mas and given credit for all the work they have done. Teachers holding State certificates issued by the Territorial board of education will be credited for all work completed on presentation of certificates. Teachers holding first-grade county certificates will be admitted to the three-years course on presenting certificates, provided the work they have done proves satisfactory. Graduates from the common schools will be admitted to the subnormal course on presentation of their diplomas. Students from other normal schools or reputable colleges will be given credit for all work they have done. Students will be given advanced standing on an examination given by the members of the faculty.

Encouragement.-The members of the faculty of the Southwestern Normal School are very much encouraged over the future prospects of the school. Although its record during the past year was phenominal, the prospects for the coming year are very flattering. Indications are good for a large enrollment, the work will have more continuity, and the students will be more regularly classified.

THE AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE.

[A. C. Scott, president.]

The Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College was estab lished and located at Stillwater by an act of the Territorial legislature, which took effect December 25, 1890, accepting the provisions of various Federal statutes in aid of colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts. The town of Stillwater was required to vote bonds in the sum of $10,000 and to provide not less than 80 acres of land. The bonds were voted and 200 acres of land provided. The college has since purchased 160 additional acres of land. The institution opened in the fall of 1891.

The past year has been in results perhaps the most satisfactory in the history of the college. The attendance has not increased. As a matter of fact, the enrollment of students stood at 417 as against 435 the year preceding. But this condition was clearly anticipated a year ago, and was the result of radical changes adopted then, abandoning the preparatory department except as an incident of the twenty weeks courses in agriculture and domestic economy, and very materially raising the standard of admission to the freshmen class. Twenty students-16 young men and 4 young womenreceived the degree of bachelor of science in June. Of these, 8 graduated in the general science course, 8 in the mechanical course, and 4 in the agricultural course.

In the last report of this institution attention was called to the establishment of the "School of Agriculture and Domestic Economy," being a two years' course of twenty weeks each, particularly designed for boys and girls from the farm who are unable to take a full college course, and offering instruction in agriculture, horticul ture, and animal husbandry to the young men, and training in cooking, sewing, home management, etc., to the young women, together with work in the common school branches to such as desire or need it. This department was looked upon as an experiment, but the first year's trial seems to have justified its establishment, since 115 young men and women eurolled for the work. As a result of the pressure

of numbers in this department, as well as in the other short courses and the regular courses, it has been found necessary to build and equip a dairy building and a greenhouse. These are both being built of brick, and will be ready for occupancy by October 15, 1904. They are being constructed with funds saved from the proceeds of rentals of reserved public lands for the benefit of this institution.

The resources of the college now amount to about $66,000 per year. Of this $37,500 comes from the Government to the college and experiment station (Morrill and Hatch funds, respectively), $12,000 from the Territorial tax-levy fund, about $8,000 from the land-lease fund, $2,500 from the vaccine fund (a Territorial appropriation), and the balance from incidental fees, station sales, etc. Of the Government fund of $37,500 above mentioned, however, $15,000 (the Hatch fund) goes exclusively to the experiment station and is used solely for purposes of experimentation and the publication of results. The equipment for instruction now represents a valuation of $91.845.60, and the buildings and grounds, $113.500.

Three regular courses, each leading to the degree of bachelor of science, are given the general science course, the agricultural course (including horticulture and animal husbandry), and the mechanical engineering course (including electrical engineering). In the general science course opportunity is given for specialization in chosen sciences. Special courses are given in stenography, typewriting, bookkeeping, and printing, and a special short course (eight weeks) is given during the winter term in agriculture and mechanic arts. In the general science course all young women are required to take a reasonable amount of work in domestic economy, and they may specialize in this line.

The agricultural experiment station is connected with this institution and a department of it. While its work, as above stated, is devoted solely to experimentation and the publication of results, incidentally it is a valuable source of illustration and affords a stimulus to students in every branch of science. Its bulletins now go to 20,000 farmers of Oklahoma and Indian Territory.

