The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-05-29

AcRTcrT TRIAL AND MECHNICAL ooA
.aIEGEsor THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI.
In order that the people OF the state
NAV be informed of the progress ana
aims of the A. & M. College, we deem
It proper to issue this address.
The College building is now nearly
completed. and is deemed to be ample,
even should the number OF students
reach five hundred. We have con-
tract for the erection of dormltory-
embracing kitchen, dining room, store
room. laundry and bath rooms sufhc-
lent to accommodate two hundred pu-
nils: also contract for the erection OF
three cottages, for the President and
professors. The dormitory and cot
tagess are to be completed by the LIST
November of the current year. Inc
College also owns about 600 acres OF
land. on which an experimental farm Is
to he established. The community sur
rounding the College is among the best
in the State; marked for its good morals,
general culture and public spirit. we
do not know of a single locality In the
State, in which boys attending school
would be less. exposed to improper as
sociations, or more stimulated to study
and good conduct.
The law of the State providing for
the College, prescribes that the Board
of Trustees shall have power for the es-
tahlishment and MAINTENANCE OF a flrs 81
class institution, at which the youth OF
the State may acquire common school
education; and scientific and practical
| knowledge of agriculture, horticulture
and the mechanic arts; also of the prop
err growth and care of stock Without,
however, excluding other scientific and
classical studies, including military tao
tics, and that the Trustees shall regulate
the course of study and the manage
ment of the experimental farm, manner
of performing labor; and the kind of la
Dor to be performed by the students.
The law of Congress donating the fund
for the establishment of the College re
quires that the Collge shall teach such
branches of learning as appertain te
! agriculture and the mechanic arts ''ir
order to promote the liberal and practi
cal education of the Industrial classes
in the several pursuits and professions
, of life."
, The Board mean to carry out these
, objects of the college SO far as lies il
their power.
! The educational requirements for ad
mission into the freshman or loves
: class in the College, will be proficiency
, in the studies taught in the seconc
grade, of common schools, viz: arith
: metic, geography, English grammar
spelling, reading and writing. Appli
: cants not having this proficiency will b.
y received into the preparatory class.
Inthe College will be taught, Verne'
English literature, mental and mora
y philosophy, logic, rhetoric and consti
!, tutional law-those sciences which bea
. directly upon agriculture and the me
. chanic art, including practical appG
!. cation of those studies to agriculture, il
;, all its various branches, and mechanics
Agriculture includes, horticulture, pom
! oIogy, the cultivation of vineyards, tn
raising and care of live stock A gen
e era1 school Of these studies is Chemistry
: Botany, Physics, Animal and Vegeta
It BILE Physiology, Entomology, Geology
e Veterinary Science, Sanitary Science
n Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry
; Surgery, and Civil Engineering, com
s mercial and business course, includin,
= drawing.
r Students will be required to labor o.
j. the farm Cor in the shops when estat
h lished, at least three hours, for five o
six days in the week. This labor Wi
be mainly directed to enabling the stu
dents to put in practice what they learn
i. but it is also intended to enable them
a as far as practicable, to earn nearl
e enough to pay for their board. 1t
le probable that in the course of a fe,
k years, the labor will fully pay the board
,. Experiments will be made on the farm
II and the results given to the public
W The experiments will not only includ
d new means of preparation and culture
n and the adaptability of new plants t
IS our climate, but also will test the adap
,r ability of different kinds of soil to tn
1t various productions of the South.
1T It is the aim of the Trustees to brin
!" the benefits of the institution to ever
J. young man in the State who has desir
% to be educated. To this end the Tru,
v. tees have determined that all attendant
re of the College shall wear within fiv
d miles of it only the prescribed uniform
l. This uniform will be of such materis
lr as will be both neat and economical
:" 1t will be made in large quantities, PAL
1T for by the Trustees, and then re-sold t
ID the students at actual cost, which it
.r expected will not be more than $25 DC
l. annum.
" The provisions for the boarding d,
,e partment will, as far as possible,
Is raised on the farm, and such as must
d bought will be purchased at wholesal
It prices, and the cost-added to the co.
re of steward and cooks, and fair Dc
is centage ON table and kitchen furnaturt
ii to supply loss by breakage-wilI const
& tute thecost of board. Text books wi
n be purchased by the Board and sold /
S; the students at cost, and if well take
m care of they may be re-sold by the stl
e. dents, as they advance, at small los
4 Bedsteads will be furnished at the do
~ mitories, the other furniture will h
L. furnished by the students. A matr
se culation fee of S. will be charged tn
20 will be for the whole course. Durin
Or the second, or sophomore year, chem