and civil engineering; (e) academic and preparatory; (/) commercial and mcrcan 

 tiic: (</) mineral. 



Kentucky. The trustees of the Transylvania University ami of the Ki-ntucky Univer- 

 sity having agreed to become united in one corporation, to In- known as tin- Kentucky 

 University, in the county of Fayette. near the city of Lexington, tin- State established, 

 with the | roceed8 of the congressional gilt, tin- "Agricultural and Mechanical College 

 of Kentucky." as one department of the State University. This action was completed 

 February , 1865, and tin- institntion since that time has been in vigorous progress. 

 It Lnclades Seven colleges: 1st. the College of Science. Literature, and the Arts; % Jd. the 

 Agricultural and Mechanical College of Kentucky : 3d, the College of the Bible; -1th, 

 the Normal College, (not yet organized :) . r >th, the Commercial College; (it h. the College 

 of Law; 7th, the College of .Medicine, (not .vet organi/eil.) 



MniiK. I!y an act dated February .'.">. 1-. '..">. the legislature of Maine established a 

 "State College of Agricnlt lire and the Mechanic Arts," and subsequently a site was 

 icd lor t he institution at Orono, in the neighborhood of liangor. A building has 

 been erected, a faculty appointed, and instruction is now in progress. 



Muriilditd.ln this .state, the proceeds of the land-scrip were given by the act of 

 March 21. 1866, to the .Maryland Agricultural College, which had been established in 

 1857, at Ilyattsville, in Prince George's County, about nine miles from Washington and 

 twenty-eight from Baltimore. 



JfoaMMmtMtta In this State, two institutions share the congressional appropriation. 

 The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in Boston, receives one-third the income 

 of the fund. This institntion had been already chartered in 1861; the act bestowing 

 upon it the congressional aid was dated April 27, 18G3. A costly and commodious build- 

 ing has been erected, admirable apparatus secured, and instruction is given by a 

 numerous and accomplished body of teachers. 



The remaining portion of the grant was bestowed upon a new institution, the Massa- 

 chusetts Agricultural College, by an act dated April 29, 1863. This college is established 

 in Ainhersi near to but independent of "Amherst College." It has an extensive farm, 

 commodious buildings, varied collections, and enthusiastic teachers. Both in.st it ut ions 

 have received generous aid from the State treasury and from private benefactions. 

 The courses in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are, these : 1st, mechanical 

 engineering; 2d, civil and topographical engineering; !>d. chemistry; 1th, mining 

 engineering; 5th, building and architecture; 6th, science and literature. 



Michii/an. Early in 1855 an agricultural college was established in this State, on a 

 farm at a short distance from Lansing, the capital. It has been, for most of the inter- 

 vening period, in successful operation, and by its marked success has been conspicuous 

 'among all the agricultural educational enterprises of the cotmtry. By the act of March 

 18, 1863, the new national grant was bestowed upon this institution. It is provided 

 with ex tensive grounds, good buildings, ellicicnt teachers, and a large body of students. 



Miiiiii-xntti.'l'lw agricultural college of Minnesota was established prior to 1866, but 

 subsequently the university of the State was ivorgani/.cd. and the colleges ofagricnlture 

 and the mechanic arts wen- made essential departments of the same. It is fixed in St. 

 Anthony, opposite Minneapolis, and has a large edifice and a farm yet undeveloped. 



The organization of the university is carefully adapted to the necessities of the Slate. 

 In addition to the preparatory ami. collegiate departments, advanced coiir.-cs are ar- 

 ranged. 1st, in science, literature, and the arts; ^d, in agriculture and the mechanic 

 arts. Schools of law and medicine are also proposed. 



MixHtKiiijtjH. Two-fifths of the land scrip allotted to this State has been recently as- 

 signed to the university of Mississippi, which, before the war, was in successful operation 

 ut Oxford. A report on the organization of toe department of agriculture and mechanic 

 arts has just been drawn up by Professor E. W. Hilgard, October 1871. 



"ini-'i. The legislature, by an actapproved February v!-l. lr-70, and amended March 

 10, 1871, established t lie agricultural and mechanical college at Columbia. I loom- County, 

 in connection with the State University, and as a distinct department of the same. It 

 also established a school of mines and metallurgy in connection with the university, 

 and this department was located at Kolla, in Phelps County. One-fourth of the national 

 grant was directed to this branch, three-fourths to the other. 



The State University had been organized in IrvlO and had encountered many obsta- 

 cles, especially during the war. In 1867 it was reorganized and pnt on a better finan- 

 cial basis than ever before. 



llaut/ixliirv. The grant is given to an independent board of trustees, known as 

 the trustees of the " New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts," 

 and they have established their institution according to law at Hanover, in close con- 

 nection \\iih Dartmouth College. A building has been erected for this new founda- 

 tion, a farm bought, and instruction commenced, liesides this foundation and the 

 medical school, Dartmont h College has maintained for many years the "(.'handler 

 Scientific School," and is about to organize the "Thayer Foundation for higher Civil 

 Engineering." 



" Jersey. Rutgers College, one of the two historic colleges of New Jersey, secured 



