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CATALOGUE
OFFICERS, STUDIES, AND STUDENTS
State College el Kentucky,
I LEXINGTON,
, TOGETHER WITH THE REGULATIONS,
I * SESSION ENDING JUNE 4, 1896.
LOUISVILLE:
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` THE STATE COLLEcE OF KENTUCKY, ................ 1
History, .... . ............... . ...... 1
, Object, ............................ 2
The Normal School, ................`..... 2
The Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station, ........ 3,
Location, ........................... 4
Grounds, .... . ...................... 4
Buildings, .......................... 5
BOARD on TxUsTEEs, ....................... 6
FACULTY, ............................. 7
ASSISTANT INSTRUCTORS, ..................... 8
OTHER OFFICERS, ......... . ............ . . . 8
l\1EMoR1A1, PAGE, .... . .................... 9
THE EXPERIMENT STATION, ................,... IO
Board of Control, ....................... IO
Oilicers of the Station, . ................... IO
DEPARTMENTS AND COURSES OF STUDY, ...........r.. II
History, Political Economy, and Metaphysics, ......... II
Botany, Horticulture, and Agriculture, ............. I2
The English Language and Literature, ............. I9
Military Science, ....................... 20
Chemistry, .......................... 21 -
Mathematics and Astronomy, ................. 25
French and German, ................ ' ..... 26
Greek and Latin, ....................... 27
The Academy, ........................ 28
The Normal School, ...................... 28
Civil Engineering, ...................... 32
Mechanical Engineering, ................... 37
1 Anatomy and Physiology, ................... 43
Geology and Zoology, ..................... 43
Physics, . .......................... 49
DEGREES, ............................. 51
- GROUPING OF COURSES Eok DEGREES, ............ . . 52
For the Degree of B. S., Major Study, Mathematics, ...... 52
For the Degree of B. S., Major Study, Chemistry, ....... 54
For the Degree of B. S., Major Study, Biology, ......... 56
For tl1e Degree of A. B., .................... 58
For the Degree of B. Ped., .... . .............. 60
For the Degree of B. C. E., .................. 63,
For the Degree of B. M. E., .................. 65
For the Degree of B. Agr., ................... 67
1 iv STATE COLLEGE OF KENTUCKY.
THE ACADEMY, .......................... 69 _
l STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS, ............,....... 75
Literary Societies, ....................... 75 7
Mechanical Engineering Societies, ............... 76 i
Biological Society, ...................... 76
Athletics, ........................... 76
ALUMNI, ............................. 77 {
MILITARY DEPARTMENT, ROSTER, ................. SI ’
P0sT-GRADUATES, ....................... . . S2
UNDERGRADUATES, ........................ S2
STUDENTS OF THE BUSINESS COLLEGE, ......r....... 90
REGULATIONS, ..............,........... 96
Traveling Expenses of Students, ............... 96
College Expenses, ....................... 96
Boarding, ..............,.....,...... 98
Beneficiaries, ......................... 98
Appointees to the Normal Course, .............. . QQ
Local Examinations, . .................. 100
Accredited Schools, ...................... 101
Student Labor, ...................... 4. . 102
Certificates of Character, ....i..... . ........ IO2
The Monitress, ........................ 102
CALENDAR, ............................ iog,
COLLEGE DIRECTORY, ....................... 104
‘i THE STATE COLLEGE OF KENTUCKY.
·, HISTORY.
AGRICULTURAL and Mechanical Colleges in the United
States owe their origin to an act of Congress, entitled " An
act Donating Public Lands to the several States and Territories
which may provide Colleges for the benefit of Agriculture and the
Mechanic Arts," approved july 2, 1862. The amount of land
donated was 30,000 acres for each representative in the National
Congress. Under this allotment Kentucky received 330,000
acres. Several years elapsed before the Commonwealth estab-
lished an Agricultural and Mechanical College under the act.
