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Department of Agriculture.
| 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 General and Industrial Chemistry. | |
| FRANCIS P. DUNNINGTON, B. S., | |
| Professor of Analytical and Agricultural Chemistry. | |
| WILLIAM M. FONTAINE, M. A., | Professor of Natural History and Geology. |
| WILLIAM H. ECHOLS, B. S., C. E., | Professor of Mathematics. |
| JAMES MORRIS PAGE, A. M., Ph. D., | Adjunct Professor of Mathematics. |
| WILLIAM M. THORNTON, LL. D., | Professor of Applied Mathematics. |
| ORMOND STONE, M. A., | Professor of Astronomy. |
| JAMES A. HARRISON, L. H. D., LL. D., | Professor of French. |
| WILLIAM HOWARD PERKINSON, Ph. D., | Professor of German. |
| HORACE W. JONES, President. | |
| GEORGE W. PALMER, | CHARLES E. VAWTER, |
| RANDOLPH HARRISON, | JOHN B. MOON, |
| JOHN M. WHITE, | GEORGE PERKINS. |
| R. T. W. DUKE, Treasurer. | |
| R. T. W. DUKE, Jr., Secretary. | |
The Department of Agriculture is founded on the gift of one hundred thousand
dollars by the late Samuel Miller, of Lynchburg, Va.; this sum having been
given to establish a fund, the income of which should be applied, as far as practicable,
to the maintenance of experiments in agriculture, training in the art of
farming, and instruction in those sciences which underlie that art, as well as in
their practical relations thereto. Since the income in question is manifestly inadequate
to provide for all these important ends in an efficient manner, it has become
necessary for those directly charged with its administration to decide how it can
be most usefully applied within the limits indicated.
The establishment and maintenance, by the national government, of large and
well-equipped experiment stations in each State has made far better and more
extensive provision for the first of these interests than could here be afforded were
direction which was begun here before the establishment of the Virginia Experiment
Station at Blacksburg, and for some time maintained, has been discontinued.
As regards the second of the objects above named, experience has shown that
those who desire training in the details of the various processes involved in the
art of farming do not seek it at institutions of learning. Throughout the whole
country excellent facilities for such instruction exist, far in excess of the demand.
Here, again, the field is well occupied by a State institution established, equipped,
and maintained for this and kindred purposes. The University has not now,
rarely if ever has had in the past, and is no more likely to have in the future, any
students pursuing courses in the art of farming.
For these reasons it seems wiser, as well as more consonant with the other
functions of the University, to apply the income of this fund to the enlargement,
as far as possible of the opportunities here afforded those who desire to acquire a
knowledge of the sciences on which the art of agriculture is based and of which
it is the practical application, to understand their theoretical principles as well as
their economic relations, and to be capable of following their progress in all its
bearings. Young men who desire such a scientific education in order that they
may intelligently pursue the vocation of a planter have sought the University for
this purpose in the past and will doubtless do so in the future, although at the
present time this calling does not loudly invite followers, either educated or uneducated.
Instruction is therefore offered in this Department to all who desire such training
in the Descriptive and Experimental Sciences as this would imply, together
with a knowledge of the closely affiliated Mathematical Sciences, and of the
Modern Languages of immediate importance to the scientific student. The degree
of Bachelor of Science will be conferred upon compliance with the following conditions:
the completion of one B. S. course each in Botany, Physics, General
Chemistry, Comparative Anatomy, Geology, and Analytical Chemistry, together
with graduation in two of the schools represented by these courses: of one B. S.
course, to be selected by the student from the group of Mathematical Sciences, viz.,
Pure Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, or Astronomy, and the completion of
the courses in Scientific French and Scientific German.
The B. S. courses are the same or the equivalent of the B. A. courses, described
in a previous section: that in Analytical Chemistry is the first course of that
School. The conditions of graduation in the scientific Schools have also been
previously stated. The hours of lectures will be found in the Academic schedule
on page 64; hours for laboratory work, where the course in question calls for
them, are adapted to the other work of each student.
EXPENSES.
The necessary expenses at the University of a student in the Department of
Agriculture may be estimated at from $290 a year upward, according to the mode
of living. This is somewhat diminished in the case of Virginia students by the
provisions made for their free tuitions in certain schools. A fuller statement of
free tuition, may be found in a subsequent section.
MILLER SCHOLARSHIPS.
A scholarship is awarded at the end of each session to the candidate who at that
time passes the graduating examinations in the B. S. courses of Botany, Chemistry,
and Physics with the highest aggregate of marks. The scholarship is tenable
for the next two years. The emoluments consist of $250 a session, with free
tuition in the Schools of the Department of Agriculture. The holder of a Miller
Scholarship is required to elect at least one-third of his work in Biology and Agriculture,
Analytical Chemistry, or Applied Mathematics. The tenure of the
scholarship depends upon the good conduct and studious diligence of the scholar,
the Faculty being authorized to withdraw its benefits from any student who does
not avail himself of the opportunities for study which it is intended to secure.
Candidacy should be announced at the beginning of the session.
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