STATE COLLEGE or KENTUCKY. 45 A `
A ton, given to the Commonwealth for this purpose. The site is ·
elevated, and commands a good view of the city and surround- ` `
ing country. A new College building has been erected. contain-
ing commodious chapel, society rooms, lecture and recitation
rooms sufficient for the accommodation of 600 students. A large
and well ventilated dormitory has also been built, with rooms
for ninety students, for the use of the appointees sent by the
Legislative Representative Districts of the State to the agri-
cztlzfwcol, scienéxyic 07* clctssicttl departments of the College,
and containing suitable dining-room, kitchen, matron’s and
servants’ rooms. The natural conformation of the ground, and
an abundant supply of water from Maxwell Spring, render the
construction of an artificial lake, with boating course a quarter
of a mile in length, comparatively easy, thus providing for a I
beautiful sheet of water to add to the attractions of the land-
. scape.
, Lexington is now the most important railroad center in Ken-
tucky, being in immediate communication with Louisville, Cin-
_ cinnati, Maysville, Chattanooga, and with more than seventy
* counties in the Commonwealth. The long established reputa-
> tion of the city for refinement and culture renders it attractive
l as a seat of learning, and the large body of fertile country
i adjacent, known as the "Blue-grass Region," with its splendid
1 stock farms, affords unsurpassed advantages to the student of V
L agriculture who desires to make himself familiar with the best
‘ breeds of horses, cattle, sheep and swine in America. .
; Boarding.
s For the accommodation of students sent by the Board of
, Examiners appointed by the Court of Claims, as beneficiaries
- of the Legislative Representative Districts of the State, rooms »·
s for ninety students are provided in the dormitory. To these
a good substantial board is furnished at $2.25 per week, payable
, weekly in advance. Students lodging in the dormitory furnish
— their own rooms. Good boarding, with fuel, lights and fur-
nished room, can be obtained in private families at rates varying
from $3.50 to $4 per week.
S. The students who board in the dormitory are, for business
i- purposes, organized at the beginning of the collegiate year I
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