314 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



A motion was made and carried that the reports of the Secretary and 

 Treasurer be referred to the Auditing Committee. 



President Stevens appointed as such Auditing Committee: L. B. 

 Custer and Snead Thomas. 



The following report on Purdue University Avas read by Mr. Sylvester 

 Johnson: 



Sylvester Johnson: As your representative on the Board of Trustees 

 of Purdue University it is my duty, as well as pleasure, to make this re- 

 port: 



REPORT OF TRUSTEE OF PURDUE UNIVERSITY. 



The past year has been one of unusual prosperity for Purdue Uni- 

 versity, Indiana's College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts. The 

 enrollment reached very closely the twelve hundred mark, and for the 

 year just opening promises to be very much larger. Very few of our 

 citizens realize the constant growth, both in numbers and importance, of 

 this institution, which is briefly told l)y the following table, as well as 

 by the fact that the demand for her graduates has been for several years 

 gi-eatly in excess of the ability to meet, so that on commencement day 

 every one so desiring is in possession of a good position in line with his 

 studies. 



Purdue offers six courses of studies, as follows: Agriculture, applied 

 science, civil, electrical and mechanical engineering, and pharmacy. Six- 

 teen hundred and fifty-eight students have been gi-aduated from the in- 

 stitution, and over 5,700 have received instruction for a longer or shorter 

 period. The records of its gradiiates indicate that, to an unusual degree, 

 they have taken a prominent part in the active industries of life. The 

 following table, showing the annual increase of students and graduates, 

 will no doubt interest all: 



