The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-07-29
MisreHanw.
A. & M. College.

Extract from Gen s. d. Lees Circuar.]
The Agricultural and Mechanical
College of Mississippi, located at
Starkville, will be opened to stu
dents on the lst Monday of October
next. The College building is now
completed. The Dormitory now be-
ing constructed will be finished on
the lst of November.
Students must be at lcsst fifteen
years of age-none under this age
will be admitted except by special
permission Of the faculty and for
good cause.
Before entering, all students pre-
senting themselves will be examined
in Arithmetic, Geography, English
Grammar, Spelling, Reading and
Writing. Those who, in the opinion
of the faculty, are sufficiently ad-
yanced in these studies, will be en-
tered in the Freshman class. Those
who do not pass q fair examination
will be entered in the Preparatory
napartment. Provision will be made
for more advanced students if they
present themselves.
The general course Of instruction
in the college, presenting Il definite
line Of progress for students will be
as follows
FRESHMAN YEAR.
arithmetic, algebra, English
structure, English composition, his
tory, book keeping, and business
course, drawing, botany, agriculture
geometry (begun) elementary chem
istry, lectures.
SOPHOMORE YEAR.
Geometry, elementary chemistry
trigonometry, surveying, organic
chemistry, blow pipe and volumetio
analysis, mechanics (begun) analy
litical chemistry, lectures.
JUNIOR YEAR.
Mechanics completed }, anatomy
agriculture, chemistry, horticulture
principles of human physiology
chemical physics. principles of rhet
oric, entomology, meteorology, En-
glish literature.
SENIOR YEAR.
Zoology, botany, constitution o
United States, moral philosophy
civil engineering, political economy
landscape gardening, lnductive log
ic.
This course will be taught in tex
books, by lectures and by practica
work in the Labratory, and on thu
farm and gardens, and in the shops
when constructed. 1t is not intlex
ible, but may be varied as necessity
suggests. Very soon the text book:
will be designated. 1t is best tha
students purchase no books, a'
those selected will be on hand at the
College, where they can be procured
latin, Greek and modern Ian
guages are not in the regular curri-
culum. But the languages when de
sired, will be taught by competent
instructors, by students paying ex-
ira for such instruction under tht
supervision of the President.
Tuition, with this single excep-
ton, will be free to all students O
the State. Students from othel
H---~c =: will in addition have to pay
a tuition fee oT thirty uolIars.
A matriculation fee of five dollars
will be paid by all students, and In
the Sophomore year students will
pay for such chemicals at cost as
they use in Labratory work. This is
usually about ten dollars.
When students enter the boarding
department of the college, they viii
be required to deposit with the Sec
retary and Treasurer, twenty dollars
as an advance on their board, to be
credited them in settlement of ac-
count. Att most similar Colleges il
is from two and a half to three dol
lars a week. The trustees will lose
no effort to reduce the board to as
low point as possible. This amount
includes fuel. Besides this expense
books and clothing and washing and
lights are necessary expenses.