486 AGRICULTURAL REPORT. 
closes near the end of July, having three vacations. Whole number of 
students in the University and college, for the year, 115. Of this num- 
ber, 23 are in the scientific and agricultural department. 
WEST VIRGINIA. 
The faculty of West Virginia University, at Morgantown, consists 
of Rey. Alex. Martin, president and professor of mental and moral 
science; I*. S. Lyon, vice-president and professor of English literature 
and principal of preparatory department; S. G. Stevens, secretary and 
professor of astronomy and physics; H. H. Pierce, professor of mathe- 
matics and military tactics; J. J. Stevenson, professor of chemistry 
and natural history; F. W. Wood, professor of ancient and modern 
languages; O. W. Miller, tutor; D. B. Purinton, tutor in preparatory 
department; George M. Hagans, superintendent of grounds and build- 
ings; Hugh W. Brock, lecturer on physiology and hygiene; John A. 
Dillie, lecturer on civil and constitutional law; H. H. Pierce, register and 
librarian; A. G. Alcott, teacher of elocution. 
It is the design of the board of regents to make this University, by the 
thoroughness of its discipline and culture, as well as in its adaptation to 
the demands of the age, “ deserving of no second-rate position among 
the institutions of our land.” The legislature at its last session made a 
special appropriation of $22,855 to finish the University hall, which is 
now completed, and is a model of architectural beauty and convenient 
arrangement. It contains labo.atory, office, and recitation rooms, 
rooms for the preparatory department and library, and a chapel 52 by 
40 feet, with gallery; also rooms for the cabinet and museum, and two 
free halls for literary societies connected with the University. The 
grounds inclose more than twenty acres, which are tastefully laid out and 
surrounded with scenery of rare beauty. A part of this land is cultivated 
for experimental purposes in agriculture. The remainder is ornamented 
with forest and fruit trees, shrubbery, &c. Dr. B. Sears has made from 
the Peabody Educational Fund an annual appropriation of $500 for the 
education of indigent young men. 
There are now six departments of instruction in successful operation, 
viz, a preparatory department, literary department, scientific depart- 
ment, engineering department, agricultural department, and military 
department. 
The library contains about 1,500 volumes of carefully-selected books 
and standard works in the departments of history, biography, agricul- 
ture, theology, art, science, and general literature. 
The apparatus is sufficiently extensive for a thorough illustration of 
chemistry and physics. The museum embraces collections in mineralogy, 
geology, natural history, and paleontology, with characteristic speci- 
mens from all the geological formations. 
“WISCONSIN. 
The most important change which has been made since our last report 
is the introduction of one term of agricultural studies into the regular 
scientific course of the University during the winter of the sophomore 
year. In consequence of this change all the scientific students in the 
University will attend one course of lectures on agriculture. Agricul- 
tural experiments are conducted on the farm, in which the students 
have an opportunity of participating. 
Students who have satisfactorily completed the three-years’ course of 
Study can graduate and receive the degree of bachelor of philosophy. 
The University library comprises nearly 4,000 volumes, which the stu- 
