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Michigan State Agricultural College BY PRESIDENT ABBOT
A catalogue was issued in 1861, which has been followed annually by others. A report was issued in 1862, and regular reports have been issued since that time, so the record of succeeding events is plain.
Under the new law the Board of Agriculture consists of six appointed members, two being appointed every other year, by the Governor of the State. The term of office is six years. The Governor of the State and the President of the college are ex-offlcio members of the board. The course of study is to be of not less than four years, and is liberal in its range, languages being neither mentioned nor excluded. Soon after the opening of the spring term of 1861, a four years' course of study, and an additional preparatory course of one year was adopted.
Although the civil war had broken out, and students were leaving the college to enlist, the attendance was sixteen greater than in 1860.
Since its reorganization in 1861, the college has gone steadily on, making progress and friends.
In 1862 the congressional grant of 240, 000 acres was made, and serves now (1883), to yield the college an annual income of $22, 000. The present president of the college was elected to his position in November, 1862. The catalogue of 1861 shows a faculty of four professors, an instructor, and a superintendent of the farm. The catalogue for 1883 shows a president, nine professors, a secretary, who is a member of the faculty, a librarian, and six subordinate officers of instruction. The college buildings in 1861 were a college hall, a boarding hall, a brick barn, and five dwellings. By the middle of next year there will be eleven dwelling houses, two dormitories, a college hall, chemical laboratory, botanical laboratory, greenhouse, library hall, astronomical observatory, apiary, a boiler house, and eight farm and garden barns.
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