DEPARTMENT REPORTS. 



75 



Descriptive geometry was changed to both a recitation and laboratory 

 subject, one recitation and two drawing periods per week. 



With the steady increase in attendance and the diversified interests of 

 the students taking work, it seems likely that the Drawing Department 

 could, to advantage, increase its sphere of usefulness by broadening 

 its courses to include industrial drawing and design. The change of the 

 course in history of art to history of design, a step in this direction, 

 met with great favor and seems to justify the assumption that such a 

 change in the courses offered would be welcome. 



A new departure, undertaken experimentally this year, was to hold 

 an exhibition of public school drawings at the time of the Interscholastic 

 Meet, May IBth to 15th, inclusive. This was done under the conviction 

 that it is the functiou of the college departments to cooperate with 

 the educational interests of the state. The exhibition proved very suc- 

 cessful, considering everything, some fifteen cities of the state sending 

 exhibits, including Detroit and points as far away as Houghton and 

 Marquette. It was visited by large numbers and proved, incidentally, 

 to be quite an inspiriation to our own students. The expense was not 

 great and it is hoped that it may become an annual event and an occasion 



of increasing interest as time goes on. 



Following are some tables which show 

 •among the different classes, and the instructors 



the distribution of the students 



Fall term drcamig classes, 1908. 



Six instructors, full time; one instructor, six hours per week. 



