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agricultuial high-schools have introduced such courses 

 up to 1919. The State pays two-thirds of the salary 

 of the first agricultural teacher up to a maximum of 

 $1000, and an added amount for an assistant or a 

 teacher of home economics. 



Higher education in N'ew York is fostered hy 

 thirty-seven colleges and universities, fifty-four pro- 

 fessional schools, twenty-one technical schools and 

 ten other institutions. Several of these are groui)ed 

 in affiliated institutions, such as Columbia Uni- 

 versity, Syracuse University, and Cornell University. 

 There are nine institutions for the exclusive educa- 

 tion of women. 



The State Library, together with the State Mu- 

 seum and the administrative offices of the University 

 of the State of Xew York, are housed in Albany in 

 the State Educational Building, a splendid struc- 

 ture completed in 1912. It is a parthenon of edu- 

 cation. The name of the State Library sufficiently 

 explains its function. 



The State Museum is not so clearly defined by its 

 name, since in addition to the preservation of ma- 

 terial and data, it has five research divisions, botany, 

 zoology, entomology, geology, and archeology, for or- 

 iginal investigations, from which issue reports and 

 bulletins. 



At the head of higher education in agriculture is 

 the State College of Agriculture at Cornell Univer- 

 sity, at Ithaca at the head of Cayuga Lake in Tomp- 

 kins County. The beginning and development of 

 Cornell University is especially interesting because 



