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Page 20 text:
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MEMORIA XCIY arts,” approved July 2, 1862. The amount of land to each State was regulated by the number of Congressmen, each getting 30,000 acres ; under this provision Kentucky got 330,000 acres. But some years had passed before the State took any action under this act. And when estab- lished it was not put upon a firm and independent basis, but was made one of the colleges of Kentucky University, to which institution the annual interest of the proceeds of the land grant was given for the purpose of operating it. In the meanwhile the land grant had been sold, from which sale $165,000 was realized and was invested in six per cent. Kentucky State bonds, of which the State became custodian in trust for the college. The connec- tion with said University continued until 1878, when the act of 1865 making it one of the colleges of said Univer- sity was repealed, and a Commission was appointed to recommend to the Legislature of ’79-80, a plan of organ- ization for an institution, such as the necessities of the State required. The city of Lexington offered to the Commission the City Park, containing fifty-two acres of land, within the limits of the city, and thirty thousand dollars for the erection of buildings. The offer of the city of Lexington was supplemented by a donation of the county and was accepted by the Legislature, and build- ings were erected in ’80 and ’81. i ’sr»r . ::
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Historical of Our Alma Mater. F the five hundred students who daily saunter through our halls with their thoughts ever upon the future, how many ever reflect upon the pnst for an instant and think how this College came into existence. What matter to know how it came to be the A. and M? It is sufficient to know that she is the liveliest and most active college in the State, whose hopes for the future are not resting upon the laurels she has won in the past. If it were not owing to the fact that in after years we may become more interested in the history of the college we would pass it by without mention. The history of our Alma Mater has withstood all attacks. The State College of Kentucky owes its origin to an act of Congress, entitled “An act donating public lands to the several States and Territories which may provide colleges for the benefit of agriculture and mechanic
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