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f GENERAL INr0RMA11oN II 1
E r·  1897. The Department of Electrical Engineering was estab-
E . lished. Additions were made to the Greenhouses and Insectarium.
e . 1898. The Building for Natural Science was completed. At
1 ·  1898. Sixty-four and a half acres were added to the Experi- A
J *  mental Farm, making one hundred and thirteen acres. 4 .
‘- A 1900. Sixty thousand dollars were appropriated by the General
V A Assembly for a Collegiate Home for Young Vtfomen, for a Gym- A .
  nasium and Drill Room. and a hall for the Y. M. C. A. _ i l
‘ A 1901. Ninety acres were added to the Experimental Farm, A
 i making two hundred and three acres. The Gymnasium, the Drill A
Room, the Halls for the Societies and the Y. M. C. A. were com- . ·
r ` pleted
I 1901. The Department of Mining Engineering was added.
.   1902. The Department of Physical Education was added.
, A 1902. Thirty thousand dollars additional were appropriated by
the General Assembly for the Young \Vomen’s College Home,
· making $60,000 in all. »
. ~ 1904. Patterson Hall, the Young VVornen’s University Home,
A was completed. ·
_ 1904. Fifteen thousand dollars per annum were appropriated
._ by the General Assembly to defray the expenses of the College. `
-_ 1905. The New Experiment Station was completed. - ·
l· 1906. The Department of Domestic Economy was added. . ”
EY- 1907. The building for the Department of Education was _‘ A A'
Q erected. The Carnegie Library Building and the Agricultural Hall ‘ ` A_
were begun. The Academic (preparatory) Course was extended A
to three years. Forty acres were added to the Experimental Farm,
` making two hundred and forty-three acres. The Mining Labora- '
_ tory and the Observatory were erected.
1908. Name changed from Agricultural and Mechanical Col- . ` .
lege to State University. The College of Law was established. ' A
A Two hundred thousand dollars were appropriated by the General .
A Assembly for buildings and twenty thousand dollars for additional ·
  annual income. The Library and the Agricultural Hall were com-
;iA’ pleted. The building for the College of Civil Engineering and -
the Department of Physics was begun. i
Increase of Pmperty.-The property of the University is esti- ,
mated to be worth $900.000 more than it was in 1880. _ 1 · .
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