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1376, May 20. President Clark starts for Japan to organize 



an agricultural college, leaving Professor 

 Stockbridge in charge. 



1876. Resignation of Professor Cressy. 



1876. Military diploma, first issued by Lieut. 



Totten. 



1876. Military prize first given by Lieut. Totten. 



1877, May 16. Resolve, allowing $5,000 for current ex- 



penses, one-half for payment of manual 

 labor by the students. 

 1877. President Clark returns from Japan. 



1877. New green house built by Hon. William 



Knowlton. 



1878. One hundred and fifty free scholarships of- 



fered by the trustees. 



1878. Bequest of $1,000 by Whiting Street, Esq., 



for the establishment of a scholarship. 



1878. Gift of $1,000 by Professor Levi Stock- 



bridge for experimental purposes. 



1878. Charles Morris, U. S. A., detailed for duty 



as professor of military science and tac- 

 tics. 



1879, April 24. Act granting $32,000 to pay the indebted- 



ness of the college, and making the trus- 

 tees personally liable for any debt here- 

 after incurred, in excess of the income of 

 the college. 



1879, May 1. Resignation of President Clark. 



1879, June 12. Owing to diminished income, trustees sell 



at public auction all the blooded stock 

 belonging to the college, except the Ayr- 

 shire herd. 



1879. Charles L. Flint elected president. 



1879. Resignation of Professor Parker. 



1879. Samuel T. Maynard elected full professor 



of botany and horticulture. 



1880, March 24. Resignation of President Flint. 



1880, April. Levi Stockbridge elected president. 



1881, Aug. 25. Resignation of Professor Graves. 



