that their educational systems are probably much less prosperous than they would have been had they received assistance from the general government similar to that given their sister States.' In the following list institutions wholly or in part supported by the State are designated by the symbol †. Institutions organized or extended in scope in connection with the Morrill Act of 1862 are designated by the symbol *. Institutions maintained in connection with the Hatch Act are designated by the symbol A. Institutions whose names are indented, are subordinated to those which precede them. The total amount of land given by the general government, for State educational work, has been 1,995,920 acres. The total amount appropriated by the States for higher education is shown by Blackmar to have been $27,475,646. I am indebted to Prof. F. W. Blackmar, Prof. W. O. Atwater, and Mr. A. C. True for the facts embodied in the following tables : ALABAMA. (Territory, 1817; State, 1819; Land Grant, 1818-19.) UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA, Tuscaloosa, 1819-21. * ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL College, Auburn, 1872. At CANEBRAKE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION, Uniontown, 1885. No scientific society in the State. ALASKA. (Territory, 1872.) No colleges. Alaska Historical Society, Sitka, 1890. Society of Alaskan Natural History and Ethnology, Sitka, 1887. ARIZONA. (Territory, 1863; Land Grant, 1881.) UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, Tucson, 1889. College of Agriculture, UNIV. OF ARIZONA, Tucson, 1889. No historical or scientific society. ARKANSAS. (Territory, 1819; State, 1836; Land Grant, 1836.) * ARKANSAS INDUSTRIAL UNIVERSITY, Fayetteville, 1868–72. ▲ ARKANSAS AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION, Fayetteville, 1888. (Sub-stations at Pine Bluff, Newport, and Texarkana.) Arkansas Historical Society, Little Rock. No scientific society. 'See Blackmar's: "Federal and State Aid to Higher Education." CALIFORNIA. (Territory, 1846; State, 1850; Land Grant, 1853.) * UNIVERSITY of California, Berkeley, 1868-69. College of AGRICULTURE, MECHANICS, MINING, ENGINEERING, AND A AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION, UNIV. OF CAL., Berkeley, (Outlying stations at Paso Robles, Tulare, Jackson, Cupertino, Fresno, Mission San José.) California Historical Society, San Francisco. California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, 1854. COLORADO. (Territory, 1861; State, 1876; Land Grant, 1875.) + UNIVERSITY of Colorado, Boulder, 1875-77. *STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, Ft. Collins, 1879. ▲ AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMEnt Station of COLORADO, Ft. Collins, 1888. (Sub-stations at Del Norte and Rocky Ford.) + STATE SCHOOL OF MINES, Golden, 1874. Colorado State Historical Society, Denver. CONNECTICUT. (Settled, 1634; State, 1788.) YALE UNIVERSITY, New Haven, 1700. * SHEFFIELD SCIENTIFIC SCHOOL OF YALE UNIVERSITY, 1847 and 1864. At CONNECTICUT AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION, New Haven, 1875 and 1877. STORRS AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL, Mansfield, 1881. STORRS SCHOOL AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION, 1888. Connecticut Academy of Sciences, New Haven, 1799. DAKOTA, NORTH. (Territory of Dakota, 1861; State, 1889; Land Grant, 1881.) (?) UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA, Grand Forks, 1883-4. NORTH DAKOTA AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, Fargo, 1890. No State historical or scientific society. DAKOTA, SOUTH. (State, 1889; Land Grant, 1881.) (?) UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA, Vermillion, 1883. +SOUTH DAKOTA AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, Brookings, 1889. SOUTH DAKOTA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION, Brookings, 1888. SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES, Rapid City, 1886. No State historical or scientific society. DELAWARE. (Settled, 1638; State, 1787.) * Delaware COLLEGE, Newark, 1834, 1851, and 1871. A DELAWARE College AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION, Newark, 1888. Historical Society of Delaware, Wilmington, 1884. FLORIDA. (Territory, 1821; State, 1845; Land Grant, 1845.) *FLORIDA STATE AG'L. AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE, Lake City, 1884. ▲ AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION OF FLORIDA, Lake City, 1888. Historical Society of Florida, St. Augustine. GEORGIA. (Settled, 1732; State, 1788.) * UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA, Athens, [1784], 1801. GEORGIA