Montana state university-northern has for its purpose instruction and education in: (1) the English language, history, literature, mathematics, bookkeeping, moral philosophy, and political, rural, and household economy; (2) mechanical arts, agricultural chemistry, animal and vegetable anatomy and physiology, and veterinary art; (3) entomology, geology, and such other natural sciences as may be prescribed by the regents; (4) agriculture, horticulture, and especially the application of science and the mechanical arts to practical agriculture in the field; (5) irrigation and use of water for agricultural purposes; and (6) all that relates to an efficient, modern manual training school.