Tuition is free, except to students outside of Oklahoma and Indian Territory. An incidental fee of $1 per term is charged. Text-books cost from $3 to $1 per term. Board, with room, in private families can be obtained for from $2.50 to $3.50 per week; furnished rooms, from $2.50 to $5 per month. A considerable number of the students board in students clubs, thus reducing expenses in that line to $1.75 to $2 per week. Very many of the students are practically selfsupporting, making their way by work done during the summer vacation and by labor during the academic year in the town, about the college, and in connection with the operations of the college farm.

THE COLORED AGRICULTURAL AND NORMAL UNIVERSITY.

[Inman E. Page, president.]

The university at Langston is maintained by the Territory for the purpose of giving to the negro educational facilities similar to those enjoyed by the white people at the normal schools, the Agricultural and Mechanical College, and the Territorial university.

This institution has 160 acres of land and seven buildings, two of

which are used for school purposes, two for dormitories, and three for residences. It also has a barn in course of erection, which when completed will cost $3,100. The departments in actual operation are as follows: The agricultural, mechanical, sewing and millinery, collegiate, college preparatory, normal, elementary, and musical.

At present nearly 100 acres are under cultivation, and considerable attention is being given to the variety of crops which it is possible for the soil to produce and to the quantity of each which an acre will vield. Sufficient grain has been raised to supply the wants of the university live stock, and the garden has been so successfully managed that the students will be furnished better board than in previous

years.

What is true of the farm is also true of blacksmithing, carpentry, machine work, and the various industries which are studied by the girls. The showing made in these different lines of work during the past year is the best in the history of the school. The boys have given evidence of the progress which they are making in acquiring industrial education by the variety of machines, tables, and cases which they have made and by the work which they have done in erecting buildings on the grounds. The record made by the girls in sewing, millinery, fancy work, and housekeeping, as seen in the dormitory, compares favorably with the work of similar character which is done in many of the older and larger institutions of the country.

While special emphasis is being placed upon industrial training, work along other lines is not neglected. A number of students are preparing themselves to teach in the schools of the Territory, and hence are availing themselves of the facilities offered by the normal department. In May last four very promising young women were graduated from this department and given certificates which will permit them to teach in the Territory for five years without further examination. Two other classes have been graduated from this department, and have thus far made a record in their profession which is very creditable to the university.

When the school opened in the fall of 1898 it had a faculty consisting of 4 teachers and an enrollment of 41 students. It now has 13 teachers and an enrollment of 271 students, who represent not only different parts of Oklahoma and the Indian Territory, but other parts of the Southwest as well. Thus far the attendance each year has been greater than that of any preceding year. Judging from this fact and from the great interest the colored people of the Territory are manifesting in its work, those in charge of the university are expecting an enrollment of 300 students during the ensuing year.

Owing to the fact that the negro population was comparatively small, it was not expected by those who founded this institution that it would require large sums of money to conduct it successfully. This fact is seen in the action of the legislature of 1897, which passed the bill creating the school and appropriated $5,000 for its use during the following biennial period. That it has succeeded far beyond the expectation of this body is made evident by the appropriation of each succeeding legislature. In 1899 the legislature made an appropriation of $10.000 for building purposes, provided a special fund by a tax levy of one-tenth of a mill, set apart one-fifth of the land-lease money and one-tenth of the amount which is paid to the Territory

annually by the Federal Government, in compliance with the Morrill act, and made an appropriation of $15,000 out of a fund which had been accumulating at the Stillwater College for the maintenance and equipment of the university. The legislature of 1901 not only appropriated the usual amount for support, but also provided for the erection of an addition to the main building, of the boys' dormitory, and a residence for the president. In 1903, besides giving an ample appropriation to meet the current expenses of the next two years, the legislature made an appropriation of $5,000 to enable the regents to install a steam heating plant in the main building and the girls' dormitory.

