IOWA STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, TO HIS EXCELLENCY, SAMUEL MERRILL, GOVERNOR : In accordance with the provisions of the statute defining the duties of the "Board of Trustees of the Iowa State Agricultural College and Farm," I have the honor to submit herewith the reports of the several officers of the Board, and of the different committees appointed by the Board, which together constitute the report of the Board of Trustees, and contain full and complete statements of all transactions of the Board. By order of the Board of Trustees. H. M. THOMSON, Secretary. BOARD OF TRUSTEES. Ex-Officio - HON. A. S. WELCH, Ames. Ex-Officio-GOV. SAMUEL MERRILL, Des Moines. 1st District-0. H. P. BUCHANAN, Mt. Pleasant; Term expires May 1, 1872. 2d District-HON. J. D. WRIGHT, Chariton; Term expires May 1, 1872. 3d District-JAMES H. WOODBURY, Leon; Term expires May 1 1872. 4th District-J. C. CUSEY, Dakota; Term expires May 1, 1870. 5th District-HON. OLIVER MILLS,* Lewis; Term expires May 1, 1870. 6th District-HON. T. A. MORGAN, Webster; Term expires May 1, 1870. 7th District—HON. C. E. LEFFINGWELL, Wheatland; Term expires May 1, 1872. 8th District-HON. JOHN RUSSELL, Wyoming; Term expires May 1, 1870. 9th District-HON. PETER MELENDY, Cedar Falls; Term expires May 1, 1872. 10th District-HON. R. A. RICHARDSON, Illyria; Term expires May 1, 1872. 11th District-HON. B. F. GUE, Fort Dodge; Term expires May 1, 1870. 12th District-HON. R. W. HUMPHREY, Charles City; Term expires May 1, 1870. * Elected to fill vacancy occasioned by the death of Dr. T. K. Brooks. HON. JOHN RUSSELL, HON. R. W. HUMPHREY, HON. B. F. GUE. BUILDING COMMITTEE. HON. JOHN RUSSELL, HON. R. W. HUMPHREY, HON. B. F. GUE. COMMITTEE ON ORGANIZATION AND FACULTY. Hon. B. F. GUE, HON. PETER MELENDY, HON. JOHN RUSSELL, HON. A. S. WELCH, President. FACULTY. HON. A. S. WELCH, M. A., PRESIDENT. GEORGE. W. JONES, M. A., PROFESSOR OF MATHEMATICS. HON. NORTON S. TOWNSHEND, M. D., PROFESSOR OF PRACTICAL AGRICULTURE. ALBERT E. FOOTE, M. D., ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF CHEMISTRY. O. H. ST. JOHN, B. S., ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF GEOLOGY. (NOT ON DUTY.)' MRS. CATHERINE S. POTTER, MATRON. MISS AUGUSTA MATHEWS., TEACHER OF PIANO MUSIC. MISS LILLIE BEAUMONT, TEACHER OF THE FRENCH AND GERMAN LANGUAGES. HON. HUGH M. THOMSON, SUPERINTENDENT OF THE FARM. [No. 16.] PRESIDENT'S REPORT. IOWA STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, 1870. } AMES, STORY COUNTY, IOWA, January 10, 1870. TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. GENTLEMEN: In the plan of organization of the Iowa State Agricultural College, adopted November 21, 1868, you require that the President shall make an annual report to the Trustees on the condition and progress of the college, together with his views as to the additional facilities needful for its further development, and embodying the reports of other officers in their various departments. The first regular year of the College was opened March 17th, 1869. On the same day the college building was dedicated and the officers inaugurated with appropriate exercises. Addresses by Hon. John Scott, Hon B. F. Gue, Hon. John Russell, Prof. Parker, Dr. Townshend and the President, were given before a crowded audience gathered from all parts of the State. A copy of these addresses, published by order of the Board, is hereby transmitted for preservation in the archives of the College. On the two following days, March 18th and 19th, applicants for admission were classified by written examinations in local geography, arithmetic, English grammar, reading and spelling, and those who were found proficient in these branches were enrolled in the college class. Others whose progress in the above studies fell below the required standard, but was still sufficient to enable them in all probability to enter college after a year's study, were classified in the preparatory department. A few who had never studied English grammar and had made little advancement in geography and arithmetic were rejected. The two departments thus organinzed rapidly increased in number, |