Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-04-14

which was approved by the State before
the fund was turned over. This bond
has been renewed several times. The
bond continues in force indefinitely. II
1t has been lost or misplaced, the trus.
tees of the University are ready and
willing to make new one at any time.
2. A farm Of $50 acres was purchas.
ed, and approved and accepted by the
State authorities before the fund was
over, The institution still owns two
hundred and thirty acres, and this can
not in any sense be called "waste"
land, since it represents a value rang.
ing somewhere between $500 and 81, ZOO
per acre, and is admirably adapted for
the purposes proposed.
3. There is nothing in the act of
Congress of 1862 which requires the
students to work two hours per day
upon the farm. The agricultural stu.
dents do work upon the farm, peform-
Ing just such exercises as the commit.
tee recommend. The college is both
mechanical college and an agricultural
college. The trustees have always re.
quired, as far as practicable, that the
students shall perform some manual
exercise in connection with their
studies-the agricultural students on
the farm, the mechanical students in
the shops, the chemical students in the
chemical laboratory, and the students
of engineering with their instruments
in the field. This is 80 unvarying q
policy of the institution tnat, in order
to make no exception, the trustees have
recently provided instruction in do.
mestic science, the art and chemistry
of cooking, for their women students.
4. The number of students in the
different classes will show exactly
where the real work is being done. The
attendance, session l895'96 upon the
schools representing the branches of
learning related to agriculture and the
mechanic arts" was 624 and the at.
tendance upon the schools representing
the English branches, economic sci.
ences, and history, required by the act
to be taught, was $40, making total
OF 1854. Against this the total attend
ance upon the purely literary classes ia
only $50.
In the branches "related to agricul-
ture and the mechanic arts" thirteen
professors and instructors are EN- ployed
as against seven employed in other
studies, which includes four in English,
history, and economic science, who
really belong to both classes.
For the last ten years the trustees
have expended S101.6 for buildings
and equipment for the branches of
learning related to agriculture and the
mechanic arts, as against $11 400 for
all other purposes. This does not in
clude the college farm, which repre-
sents capital of at least $116, 900,
making the present estimated value of
the buildings and equipment of the de-
partments representing the sciences
pertaining to agriculture and the me-
chanic arts" S2l7.845. All of this has
been accumulated by the trustees for
the State without any aid from it
whatever.
o. The trustees pay all students who
do voluntary labor in addition to their
class exercises at liberal rate by the
hour. About 1000 is paid annually
to the students who do farm work. In
the same manner the trustees pay the
students who labor in the shops, on
the grounds, or wherever work is re-
quired. The amount paid out to stu.
dents OF the institution varies from
four to five thousand dollars per an.
mum. In addition to this the trustees
give free dormitory rent to all agricul.
tural students on the farm, free use of
ground for garden, with implements
and supplies, thus enabling them to
live at the remarkably low rate of nine
dollars per month for all living ex.
penses.
That the President is in sympathy
with the industrial features of the col.
lege is apparent from what has been
done for these features during the ten
years of his administration, under the
direction of the trustees, of the affairs
of the institution; and further proof
OF his sympathy is in the great amount
of money that has been spent in the
development of these features, as
shown above.
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