Brookings register. (Brookings, S.D.) 1890-1894, 1892-01-29
,,cJrJTURAL COLLEGE
or SOUTH DAKOTA.
c,owing Institution Of Edu-
" cation and Industry.
,da,,on.-Its GrOwth.-Usefulness.
4 Credit to the State.

r'''A A Credit to the State.
mi, sopth DAKOTA Agricultural Col
iu0 heated at Brookings near the
g ssiI. y oi the eastern side OF the state
plas' ~" sioux Valley. Brookings Is a
.s"t;ful s"G city and her people are enter
eaa. s.n and the moral and religious
ihns anaecss OF the town are good. The
n1usaV nasa owns 400 acres OF fine land
o'sss ,sss,t TO the city. The buildings
u!"0v a slight eminence that COM
o5s .o1s fine view for many miles.
''' ENDOWMENTs.
Tho Territorial and State Legisla-
|,,ss ,.' have appropriated during the
sI w wars since the college was estab
.Dsi s about 100000. OF that
'%ount @ $l35. 600 has been invested
lana 6u,ldings aud equipments and
Es5 O)O has been used for the main
.Dsnee OF the school. This is only a
stIs more than $1,000 per annum.
HATCH ACT.
4 In accordance with the Hatch Act
lhicb Congress passed in 1887, the
Esrritorial Legislat ure established the
|aricuItural Experiment Station in
opp.ction with the college. For the
maintenance OF this the U. s Govern
nsnt appropriated $4,000 per
knnuu.
MORRILL, FUND.
On the 3Oth of August 1890, the
President OF the United ST at-s approx
\ an Act OF Congress, generally known
i the Morrill, Act tor "the more
kOmpIete endowment and support OF
|oIless for the benefit OF Agriculture
kud the Mechanic Arts" Under this
ks the college recrives from the pener.
y government $l5, 1000 for the first
hear, SIG, 900 tor the second, $1,000
(or the third and so on until the
kmnal amount reaches and remains
A $4,000 during the pleasure OF
Congress. THIS money can only be
(~d for the support OF instruction
fn Agriculture, the Mechanic Arts,
|s English Language and the vari
kus branches OF Mathemai ical, Physi-
b, Natural and Economic Science,
ktb special r, ference to their appli-
|stons in the indust ries of life, and
|ofhe facilities for such instruction.
Ths last legislature, by formal
lclOn, accepted this grant with it's
Pcndltlons, 'or the Agricultural College,
and made the treasurer of the Board
fhe legal custodian OF the funds.
THE OMNIBUS BILL.
The Omnibus Bill under which
South Dakota became q state, sets
part l6G. 600 acres OF land as n Der
stual endowment for this institution.
lne choice and sale of these lands as
Yell as the investment of the money
eslVed is in the hands of our efficient
mo conservative Commissioner OF
Saool Lands, Hon. II. H. Ruth.
When these lands are sold and the
'oceAds invested. the college ought
oe independent OF state aid for its
afrsnt expenses. At $40 per acre,
... " minimum price fixed by our Legis-
iIare, ,s, they will bring an endowment
.,N,6O0,00O. But the average price
sne school lands already sold has
zen over $l4 per acre.
), THE PURPOSE
'ae school is best stated by an ex-
lGt M rom the Territorial act of reor-
aaaHatlon ~ appr owed March IL, 1887.
iuo Agrl"ulturaI College, establish
: oy chapter three of the session
'as w.. oi 1881, shall be known by the
a' ahe o. the Dakota Agricultural
','sse' The design of the institution
,,;o W snord practical instruction in
ShIulture hSe and the natural sciences
w ssn oear directly upon all industrial
s., M ana pursuits. The course OF
rSauetlon D.n shall embrace the English
SDaseand . d literature; civil engineer.
v n asrlcuitural chemistry, animal
= ~. vegetable anatomy and physio-
H., y, sae veterinary art, entomology,
~sy my ana such other ma tural sciences
n SS oe prescribed: political, rural
a. o,sI aVuse': old economy; horticulture.
amin, philosophy, history, book
,ns rs' y and especially the applica.
M n,ao. y, science and the mechanic arts
Ths Thsacs,cal agriculture in the field"
sss s' .s. OBVIOUS intent and purpose OF
,os. s acts was to establish a school |
Isc,ra0,m s ann shall be to provide 9 such in.
Ct a. "a. tt ano manual training as shall
a s,. -. .ne young men and women OF |
st,iss 'e 10 tor all the productive in.
ss' p,sSa 10 this end the folio wing |
j s s,s OF study have been prepared |
ris"'s %s now offered. The course in |
d d.ure th0 is designed for young men
vors e course in Domestic Economy
cbo"; b.Uung women. The course in
% e bsvo arts ls for those young men
tho a'e H tastes and talents for any
ort ' IN oMsechanical Industries. The
prsuOu ourse in Pharmacy is designed
somp nops,e = young men and women to
e druggists"
q ~. COLLEGE HALL
ubs, Sus hrst building erected. 1t IS
,riss antIal aaI brick building of three
Chs"~nd ~nd a basement which is used
!. m cai and Physical Laborato-