History of the Ohio state university Author:Ohio State University Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: PART III THE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE 1873-1909 CHAPTER I The Act of Congress of July 2, 1862, popularly known as the Land-grant Act, made the grants of ... more »lands and land scrip described therein, for the purpose of establishing in each state which should accept its provisions, "at least one college, where the leading objects shall be, without excluding other scientific and classical studies, and including military tactics, to teach such branches of learning as are related to agriculture and the mechanic arts, in such manner as the legislatures of the states may respectively prescribe, in order to promote the liberal and practical education of the industrial classes in the several pursuits and professions of life." We have already in the early pages of this work, described the prolonged struggle between the advocates of a liberal construction, and those of a narrow construction, of this grant, and how finally the views of the former prevailed in the organization and direction of the University. Dr. Norton S. Townshend as President of the State Board of Agriculture had taken a very prominent part in securing the acceptance by the state of the grant. It will be remembered that Governor Tod shortly after its passage, in November, 1862, called a meeting of the State Board of Agriculture to consult with him upon the subject of its acceptance. At this meeting the members expressed their willingness to co-operate with the state officers and legislature "in such measures calculated to promote the interests of agriculture and the mechanic arts, including such attention to military tactics as shall comport with the exigency of the times, and o. advance the practical education of the industrial classes in the several pursuits and professions of life." At a meeting of said Bo...« less