The New International Encyclopædia/South Dakota, University of

SOUTH DAKOTA, University of. A co-educational State institution at Vermillion, S. D., organized in 1882. and maintained almost wholly by appropriations of the Legislature. Its endowment consists of 86,000 acres of land, yielding in 1902-03 an income of $5600, the total income of the university being $60,000. The tuition is $6 per semester, except to students who have served in the Spanish War, who are exempted from tuition charges. The university has established a loan fund for the assistance of needy students. Military science and tactics form part of the course. The degrees conferred are those of Bachelor of Arts, Law. Commerce, and Music. The estimated value of the property under control of the university in 1903 was $300,000, its grounds, buildings, and equipment being valued at $295,000. The institution carries on the State geological survey. The faculty in 1903 numbered 34 and the students 450, distributed as follows: College of Arts and Sciences, 150; Law, 30; Music, 50; Commerce, 40; Engineering, 30; Preparatory, 150. The library contained about 8000 volumes.