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required, and that the required work in history and political science 

 was reduced. The first year was made of a generalized character, 

 designed to give some knowledge concerning sciences, agriculture, 

 shop work, and domestic science. Short courses were established 

 in agriculture and in home economics, and the dairy course *-vas 

 continued. 



From time to time the courses were revised and additional 

 ones were formulated as follows: Electrical engineering, 1900, 

 architecture, 1905; veterinary, 1906; and printing, 1908. In 

 1908, the agricultural course beyond the sophomore year was split 

 into five courses, namely: Agronomy, animal husbandry, dairy 

 husbandry, poultry husbandry, and horticulture and forestry. 

 Although these were thus set out as separate courses, they had 

 much in common, each one differing from the others by certain 

 characteristic studies as indicated by the name. There thus existed 

 at the close of the Nichols administration thirteen four-year courses. 



In addition to great growth in the material equipment of 

 departments, which accompanied extension and diversification of 

 the instruction given at the College, the work of the institution 

 was greatly enlarged in respect to activities in the State at large. 

 The work of the farmers' institutes was very greatly increased and 

 a special superintendent appointed to take charge of it. In this 

 connection special trains were run for the purpose of carrying 

 lecturers with illustrative material directly to the people, and two 

 series of pamphlets, one for rural teachers and one for members 

 of farmers' institutes, were established. 



The work of the Agricultural Experiment Station was very 

 greatly enlarged, partly through the assistance given by the Adams 

 act, by which Congress appropriated $5000 in 1906, an amount 

 which was increased $2000 a year until it reached $15,000, at 

 which it still continues. A branch station, which has become a 

 very large factor in western Kansas agriculture, was established 

 in 1901 on a part of the old Fort Hays Military Reservation, which 

 was ceded to the State for that purpose. The College has there 

 about 3500 acres, including some of the finest land in the region. 

 A branch station was also started at Garden City. Through the 

 influence of College authorities, laws regulating the sale of com- 

 mercial fertilizers and concentrated feeding-stuffs in this State 

 were enacted. These laws are administered by the director of the 

 Agricultural Experiment Station. By the terms of the State food 

 and drugs law, the director of the chemical laboratory was put in 

 charge of a large portion of the food analyses for the State Board 

 of Health. Another law established the office of dairy commis- 

 sioner, appointment to which is made by the Board of Administra- 

 tion of the College. 



The financial support of the College by the State, in addition 

 to the erection of buildings, gradually became more and more 



