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COLLEGES AND SEMINARIES OF LEARNING.

STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.

HON. J. M. GREGORY, Supt. of Public Instruction :

DEAR SIR-During the past year the officers of the State Agricultural College have been as follows:

T. C. Abbott, A. M., President, Professor of History and English Literature.

Manly Miles, M. D., Professor of Zoology and Animal Physiology.

Ç. A. Kenaston, A. B., Instructor of the Preparatory Class. R. C. Kedzie, A. M., M. D., Professor of Chemistry. Albert N. Prentiss, B. S., Instructor in Botany and Horticulture and Superintendent of the Gardens.

Oscar Clute, B. S., Instructor in Pure and Applied Mathematics.

- Superintendent of the Farm.

For the first half year there was also a Superintendent of the Farm; but at present, the professors of the different departments, all men of experience-take immediate oversight of whatever work is illustrative of the principles they teach.

Last season the farm and grounds were remapped, and roads and fences have to a considerable extent assumed the plan they are expected permanently to occupy. A soil and subsoil survey of the farm has been begun, and the results indicated by colored maps. The eastern slope of the vegetable garden has been underdrained, as well as a piece of ground for a pear orchard.

During the summer eastern herds of Deven and short horn

cattle were visited, and some excellent stock purchased for the College.

A Herbarium of about 20,000 specimens, the collection of the late D. Cooley, M. D., was presented to the college by his widow, Mrs. Babbitt, of Washington, Macomb county. It will be of great service to the College.

Various additions to the Laboratory, Museum, Library, etc., have been made to the means of illustration.

By the acceptance of the grant of lands made by Congress for the support of colleges for instruction in Agriculture and other Arts, the State becomes possessed of 240,000 acres of land. The State has provided for the location, sale and investment of funds arising from the sale of these lands, and has directed that all moneys accruing shall be delivered over to the State Board of Agriculture for the use of the Agricultural College. The Legislative appropriation for the years 1863-1864 was $18,000:

The course of instruction has not been materially altered during the past year. In common with some other institutions, and looking forward to a time when more may be done in that direction, an elementary course of lectures on Military Engineering and another on Military Hygiene has been introduced. Regular courses of lectures have been delivered on the Manual Operations on the Farm, and on Horticulture. The course of study and text books, are as follows:

PREPARATORY CLASS.

First Half Year.-Arithmetic, Descriptive Geography, Eng/lish Grammar.

Second Half Year.-Algebra, Natural Philosophy, Composition.

COLLEGE COURSE-FRESHMAN CLASS.

First Half Year.-Algebra, Geology, Geometry, Book-keeping.

Second Half Year.-Trigonometry, Surveying, Entomology, Principles of Stock-breeding, History.

SOPHOMORE CLASS.

First Half Year.-Physics, Structural Botany and Vegetable Physiology, Elementary Chemistry.

Second Half Year.-Physics, Analytical Chemistry, Systematic Botany, Horticulture.

JUNIOR CLASS.

First Half Year.-English Literature, Agricultural Chemistry, Animal Physiology.

Second Half Year.-Industrial Drawing, Landscape Gardening, Rhetoric, Zoology.

SENIOR CLASS.

First Half Year.-Induction Logic, Mental Philosophy, Civil Engineering.

Second Half Year.-Astronomy, Moral Philosophy, Political Economy.

Declamation every six weeks during the course. Compositions every two weeks.

Drill in Infantry Tactics twice each week.

A Lecture is given in the Chapel each Tuesday afternoon, as follows:

On Horticulture, the 1st Tuesday of each month.

On Applications of Chemistry to the Arts, 2d Tuesday.

On Manual operations on the Farm, 3d Tuesday.

On Care and Feeding of Domestic Animals, Health, and on various topics, 4th and 5th Tuesdays.

On Military Hygiene, the 1st Friday.

On Military Fortifications and field operations, the 2d Friday.

SELECT COURSE.

Persons of suitable age and acquirements who desire to pursue one or more of the branches of study more closely related to Agriculture, (such as Chemistry, Botany, Animal Physiology, &c.,) may be received for a less time than is requisite for the full course. They will also be allowed to change from the regular to a select course if it be done before commencing the studies of a term.

They will all be required to go into one or more of the College classes; to perform three hours labor in one of the regular work divisions; and to be in all respects subject to the rules and discipline of the College.

On leaving, they may, if they have completed one or more branches of study, receive a certificate of their attainments in the branches pursued.

TEXT BOOKS.

Mathematics, Robinson; Surveying, Davies; Geography, Mitchell; Grammar, Green; Natural Philosophy, Wells; History, Weber; Entomology, Harris; Stock-breeding, Goodale; Geology, Dana; Botany, Gray; Physics, Muller, Bird, or Silliman; Chemistry, Turner; Analytical Chemistry, Will, Galloway, and Wohler; English Literature, Chambers and Spaulding; Agricultural Chemistry, Johnston and Liebig; Physiology, Milne Edwards, and Dalton; Industrial Drawing, Warren or Mahan; Landscape Gardening, Downing or Kemp; Rhetoric, Whately; Zoology, Agassiz and Gould, and Carpenter; Inductive Logic, Herschell; Civil Engineering, Mahan, &c.

Particular attention is called to the course of study as laid down above. It is believed to be sufficient to impart thorough mental discipline and such information as is required by the general student. Its peculiar feature is the prominence given to the physical sciences. Botany, Chemistry, and Animal Physiology, in place of the few weeks study required in other Colleges, are here pursued from one to two years each. Practical Agriculture, Horticulture, Stock-breeding, Entomology, and Meteorology, subjects which in other Colleges are disposed of in a few lectures, or entirely ignored, are here prominent features of the course.

The College has a farm of several hundred acres, and three hours manual labor is required of each student daily. The Sophomore class work the entire year in the various gardens, under the Professor of Horticulture. The Juniors spend the entire year on the farm. The other classes alternate between farm and garden. As this labor is to some degree remunerated,