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AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT

             

ALBERT H. TUTTLE, M. S.	Professor of Biology and Agriculture.
FRANCIS H. SMITH, M. A., LL. D.	Professor of Natural Philosophy.
JOHN W. MALLET, M. D., Ph. D., LL. D., F. R. S.	Professor of Chemistry.
FRANCIS P. DUNNINGTON, B. S.,	Professor of Analytical and Agricultural Chemistry.
WILLIAM M. FONTAINE, M. A.	Professor of Natural History and Geology.
WILLIAM M. THORNTON	Professor of Applied Mathematics.
REUBEN M. SEARCY, A. B.	Instructor in Biology.

TRUSTEES OF THE MILLER FUND.

         

J. F. SLAUGHTER, President.
JOHN M. WHITE,	S. V. SOUTHALL,
RANDOLPH HARRISON,	H. W. JONES,
GEORGE W. PALMER,	B. JOHNSON BARBOUR.
R. T. W. DUKE, Secretary.

This Department is founded on the gift of one hundred thousand dollars
by the late Samuel Miller, of Lynchburg, Va., for the establishment of a
Department of Agriculture in the University of Virginia.

The Course of Instruction is arranged as follows:

I. General Biology, Junior Physics, General Chemistry, Geology and
Mineralogy.

II. Industrial Chemistry, Practical Biology, Junior Applied Mathematics.

III. Analytical and Agricultural Chemistry, Agriculture, Intermediate
Applied Mathematics.

The Method of Instruction is by systematic lectures, daily oral and
periodical written examinations. With this is combined the study of suitable
text-books, and in the laboratory courses a large amount of practical
work performed under the supervision of the Professor.

The Miller Scholarship is awarded at the end of each session in honor
of the founder of the Agricultural Department. The emoluments consist of
$250 a session, with free tuition in the Schools of the Agricultural Department.

The degree of Bachelor of Scientific Agriculture is conferred on one
who has passed examination in all of the above subjects. The course is
designed to cover a period of three sessions.

The necessary Expenses of a student in the Department of Agriculture,
with board at the lowest rate ($13), will be about $290 a session, exclusive of
books, stationery, and laboratory materials. Virginians save $50 to $100 in
tuition.