18 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



are iioL foiiiKl to be an atlditioii to Llic exj)enses of Llie .students, as they sirii|)lj 

 take tl>e place in eost of an ecjiial amount in citizens' clotlics. 



Instruction in tactics and other military subjects has been given by lectures 

 and recitations. 'I'he bcnclicial effects of the military (raininf^ are seen in the 

 more erect carriage of the students and in greater attention to neatness and 

 promptness. 



Tlu! Legislature at its last session treated us very liberally in providing, 

 among other things, for foui- new l)uildings, as follows: 



An Assembly Uoomfor military drill, armory and general lecture 



purposes, l)rick, costing |G,UO() 00 



A Vcitcrinary Ijaboratory, brick, costing 5,400 00 



A Mechanical I laboratory, brick, costing 7,800 00 



A dwelling for tlu; i'rofessor of Mechanics, frame, costing 4,000 00 



'I'he second of these buildings puts our Veterinary Department on a good 

 working basis. It contains an oiKU'ating room and lecture, dissecting and model 

 roouis. 



In the lattiU' are skeletons of the ])rincipal domestic iinimals, sets of veterin- 

 ary instruments and metlicines, a life size model of the horse so arranged that 

 it can be (•ompletely dismembered and exhibit all tlie internal organism, etc.» 

 etc. Our I'rofessor of Veterinary, Dr. E. A.. A. (Ji'iinge, is uudcu- t\n) law 

 enacted by the last Ij(\gislature, Slate Veterinarian. 



Under the appropriation for the establislmientof a Mechanical Department at 

 the College a new rrofessorshi]) has been established which has been acce|)ted 

 by I'rof. Ijcwis McLouth, fornuu-ly of the State Normal School, and a line 

 largo building has been completed and c(piip])ed for the new Course in Mechanic 

 Arts. In this buikling there is a com])le(e bhicksmith shoj) and brass foundry, 

 supplied with benches, forges, tools of all kinds and a Sturtevant pressure 

 blower, a gift to the institution from the generous inventor and manufacturer. 

 There is also an iron working shop, 50x00 feet, furnished with an engine, seven 

 engine! lathes, a. planer, a sliai)cr, a power drill, emery wheels, benciies, vises, 

 and tools and machinery necessary to a complete shop. A line turret latho 

 has just been conipleted by the students. 



Tliere is also a large wood-working shop, sup})lied with two lathes, a jig saw, 

 benches, vises, and ten sets of carpenter's tools. Hesides these there are t)Hices, 

 store-rooms, a large, well-lighted draughting room, a room for blue printing, a 

 fine lecture- room for cdasscs in mechanics, and a mechanical laboratory 

 well su|)i)licd with a,p[)aratus. 



The (knirsc in McrlKoiic Arts will lay esyiecial stress on Natural Philos- 

 ophy, Drawing and Draughting, Mathematics, Surveying and Engiiieeringy 

 Book-keeping, Businr-ss Forms, and Law, Political Economy, and daily shop 

 praelicc in wood and metal work. 



The first two years of this course will be in outline as follows: 



FlliST YEAR. 



Autunm 7'6V7//,. — Sho]) Practice, Drawing, Algebra,, English. 



t^priiKj Term. — Shop Practice, Drawing, Natural Philosophy, Geometry. 



/Summer lerm. — Shop Practice, Natural Philosophy, English, Geometry. 



