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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.
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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.