Il8 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Jan., 



In 1898 the extension department held its first, and I may 

 ahiiost say its last, commencement. I think Mr. H. C. C. 

 Miles, who is here present, graduated on that day from the 

 extension department of Storrs College. 



In our last year's catalogue you will find a report of the 

 number of students. There were in attendance the preced- 

 ing year no students. This catalogue is a trifle misleading. 

 Our annual report, as required by law, covers the calendar and 

 fiscal year, instead of the ordinary college year from Septem- 

 ber to June. So that one class appears here which under 

 ordinary circumstances would not be included in a college 

 catalogue. But, taking the report for just what it is, it appears 

 that no students had been in attendance on the courses of the 

 college at some time or throughout that year. 



It may interest you to know how many graduates we have 

 had. The total number of graduates up to 1902 is 191, of 

 whom 22 are women. 



It also may interest you to know the occupations into 

 which some of these students have gone, because sometimes 

 the question has been raised as to what we fit students for. 

 Agriculture leads the list of those we know aboutwith 69, — 69 

 of our students have gone into farming. Besides we have eight 

 manufacturers, four in trade, one buffer, one express agent, 

 two lawyers, three veterinary surgeons, one in medicine, one 

 real estate dealer and broker, three bookkeepers, two archi- 

 tects, nine teachers, one mechanic, eight salesmen, five clerks, 

 one dentist, one in the employ of the signal service, one elec- 

 trician, three civil engineers, one lecturer, one liveryman, one 

 nurse, eleven who have gone on to post-graduate studies, and 

 seven housekeepers. Of some we have no record. 



The President. Do those housekeepers answer for all 

 the others? 



Prof. Stimson. We, of course, have had a smaller num- 

 ber of young women than of young men. Some of the young 

 women, I think, are figured among the clerks and book- 

 keepers. 



It may interest you in passing to know who have been the 

 heads of the institution from its beginning. The first prin- 

 cipal, as I have said, was Mr. Solomon Mead. His name 



