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AVeeks Nursery Co., luc, C. H., Lyons, N. Y. 

 Western New York Nursery Co., Kocliester, N. Y. 

 Westminister Nursery, The, Westminster, Md. 

 Wisconsin Nurseries, Union Grove, Wisconsin. 



Respectfully submitted, 



L. R. TAFT, 

 State Inspector of Nurseries and Orchards. 



East Lansing, Michigan, June 30, 1920. 



ANNUAL REPORT OF THE LIBERAL ARTS COUNCIL, 



For year ending June 30, 1920. 



To the I'resident and Mendjers of the State Board of Agriculture: 



By a resolution of the State Board of Agriculture, a Liberal Arts 

 Council was organized in 1915. The resolution i)rovided that tliree 

 mend)crs of the faculty, and two members of the student body, should 

 coustitute a council for the }»romo(iou of social and general intellectual 

 culture. The same resolution provided that an assessment of fl.OO per 

 year upon the students, should be collected for the purpose of carrying 

 on the work. 



During tlie current year, the council has consisted of the following: 



(a) Student Members 

 L. S. Palmer 



C. O. DeVries 



(b) Faculty Members: 

 W. W."^ Johnston 

 C. P. Halligan 



W. H. French 



During the year we arranged for eight (8) lectures and entertain- 

 ments by the following persons : 



November 18, Rev. A. M. Rihbany, Boston. 



December 7, Dr. Ralph Dennis, Evanston. 



Januarj^ 14, Burnell Ford, New York. 



January 27, Dr. W. C. Baglev, Oolund)ia Univ., N. Y. 



February 12, Hon. W. W. Ellsworth, New York. 



March 2, Vachel Lindsay, Boston. 



April 8, College Glee Club, E. Lansing. 



April 19, Ellis Parker Butler, New York. 



On account of an outbreak of influenza, it was necessai*y to cancel the 

 lectures by Mr. Ellsworth and Mr. Lindsay. 



The Council has been greatly handicapped during the year because of 

 the lack of a proper place to hold these entertainments. We have used 

 the armorj^, the engineering lecture room and the gymnasium, none of 

 which are suitable places, and we have had considerable difficulty to 

 secure even the use of these places. 



The lectures given were of high class and made an impression upon 

 the student body, but we are anxious that arrangements shall be made 



