20 



Tuition Fee. — Students " conditioned " on S 

 entrance requirements, and " special " 

 students, except those holding scholar- 

 ships, pay each semester a tuition fee of . . 7-50 



The average annual expenses of students, including semester 

 fees, board and lodging, and washing are calculated at from 

 $186 to $264, or about £37 to £54 10s. per annum. 



Agricultural College of Minnesota University. 



The University of Minnesota consists of the Graduate 

 School, the College of Science, Literature and Arts, the College 

 of Engineering and Mechanical Arts, the School of Mines, 

 the School of Analytical and Applied Chemistry, the College 

 of Education, the University Summer School, the College of 

 Law, the Department of Medicine, the Geological and Natural 

 History Survey, and the Department of Agriculture, which is 

 composed of the College of Agriculture, the School of Agri- 

 culture, Short Course for Farmers, the Dairy School, the 

 Crookston School of Agriculture, and the Experiment Stations, 

 i.e., the main station at St. Anthony's Park (near the univer- 

 sity) and the sub-stations at Crookston and at Grand Rapids. 



The College of Agriculture, with which we will first deal, 

 offers a four-year course in agriculture. The degree of Bachelor 

 of Science in Agriculture is given on completion of the course. 

 Students in this college may also specialise in the line of forestry 

 or home economics and secure the degree of Bachelor of Science 

 in those two subjects. 



The university year covers a period of 38 weeks, beginning 

 on the second Tuesday in September and ending on the second 

 Thursday in June. 



The State Experimental Farm, upon which are located the 

 buildings of the experiment station and the Department of 

 Agriculture, consists of over 250 acres of very valuable land. 

 The farm is valued at £80,000 and the sub-stations at Crookston 

 and Grand Rapids at £6,000 more, while the buildings and 

 equipment of the Department of Agriculture are valued at 

 over £80,000. 



The total estimated revenues of the university are as 

 follows : — 



