SEMI-CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION 89 



pleted, the old Boarding Hall later dubbed " Saints' Rest," for 

 reasons which I never fully appreciated. Here the old brick 

 horse-barn, there the farmhouse, herdman's house, the old barn 

 for grain and cattle, a greenhouse of primitive form, and the barn 

 for use of the horticultural department. There is the town line 

 between Lansing and Meridian. What is that zig-zag line along 

 the road ? Do you not recognize a drawing of a rail fence which 

 has nearly gone out of fashion ? Names of the faculty here, and 

 there the list of buildings, and up there the number of students 

 in different classes ; and on this chart are the names of the studies 

 pursued. 



COURSE OF INSTRUCTION IN 1870 



FRESHMAN CLASS 



First term Second term 



Algebra Trigonometry 



Geometry Surveying 



History Practical Agriculture 



Bookkeeping Geology 



SOPHOMORE YEAR 



English Literature Entomology 



Botany Analytical Chemistry 



Elementary Chemistry Botany 



Horticulture 



JUNIOR YEAR 



Physics Physics 



Agricultural Chemistry Meteorology 



Inductive Logic Rhetoric 



Animal Physiology 



SENIOR YEAR 



Zoology Landscape Gardening 



Practical Agriculture Civil Engineering 



Mental Philosophy Moral Philosophy 



Astronomy Political Economy 



French French 



In 1870 the income of the College was less than $40,000, the 

 year closing with a deficit of $6,000. 



