The New International Encyclopædia/Kentucky State Agricultural and Mechanical College

KENTUCKY STATE AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE. A non-sectarian, coeducational institution at Lexington, Ky., established in 1865, and reorganized in 1880 under its present title. Its property comprises a campus of 52 acres, given by the city of Lexington, and the college buildings, valued in all at $471,000. Its income in 1902 was $106,252, derived from the land grant of 1862, and from State and national appropriations. It offers preparatory, collegiate, engineering, scientific, and agricultural courses leading to the bachelor's degree. Connected with the college is an agricultural experimental station, with a farm of 48 acres. The faculty in 1902 numbered 42, and the attendance was 611, including 379 collegiate, and 17 graduate students. The library contained 5000 volumes.