When established it was not placed upon an independent basis,
but was made one of the Colleges of Kentucky University, to
which institution the annual interest of the proceeds of the Con-
gressional land grant was to be given for the purpose of carrying
on its operations. The land-scrip had meanwhile been sold for
fifty cents per acre, and the amount received—$165,0o0—invested
. in six per cent. Kentucky State bonds, of which the State became
custodian in trust for the College.
The connection with Kentucky University continued till 1878,
when the act of 1865, making it one of the Colleges of said Uni—
versity, was repealed, and a Commission was appointed to rec-
ommend to the Legislature of 1879-80 a plan of organization for
an institution, including an Agricultural and Mechanical College,
°= such as the necessities of the Commonwealth required. The
city of Lexington offered to the Commission (which was also
authorized to recommend to the General Assembly the place
{ which, all things considered, offered the best and greatest induce-
‘ ments for the future and permanent location of the College), the
City Park, containing fifty-two acres of land, within the limits of
this city, and thirty thousand dollars in city bonds, for the erec-
tion of buildings. This offer the county of Fayette supplemented
by twenty thousand dollars in county bonds, to be used either
for the erection of buildings or for the purchase of land. The
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_ oH`ers of the city of Lexington and of the county of Fayette
. were accepted by the General Assembly. -
By the act of incorporation, and the amendments thereto, con- Z
stituting the charter of the Agricultural and Mechanical College
— of Kentucky, liberal provision is made for educating, free of
_i tuition, the energetic young men of the Commonwealth whose
`C means are limited. The Normal Department, for which pro- 7
F vision is also made, is intended to aid in building up the Common
,_ School system by furnishing properly qualiied teachers. This
College, with the additional departments which will, from time to
time, be opened as the means placed at the disposal of the Trus— .
_ tees allow, will, it is hoped, in the not distant future, do a great
' work in advancing the educational interests of Kentucky. Being
{ entirely undenominational in its character it will appeal with
. confidence to the people of all creeds and of no creed, and will
_ endeavor, in strict conformity with the requirements of its
A organic law, to afford equal advantages to all, exclusive advan- ·
tages to none. The liberality of the Commonwealth in supple-
menting the inadequate annual income arising from the proceeds
of the land—scrip invested in State bonds, will, it is believed,
enable the Trustees to begin and carry on, upon a scale commen-
surate with the wants of our people, the operations of the insti-
tution whose management and oversight have been committed to
, them by the General Assembly of Kentucky.
OBJECT.
In the act of Congress making provision for the class of col-
leges to which the State College partly belongs, it is declared
"that their leading object shall be, without excluding other
p scientific and classical studies, and including military tactics, to- SA
Q teach such branches of learning as are related to agriculture and
the mechanic arts, in order to promote the liberal and practical
I education of the industrial classes in the several pursuits and I
professions in life." u
` THE NORMAL SCHOOL.
¥ The Normal Department of the State College exists under
` the authority of acts of the General Assembly, approved April
l 23 and April 29, 1880. Section 7 of the first act briefly defines
· the object for which the Department was established, " but a ,
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Normal Department or course of instruction for irregular periods,
, ` designed more particularly, but not exclusively, to qualify teach-
" ers for common and other schools, shall be established in con-
nection with the College." The second act provides the necessary
endowment to make the Department effective.
, The number of students annually enrolled in the Normal
° School has exceeded expectation. As they come from all parts
of the State, and many of them return well prepared for the pro-
fession of teaching, they must greatly promote the efficiency of
our common schools generally, and demonstrate the wisdom of
· the General Assembly in providing an inexpensive Normal
School, centrally located and easy of access, to keep the State
always supplied with well-trained teachers.
THE KENTUCKY AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION.
This Department of the State College originated in a resolu-
' tion of the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees,
adopted in September, 1885, when the Department was organized
and a Director appointed. In 1886 the Station was recognized
and named by the General Assembly, and in 1887 it and a similar
Station in every other State were each endowed by Congress
with an annual appropriation of $15,000.
