OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY. A coeduca tional State institution at Colundms, Ohio, founded in 1870 as the Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College, and opened in 187:1. The present name was assumed in 1S78. The original endowment provided by the Land Act of 1802 has been supplemented by a permanent annual grant from the United States under an act of 1890, by special appropriations of the General Assembly. and by a permanent annual State grant made in 1891 and doubled in 1890. The univer sity is organized in six colleges: Arts. philosophy, and science; agriculture and domestic science: engineering; law; pharmacy: veterinary science. Admission to the college is by certificate from accredited institutions or after examination in five groups of studies—English, history, mithe maties. science, and foreign languages. The en tire work of the college is arranged on the group and elective systems. It confers the
bachelor's degree in course in the depart ments, and the engineer's, master's, and doctor's degrees for advanced work. :Military instruction and the wearing, of a uniform are required of the students. The attendance in 1903 was 1717. dis tributed as follows: Arts. 527: engineering. 002: law. 100: agriculture, 243: pharmacy. 40; veter inary medicine. 94. The faculty numbers 133. The library contains 44.523 volumes. The uni versity grounds consist of 315 acres, of which 235 are devoted to agricultural and horticultural purposes. A laboratory is maintained at San dusky for summer work. The value of the property under the control of the university in 1003 was $2,850,001). the grounds and buildings being valued at $2.500,000. The total endowment was $509,870, and the income :F545.909.