C.E., M.E., E.E. and E.M. Each course includes elements of general culture, while in all of the degree courses English, modem lan guages, mathematics and political science are required. Laboratory practice or practical work in the shops or fields forms an integral part of each course and consumes about one-half of the number of hours. It is .readily seen, therefore, that, while the Institute is a. techni cal school, the endeavor is to give well-rounded courses. In addition to the practical work re. quire& student)) are. given the opportunity, to pay 'part of their expenses by manual labor. Instruction in military science and tactics and drill is required of all students. The battalion of cadets consists of five infantry companies, a signal corps, drum corps, staff and band. The State agricultural experimeht station, the State entomological .work, the .State livestock sanitary woric and the extaision division are departments -of the Institute tinder control of the board of visitors. In. addition to the above courses, there have been introduced for the session 1918-19, under the Smith-Hughes Act, courses in attidtural education and industrial education president of the Institute is also, by virtue Of his office as president, head of these various departments. Under the guid ance and by aid of the Institute authorities, ex.;
tension work in all agricultural subjects and farmers institutes are conducted in various portions of the State. Two literary societies are maintained, each of which occupies a well.; furnished hall. The Institute is situated on the crest of the Alleghenies at an elevation of 2,160 feet. The campus contains mote than 100 acres and the farm about 450 acres: The plant consists of about 70 buildings, including the shops and farm buildings. The shop build: ing is a new one recently completed, covering approximately one and one-quaster acres- of ground, made of stone and reinforced con* crete, is thoroughly. equipped with most. mod-, ern machinery and is, in fact, oae of the emit commodious and up-to-date' shops in' 'the East The library is housed in a large and handsotne building of native stone and contains about 28,000 bound volumes and 80,000 pamphlets. The income is derived from the Morrill Act.of 1862, the Nemo Act, the Adams Akt, the-.SiMth Lever Act and front the appropriations-from the State of Virginia. The faculty of the In, stitute, including officers, numbers aboit 65 and the total matriculation of students during the year 1917-18 was 526.