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states. The money derived from the sale of such lands 

 was to be invested in safe stocks bearing not less than 5 per 

 cent interest. The principal was to remain intact forever, 

 and only the interest was to be applied to the maintenance 

 of the college. The states had to comply with these provi- 

 sions by legislative act before they were entitled to their 

 share of the land. 



The leading object of the land-grant college, as set forth 

 in the Morrill Act of 1862, is, " without excluding other 

 scientific and classical studies, and including military tactics, 

 to teach such branches of learning as are related to agri- 

 culture and the mechanic arts in such manner as the legis- 

 latures of the states may respectively prescribe in order to 

 promote the liberal and practical education of the industrial 

 classes in the several pursuits and professions in life ". In 

 the second Morrill Act of 1890, it was further specified that 

 the instruction " shall include the English language, and the 

 various branches of mathematical, physical, natural, and 

 economic science with special reference to their applications 

 in the industries of life and to the facilities for such instruc- 

 tion ". In 1908, it was also provided that the agricultural 

 colleges may train teachers of agriculture. 1 



Coordination of these colleges into a national system of 

 education was obtained by requiring them to issue annual 

 reports concerning the result of their experiments, etc., and 

 by requiring each college to send a copy of this report to all 

 other colleges and to the Secretary of the Interior. The 

 Act of 1890 strengthened this coordination by requiring a 

 copy of the annual report to be sent also to the Secretary 

 of Agriculture. Another feature that resulted in stronger 

 coordination is the granting of federal money in the form 

 of annual appropriations embodied in the Act of 1890. 



1 34 Stat. L., 1256, 1281. 



