Author of the Morrill Act approved July 2, 1862, which provided grants of land for the endowment of colleges to be organized for the education of the industrial classes. He also sponsored a Second Morrill Act, approved August 30, 1890, which authorized annual appropriations of $25,000 to each of the land-grant colleges and universities. HISTORY OF THE KANSAS STATE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND APPLIED SCIENCE By JULIUS TERRASS WILLARD, Sc. D. KANSAS STATE COLLEGE PRESS MANHATTAN, KANSAS 1940 Το 'O members of Governing Boards who have held their appointments as civic trusts, and as mandates to promote education in the State of Kansas; To members of the Faculty, who by conscious design, or by unconscious result, through intelligence, scholarship, industry, and integrity, have created the standards of instruction and research; To the Students and Graduates, whose earnestness of purpose, scientific and practical attainments, occupational success, and private and public service have created good will in the State; and To all whose lofty ideals, breadth of vision, faith in the future, firmness of purpose, and tenacity in performance have made KANSAS STATE COLLEGE, This volume is humbly, gratefully, and sincerely M90053 |