Here, from a book titled *The Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture*, is an image of the Farmer’s High School of Pennsylvania. This institution, which has since become Penn State, was never really a high school, but an agricultural college with the power to grant baccalaureate degrees. We’ve looked more into this fascinating piece of collegiate history on Penn State News: http://ow.ly/GWWb30h9sGN In the above article Laura Waldhier writes: ”The fledgling institution's aim was to encourage the application of science to farming. But many farmers distrusted the traditional college curriculum that emphasized the study of rhetoric, ancient languages, philosophy, and other 'classical' subjects. To allay these suspicions, the University’s founders named the college the Farmers’ High School of Pennsylvania.” In 1862 the school changed its name to the Agricultural College of Pennsylvania, which became the Pennsylvania State College in 1874. In 1953 until the school was elected to university status by President Eisenhower. @pennstate * * * The Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture, 1785-1955 [Philadelphia] : The Society, 1976. Call number: HD1485.P6 F4 1976 Facsimile: http://ow.ly/zJgu30h9sTo * * * #shoutoutsaturday #PennState #KislakCenter #UPenn #Pennlibraries #librariesofinstagram #agriculture #PAhistory #farmershighschool #Pennsylvania #sciencesaturday #college