The Van Buren press., 1874-09-01
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INDUSTRIAL UNIVERSITY.
The Arkansas Industrial University
LOCATED AT
Fayetteville, Washington Co., Arkansas

Fayetteville, washington Co., Arkansas,
WAS organized under an act Of Congress. en-.
w titled +" An act donating public lands 10 the
several States and territories. which may provide
Colleges for the benefit Of Agriculture ani the
Mechanic Ar,s." approved July %. lecl, aad the
acts supplemental thereto.
II was opened for tac reception Of pupils Jan.
22d. 1879 and there are now upwards Of two hui
Jred sn,i thirty in attendance.
The institution Is mos! eiigib'y located within
the corporate limits Of Fayetteville commediou5
temporary structures are now in use. ana a%erns-
nent cJifice Of brick and stone. five stories high
with frontage Of 2l4 feet and depth OF wings
Of l22 feet. 10 in progress Of erection. The full
development Of the Oniversitv will embrace fouI
Colleges, T. wit:
A College Of General Science and
Litereraturc.
A College Of Agriculture.
A College of Engineering, and
A College of Natural Science.
It will also include Normal Drpartuent dis.
tinct from the Colleges that will eonfer degrees.
bur having its appropriate course Of study, and a
corpse of teachers who will strive to make it equal
in all respects to the best Normal Colleges Of the
| country.
Two hundred ann thirty seven tenefciares are
provided for. to be appointed by the Governor OF
the State, the Trustees Of the University. and the
State and County Superintendents Of Public In.
stTas,i5H.
Board in private families in Fayetteville can he
hal at from 500 to 5000 year. beneficiary
or normal student pays five dollare ma,riculation
fee After this his tuition Ia fro. Other students
! pay from 500 to $50 year for tuition. From SIT
10 800 will be needed for annually for text looks
H., Ea l1ea N l,at
er's prices.
The University has already is formally organ.
lied Freshmen and SOPHOMORE classes IN the Col
lege of General Science and Literature, and no
pains will be spared to give their full dignity and
value to the degrees that the university will confer
A Farm has been purchased. upon which the
university buildings are located, aud its agricul'
tural and mechanical features will be develol ed
as rapidly as time and means will permit and Ms
intended by Congress in ehdowing the institution
Fayetteville 10 regarded throughout the south.
west as an exceedingly favorable point ior an in
sttution Of learning. The location Of the tow n
itself is unusually beautiful the air is insigorat.
Ing and the water pure. and those who wish to
educate their childfeu cannot send them to a
healthier spot.
1t 10 anticipated that a daily mail and stage
route will be established between Fayetteville and
Clarksvile on the Arkansas river, where conncc-
ton will be made with the Little Rock and Fort
Smith Railroad, and thus with the Central. East
ern and Southern portions OF the Sinte.
Over the railroad men,icned. and the Memphis
and Little Rock Railroad. oeneticiaries ere now
passed at half fare. aud it is to he hoped that
other common carrirrs IN the state will show ihc
same degree Of public spirit ard libersllty.
For additional information with reference to the
University. application be made to Gen. L..
BERT W. BISHOP, A. ~, President. at Fay,
ettevile.
Fayetteville. Ark. Feb 1873.