532 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



has been given to chemical work in the laboratory, by ad- 

 vanced students and post-graduates. 



The general mode of instruction in the chemical depart- 

 ment consists of lectures with experimental illustrations, 

 followed by recitations. The students are obliged to write 

 out the principal points of the lectures, and are marked on 

 both recitations and notes. The laboratory work is accom- 

 panied by a suitable series of discourses on the best modes 

 of analysis, and their proper application. A record of the 

 practical work carried on has to be presented to the teacher 

 at stated times. 



The entire course in theoretical and practical chemistry 

 has been arranged to meet the aim of the College, i. e., to 

 prepare young men for a successful employment in the vari- 

 ous chemical industries, and in agriculture in particular. 



During the last term of the past year Professor H. E. 

 Stockbridge has entered with much success upon his duties 

 as Assistant Professor in Chemistry. The instruction, dur- 

 ing the first term of the Sophomore year, above referred 

 to, has been given by him. 



I am, very respectfully, yours, 



C. A. GOESSMANN. 



Amherst, Dec. 24, 1884. 



