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FACULTY.

GEORGE S. ALBEE, President,

Teacher of Mental and Social Science, and School Management.

ROBERT GRAHAM,

Teacher of Music and Reading, and Conductor of Institutes.
HENRY C. BOWEN,

Teacher of Natural Science.

MISS ANNA W. MOODY,

Teacher of History, Rhetoric and Composition.

MISS MARY H. LADD,
Teacher of Mathematics.

MISS MARTHA E. HAZARD,

Teacher of Drawing, Penmanship and Calisthenics.
MRS. HELEN A. BATEMAN,
Teacher of Reading and Grammar.

MODEL SCHOOL.

ROBERT GRAHAM,

Director.

MISS MARIA S. HILL,

Teacher in Grammar Department.

MISS FRANCES E. ALBEE,
Teacher in Intermediate Department.
MISS ROSE C. SWART,

Teacher in Primary Department.

as may be supposed useful, one copy of which shall be transmitted by mail free, by each, to all the other colleges which may be endowed under the provisions of this act, and also one copy to the Secretary of the Interior. Fifth -when lands shall be selected from those which have been raised to double the minimum price in consequence of railroad grants, they shall be com. puted to the States at the maximum price, and the number of acres proportionally diminished. Sixth-no State while in condition of rebellion or insurrection against the government of the United States, shall be entitled to the benefit of this act. Seventh-no State shall be entitled to the benefit of this act unless it shall express its acceptance thereof by its Legislature, within two years from the date of its approval by the President.

"SECTION 6. And be it further enacted, That land scrip issued under the provisions of this act shall not be subject to location until after the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three.

"SECTION 7. And be it further enacted, That the land officers shall receive the same fees for locating land scrip issued under the provisions of this act as is now allowed for the location of military bounty land warrants under existing laws: provided, their maximum compensation shall not be thereby increased.

"SECTION 8. And be it further enacted, That the governors of the several states to which scrip shall be issued under this act shall be required to report annually to Congress all sales made of such scrip, until the whole shall be disposed of, the amount received for the same, and what appropriation has been made of the proceeds."

The lands donated by this act of Congress were located in accordance with the policy previously pursued—that is, to use the grant as a means of inducing immigration. As an illustration of the effect of this policy, we would call attention to the fact that the lands located under this grant by the State of Wisconsin are 'put upon the market at $1.25 per acre, while the lands located within this State by the Trustees of the New York Agricultural Col(which is incorporated with Cornell University) would readily bring from $6 to $10 per acre. The State indirectly receives the benefit of the low price of these lands, as the taxable property of the State is increased by all the means which encourage immigration-a benefit which is not more than cancelled by the annual appropriation made last winter.

In 1866, the University was completely reorganized, so as to meet the requirements of the law of Congress granting the lands for Agricultural Colleges; and there were appropriated for the endowment and support of the University, the following funds: 1st, "The income of the University Fund; 2d. The income of a fund to be derived from the sales of the 240,000 acres of land granted by Congress to the State of Wisconsin," etc.

In pursuance of chapter 114, G. L. 1866, Dane county issued bonds to the amount of $40,000 for the purchase of about 200 acres of land lying contigu ous to the University grounds for an Experimental Farm, and for the erec tion of suitable buildings, etc., thereon.

Up to this, date the State of Wisconsin had not donated directly or indi

rectly a single dollar to the State University. Its Fund, its grounds, and its buildings, were all the gift of the General Government. Its professors had been paid, not by the State, but from the income of the grant made by the General Government. The Experimental Farm was the gift of Dane county. The management of the University is entrusted to a Board of Regents, appointed by the Governor of the State, together with the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, who is ex-officio regent. To prevent any local preponderance, the Regents are appointed, one from each congressional district and two from the State at large. The services of the Regents are rendered gratuitously, care being taken to select men who will feel amply repaid by the success of the institution entrusted to their charge. It will thus be seen that the management of the University is a service performed gratuitously to the State.

Immediately upon the reorganization, the increased confidence of the public in the success of the University, was shown in the adoption of a more liberal policy by the legislature. The sum taken from the University fund by the law of 1862, was virtually restored by the passage of chapter 82, G. L. of 1867, which appropriates annually for ten years to the income of the University Fund the sum of $7,303.76, being the interest upon the sum taken from the fund by the law of 1862. This appropriation will doubtless be continued. The same liberal policy was still further pursued by the Legislature of 1870, which appropriated $50,000.00 for the erection of a Female College. This is the first donation made by the State to the University.

The University, in obedience to the public demand, had made such provision for the study of the arts immediately connected with the industrial interests of the State, in fitting up Laboratories for Analytical Chemistry, and for Assaying, that its income, even with the above-mentioned increase, proved wholly inadequate to meet its expenses. Instruction in science is necessarily expensive, as its proper elucidation demands costly and varied apparatus, and as each student must pursue an independent course of practical experiments.

Upon being made acquainted with the needs of the University, the Legisture, at its session in 1872, made a further annual grant to the University of $10,000-an act which proved the deep and abiding interest taken in the institution by the people of the State, and the enlarged confidence in its management, and which also gives a pledge that hereafter the University will not be suffered through want of funds to fall short of its full measure of usefulness.

The University Fund, September 30, 1873, amounted to..
The Agricultural College Fund, same date...

Total....

$216,519 36 225, 309 73

$441, 829 11

The University lands remaining unsold, Sept. 30, 1873, were as follows:

ORGANIZATION.

The University of Wisconsin as now organized, comprises the College of Arts, College of Letters, the Law College, the Female College. In the College of Arts are the Departments of Agriculture, Mining and Metallurgy, Military Science and Civil Engineering. These Colleges and Departments are so related to each other that a student may pursue any specialty in connection with the regular course in any College, or may devote his time wholly to special studies, at his option. A young man may attend the Law College, and at the same time pursue such studies in any other College as he may be fitted for; or he may make Mining and Metallurgy a specialty, and at the same time pursue such other studies as are requisite to any finished course of education. A young lady may pursue the studies of the Female College, or she may select any or all of the studies of the course in any College or Department. It will thus be seen that the University of Wisconsin offers advantages to scientific or professional students superior to those offered by strictly scientific or professional schools.

1. THE COLLEGE OF ARTS.

The course of study in this College has special reference to fitting young men for scientific and agricultural pursuits. It embraces a four years' course in Science, Modern Languages and English studies. The College of Arts embraces the Department of Agriculture and the Departments of Military Sc!ence and Civil Engineering.

I-Department of Agriculture.

In this Department, the student is taught Agriculture as a science, which instruction can only be profitably given after the student has familiarized himself with the Natural Sciences, which are therefore made to constitute a large part of the course. The professor in charge of this Department also conducts the experiments, and students are thus taught practically as well as theoretically.

The Experimental Farm is platted into acre lots, each lot being designated by a letter and number to facilitate recording experiments. The farm is cultivated neither for show, nor for profit, but is wholly restricted to the conduct of experiments calculated to determine facts which will be of benefit to the farmers of the State-determining with scientific accuracy the best methods of tilling the soil; the effects of draining, subsoiling and manuring; the varieties of grains and fruits adapted to our climate, and to every variety of soil and exposure, and the most profitable methods of culture. Students are thus taught to acquire habits of close and accurate observation, and the proper method of conducting experiments, and receive the benefit of witnessing an actual demonstration of the principles taught in the class room. The fact is also recognized that the farmer needs a thorough general education to fit him for the intelligent discharge of his duties as a citizen; and the course in the College of Arts is so adjusted that the student in Agriculture can at the same time acquire a thorough English and Scientific education.