STATE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND MECHANIC ARTS, OF ▲ GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL. Experiment STATION, Athens, 1888. SOUTHWEST GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, UNIV. OF GA., Cuthbert, 1879. NORTH GEORGIA Agricultural College, UNIV. OF GA., Dahlonega, 1873. WEST GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE, Hamilton, 1882. MIDDLE GEORGIA MILITARY AND AGRICULTURAL College, Univ. of SOUTH GEORGIA College of AGRICULTURE AND THE MECHANIC ARTS, ATLANTA UNIVERSITY (colored), Atlanta, 1869. Georgia Historical Society, Savannah, 1839. ILLINOIS. (Territory, 1809; State, 1818; Land Grants, 1804 and 1818.) UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, Urbana, 1868. (Formerly Illinois Industrial University.) * College of Agriculture of the UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, Urbana, 1867. ▲ AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, Champaign, 1888. Illinois State Historical Society, Champaign. No State scientific society. INDIANA. (Territory, 1800; State, 1816; Land Grants, 1804 and 1816.) INDIANA UNIVERSITY, Bloomington, 1820-26. (Successor to Vincennes University, 1806.) "PURDUE UNIVERSITY," Lafayette, 1874. * SCHOOL OF Agriculture, HORTICULTURE, AND VETERINARY SCIENCE OF PURDUE UNIVERSITY, Lafayette, 1873. ▲ AGRICULTUral Station oF INDIANA, Lafayette, 1887. IOWA. (Territory, 1838; State, 1846; Land Grant, 1845.) + STATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA, Iowa City, 1847-60. * IOWA STATE College of AgriculturE AND MECHANIC ARTS, Ames, 1858; opened for students October 21, 1868. ▲ IOWA AGRICULTURAL EXPEriment Station, Ames, 1888. Iowa State Historical Society, Iowa City. Davenport Academy of Sciences, Davenport, 1867. KANSAS. (Territory, 1857; State, 1861; Land Grant, 1861.) UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS, Lawrence, 1861-66. * KANSAS STATE AgriculturAL COLLEGE, Manhattan, 1863. A KANSAS AGRICULTURAL Experiment StatION, Manhattan, 1888. KENTUCKY. (State, 1792.) * AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE OF KENTUCKY, Lexington, 1865; reorganized 1880. (Successor to Transylvania University, organized 1798.) ▲ KENTUCKY Agricultural Experiment StaTION, Lexington, 1885. Kentucky Historical Society, Frankfort. No State scientific society. LOUISIANA. (Territory, 1803; State, 1812; Land Grants, 1806, 1811, 1827.) TULANE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA, New Orleans, 1847. SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY (colored), New Orleans, 1880. *LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AND AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE, Baton Rouge, 1873; reorganized 1877. ΔΙ SUGAR EXPERIMENT STATION NO. 1, Kenner, 1885. 2, Baton Rouge, 1886. NORTH LOUISIANA EXPERIMENT STATION, Calhoun, 1888. MAINE. (Settled, 1622; State, 1820.) * MAINE STATE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND THE MECHANIC ARTS, Orono, 1865.' A MAINE STAte College AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION, Orono, 1885 and 1887. Maine Historical Society, Portland, 1822. MARYLAND. (Settled, 1631; State, 1788.) [UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, organized 1784, abandoned 1805.] * MARYLAND Agricultural COLLEGE, Agricultural College, [1856], 1859. ▲ MARYLAND AGRICULTURAL Experiment StATION, Agricultural College, 1888. Maryland Academy of Sciences, 1822. MASSACHUSETTS. (Settled, 1620; State, 1788.) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Cambridge, 1636.* * MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Boston, 1863-65. * MASSACHUSETTS Agricultural College, Amherst, 1856, 1863, and 1867. ↑ MASSACHUSETs State Agricultural Experiment Station, Amherst, 1882 and 1888. A HATCH EXPERIMENT STATION OF MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURAL American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1780. Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston. MICHIGAN. (Territory, 1805; State, 1836; Land Grant, 1836.) + UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, Ann Arbor, [1817], 1836, 1840. * MICHIGAN AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, Agricultural College, [1855], 1857. A EXPERIMENT STATION OF MICHIGAN AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, Agricultural College, 1888. Historical Society of Michigan, Detroit. No academy of sciences. 1 State grants have been made to Bowdoin College, 1794-1802, and to Colby University formerly Waterville College, 1818. The appropriations by the State to Harvard have amounted to $784.793, in addition to 46,000 acres of land. The State has also given $157.500 to Williams, and $52,500 to Amherst. -BLACKMAR. |