The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1886-05-05


= ,onths.
ED1TTUGHRIALs FROM THE STATE
PRESS
On the eve Of the Conventional Col
Iege for the Farmers.
AS the impression has been made
upon the minds Of many people il
the State that the plan of combining
the State College proper with an ag
ricultural college, if not peculiar tt
South Carolina, has been rarely
adopted elsewhere; and, as the sub
ject of the connection Of these col
leges in South Carolina is likely tc
receive some attention. from the
Farmers Convention $ch assem-
6fes in Columbia tomorrow, it is be
lieyea that a statement Of the facts
relating to similar joint colleges es
tablishcd and now being conducted
in other States will be of interest and
value.
In the year 1861 Congress passed
an Act providing for the endowment
Of a college Of agriculture and me-
chanic arts in each State of the
Union, by making a large grant of
public lands for that purpose. The
quantity apportioDed to each State
-esual to 10000 acres for each
Senator and FRseefprrese Representative IN Con
eress, to which such State was re-
spectively entitled by the apportion-
ment under the census Of 1860. The
Act provided that the whole of the
money received from the sale OF
these lands should be invested in
safe securities, and the interest only
used for the maintenance of the sew
! eral institutions. The States were
required to furnish the necessary
land for the colleges, and no portion
of the fund could be spent in the pur-
chase, erection or repair of any
building or buildings. These must
8be supplied by the State or by the
aiberality Of the town and cities near
which the institutions were to be
ocated.
The University Of California OBJ
ained the agricultural land grant on
opdition that special departments
the teaching of agriculture and the
lS1 sechanic arts should be established
nd maintained there. The annual
come from the proceeds of agricuit-
d college lands is s39,226, a large
' eportion Of which is devoted to
ieultural teaching and experiment
work. Lectures, combined with
etical instruction, are given
agricultare, horticulture botany
an9 chemical laboratory Is
ialsy devoted to agricultural pur-
Connecticut, the Sheffield Sclen'
gschool, which is one of the de-
mems Of Yale College, received &c
,cr;cultufS:]l land grant on condi'
Of providing competent instruo'
in agriculture and the mechanic
The fund from land sales
s1nts to s135,ooo. The insS'Su-
Is situated in New Haven.
Delaware, the agricultural &C.
nent of the Delaware College is
81 ot Newark. Its endowment
is $4,000, and its total income
The college does not own q
but courses of lectures are
~ the principles and practice
riculture and kindred sciences
GEORGIA State College of As'
sure and Arts is a branch of the
University, and is located s al
Is It's endowment fund is s242'
and its annual revenue about '3t
h Of which amount the college
,bens. receives ss,oOo' the re,
equally divided among oni
sc ssler agricultural col
u different parts of the State. State
brovias instruction in "sF'c0''
bna kindred subjects ,o -
rlHadss the agricoltoral l. "epazS, l:ro
aoI Ioishss,ss Tn by G. a: Wy
Pr{g, e'"~
!. . oo,,nds for cents, Lem, n, ,
,S ICE, at Norman's, Prosper''!
,,4n remembering that t9 +; nopo' bs|
1t is wo.II Isnrroundinss III III U,r, -