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to those who expect to follow industrial pursuits. It endeavors to 

 bring all that is good in science, invention and metliod to bear directly 

 upon the work of the farm, the mechanic arts, and the home. It gives 

 three four-year courses- of study, besides a number of special courses. 

 In the agricultural course it trains young men for agricultural pur- 

 suits, but it keeps in mind that, first of all, is the man himself; the 

 man first and the farmer afterwards. In addition to the technical 

 studies he is given a very thorough course in the natural sciences 

 and their application to the particular work which he expects to follow 

 in after life. In addition to this, he is given a good training in English, 

 literature, mathematics, history and economics. He is introduced to 

 the thought and history of the past and, as far as possible, is given 

 that solid foundation which will enable him to think clearly and express 

 his thoughts forcibly. As far as possible students are taught to ap- 

 preciate all that is wholesome and good in country life, so that when 

 they leave college they v.ill enter upon their life work with enthusiasm 

 and pleasure, and not with a feeling that they are '^brother to the ox." 



Our mechanical course prepares young men for taking up the work 

 of mechanical engineering. It is a strong four-years' course and is 

 designed to prepare young men for taking resi)onsible positions in the 

 great industrial world. With the rapid' developments in electricity 

 and steam power within the last quarter of a century, has come a great 

 demand for men of skill and ability in these lines of work. 



The character of the future citizenship of our country will depend 

 almost entirely u])on the future mothers and the homes which they 

 will occupy. It is doubtful if higher education can render a more noble 

 and better service to our country than to prepare Ihe future mistresses 

 of these homes for the high and responsible positions which they shall 

 fill. The Agricultural College endeavors to do this. It offers to young 

 women a four-years' course. This course gives considerable training in 

 the natural sciences and their practical ap])lication to household duties. 

 Cooking, sewing, art needle work, floriculture, landscape gardening, 

 etc., come in as part of the industrial work. On the other hand, it 

 gives a good course in art, and two. years of free instruction on the 

 piano to those taking the regular course. But back of this all is a 

 strong course in mathematics, English, literature, modern language, 

 history, chemistry, botany, physics, bacteriology, and such other work 

 as is usually required for the'^B. S. degree. The object of the course 

 is to make scholarly, cultured women, who are able and ready to meet 

 the problems of every day life in a practical way, and to bring to the 

 solution of these problems the best and latest that science and skill 

 have to offer. 



The Agricultural College stands for higher training in industrial 

 pursuits. Human industry deserves the best that science or human 

 intelligence has to offer. It is as possible to endow and equip mem- 

 bers of society to be the captains of industry as of war. In an indus- 

 trial age like the present it is as much a function of education to 

 produce the man efficient in directing industry as it is to produce one 

 capable of directing the spiritual life, or protecting the legal rights of 

 the people. The mission of the Agricultural College is to prepare 

 leaders of industrv. It confines its Avork to this sphere and leaves to 



