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DEPARTMENT REPORTS. 31 



REPORT OF THE PROFESSOR OF ZOOLOGY ANO ENTOMOL- 



OGY, ETC. 



Agricultural College, ) 



Lansing, Mich.. Se2)temher 30, 1879. \ 



To the President of the College: 



I submit the following report for the year ending September 30, 1879 : 



INSTRUCTION. 



In the fall of 1878 the Sophomore class completed the study of Geometry 

 under my charge. They had already completed eight sections of Olney's 

 Geometry under the supervision of Prof. R. C. Carpenter. The class num- 

 bered seventy-eight, and recited in two divisions. Of this number fifty-seven 

 completed tiie course and fifty-two passed the examination. I also gave instruc- 

 tion to the same class in Rhetoricals. Each of the two divisions met me for 

 one hour each week. Each student prepared two essays and two declamations, 

 which were read or delivered before the class. I also gave the usual course of 

 lectures on Human and Comparative Anatomy to the Senior class. There 

 were twenty-one members in the class. 



In the spring term, thirty-one of the Freshman class, all those who could 

 uot pass a satisfactory examination, pursued the study of book-keeping under 

 my direction for three weeks. Mayhew's text-book was used, and all the stu- 

 dents of the class passed upon examination. The Senior class, numbering 

 twenty-seven, completed the usual course in Physiology. Dalton's text-book 

 was used. 



During the summer term one division of the Sophcmore class, numbering 

 twenty-four members, completed the subject of Mechanics of Solids, and 

 Mechanics of Liquids to specify gravity, as given in Peck's text-book, which 

 was used. All, with one exception, passed the examination. The subject of 

 Zoology occupied the Senior class for six weeks. The class numbered twenty- 

 three. Nicholson's text-book was u?ed. The time for this study is too short 

 by half. Geology was studied for the balance of the term. The class num- 

 bered twenty-two. Dana's Geology was used as a text-book. 



The work of instruction for the year has been pleasant, as the students have 

 shown a very satisfactory and commendable energy, and have made correspond- 

 ing progress in their studies. 



MUSEUM. 



The General Museum has made considerable growth during the year. Addi- 

 tions have been made botli by donation — see list appended to tiiis report — and 

 by purchase. Among the latter, several skeletons, an ornithorhynchus, and 

 several marine zoological specimens have been of signal service in giving in- 

 struction in my department. 



It gives me pleasure to state that many rare and valuable donations have 

 been made to the Museum by Alumni of the College. 



The Museum is again much crowded for room. 



