der the statute. This restriction has caused the work of the University to be chiefly comprised within the scope of the two Schools, or Colleges, of Agriculture and Mines, which are now well equipped and officered as fully as the needs of the students have thus far required. Under the direction of the Deans, a Faculty of earnest, able and enthusiastic instructors has been gathered together, with whose efficient aid an equipment has been procured in as many departments, which will stand comparison, everything considered, with that of colleges of much greater age more favorably situated. The United States Agricultural Experiment Station, and the Territorial Station of the United States Weather Bureau, are also located at the University, but each of these is provided with its special fund, and neither is subject to the control of the University Faculty.

As will be seen from the foregoing, the funds of the University are necessarily appropriated to particular uses, according to the sources from which the income is derived. The equipment of apparatus, machinery and appliances for work in the laboratories, and much of the illustrative material used in the class-rooms, are purchased from the United States Fund, and very little of this class of material is supplied from the Territorial Fund. The salaries of Professors also come mainly from the National Fund. Were it not for this liberal National appropriation, it would be impossible to carry on the work of the University at present.

The aggregate of both funds gives a temporary endowment about equal to five per cent only of the available resources of a number of prominent Eastern institutions of learning, and several of these are very much better provided. It cannot, therefore, be expected that the University of Arizona will immediately acquire a position enabling it to rank among the first in the country, but a fair beginning has been made; and with the staff of workers now engaged, the limit to our growth will only be set by the measure of encouragement which is given by the Legislature and the people of the Territory.

The School of Agriculture, under the direction of Prof. F. A. Gulley, its Dean, is enabled to compensate its instructors, in some degree, from the special fund of the Agricultural Experiment Station, by using members of the Station staff in the work of teaching.

The School of Mines has no claim upon the Station Fund, and it is, therefore, obliged to rely wholly for its support upon the National College Fund and the Territorial appropriation, with such insignificant revenue as it may earn in the testing of ores, etc., which last cannot

be expected to do more than pay the expenses of a portion of the work thus performed.

The experimental investigation conducted in both schools, although not under Faculty jurisdiction, is regarded by the Deans, as well as by the Board of Regents, as one of the most important features of the University. This work is performed under the supervision of the Directors of the Agricultural Experiment Station and of the School of Mines, respectively, as independent organizations. Full credit is given to each member of the staffs for his individual labor, in the Bulletins which are periodically issued from both offices. A clear distinction is observed between the functions of the Professors, as instructors and as investigators.

PLAN OF ORGANIZATION.

The several Schools of the University are constituted independent Colleges of equivalent rank, and the Board has formally placed the responsible management of each in the hands of a Director, who is charged with the duty of organizing, equipping and conducting the work of his own college. Each school, or college, is made up of several Departments, under the charge of different Professors.

Each Director, with the approval of the Board of Regents, lays out the plan of his college, selects his Professors and other assistants and procures the necessary equipment, with the advice of heads of departments, acting as Dean of his Faculty, and generally as the executive head of the college which he supervises.

The University Council is made up of the Directors of the several colleges, one of whom is annually chosen Chairman, or Dean, of the University Faculty. The Council has general executive jurisdiction in matters affecting University policy, and is especially charged with the assignment of work which is equivalent in two or more colleges. This arrangement prevents duplication of labor on the part of the instructors.

The University Faculty is composed of all the Directors, Professors and Acting Professors in the several colleges. Assistant Professors and Instructors are non-voting members of this body. The Faculty has immediate supervision of the discipline and routine work of the students, much the same as in other institutions of learning.

The Students are arranged in several groups, occupying diverse positions as regards their mutual relations, but all being amenable to the authority of the University Faculty.

A. UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS are classed as :

I. Regular-Regular Students are those who are pursuing courses of study leading to degrees. All questions pertaining to

their entrance, class-standing, discipline, and the like, are adjudicated by the University Faculty.

2. Special-Special Students are such as are pursuing particular lines of study under the advice and supervision of the University Faculty or its committees, or under the direction of one of the colleges or its Director. The General Faculty makes regulations also for the government of these students.

B. POST-GRAduate StudenTS comprise all those who are pursuing advanced courses of study under the direction of members of the Faculty. These must be graduates of the University of Arizona or of institutions of equivalent rank, and in all cases work is laid out in advance for their guidance.

