Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1873-08-14
The Agricultural college.

The progress at the Agricultural
College building appears to Justify the
announcement, heretofore officially
made, that the institution will be open
for the admission of students on the
18th of September. Much is to be
done in the way of grading the
grounds, but the interior finish of the
building is in a good state of forward
ness.
Two courses of study will be estab-
lished at the opening of the college.
The vAgTieultural course will extend !
through three years, and its successful
completion viii be attested by spec
ial diploma of the institution. Candi
dates for admission to this course
must be fourteen years of age, and
must sustain examination in the ordin
airy branches of common school edu-
cation, viz: In reading, Orthography,
penmanship, English grammar, de
scriptive and political geography, arith
metic, and in Algebra to quadratic
equations.
The General course will extend
through four years, and students pass
ing successfully through it will receive
the degree of Bachelor of Science. In
addition to the requirements already
named for entrance upon the Agricul-
tural course, candidates for admission
to the General Course must sustain
examination in Elementary Physics,
Chemistry and Botany, in PHYSICAL
Geography, in Algebra to General
Theory of Equations, and in Plane
Geometry.
Tuition will be free to two students
for every member of the House of
Representatives from each Assembly
district of the State who are to be Sc
lected by competitive examination
conducted in the counties in which
they reside. To all other students a
uniform rate of eight dollars ($S) per
term, or twenty four (S24) per year
will be charged.--[O. S. Journal.
When the train draws up at STAN
ford, Conn, with five minutes for re
freshments, it is easy to distinguish
the experienced traveller from the rest
He has already got out on the plat
form, and is either on the bottom
step, or close enough to it. just as
soon as the speed of the train be
comes less than he can make, he
Springs off, and dashes madly for the
saloon door, through it and up to the
counter, giving his order for coffee
while moving, and snatching up the
right article the first time. He knows
just how much time is required to
make five minutes, and when it is ex
pired he is out on the platform, pick
ing his teeth and talking about real es
tate. Alas for the inexperienced
traveller, such is not his record. HI
is inside the car when it stops, will
twenty persons ahead of him. H
jumps down on the platform in tim
to see the mass surging into the door
and then it suddenly strikes him tha
he may be too late, and under this in
spiration he throws himself into tn
struggling gang. He doesn't reacl
the table. He and the other inexpe
rienced travellers form the outside lin
and shout their orders through tn
openings, and receive what is handed
them with thankfulness and wha
'dexterity they can muster. Such
man viii perspire and choke, and pay
during the entire five minutes, and il
that time-may get down two thirds o
a sandwich, one third of a piece O
-custard pie and more or less of th
coffee, and then get out of the doc
just in time to catch hold of the ca
rail and be pulled on by the brake
man. And when he has reach
ed his seat and is scraping the res
- Of thatp from his boots, and draw
ing cold air into his throat to allay th
pain of the scald, he will think a
things about the keeper of the restau
rant that would make the hair on
saw horse stand straight or. end. .