DEPARTMENT REPORTS. 



29 



Other stales represented. 



Total. 



22 



The baccalaureate sermon was delivered this year by the Rev. Robert 

 W. McLaughlin, D. D., pastor of the Park Congregational Church, 

 Grand Rapids. The commencement address was given by the Hon. 

 Geo. H. Maxwell, editor of "Maxwell's Talisman" and chairman of the 

 executive committee of the National Irrigation Association. In addi- 

 tion to the commencement oration, the class, as has been the custom 

 for years, was represented by three speakers, one for each department. 

 Mr. C. A. Wilson spoke on "The Farmer in Politics." Mr. J. R. Lam- 

 bert took as his subject "Hydraulic Power Development," and Miss 

 Alida Alexander read a paper on "Women's Influence in Public Af- 

 fairs." The graduating class this year numbered seventy-four. The 

 number graduated from the agricultural course was small on account 

 of the change in entrance requirements when this class entered the 

 college. The names and addresses of the class are shown in the fol- 

 lowing table: 



