VACANCIES. "Vacancies occurring shall also be filled by the county court as herein before provided." JOINT SENATORS. "In senatorial and representative districts composed of more than one county, the senator or representative for that district shall have the power to nominate or appoint one student for such district, who shall be received in said college on the same terms as the students appointed by the county court." FEMALES TO BE APPOINTED. "One-third of said students appointed as aforesaid may be females." Each applicant for a free scholarship must apply to the Senator or Representative of his county and be appointed by him. His appointment must then be forwarded to the county superintendent of schools of that county, who will examine the applicant; and, if he s found prepared to enter the college, his name will be handed to he county judge by the county school superintendent during the ession of the county court. The county judge then selects the numer to which his county is entitled, by lot, and issues appointments o the applicants thus selected. EXPERIMENTAL STATION. The work of the station will be a prominent feature of the instiution. Bulletins will be issued in the near future, giving such infornation as may be thought of interest and importance to the public. The course of study will be in strict accordance with the act of ongress constituting the experiment station, namely: Section 2. That it shall be the object and duty of said experiment tation to conduct original researches or verify experiments on the hysiology of plants and animals; the diseases to which they are everally subject, with the remedies for the same; the chemical comosition of useful plants at their different stages of growth; the comarative advantages of rotative cropping as pursued under a varying eries of crops; the capacity of new plants or trees for acclimation; he analysis of soils and water; the chemical composition of manures, atural or artificial, with experiments designed to test their compartive effects on crops of different kinds; the adaptation and value of rasses and forage plants; the composition and digestibility of the ifferent kinds of food for domestic animals; the scientific and ecoomic questions involved in the production of butter and cheese, and uch other researches or experiments bearing directly on the agri cultural industry of the United States as may in each case be deemed advisable, having due regard to the varying conditions and needs of the respective states and territories. DEGREES, ETC. Students in the agricultural course must take one term each in wood and iron work in the shops. Students in the agricultural or scientific course may take Latin, French or German during the second and third years, provided it does not conflict with the regular course of studies. In the mechanical department, during the fourth year, special studies in mechanics will be assigned by the professor, and the students may take Latin, French or German during the second, third and fourth years, provided it does not conflict with the regular course of studies. The agricultural course of three years leads to the degree of bachelor of agricultural science; the household economy course of three years, to the degree of bachelor of household economy; the mechanical course of four years, to the degree of bachelor of mechanical engineering; the scientific course of four years, to the degree of bachelor of science; the literary course of four years, to the degree of bachelor of letters. The degrees of bachelor of household economy and bachelor of letters are only conferred upon ladies. CONDITIONS OF ADMISSION. TO THE PREPARATORY DEPARTMENT. 1. The applicant must be fifteen years old. 2. He must pass a satisfactory examination in reading, writing, spelling, elementary geography, and in arithmetic to percentage. TO THE FIRST YEAR'S COLLEGE CLASS. 1. The applicant must pass a satisfactory examination in reading, writing, spelling, geography, arithmetic and elementary grammar. 2. Tuition in each case must be paid in advance. EXPENSES. TUITION. Tuition is five dollars per term, or fifteen dollars per session for each student. State students (those holding appointments) have free tuition. BOARD AND LODGING. Board and lodging may be obtained in good families for three and a half or four dollars a week. Board and lodging in the dormitory may be had at two and one quarter dollars per week. The estimated expenses are as follows: Board, at $2.25 per week Tuition Uniform (coat, pants, vest and cap), about Total for year-. $ 95 00 15 00 16 00 24 00 $150 00 STATE NORMAL SCHOOL. MONMOUTH, OREGON. FACULTY. P. L. CAMPBELL, A. B., President and Professor of Didactics and Latin. J. M. POWELL, A. M., Professor of Mathematics. MISS SARAH TUTHILL, Professor of Literature and Elocution. SOLON SHEDD, B. S., Professor of Natural Science and Book-keeping. MISS BESSIE M. GIBSON, MISS JULIA H. BARRETT, Teacher of Music. W. A. WANN, Assistant Teacher of Mathematics. SOLON SHEDD, Secretary of the Faculty. Assistant Teachers, MEMBERS OF THE SENIOR CLASS. J. L. DUNN, Professor of Mathematics and Physics. At the annual meeting of the board of trustees in June, Professor J. M. Powell was elected vice-president of the normal school. THE OREGON STATE NORMAL SCHOOL. The State normal school has now been in operation at Monmouth seven years. The extent to which the necessity for such a school in the State was felt is seen by the fact that as soon as the school was organized, students from different parts of the State began to gather in to enjoy the advantages of normal training. During the first year 104 students were enrolled. These going forth with the enthusiasm that the normal school always gives its students, and with the work of the school becoming better known, caused the enrollment during the second year to more than double that of the first year, there being 216 students enrolled. The students of the second year came from sixteen of the twenty-five counties of the State, so that the influence of the work began to be felt generally. Everything indicated a similar rate of increase for the third year, but the destruction of the crops by the rain, low priced of grain, and consequent "hard times," so affecting all branches of business, particularly schools, prevented the expected increase, yet the enrollment for the year was 202. The fourth year was one of great prosperity. Though the hard times of the former year continued to oppress the country, students came from all parts of the State, as well as from adjoining territories, so that the number of students enrolled was 227. The fifth year showed a healthy growth from former years. The year opened with a good attendance, which was increased by later arrivals, until the enrollment reached the gratifying number 261. The sixth year the attendance was so large that it was found nec essary to drop all the lower grades, and thus suspend the model school until our new building should be completed. This caused the appearance of a decrease in numbers, when in reality the number of normal students had increased. With the increase in students the enthusiasm became greater throughout; so that the work of this year surpassed all that had preceded. Omitting all pupils in the lower grades, the attendance this year was 197. The eighth year, just closed, has far surpassed all others in numbers, enthusiasm and good work. One marked improvement is that the attendance holds out better to the end of the year. Students are seeing more clearly the importance of attending a full year at a time. This makes their work more thorough and more systematic. There has been an attendance this year of 216 different students. The indication is that with our new building and the increasing popularity of the school, the growth for the coming year will be greater than ever before. Our normal graduates are filling various important positions in the schools of this and other states, as will be seen by referring to the names of graduates on page five. These are doing their duties in the class-room, and helping to advance the general educational interests of the State in a way that argues more for the normal school than any words can do. Hundreds of undergraduates are engaged in teaching and doing good work. In this connection it is pleasant to note the hearty coöperation of the State Superintendent, the State board of education, and county superintendents throughout the State. All these gentlemen show the interest they feel in the success of the schools of our State by encouraging the State normal school in its work of preparing better teachers. The result of this hearty coöperation of those in charge of our educational work in the State with the normal school, must be great good to the public schools, and through them to the people of the entire State. In the biennial report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, Hon. E. B. McElroy makes the following unanswerable argument for the normal school: "The great majority of children in this State must be educated in the public schools. Poor instruction is disastrous in our primary schools. The necessity of trained teachers is apparent when we consider that the first steps of the child are the most important, as well as the most difficult. Here it is that the skill and experience of our best teachers should be applied. It is a great mistake to suppose that "any one can teach a primary school," and as a result of placing mere novices in charge of young children incalculable injury is often done. The importance of doing good work in the |