The work of the Station is directed to two objects: 1. To a
constant succession of experiments by specialists, in order to
learn what applications of science will insure the best returns
from the farm, the garden, the orchard, the vineyard, the stock-
yard, and the dairy. 2. To the publication of bulletins announc-
ing such results of the experiments as are found to be valuable
to any of our people that seek proht from either of those prime
Q" sources of wealth—the soil, the flock, or the herd.
Results of experiments have been published in six reports
and fifty—three bulletins, and general appreciation of their utility
,¤ is shown in the fact that, while no bulletin is sent except upon
application for it, the mailing list of the Station contains more
than 1 1,ooo names, and is ever increasing.
With an ample endowment, a large and commodious building
planned for the purpose, adequate apparatus, a good experimental
farm conveniently situated, and seven capable scientists always
. employed and in correspondence with other stations, The Ken-
5 4 STATE COLLEGE OF KENTUCKY.
Q l tucky Agricultural Experiment Station is not only an important
adjunct of the College in the education of students for the lead-
;_ ing industrial pursuits, but directly or indirectly through the wide "=
and continual diffusion of knowledge for the beneht of so large
a proportion of our population, it is bound to be extremely useful
ja to the Commonwealth at large.
§ 1.ocAT1oN.
i, The Agricultural and Mechanical College of Kentucky is
,, established in the old City Park grounds of the City of Lexington,
given to the Commonwealth for this purpose. The site is elevated,
i and commands a good view of the city and surrounding_country.
Y Lexington is now the most important railroad center in Ken-
Q tucky, being in immediate communication with Louisville, Cin-
. cinnati, Maysville, Chattanooga, and with more than seventy
; counties in the Commonwealth. The long—established reputation
of the city for refinement and culture renders it attractive as a
seat of learning, and the large body of fertile country adjacent, V
known as the " Blue Grass Region," with its splendid stock
farms, affords unsurpassed advantages to the student of agricul-
ture who desires to make himself familiar with the best breeds
of horses, cattle, sheep, and swine in America.
GROUNDS.
‘ The campus of the College consists of fifty-two acres of land,
located within the corporate limits of Lexington. The South
Limestone Street electric car line extends along the greater part ‘
of its western border, giving opportunity to reach in a few min-
utes any part of the city. The campus is laid out in walks,
drives, and lawns, and is planted with a choice variety of native
_ and exotic trees and shrubs, to which additions are constantly »·
A being made. A portion of the land has recently been reserved i
_ for a botanical garden in which will be grown the more desirable
V native plants, with a view to testing their adaptability to cultiva-
tion, and to give increased facilities to students taking agricul- '-
tural and biological courses. Two and a half acres, forming the ·
I northeast portion of the campus, inclosed and provided with a
grand stand, is devoted to the field sports of students.
About three—quarters of a mile south of the campus, on the I
Nicholasville pike, an extension of South Limestone Street, is 2
the Experiment Station Farm, consisting of forty-eight and a ,
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half acres. Here the Held experiments of the Station are con-
ducted, and students have opportunities to witness tests of varie-
'·= ties of field crops, dairy tests, fertilizer tests, fruit spraying tests,
in short, all the scientific experimentation of a thoroughly equip-
ped and organized Station. The front of the farm is pasture and
orchard. The back portion is divided off into two hundred one-
‘ tenth acre plots, for convenience in making crop tests.
BUILDINGS.
The main college building is a structure of stone and brick,
140 feet long and 68 feet in width. It contains the oHice of the
President and of the Business Agent, and on the third floor,
counting the basement floor as one, is the chapel, in which each
day the students and Faculty meet, and in which are held public
gatherings and such other meetings as bring together the entire
student body. The remaining space in this building is occupied
by recitation rooms and by the society rooms of the students.
