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PRESS OF "the MARYLAND FARMER."

Representing the State Ex-Officio

Hox. IIEXRY LLOYD,

GOVERNOR OF MARYLAND,

President.

HoK. E. E. JACKSOX,
Pres't of the Senate.

Hon. JOSEPH B. SETH,
Speaker of the House of Delegates.

Hon. CHAS. B. ROBERTS,

Attorney General.

Hon. STEYENSOX ARCHER,
State Treasurer.

Hon. J. FRANK TURNER,
Comptroller.

Hon. NORMAN J. COLEMAN,
U. S. Com. of Agriculture.

Representing the Stockholders:

ALLEN DODGE, Esq., Hon. J. CARROLL WALSH,

Hon. E. WHITMAN, Hon. WILMOT JOHNSON.

V. CARIUJLL (lOLDSBOROUGH, Esq.

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AUGUSTINE J. SMITH, President,
Lecturer on Political Science.

J. A. CHAMBLISS, A. M.,
Professor of Latin and English Literature.

G. S. FELLOWS, B. A.,
Professor of Chemistry and Physics.

C. A. FESTETITS, C. E., M. S.,
Professor of Mathematics and Civil Engineering,

♦Vacant.
Professor of Agriculture.

WILHELM BERNHAKDT, Ph.D.,

(University of Leipsig,)
Professor of German,

CAMILLE FONTAINE, B. es L.,

(DOUAI Facultk,)
Professor of French.

B. J. WILSON, B. A.,
Assistant Professor of English and Mathematics.

Rev. A. J. SMITH, Jr.,
Lecturer on Mental and Moral Science.

THOMAS TAYLOR, M. D., M. R. S., A. A. S.,
Lecturer on Microscopy.

^^\ R. SMITH, B. S. A.,
Lecturer on Botany.

*Pen{ling- Neg-otiations.

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Colonel FESTETITS,
Commandant.

Professor FELLOWS,
Librarian.

Professor CHAMBLISS,
Sec. of Faculty.

Key. a. J. SMITH, Jr.,
Chaplain.

O. EVERSFIELD, M. D.,
Physician.

Miss LAVINIA ISH,

Matron.

E. F. DANIELS,
Gardener.

JOHN R. GROVE,
Farmer.

COURSE OF LECTURES.

A Course of Lectures upon Scientific and Literary subjects will be
delivered during the academic term by the following distinguished
scholars and scientists :

Professok M. a. NEWELL,

Principal State Normal School.

Peopessor H. W. WILEY,

Cbief Chemist U. S. Department of Agriculture.

Professor OTIS T. MASON,

Curator Departuient Of Ethnology, V. S. National Museum. — ETHNOLOaY.

Professor CHARLES V. RILEY,

Entomologist U. S. Department of Agriculture. — EirrOMOLOGY.

Professor F. LAMSON SCRIBNER,

U. S. Department of Agriculture.— FUNGI.

WILLIAM SAUNDERS,

Superintendent of Grounds U. S. Department of Agriculture. — HOHTICULTURE.

JOHN SAUL,

The Eminent Florist and Horticulturist.— POMOiiOGY.

Dr. ROBERT WARD, F. R. C. V. S.,

state Teterinary Surgeon.— ZOOLOGY.

Professor B. E. FERNOW.

Chief of Forestry Di-rision tJ. S. Department of Agriculture.— FORESTRY;

Professor WILLIAM S. YEATES,

Department of Minerals, Smithsonian Institute.— MiniskaIjOGY.

BOARD OF VISITORS.

Prof. M. A. Newell Baltimore.

Hon. Lloyd Lowndes Alleghany.

Col. H. Kyd Douglass Washington Co.

Hon. E. H. Steiner Frederick Co.

Frank Brown Carroll.

Hon. William Clark, of T Howard.

T. Alex. Seth Baltimore Co.

John Moores Harford.

E. J. Hall Montgomery.

Hon. Nicholas Brewer Anne Arundel.

Patrick Hamill Garrett.

Geo. H. Calvert Prince Georges.

Col. J. F. Dent St. Mary's.

Dr. R. C. Mackall Cecil.

Hon. Wm. D. Burchinal Kent.

Hon. Edward C. Legg Qneen Anne's.

Hon. Paul Winchester Talbot.

Danl. M. Henry, Jr Dorchester.

Henry Page Somerset.

