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and, instead of holding twenty-fourth rank in education, she will 

 soon take a place in the front, if not in the lead. 



The institution has experienced steady growth ever since it was 

 founded. The number of students has increased, and new build- 

 ings have been erected for their accommodation. The last one 

 was built in the fall of 1890, and is devoted exclusively to veter- 

 inary medicine and science. The new chemical laboratory, dedi- 

 cated last moath, is constructed according to the latest, improved 

 plan, and students have the best opportunities for study in all 

 branches of chemistry. In the botanical laboratory is found 

 specimens of plant-life from many parts of the world, and several 

 herbariums both of our own flora and many plants from other 

 countries. 



In the mechanical laboratory is found tools and power for the 

 various branches of mechanical art. The physical and electrical 

 laboratories are supplied with the necessary appliances and appa- 

 ratus for those studies. 



The departments of physiology, geology, and zoology are in the 

 main building, and are as well equipped as the former circum- 

 stances would allow. Students are encouraged, in the natural 

 sciences especially, to original and independent investigation ; and 

 to facilitate this, excursions are made to places of especial geologi- 

 cal, botanical, or entomological interest. In connection with the 

 university is a biological club, consisting largely of professors 

 and students who are doing advanced work in biology. 



Among the many needs of the institution may be mentioned a 

 hall for military drill, a fire-proof building in which to place the 

 valuable geological and botanical museums and the library, more 

 class-rooms, and better equipment in all departments. Other de- 

 partments will be added to the institution, whose needs, with those 

 of the present departments, will be well supplied ; for the aggre- 

 gate support is now adequate to a gr^at institution, which Ohio 

 State University is destined to be. E. E. Bogue. 



Columbus, O., April 3. 



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