' The Station building is a handsome structure, well planned
for the object for which it is made. It is seventy feet in length
by hfty-four feet in width, with a tower projection in front, and
an octagonal projection eighteen by eighteen on the north side.
The building is two stories high, and a basement eleven feet
from floor to ceiling. The main entrance is on the first floor, on
the west side of the building, through an archway fifteen feet
wide. The basement is occupied in part by the Station and in
part by the College. The next floor above is devoted to ofiice
‘ and laboratory work of the Station, while the upper iloor accom-
modates the College work in Chemistry.
The building devoted to Mechanical Engineering covers alto-
gether an area of about 20,000 feet, is constructed of stone and
»~ pressed brick, and is well furnished with modern conveniences
I for work in this branch of engineering.
A new brick two-story building has been erected and furnished
with modern conveniences for the work in Veterinary Medicine.
I '· Two large brick dormitories on the campus afford boarding
conveniences for students who wish to lessen expense in this
direction. Other buildings on the campus are a brick dwelling
J for the President and a frame cottage at present occupied by the
I Commandant.
L On the Experiment Farm are a brick dwelling occupied by
I the Director of the Station, and the usual farm buildings for the
I care of tools, the protection of stock, and the like.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES. C
é, CHAIRMAN EX-OFFICIO. Ul
I HIS EXCELLENCY GOVERNOR WILLIAM O. BRADLEY.
,, SECRETARY.
' v. E. MUNcY.
PRESIDENT JAMES K. PATTERSON, Ex-ajicio.
TERM EXPIRES JANUARY, wes.
HoN. R. A. SPURR, ..,............. Fayette County.
_ DAVID H. JAMEE, Esg., .............. Fayette County.
JUDGE TH0MAs H, H1NEs, ............. Franklin County. '
JUDGE ROBERT RIDDELL, ............. Estill County.
GEORGE V. GREEN, Esg., ............. Christian County.
TERM ExPIREs JANUARY, 1900.
GEN. D. C. BUELL, ................ Muhlenberg County.
J. C. FLOURNOY, Esg., ............... Fulton County.
HON. J. T. GATHRIGHT, .............. Jefferson County.
HoN. A. P. GOODING, ............ . Mason County.
HON. W. F. PEAK, . . .' ...... . ...... Trimble County.
TERM ExP1REs JANUARY, 1902.
GEN. E. H. HOBSCN, ................ Green County.
JOHN G. MATTHEWS, Esg., ............. Knox County.
HoN. HART HOSXVELL, ............... Fayette County.
J0HN B. KENNEDY, Esg., .............. Bourbon County. V
I CAPT. Taosms TODD, ............... Shelby County. I
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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. ‘ I
JUDGE Tuoims H. H1NEs, Chairman. _ ¤
ITION. R. A. SPURR. _
DAVID H. J.AMES, ESQ.
t Hon:. J. 'l`. GATIIRIGHT.
JUDGE ROBERT RIDDELL.
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FACUL I' Y .
,l (In the order of appointment.)
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JAMES KENNEDY PATTERSON, P1—I. D., LL.D., F. S. A., President,
Professor of Hislory, Political Economy, and Jletaphysicx.
JOHN SHAQKLEFORD, A. M., Vice-President,
Professor of Englixh and Logic.
JAMES GARRARD WHITE, A. M.,
Professor of lldathematics and Aslronomy.
]0HN HENRY NEVILLE, A. M.,
Projessor of Greek and Latin.
, WALTER KENNEDY PATTERs0N,
P1'i7lC1¢H[ of {he Academy.
JOSEPH H0EING KASTLE, PH. D.,
Przy"essor of Chemistry.
RURIc NEVILLE ROARK, A. B.,
Prine:]/ral of the IVormal School.
]0sE1>II YVILLIABI PRYOR, M. D.,
Propuvsor of Ana/omy and Physiology.
FREDERIC PAUL ANDERSON, M. E.,
Pr·u/or/c and Drawing.