Hon. Lemuel Malone Wicomico.

Hon. Andrew G. Chapman Charles.

Hon. G. W. Goldsborough Caroline.

Hon. James T. Briscoe Calvert.

Hon. Geo. W. Covington Worcester.

AT LARGE.

W. W. Corcoran Washington, D. C.

Dr. C. M. Smith Franklin, La.

Dr. L L. Adkins Talbot.

Hon. John Randolph Tucker Lexington Va.

Hon. Henry G. Davis Deer Park, W. Va.

Hon. James A. Gary Baltimore co.

Robert Garrett Baltimi »re city.

Genl. F. C. Latrobe "

Judge Edward Duffy '•

Judge W. A. Stewart "

Hon. Jno, L. Thomas , "

Genl. Bradley T. Johnson "

Right Rev. A. M. Randolph, D. D Virginia.

Hon. Edward Stake Washington Co.

Hon. E. L. F. Hardcastle Talbot.

CATALOGUE OF STUDENTS.

Banks, Morton D Md.

Bergevin, Walter Byron Washington, D. C.

Carroll, John Md.

Chambliss, Samuel M Md.

Conrey, Thomas J Md.

Dallam, Arthur Rush Md.

Pitzhugh, Smith Keech Md.

Plack, George Md.

Gadd, Herbert W Md.

Hazen, Melvin G Virginia.

Holloway, Harold P Indiana,

Johnson, Leonard B Md.

Kellogg, Arthur D I^ew Mexico.

Kellogg, Clarence H New Mexico.

Legge, Prank W Washington, D. C.

Legge, Harry D Washington, D. C.

Lount, William R Md.

Lyden, Prederick Pountaine Md.

Merritt, Percy Blaine Washington, D. C,

Moulton, Irvin B Washington, D. C.

Palfrey, Charles Conrad, Jr Louisiana.

Pindell, Robert M., Jr Md.

Sigler, William A Md.

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Smith, Charles Magill Md.

Smith, llobert E Md.

Somerville, Charles S Md.

Stevenson, Allen S Md.

Taylor, William J Kentucky.

Tolson, Albert C Md.

Travers, John C Md.

Ware, Thorn as I) O hio.

Weaver, Eobert D Washington, D. C.

Webster, Clarence Washington, I). C.

Weems, Julius B Md.

Wickes, Henry W Pennsylvania.

Willis, Charles E Md.

Wilson, J. Morgan Washington, D. C.

W^oolford, F. Rees Md.

Woolford, R. Cator Md.

Wyeth, Charles M Md.

Wyville, Walter D ...Washington, I). C.

Yingling, Harvey A Md.

Yost, Walter B Md.

10 MARYLAND AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.

LOCATION.

The Maryland Agricultural College is situated in Prince George's
county, Md., on the Washington Branch of the Baltiniore and Ohio
Railway. College Station is distant thirty-two milee from Balti-
more and eight miles from Washington. Fourteen trains daily, afford
easy communication with all points.

The main building is a substantial brick structure, one hundred
and twenty feet long, fifty-four feet wide and six stories high, sur-
rounded by a beautiful grove of forest trees, and possesses ample
accomodations for one hundred and fifty cadets, besides offices for the
President, Registrar and Commandant, Professors' quarters. Chapel,
Museum, Library, Reading-Room and the requisite class rooms.
The Cadets' quarters are large and roomy, well heated, lighted and
ventilated, and ample provision is made for the maintenance of the
thorough sanitary condition of the building.

The Chemical Laboratory is a separate brick structure close to
the main building. The Gymnasium is another detached building
erected for this special purpose, as is also the President's residence.

The farm is amply provided with the necessary farm buildings.
It contains two hundred and eighty-six acres, of which forty acres
are woodland and the greater portion of the remainder is under culti-
vation. The varied conditions and qualities of the soil afford excellent

opportunities for agricultural experimentation, and this, together with
the beauty and healthfulness of the site, render the location eminently
desirable for an educational institution of this character.

The proximity of the College to the National Capitol, gives it
superior advantages in the valuable aids which it derives from the
scientific and literary departments of the Government.

CATALOGUE. 11

COURSES OF STUDY.

