DEPARTMENT REPORTS. 



REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT. 



To the Honorable State Board of Agriciiltiire : 



Gontlenien — I take i)leasure in submitting herewith my report, as 

 President of the college under vour control, for the year ending June 

 30tJi, 1909. 



The 3'ear was one of marked progress. The increase in attendance 

 over the previous year was about 16 per cent. The total number of 

 students who received instruction last year was 1,3T0. Of those enter- 

 ing regular courses, a larger percentage than heretofore were able to 

 qualify for the four year courees, and those entering five year courses 

 were of higher grade than of previous years. There is a gradual im- 

 provement in the preparation of students entering our freshman and 

 sub-freshman classes. The graduating class this year numbered ninety- 

 eight. Fifty graduated from the engineering course, fourteen from the 

 home economics course, twenty-eight from the agricultural course and 

 six from the forestry course. Advanced degrees were conferred in ac- 

 cordance with the regulations laid down by the Board as follows: 



Edmund Roswell Bennett, M. Hort. William Rutherford Brown, C. 

 E. Albert George Craig, M. Hort. Frank William Howe, M. S. James 

 Garfield Moore, M. Hort. Ernest Alfred Richmond, M. E. George 

 Whitnev Williams, M. E. 



Dr. Isaac C. Ketler, D. D., LL. D., President of Grove City College, 

 Pennsylvania, delivered the baccalaureate sermon, on the afternoon of 

 June 20th, in the armory. The commencement exercises were held at 

 the same place on June 22nd. The address on this occasion was given 

 by Dr. Charles S. Howe, Ph. D., D. Sc, President of the Case School 

 of Applied Science, Cleveland, Ohio. Commencement functions had a 

 good local attendance but as there was nothing of importance to induce 

 alumni to return this year a comparatively small number of them were 

 present. As the regular triennial reunion will occur next year it was 

 thought wise to defer the dedication of the new agricultural building 

 until that time. 



CHANGES IN FACULTY. 



It is a pleasure to record that no important changes will take place 

 in the faculty at the close of this year. A number of instructors and 

 several assistant professors, whose services have been valuable to the 

 college, have for various reasons tendered their resignations. It is to 

 be regretted that so many young men of promise as teachers, feel called 

 upon to resign in order to take up practical work. 



CHANGES IN BOARD. 



This institution when organized in 1855, was placed under the con- 

 trol of the State Board of Education. In 1861, the State Board of 



