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... University in New York . 173 Illinois Industrial University ( University of Illinois ) . 181 Part 4. Preparation for large undertakings in agricultural education , 1871-1900 _.__ 192 The Chicago meeting of 1871 .. 192 The Washington ...
... University in New York . 173 Illinois Industrial University ( University of Illinois ) . 181 Part 4. Preparation for large undertakings in agricultural education , 1871-1900 _.__ 192 The Chicago meeting of 1871 .. 192 The Washington ...
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... University of Pennsylvania . The cur- riculum framed by the first provost of the college , William Smith , in 1754 , included the chemistry of agriculture . State funds were loaned to the University of Pennsylvania and A HISTORY OF ...
... University of Pennsylvania . The cur- riculum framed by the first provost of the college , William Smith , in 1754 , included the chemistry of agriculture . State funds were loaned to the University of Pennsylvania and A HISTORY OF ...
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... University of Georgia soon after that war . St. John's College and Washington College in Maryland , the University of Virginia , and South Carolina College regularly received State appropriations from the time of their establishment ...
... University of Georgia soon after that war . St. John's College and Washington College in Maryland , the University of Virginia , and South Carolina College regularly received State appropriations from the time of their establishment ...
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... university . " Congress granted lands for schools to Ohio when it became a State in 1802 and for a university in 1803. Similar grants of land for educational purposes were made by Congress from time to time to the Territories and States ...
... university . " Congress granted lands for schools to Ohio when it became a State in 1802 and for a university in 1803. Similar grants of land for educational purposes were made by Congress from time to time to the Territories and States ...
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... university , at or near the seat of government , and such other universities , colleges , and schools of education as the funds of the institution will enable them to do , whether in the city of Washington or in other parts of the ...
... university , at or near the seat of government , and such other universities , colleges , and schools of education as the funds of the institution will enable them to do , whether in the city of Washington or in other parts of the ...
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Page 204 - Agriculture, the general designs and duties of which shall be to acquire and to diffuse among the people of the United States useful information on subjects connected with agriculture in the most general and comprehensive sense of that word, and to procure, propagate, and distribute among the people new and valuable seeds and plants.
Page 100 - ... without excluding other scientific and classical studies, and including military tactics, to teach such branches of learning as are related to agriculture and the mechanic arts, in such manner as the legislatures of the States may respectively prescribe, in order to promote the liberal and practical education of the industrial classes in the several pursuits and professions in life.
Page 100 - State which may take and claim the benefit of this act to the endowment, support, and maintenance of at least one college where the leading object shall be, without excluding other scientific and classical studies, and including military tactics, to teach such branches of learning as are related to agriculture and the mechanic arts...
Page 100 - ... shall constitute a perpetual fund, the capital of which shall remain forever undiminished (except so far as may be provided in section fifth of this act) and the interest of which shall be inviolably appropriated by each State which may take and claim the benefit of this act to the endowment, support, and maintenance of at least one college...
Page 100 - If any portion of the fund invested, as provided by the foregoing section, or any portion of the interest thereon, shall, by any action or contingency, be diminished or lost, it shall be replaced by the State to which it belongs, so that the capital of the fund shall remain forever undiminished...
Page 204 - ... effects on crops of different kinds; the adaptation and value of grasses and forage plants; the composition and digestibility of the different kinds of...
Page 100 - No portion of said fund, nor the interest thereon, shall be applied, directly or indirectly, under any pretense whatever, to the purchase, erection, preservation, or repair of any building or buildings.
Page 100 - Fourth. An annual report shall be made regarding the progress of each college, recording any improvements and experiments made, with their cost and results, and such other matters, including State industrial and economical statistics, as may be supposed useful...
Page 99 - Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be granted to the several States, for the purposes hereinafter mentioned, an amount of public land, to be apportioned to each State a quantity equal to thirty thousand acres for each Senator and Representative in Congress to which the States are respectively entitled by the apportionment under the census of eighteen hundred and sixty: Provided, That no mineral lands shall be...
Page 74 - The proceeds of all lands that have been, or may hereafter be granted by the United States to the State for the support of a University, shall be and remain a perpetual fund, to be called