04 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Mr. ('. N. Kix, while .still having ()veisi<j;ht of the stoek-rooiii, was made 

 instructor in order to relieve tlie condition due to the placing of nia- 

 chip.e shop woik in the freshmen year, and his position as storekeeper, 

 has been tilled by Mr. Ray Pearson. 



The large classes in the steam laboratory necessitated an additional 

 man, and being unable to obtain an api)licant to permanently fill this 

 position, Mr. 1). L. Jones, of the class of 1010, M. A. C, was employed 

 during the Avinter and spring terms. 



Jn addition to the work of the fall, winter, and spring terms, the de- 

 partment assisted in two terms of summer work in which nine courses 

 were taught to a total of sixty-one students, and also in tAvo Truck and 

 Tractor courses of the winter courses in Agriculture. In the latter 

 work one hundred and sixty men were given instruction in truck engines, 

 ignition and lighting, carburetion, chassis construction, and forge shop. 

 Of these courses, the forge work Avas given by Mr. A. Watt in addition io 

 his regular college teaching, and the others were given by Messrs. Beck, 

 Brault, Foote, Halsted and Leland, Avho Avere employed especially for 

 this Avork. 



I wish here to exjjress nry appreciation of the material assistance 

 received from the Duplex Truck Company, lleo Motor Oar Com]>any and 

 Olds Motor Works in the way of trucks and parts which Avere loaned to 

 us for the above courses. 



Of the ncAV equijnnent received during the year, 1 Avish especially to ex- 

 ])ress appreciation of the machine tools added to the sho])s, as a result 

 of the generous action of the Board in a])]n'o])riating .flO,000 so that 

 advantage could l)e taken of the CaldAvell liiJl for the purchase of Gov- 

 ernment machine tools at 15% of their cost. Tliis has brought the equip- 

 ment of the machine slioj) u]) to the I'equirements of modern ]>ractice 

 and Avill be of great assistance in the regular machine slio]) courses and 

 also in the ucav courses in Industrial Engineering, to be oll'ered to the 

 seniors the coming year. 



In addition to the above, a Brinell ^Machine, recently purchased Avill 

 add niuch to the courses in the heat treatment of steel. The gas fur- 

 naces pui'chased for this work last year Avere installed during the sum- 

 mer, and have proved a great aid. 



During the year the junior and senior cou^'ses have been revised, the 

 most noteAvorthy changes being the introduction of humanistic studies 

 and group options in the senior year. Three options Avere introduced, 

 viz. automotive engineering, industrial engineering, and steam engineer- 

 ing. 



I wish to express my appreciation of the Avork of the various mem- 

 bers of the department, during the past year. The teaching schedule of 

 the year is shoAvn in the tables that follow. 



Respectfully submitted, 



H. B. DIlUvS, 

 Professor of Mechanical laigiueeriug. 

 East Lansing, Mich., June oO, 1920. 



