Rio Grande republican. (Las Cruces, N.M.) 1881-1914, 1889-07-20
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AN AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. :
WHAT Ii TIT



Written fsr the Mo Graade Espsblleaa;
As iifars SEAMS 10 bO lively interest la
The Agrieu,lpral c.lisge, a4d manifested
4esire 70 kBos niose iAIYsgSrt TO iIs Pecn-
ii.riils.. And in what particulars 1t offers
from ether colleges viii brseay attempt
70 AusSer the above question:.
MRhm the present crniv,y institutions
ot the higher grade have beso iOuudod ia
= ,his ,eoapiry for giving instructions in The
S@fioGss branches VI mathematical. Phys.csi
An4 ss.arsl seienss.. sad their sryi5cztfga
10 the useful arts. These schools tskp
iaai,y and difeFsai nAmes. EeeOrdisg 70
their spccialParPose, Bu, ,bey alI have
tl-yi. fesadatoa il, seica,isc ks6~iedge,
.an1 their purpose IS The application Of this
sess0,sc .kuowiSdse To- /slie aseial arts
Theso nlsy se called seaoois Of teicSes to
,li.sin ngaish .hsfn er3a9 professional seaOois
such as Ihese los lA3, medicine. sad the1io-
x. OF seI.sgls II thS sse arts, saeh ss those
Il nsss.e, draSiaz. ptiaiinS. and SCULPTURE.
Tsssse sslst.s.ls Of ss..sncs e-.le xssf elase 10
this toaiiag muliitu1e. by siviag them a
tciSn,its kns3iesi;s. applying Il Il directly 10
,he,r seserni ea,liegs, ligi,s.ainr thsir lasars,
iaersasil.: las plsa,a-s VI las parsai's BY
ree.JtEil-r,, IN ih-'n with = higher degr-r
of irsriiii;vtcs, s,,d sFr~ily sasmtt,inG; sAs
rc-aEd ofloil.
Aa Agricultural C .lle-s purely, thca. X
cse ~h.se sP-eiAi assd ls In. lrsis,ng Of
80 leats k-.t IN sri-nlsEe si,saie5g.-. aeesasi-
y. N rsss xppiig1 I'IE II ,Jis k-'r-tr<Ese tr'
Agriculture. Ba'. a. ,trie;iy Agricultural
Coilsecs have Rot USUALLY Seya stry sac-
eeaasai. these eolis;,,s have crme 10 smbraec
Alarsv s-l4. sivias liberal education
These seh,s,ls having their VFiSis il Ea.
Fspe and founded in sew places in The Uni.
ted Statcs hy privs'e natiacencs. recsisrd
~. ndtriul stimulus hy the Aes-sf Con
grvss sfyrsye4 Isls = 49,, sppsopriuting
~ eseh state 10000 scrss u public lands
fer eaeh senator nisd rrnfsseil.siixe sssd
sSsnts nlighl hAve 10 CSsress. -tp .he en-
davmeHt. sarPefi, zHd maintenance 4 =,
sasi sAe rsilsrs. y LsFe ihe sesdiHg object
sash Il. wish0,st yIylsd.sig otksr ssissslee
as,d ui4ssirsl s,adie.. arsfirrltl,gins aaiiisas.
sas.ies. y, ts.ch savh branches -of irattlia;
as are FS:aied Is ssricullars aud Ire h,s-
shahia. arts, iii sprh nIsIner As lha legisis-
laEes Il lbe ssairs nsSy respectively pre-
eribs, ii vF,lsF 10 pranr4is the liberal sad
psscticai sdagssien Of tie ibdaEstFizii siiassu-
~ ,le several pur,uits and pr fes.isns in
l.fs.'
This elaa.e pf the biz i, wor,h careful
reading. Sotiee lhr cGprcs,isns, lrAiime
object "witi,aut excluding. etc. !" -io
sash sarh brsb.I.es. ele-." IN sueh pnsD.
n-r. &C. IN order L, promote, etc. his
broad, liberal. vi.e in il, provisions. Al
though cvasidsr.hls 1sne,y Il rnshnrr Of
administration BY the disrrent ssases Of
lh;s slldawmens by gayerpmets eAists, tsry
all eiye il a liberal ro,s.t,uction. and. the
Agricultural Colleges are J., 10 n'eaas nsr-
Fow. contracted institutions. surrounded by
rigid saelosures, bat they are institutions
w5vias broad nad d.sp trimming. specially,
e. rpscihed IN The GenErrssionAl act, bal
not excluding othsr scientific aud r.assi-
cal sg1dws.
A s1smplesos tsp may scfvs 10 Hiatt
rata ll.e point iusl made. The lIlipeis irdas-
Ctrial 6 Uaiversiiy owns a. Il farm. 100 acres
Of lalld. and aavsriises, a. s'abrAeed within
The realm Of it. work. Colleges OF Agrieai-
ture. Enginssrinr. Ss,asai SrseHcs, Li.eEa-
tuFe and Seseace, indnst nal ART ard Nil
iary ssrisHee.
Tbat Of Indiana AdvsFsisea Schools Of
NseknaicAl Engineering. Civil Engineering;
Eicctrieal Engisceriue; Agriculture. RoFti-
culture. Asd Veterinary g;scicte'; iadusGsial
Ar, Pharmacy; f,omesIic Eeoh0my, and
Ai'repaFatuFy SCHOOL.
Tbs bsiydinrs Ia sccog,nodate those oi
Indiana have Coz, ssnO. too and three new
snss ars 10 prucsss of construction al coal
~ $4,000. The Register for tna pat year
sbOws 80 students IN aiteHasasc.
gaasa4 Agricultural College realized c.sr
3sa0.000 from tbs Congressional grant u
sa.008 arrss of lsbd. sHd " New AsAieo
should rus herself iHta harmony wIth tbs
edssaiS.,.aI spirit of ths Ss.icn and early
aeserye And receive sdmission inte sts
Usiss. thets axHils tor her AgFirnliursl
c.Siiess sossese aetes Of laad fson which,
isa as hops. msy BE- maIlnsd $1,000 .Oo0 n
Pesmssent spdu~meut- In lbs UHiiesi
siAtss are pyer 80 inssisasteils Aislssl ~ aha
National gFAnt u 'a7 I have ssWeI INu Sl
thfos typiesi eaes Thess wsfs aat herp
iullwrewa. bal vsaS BY pear. havs develep.
ID frrm iast sosh Esrms SS,Hsv ussIc.
t's'ssfsss sew. Ass We ea.sht 80 rsynis