TABLE III. A list of the States and institutions which received the national grant. 



* In connection with Dartmouth College. t In connection with Rutgers College. 



WANT OF A GENERIC NAME FOR THESE INSTITUTIONS. 



By the scrutiny of this table it will appear that the titles which have heen affixed to 

 these, various institutions are quite different. For example, in Rhode Island and New 

 Jersey, Brown University and Rutgers College have recognized scientific departments 

 bearing th name of the old institutions. In Kentucky, Wisconsin, and Minnesota, 

 colleges are established as branches of the State universities. In Wisconsin and 

 California, the title " College of Arts" is the title of the scientific department of the 

 State University ; while in New Haven, the "Faculty of Arts" refers to the classical or 

 literary department of the university. In New Hampshire, and several other Stat< >. 

 the designation " College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts" is that which apj" 

 to be preferred. 



In Pennsylvania, Iowa, and Michigan, wo have the term " State agricultural col- 

 lege/' Illinois rejoices in the foundation of an "industrial university.'" In Massachu- 

 setts there is an " agricultural college " and an "institute of technology." In Ni-\\- 

 York the gifts and services of Mr. Cornell have aflixed his name to the University <il 

 Ithaca. In Connecticut the name of Mr. Sheffield is associated \vith that of the 

 "Scientific School of Yale College." 



So far as the several institutions are concerned these differences in stylo are advan- 

 tageous. Each title, if peculiar or unique, becomes a proper name, like Harvard ..r 

 Vale, and is quickly associated with a characteristic reputation. But there is constant 

 occasion to employ a generic designation. The newspapers and the public generally 

 use the term " agricultural colleges," which is not only incorrect, but injurious, because 

 it cherishes a notion that these foundations are only for the promotion of agricultural 

 education. 



The term "colleges of agriculture and the mechanic arts" would be much more 

 appropriate, thonglraot quite comprehensive enough, and it is too long a- phrase to 

 lieeome popular. As these institutions are largely indebted to the bounty of tho 

 National Government, ami are called upon to make an annual report of their progn->, 

 it seems fit that this fact should be employed to distinguish tho group from other i 



