pursued by the young men and women who came from the farms to the University for three months of elementary work, embraced general agriculture, dairying, poultry husbandry, horticulture and home economics. The latter subject appealed especially to women. And of women twelve are regular students, ten special students, and twelve pupils in the winter courses. The number of students in all courses increases and will doubtless continue to increase in the College of Agriculture.

The great event of the year for the College of Agriculture was the purchase by the University of additional farm lands. An enlargement of the University farm was earnestly recommended, first, by Director Roberts and, since, by Director Bailey. The President strongly endorsed these recommendations, but the Trustees were not agreed that the time for action had arrived. The increase, however, in the number of students in the College of Agriculture, the erection by the State of large buildings for the use of the College, and the generous provision made by the State for its support, all combined, along with the continuously increasing inadequacy of the present farm, to convince the Trustees that additional lands were necessary. Local conditions were also favorable for purchase, and there developed a strong feeling that if lands were not. secured during the year, it would be difficult to secure them hereafter at anything like the same prices. The matter was accordingly referred to a committee, consisting of Judge Blood, Attorney Van Cleef and Treasurer Williams, with instructions to purchase. The committee was, of course, given all proper discretion, and the result of their work merits high praise. They purchased farms from different owners, which, in combination with former holdings, gives the College of Agriculture 579 acres for farming purposes and the Veterinary College 100 acres for an experi

mental station for sick animals. In addition the University campus has been enlarged so that it now embraces 350 acres.

Now that the University has greatly enlarged its farms, it will be possible, if State funds are available, to add to the live stock of the College, which is needed as material both for demonstration to students and research by professors. New York State produces about one ninth of the hay and forage of the United States, and the animal industries of the State are of enormous value. This is a field, therefore, to which the instruction and investigation of the College should be peculiarly directed, and the State appropriation of $25,000 for barns has solved the problem of housing facilities as the purchase by the University of land has solved the problems of pastures and fodder.

The activities of the College of Agriculture continue to be maintained along the three well-marked lines of instruction to students who attend the College, extension work among the farmers of the State and their families as well as teachers in the schools, and investigation and experimentation both in the laboratories of the College and on selected farms throughout the State. The goal is an enlargement of agricultural knowledge, a better education for farmers, and scientific method applied to the organization of their industries.

For further details regarding the College of Agriculture the President refers to the Report of last year, already mentioned, and to the Director's report herewith published as Appendix VIII.

(7) The College of Architecture. The attendance has for the first time touched 100, which is just double the attendance of the year 1901-1902. It is curious that the increase since that date has been almost entirely in the alternate years, as the following figures show: fifty in 1901-1902, fifty-three in 1902-1903, sixty-five in 1903

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1904, sixty-eight in 1904-1905, eighty-one in 1905-1906, eighty-two in 1906-1907, and 100 in 1907-1908. The same rhythmic variation appears in the numbers of graduates: fourteen in 1905, seven in 1906, fifteen in 1907, and eight in 1908. Of the 100 students enrolled, four were young woIn evidence of the high quality of work maintained by the students, the Director reports that in design they carried off "the major honors in such of the Beaux Arts competitions as their schedule permitted them to enter." Should the increase in attendance continue it will be necessary, in the interest of efficient instruction, for the first time to divide the classes into sections and consequently to provide additional teachers.

The College of Architecture now furnishes instruction in drawing to students in other Colleges. Director Martin has now reached the conclusion that it would be to the interest of these students themselves if they received this instruction in their own Colleges, not only because the standard required of architectural students is (and considering their curriculum must be) higher than that required of other students, but also because in those Colleges in which drawing is studied as a means to an end in scientific work, rather than as a medium for artistic expression, better results can be attained if that end is kept in view from the beginning. This opens once more, though in a new field, the large question of the interrelation of Colleges in the function of instruction and the need of securing the maximum efficiency without unnecessary duplication. The Colleges affected, however, are only the College of Arts and Sciences and the College of Agriculture, and the latter is already organized with a view to such differentiation of work.

The President discussed in the last Report the policy of prescribing an additional year of study in Arts for students in Architecture, making essentially a two year

course in Arts and Sciences followed by a three year course in Architecture. The Faculty have formulated a five year course as an alternative to the present four year course which they desire to continue. Their action was reported to the Trustees, by whom it is still held under consideration. Director Martin was absent on sabbatic leave during the last half of the year, his administrative duties being assumed and satisfactorily performed by Assistant Professor Phelps.

(8) The College of Civil Engineering. The attendance was 511, which is more than double the attendance five years ago. The figures for the five years are as follows: 252 in 1902-1903, 326 in 1903-1904, 385 in 1904-1905, 425 in 1905-1906, 466 in 1906-1907, 511 in 1907– 1908. Of the new students entering in September, 1907, advanced standing was gained by twenty-two-by eight as sophomores, eleven as juniors and three as seniors.

Although Lincoln Hall is now occupied exclusively by the College of Civil Engineering, it is already inadequate to accommodate the College, and classes must be housed in other University buildings. Additional space is still needed, and cannot be provided elsewhere, for the testing laboratory, for the experimental work in concrete and reinforced concrete, and for larger lecture and reading rooms. The enlargement of Lincoln Hall by the extension of wings eastward to the east line of Goldwin Smith Hall offers a natural solution of all these problems,if only money were available to meet the cost of construction.

New courses have been provided, and taken by classes ranging from fourteen to sixty-five students in steel building construction, reinforced concrete construction, railroad operation and management, and railroad construction and maintenance. The growing importance of sanitary engineering has been recognized by the addition of two new

courses. Strong as the department of hydraulics now is, it is greatly in need of development to meet the demands of the age and the prospects of the future. Water is destined from now on to play a great part in the economic development of the United States, for apart from its uses for domestic and sanitary purposes, it is hereafter to be used on a vast scale for power and for irrigation as well as for navigation. The maximum benefit to be got will be sought in the east from navigation and power and in the west from irrigation and power. For the new work to come in these vast fields there will be needed a type of engineer highly specialized in hydraulics.

After a careful study of the work of instruction in the College, Director Haskell recommends that it be arranged under six separate divisions, each under the supervision of a responsible head. These divisions are designated as (1) topographic and geodetic engineering, including all surveying, except railroad, as well as geodesy and astronomy, (2) applied mechanics and hydraulics, (3) railroad engineering, (4) bridge engineering, (5) municipal and sanitary engineering, and (6) miscellaneous, including drawing, descriptive geometry, etc. The event of the year in this College may be regarded as the appointment, to take charge of division 1, of Professor David A. Molitor (see p. 12 above), an engineer of wide experience and national reputation.

(9) The Sibley College of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanic Arts. The attendance was 1,127, which is nearly twice the attendance at the close of the century when the figures were 571. Since that date the attendance has been as follows: 661 in 1900-1901, 700 in 1901-1902, 801 in 1902-1903, 964 in 1903-1904, 1,060 in 1904-1905, 1,096 in 1905-1906, 1,081 in 1906-1907, and 1,127 in 1907-1908. Entrance requirements have in recent years been enforced