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Ohio State University.—The mechanical and electrical engineering laboratory is 310 by 112 feet, and is built on a plan that provides for indefinite extension as the growth of the departments may make it necessary.

Rhode Island College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts.—A new power and heating plant costing $5,000 is built of stone and cement.

Clemson Agricultural College (South Carolina).—The new central power and heating plant was erected at a cost of $27,220. It is a single-story building, 40 by 80 feet, of brick and cement blocks.

University of Tennessee.—A considerable addition to the engineering building has been erected, at a cost of $24,000, out of funds provided by the State.

West Virginia University.—Constructed a new heating plant at a cost of $45,000. It is built of gray sandstone, with a tunnel and laterals connecting all university buildings and heating them by steam produced by natural gas.

University of Wisconsin.—The hydraulic laboratory erected on the shore of Lake Mendota at a cost of $12,018 has been equipped for experimental and research work.

GENERAL.

University of Arkansas.—A new building for physics, frame, costing $1,000. University of Illinois.—The new auditorium is about 132 by 132 feet, affords seating room for 2,700 persons, and is to contain also a memorial hall. It cost $100,000. Purdue University (Indiana).-The chemistry building, cost $60,000, is of brick and limestone, 70 by 156 feet in ground area, with three working floors and attic. It contains 33 rooms, and 1,200 students can be accommodated with individual lockers and working space.

Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts.-The new central building, costing $400,000, was completed, furnished, and equipped. It accommodates the executive offices and the college departments of mathematics, modern languages, economic science, civics, English and English literature, public speaking, and botany. Agricultural and Mechanical College of Kentucky.-A new building has been erected and equipped, at a cost of about $30,000, for the use of the normal department and the school of domestic science; also a library building, for which Mr. Andrew Carnegie contributed $26,500. It is 56 feet square, two stories high, including a tall basement of range ashlars, built of pressed brick, trimmed with terra cotta.

Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College.-The new chemical laboratory is a reenforced-concrete building faced with brick, fireproof. It is 155 by 70 feet, three stories high, and will accommodate 300 students.

University of Nebraska.—The university museum, completed in 1907 at a cost of $50,000, is one-half of the first wing of the museum as planned. It is four stories high. The woman's building at the university farm was erected at a cost of $32,000. It houses the department of home economics and furnishes rooms for about 40 women students.

The University Temple, costing $100,000, is the home of the religious and social organizations of the university. It contains three floors and basement.

New Hampshire College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts.-The new library building was erected at a cost of $32,000, of which amount $20,000 was furnished by Mr. Andrew Carnegie and $12,000 by the Hamilton Smith estate. It is 76 by 65 feet, not including the stack extension, is two stories high, and has a capacity of 60,000 volumes.

Oregon Agricultural College.-Erected a dormitory for girls at a cost of $71,000, which will accommodate 300 persons.

Clemson Agricultural College (South Carolina).—The new barracks, built at a cost of $22,480, contains 100 rooms, with steam heat, electric lights, and water.

University of Wisconsin.-Added the north wing to University Hall at a cost of $52,243. On the first floor of the new wing are the offices of the president and the regis

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CHANGES IN COURSES OF STUDY.

Alabama Polytechnic Institute.-Established a course of study in architecture leading to the degree of bachelor of science and a three-year course in veterinary medicine leading to the degree of doctor of veterinary medicine. Established a separate and independent professorship in animal industry.

Colorado Agricultural College.-Established a three-year course in veterinary science, to take effect September, 1907; the two-year practical courses in agriculture and domestic science lengthened from three months to five months; abolished the first subfreshman year, and after June, 1908, no work below freshman year will be offered. University of Idaho.-Added a department for instruction in library science and established a summer school of agriculture.

Purdue University (Indiana).—Established courses in forestry and chemical engineering.

Iowa College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts.—Offers instruction in poultry husbandry.

Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College. Opened its doors to women.

Montana College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts.-The four-year college course in horticulture has been changed to horticulture and forestry; established a two-year course in pharmacy, a four-week creamery course, and ten-day agricultural courses. University of Nebraska.—The two-year course in domestic science has been changed to a four-year course in home economics.

Rutgers Scientific School (New Jersey State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts.)— Established a course in mechanical engineering.

New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts.-Added four-year courses in electrical engineering and civil engineering, a two-year course in commerce, and a four months' winter course in agriculture and household economics covering a period of two years.

North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts.—The two-year course in agriculture has been shortened to a one-year course whose instruction is purely agricultural. There have been established a special course (ten weeks) in carding and spinning and a similar course in weaving and designing.

North Dakota Agricultural College. The two-year teachers' course was extended to three years to admit of more instruction in mechanic arts and agriculture. A four-year course in civil engineering has been added.

Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College.-Established a correspondence course in agriculture covering two years.