ERNEST FRANK BROWN, A. B.,
Instructor in E/ucution. `
OTHER OFFICERS.
MRS. Lucy BERRY BLACKBURN,
Jihnitrmx.
JAMES GARRARD VVHITE,
Bztsilzzrm Afanager. U
J0SE1>1»1 YVILLIAM PRYOR, M. D., ·
— Surgewz of the Htzttalz`011.
M1SS DIARY H0DGEs,
Stmmgraplzer. . I.
I R01sERT LEE BLANTON,
Swcrrtary If the Faculty. _
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A The Professors of this College A.
~ deploring the untimely loss of their young associate,
» WILLIAM ANDREW PATTERSON, I
render here a tribute of their esteem and sorrow.
Born in Lexington, April 12, 1868;
Attained the degree of B. S., 1889;
* Assistant in English, 1892-95; 4
Instructor in History, 1894-95;
L_ Died june 3,, 1895. l
Bright, amiable, and endowed
i with gifts that, improved by study and foreign
travel, gave promise of usefulness and distinction, he
,, passed, with calm assurance, from
if mortal to immortal life
V lamented by a multitude of friends,
who, recalling his fine qualities of head and heart,
· $- L will fondly cherish his memory.
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KENTUCKY AGRICULTURAL EXPERINIENT `
STATION.
BOARD OF CONTROL.
T HON. A. P. GOODING, Chairman, ............ Mason County.
V PRESIDENT JAMES K. PATTERSON, Ex—a_§icio, . ..... Lexington.
DIRECTOR M. A. Sc0vELL, Ex—o_g?icio, ......... Lexington.
OFFICERS OF THE STATION. ·
MELVILLE AMASA SCOVELL,
Director.
ALFRED MEREDITII PETER,
First Chemisl. i
HENRY ERNEST CURTIS,
Second C/zemisl. ·
HARRISON GARMAN,
Enlomologisl and Botamkt.
CLARENCE YVENTWORTH MATIIEWS,
Ho1·lz`cuI!urz`st.
VICTOR EMANUEL MUNCY,
Aletcorologist.
MISS ALICE McDowELL SHELBY, I. ·
Slerzographzr.
‘ DR. RICHARD JAMES SPURR,
.Supcr1`ntenden! of Field Expcrimcnls.
_IosE1>1¤I NELSON HARPER, V'
` Dairymon.
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DEPARTMENTS AND COURSES OF STUDY.
The studies of the State College are distributed into fifteen
Departments, each in charge of a responsible head, the heads
. constituting the Faculty. The Departments in chronological
order are :
I. History, Political Economy, and Metaphysics.
II. Botany, Horticulture, and Agriculture.
III. The English Language and Literature.
IV. Military Science.
V. Chemistry.
VI. Mathematics and Astronomy.
VII. The French and German Languages.
VIII. The Greek and Latin Languages.
p IX. The Academy.
X. The Normal School.
XI. Civil Engineering.
· XII. Mechanical Engineering.
XIII. Anatomy and Physiology.
XIV. Geology and Zoology.
XV. Physics. _
l. DEPARTMENT OF` HISTORY, POLITICAL ECONOMY, AND
MELTAPHYSICS.
A. · PRESIDENT PATTERSON.
The course of instruction in this Department includes an
outline of Ancient, Medixval, and Modern History. Attention is
· »_ given to the various forms of government, their characteristic
features and points of difference, to the progress of civilization,
the origin and development of parliamentary government, the
rights and duties ofi citizenship.
In the period covered, Modern History and the History of
, England and the United States occupy the most prominent
place.
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Walker’s Science of Wealth is made the basis of instruction li
i in Political Economy. Students are, however, made familiar ”
` with the principles upon which rest the rival doctrines of Protec- ’
» tion and Free Trade.
