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on a neat quarto sheet, at 75 cents per year, postage prepaid. It is de- 

 voted principally to science and college matters. 



Professors, 6; assistants, 8; lecturers, 2; students, 303, 186 males and 

 117 females, all pursuing agricultural or mechanical studies. In addi- 

 tion to the regular six years' course of study, females receive practical 

 instruction in dress-making, printing, telegraphy, scroll-sawing, carv- 

 ing, engraving, photography, and instrumental music. 



KENTUCKY. 



Kentucky University — Agricultural and Mechanical College, at Lexing- 

 ton; John B. Bowman, LL. D., regent.— 'No changes have been made in 

 the course of studj^ except that the military school has been placed on 

 the same basis as the other schools and made optional. The patronage 

 of the college hits been considerably reduced for the last two or three 

 years by the necessity of discouraging the attendance of poor young 

 men, not State students, who wished to secure their education by their 

 labor, for the compensation of which no means were available. 



The farm contains 433 acres, and is valued at 1130,000. Experiments 

 have been made with new varieties of wheat, rye, oats, and hemp. The 

 Clawson wheat, furnished by the Department of Agriculture, proved to 

 be a successful viiriety. Valuable collections of plants have been re- 

 ceived from the Commissioner of Agriculture and the superintendent 

 of the congressional greenhouses at Washington. The annual interest 

 derived from the proceeds of the congressional land-grant is $9,900. 



Professors in the college, 7; assistant, 1; students, 94, all pursuing 

 agricultural or mechanical studies; professors in the university, 24 j 

 assistants, 3; students, 273. 



LOUISIANA. 



Louisiana State Agricultural and Mechanical College, at Neiv Orleans; 

 Mr. J. L. Cross, president. — The " board of control" say that the college 

 has made very satisfactory progress during the past year, and that, con- 

 sidering the short time it has been in operation and the limited means at 

 its command, they may justly feel a pride in its present flourishing condi- 

 tion. At the close of the summer session six gold medals were bestowed 

 on the most deservi-ng students, according to general merit, as indicated 

 by the result of daily markings for scholarship and deportment. The 

 night-school has been continued for the convenience of mechanics and 

 other students, who, in consequence of daily labor at their trades, can- 

 not attend during the day; and such has been its popularity and success, 

 that there are now fifty students in constant attendance on its exercises. 

 The chemical and philosophical apparatus is quite deficient at present, 

 but additions will be made as soon as an appropriati#D from the State 

 can be obtained. 



The annual interest derived from the proceeds of the land-scrip 

 grant now amounts to $13,734. The part of the fund, amounting to 

 $130,800, pledged by the State to make good the loss occasioned when 

 the proceeds of the national endowment were consolidated into now 

 State bonds, has not yet been paid, and no interest is at present derived 

 from this source. A bill has been prepared and presented to the legisla- 

 ture of the State, which provides for its payment by a special State tax 

 of three-fourths of a mill on a dollar. It is expected that the fund will 

 be restored to its original value. The land owned by the college com- 

 prises COO acres, a part of which will be used as an experimental, farm, 



