Il6 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Jan., 



students receiving instruction in the institution since its 

 organization i6o, and the number of graduates 64. The 

 Hbrary in 1890, that is, in round numbers, ten years after the 

 starting of the school, contained sixteen hundred books and 

 pamphlets. The courses of study had been modified some- 

 what. Another year was added to the first two years required 

 for the completion of the course when the school was first 

 started. In the middle year were placed the sciences which 

 lie at the base of agriculture, namely, physics, chemistry, and 

 botany. In the senior year came the practical application of 

 the sciences to agriculture. And a course in horticulture 

 seems only just to have been added at this time. 



In 1892 a new departure was made: Young women were 

 admitted to the institution. There was no extra charge for 

 instruction on account of the increased number, it being be- 

 lieved that the spirit, if not the letter, of the law would be 

 complied with by furnishing education for both sexes. At 

 first the girls seem to have boarded at home. 



In 1893 ^^''6 General Assembly changed the name of Storrs 

 School to " Storrs Agricultural College," and opened the in- 

 stitution formally to young ladies. It also appears that that 

 year the General Assembly made an appropriation of $20,000 

 for the use of the college. 



Some of you will remember the litigation which was set 

 on foot when it became a question whether the national appro- 

 priation should continue to go to Yale, or be diverted to 

 Storrs Agricultural College. In the report of 1894 it is stated 

 that the General Assembly in January, 1893, gave the 

 Congressional appropriation of 1890 to Storrs Agricultural 

 College, and also the future interest on the fund of $135,000 

 which up to that time Yale had received since 1863. Yale 

 sought an injunction to restrain the payment, but you know 

 the successful outcome of the suit in favor of the State 

 college. 



In the report of 1895 a still further modification in the 

 courses appears. One of the most valuable features of our 

 courses today had just been added, namely, the short summer 

 term of about six weeks. From the State Comptroller in 1S95 

 the institution received $25,000. 



About this time a so-called " Extension Department " was 

 established for the benefit of farmers who wished to make 

 progress by reading at home. 