The act of Congress, creating the endowment of State Agi-icul-

tural Colleges, was passed July 2, 18G2, and is entitled "An Act,

gi-anting public lands to the several States and Territories, which

may provide colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic

arts." The aims of a college thus originated are defined as follows :

"Its leading object shall be, without excluding other scientific and
classical studies, and including military tactics, to teach such branches of
learning as are related to agriculture and the mechanic arts, in such manner
as the Legislatures of the States may respectively prescribe, in order to pro-
mote the liberal and practical education of the industrial classes in the several
pursuits and professions in life."

Hence, while the curriculum makes thorough provision for agri-
cultural education, which, besides being of practical value, is recog-
nized among scholars as an accomplishment, it embraces also literary
and scientific courses, equal to those of any college of respectable
grade, thus fitting its graduates for any of the occupations or pro-
fessions of life.

The principal branches of study comprised in these several courses
are the following : — Agriculture, Chemistry, Mathematics, Surveying,
Topographical and Mechanical Drawing, Civil and Mechanical Engi-
neering, English Literature, Ancient and Modern Languages.

Each of the diflFerent Courses of Study pursued, covers a term of
four years and leads to an appropriate degree, which will be conferred
upon those only who complete an entire course. The diplomas
are signed by the Faculty and the (governor of Maryland, who is the
President of the Board of Trustees.

There are three systematically arranged courses of study, viz :
1st. The Agricultural Course, leading to the degree of Bachdur of

Scientific Agriculture — B. S. A.
2d. The Scientific Course, leading to the degree of Bachelor of

Science — B. S.
3d. The Literary- ScieMific Course, leading to the degree of Bachelor
of Fhilosophg — B. Ph.

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As the foundation of scientific agriculture rests upon the natural
sciences, such as Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Botany and Geology,
these sciences occupy a prominent place in the agricultural course, and
are studied with special reference to their application in agriculture.
The special agricultural studies are, as follows :

Freshman Year. — Elements of Scientific Agriculture; Cereals,
their history, cultivation and varieties; Grasses, establishment of
pastures and meadows ; other Forage Crops ; Special and Local Crops.

Sophomore Year. — Horticulture: propagation of plants, fer-
tilization, hybridization, improvement of varieties; plant food; dis-
eases of plants ; the orchard, the vineyard, the nursery, their proper
soil and management; budding, layering, grafting, pruning; vege-
table garden, the hot bed and cold frame, market gardening. Flori-
culture : landscape gardening, trees and shrubs for ornamental plant-
ings. Forestrv.

Junior Year. — Manures : preparation from waste materials of
the farm, composting and application ; commercial fertilizers ; field
and feeding experiments.

Senior Year. — Selection and care of animals, soiling, feeding
for meat production, dairying, stock-breeding; farm implements;
entomology — insects injurious to vegetation, their habits, their modes
of life and methods of checking their ravages. Agricultural chemistry,
•embracing origin, formation and composition of soils ; analysis of soils
and their adaptation to purposes of production ; chemistry of plant
growth and plant food ; chemical composition of the various crops ;
chemistry of the dairy.

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The study of Chemistry begins in the Sophomore year and extends
through tiie remainder of the college course.

Sophomore Year. — The work of this year is devoted to the
acquisition of the facts and principles of General Chemistry, to allovv
students who do not further pursue the subject to get a good, general
knoAvledge of the field, and also to serve as a basis for the special courses
following. There will be daily experiments, illustrating the subjects
under discussion together with a course of lectures on the practical
application of Chemistry in the arts.

Junior Year. — Qualitative analysis : — each student is recjuired
to make analyses of at least one hundred subtances ; blow-pipe analysis
with determination of minerals and ores ; Organic Chemistry ; lectures
on Chemical Physics.

Senior Year. — Quantitative analysis, both gravimetric and
vol u metric methods. Agricultural Chemistry wi 11 be made a prominou t
feature of this year's work, especially analyses of fertilizers, milk,
water, feed-stuffs.

Each student is provided with a laboratory desk, equipped with
all needful apparatus and re-agents for the condition of which he is
held responsible.

The Department of Chemistry is enabled to offer unusual
inducements to students the coming year. A recent State law requires
the College to analyze samples of all fertilizers manufactured or sold
in the State, and thus the duties of State Chemist now devolve upon
this department. In order to meet fully the requirements of the law,
an invoice of the latest and most improved chemical apparatus has
been ordered from Europe. The more advanced students, who will
be permitted to share in the work, will thus have an opportunity of
learning the most practical methods of analysis.

