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practice and rraotioe illustrating theo'
ry." The President writes that the
Mechanical Shop and Drill House cost
$4,000; Stock Barn, $4,000 Horti-
cultural Room, $1,000; Model Farm
House, $500; Gardeners House, sl.'
500; Green House, $500. al i ttba
In the Mechanical School, the stu.
dent is required to construct machines
or purts thereof, Of his own design aud
from his own working drawings. The
students 10 class services under COM
pstent teachers. use the machinery and
tools Of the Machine and Pattern
Shop and the Foundry, according to
the most approved methods of modern
practice. t7i 5rg
Massachusetts, divided the funds
arising from sale OF lands appropriat-
ed by Congress; gave part to the Bos'
ton University aid part 70 . new insti.,
tuition, called Massachusetts, Agricul-
tural College, at Amherst. where that
we'll known, we'll endowed and thriv.
iug institution called Amherst Col
lege fiourishes. Qualifications to en-
ter this college are the same as requir.
ed at Wes, Point, with the addition OF
Algebra, through simple equations.
Then a four years. course OF study is
required to eutiile to q degree Of Bach I.
elor of Science. Students have the
advantage Of the Library. Museums
and Cabinets Of Amherst College. The
instruction ia agriculture and horticul
ture includes every branch Of farming
and gardening which is practiced in
Massach chusetts, and is both theoretical
aud practical. Each topic is discussed
thoroughly 10 the lecture room and
again 10 the plant house or field, where
every student Is obliged to labor. The
amount Of required work, however, is
limited to six hours per week 10 order
that it may not interfere with study.
The catalogues of other States are
before me, and all show that the lead
ing object is being faithfully carried
out In States East Of the Mississippi
aud North of the Indian Territory !;
especially is this true Of the states Of
Missouri, Kansas and Minnesota. ~ %
=" I now come to Texas. Section 10,
article7, Of the new constitution reads:
The Legislature shall, as coon Ms
practicable, organize and provide for
the maintenance, support and direc
ton of university of the frst.class,
to be located by vote of the people VI
this State, and styled the University
of Texas" tor the promotion of litera.
ture and the arts aud sciences, includ.
ing an agricultural and mechanical de.
partment. I.1t a,
Section 13. The Agricultural and
Mechanical College If Texas, estab-
lished by an act of the Legislature,
passed April 18th, 1871, located iu the
county Of Brasos, is hereby made and
constituted q branch Of the "Universi.
ty of Texas" for instruction in Agri-
culture and the Mechanical Arts and
In the Natural Sciences connected there
with."
1t is for the citizens of this State to
see that the act Of Congress, and the
Constitution Of Texas shall be rightly
and literally complied with. The au-
thor of the bill passed by Congress.
10000 acres Of land to each
Congressional District of State avail
ing itself of the Congressional muuifi
cence, Hon. j. s. Morrill,, U. s. Seps-
tor from Vermont, writes:
"Tbe terms Of the original act, are
very explicit that at least one college
be established where the lead
ing object should be. without exclud-
ing other classical studies. to teach
those studies most nearly related to
and Mechanical Arts, 10
order to give q more complete educa-
ton to the industrial classes Of our
people. aud something of military
drill and tactics were also included.
The National College might be drafted
90 q Classical College. IL the leading
object was thereby made rs required
but classics alone pould not Le a CON- /
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