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of the congressional laud-grant is $3,000 ; but thi;; fund has ])een 

 allov7ed to acoumulflto by jndicions management, so that the annual 

 interest now amounts to !$(3,624. Very valuable additions have been 

 made to the museum, consisting of about 100 specimens of hshes ; 5® 

 of woods native to Massachusetts ; a large collection of plants, insects, 

 and native wea4:)ons; war-implements, domestic utensils, and fabrics from 

 the interior of Africa ; several species of mammals, and numerous mis- 

 cellaneous specimens. 



Professors in the agricultural and mechanical department, 10 ; assist- 

 ants, 3 ; students, 35 ; professors in all the departments, 13 ; assistants, 

 3; students, 251. 



SOUTH CAROLINA. 



Claflin University — South Carolina Agricultural College, and MecJianics' 

 Insfituie^at Orangcburgh ; Egv. Echvard CooJce, I). B., 7)resident. — The an- 

 nual interest derived Irom the proceeds of the congressional land-grant 

 is $11,508, but the whole amount is not always paid to the college 

 by the State. This year it received $10,000, leaving a balance of 

 $1,508 unpaid. Of the sum received, $4,000 were used for expenses in 

 conducting the college and the remainder in pa^ymeut of the experi- 

 mental farm. The farm contains 116 acres, and is valued at $10,000. 

 It has been considerably improved during the year, and the facilities for 

 students to engage in manual labor have been much increased. Experi- 

 ments have been made with ditterent kinds of manures and in plowing 

 to ascertain the kind best adapted to the soil and climate of that part of 

 the State. Crops have been cultivated successfuUy, and 43 bushels of 

 shelled corn were produced per acre, which is much above the usual yield 

 in the State. A neat and commodious brick building is in course of 

 construction on the site of the one burned about a year ago, and will be 

 completed next spring. It will be occupied jointly by the university and 

 college. It is 80 feet long and 40 wide, three stories high, with man- 

 sard roof, making a fourth story, and has a piazza on the tront and back 

 sides. It contaius two school-rooms, three recitation-rooms, library- 

 room, and thirteen dormitories in the mansard story; also, a chapel 

 which will seat two hundred persons, and a family residence, with par- 

 lors, kitchen, and dining-room. Besides this building, there are several 

 others which are used for school purposes. The collegiate year is 

 divided into three terms of eleven weeks each. Tuition is free 5 care of 

 room per term, $1; board in hall per week, $2.50; room-rent and fuel 

 for self-boarders per term, $3. Students have an opportiHiity of paying 

 their bills in part by manual labor. 



Professors in the college, 3 ; assistants, 3; students, 40 ; professors iu 

 all the departments, 4; assistants, 3; students, 195. 



TENNESSEE. 



East Tennessee University — Tennessee Agricultural College^ at Knoxville ; 

 Eev, Thomas VV. Humes, S. T. D., president. — Some changes have been 

 made during the year in t^jo agricultural course of study, by Avhich 

 additional instruction is given iu chemistry and bttany in the freshman 

 year, and in market-gardening and dairy -farming iu the junior. A few 

 additional branches have also been introduced into this course. 



The annual interest derived from the proceeds of the congressional 

 land-grant is $23,700, but the college has not always received the 

 full amount, the payment having sometimes been made in State 

 treasury warrants, on which there is a discount iu the market. 



