MMII The School of Agriculture. During the past twelve month.; the Board of Trustees has radically reorganized the School of Agricul ture and Experiment Station. Per haps the most significant change has been the combination of the School and Station under one administra tive head. What was formerly two departments is now treated as one institution. The most unique change, however, has been the es tablishment of an entirely new agency of research, known as tl-e Institute of Animal Nutrition. The School of Agriculture and Experi ment Station has been divided into distinct departments, each with a chief and in some instances several assistants. The departments thus far organized are agricultural chem istry, experimental agricultural chemistry, agricultural extension, agronomy, animal husbandry, botany, dairy husbandry, forestry' horticulture and experimental horti culture. During the past twelve months twenty persons have become iHE NEW AGRICULT,,RAL BUILDING connected with the scientific staff which now numbers thirty persons. In addition there are six persons connected with the staff of the Insti tute of Animal Nutrition which,while entirely separate from an adminis trative point of view, is a part of the effort of the college to promote agriculture. A committee of the agricultural faculty is now consider ing plans to revise the four-year courses in agriculture. Five winter courses of twelve weeks each be ginning Dec. 3d have been an nounced, viz. general agriculture, horticulture, creamery, dairy hus bandry and poultry. The School continues to offer thirty-one sub jects of study by correspondence. There have been registered in the School of Agriculture and Experi ment Station thus far this year 101 students, classified as follows: sen iors, 5; juniors. 14; sophomores, 17; freshmen, 41; specials, 16; sub-freshmen, 8. Last year at this time the total number of st Idents was 53. THE STATE COLLEGIAN ESN= The experimental work is largely a continuation of the excellent work heretotore under way. The station now has charge of the analytical work for Central Pennsylvania un der the new state law, while the fertilizer control work is increasing. The recent purchase of the Ed miston farm of 197 acres will per mit of new field experiments in sev eral directions, including a large apple orchard. With the comple tion of the main agricultural build ing there is a group of buildings on ag• icultural hill costing in round figures. $300,000. Even with these new quarters some departments will be crowded and there are plans for a building and green houses for horticulture. Thomas F. Hunt, Dean. Our New Agricultural Building. The new building dedicated on last Friday is conceded by competent judges to be one of the finest for agricultural purposes in the United States. Situated as it is on that portion of the campus from which may be obtained a wonderful view of Mt. Nittany and the valley stretching away in the distance, this stately structure of Italian style is a notable addition to our group of buildings. The basement of the north wing contains a combustion laboratory and a room for the study of animal nutrition. On the floor above is a large assembly hall, and over that a room for agricultural chemistry. The central part of the building, from the basement up, will be divided into offices, libraries, and lecture rooms The south wing will furnish room for stock judging and agricultural engineering in the basement, agronomy, lecture rooms, and a museum on the first floor, and correspondence work on the second. The Dairy building in the rear will be connected with and made a part of the main structure. With these excellent facilities, State will be able to carry on this phase of its work with a thoroughness not - excelled by any similar institution.
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