Rhode Island College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts.-The four-year college courses in pure science-biology, chemistry, and general science—were modified and recombined into a "teachers' course in applied science," with options in the junior and senior years for specialization in biology, chemistry, or agriculture. The engineering courses, in the same way, were combined and materially strengthened, parallel options in the last two years allowing specialization in mechanical, electrical, highway, or chemical engineering. The first year of a college four-year course in home economics was outlined. Two-year emergency courses in agriculture and in engineering were established to meet the needs of those who are unable to take the regular college courses.

Clemson Agricultural College (South Carolina).—Added a four-year course in agriculture and chemistry leading to the B. S. degree. ·

State College of Washington.—A new three-year school of forestry has been instituted. West Virginia University.-A department of mining engineering has been added to the college of engineering, and a department of agricultural extension work and one of road construction added to the college of agriculture.

Agricultural and Mechanical College for the Colored Race (North Carolina).—Added a teachers' training department for the preparation of men who have been trained in agricultural and mechanical lines to teach in agricultural and mechanical schools and to carry industrial education to the masses in the rural districts. Also added a preparatory class for students coming especially from rural districts.

COURSES OF STUDY.

The courses of study offered by the several institutions considered in this chapter are as follows:

ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE.

Undergraduate courses of four years (B. S.).—Chemistry and agriculture; civil engineering; electrical engineering; mechanical engineering; mining engineering; architecture; general course; pharmacy; chemistry and metallurgy.

Short courses.-Agriculture (1 year); agriculture (2 years), mechanic arts (2 years); pharmacy (2 years); pharmacy (3 years, Ph. C.); veterinary medicine (3 years, D. V. M.).

Other courses.-Graduate.

AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE FOR NEGROES (ALABAMA).

English primary course (3 years); preparatory (3 years); normal (4 years); agriculture (B. A. S., 4 years); mechanical (B. M. S., 4 years); scientific (B. S., 4 years); literary (B. S., 4 years).

Industrial courses.-Carpentry (3 years); agriculture (3 years); ironworking (3 years); brick masonry (3 years); shoemaking (3 years); broom making (1 year); chair bottoming (1 year); tailoring (2 years); nurse training (2 years); sewing (3 years); millinery (1 year); cooking (2 years); laundry (2 years); printing (3 years); machine shop (4 years); shorthand (1 year).

UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA.

Undergraduate courses of four years.-Literary (Ph. B.); scientific (B. S.); civil engineering (B. S.); mechanical engineering (B. S.); mining engineering (B. S.); metallurgy (B. S.); agriculture (B. S.).

Other courses.-Graduate; preparatory (4 years).

UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS.

Undergraduate courses of four years.—Liberal culture courses (A. B. or B. S.); mechanical engineering (B. M. E.); civil engineering (B. C. E.); electrical engineering (B. E. E.); mining engineering (B. Mi. E.); chemical engineering (B. Ch. E.); agriculture (B. S. A.); chemistry (B. S. C.).

Short courses.-Mechanic arts (2 or 3 years); electrical engineering (2 years); agriculture (2 years); agriculture (2 weeks).

Other courses.-Normal (4 years, L. I.); graduate; preparatory (2 years); music; art; law; medicine.

BRANCH NORMal college (arKANSAS).

Preparatory course (3 years); normal (4 years, L. I.); classical (6 years, A. B.); mechanic arts (4 years); manual training (4 years); sewing; typewriting and stenography.

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA.

Undergraduate courses of four years.—Letters (A. B.); social science (B. L.); natural sciences (B. S.); commerce (B. S.); agriculture (general course, B. S.); agriculture

(B. S.); mining engineering (B. S.); railroad engineering (B. S.); sanitary engineering (B. S.); irrigation engineering (B. S.); chemistry (B. S.); sugar technology (B. S.); architecture (B. S.).

Short courses.-Agriculture (2 years); dairying (8 weeks); fruit growing (2 weeks); irrigation (1 week); animal industry (4 weeks); dairying (4 weeks); general agriculture (4 weeks); nutrition (3 weeks); entomology (4 weeks); viticulture (4 weeks). Other courses.-Pharmacy (2 years, Ph. C.); graduate; law; medicine; postgraduate medicine; dental; Lick astronomical department; Mark Hopkins Institute of Art.

COLORADO AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.

Undergraduate courses of four years (B. S.).—Agriculture; horticulture; mechanical engineering; civil and irrigation engineering; electrical engineering; general science; domestic science; architecture.

Short courses.- —Agriculture (2 years of 5 months each); farmers' short course (2 weeks); domestic science (2 years of 5 months each); veterinary medicine (3 years, D. V. S.).

CONNECTICUT AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.

Undergraduate courses of four years (B. S.).—Agriculture; domestic science.
Four-year courses (secondary)—Agriculture; domestic science.

