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1919
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, Washington
County, Arkansas |
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University Hall |
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Established in 1871. A standard
institution requiring four years in high school for entrance and
four years in college for a degree. The work of the University of
Arkansas is accepted at full value by all the great universities of
the United States.
The College of Agriculture, Engineering, Education, and Liberal Arts
are at Fayetteville; the Medical College is at Little Rock; the
Branch Normal College for negroes at Pine Bluff.
At Fayetteville there is a campus of 120 acres, with twenty brick
and stone buildings, having a value of more than a million dollars.
There is also a farm of more than 400 acres for the use of the
College of Agriculture and Agricultural Experiment Station.
The University of Arkansas annually enrolls students from about 70
of the 75 counties in the state, as well as from a large number of
other states. Its graduates are in great demand to fill positions
requiring training and skill.
In addition to the teaching and research work done on the campus,
the University has a force of extension workers in agriculture and
home economics numbering more than 200 persons working in every
county in the state. |
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Washington County |
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