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-managed and taught by them. 2d. Any other person resi-
—dent within the Representative District, and within the
required limits as to age, may present himself to the exam-
ining board appointed by the Court of Claims as a candidate
for selection, and from these persons so appearing, viz; from
the pupils sent before the said Examining Board by the
trustees and teachers of common schools, and from such
persons within the specified age as present themselves, the
J Examining Board appointed by the Court of Claims shall
i I select one student, and properly certify to his selection, who
shall be entitled to remain at the College four years, or until
the course of study for which he matriculates shall have
been completed. Preference in such selection and appoint-
ment shall be given to energetic, moral young men, whose
means are not large, to aid whom in obtaining a good educa-
tion this provision is specially intended. Properly prepared
students, under the meaning of the acts of the Legislature,
of which the foregoing is a summary, are those who can
pass a satisfactory examination in Spelling, Reading, V\/rit-
ing, Arithmetic as far as decimal fractions, Geography, and
English Grammar.
K All teachers, or persons preparing to teach, male or female,
are admitted free of tuition charge for one year, at the rate
of not more than four, at the discretion of the Board of ,
Trustees, for each Legislative Representative District. All
the classes in the College are open, without extra fees, to
A V students who matriculate in the Normal Department.
Compensated and Uneompensated Labor.
The worl; necessary for carrying on the Agricultural and
Horticultural operations of the College is done by the stu-
dents in those departments, and is paid for at rates varying
·*' from five to eight cents per hour. lts design is twofold:
to put in practice the instruction received in the class-room,
and to assist indigent students. The experience of this
College is that of Agricultural Colleges generally-that
compensated labor is not remunerative to the College.