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Michigan State Agricultural College BY PRESIDENT ABBOT
The second division studied arithmetic, elementary algebra, and grammar; and the third division, arithmetic, geography, and grammar. In a term or two chemistry was introduced, and, in 1858, " the faculty formed and presented to the board a four years' course of study. The board directed certain changes to be made, especially that the course should be, arranged for two and not three terms a year; and that German and French, which had been proposed as defectives, should be left out.
The scheme is given:
1859
COURSE OF STUDY----TWO TERMS A YEAR
First Year
First Term. —Algebra, History, Analysis.
Second Term. —Algebra, Geometry, Physical Geography, Natural Philosophy, Rhetoric.
Second Year
First Term. —Geometry, Trigonometry, Chemistry, Botany, Arboriculture. Second Tenn. —Surveying, Drawing, Analytical Chemistry, Logic, Bookkeeping.
Third Year
First Term. —Mechanics, Engineering, Organic Chemistry, Rhetoric. Second Term. —Civil Engineering, Vegetable and Animal Physiology, English Literature, —Anglo-Saxon Elective
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Fourth Year
First Term. —Astronomy, Entomology, Veterinary, Mental Philosophy. Second Term. —Political Economy, Constitutional Law, Geology, Mineralogy, Moral Philosophy.
The labor system began on the plan of making the school one in which the student should nearly support himself by Ms labor. President Williams says in his report, April 1, 1858: "The paramount object is to enable the student to support himself by his own labor while acquiring his education. " He adds, "It is quite probable that balances will be charged against the first classes of students, while successive classes, under the superior facilities the institution will afford for cheapening the cost of articles of consumption, may easily support themselves.
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