2 srixra coLLEcE or KENTUCKY.
A great work in advancing the educational interest of Kentucky. Beiur
entirely nndenominational in its character, it will appeal with coniiglmz ben,
to the people of all creeds and of no creed, and will endeavor, in 5[rict gg;]
conformity with the requirements of its organic law, to afford equal Sm,
advantages to all, exclusive advantages to none. The liberalitv of
the Commonwealth in supplementing the inadequate annual income 515
arising from the proceeds of the land—scrip invested in State bonds, wil], Sm
i it is believed, enable the Trustees to begin and carry on, upon a scale wha
commensurate with the wants of Ol11‘ people, fllé 0p€l`&ti0r1s of the the
institution whose management and oversight have been committed to ·
them by the General Assembly of Kentucky. 381
SCOPE OF STUDIES.  
In the act of Congress making provision for the class of colleges to
which the State College partly belongs, it is declared M that their leading an,
object shall be, without excluding other scientific and classical stndieg, she
and including military tactics, to teach such branches of learning 35 _ fm.
are related to agriculture and the mechanic arts, in order to promote M,
the liberal and practical education of the industrial classes in the several i
` pursuits and professions in life." To the two departments of agrioiil. pk,
ture and the mechanic arts, contemplated in the act, a Normal School has CO,
been added by the State and an Experimental Station by the United am,
States, while liberal provision has been made for instruction in all St,
branches of science and in the classics, so that this institution is far Og
more than an agricultural and mechanical college, embracing, as it does, th,
not merely the two original departments, but six others. O{
THE NORMAL SCHOOL. Us
The Normal Department of the State College exists under the
authority of acts of the General Assembly approved April 23 and April
29, 1880. Section 7 of the first act briefiy defines the object for which _
the Department was established, ·· a Normal Department or course of l“
instruction for irregular periods, designed more particularly, but u0t S‘
exclusively, to quality teachers for common and other schools, shall be m
established in connection with the College." The second act provides _
the necessary endowment to make the Department effective. 15
The number of students annually enrolled in the Normal School has l~l‘
exceeded expectation. As they come from all parts of the State, and sf
many of them return well prepared for the profession of teaching, they S1
must greatly promote the efficiency of our cornmon schools g€llCl`&ll}`i Si
and demonstrate the wisdom of the General Assembly in providing nu O
inexpensive Normal School, centrally located and easy of access, to ;‘
keep the State always supplied with well—trained teachers. it
THE KENTUCKY EXPERIMENT STATION. A
This Department of the State College originated in a resolution of a
the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees, adopted in Septem- “
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