DEPARTMENT REPORTS. 



REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT. 



The report of the faculty as a body, and of the heads of the departments, 

 80 fully describe what has been done during the College Year, that but little 

 remains to be given in my report. The President's report for last year con- 

 tained a very full account of the various departments of the College, and it 

 is unnecessary to repeat the account here. 



I have given, as usual, instruction in Psychology, in the Constitution of the 

 United States, and in Logic. 



The clergymen of Lansing, have usually, as heretofore, been employed to 

 take charge of the religious services in the College chapel on Sunday after- 

 noons; although Secretary Baird has preached twice, and I have occupied the 

 desk seven times. No officer has ever been paid for Sabbath services. 



Dr. Henry Reynolds, the Red Ribbon temperance lecturer, occupied one 

 Sunday afternoon, and the Hon. D. W. Sharts, of Shiawassee county, and 

 President White, of Purdue University, have given addresses before the Col- 

 lege Christian Union, that is, virtually before the whole College. 



We have also been favored with addresses, either at the general gatherings 

 on Wednesday afternoon or at morning prayers by the Rev. L. L. Langstroth, 

 of Oxford, Ohio, noted for his observations on Bees, by Professor Olney of 

 the University, the Hon. Charles E. Mickley, of Adrian, the Hon. J. J. 

 Woodman, Master of the State Grange, Hon. C. G. Luce, of Coldwater, W. 

 S. George, Esq., of the Lansing Republican, and Alvah Bradish, the Detroit 

 Artist. 



LEGISLATION. 



In his message to the Legislature, Governor Croswell said : 



"The Agricultural College grows in favor. It lias become more thoroughly 

 identified with the farming interests of the State, and stands on a better footing 

 than ever before. Tiie whole number of students in attendance during the last j'ear 

 ■was 239, and tlie graduates, 33. The managers ask an appropriation for current ex- 

 penses of IG.271.80 for each of the two years 1879 and 1880, and a special appropria- 

 tion of $15,968.32 for each of the said two years for buildings, improvements and 

 extraordinary expenses; a full statement of which will be found in tiieir report. 

 Tliey further solicit an appropriation of §13,600.00 for the construction of a new 

 Hall, with a view to the admission of females and the co-education of the sexes at 

 the College, the reasons for wliich will be found duly assigned." 



A statement of estimates, far exceeding in its detail of items those of any 

 other institution was placed before the Legislature, and by their order printed 