C. FELLOWS may be selected by competition from post-graduate students or others of sufficient preparation, who may engage in particular lines of advanced studies. These are expected to assist to a limited degree in the instruction of the lower classes, for which services a moderate financial compensation will be afforded.

DEGREES.

Students who have successfully pursued any of the regular courses of study announced in the catalogue of the University will receive the Degree of Bachelor of Science (B. S.), the diploma giving evidence of the particular line of work undertaken.

Advanced Degrees for Post-graduate students, who have successfully complied with the requirements of the Faculty after graduation, are given in both Schools. These are Master of Science (M. S.), Civil Engineer (C. E.), Mining Engineer (E. M.), Irrigation Engineer (I. E.), and Metallurgic Engineer (Met. E.)

PERSONNEL OF STUDENTS.

The number of students last year (including those in the Preparatory Department) was thirty-two, all told; this year we already have thirty-nine students in regular attendance. Especially in new institu

tions the number increases throughout the year, and we have had so many applications that it is safe to estimate a very considerable gain between now and the end of the scholastic year.

At present we have a large Freshman class and a number of Sophomores, When we have been running long enough to get Junior and Senior classes, we shall undoubtedly have as many students as our present facilities will enable us to carry.

The preparation of applicants for admission to the University is not all that could be desired. We have been obliged to lower our standard more than is advantageous, but this is incident to all new Institutions. The difficulty is in a measure overcome by the establishment of a Preparatory Department, which is intended as a means of temporary relief.

Technical work, such as we are undertaking, requires for its successful prosecution a good knowledge of Mathematics; and this, we find, is one of the branches in which entering students are commonly deficient. It being necessary to devote a large portion of the time to scientific and practical work, the opportunities for the study of English in the technical courses are somewhat limited. It is, therefore, very desirable that preparation in this particular also should be thorough in the public schools. Deficiencies cannot well be made up in these branches after entering the University.

The discipline among the students has been generally good, with the exception of a noticeable want of easy adaptation to the methods of work in a University. This arises chiefly from the novelty of the Institution and the necessary freedom from petty restraint in the government. While it is necessary to maintain a careful supervision and watchfulness over the morals and manners of students, the Faculty do not consider that it is any part of their duty to establish a system of police or of espionage. Every member of our staff is too busily occupied in the work of his department to act as a spy or monitor among the students.

The one governing principle of the University discipline is to treat the students as young men and women capable of being placed upon their own honor and entrusted with the government of themselves. Those who cannot, or will not, prove themselves worthy of such confidence have no right to enjoy the privileges here afforded, and such will be removed before their examples have contaminated their associates. Fortunately we have had no difficulties of this kind to encounter.

SOME THINGS NEEDED.

The scope of instruction in the University is necessarily restricted mainly to such branches as come within the technical needs of those pursuing courses in Agriculture and special branches of engineering, as Mining, etc. There has been some demand for training in Literature and in subjects appertaining to a Business Course. So far as has been possible these wants have been met by allowing students to select special courses of study not leading to degrees. But there is a limit to this procedure which is set by the physical inability of our Professors to bear any greater burdens than those they now have, and by the impossibility of providing a larger force of instructors with our present income. At the same time there is a strong disposition to meet any legitimate wants of this character, and we have thus far been enabled to accomplish all that has been really required of us. It is probable, however, that in the near future some provision will have to be made to cover a little wider range of subjects than those which we can now handle to the best advantage.

There is a discrepancy in the number and grade of instructors in the School of Mines as compared with the School of Agriculture. This necessarily throws a much increased amount of labor upon the Director of the former School, but it is most seriously felt in the direction of the obstacles which it places in the way of his investigations of the mineral resources of the Territory. Owing to the courtesy and good will of the Dean and Professors of the latter School this drawback has been very materially lessened, and the aid which they have rendered has so far overcome much of the difficulty. They have been enabled to do this, in part, through the advantage offered by the Agricultural Experiment Station Fund. But as the work of investigation in the School of Mines is deemed as important as in the School of Agriculture, it is a matter of concern lest the lack of special appropriation for this purpose may so cripple the energies of the Mining School that it may be unable to accomplish all that its Director desires.

THE UNIVERSITY AND THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

It is the strong desire of the Deans and Faculty to establish and maintain a close relationship between the Public Schools and the University, and we hope we have in a measure succeeded in this respect. The writer has been so much occupied during the past year with the