IOWA STATE COLLEGE OF AGRICUL TURE AND MECHANIC ARTS. .1 etieduca tional Stale institution at Ames. Iowa, estah li•hed by act of Legislature in 185S. In 1862 the college came into possession of a grant of public lands bestowed by general act of Congress for the purpose of fostering tigricullitral and mechanic edueation. It was formally opened in 1869. It is n college of advanced teehnologv. and organized in divisions of agriculture. engineering, veteri nary medicine. and science. The department of agriculture is designed to give a general training for the career of a farmer and, in its longer course, to develop specialists in particular lines of work. A well-stocked farm provides practical work in all the agricultural processes, and the Iewa Experiment Station, in intimate relation to the college work of instruction, gives opportunity for original investigations of agricultural prob lems. In addition to courses in mechanical, civil, electrical, and mining engineering, the col lege gives instruction in clay-working and ceram ics, and has a department of technology in tended to equip students for the manufacturing industries. The division of science supplies foun
dations in science, language and literature, and economic science. In the instruction of women emphasis is laid on the course in domestic econ omy. All male students are required to become members of the college battalion. The college do main includes about 840 acres, of which about 120 acres form the campus. The buildings num ber 17 besides dwelling-houses and buildings for farm stock, machinery, and work, all valued at $575,000. The endowment in 1902 was $683, 000, the income $165.000. and the value of all the college property $1,500,000. The library con tained 14.000 volumes. Tuition is free to resi dents of Iowa, students from other States paying an annual fee of $24. Students are admitted on examination or on certificates from accredited schools. The college has of late developed rapid ly, and in 1903 had an attendance of 1350 stu dents, and a faculty of 84 members.