. . The study of Mental and Moral Philosophy extends through
l one year. Sir William Hamilton is used as the basis of instruc-
* tion in Metaphysics, and Janet in Morals. Concurrently with
recitations from these authorities, the pupil is made familiar
with the principles upon which rival systems of philosophy and
morals are based and the arguments by which they are main-
tained. Ancient and modern systems are thus brought under
review, and the necessary data furnished upon which to ground
intelligent opinions.
ll. DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY, HORTICULTURE, AND
AGRICULTURE.
PROFESSOR MATHEWS.
This Department occupies rooms for class instruction on the _
basement Hoor of the Experiment Station building. The main
room or general laboratory is suitably equipped with the custom-
ary furnishings of laboratory tables, water and gas iixtures,
charts, etc. The further equipment both for elementary work
4 and for the use of advanced students is new and of the best
quality, and includes an ample supply of compound and dissect-
ing microscopes for the individual use of each student, several
first-class microtomes, ovens and sterilizing apparatus, together
with delicate balances and other apparatus for the study of plant
physiology. __
Among other facilities for study, the Department possesses a
‘ greenhouse (zoxgo feet), giving an opportunity for the con-
i· tinuous study of living plants throughout the winter months
` and for experiment work in plant physiology. ._
The herbarium contains a nearly complete representation of
1 the flora of Kentucky, with a considerable number of foreign -
Q exchanges. It was primarily due to the efforts of Dr. Robert
i Peter, who made a quite extensive collection of Kentucky plants
about sixty years ago, and also exchanged specimens with the
_ prominent botanists of that day, thus forming the nucleus of the .
STATE COLLEGE OF KENTUCKY. ry,
present collection, which therefore possesses considerable his-
{ torical value. Constant additions are now being made to the
* herbarium by collecting excursions over the State and by ex-
~ changes with other institutions.
The Department library is receiving constant accessions of
carefully selected books, and already contains the most important
botanical and horticultural works of reference, and these, as well
as the best current literature upon these subjects, are freely
D available to students during college hours.
For the study of horticulture and agriculture, many of the
appliances already mentioned are again utilized, and in addition
the very complete equipment of the Experiment Station inci-
dentally affords superior opportunities for the instruction of
students.
The Horticultural Department of the Station (which is also
under the charge of the Professor of Botany and Horticulture)
has an excellent forcing and greenhouse plant upon the college
grounds, consisting of four glass houses of the most approved
methods of construction, containing 4,ooo feet of glass, in ad-
` dition to hot—beds, cold frames, etc., outside. These houses are
run to their full capacity through the winter months in the con-
duct of experiments upon the culture of lettuce, radishes, toma-
toes, cauliflower, and other vegetables under glass and upon the
various methods of plant propagation.
The extensive list of varieties of vegetables and fruits grow-
ing upon the Experiment Farm gives an opportunity for a com-
parative study of varieties rarely if ever found upon the ordi-
nary farm.
The College campus contains a large number of ornamental
" trees and shrubs, and these with numerous varieties of annual
and perennial flowering plants give the pupil a good opportunity
to study ornamental horticulture.
__ In the distinctively agricultural studies experiments of the
farm department of the Experiment Station furnish an excellent
opportunity for the study of the effects of various fertilizers,
varieties of wheat, corn, and other field crops, and the many
problems of dairying.
In order to give special attention to dairy experiments a
_ building has recently been erected upon the Station Farm, and
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. fully equipped with the most modern appliances for the care of Q
' milk and the manufacture of butter and cheese. _ ii
'· All these facilities for the experiment work of the Station, l ,
. while primarily designed for that purpose, can not fail to be of
the greatest value as object lessons in connection with the
studies of this department. i
V ~ The general subjects of study comprised within the scope of
Q this department are subdivided as follows:
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1. mraooucroav BOTANY.
This study is required of all Sophomores in the General
Scientiic, Agricultural, Biological, Chemical, and Normal courses.
Beginning in September, the subject is pursued through the
entire college year, and for all students is a prerequisite for
admission to subsequent courses in botany.
