SENIOR CLASS. First Term.-Student's History of France; Student's Hume; Lectures. Second Term.-History of the United States; Constitution of the United States. VII. SCHOOL OF MODERN LANGUAGES. JUNIOR CLASS. First Term. German.-Ahn's New Method; Adler's Reader. French.-Fasquelle's Grammar; Telemaque. Italian.-Cuore's Grammar; Foresti's Reader. Spanish.— Schele De Vere's Grammar; Velasquez's Reader. Second Term. German.---Ahn's Method; Adler's Reader; Schiller's Maid of Orleans. French.--Fasquelle's Grammar; Telemaque; Voltaire's Charles XII. Italian.— Cuore's Grammar; Foresti's Reader; Tasso. Spanish.-Schele De Vere's Grammar; Valesque's Reader; Don Quijote. SENIOR CLASS. First Term. German.-Schiller's Mary Stuart and William Tell; Composition and Conversation in German. French.-Corinne; Racine; Composition and Conversation in French. Italian.-Tasso; Goldoni. Spanish.-Don Quijote. Second Term. German.-Goethe's Iphigenia and Reineke Fuch's; Lessing's Minna Von Barnhelm. French.--Moliere's Comedies; Voltaire's Tragedies. Italian.-Dante. Spanish.-Calderon. VIII. SCHOOL OF CIVIL ENGINEERING AND MINING. In this School will be taught Geometrical and Topographical Drawing, Tinting, Shading, and Lettering; Descriptive Geometry; Lineal Perspective; Shades and Shadows; Practical Astronomy; Road Engineering; the use of Engineering Instruments; Leveling; Architectural Drawing, Geology of Mining Districts; Metallurgy; Mining Engineering; Construction of Furnaces; Determination; Mineralogy; and History of Mining Operations. IX. SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS. In this School will be taught Music, Drawing, Painting, and Landscape Gardening. X. SCHOOL OF MILITARY TACTICS. The Course will comprise Practical and Theoretical Instruction in the Tactics of the different Arms, Military Discipline, including the Duties of Guards, Sentinels, &c., in accordance with the Tactics and Regulations prescribed for the United States Army. STATE STUDENTS. By the provisions of the act of the Legislature establishing the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Kentucky as one of the Colleges of the University, each Representative district in the State is entitled to send to the College three properly prepared students, free of charge for tuition, for each member the district is entitled to send to the General Assembly. Said students also have the right to receive, free of charge for tuition, the benefit of the instruction given in any College of the University, except the Colleges of Law and Medicine. To enjoy these privileges, young men must be selected by a majority of the Justices of the Peace in the several districts, and be properly vouched for by their certificate. And it is most earnestly recommended to the justices to select a Board of Teachers in each district for the examination of applicants, and to institute a system of competitive examinations, giving all, even the humblest youth, a chance for this State honor. It is expected that the State students will be selected and sent to the College with the settled purpose on their part of completing the whole course of studies prescribed. It is very important that students be present at the beginning of the session, on the first Monday in October. They may experience great difficulty in securing rooms and in arranging their course of study, if their attendance should be delayed for any length of time. MILITARY INSTRUCTION. The act of Congress granting the land scrip requires any Agricultural College receiving the benefit of the grant, to give instruction in military tactics. In accordance with the provisions of this act, regular instruction is given to the students of this College, at stated times, in the Infantry Drill, and Military Discipline and Police, in accordance with the regulations prescribed for the United States army. The Faculty may, for sufficient reasons, exempt any student from Drill. A uniform of cadet grey cloth, such as is usually worn at the military schools in the country, is required, and can be obtained by students on their arrival at the College, at a cost not exceeding that of an ordinary suit. THE ESTATE. For productive, as well as educational purposes, the Estate is divided into two departments-1. The Farm, including the Vegetable Garden; 2. The Ornamental and Experimental Grounds and Gardens, which include the "Woodlands" and the adjoining Plats. The Farm is under the charge of a Superintendent who is a practical farmer. He will have the oversight of all the practical details of the Field, and will give thorough instruction in the art of agriculture. The Ornamental and Experimental Grounds and Gardens, including the orchards, vineyards, nurseries, etc., are under the charge of a competent Horticul turist, who will give thorough practical instruction in his