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Tuition is free to residents of tlie State. Nonresidents pay an annual 

 tuition fee of $25, and all students pay certain fixed fees to cover the 

 actual cost of materials and privileges furnished. 



In addition to the regular faculty, numbering eighty-four, the institu- 

 tion employs, from time to time, the services of lecturers on topics of 

 special interest to the students. Those taking up subjects of interest to 

 students in the school of agriculture were, during the past year, Alexander 

 Galbraith, of Janesville, Wis., who lectured on horses; H. P. Miller, of 

 Sunbury, Ohio, on sheep; O. E. Bradfute, of Cedarville, Ohio, on cattle; 

 T. E. Orr, Pittsburg, Pa., on poulti-y; W. B. Anderson, Otwell, Ind., on 

 swine; C. M. Hobbs, Bridgeport, Ind., on horticulture; Cal Husselman, 

 Auburn, Ind., on business methods; H. F. McMahan, Manhattan, on do- 

 mestic economy. Each series of lectures continued for a week or more. 



It is interesting to note the practical nature of the work being done 

 by the students, as evidenced by the character of the theses submitted 

 for gi-aduation. Almost without exception they deal with problems of 

 great importance to the community at large. In additioli to their instruc- 



