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course in civil cnoincerino', and is required throughout the .sophomore 

 and junior years of the course in chemistry and ag-riculture. This 

 last course, then, may be considered the agricultural course of the 

 Polytechnic Institute. The student in this course devotes about one- 

 fifth of his time to English, history, and economics; about two-fifths 

 to pure science and two-fifths to applied sciences and technical training. 



Admission to the four-year courses is by examination or by certifi- 

 cate from schools having approved courses of study. Applicants for 

 admission must be at least 15 years of age, and, if admitted by 

 examination, must ])e qualified to pass satisfactory examinations in 

 (1) geography and history of the United States; (2) English, including 

 grannnar, composition, reading, and English classics; and (3) mathe- 

 matics, including arithmetic and algebra through quadratic equations. 

 "Those applicants Avho desire to continue the study of Latin should 

 be qualified to pass a satisfactory examination in Latin granunar and 

 the first two books of Caesar in addition to the above subjects." 



The course in agronomy is given during the second and third terms 

 of the sophomore years. It is preceded by a two-hour course in ani- 

 mal husl)andry during the third term of the freshman year, a two-hour 

 course in dairying during the first term of the sophomore year, and a 

 three-h(Mir course of lectures and one laboratory exercise per week in 

 general chemistry during the first term of the sophomore year, and is 

 followed l)y courses in systematic and structural botany (lectures and 

 laboratory), plant physiology, and agricultural chemistry. 



The course in agricultural chemistry is given in the senior year and 

 "consists of lectures on chemistry in its api)lication to agriculture 

 (two per week, during second and third terms), and includes a thorough 

 discussion of the origin, composition, and classification of soils, the 

 composition and growth of plants, the sources of plant food and how 

 obtained, the improvement of soils, the manufacture and use of fer- 

 tilizers, the chemical principles involved in the rotation of crops, the 

 feeding of live stock, and the various operations carried on l)y the 

 intelligent and successful agriculturist." During the same periods the 

 students do laborator}^ work in quantitative analysis six hours per 

 week. The principal reference books used in agricultural chemistry 

 are Johnson's How Crops Grow and How Crops Feed, Lupton's Ele- 

 mentary Principles of Scientific Agriculture, Johnson and Cameron's 

 Elements of Agricultural Chemistry, Storer's Agriculture, scientific 

 journals, reports of the United States Department of Agriculture, and 

 the bulletins and reports of the various domestic and foreign agricul- 

 tural departments and stations. "The lal)oratories, which are open 

 from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. during six days in the week, are amply supplied 

 with everything necessary for instruction in chemical manipulation." 

 Instruction in agronomy is given by the professor of agriculture. 

 "In the second term of the sophomore year the following subjects are 



