. Souvenir of the Better farming special: Boston & Albany railroad, March 30, 31, April 1, 2, 1910 . $10,000 annually, one-third is assigned to the Massachusetts Institute of Technologywhich supplies the institution in the mechanic arts, and two-thirds to the agricultural college at Amherst. In 1890 and1907 respectively, acts were passed by the United States Con-gress making further annual appropriations to the land-grantinstitutions of the country, so that in the present year (1910)the Massachusetts Agricultural College receives a total of$35i355-55 from the federal government for instruction
. Souvenir of the Better farming special: Boston & Albany railroad, March 30, 31, April 1, 2, 1910 . $10,000 annually, one-third is assigned to the Massachusetts Institute of Technologywhich supplies the institution in the mechanic arts, and two-thirds to the agricultural college at Amherst. In 1890 and1907 respectively, acts were passed by the United States Con-gress making further annual appropriations to the land-grantinstitutions of the country, so that in the present year (1910)the Massachusetts Agricultural College receives a total of$35i355-55 from the federal government for instruction andgeneral support. The state supplements this maintenance byannual gifts of about $94,000 in addition to liberal appropria-. r D 14 tions for special purposes such as buildings, repairs, and addi-tional equipment. Altho the State of Massachusetts accepted the federalgrant in 1863, and the college incorporated that year, the firstclass of students did not enter until October, 1867. At thatdate Amherst had been selected as the site for the institution,and a large tract of land had been purchased in that and theadjoining town of Hadley. It was necessary for the town se-curing the location of the college to contribute $75,000 for theerection of the college buildings; this sum the residents ofAmherst subscribed, and the college opened its doors with anequipment of four buildings, and an entering class of abouttift} students. Four instructors comprised the original teaching were: Col. William S. Clark, president and professorof botany and horticulture; Levi Stockbridge, farm superin-tendent and instructor in agriculture; Henr} H. Goodell, pro-fessor of modern languages and instructor in gymnastics and
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