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The fact that there is such a disparity in the amount of class room 

 work in the several terms greatly complicates the problem of providing 

 instruction. 



During the year the department gave 383 special examinations in- 

 cluding 333 in entrance subjects. 



Kespectfullv submitted, 



Varren babcock, 



Professor of Mathematics. 

 East Lansing, Mich., June 30, 1911. 



REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY. 



President J. L. Snyder: 



I have the honor to submit herewith my report as Professor of Botany 

 for the year ending June 30, 1911. 



The botanical staff consists, at present, of the following persons: 

 Professor, Ernst A. Bessey, Assistant Professor, Richard de Zeeuw, In- 

 structors, Rose M. Taylor, Bertha F. Thompson, Ruth F. Allen. In ad- 

 dition to these the Research Assistant in Plant Physiology and the 

 Research Assistant in Plant Pathology of the Experiment Station, re- 

 spectively William H. Brown and George H. Coons, devote one-fourth 

 of their time to instiniction in the botanical department in their re- 

 spective subjects. 



The number of students enrolled in the department is as 

 follows: Fall term, 356; winter term, 384; spring term, 404; total 1,144 

 students, of whom 1,021 were enrolled for required and 123 for elective 

 work. In addition to these, 46 short course students took the course 

 on fruit diseases, making a grand total enrollment of 1,190. 



The new part of the building, which was occupied witb temporary 

 tables during the spring term last year, was used regularly this year. 

 Freshman and sophomore classes occupied rooms 14, 15 and 17, while 

 rooms 14 and 16 were also used for some of the more advanced classes. 

 In the old building, room 8 was used for freshmen and sophomores, as 

 well as for advanced classes. The lecture room was used only for lec- 

 tures, not as a laboratory, being totally unsuited for the latter. This 

 spring, room 16 in the new part had to be given up to the Experiment 

 Station botanists as the room previously occupied by them was too small. 

 The north half of room 6 in the old building was partitioned off as an 

 office for the professor, the room formerly occupied for this purpose 

 having been too small for years to accommodate books, laboratoiy table, 

 etc. This room has been given to the assistant professor. 



During the year the whole building was piped for gas while the elec- 

 tric lighting has been made more modem. 



The laboratory desks and chairs ordered last spring were received 

 and installed during the winter. Those tables used for work with micro- 

 scopes were equipped with inverted Welsbach lamps. All tables were 

 provided with Bunsen burners or with other gas connections. The tables 

 in the physiological laboratory' were provided with both water and gas. 



