64 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING. 



President J. L. Snyder: 



Dear Sir: — It is a pleasure to hand you the record of a year so gen- 

 erally filled ^vith efficiency and satisfaction. Many elements have con- 

 spired to these gratifying conditions, chief among which are harmony 

 and hard work on the part of the departmental staff, aided by a recep- 

 tive, purposeful attitude of the students we have met in the field-work, 

 classes and laboratories. I wish to heartily and emphatically commend 

 the work of all the teachers of civil engineering, who, without excep- 

 tion, have labored industriously to make this a successful year. 



At the beginning of the fall term the departmental staff consisted of 

 the following teachers, whose names are given in order of seniority of 

 appointment : 



H. K. Vedder, C. E., Professor of Civil Engineering. 



W. B. Wendt, B. C. E., Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering. 



A. S. Rosing, B. S. in C. E., Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering. 



J. T. Buser, B. S. in C. E., Instructor in Civil Engineering, 



H. E. Marsh, B. S., Instructor in Civil Engineering. 



A. M. Ockerblad, B. S. in C, E., Instructor in Civil Engineering. 



As for several years past our spring term teaching schedule imposed 

 requirements beyond the physical capacity of the regular staff. Accord- 

 ingly, two additional instructors Avere engaged to assist during the 

 months of April, May and June. These appointees were Mr. B. K. 

 Philp, C. E., and Mr. James E. ShaAv, B. S. 



Of the regular teaching staff named above Prof. Rosing and Mr. Buser 

 have resigned and will take up work elsewhere. Satisfactory candi- 

 dates to supply these vacancies are being sought for and the Board has 

 authorized the engagement of an additional instructor. It is very diffi- 

 cult to secure competent teachers at the salaries offered and more diffi- 

 cult to retain them long. 



Of the one hundred twenty-eight voung men and women who were 

 graduated from the college a few weeks ago, and who received the 

 bachelor's degree, thirty-one were those who had specialized in civil 

 engineering. The class as a whole was the largest in the history of the 

 institution. I may be pardoned for noting that the civil engineers com- 

 prise a larger group of the class than can be claimed by any other de- 

 partment of the institution if there is recognized a differentiation or 

 wpecialization in agriculture and horticulture. 



The election of civil engineering studies by our engineer students has 

 been large for some years and is increasing until it seems to me to con- 

 stitute an abnormal condition which will no doubt in time adjust itself. 

 However, the expressed intuitions of those who have just become juniors 

 indicate no immediate change ajid our facilities of all kinds for the pur- 

 poses of instruction will be taxed to the utmost throughout the coming 

 year. 



I contemplate with some misgivings the possibilities of injury and 

 deterioration which must come to our instrumental equipment, if it 



