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the increase has been constant, and in the five-year period since, the 

 registration has more than doubled, being this year a total of 968 students 

 in all grades. This increase is shown graphically in the chart on pre- 

 ceding page. 



The registration of various grades of students since the College became 

 a State institution is shown in the following table : 



Registration of Students for Last Six Years. 



Post- Winter 



Regulars Specials Graduates Course Totals 



1904-05 98 90 31 199 418 



1905-06 129 95 40 253 517 



1906-07 145 124 36 244 549 



1907-08 209 138 43 270 660 



1908-09 2^2 144 58 364 838 



1909-10 419 120 58 371 968 



The registration of winter-course students in 1909-10 would have been 

 considerably larger had it not been found necessary to limit the regis- 

 tration. 



PROVISION MADE FOR NEW BUILDINGS. 



This rapid increase in the number of students and the crowded con- 

 dition of the institution, which in some instances prevented the giving 

 of proper laboratory instruction, led to a careful consideration early in 

 the year of means for extending the College facilities. Under the direc- 

 tion of the Board of Trustees, the building needs of the College of 

 Agriculture were carefully studied and a general plan made covering 

 the anticipated development in the next ten years. This plan was pub- 

 lished and presented to the Legislature for their guidance in providing 

 for the extension of the College. ^'^ An act passed the Legislature and 

 was signed by Governor Hughes June 18, 1910, authorizing the trustees 

 to begin the extension of the College in accordance with the plans sub- 

 mitted by contracting for the erection of three of the buildings, namely, 

 a poultry husbandry building to cost $90,000, a general class-room and 

 laboratory building wdth auditorium to cost $113,000 and a home eco- 

 nomics building to cost $154,000. This act carried an appropriation of 

 $200,000 to begin the construction of these buildings. 



INCREASED FACILITIES NECESSARY. 



These buildings when completed will add greatly to the facilities of the 

 College and will relieve the crowded condition in several of the most 

 congested departments of the College. It should be clearly understood, 



* Needs of The New York State College;-, at Cornell University. January, 1910. 



