Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER XI. 373 Page. Missouri: State UniversitySchool Of Mines And Metallurgy, Rolla 396 Opened in 1871; graduated its first class in 1874Designed to carry out the expressed will of Congress in the act of 1862Statement of its equipmentCourse of three yearsPreparatory Deparment course of one yearA'' Girls Course in Art" of four years; Drawing a required study throughout this courseCourse in "Graphics" detailedThe School of Mines, a high class Institute of Technology; with five regular courses and three "special" coursesDetails of instruction in DrawingTotal number of students in School of Mines, 83Faculty numbers nine Professors and InstructorsEhnoG. Harris, C.E., Director of School and Professor of EngineeringSummary of Statistics of entire attendance of Students in all Departments of the UniversityTotal number, 714Total number of Professors and Assistants, 56Richard H. Jesse, Ll.d., President of the University. Nebraska: The University, Lincoln 400 The University, chartered in 1869; organized in 1871The United States Land Grant of 1864, for a University; and the Land Grant of 1862, formed the endowment of this Institution, which the Legislature authorized the Board of Regents to establishThe University planned to comprise Five Colleges. Only the two first," The College of Litera- ture, etc.," and " The Industrial College," had been opened in 1880-'81, when the tenth annual catalogue was issuedThe Industrial Col- lege includes courses in Agriculture, Practical Science, Civil Engi- neering, and the Mechanic ArtsCatalogue of 1880-'81, shows small development of this college with a total attendance of 26 students, of whom 14 are in the "Preparatory course"Only 5, in all, take "Engineering"Tuition is freeThere are no limitations...