Lafayette College : Some pages of its past, pictures of its present, and forecasts of its future . 1863 the total value of the College property was $88,666,and the income from all sources was less than $4000. At thepresent time the total value of the College property is$1,100,000, of which sum a little more than $447,000 is inthe form of productive investments, yielding an annual incomeof about $25,000. This amount, added to the fees from thestudents, is still insufficient to meet the current expenses of the College. METHODS OF INSTRUCTION- This sketch should not be closed without a
Lafayette College : Some pages of its past, pictures of its present, and forecasts of its future . 1863 the total value of the College property was $88,666,and the income from all sources was less than $4000. At thepresent time the total value of the College property is$1,100,000, of which sum a little more than $447,000 is inthe form of productive investments, yielding an annual incomeof about $25,000. This amount, added to the fees from thestudents, is still insufficient to meet the current expenses of the College. METHODS OF INSTRUCTION- This sketch should not be closed without a reference to themethods of instruction, which have kept even pace with theimprovements in other directions. In the work of the classroom there is constant illustration and manipulation. Thecoal fields, ore beds, and iron furnaces are near at hand, andevery resource of civil engineering in its practical applica-tions is displayed almost within sight of the campus. Thereare open fields for the botanist and the surveyor; laboratoriesfor the physicist, the mechanic, the chemist, the electrician,. PROF. R. B. YOUNGMAN, PH. D.
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