IOWA STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, at Ames, Story Co.; organized in 1869, with an endowment of 204,309 acres of land, appropriated by act of congress of July 2, 1862; annual income, $41,000. The collage farm contains 873 acres, of which 60 acres are included in the lawn and ornamental grounds. The main college building is four stories high above the basement, 150 ft long by 112 ft. deep through the wings. In the basement are dining-hall, kitchen, laundry, experimental kitchen and laundry, print ing-oflice, and armo:y. The laboratory is of brick, two stories high, and 70 by 41 feet. Another brick building is devoted to botany and veterinary science, and behind it is the veterinary- hospital and dissecting room. The library contains 6,000 volumes. The museum occupies a large room in the main building. It includes mounted specimens of a few mammals: several hundred birds (mounted), representing the avian fauna of the state; a large collection of reptiles, in alcohol; a few fishes; and a small but typical col lection of invertebrates. A set of the " Ward models," illustrating the principal larger
fossils, anti a cabinet of mineralogical specimens, are of service in the study of geology. There arc, besides, the following collections in the process of formation: A seed collec tion; an entomological cabinet; sets of the eggs and nests of birds; the brains of verte brates; skulls of mammals; and skeletons of vertebrates. Each department is well plied with apparatus. Women are admitted to all the courses of study. Number of professors in 1880, 13; other teachers, 9; students, 284; alumni, 165. All male students are required, unless excused by the proper authority, to wear the prescribed uniform, attend all military exercises in their respective classes, and become members of the college battalion. President, A. S. Welch.