l 10 THE STATE UNIVERSITY. ' ·
‘- ‘ 1885.' The Commandant’s House reconstructed.
j 1887. To enlarge by experiments and to diifuse the knowledge
.· 1_ of agriculture, an act of Congress established, under the direction GC
. · of the Agricultural and Mechanical College in each State, an Agri-
cultural Experiment Station, appropriating for its support $15,000 G
A A per annum.
V 1887. The Department of Civil Engineering established, an ex-
· .- perimental farm of forty-eight acres purchased, and the College
— lj Greenhouse built. T
Q_. 1889. The Experiment Station Building completed. H
it . 1890. The Second Dormitory completed. Y'
_   1899. For "the more complete endowment" of Agricultural and H
_ _' Mechanical Colleges, an act of Congress appropriated to each State
  $15,099 for the year ending June 30, 1890, and the same sum with an ll
_, increase of $1,090 per annum for ten years, after which the maximum tl
- of $25,900 should continue without change. Of the amount thus a
‘ ‘ annually appropriated the College receives 85 per cent. and the a
-   school of the colored people at Frankfort 15 per cent. t
  1891. The Department of Mechanical Engineering established. {
'_j 1891. The Department of Anatomy and Physiology established. C
` ‘ 1892. The Mechanical Building and Workshops completed.
_   1894. Greenhouses for the Experiment Station built. i.
i y ’ 1894. The Department of Physics established.
_ ‘ 1895. The Annex to the Mechanical Building and the Insectarium t
j   for the Station built. I
1 a 1897. The Department of Electrical Engineering established.
  Additions made to the Greenhouses and Insectarium. (
_ i 1898. The Building for Natural Science completed. ]
—' 1898. Sixty-four and a half acres added to the Experimental y
-·; Farm, making 113 in all.
· V 1999. Sixty thousand dollars appropriated by the General Assem-
{ - bly for a Collegiate Home for Young Women, for a Gymnasium and
. Drill Room, and a hall for the Y. M. C. A.
Q 1901. Ninety acres added to the Experimental Farm, making 293
_ J in all. The Gymnasium, the Drill Room, the Halls for the Societies
and the Y. M. C. A. completed.
_; 1991. The Department of Mining Engineering added.
" 1992. The Department of Physical Education added.
Q- _ 1992. Thirty thousand dollars additional appropriated by the
  General Assembly for the Young Women’s College Home, making
`_ $60,000 iu all.
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