DEPARTMENT REPORTS. 49 



REPORT OF DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY AND ECONOMICS. 



To the President: 



1 take pleasure in reporting the work of the past year in this department. 



The curriculum of the autumn term required my teaching two classes 

 in history. The first — course two in European history — was attended 

 by a class of fifty-three young women meeting five hours per week through 

 out the term, similarly each day per week, another class— one in United 

 States constitutional history elected by twenty-one seniors — met. An 

 essential part of the work for both these classes was reference work in 

 the library, the facilities for which had been much improved by the pur- 

 chasing with department funds of from four to six copies of some stand- 

 ard history of each period of European history throughout the modern 

 era and throughout the constitutional period of history in our own 

 country. The nucleus — some fifty volumes — thus made of a departmental 

 library will grow, it is hoped, until complete means for research work 

 will be available to members of these classes. The series of Spruner and 

 Bretschneider maps have also proven a useful adjunct to the teaching of 

 Emropean history. 



During the winter term classes in Early European history, Political 

 Science and Economics came to me for direction. Students to the number 

 of twentv came in the first mentioned class, fiftv-six in the second and 

 twenty-five in the third. Near the end of this term an unfortunate sick- 

 ness prevented my meeting these classes for a period of two weeks. 



The English history of the spring term was taught to a large class of one 

 hundred and eight students divided into three sections. The methods 

 employed in the class room were similar to those of previous years. 

 Topical note books and map drawing exercises form an essential part of 

 the work in this study and each year prove more valuable. By a vote of 

 the faculty Advanced Economics was substituted for the Psychology 

 which should have been taught by me this term. An almost equal division 

 of the time thus allotted was made between industrial history and taxa- 

 tion. The suitability and need to our College curriculum of such study as 

 is given by these two subjects was impressed upon me by the experiences 

 of this term and I earnestly urge that a place be made in the spring term 

 of the senior vear for the election of this work regularlv. 



Respectfullv submitted, 



WILBUR O. HEDRTCK. 

 Agricultfral College, Mich.. 

 June SO. 1902. 



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