Japan -- Foreign relations -- Korea; Korea; Korea -- Foreign relations -- Japan
At the suggestion of these experts, it was decided to establish
the school in question at Suwon, on a site adjacent to the
Agricultural and Industrial Model Station there, the proximity
of these two institutions being attended by various obvious
advantages. The school-buildings and dormitories, together with
houses for members of the faculty, were erected at a total
outlay of a little over 44,000 _yen_, being completed by the
end of 1906.
Pending the completion of the buildings, instruction was,
for the time being, given in the class-rooms of the former
Agricultural, Commercial and Industrial School at Seoul from
the 10th of September, 1906. The last-mentioned school had
been established a few years ago under the control of the
Department of Education. Its organization was too imperfect to
make it possible for it to attain the object for which it was
established.
Early this year the School of Agriculture and Dendrology
removed to its new quarters at Suwon. The post of principal
is filled by the director of the Agricultural Bureau in the
Department of Agriculture, Commerce and Industry. The teaching
staff consists of five professors (Japanese) and two assistant
professors (Koreans).
There are two departments: (1) the Ordinary, and (2) the
Special. The Ordinary Department extends over two years and the
Special Department one year. The latter Department consists of
two separate courses, namely, agricultural and dendrological.
These courses are open to such of the graduates of the Ordinary
Department as may desire still further to prosecute their
studies in their respective special branches. Besides the
above-mentioned departments, there is a practical training
course for giving elementary instruction in some special
subjects connected with agriculture or forestry. The term is
not more than one year.
It may be interesting to tabulate the various subjects taught
in the respective departments. They are as follows:
ORDINARY DEPARTMENT:—Morals, Japanese, Mathematics, Physics and
Meteorology, Natural History, Outlines of Agriculture, Soil
and Manures, Crops, Dairy Produce, Sericulture, Agriculture,
Agricultural Manufacture, Outlines of Dendrology, Outlines of
Afforestation, Outlines of Veterinary Medicine, and Political
Economy and Law.
SPECIAL DEPARTMENT (Agricultural Course):—Soil, Manure,
Physiological Botany, Diseases of Crops, Injurious Insects,
Dairy Produce, Sericulture and Spinning of Silk Yarns,
Agricultural Manufactures, and Agronomy.
SPECIAL DEPARTMENT (Dendrological Course):—Dendrological
Mathematics, Afforestation and Forest Protection, Forest
Economy, Utilization of Forests, Forest Administration.
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