The work of the year comprises a general survey of the plant
world, and is designed to give the student who goes no further
with the subject, a comprehensive view of the entire vegetable
kingdom, while for the student who will continue his botanical
study, it is intended to afford a substantial basis for more
exhaustive special studies.
The laboratory method is the form of instruction principally »
used, and from the very beginning of his work the pupil is
V directed to a study of plants themselves, using the text-book as an
aid to correct his mistakes and to enlarge his field of view. The
student is early instructed in the use of the compound and dis-
secting microscopes, and with their aid he begins in the Fall
term the study of the vegetable cell and its various modifica-
tions, together with types of the lower forms of plant life, pro- A
f ceeding from the simpler to the more complex, until at the
l beginning of the second half year the ferns are reached. From
T I this time until the close of the year the student is given practice __
in the description and determination of species of ferns, grasses,
r and other flowering plants, in addition to a study of their -
3 structures.
· In the course of the year class excursions are arranged to the
T Kentucky River and other points of botanical interest—some-
p times in connection with the other departments of natural
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t history—for the purpose of collecting and studying the interest-
ing flora of these various localities.
The text-books used are Bessey’s Botany in the first, and
A Gray’s Field, Forest, and Garden Botany in the second term.
T u. HISTOLOGY, AND (Ill.) PLANT PHYSIOLOGY.
These two studies are designed to form a continuous course
running through the junior year, and are required of all juniors
in the Agricultural and Biological courses.
In Histology the student is given instruction and training in
the methods of preparing vegetable tissues for microscopic
study, and is encouraged to make a large number of permanent
slides, which he can retain for his own future use.
The text-book used is Dudley and Thomas’ Manual of Plant
Histology.
The study of the tissues and organs of the plant under the
microscope gives the pupil a preliminary knowledge which is
important for the proper understanding of the functions of these
plant parts, or Plant Physiology, which immediately follows
Histology. This requires two afternoons of each week in the
Spring term for laboratory experiments, in which the pupil
follows McDougal’s Manual of Plant Physiology, and is expected
_ in addition to do considerable collateral reading.
In both of these studies constant references are made to such
standard works as Strasburger’s Practical Botany; the text-books
on Plant Physiology of Goodale, Sachs, and Vines; De Bary’s
Comparative Anatomy of the Phanerogams and Ferns; Behren’s
Guide to the Microscope in Botany, etc.
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Required of ]uniors in the Biological Course. Like the pre-
ceding subject, this study is arranged primarily as a laboratory
course. It embraces the study of representatives, so far as
° practicable, of each of the lower classes of plants. The student
uses as works of reference: Bennett and Murray’s Cryptogamic
Botany; De Bary’s Fungi, Mycetozoa, and Bacteria; Goebel’s
Outlines of Classiiication and Special Morphology; the Manuals
of Bacteriology of Sternberg and others; Wolle’s Algae, etc.;
Lesquereux and ]ames’ Mosses; Underwood’s Ferns and their
Allies; Atkinson’s Biology of Ferns, etc.
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j v. Economic sormw.
A This study is required of Seniors in the Agricultural Course, ’ 5
‘ and is for the first half of the term, parallel in part with the ’
preceding study, being concerned with injurious Fungi and -.
V methods of combating them. The remainder of the term is ·
° ` occupied with the study of the botany of cultivated plants,
, particular attention being given to the grasses. I
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v1. SPECIAL A¤vANcr:¤ BoTANY.
V Provision is here made for Seniors in the Biological Course to L
' pursue some advanced line of study, assigned with reference to
their individual tastes and requirements, and is intended to be a A ,
, continuation of some special subject commenced in the earlier
part of their course.
vu. Honrioutrunz.
Required in the Agricultural Course. The work in this sub-
ject begins in january of the junior year and extends through
two terms.
The time allotted to the subject is divided between lectures,
recitations, and actual practice in h