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Page 355
... give reasonable aid and encouragement to education throughout the country . The Morrill Act , as you know , provided that the proceeds from the sales of public lands should be divided among the colleges of the different States that would ...
... give reasonable aid and encouragement to education throughout the country . The Morrill Act , as you know , provided that the proceeds from the sales of public lands should be divided among the colleges of the different States that would ...
Page 356
... give a case in point . I have a boy myself , 19 years old , who has taken up engineering as the work he wants to follow . For two years — that is , his freshman and sophomore years- he attended our own state university , the University ...
... give a case in point . I have a boy myself , 19 years old , who has taken up engineering as the work he wants to follow . For two years — that is , his freshman and sophomore years- he attended our own state university , the University ...
Page 357
... give to the proverbial dog in the manger . There are no valid objec- tions to the favorable consideration of this measure , but all the rea- sons in history and the present condition of things lead us to consider it favorably . Mr ...
... give to the proverbial dog in the manger . There are no valid objec- tions to the favorable consideration of this measure , but all the rea- sons in history and the present condition of things lead us to consider it favorably . Mr ...
Page 361
... give them . They went to other institutions , engineering colleges , and received full credit for the work done here . We are hoping to put in the neces sary laboratories - and I shall speak of that in a moment - to do the entire work ...
... give them . They went to other institutions , engineering colleges , and received full credit for the work done here . We are hoping to put in the neces sary laboratories - and I shall speak of that in a moment - to do the entire work ...
Page 362
... give the exact number . These men are here to fit them- selves for better service in the professions . They are all studying the professions , as a rule . There are some of them who come in as did Mr. Boutell's son . We have probably of ...
... give the exact number . These men are here to fit them- selves for better service in the professions . They are all studying the professions , as a rule . There are some of them who come in as did Mr. Boutell's son . We have probably of ...
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Page 417 - An Act to apply a portion of the proceeds of the public lands to the more complete endowment and support of the colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts, established under the provisions of an Act of Congress approved July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-two...
Page 417 - Territory shall be twenty-five thousand dollars to be applied only to instruction in agriculture, the mechanic arts, the English language and the various branches of mathematical, physical, natural and economic science, with special reference to their applications in the industries of life, and to the facilities for such instruction...
Page 418 - June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, and an annual increase of the amount of such appropriation thereafter for ten years by an additional sum of one thousand dollars over the preceding year...
Page 413 - Secretary of State of the United States, have hereunto subscribed my name and caused the seal of the Department of State to be affixed. Done at the city of Washington, this ninth day of August, AD 1882, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventh.
Page 417 - ... shall be required to report to the Secretary of Agriculture and to the Secretary of the Interior, on or before the first day of September of each year, a detailed statement of the amount so received and of its disbursement.
Page 417 - July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, the sum of fifteen thousand dollars for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety...
Page 418 - ... therefor shall be reported to the President and the amount involved shall be kept separate in the Treasury until the close of the next Congress...
Page 417 - That there shall be, and hereby is, annually appropriated} out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, arising from the sales of public lands, to be paid as hereinafter provided, to each State and Territory for the more complete endowment and maintenance of colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts...
Page 417 - SEC. 2. That the sums hereby appropriated to the States and Territories for the further endowment and support of colleges shall be annually paid on or before the thirty-first day of July of each year, by the Secretary of the Treasury, upon the warrant of the Secretary of the Interior, out of the Treasury of the United States, to the state or territorial treasurer, or to such officer as shall be designated by the laws of such State or Territory to receive the same...
Page 408 - That no mineral lands shall be selected or purchased under the provisions of this act. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the...