ORGANIZATION OF THE NEW YORK STATE COLLEGE OF 



AGRICULTURE. 



Cornell University is founded on the Congressional Land- Grant 

 Act of 1862, and agriculture, therefore, has been a part of its work 

 from the beginning. In the early days of the University, the agricul- 

 tural teaching was given in a Department of Agriculture. In 1896 the 

 University was divided into eight colleges, of which the College of 

 Agriculture was one. By act of the legislature, Chapter 655 of the 

 Laws of 1904, approved by Governor Odell, May 9, 1904, the College of 

 Agriculture was established as a State Institution under the title of 

 "The New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University." 

 This act carried an appropriation of $250,000 for buildings. An Ad- 

 ministration Act became a law by the signature of Governor Higgins 

 April 12, 1906, and that year the Appropriation Act carried a main- 

 tenance item of $100,000 for the College of Agriculture. 



CONTROL OF THE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE. 



The control of the College of Agriculture is vested in the Board of 

 Trustees of Cornell University. The State is represented on the Board 

 by the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, the Speaker of the Assembly, 

 the Commissioner of Education, the Commissioner of Agriculture, ex- 

 officio, and by five members appointed by the Governor. The people are 

 further represented by the President of the State Agricultural Society 

 and by a Trustee appointed by the State Grange. Ten members of the 

 Board are elected by the alumni. The fifteen remaining elective mem- 

 bers of the Board are chosen by the Board itself. It will be seen from 

 the above statement that the State now has equal control with the 

 alumni in the government of the University and thus of the College of 

 Agriculture. 



HOW THE COLLEGE SERVES THE STATE. 



The New York State College of Agriculture is endeavoring to serve 

 the agricultural interests of the State by the following means. All 

 courses in the College are free of tuition to residents of the State : 



INSTRUCTION AT THE COLLEGE. 



The Four-Tear Course in Agriculture. This course is of equal 



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