IN the way of buildings and equipments the Department of Agriculture does not rank with some of the more elaborately furnished departments of the College; but the thoroughness of the work accomplished and the enthusiasm for scientific and practical pursuits instilled into the students who pursue the course, brand it as one of the most important factors of the College.
Its dean, Prof. C. W. Mathews, has the work sagaciously arranged so that the student who receives the degree of B. Ag. also receives the essentials of the Scientific and Classical Courses.
The Freshman and Sophomore years are much the same as those spent in pursuit of the sciences. The honest son of toil, much to his disgust, instead
of being immediately instructed in the art of grafting or having the fertilizer swindle explained, is made to master German, dabble in mathematics and peep through a microscope at alge, fungi, etc., and trace the whole line of plant growth from a bit of slime to the giant Sequoia. Zoology, also, claims a share of his attention and for the first time he learns the names and families of his distant relatives.
In his Junior year the "young Hayseed" is put in touch with farming proper. A-lost of his time is spent under Prof. Hooper, who has lately been added to the corps of Profs. Live stock is one of the things he would have you proficient  in.    To  do  this  the  skeleton  of  Hanover

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