No. 4.] AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. 305 



"Report to the Legislature op the State Board 

 of Agriculture, acting as Overseers 

 of the Massachusetts Agricult- 

 ural College. 



[P. B., Chap. 20, Sect. 5, adopted by the Board, Feb. 5, 1896.] 



The committee "on Agricultural College and educa- 

 tion," appointed by this Board, having attended to its duty, 

 begs leave to submit the following report : — 



The college is doing the work for which it was established 

 in a manner that meets with the approbation of its friends 

 and supporters and proves the wisdom of its founders. 

 Under the immediate direction of its president, Henry H. 

 Goodell, assisted by an efficient corps of teachers, it takes 

 rank (in the opinion of your committee) equal to that of 

 any other institution of learning of the kind in this country. 



It is pleasant to be able to report that the needed, and we 

 may also say the generous, appropriations made by the 

 State from time to time for the benefit of the college have 

 been by discreet and intelligent trustees properly expended 

 for the various purposes for which they were given. The 

 result has been continued and gratifying progress in every 

 department of the institution. Good work was what your 

 committee expected and looked for, and found, in its visits, 

 both in the class rooms and on the farm. 



In previous reports we have occasionally given a brief 

 outline of the early history of the college; but, as our 

 Board is constantly changing, it may be interesting to the 

 young men, and to all perhaps who have not made the sub- 

 ject a special study, to refresh their memory in regard to 

 some of the most important facts as to how w r e came by this 

 college and what it has accomplished. 



