LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. Hon. Stephen W. Downey, President Board of Trustees, Laramie, Wyoming. SIR: I have the honor to submit herewith the Annual Report of the Wyoming Agricultural College, and the Agricultural Experiment Station connected therewith, for the year 1894. The report will be sent to all similar colleges, the Honorable Secretary of the Interior, and also to the Honorable Secretary of Agriculture, as required by Congressional enactment. Very respectfully. UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING, Jan. 2, 1895. President. BOARD OF TRUSTEES. HON. STEPHEN W. DOWNEY, PRESIDENT, Laramie, 1897 1897 1895 1895 1895 E. E. SLOSSOn, M. S., Professor of Chemistry. B. C. BUFFUM, M. S., Professor of Agriculture and Horticulture. E. C. BULLOCK, 1st Lieut. 7th Cavalry, U. S. A., W. C. KNIGHT, B. S., A. M., Professor of Geology. CORA M. McDONALD, A. M., Professor of Rhetoric and English Literature. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE WYOMING AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. FOR 1894. In accordance with Congressional enactment, I herewith submit my Fourth Annual Report. The Wyoming Agricultural College is placed under the control of the Board of Trustees as one of its distinct schools, and by them placed in charge of an Agricultural Committe, as may be seen by reference to the list of Trustees and their organization as given in the introductory pages of this report. In the introductory pages of this report may also be found the names of the faculty now giving instruction in the Agricultural College. It is due the public to say that some of these Professors occupy similar chairs in the University College of Liberal Arts, and thus a great expense is saved the State by the consolidation of Faculties, and classes when possible, as well as economy of management. In the Appendix is given the Treasurer's report, the course of study of the Agricultural College, and also the course of study in Mechanical Engineering, to which reference is hereby made. It will be seen by these courses of study that thorough and satisfactory instruction is given, and offered the public, in the Departments of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts as required by the terms of the law. It is to be said here, that Wyoming is not an agricultural State, except as that industry is carried on in a limited way by irrigation. Animal industry on the cattle and sheep ranges receives more attention than agriculture. There has yet been developed no interest in dairying and dairy products. Our students, therefore, are not interested especially in these industries. They do not care to pursue courses of study in agriculture. We have, therefore, no students pursuing strictly Agricultural Courses. As Wyoming has large mineral resources, and is destined to become a manufacturing State, because of its large coal and iron deposits, and precious metals, our students are interested in the Engineering Courses, especially mechanical and mining engineering. In the Col lege of Mechanic Arts we have a number of bright students, and in this department of our work we are making commendable progress. CONDITION AND PROGRESS. Our laboratories and the facilities for instruction therein have been improved during the year. Some excellent machinery and tools have been added to the College of Mechanic Arts. The buildings are in good repair and well cared for by efficient janitors. Progress in the work of instruction has been satisfactory to the management of the University. This year has brought us a better class of students; the scholarship and esprit de corps have been commendable. In all it has been a year of encouraging progress. |