department. In these two departments students will learn to apply, by their own labor, the science that they acquire in the Halls. THE LABOR SYSTEM. All students of the Agricultural and Mechanical College, except such as may be exempted on account of actual physical disability, will be required to spend a portion of their time in active labor on the Estate, or at such of the Mechanical Arts as may be carried on in connection with the same. For this purpose they shall be divided into two classes. The first class shall be composed of those students who may desire "to sustain themselves, in whole or in part, by their labor, while acquiring their education." These shall be required to labor not less than four consecutive hours a day, for six days in the week, on the Farm, for which they shall receive from five to ten cents an hour. During the hours of labor, they shall be under the exclusive control of the Superintendent of the Farm. This class of students shall be divided into two sections. The first section shall labor four hours in the forenoon; the second section shall labor four hours in the afternoon. All other students shall constitute the second class. They shall be required to labor, without compensation, not less than two hours a day, for five days in the week, in the Ornamental and Experimental Grounds and Gardens, for the purpose of physical exercise and practical instruction. During the hours of labor this class of students shall be under the exclusive control of the Superintendent of the Grounds and Gardens, and shall be arranged into as many sections, and shall labor at such hours, as the Faculty may deem proper. During the winter months, active labor may be suspended, in whole or in part, by the Faculty, upon the recommendation of the Superintendents. DORMITORIES. All rooms upon the Estate, which are set apart as dormitories, are reserved for State students. Those upon “ Ashland” will be assigned to students of the first class under the labor system. Those at "Woodlands" will be assigned to students of the second class, under that system. FACULTY. The special Faculty consists of Prof. JOHN A. WILLIAMS, Presiding officer, and Professor of Mental and Moral Philosophy, and the following Professors: HENRY H. WHITE, in Mathematics and Astronomy. ROBERT PETER, in Chemistry and Experimental Philosophy. WILLIAM E. ARNOLD, in Military Tactics. Six Instructors, a Farm Superintendent, and two Stewards, are also employed. NUMBER OF STUDENTS. The number of students enrolled during the session of 1866–7, was 190. LIBRARIES, MUSEUMS, AND APPARATUS. Libraries.-There are Law, Medical and Miscellaneous Libraries belonging to the University, which comprise about 15,000 volumes, open to all students. Museums.-The University Museums contain many valuable collections illustrative of the various departments of Natural History and the Sciences. The Anatomical Museum, is very large, and was secured originally at great cost. Apparatus.-There is a large collection of valuable Chemical, Philosophical, and Astronomical Apparatus, besides a good Laboratory belonging to the University, ample for the present purposes of illustration and instruction. TUITION. Three hundred State students may be received gratuitously; all others pay $30 per session of nine months. REPORT. The report of the Regent, (John B. Bowman,) dated June 26, 1867, is printed with the Catalogue of the University for 1867. Lexington, 8vo., 104 pp CALIFORNIA AGRICULTURAL, MINING AND MECHANICAL ARTS COLLEGE. HISTORY. By an act of the Legislature passed in 186, the California share in the National grant was directed to the establishment of a new institution, (the site of which is still undetermined,) to be known as the Agricultural, Mining and Mechanical Arts College. From unofficial sources, we learn that the Trustees of the "College of California," established at Oakland, (across the bay from San Francisco,) have offered to the Trustees of the " Agricultural, Mining and Mechanical Arts College," a site of land, well adapted to the proposed institution, provided that it shall be located there; and in addition they have offered to give up their own charter, and pass over to the State, their buildings, collections, and all other property, provided that on this foundation and at this place the State shall found the "University of California," bestowing upon it the National scientific school grant, the College of California property, and the State University land-grant. If this plan can be successfully carried out, the prospects of higher education in California will be most encouraging. The National grant for industrial education amounts to one hundred and fifty thousand acres of land. Previously, (by an act approved March 3, 1853,) Congress had granted to California, seventy-two sections, or