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Rh a grant of escheated lands, valued at $66,666.60, was made. No other large appropriation was received until 1871, when the Legislature granted the sum of two hundred thousand dollars for the building of the university hospital. In 1895 another appropriation of two hundred thousand dollars was received from the State for the purpose of improving the college department. By this act the Legislature of Pennsylvania gave complete recognition to the university as a State institution, and at the same



time widened its sphere of usefulness. Mr. Charles C. Harrison succeeded to the provostship in 1894, and he at once outlined a liberal policy in an appeal for an endowment fund of five million dollars.

The demand for a special kind of education has been promptly met by the university by the multiplication of new courses of study, three hundred and thirty courses having been offered during the past year. The courses are arranged in elective groups, and the degree of Bachelor of Arts is conferred on graduates who