DEPARTMENT REPORTS. 



REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT. 



Honorable State Board of Agriculture: 



I beg to present to you my report for the year ending June 30, 1002. 



The year has been a very prosperous one. Earnestness and industry 

 have characterized the work in all departments. A greater number of 

 students have been in attendance than ever before. During the earlier 

 history of the College many students entered who had no interest in the 

 technical training given. They desired a general education and entered 

 this institution because they could earn a large part of their expenses. 

 In later years very few students enroll who do not enter the institution 

 because of a desire to receive the technical training given here. The 

 spirit of the class room is thoroughly in harmony with the purposes of the 

 College. The awakened interest in technical training both among farmers 

 and mechanics indicates that in the future the equipment of the College 

 must expand rapidly to meet the demands made by the increase in 

 attendance. 



BUILDINGS. 



The Board, realizing the important part which bacteriology must play 

 in agricultural education and experimentation in the future, decided to 

 erect a building devoted to this subject. The second story of the veter- 

 inary building has for the past five years been used as a bacteriological 

 laboratory. With the increased attendance it became entirely inadequate, 

 and every attempt made to accommodate students in this low and ill venti- 

 lated room was attended with considerable risk. 



The new building is a beautiful brick structure 59 by 70 feet, two 

 stories high with well lighted basement. When completed and furnished 

 the cost will amount to about $30,000. It will be one of the best of its kind 

 in the country. 



It is the intention of the Board to begin at once the erection of a fine 

 bath house for young men. The old bath house is totally unfit for use. 

 The 275 young men in our dormitories and more than 100 others living 

 near the College grounds are sorely in need of such accommodations as 

 this new bath house will give. 



It is hoped that we may begin soon the installation of a new heating 

 and lighting system. The old system is inadequate and affords but little 

 protection from fire. 



As the demands for room in several departments is very great, it has 

 been a difficult matter to know what to build first. It is, however, very 

 much desired that the College cease the erection of cheap buildings to 



