DEPARTMENT 'REPORTS. 39 



NEEDS OP^ THE COLLEGE. 



The groAvtli in attendance during the past few years has very much 

 overcrowded our chiss rooms and laboratories. The engineering build- 

 ing, Avliich is now under construction. Avill gi\e some relief, but the need 

 of a similar building for the agricultural de})artment is very pressing. 

 An old barn has been converted into class rooms, so great is the demand 

 for room. We have for years suffered for lack of an auditoriuuL Our 

 ])resent cha])el room has seating capacity for about one-fourth of our 

 students. When a large meeting is to be held chairs must be placed 

 in the armory. This is a great inconvenience and interferes very much 

 with the work of the military department. It is almost impossible to 

 call the student body together for counsel or religious exercises. 



Our library is not fire-proof and is very much overcrowded. Book 

 shelves have been ]>laced in many of the alcoves and the available room 

 for students is* not onlv verv limited but is growing smaller each vear. 



The college has no gymnasium for young men. Formerly the armory 

 was used for this i)ur])ose. but Avitli the large numbei' at ])resent in mili- 

 tary drill, there is ])ractically neither time nor space for gymnastic 

 work. 



The additional wing should be added to our women's building, and 

 more space should be ]»rovided for the department of botany. These are 

 a few of the more pressing needs. 



The agricultural building, the auditorium and the library should cost 

 not less than one hundred thousand each. Another hundred thousand 

 could be used without extravagance in providing the other buildings 

 which are needed. 



SE.MI-CEXTEXXL\L. 



The college will celebrate its fiftieth anniversary during the last week 

 of next May. The exact date is the l:Uh, but as this seems a little too 

 early for comfort it has been decided to hold the exercises during the 

 week stilted above. Measur-es have already been taken which will pro- 

 vide for the celebration of this event in a most fitting and dignified man- 

 ner. It is greatly desired that all former students and alumni be present 

 on this occasion. 



Respectfullv submitted. 



J. L. t^XYDER. 



