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and effect, and to translate French with facility. The scien- 

 tific course is as thorough and practical as possible ; and 

 every science is taught with constant reference to its appli- 

 cation to agriculture and the wants of the farmer. 



The instruction in agriculture and horticulture includes 

 every branch of farming and gardening which is practised 

 in Massachusetts, and is both theoretical and practical. 

 Each topic is discussed thoroughly in the lecture-room, and 

 again in the plant-house or Held, where every student is 

 obliged to labor. The amount of required work, however, 

 is limited to six hours per week, in order that it may not in- 

 terfere with study. Students are allowed to do additional 

 work for wages, provided they maintain the necessary rank 

 as scholars. 



Indigent students are allowed to do such work as may 

 offer about the college or farm buildings, or in the field ; but 

 it is hardly possible for one to earn more than from fifty to 

 one hundred dollars per annum, besides performing other 

 duties. So far as is consistent with circumstances, students 

 will be permitted to select such varieties of labor as they 

 may, for special reasons, desire to engage in. 



Those who pursue a select course attend recitations and 

 lectures with the regular classes ; but those properly quali- 

 fied, who desire special instruction in botany, chemistry, civil 

 engineering, veterinary science, agriculture, or horticulture, 

 may make private arrangements with the officers having 

 charge of those departments. 



An expenditure of from ten to fifty dollars is necessary to 

 provide furniture, which may be purchased at reasonable 

 rates, either new or second-hand. At the beginning of the 

 second term of attendance each student is required to pro- 

 vide himself with the full uniform prescribed for the battalion 

 of agricultural cadets, the cost of which is about tliirty dol- 

 lars. 



On Sundays students are required to attend church in the 

 forenoon, and invited to join a class for the study of the 

 Bible in the afternoon. They will be permitted to select 

 their place of attendance from among the churches in the 

 town, of the following denominations : viz., Baptist, Congre- 

 gational, Protestant Episcopal, ^Methodist Episcopal, and 

 Roman Catholic. 



