghouse, convenient
to the rooms of instruction, have been
provided, where students may obtain their
meals at the low price of two dollars per
week. a small amount of manual labor
is required of all students; and those who
desire additional work with suitable remu-
neration, will be furnished with it to
limited extent The purpose of this latter
arrangement, however. Is merely to assist
young men of sufficient means, of dill
gence in study and physical ability, in
maintaining themselves at College.
"Farming operations will henceforth he
conducted on the College farmof more than
two hundred acres, under the, direction of
the Professor of Agriculture and q Com
mittee Of the Board of Trustees. A new
barn is in course of construction, and other
improvements are being made on the farm,
and the purchase of stock, implements,
&C., necessary for working it, has been Or
dered. 1t is Intended that the Agricultural
Department shall he made leading spe-
cialty in the institution, in order that stu
dents may here acquire a knowledge of
the latest discoveries in the Sciences and
the most successful application of the Arts
tributary to farniing and also to COM
theory and practice of Agriculture and
Horticulture The College farm is admira-
bly, adapted for use in teaching these sub
jects practically, and to be made u model.
In addition to the Professor of Agriculture
a very competent Agricultural Chemist
who has spent the past two years In Eu-
rope, studying the Sciences and visiting
various Colleges and schools, has just re-
turned and entered upon his duties, with a
supply Of the most approved apparatus for
the laboratory. With these and other APP
planes, unusual facilities are certainly af-
fOrded here for an Agricultural education
to the youth of the State. The Depart
ment, 1t is true, may he said to be in its in
fancy. It's work is but begun. Yet its
success is certain, if it only has the foster
ing aid of your honorable body, and the
friendly cooperation of the farmers of the
State, whose children will reap the fruits
of the enterprise.
With "a view to promote excel
lence in the knowledge of the Me-
chanic Arts, the Trustees have. arranged
that Instruction shall he given by the
Professor of Mathematics, hearing direct
~ upon this subject. a teacher of Draw
ing, also, gives lessons in that Art TO the
students who expect TO follow mechanical
pursuits. The services Of the Professor of
Mineralogy and Geology will be very use
ful in this connection as they have been
iitiAtOiOit." me SShlcibdl NC f-'liA VI MS
instructions insXoology, etc, TO Agricultu-
raj Students.
'Asnecessity arises, other chairs, such as
that Of Mining and Metalurgy, will be es-
tahllshed. tUH p 80
The recent war indeed 50 prevented the
/ work Of education IN the State that the
large majority OF the youth are not ready
10 enter even the lowest collegiate class.
1t was In order 70 Accommodate tliOse who
are of advanced age, imperfect prepara-
ton and limited means, that the Trustees
! have provided two courses OF study of only
! two years duration each.
The aggregate cost of Board, lodging
| fuel washing and lights, to each one of
such students tor an Acadenical Year, will
not he much more than hundred dollars,
and may he reduced about one-thid by
! his performance Of manual labor. His
tuition is free, and by the courtesy of the
/ authorities of the principal railroads Of the
/ State, he will be returned from the College
! 10 his home free Of charge for Transports
/ ton. In order, however, that young men
. may reap the FIJI benefits of the institu-
! ton, Their residence Ut IL should be until
/ they complete College course. The evil
Of brief temporary stay, induced by AN
/ Impotence In learning or q desire 20 enter
+ into business, IL one which, go our regret,
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