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stitution in the highest terms. It can hardly be otherwise. 

 President Goodell, as well as his faithful corps of assistants 

 in the various departments of the institution, is fully alive 

 to the importance of the work, and leaves nothing undone 

 that would forward the interests of the institution. The 

 college is fully entitled to the credit of another year of suc- 

 cessful achievement under its excellent management. 



The regular course of study occupies four years, and those 

 completing the course are entitled to the degree of Bachelor 

 of Science. In the senior year all the studies are elective, 

 except English and military science. This enables the older 

 students to select those studies which they may think will be 

 the most useful to them in the future. Important changes 

 have been made in the curriculum. Latin as a requirement 

 for entrance and as a required study has l)een dropped.* 



There was until recently a two-years' course, but it was 

 discontinued by the trustees Dec. 31, 1895, and short winter 

 courses established after the closing of the (then) current 

 collegiate year. The studies in these short courses are agri- 

 culture, botany, chemistry^ dairying, floriculture, horticult- 

 ure, market gardening and zoiUogy. Examinations for these 

 courses are not required, and the doors are open to applicants 

 of both sexes, but candidates must be at least sixteen years 

 of age. 



Scholarships. 



In 1878 the trustees voted to establish one free scholarship 

 for each of the congressional districts of the State. Appli- 

 cants should enter colleo;e with the intention of remaining 

 through the course. In addition to these scholarships, the 

 State has, by act of the Legislature, established eighty free 

 scholarships, two for each senatorial district, which may be 

 obtained by application to the senators representing the 

 various districts in the Legislature. 



Labor Fund. 

 For the benefit of students dependent largely upon their 

 own exertions, the State has established by act of the Legis- 

 lature, and maintained by annual appropriations, a fund of 



* Trustees' report, page 8. 



