DEPARTMENT REPORTS. 



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can not be more regularly inspected and carefully kept than in the 

 past. We have a remarkably complete outfit of instruments of the best 

 class for field work, about as numerous as can conveniently be stored 

 and handled in the space available for the i)urpose. The maximum 

 economy of service with this equipment requires its use by different 

 groups of students in the same week, often on the same days of the 

 Aveek, and under the supervision of different instructors. The require- 

 ments of our teaching schedule often make it impossible for the instruc- 

 tor .to examine instruments that have been returned by his class after 

 use in the field, until the same tools have been used by others. Naturally 

 there results a divided responsibility which is not conducive to the in- 

 tegrity of the instruments. The remedy for such a situation lies in the 

 appointment of an assistant whose most important duty shall be the 

 constant care and inspection of all surveying instruments, field tools 

 and some of our laboratory equipment. Cleaning and repairs could 

 be placed in his charge. Breakage and injury could be determined at 

 the proper time and assessments could be levied accordingly upon the 

 proper persons. 



As for many years past, I present herewith a tabulation showing the 

 work of teaching carried out by this department during the year; it 

 will answer questions of assignments, enrollment, classrooms occupied, 

 size of sections and the like. 



