Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1874-01-15

@ANANANSA@AOEAA6 AMI MEChANtCAL SOA~0 !
LEGE.
The Agricultural and Mechanical
College vas opened for the admission
of students on the 18th of September
last Thirty students entered the in
stitution at ;hat time. and classes were
formed in almost all of the depart
ments of instruction. The College
can therefore be said to be in successful
operation.
Its course of study seems to have
been organized i'm conformity with the
provisions of an Act of Congress to
which il owes its origin; these provis-
ions demanding an institution proper
Iy equipped for ''the liberal ami pra
tical education of the industrial class
es in the various pursuits and profess
ions of life" Several of the more |
important professorships remain to he
filled, bat the trustees give assurance
that appointments will he made TO one |
or more departments during the pres
ent year
The productive capital of the Col |
lege now amounts to S504000, while |
its farm, its buildings, apparatus and
cabinets, together with the unsold
lands beloning TO it in some Of the
southern counties OF the State, make
an aggregate of at least S35O,0O0
more. Such foundation can scarce
ly fail to become 81 very important al
dition TO the educational facilities of
the State, enlarged, as it certainly will
be, by private muifcence.
There seems, therefore, just grounds
for cOngratuIating the people of Ohio
upon the opening of the College on
SO broad an educational and financial
! basis.
| desire specially to commend this
institution to the kindly consideration
of the General Assembly, and to the
good will Of the people. 1t is a
school of the people; they own it
| trust they will hereafter have great
reason to be proud of it. Its teach
| ings Will be thorough and cOmprehen
.sive; its doors will be wide open, and
its blessings wide spread; its support
ought to he generous and cheerfully
accorded.
by act of the Legislature all the
material collected by the State Geo
logical Survey during it's five years of
service becomes the property of the
College, to the keeping of which it is
already transferred. The collections
are large, and furnish a very satisfac-
tory representation of the mineral
| wealth and fossil contents of the rocks
of Ohio. The value of the gift would
be greatly enhanced by some provis-
ion for its proper display. Suitable
cases tor the exhibition of so large an
amount of material would probably
cost So, 500 By the appropriation Of
such a sum the collection could be i'm
mediately utilized in an impressive
and instructive display of both the
economical and scientific interests of
the geology of Ohio.
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.
Two volumes of the Geological Sur
vey-one of Geology and one of Pa
leontology-have been published and
distributed since the adjournment of
the last General Assembly. The field
work of the survey has been completed,
and large amount of material has
been collected for future volumes. 1t
was printed at the beginning of the
present. year, but it has been found i'm
possible, with the utmost industry, to
finish it. Sufficient matter for two more
. volumes will be prepared by the 18th
of February next, when the term for
which the Geological Corps was ap-
, pointed expires by limitation. Indeed,
RI 40 appropriation has been made for
expenses beyond the lst of the presen
| month. The plan of the survey con
. templates two other volumes in addition
/ to those have mentioned, one devo
= ted to economic geology purely, and
G the other to zoology, botany and agri
f culture, &c. The work will not be com
/ plete without these latter volumes, th'
). material for which is now fully hal
prepared. A general geological MAJ
of the State should also accompany th
printed volumes. To perfect the who'll
y in a creditable manner will require TIVE
a years more of time, at an expense o
4 100000 year
l. l therefore recommend that an ap
1t preparation be made for the publica
: ton of two volumes Immediately, ant
= tI'at the sum of $4,000 be added, t.
continue tie work of the survey an
, / o. her gear.
5 m value of this geological survey
70 tbe =. ."ople Of Ohio can hardly b.
g ovcrostin,o =, ,+ed 1t has occupied bu
| littlo lime ano its cost has been mucI
e less than that of b. 'milar enterprises i
9 other States. The wo.rk' 50 tar as puo
7 lished, is everywhere highly cGmmen
ded; in my judgment the Interests .
e the people required that it should o.
+ carried on to completion. 1t woulo> &
o an unwarranted waste of time AM
+ money if the material now prepared
should not be utilized
STATE LIBRARY.
The Legislature, at its last session
= appropriated $4,000 for the purposc
: of making certain specified improve
- ments in the State Library. TheIworE
: has been done in satisfactory man
ner, and there remains unused of thu
i sum appropriated $2,964 85. This
amount could have been judiciously
expended i'll further improvements, bn
: the Library Commissioners did not fee
at liberty to 90 beyond the authority
. delegated to them by the General AS
sembly. The slylight:: above the library
room ought to be enlarged, tue walk
and ceiling should be painted, the foo
. carpeted, and little inexpensive furni
e ture added; for all of which the funC
!, heretofore appropriated is sufficient.
= OHIO AND MIAMI UNIvERsITY
-e The Mama University has tempora
e. rily closed its doors for want of ade
N quate support, and the Ohio Universi
ty is far from being in a prosperou
d condition. Unless assistance is rem
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