532    NEW-HAMPSHIRE    COLLEGE    OF AGRICULTURE.

and Physician; J. P. Brown, M. D., Assistant Physician; J. C.
Cockburn, M. D., Second Assistant and Apothecary; Mr. W. T.
Me Lam, Steward; Miss H. W. Moore, Matron.

NEW-HAMPSHIRE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND THE
MECHANIC ARTS.

This college is a State Institution, established expressly for the
promotion of the industrial interests of New-Hampshire.

In July, 1862, Congress passed an act to establish colleges of ag-
riculture and the mechanic arts in the several States, and made a
liberal grant of public land for the support of any such institution
which might be established.

In June, 1866, the legislature of this State accepted the provis-
ions of the congressional act, and established the College of Agri-
culture, to be located at Hanover, and to be connected, by a spe-
cial arrangement, with Dartmouth College.

The college is under the direction of nine trustees, of whom five
are appointed by the governor with advice of the council, and four    *

by the trustees of Dartmouth College. The fund of the college de-
rived from the sale of 150,000 acres of land, amounts to $ 80,000
and is securely invested in six per cent. New-Hampshire bonds.

Under the law passed by Congress, no part of this fund could be
expended in the erection of any buildings. About this time the
late David Culver bequeathed to Dartmouth College fifteen thous-
and dollars for the promotion of agricultural science. This be-
quest the trustees of Dartmouth College offered to contribute, with
an additional sum of ten thousand dollars, of their own funds, be-
queathed to them by Mrs. David Culver, together with a fine lot
for the erection of a suitable building, provided the Slate of New-
Hampshire would increase the fund to forty thousand dollars. This
generous offer the legislature of 1869, accepted, and the college
building called “ Culver Hall” was erected. It is pronounced by
competent judges one of the finest educational structures in New-
England. It is a plain, imposing briek structure of four stories,
having a length rf one hundred and a breadth of sixty feet, cover-
ed with a lofty Mansard roof. The basement is to be reserved for
an extensive collection of agricultural implements and models of
machinery. The other stories afford rooms for lecture, recitation,
library, museum, weighing room, and laboratory, furnished with