It is gratifying to me to be able to report that this institution has thus far made an excellent record in the expenditure of the various sums of money appropriated for its benefit, and that it is doing a great work in preparing the young men and women of the negro race for useful citizenship.

UNIVERSITY PREPARATORY SCHOOL.

[J. W. Kelley, president.]

The University Preparatory School of Oklahoma, founded by legislative enactment of 1901, has finished two years of work. During that time the faculty, now consisting of 15 instructors, has been more than doubled. The number of students in attendance the past

year was 401.

Tonkawa is a rapidly growing town of over 2,000 in the southwestern part of Kay County, on the Hunnewell branch of the Santa Fe route. It is located on an elevation in the Salt Fork Valley, is surrounded by some of the finest agricultural land in Oklahoma, and has an excellent and inexhaustible water supply, in some places not more than 15 feet from the surface. From every standpoint the town is in a most healthful locality, and is an admirable place for the location of a Territorial school.

The building is a structure 54 by 96 feet, of limestone and pressed brick, containing four floors. The first floor is devoted to the armory, and the commercial and science departments; the second to study room, library, and recitation rooms; the third to chapel, offices, art room, and recitation room; the fourth to music rooms and society halls.

The campus, consisting of 20 acres, adjoins Tonkawa on the east. With the building as a center, the largest possible circular drive, bordered on each side by a double row of forest trees, has been laid out. Within the circular space are many elms, North Carolina poplars, soft maples, and black locusts. Three rows of trees extend entirely around the campus. Inside of them and outside of the drive is a luxuriant growth of Bermuda grass. Sufficient space is reserved for tennis courts, baseball diamond, football gridiron, and athletic field. The purpose of the University Preparatory School is, primarily, to prepare young men and women for freshman standing in the University of Oklahoma at Norman. In addition to the regular preparatory work, considerable attention is given to business training, music, elocution, and art.

The institution is organized as follows: (1) The regularly pre

paratory school, with three courses of study of four years each, the Latin, the modern language, and the English or scientific; (2) the commercial school, with two courses of one year each; (3) the school of music, which offers courses in piano, voice, violin, madolin, guitar, and clarinet, with opportunities for organization work in band, orchestra, club, and choruses; (4) school of art; (5) school of elocution; (6) a subpreparatory year of work in the common branches providing instruction for students not having the preparation required to do first year's work.

The institution is supported by one-seventh of the rental from sections 13 reserved for higher education and by legislative appropriation, the most recent of which was $12,000 each year for two years.

The faculty consists of 15 university and college trained and experienced teachers. They are devoted to their work and spare no pains and leave nothing undone in their earnest endeavors to advance the students, to render all proper assistance, to keep before them correct ideals, and to influence their lives for right living.

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The physical needs of the students are fully recognized. school encourages outdoor exercises and properly regulated athletic sports. The various teams are managed by an instructor who looks after the finances, arranges the schedule of games, and accompanies them on their trips out of town. Good work in the class room is a condition precedent to membership in teams, no student being allowed to participate in athletics to the detriment of his more important school duties.

The numbers who have completed courses during the two years are as follows:

The board of regents at their regular meeting June 10, 1904, added the department of military training and appointed Capt. Ira L. Reeves, U. S. Army, retired, commandant. The school after inspection by Major Partello had been made the recipient by the War Department of the detail of an officer on full pay from the Govern

All male students who are not physically incapacitated are required to take the practical work of the department.

There are two literary societies, the Fergusonion for young men and the Athenian for young women. Much interest has been manifested along all lines of society work, such as debates, essay writing, oratory, extemporaneous speaking, and parliamentary practice.

Both the Young Men's Christian Association and Young Women's Christian Association have organizations, which have already proved themselves to be important factors in the spiritual lives of the students.

Tuition is free in all departments, music, elocution, art, and business not excepted, to residents of Okahoma and Indian Territory, the only restriction being that, in order to be entitled to free instruction in music, students must take at least three regular literary studies.