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The study of Mathematics is pursued during the first two years
of the Agricultural, during three years of the Literary-Scientific, and
during four years of the Scientific course. Considering the excellent
mental discipline the study of Mathematics affords, and that a sound
knowledge of the same is a pre-requisite for the successful study and
practice of the mechanic arts, exceptional attention is paid to this
branch of instruction. Its importance as an aid in all mechanical
investigations is kept constantly in view, and therefore the course is
so arranged as to lead most directly to the practical application of the
theoretical knowledge acquired. The course is as follows :

Freshman Year. — During the first term Algebra is reviewed
from the beginning to quadratic equations. In the second term
Algebra is finished, the work of the term comprising Series, Binomial
Theorem Logarithms, Higher Equations, Rule of Des Cartes, Cardan's
Rule, Sturm's Theorem.

Sophomore Year. — Plane and Solid Geometry, Plane Trigono-
metry, Astronomy, Elements of Surveying.

Field work : Chain and Compass Surveying,

JuN^iOR Year. — Spherical Trigonometry, Conic Sections, Ana-
lytical Geometry, Triangular Surveying, Levelling.

Field work : Transit and Theodolite Surveying. — Running lines
of levels.

Senior Year. — Theory of Functions, Differential and Integral
Calculus, Calculus of Variations, Trilinear Surveying, Geodetic Sur-
veys, Triangulation, U. S. Land Surveys.

Fielfl Work : Measuring Base lines, Plane 1 able work, Railroad
Curves and Railroad Spirals, Cross-Sectioning and Computation of
Earth-work.

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In order to afford the graduates of the ScientijSc Course oppor-
tunity to obtain the degree of Civil or Mechanical Engineer by means
of a post-graduate course of two years, particular attention is paid to
these branches of study.

Shop-work is required of all students in this course, and includes
work in the wood-shop, at the forge and in the machine-shop.
The wood-shop is equipped with benches, vises and tools. Special
attention will be given to joinery as the most important branch of
practical Carpentry,

Civil and Mechanical Engineering is taught in the junior year of
the Agricultural Course and in both the junior and senior years of the
Scientific Course. It comprises :

Junior Year. — Mechanics: Statics and Dynamics of Solids,
Liquids and Gases. Prime Motors : Water Wheels, Wind Mills ; the
Boiler and its Appendages ; Strength of Materials, Graphic Analysis
of Trusses; Agi'icultural Machinery ; Land Drainage; Irrigation,
House and Town Sewerage.

Shop Practice : Work in the Wood-Shop, comprising all the
more common forms of joints, viz : halves, mortise-and-tenon, miter,
dowel, open and blind dove-tail, etc. The principal object sought to
be attained, is to secure gi'eatest accuracy with least expenditure of
time and labor.

SEifiOR Year. — Thermodynamics : Steam Making and Manage-
ment of Steam; The Steam Engine; Practical Examples; Designing
Bridge Details in Wood and Iron ; Eailway Construction.

Shop Practice : Forge work, including the welding and tem-
pering of steel ; Vise work, including the various methods of shaping
and fitting metals by the use of chisel, hack-saw and file.

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Knowledge of DraAving is inseparable from technical training.
The constant invention of new machinery and the new adaptjitions of
old, render it necessaiy for any one interested in the Mechanic Arts,
to be not only a good draftsman, but also to be able to readily grasp
the meaning of a drawing. The practice of graphically representing
mechanical ideas inculcates habits of systematic study and thought
which can not fail to be of value to all, in whatsoever profession.

Since the ulterior purpose of the art of surveying is to determine
the relative position of points on the surface of the earth, in such a
manner that a map of that portion of the earth's surface may be
constructed, it is self-evident that a knowledge of Topographical
Drawing is absolutely indispensable to the surveyor.

The course in drawing begins in the Sophomore year, and is
intended to lay a good foundation for work in any pursuit of life where
drawing is required.

Sophomore Year. — Elements of Mechanical and Topograph-
ical Drawing. Plotting Farm Surveys.

JuNiOK Yeak. — Orthographic Projection, Spherical Projections,
Shades and Shadows; Plotting Eailroad surveys; Topographical
Sketching ; Designs for Wooden Structures ; Agricultural Machinery.

Senior Year, — Linear Perspective, Isometric Projection; Stone
and Iron Construction ; Designs of Machines ; Working Drawings ;
Topographical Mapping.

