Arizona republican., 1899-03-31
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5 UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA /:


The University of Arizona was estab-
 l;shed by act of the territorial legisla- tUre in 1887, but it was opened to stu
 dents for the first time in 1891. It's
 history, therefore, as an educational
 institution is brief one. Considering this short period of development it has
 made worthy progress and has at
 tained to q good degree of efficiency.
 The University of Arizona is located near Tucson, the county seat of Pima county
 The main building is 200 by 1O5 feet two stories in height, the lower story of gray stone, the upper of red brick, and is completely surrounded by a wide two-story veranda. Adjoining the main building is the mining annex, 80 by 60 feet, filled with metallurgical machin- cry, while near by is the new brick building erected especially for the work of assaying.
 Three cottages have been built They are of brick, two stories in height, and were intended to accommodate each two families. They were originally de- signed for homes for instructors, but owing to the pressure for accommoda- tions for students on the university grounds, two of the cottages have been converted into homes for young ladies
  for twenty-five persons, while the third is used as a residence for the presi- dent.
 dormitory, built of a fine quality of gray stone, two stories in height, has been provided as a home for male stu dents. It contains a students dining | room, kitchen connected herewith, and | tweney rooms, each large enough to | accommodate two students.
 During the past year the number of i professors and instructors has been fifteen, and the students have num- bered 1856
 Three regular four-year courses of study leading to a degree are offered, viz, literary and scientific, engineer ing and mining and agriculture
 In each course the work is partly re- quired and partly elective. Four hours of recitation day are required in each course as full work. In laboratory work two to two and one-half hours are considered the equivalent of one recitation hour.
 Work is offered in the following lines: English language and litera- ture, Latin, Spanish, French, German, history and civics, mathematics, phys ics, chemistry, biology, drawing and shopwcrk, engineering, mining
 Students who have completed satiS- the required work and the l specified amount of elective work in either of the four-year courses are giv- l an the degree of bachelor of science. $ ess than enc year. { The degree Uf civil engineer, mining I er gineer irrigation engineer, and cleo rical egineer are open to graduates, I properly prepared, who have pursued i special lines of postgraduate work in accordance with faculty regulations. C Besides this work of college grade, 2 he university maintains preparatory I chool, whose course. occupying three t ears, has been especially designed for V hose who have not had sufficient s raining to enter the classes of the a reshman year. h In addition to the facilities for gen. g ral instruction in the arts of mining- letallurgy and assaying-this depart s lent of the university is provided with n mill for working ores in large CT W mall quantities from a few pounds s eight to a ton or more. Mill tests Q an be made by either the small three c, lamp mill or by the large five-stamp il attery. There are rolls for roller w and iigs and Rittinger tables a 3r concentrating ores. m