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Hon. James A. Mount,

LAFAYETTE, IND., October 1, 1898.

Governor of Indiana:

On behalf of the Board of Trustees, I transmit herewith the Twenty-fourth Report of the President of Purdue University.

It is a clear and comprehensive statement concerning the attendance, the origin and purpose of the institution, the work which it has accomplished, its cost to the people, and its needs.

This report is accompanied by the report of the President of the University to the Secretary of Agriculture and to the Secretary of the Interior, and by the reports of the Secretary and the Treasurer of the Board of Trustees.

The Board presents these reports confident that those who carefully read them will be convinced that Purdue University has been well and economically managed, and that the institution has been brought to a high state of efficiency.

It is a source of gratification to be able to state that, through the influence of scientific research conducted by the faculty and students, Indiana's technical university is favorably known among the promoters of the technical industries and to the readers of technical and scientific papers not only in this country but in Europe as well.

CHARLES B. STUART,

President of the Board of Trustees.

To the Board of Trustees,

Purdue University:

I herewith submit the Twenty-fourth Annual Report for the year ending June 30, 1898, as required by the acts of Congress under which the institution is organized. This report also forms the biennial report as required by the State law.

Heretofore the report to the State has been made to end October 31, but, in order to make the two reports co-terminus and thus to be capable of comparison, the financial part of the biennial report covers the period from November 1, 1896, to June 30, 1898.

I preface this report with a verbatim copy of the annual report to the Honorable Secretary of Agriculture and the Honorable Secretary of the Interior, as required by the act of Congress of August 30, 1890.

I have thought this a fitting occasion to present not only the usual statistics but also a resume of the work accomplished by the University as a whole for a considerable portion of the time covered by my administration of its affairs.

JAMES II. SMART,

President of the University.

October, 1898.

REPORT TO THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE AND

THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR.

Name of Institution, Purdue University; Postoffice, LaFayette; State, Indiana.

Report of the President of said institution to the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior, as required by act of Congress of August 30, 1890, in aid of Colleges of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts:

I. CONDITION AND PROGRESS OF THE INSTITUTION FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1898.

1. Our course in Railway Engineering and Management has been greatly enlarged. See printed matter enclosed herewith and marked No. 2.

2. (a) (a) We have erected a one-story brick building, 50 by 100 ft., with corridor 20 by 40 ft., to be used for our railway testing department.

(b) We have made a one-story brick addition to the Electrical Laboratory, 62.8 by 26.3 ft.

(c) We have built a greenhouse for the Horticulture Department, containing three rooms; one for a work room, the other two affording different degrees of temperature.

3. An extensive course in Electrical Engineering. Building and equipment in this department valued at $55,000.

General Remarks: It is worthy of note that the number of students has increased this year to 750, and that we have enrolled 57 post-graduates.

We have printed five regular College bulletins, fourteen Newspaper bulletins, twenty-four Nature Study leaflets, two Food bulletins and nine Railroad lectures, as found in the list of publications enclosed herewith.

NOTE. This list will be found printed on pages 25 and 26 of this report.

II. RECEIPTS FOR AND DURING THE YEAR ENDED JUNE

30. 1898.

1. Balance on hand July 1, 1897 (excluding funded debt, if

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(c) Appropriations for building or for other special
purposes

16.285 83

3. Federal Aid

(a) Income from land grant, act of July 2, 1862.... (b) For experiment stations, act of March 2, 1887.. (c) Additional endowment act of August 30, 1890.. 4. Fees and all other sources.

17.000 00

15.000 00 23.000 00 29.862 11

Total

.$174.005 82

III. EXPENDITURES FOR AND DURING THE YEAR ENDED JUNE

30, 1898.

(Not necessarily a balance sheet as compared with Division II above.) 1. Instruction in the subjects specified in sec. 1, act of August

30, 1890

$56.343 85

2. Instruction in all other subjects, if any, not mentioned in Question 1 of this series.

11,162 55

3. Administrative expenses (President's, Secretary's, Treas urer's, Librarian's salary, clerical service, fuel, light, etc.) 4 Experiment Station

83,724 62

16.789 11

*Balance

5.985 69

Total

$174.005 82 4,529 00

Liabilities all funds.

IV. PROPERTY. YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1898.

Value of all buildings, $345.000; of other equipment, $275,000. Value of above property not used for instruction in the subjects specified in sec. 1 of act of August 30, 1890, buildings, $40,000; of other equipment, $10,000.

Total number of acres, 190; acres under cultivation, 149; acres used for experiments. 90; value of farm lands, $60,000; amount of all endowment funds, $340,000.

Number of bound volumes, June 30, 1898, 8,098; pamphlets, 2,854.

V. FACULTY DURING THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1898.

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2. Number in all other departments (excepting duplicates).. Number of staff of Experiment Station.....

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VI. STUDENTS DURING THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1898.

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3. Number of students that pursued courses in agriculture, 60; mechanical engineering. 174; civil engineering, 85; electrical engineering. 117; mining engineering, .....; architecture, all C. E. students; household economy, ..........; veterinary science, all agricultural students; military tactics, 270.

(It is not expected that the sum of these figures will equal the number of students given above.)

4. What degrees and how many of each kind were conferred in 1897-'98: On Men

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