CATALOGUE. 17

English Language and Literature.

It is intended that graduates of this College, whatever else they
may have learned or failed to learn, shall be able to use their mother-
tongue, both orally and in writing, with correctness, ease and force.
It is designed, also, that they shall obtain a useful acquaintance with
the history of the language and of the treasures of its literature.

To meet the necessities of those who may enter without havir^g
enjoyed very good ojtportunities of preparatory instruction, the course
in this department begins almost at the bottom. Students unpre]">ared
for the Freshman Class may have a year's work in Englisli Grammar,
with constant practice in analysis and parsing, and daily exercise!? in
expression and criticism.

In the first College 3'ear, Englisli Structure is taken up — words
and their elements, roots, stems, jirefixes, suffixes — and familiai- lectures
are given on the history of the language. This is followed by
a thorough study of the i)rinciples and methods of English Compo-
sition, apjilied by frequent exercises in which neatness of manuscript,
correctness of spelling, of punctuation and of paragraphing, as well as
clearness of thought and expression, are persistently required.

From this point the course proceeds through the study of Higher
Rhetoric and the Elements of Logic.

Systematic instruction in Elocution is given. High value is set
upon the art of Expressive Reading, and in this direction much effort
is expended. Frequent exercises in Declamation are required, for the
purpose, chiefly, of correcting marked faults of manner and cultivating
self-possession in public address. Original essays and orations are
called for in the Junior and Senior vears.

18 MARYLAXD AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.

In conjunction with the Language, the Literature of our tongue
is studied, first, by means of text-books on the subject, covering in a
general way the ^vhole ground from Chaucer to the present time ; and,
second, by critical examination of a considerable number of specimens
from the writings of the more famous authors, English and American.

The work of this department is the same for each of the three
degree-courses, and is apportioned among tlie classes as indicated in
the Courses of Studv.

Latin Language and Literature.

The importance of this department is emphasized by at least tAvo
undisputed facts : 1. — The Latin of all languages possesses the highest
value for grammatical discipline ; it is known among scholars to be a
sort of universal key of language; it affords in its S3mtax so excellent
a preparation for linguistic work in general, that "the student who has
mastered it has learned one-half of what he has to learn in acquiring
any Continental language." 2. — Xext to the Anglo-Saxon the Lutin
is the principal element in the structure of the English language,
and the source — directly and through the French — of about thirty per
cent, of our vocabulary. It is, therefore, almost indispensable for one who
would know English critically and use it with assured exactness.

It has been found that many students who seek the peculiar
advantages offered by the Agricultural Colleges must enter, if at all,
without having begun the study of Latin. They are fitting not for
orie of the "learned professions," but for one of those spheres of labor
in which a knowledge of the physical sciences is of chief importance.
Yet they cannot without disadvantage omit altogether the study of
Latin. A short course in this department has been arranged to meet
the requirements of this class of students, wliile a more extended

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course is provided for others. In the former, the language is begun
here and continued two years. In this course, after a thorough drill
in the Grammar with daily Latin-English and Englisli -Latin exer-
cises, two or three authors are critically read, and by the faithful
student some of the chief benefits of Latin study are realized.

The regular or full Latin course, leading with other studies, ^i=?
specified in Courses of Study, to the degree of Bachelor of
Philosophy, extends to the middle of the Senior year, embracing in
addition to the work of the shorter course, the following authors :
Livy, Horace, Tacitus, Juvenal, Terence and Plautus. Other authors
may be substituted in the last year.

The History of Rome is one of the studies common to all of
the degree-courses and is made of especial value to Latin students.

Modern Languages.

Both German and French are required in each of the degi-ee-
courses. The fact that these languages are spoken to a great extent
in various portions of this country and that much of the highest
scientific thought of the age, and records of the most skillful work in
the mechanic arts are found in their current literature, makes them
very useful subjects of study.

French is taken up in the Sophomore year, German in the Junior
and both are continued in the Senior year. The instruction is by the
Natural Method until the pronunciation has been acquired and some
readiness gamed in [the colloquial use of the languages, after which
systematic^granmiatical work is done.

20 MARYLAND AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.

AGRICULTURAL COURSE.

FRESHMAN YEAR.
First Term. Second Term.

Algebra. Algebra.

Physiology. Botany.

English Structure. History.

Latin. Latin,

Agriculture. Agriculture.

