DEPARTMENT REPORTS. 65 



REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY. 



r resident J. L. Snyder-: 



The work of instruction in the Chemical Department has been divided 

 among the following classes : 



General chemistry 175 students 



Analytical chemistry 72 students 



Minerology 68 students 



Organic chemistry 43 students 



Quantitative I metals) 50 students 



Agricultural chemistry 40 students 



Meteorology (elective) 35 students 



Beet sugar production (special) . 25 students 



The work of our students still shows the old-time zeal and interest. 

 Original investigation by each student into the facts and laws of chemistry 

 is still as popular as ever. I believe that there is a large field for the study 

 of chemistry as applied to the problems of domestic economy, and there- 

 fore I would recommend that in the senior year of the course for women 

 ten hours per week be devoted to this subject. 



The class in general elementary chemistry being the largest so far in 

 the history of our College leads me to urge the necessity of providing 

 space for the Department of Physics outside of the chemical laboratory in 

 order that not only we may better accommodate our students in their 

 laboratory work but also provide more room for the chemical work of the 

 Experiment Station. 



The special course in beet sugar production, the fourth session of which 

 lias just closed, affords an opportunity for our young men to become 

 acquainted with the details of the manufacturing process and has suc- 

 ceeded in supplying the factory managers with useful assistants. Through 

 the kindness of Mr. Boutell, our present year's class spent two weeks 

 studying in detail the construction of the machinery in the factory of 

 the Lansing Sugar Company under the guidance of Mr. A. N. (Mark, assist- 

 ant superintendent of the Alma factory, who gives the technical instruc- 

 tion in our special course. 



In addition to the class work there has been the usual amount of 

 analytical work undertaken, including fertilizing materials, soil and water 

 analyses, minerals, feeding stuffs, etc. 



I wish to acknowledge the hearty cooperation of all the laboratory force 

 helping to bring to a successful close the 39th year of my professorship. 



Respectfullv submitted, 



R. C. KEDZIE, 

 Professor of Chemistry. 

 Agricultural College, Mich.. 

 July 1,1902. 

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