National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-08-27

Tho astateo Colleges Of America.
OF tho four hundred Institutions called
colleges" or "univcrsitics" which are al
lowed In this country the privilege Of con-
ferring academic degrees, nearly ono seventh
take their names from the States or Terrific
rics In which they are situated. Only SIX
teen Of them, however, were brought Into
being by the national land grant Of 1853 "for
tho support Of State colleges Of agriculture
and the mechanic arts" though dozen OF
the state colleges previously existing So
cured their share Of that endowment.
institutions thus far organized TO take ad-
vantage Of tho act exhibit the names OF as
many States, and they arc Indicated In the
following list by the preHxod asterisk O.
The figures signify tho year when the college
was founded.
sMaine Agricultural College at Oroiio, 1858;
the sUniycrsity Of Vermont ut Burlington,
179l, and the Massachusetts Agricultural
College at Amhcrs<, 1857, are the only three
belonging to our list. The University OF the
State Of New York IL q formal organization
merely, and the University Of the City Of
New York, 1881, and the College Of the City
of New York, 49, !, bear the name OF the
State but by chance. The College Of New
Jersey at Princeton, l746, Is better krown as
Princeton College, but tho adjoining State
gives It's name TO four iustltutlons-tho UNI
verslty Of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia, 1755;
the Western University Of Pennsylvania at
Pittsburg, 1910; Pennsylvania College at Get.
tysburg, 1882, and -Pcnnsylvanla Agricultural
College, at Agricultural College post Office,
1859. Then follow sDelawafc College at
Newark, 1859; the Maryland Agricultural
College at Hyattsvillc and the Western Mary
land College ut Westminster, 1857; the Uni.
versity Of Virginia at the University post
office, 1875; and the svirginia Agricultural
College at Blacksburg, 1882; the 'West Viz.
ginia University at Morgantown, 1868, and
the West Virginia College at Pennington;
the 'Unlvcrslty Of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill, IDS; the University Of South Carolina
at Columbia, 1901; the sUnivcrslty Of Georgia
at Athens, 1901; the University Of Alabama
at Tuscaloosa, 1885; and the alabama Agri-
cultural College at Auburn, 1872; the 'Uni-
yersity Of Mississippi at Oxford, las; and
Mississippi College ut Clinton, 1851; the NUni-
vcrsity Of Louisiana at Baton Rouge, 1880
the texas Agricultural College Ut Bryan,
1877.
Tuning to the interior States We find the
sArkahsas Industrial University at Fayettc-
VILE, 1879; East Tennessee University at
Knoxville, 1907; East Tennessee Wesleyan
sec College at Nashville, 1885, and West Ten
nessec University at jackson; 'Kentucky
University at Lexington, 1859, and Kentucky
Military Institute ut Frankfort, $780,; Ohio
University at Athens, 1904; Ohio Wesleyan
University at Delaware, 1872; Ohio Central
College at Iberia, 1851, and sOhio Agricultu-
raj College at Columbus, 1873; Indiana UNI
yersity at Bloomington, 1928, and Indiana
Asbury University At Grcencastle, 1887; Mich.
gan University at Ann Arbor, 1Sil, and
michigan Agricultural College at Lansing,
| 1867; the *Uuiverslty Of Wisconsin at Aladl-
sou, 1sts; Illinois College at jacksonville,
$780, Illinois Wesleyan University at Bloom
ington, 1852, aud -lllInols Industrial univer-
| slty at Urbana, 1857; Iowa College at Grin
nell, 1si7; Iowa University at Iowa City,
1850; slowa Agricultural College at Amcs,
| 1853; Iowa Wesleyan University al Mount
Pleasant, 1851; Central Iowa University at
Pella, 1854, aud Upper Iowa University at
Fayetteville, 1858; the -University of Mis-
souri, at Columbia, l8i3; Kansas University
at Lawrence, 1854, and 'Kansas Agricultural
College at Manhattan, L y; Nebraska Col.
Minnesota at st. Anthony, 1895; Colorado
College at Golden City Washington Uniyer-
sity at Seattle, 1851; Oregon College at Orc
gon City, 1877, and sOregon Agricultural
College ut Corvallis, 1879, and, finally, the
'University Of California at Oakland, 1855.
| Perhaps the Columbian college at Washing.
ton, (lS5,) which takes Its name from the
District, and the University Of Deseret Of
Salt Lake City, (lsc3, which is named for u
possible State Of the future, should also find
u place on the list. Besides the States Of
Florida and Nevada, and Arizona, Dakota
Idaho, Montana, Utah, Wyoming and Indian
Territories, which arc without collegiate In
situations altogether, though the two formei
will each soon have one organized under the
national land grant, New York, New Hamp
shire, Rhode Island and Connecticut are thu
only States, and New Mexico the only Terri
tory, of the whole forty-seven, which fail Il
find place on our catalogue Of the sixty
Estate" colleges.