forty-six thousand and eighty acres of land for the use of a "Seminary of Learning," the proceeds of which are known as the "Seminary fund." The valuation of the Oakland property is unknown to us. In 1864, Prof. J. D. Whitney, the State Geologist, John Swett, Superintendent of Public Instruction, and J. F. Houghton, Surveyor General, a Board of Commissioners especially designated for this purpose by the Legislature, presented a report to His Excellency F. F. Low, Governor of the State, on the establishment of a State University. In this document, which is attributed to the pen of Prof. J. D. Whitney, the concentration of the Industrial School landgrant and the Seminary fund, in one institution, was forcibly advocated, and the importance of organizing at first a school of Practical Science, was clearly set forth. The following propositions were laid down: "First-That there is no provision in the Congressional Acts granting lands to the State, and nothing in the Constitution of the State itself, which particularly defines the character of the proposed institution, and that therefore the Legislature is free to act in the matter within very wide limits. Second-That the interests of the State require the consolidation of the proceeds of the grants of land for a University and for an Agricultural and Mechanical School, so that both these shall be parts of one institution. Third-That it is not advisable, at least for the present, to organize a Collegiate Department in connection with the proposed institution. Fourth-That the institution required by the State, and which will be best adapted to the wants of the people of the Pacific coast, in a School of Practical Science, or a Polytechnic School, meaning thereby an institution where the elements of the Exact and Natural Sciences will be taught, and their practical application to the wants of everyday life, as to mechanics, mining, manufacturing, and agriculture. Fifth-That the collections of the State Geological Survey should be eventually made over to the State University or Polytechnic School, or this institution, organized for the purposes of higher education, in accordance with the Constitution of the State, whatever its name may be; that the interests of the State demand that these collections should be placed in a fire-proof building, which may be called the "State Museum," where they will be accessible for the purposes of instruction, not only to the student, but to the general public; and that for that purpose a Board of Commissioners should be appointed to take the matter in hand, select a suitable location, and erect a building, from funds to be drawn from the State Treasury and other sources, as will be explained further on, and that this Board should also report to the next Legislature a plan for organizing and setting in motion a State Polytechnic School. "The following reasons have led to the recommendation of San Francisco as the point where the proposed University should be established. First-It is the most populous city of the Pacific coast. The number of its inhabitants is probably now over one hundred thousand-a number at least five times as great as that of any other city this side of the Rocky Mountains. This concentration of population at San Francisco is still going on, and will undoubtedly continue for an indefinite period, as this city has natural advantages which no other point on the Pacific coast can show. It is and must remain the commercial and manufacturing emporium of the North Pacific coast of America, and however great the fluctuations in the prosperity of the State of California may be, the march of this city will be onward, since the whole region from Mexico to British Columbia contributes to its support. Second-It is the most central point of the State. One-third, at least, and probably as many as two-fifths of the population of the State lives in the imme diate vicinity of the Bay of San Francisco. By its system of river and bay steamers, it connects together Northern, Southern, and Central California; it is the point where all persons coming from abroad by sea must land, and from which radiate lines of communication in all directions towards the interior. A much larger proportion of the population of the State visit San Francisco than any other point. But: Third-It is by far, and out of all proportion, the wealthiest city in the State. One-third of the taxes which support the State Government is collected at San Francisco, and if the present rate of increase continues, as there is every reason to believe it will, this city will soon be paying one-half the expenses of the State. Fourth-The climate of San Francisco is equable, bracing, and healthy, and is better fitted for sustained study and vigorous intellectual effort than that of any other part of the State." |