SECRETARY'S REPORT. 



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County. Postofflce. 



Hiram T. French Van Buren, Alnicna. 



Harry P. Gladden — .Ingham, Lansing. 



Elwyn T. Gardner ...St Joseph, Centcrville. 



Robert W. Hemphill, Jr. Washtenaw, Ypsilanti, 



Theries D. Hinebanch ..Kalamazoo, Vieksburg. 



Charles H. Hoyt .Barry, Irving. 



Edward R. Lake .Washtenaw, Ypsilanti. 



Glen C. Lawrence Eaton, Charlesworth. 



John W. Matthews Barry, Hastings. 



George Morrice Ionia, Pewamo. 



Julius R. Newton South Carolina, Pendleton. 



Lewis G. Palmer Jackson, Napoleon. 



Truman L. Parker Barry, Carlton O'tre. 



Wilbur I. Power Oakland, Pontiac. 



George E. Sprang Ingham, Lansing. 



Dorr J. Stryker Berrien, Dayton. 



Harris E. Thomas. Barry, Middleville. 



James D. Towar Ingham, N. Lansing. 



Perry G. low:; v Ingham, N. Lansing. 



Hubert M. Wells Livingston, Howell. 



Frank M. Woodmansee Barry, Middleville.':^ 



The degree of Master of Science was conferred on Hon. Chas. J. Monroe, 

 Chas. W. McCurdy and Eugene Davenport. 



IMrtTWHIBBTi 



IN N4EMORIAN1. 



HON. H. G. WELLS. 



April 4, 1885, was a dark day to the members of the Michigan Agricultural 

 College, for on that day the Hon. Hezekiah G. Wells departed this life. 



Judge Wells was named in the law for the re-organization of the Michigan 

 Agricultural College as a member of the State Board of Agriculture. This 

 place he held, by renewal of his appointment by successive Governors, for a 

 period of twenty-one years, then resigning because he was unable to attend to 

 the duties of his office. 



It is needless to say that from the first his opinions had great weight with 

 the other members of the Board. They elected him their President, and continued 

 him in that office to the last. He always gave uns]iaringly of his time and 

 energies whenever they could help the College, and his large iulluence with the 

 Legislature often secured appropriations to the Institution Avhich, but for this 

 influence, would have been lost. 



While all departments claimed his attention, he took special pleasure in 

 watching the improvement and adornment of the grounds. The labor system 

 met with his earnest support and approval; on his death bed he expressed the 



