History of the Maine State College and the University of MaineUniversity of Maine, 1916 - 450 pages |
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... civil engineering , and other branches of learning more or less closely con- nected with agriculture , without charge for tuition . This proposition did not meet with favor . " At the opening of the legislative session of 1864 ...
... civil engineering , and other branches of learning more or less closely con- nected with agriculture , without charge for tuition . This proposition did not meet with favor . " At the opening of the legislative session of 1864 ...
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Merritt Caldwell Fernald. courses had been evolved , namely , in Agriculture ; in Civil Engineering ; in Mechanical Engineering ; and in addition to these , one known as the Elective Course . The first catalogue was issued in December ...
Merritt Caldwell Fernald. courses had been evolved , namely , in Agriculture ; in Civil Engineering ; in Mechanical Engineering ; and in addition to these , one known as the Elective Course . The first catalogue was issued in December ...
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... Civil Engineer- ing . Charles H. Fernald , A. M. , Professor of Natural His- tory . Joseph R. Farrington , Farm ... Engineering , Mechanical Engineering , Chemistry , and Science and Literature . The number of students in the early years ...
... Civil Engineer- ing . Charles H. Fernald , A. M. , Professor of Natural His- tory . Joseph R. Farrington , Farm ... Engineering , Mechanical Engineering , Chemistry , and Science and Literature . The number of students in the early years ...
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... Civil Engineering being assigned to Pro- fessor George H. Hamlin , and the Mechanical En- gineering to Professor Charles H. Benjamin . The periods of service of all these able officers are given in another chapter of this history . In ...
... Civil Engineering being assigned to Pro- fessor George H. Hamlin , and the Mechanical En- gineering to Professor Charles H. Benjamin . The periods of service of all these able officers are given in another chapter of this history . In ...
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... civil life . It is pleasant to remember that the friendship between us has con- stantly contributed to the cordial ... Engineering by Professor Charles H. Benjamin , a description of this building is given , an abstract of which is ...
... civil life . It is pleasant to remember that the friendship between us has con- stantly contributed to the cordial ... Engineering by Professor Charles H. Benjamin , a description of this building is given , an abstract of which is ...
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Abner Coburn administration Agriculture Agronomy Aley Allen Alumni appropriation Aroostook Aroostook County Assistant Chemist Assistant Professor Associate Professor Balentine Bangor Beta Theta Pi Board of Trustees Bowdoin College building Campus chapter Charles Charles Hamlin Civil Engineering Coburn Hall College of Agriculture College of Law Committee coöperation County courses of study Dean dollars dormitory educational Electrical Engineering Engi established Experiment Station Extension faculty farm Fernald fessor fraternity Fund George given graduates Hannibal Hamlin Harris herewith Horticulture increased institution instruction Instructor in Chemistry Instructor in Civil Instructor in English interest James June laboratory Lecturer lege legislature Librarian Lyndon Oak Maine State College Mechanical Engineering ment Station Military Science Modern Languages Morrill neering number of students officers organization Orono period Pharmacy President received Samuel F School Summer Term tion tuition University of Maine versity volumes Walter William Wingate Hall
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Page 114 - State which may take and claim the benefit of this act, to the endowment, support, and maintenance of at least one college where the 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 promote the liberal and practical education of the industrial classes in the...
Page 84 - An Act to apply a portion of the proceeds of the public lands to the more complete endowment and support of the colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts, established under the provisions of an Act of Congress approved July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-two...
Page 266 - No portion of said fund nor the interest thereon, shall be applied directly or indirectly, under any pretense whatever, to the purchase, erection, preservation, or repair of any building or buildings.
Page 276 - SEC. 2. That it shall be the object and duty of said experiment stations to conduct original researches or verify experiments on the physiology of plants and animals; the diseases to which they are severally subject, with the remedies for the same ; the chemical composition of useful plants at their different stages of growth ; the comparative advantages of rotative cropping as pursued under a varying series of crops ; the capacity of new plants or trees for acclimation ; the analysis of soils and...
Page 276 - ... the analysis of soils and water; the chemical composition of manures, natural or artificial, with experiments designed to test their comparative effects on crops of different kinds; the adaptation and value of grasses and forage plants; the composition and digestibility of the different kinds of food for domestic animals; the scientific and economic questions involved in the production of butter and cheese; and such other researches...
Page 266 - State, and no portion of said moneys shall be applied, directly or indirectly, to the purchase, erection, preservation, or repair of any building or buildings, or the purchase or rental of land, or in college-course teaching, lectures in colleges, promoting agricultural trains, or any other purpose not specified in this Act, and not more than five per centum of each annual appropriation shall be applied to the printing and distribution of publications.
Page 266 - That cooperative agricultural extension work shall consist of the giving of instruction and practical demonstrations in agriculture and home economics to persons not attending or resident in said colleges in the several communities, and I imparting to such persons information on said subjects through field demonstrations, publications and otherwise...
Page 276 - ... comparative effects on crops of different kinds; the adaptation and value of grasses and forage plants; the composition and digestibility of the different kinds of food for domestic animals; the scientific and economic questions involved in the production of butter and cheese; and such other researches or experiments bearing directly on the agricultural industry of the United States as may in each case be deemed advisable, having due regard to the varying conditions and needs of the respective...
Page 268 - That for the purpose of protection from frauds in commercial fertilizers, and from adulterations in foods, feeds and seeds, and for the purpose of promoting agriculture by scientific investigation and experiment, the Maine Fertilizer Control and Agricultural Experiment Station is hereby established in connection with the State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts.
Page 428 - The governor and council shall take measures, as soon as may be advantageously done after the passage of this act, to sell the land scrip received by this state under the act of congress, and to invest the same as required by the fourth section of said act. The securities shall be kept by the state treasurer, and he shall report annually to the legislature the amount and condition of the investments, and of the income of the same. He shall from time to time, as the income shall accrue, pay over the...