STATE COLLEGE OF WASHING TON, The, located at Pullman, Wash. It was founded in 1890 in ptirsuance of the national land grant act of 1862 endowing agricultural and mechanical colleges. The national govern ment granted 190,000 acres of land, the proceeds of the sale of which will constitute a per manent endowment for the institution. Women are admitted on equal terms with men. The regular courses are offered by the following colleges and schools: (1) College of Agricul ture, which is composed of the following de partments: Animal Husbandry, Agricultural Engineering, Dairy Husbandry, Farm Crops, Farm Management, Forestry, Horticulture, Plant Pathology, Poultry Husbandry, Soils. (2) School of Education. (3) College of Home Economics. (4) College of Mechanic Arts and Engineering, which is composed of the following departments: Architecture, Ma thematics and Civil Engineering, Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, and Physics. (5) School of Mines. (6) School of Music and Applied Design. (7) School of Pharmacy. (8) College of Sciences and Arts, which is com posed of the following departments: Botany, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Economic Sci ence and History, English, Foreign Languages, Geology, Zoology. (9) College of Veterinary Science. (10) Department of Military Science and Tactics. (11) Department of Physical Edu cation and Athletics.
In all the above departments the work in the four-year courses leads to the degrees of bachelor of arts or bachelor of sciences. The School of Pharmacy offers a two-year course leading to the degree of graduate in pharmacy (Ph.G.), and also a three-year course leading to the degree of pharmaceutical chemist (Ph.C.), in addition to the four-year course which leads to the degree of bachelor of science in pharmacy. The College of Vet erinary Science also confers the degree of doc tor of veterinary medicine (D.V.M.).
The degree of master of arts (M.A.) or master of science (M.S.) is conferred upon the completion of one full year of work after receiving the bachelor's degree from this insti tution or another institution of well-recognized standing. Professional degrees in Engineer ing are conferred upon graduates of the State College who have been in successful profes sional work for at least three years and have had charge of difficult engineering or industrial enterprises.
There is also a Department of Elementary Science to which students arc eligible after the completion of the eighth grade of the public schools. The courses offered in this depart ment are largely along vocational lines in agri culture, commercial and mechanic arts.
The study of military science is required of all male students.
The college gfounds include approximately 650 acres, 75 of which is set apart for the col lege campus. The buildings include the Ad ministration Building, Bryan Hall, named in honor of Ex-President E. A. Bryan, Science Hall, Morrill Hall, Van Doren Hall, College Hall, Mechanic Arts Building, Mechanical Building, Veterinary buildings, James Wilson Hall; Music Conservatory, Ferry Hall, the dormitory for men, named for the first State governor of Washington, Stevens Hall, the dor mitory for women, named for the first terri torial governor, gymnasium and armory, Col lege Hospital and the president's house.
The laboratories for instruction in the bio logical and physical sciences are well equipped with modern appliances. The library in 1917 contained more than 60,000 bound volumes and more than 100,000 unbound pamphlets and books. The students in 1917 numbered 2,130 and the faculty 225.
In addition to the colleges and schools men tioned above, in which courses leading to de grees are offered, the institution operates an agricultural experiment station in which the following departments are maintained: Agri culture, Botany, Chemistry, Dry Land Investi gations, Entomology and Zoology, Horticulture, Irrigation Engineering, Veterinary Science and Plant Pathology. The experiment station is partly supported by funds established by acts of Congress. There is also a department of extension service operated in co-operation with the United States Department of Agriculture which is partly supported by the Smith-Lever fund established by Congress in May, 1914. The extension service consists largely in extension work in agriculture and home economics.