354 REPORT OF OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 



WORK OF THE COLLEGES. 



Progress was made in the more complete and thorough organiza- 

 tion of the universities and colleges into colleges and departments. 

 The agricultural work of the University of Arkansas was reorgan- 

 ized into ten departments, as follows: Entomology, horticulture, 

 dairy husbandry, veterinary science, agricultural education, agricul- 

 tural chemistry, agronomy, plant pathology, animal husbandry, and 

 farmers' institutes. The Agricultural College of Utah was organ- 

 ized into schools of agi'iculture, domestic science, commerce, and 

 mechanic arts. 



Increased entrance requirements went into effect in Kansas, where 

 8 units of high-school work are now required and the subfreshman 

 work has been organized into a distinct department with added indus- 

 trial work, including agriculture and shopwork for boys and domes- 

 tic science and art for girls; in Massachusetts, where 14 Carnegie 

 units are now required; in Porto Rico, where the entrance require- 

 ment was raised from the sixth to the eighth grade; and in Rhode 

 Island, where 13 Carnegie units are required in 1910 and 11: will be 

 required in 1911. Rhode Island has abolished preparatory courses 

 and AVest Virginia has abolished one year of its preparatory course. 



At the New Mexico , College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts 

 the college courses in all subjects were raised one full year, thereby 

 bringing them up to the standard college requirements. Four-year 

 industrial courses of high-school grade in agriculture, mechanic arts, 

 domestic science, and business methods were also introduced, these 

 articulating with similar college courses. 



The reorganization of college courses has taken place in a number 

 of institutions. In Colorado the college year was changed from the 

 three-term to the two-semester plan. The first two years in all agri- 

 cultural courses were made alike, also the first two years in all engi- 

 neering courses. Ten hours of electives were made available in the 

 junior year and 20 hours in the senior year in all four-year college 

 courses. In Kansas the collegiate courses of study have been en- 

 tirely recast and more closely articulated with the public-school 

 system of the State. Elective courses in the junior and senior years 

 have been introduced and the opportunity given for a broader range 

 of selections. The student now enters upon the special course which, 

 he will pursue at the beginning of the freshman year instead of at 

 the beginning of the sophomore year. 



A veterinary college, offering a four-year collegiate course, was 

 established at the Michigan Agricultural College, with Dr. R. P. 

 Lyman as dean. Departments of home economics were established 

 in connection with the State universities in West Virginia and Wis- 

 consin. Among other new courses introduced were industrial jour- 