Elocution and Composition. Elocution and Composition.

SOPHOMORE TEAR.
First Term. Second Term.

Oeometry. Trigonometry and Surveying.

Physics. Chemistry.

History. Rhetoric.

French. French.

Floriculture. Floriculture.

Drawing. Drawing.

Elocution and Composition. Elocution and Compositit^i.

JUNIOR TEAR.

First Term. Second' Term.

Analytical Geometry. Geodetic Surveying.

Civil Engineering. Mech. Engineering, (Shop Practice.)

Chemistry, (Qualitative Analysis.) C]ieraistr\-, (Organic.)

Zoology- Zoology.

Logic. English Literature.

German. German.

Drawing. Drawing.

Agriculture. Agriculture.

Elocution and Composite >n. Elocution and Composition.

SENIOR TEAR.
First Term. Second Term.

Agriculture. Agriculture.

Chemistry, (Quantitative Analysis.) Chemistrj', (Agricultural.)

Mineralogy. Geology.

Mental Science. Moral Science.

Political Science. Political Science.

Elocution and Composition. Elocution and Composition.

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SCIENTIFIC COURSE.

FRESHMAN YEAR.
First Term. Second Term.

^^gebra. Algebra.

Physiology. Botany. ;

English Structure. History.

I^atin. Latin.

Agriculture. Agriculture.

Elocution and Composition. Elocution and Composition.

SOPHOMORE TEAR,

First Term. Second Term.

Geometry. Trigonometry and Surveying.

Physics. . Chemistry.

History. Rhetoric.

French. French,

Drawing. ^ Drawing.

Elocution and Composition. Elocution and Composition.

JUNIOR YEAR.

First Term. Second Term.

Analytical Geometry. Geodetic Surveying.

Civil Engineering. Mech. Engineering, (Shop Practice.)

Chemistry, (Qualitative Analysis.) Chemistry, (Organic.)

Logic. - English Literature.

German. German.

Drawing. Drawing.

Elocution and Composition. Elocution and Composition.

SENIOR YEAR,

First Term. Second Term.

Differential and Integral Calculus. Calculus of Variations.

Civil Engineering. Mechanical Engineering.

Drawing. Drawing.

Mental Science. Moral Science.

Political Science. Political Science.

Elocution and Composition. Elocution and Composition. \

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LITERARY-SCIENTIFIC COURSE.

FBESHMAN TEAR.
First Term. Second Term.

Algebra. Algebra.

Physiology. Botany.

English Structure. History.

Latin. Latin.

Agricalture. Agriculture.

Elocution and Composition. Elocution and Composition.

SOPHOMORE YEAR.

First Term. Second Term.

Geometry. Trigonometry and Surveying.

Physics. Chemistry.

Latin. Latin.

History, Rhetoiic.

French. French.

Elocution and Composition. Elocution and Composition.

JUNIOR TEAR.
First Term. Second Term.

Latin. Latin.

Anahi;ical Geometry. Geodetic Surveying.

Chemistry, (Qalitative Analysis). Chemistry, (Organic).

Logic. English Literature.

German. German,

Elocution and Composition. Elocution and Composition.

SENIOR TEAR.
First Term. Second Term.

Mineralogy. Geology.

Chemistry, (Quantitative). Chemistry, (Quantitative).

German. French.

Mental Science. Moral Science.

Elocution and Composition. Elocution and Composition.

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PREPARATORY DEPARTMENT.

For tliose who are not sufficiently advanced to enter the Fresh-
man Class, a Preparatory Course is provided with the following plan
of study :

First Term.

United States History.

English Grammar.

Arithmetic.

Latin.

Penmanship.

Elocution and Composition.

Second Term.

Physical Geography.

English Grammar.

Arithmetic.

Latin.

Penmanship.

Elocution and Composition.

34 MARYLAND AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.

Military Organization.

Military organization is made a distinctive feature in compliance
with the Endowment Act of Congress of 1862. While always held
subordinate and secondary to the higher educational objects of the
College, it extends to every department, as the most effective means of
maintaining good discipline.

All students, unless physically disqualified, are required to parti-
cipate in the prescribed military exercises.

In order to enforce habits of personal neatness, as well as to insure
a proper sanitary condition of the College, the Commandant makes
daily inspections of quarters, and weekly inspections of all the College
buildings, arms, accoutrements and equipments. Cadets are held to
a strict accountability for the orderly condition of their rooms.

