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The cabinets in Geology and Mineralogy contain a considerable amount 

 f excellent material the geology of Ohio in both its systematic and eco- 

 nomical aspects being especially well represented. 



A skillful instructor has been provided in free hand and mechanical 

 drawing, and all students can receive thorough training in these import- 

 ant and practical subject?. 



There are now in attendance at the College sixty-five students, distrib- 

 uted through its different departments of instruction. Of those that have 

 ome from the farm, a large proportion design to return to the farm ; others 

 are fitting themselves to be engineers, mechanics, or practical chemists, 

 and others, still, are seeking a general scientific education that can be turned 

 to account in any department of life. It is for industrial life rather than 

 for the learned professions that students trained here are, for the most 

 part, preparing themselves. 



The courses of instruction adopted are believed to combine in a happy 

 and, to some extent, original way the systems of required and elective 

 studies, providing for the special tastes and necessities of the student, 

 and still securing to him something of symmetry and balance in his edu- 

 cation. 



To those who have but little time to spend one year, or two, or three 

 the range of studies in the College is freely offered, ability to do the work 

 being the only condition imposed. 



A three years' agricultural course has been shaped, which, it is believed, 

 contains as much that the farmers of the State ought to know as can well 

 be comprised within these limits of time. 



The friends of the College sometimes betray disappointment over its 

 humble beginning and impatience with its slow growth, but all such may 

 find comfort in remembering that, if humble, its beginning at least is 

 honest and unpretending, and that its growth, though slow, seems safe 

 and sure. It keeps what it gets. Every term adds to its efficiency and 

 compactness. Its courses of study are taking definite shape, and its tone 

 and spirit are becoming established. No reaction is in store for it from the 

 giving way of " unfounded claims and excessive pretensions," but its steady 

 and natural growth seem certain to be continued until it attains propor- 

 tions which shall compel gene'ral recognition. When public attention is 

 directed to it, these anomalous facts will come to light, viz., that a State 

 institution has been growing to a vigorous and efficient life without re- 

 ceiving one dollar from the treasury of the State, and almost without the 

 knowledge of the people of the State. The people will certainly recog- 

 nize the great services which this institution is able and willing to render 

 to their industrial and educational interests, and when they see this ifc 