Short courses.-Agriculture (2 years for graduates of high schools); agriculture (2 years for men 17 years of age or over who have not had a high school education); rural school teaching (2 years); mechanic arts, surveying, or drafting (2 years); domestic science (2 years); pomology (12 weeks); poultry (6 weeks); forestry (6 weeks); also 32 ten-day courses arranged in groups, beginning in January and ending in March.

DELAWARE COLLEGE.

Undergraduate courses of four years.—Classical (A. B.); Latin-scientific (A. B.); agriculture (B. S.); general science (B. S.); civil engineering (B. S.); mechanical engineering (B. S.); electrical engineering (B. S.).

Short courses.-Agriculture (1 or 2 years); agriculture (10 weeks, winter).
Other courses.-Graduate.

STATE COLLEGE FOR COLORED STUDENTS (DELAWARE).

Undergraduate courses of four years (B. S.).-Latin-scientific; agriculture; engineering. Industrial courses (2 years).-Woodworking; engineering; blacksmithing; machine shop; cooking; sewing; dressmaking.

Other courses.-Normal (3 years); preparatory (2 years).

UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA.

Undergraduate courses of four years.-Literary (A. B.); general science (B. S.); agriculture (B. S.); civil engineering (B. S.); mechanical engineering (B. S.); eléctrical engineering (B. S.); pedagogy (A. B.).

Short courses.-Mechanic arts (2 years); agriculture (2 years); pedagogy (3 years).

FLORIDA STATE NORMAL AND INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL FOR COLORED STUDENTS.

Preparatory (2 years); normal (4 years;) music.

Industrial courses.-Agriculture; dairying; sewing; cooking; laundry; millinery; nursing; printing; carpentry; painting; blacksmithing and wheelwrighting; tailoring.

GEORGIA STATE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND MECHANIC ARTS.

Undergraduate courses of four years (B. S.).—General science; agriculture; civil engineering; electrical engineering; forest engineering.

Short courses.-Agriculture (1 year); agriculture (12 weeks).

Other courses.-Graduate.

GEORGIA STATE INDUSTRIAL COLLEGE FOR COLORED YOUTHS.

Preparatory (3 years); normal (3 years); collegiate (4 years, A. B.).

Industrial courses (three years each).—Agriculture; carpentry; blacksmithing; wheelwrighting; masonry; painting; tailoring; shoemaking; sewing.

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Undergraduate courses of four years.—Classical (A. B.); scientific (B. S.); agriculture and horticulture (B. S.); mechanical and electrical engineering (B. S.); civil engineering (B. S.); mining engineering (B. S.); domestic economy (B. S.). Short courses.-Farm dairying and horticulture (4 to 6 weeks, winter).

Other courses.-Agriculture (secondary, 4 years); preparatory (3 years); music (4 years, B. M.).

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS.

Undergraduate courses of four years.-General courses allowing a wide range of electives (A. B.); commerce and industry (A. B.); architecture (B. S.); architectural engineering (B. S.); architectural decoration (B. S.); civil engineering (B. S.); electrical engineering (B. S.); mechanical engineering (B. S.); railway civil engineering (B. S.); railway electrical engineering (B.S.); railway mechanical engineering (B.S.); municipal and sanitary engineering (B. S.); chemistry (B. S.); chemical engineering (B. S.); ceramics (B. S.); ceramic engineering (B. S.); cement making (B. S.); physics (B. S.); general science (B. S.); household science (B. S.); mathematics (B. S.); pre-medical (B. S.); agriculture (B. S.); landscape gardening (B. S.); library science (B. L. S.). Other courses.—Preparatory; graduate; music; law; medicine; dentistry; pharmacy.

PURDUE UNIVERSITY (INDIANA).

Undergraduate courses of four years (B. S.).—Mechanical engineering; civil engineering; sanitary engineering; electrical engineering; telephone engineering; chemical engineering; agriculture; general science; biology; chemistry; physics; household economics; forestry; industrial art; pharmacy.

Short courses.-Agriculture (2 years); agriculture (8 weeks); horticulture (8 weeks); dairying (8 weeks); animal husbandry (8 weeks); pharmacy (2 years of 37 and 27 weeks, Ph. G.).

Other courses.-Graduate.

IOWA COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND MECHANIC ARTS.

Undergraduate courses of four years.—Agronomy (B. S. A.); dairying (B. S. A.); animal husbandry (B. S. A.); horticulture and forestry (B. S. A.); science and agriculture (B. S. A.); mechanical engineering (B. M. E.); civil engineering (B. C. E.); electrical engineering (B. S.); mining engineering (B. S.); ceramics (B. E. M.); science as related to industries (B. S.); general and domestic science (B. S.); domestic science

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