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them and in the various curriculum and extra-curriculum activities of 

 the department. 



To you, Mr. President, and to the members of the Board, I express my 

 hearty thanks for your support and encouragement. The revised salary 

 schedule which you adopted enabled me to hold the department together. 

 Without it I should have lost at least one-half of my men. 



Kespectfully submitted, 



W. W. JOHNSTON, 

 Professor of English and Modern Languages. 

 East Lansing, Michigan, June 30, 1920. 



REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS. 



President F. S. Kedzie, College: 



Dear Sir: I have the honor to submit for your consideration the fol- 

 lowing report on the work of the Department of Mathematics for the 

 year ending June 30, 1920. 

 During the year the teaching staff of the department was as follows : 

 L. C. Plant, Professor. 

 L. C. Emmons, Associate Professor. 



G. G. Speeker, S. E. Crowe, V. G. Grove, Assistant Professors. 

 Wm. M. Wible, C. T. Bumer, Eugenia Armstrong, Instructors. 

 .In September, 1919, Assistant Professor M. F. Johnson resigned to 

 accept a position in the University of Michigan. His successor, Vernon 

 G. Grove, who was a member of the mathematical staff of Cornell Uni- 

 versity, did not come into residence until January, 1920. The depart- 

 ment was able to secure Miss Eugenia Armstrong, class of '17, to teach 

 mathematics for the fall term only. 



Mr. C. T. Bumer, who was professor of mathematics in Salem College, 

 took up his duties in the department at the beginning of the winter 

 term. 



Whatever success has come to the department no small amount is due 

 to Associate Professor Emmons and Assistant Profes'sors Speeker and 

 Crowe. These men are always alert to the needs of the department and 

 give freely of their time. I take this occasion to express to the new men, 

 Mr. Grove and Mr. Bumer,' my appreciation of their adaptability and 

 efiSciency. 



During the year the staff has conducted lectures bi-weekly on ad- 

 vanced work in mathematics. This work not only increased the mathe- 

 matical equipment of the staff, but also encouraged a sympathetic 

 student attitude. 



The total number of students taking mathematics during the year 

 was 1,718, divided among the different terms as follows: Fall, 326; 

 winter, 57G; spring, 173; summer, 170. The total number of class periods 

 for the year was 409, divided among the different terms as follows : Fall, 

 105; winter, 117; spring, 112; summer, 75. 



Respectfully submitted, 

 L. C. PLANT, 

 Professor of Mathematics. 

 Bast Lansing, Michigan, June 30, 1920. 



