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same time deviating from a systematic and logical plan. 

 Throughout the entire course the objective methods of 

 teaching are followed, and the student is constantly fur- 

 nished with an abundance of plant-material for practical 

 study, together with an elaborate series of preserved speci- 

 mens for illustration and comparison. In the freshman 

 year the study of structural and systematic botany is pur- 

 sued, with some observation on insect fertilization. This 

 is followed in the first term of the sophomore year by the 

 systematic study of grasses, trees, and shrubs, and this 

 during the winter term by an investigation into the micro- 

 scopic structure of the plant. The senior year is given up 

 entirely to cryptogamic and physiological botany. 



V. The mathematical course. In this day of scientific 

 experiment, observation, and research on the farm, the 

 advantage of a thorough knowledge of the more elementary 

 branches of mathematics, general physics, and engineering 

 must be more than ever apparent; and it is to meet the 

 needs of the agricultural college student in these lines 

 that the work in the mathematical department has been 

 planned. 



The mathematics of the freshmen, sophomore, and junior 

 year is required; that of the senior year elective. The se- 

 quence of subjects is as follows: bookkeeping, algebra, 

 geometry, and mechanical drawing in the freshman year; 

 trigonometry, mechanical drawing, and plane-surveying — 

 the latter embracing lectures and field-work in elementary 

 engineering, the use of instruments, computation of areas, 

 leveling, etc. — in the sophomore year; general physics, — 

 including mechanics, electricity, sound, light, and heat, — 

 and descriptive geometry or advanced mechanical drawing 



