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tional work the faculty of the institution are prominently identified with 

 the leading scientific, industi'ial and economic associations throughout 

 the country and not only render valuable service to Farmers' Institutes 

 and other organizations as lecturers, but are frequently called upon for 

 expert service in connection with the various industries throughout tlie 

 State, besides publishing articles of great value along these lines. The 

 pamphlet bulletins issued by the Experiment Station are widely dis- 

 seminated throughout, not only Indiana but the entire country, and in 

 addition to these publications of a more or less scientific character, the 

 station publishes in the agricultural press short articles on topics of 

 general interest and value to the farming community. 



A valuable addition to the equipment of the University has been made 

 during the year just closed by the erection of a handsome building de- 

 signed for the exclusive use of the School of Agriculture and Horticul- 

 ture. 



This is a two-story building on a high basement, of dignified but plain 

 design, the materials used being pressed brick and Bedford stone. An 

 appropriation of $60,000 was made for the erection of this building by 

 the Legislature of 1901, and it has been completed for something less 

 than that amount. It contains laboratories,- class rooms, assembly hall, 

 museum, library, and assembly rooms for Farmers' Institutes, etc. It 

 was completed in season to be opened at the beginning of the present 

 academic year, and is now in process of equipment which, when com- 

 pleted, will be among the finest offered by any agi-icultural college in the 

 country. 



Another valuable addition has been aade to the University in the 

 gift, by the late Mrs. Fowler, of Lafayette, of $70,000 to be devoted to 

 the erection of an auditorium. Thus affording a gathering place for 

 students and faculty upon occasions of general interest which has been 

 lacking for many years, in fact ever since the enrollment exceeded the 

 few hundreds which could be accommodated in the small assembly room 

 located in University Hall. 



In spite of these additions to its facilities, the institution suffers at 

 the present time from a greatly overcrowded condition. 



The increased attendance has crowded buildings, shops and labora- 

 tories to a point not to be endured as a permanent condition. Practi- 

 cally the same buildings, with the exception of the agi-icultural building 

 just completed and the additional recitation rooms obtained by remodel- 

 ing the old dormitory, are in use for the accommodation of the largely 

 increased number of students as in 1899. To do this it has been neces- 

 sary to increase the number of sections, assigning more and more to each 

 instructor until, in some of the departments, the teachers work more 

 hours a day and for less pay than a skilled mechanic, under present labor 

 conditions. Lecture rooms have had to be crowded far be3-ond their 

 capacity, the hours given to each student lessened in nii-mber, and every 