At the beginning of the term, issues of such arms and equipments
as they require, are made to all cadets.

The drills occupy about four hours per week during the entire
session, and include Infantry and Artillery Tactics.

Infantry Tactics: The Schools of the Soldier, Company, and
Battallion; Skirmish Drill ; Target Practice j Ceremonies and Field
Service.

Artillery Tactics : The Schools of the Soldier, Detacnment, and
Battery, (dismounted.)

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The College is provided by the United States Government with
the requisite number of breech-loading rifles, (cadet model,) and
accoutrements, and two three-inch rifled-cannon with equipments.

Theoretical instruction is given in Infantry Tactics, (Upton's),.
and United States Army Artillery Tactics, For the Senior Class,^
lectures are provided on military engineering, construction of tem-
porary bridges and j5eld fortifications, and kindred subjects of military
science, which are of general interest, and constitute useful, practical
knowledge. -

The daily drill is an important factor in the physical culture of
the cadets, insures a sufficient amount of healthful out-door exercise,
especially to those inclined to sedentary habits, and gives vigor to the
body, and grace and dignity to the bearing.

For instruction in Infantry Tactics and purposes of discipline,
the cadets are for the present organized into a company. A battalion
of at least two companies will, however, be organized at the beginning
of the next term. The officers, commissioned and non-commissioned,
are selected from those cadets who are most exemplary in their con-
duct, proficient in their studies and soldier-like in the discharge of
their duties. As a rule, the commissioned officers are taken from the
Senior, and the non-commissioned officers from the Junior and Sopho-
more Classes.

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COMPANY ORGANIZATION FOR 1885—1886,

CAPTAIN:
Julius B. Weems.

1st LIEUTEIS^ANT: 2d LIEUTENANT;

C. 0. Palfrey. R M. Pindell.

OEDNANCE SERGEANT:
W. A. Sigler.

SEEGEANTS:

1st Sergeant: L. B. Johnson.
2d '- E. D. Weaver.

3d " C. M. Wyeth.

4th « C. E. Willis.

5th « M. C. Hazen.

COEPOEALS.

1st Corporal : T. J. Conrey.
2d « E. E. Smith.

3d « A. C. Tolson.

4th " F. F. Lyden.

CATALOGUE. 27

MUSEUM.

In the Museum is an excellent study collection of minerals and
ores well classified, and thus of important service as a guide in the
science of mineralogy.

For use in the study of crystallography, there are models illus-
trating all the systems of crystallization, with the most important
modifications of typical forms.

A compact, but by no means unimportant collection is one, pre-
sented to the College by the U. S. Bureau of Forestry, containing
specimens, labeled and indexed, of more than four hundred varieties
of woods, grown in the United States,

The collection of seeds contams many specimens of more than
passing interest.

Worthy of notice is the large number of models of agricultural
machinery, furnished through the courtesy of the U. S, Patent Office,
a collection embracing the latest models that have been allowed to
leave the Department. Every variety of agricultural machinery is
represented in the collection, and the classification and arrangement
is such as to facilitate inspection and study.

Other aids to the study of science included in the Museum are an
herbarium, illustrating the flora of Maryland and the District of
Columbia, also, a good collection of physiological charts and anatom-
ical specimens.

LIBRARY AND READING-ROOM.

The College Library and the Library of the Mercer Literary
Society together contain nearly two thousand volumes.

The Reading- Room is supplied with a careful selection of news-
papers, magazines and reviews. At present, thirty-three daily, weekly
and monthly publications are regularly placed on the files. For the
following magazines and papers, we are indebted to the publishers:
Breeders' Jourfial, Gardners'' Montlily, Industriah'sf, Maryland
Farjner, Massachusetts Plowman, Anne Arundel Advertiser, Centre-

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ville Record, Free QitiU, Harford Democrat, Laurel Revievj, Marlboro^
Gazette, Prince George's Enquirer, Rejjuhlican Citizen. Besides these^
all the U. S. Government Departments furnish their publications.

MERCER LITERARY SOCIETY.

The Literary Society was founded by Dr. Mercer, of New Orleans,,
whose name it still bears.

The society holds weekly meetings during the collegiate year,
affordmg its members an excellent opportunity for practice in oratory
and debate, in addition to what is provided in the regular college
course. The advantages of this sort of training cannot easily be
overestimated. Occasional public meetings are held. Members have
access to the Society Library which is especially rich in history and
biography.

