DEPARTMENT REPORTS. 75 



At the opening of the fall term affairs of the department were dis- 

 covered to be in a most chaotic condition, demanding no little effort 

 and time to untangle and adjust this, together with formulating a course 

 of instruction and otherwise attempting the organization of the new 

 division preparatory to beginning regular instruction at the opening of 

 the winter term, the necessary correspondence, the veterinai-y care to the 

 college live stock and daily class work to junior and senior agricul- 

 tural students, numbering over fifty, taxed to the utmost the energy 

 at command, more especially as the work was accomplished entirely with- 

 out assistance. It was during this term that equipment and the services 

 of F. W. Chamberlain, B. S. (Vermont), V. M. D. (Cornell) were secured 

 to facilitate future work of the division. 



At the opening of the second or winter term, the teaching force com- 

 prised a faculty of four, two immediately connected with the new di- 

 vision and through the cooperation and courtesy of the bacteriological 

 and zoological departments the help of Dr. Ward Giltner and Assistant 

 Professor J. J. Myers respectively, the former giving instruction in 

 histology, the latter physiology, to the sophomore students of the veteri- 

 nary science division. The remaining work of this term was exceedingly 

 heavy, comprising daily class work with the freshman agricultural 

 students, the daily work Avith over forty senior and junior agricultural 

 students and for eight weeks two hours each day devoted to the first 

 and second year short course students, or a total of four hours daily 

 given over to students in agriculture. Besides the above and the work 

 already referred to as given by Dr. Giltner and Prof. Myers were 

 scheduled exercises in anatomy, clinical diagnosis and materia medica. 



Besides the winter term duties enumerated incident to adequate in- 

 struction of the classes listed, and the details of management of the 

 new division, time was found for outside work at several institutes and 

 dairy and agricultural gatherings. Daily class work during dairy 

 week was occupied by lectures and talks upon the anatomy and physi- 

 ology of the udder, physiology of birth, birth disease,s and emergencies. 

 This term also afforded opportunity to entertain the Michigan State 

 Veterinary Medical Association during a two-day meeting which was 

 held by invitation in the veterinaiy building of the college; an address 

 was also given before the Michigan Breeders' and Feeders' Association 

 and one at the annual "round-up" of the Farmers' Institute. 



The schedule for the spring term as outlined in the annual college 

 catalog for sophomore students of the Veterinary Science Division was 

 pursued without alteration and so, also, was the daily class work con- 

 tinued with the senior and junior agricultural students. This work 

 was accomplished by the two veterinarians immediately connected with 

 the division, together with the continued services of Professor Myers 

 and help of Professor Bessey, the latter giving a series of lecture or 

 recitation periods upon poisonous plants especially liable to affect do- 

 mestic animals. Here again several short trips were made for talks 

 to dairy and agricultural societies. It is our firm belief that a close 

 aiffiliation of the agriculturists of the state and the Veterinary Science 

 Division cannot but be a mutual benefit, for, as stated in the annual 

 catalog, we shall aim not alone to train men to deal with problems in 

 animal husbandry and sanitation, but likewise to cooperate with stock 