DISCIPLINE.

The President is responsible for the government and manage-
ment of the College, and supervises and controls all the departments^
collegiate and military.

The Commandant is responsible to the President for the military
organization and the maintenance of discipline in the corps of cadets.
x\ll appointments of commissioned and non-commissioned officers are
made on his recommendation, by the President. All infractions of
rules and regulations, as well as the orderly and sanitary conditions of
quarters and buildings, are reported daily to the President.

Correct deportment is required of all cadets, not only within
college limits, but also when absent on furlough. The use of intoxi-
cating liquors, of tobacco in any form, of impure or profane language,
playing of cards or dice, are strictly prohibited. No cadet will be
permitted to have fire-arms of any description in his possession.

No cadet shall leave the College limits without permission from
the President.

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Hazing or personal violence to each other of any kind will not
'be tolerated m tlie corps.

While no sectarian influence is exercised or permitted to be exer-
cised, yet students are required to attend divine service on Sundays,
as well as the daily morning prayers in the College chapel.

As the absence of a cadet from his class is not onlv detrimental

to his own progress, but is also apt to embarrass seriously the work of

the class and of the professor, and in order to facilitate the maintt

nance of good discipline, the attention of parents and guardians is

respectfully directed to that jiart of the College Regulations, Avhich

governs absences and the granting of furloughs.

"No student will be permitted to go home or elsewhere at any
other time than the regularly established vacations, unless the parents
or guardians explicitly re({uest the President to grant the j^rivilege.

All furloughs are for a specified time, and any student absent on
furlough who cannof return at the specified time, must notify the
President, and give good and sufficient reasons for the granting of an
extension of his furlough.

Cadets, who on recommendation of the surgeon are granted sick-
leave, must report through their parents or physician, within one
week, the probable time when they hope to return, and in cases of
prolonged sickness, must report on the state of their health Aveekly,
or else their names will be dropped from the roils.''

.It is the intention to make the discipline firm and impartial, but
lit .. severe, the chief aim being to insure, with as little severity as pos-
sible, pr«)mpt and cheerful obedience to orders, respectful and gentle-
manly demeanor toward the Faculty and towaids each other, and such
orderly conduct in quarters and class-room, tis will protect each student
individually in his right to derive all possible beneiit from the educa-
tional advantages offered him, and as will ensure general comtort and
a good sanitary condition of the buildings. Military r*' .pl^ue is at
once the best and siiimlest means to this end.

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I^equirements for Admission.

Examinations for admission and assignment to classes are held at
tlie beginning of the College year, on Monday, Tuesday and Wednes-
day, the 20th, 21st and 22d of Septmber, 1886, respectively.

Candidates for admission must present testimonials of good moral
character, and if coming from another college or school, a certificate
< 1 honorable discharge.

Candidates for admission into the Preparatory department must be
v/ell grounded in the elements of a primary English education. They
will be examined in Reading, Spelling, Elements of English Grammar,
Geography, Elementary Arithmetic and Penmanship.

Candidates for admission into the Freshman Class will be ex-
amined in the studies laid down for the Preparatory Department of
this C ollege or its equivalents. The same rule holds good for admis-
sion into the more advanced classes, viz : Candidates for admission
must pa?s examination in all the studies of the previous term, as laid
do\\n in the Courses of Study, on page 11 of this catalogue. A
student found deficient in any subject, may, however, be received, upon
condition tiiat he be prepared for examination at some future definite
time within tJie term he desires to enter.

Candidates for admission coming from otlier colleges anthoriz ■ '
to confer degrees, will, upon presentation of a certificate of stiv a'.j.g
from the proper officer of such college, be exempt froui extu..inatio.!
in those studies which are equivalent to those in the Courses of St'al'
herein prescibed.

Candidates desiring to pursue a select course iu' Mathematics,
Chemistry, Agriculture, Literature, or any other branches, may do so
u]".on passing satisfactory examination for the Freshman year. They
must, h<»v- er be guided in their selections by the existing arrange-
ment *■'[■ A- -(i;'-;. They shall not be on titled, at the completion of their
studie^.- : J -i (*• .jree, but will after passing successfully the final exami-
isa^ior. in the studies selected, receive a certificate to that effect.

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