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dent. He generally lesives College a few weeks before the close of the autumn 

 term, works hard all winter in a close school-room, and returns to college 

 duties in tlic spring wearied out, and perhaps behind his class by a few weeks' 

 lessons. By the time he has worked througli two years of ternr time and two 

 winters of school teaching without rest, much of the vivacity of his mind is 

 gone, and his iiealth is materially impaired. This is a common experience. 



It would be much better for their health and scholarship, if students could 

 afford it, to take a two-months' vacation in the summer, when their parents 

 are clamoring for them to come and help in haying and harvesting, get a good 

 rest from in-door labors, and a few months of out-of-door exercise free from 

 books. Doubtless enough students to carry on farm and garden operations 

 would always be ready to remain at the College during such a vacation. 



AVinter is a good time to study, but the experience of all colleges is against 

 the continuance of college classes during the hot months of July and August, 

 and I can remember but one other college than ours that continues its term 

 through them. The practical instruction in agriculture is perhaps at its least 

 in these harvesting months. 



I say again, that as long as a large part of our students are obliged to 

 teach, I have no change to suggest. When that necessity is gone, as some 

 time hence it will be, if that time has not already come, I have no doubt we 

 shall do well to follow other colleges in their distribution of vacations. 



DEPARTMENTS OF THE COLLEGE. 



In my report for 1878 I gave a brief account and history of each of the 

 departments of the College. 



The several professors and superintendents and curators have made reports 

 covering the two years ending Sept. 30, 1882. These reports complete the 

 view of the condition of the College at the present time, supplementing my 

 brief account of them here. The College catalogue gives, not only the course 

 of study in the institution, but a detailed presentation of the instruction 

 given in each department. 



President and Professor of Psijcliology and Logic. 



On a six weeks' leave of absence granted me in the summer of 1881 I took 

 three weeks' rest. I have no class during the last six weeks of the summer 

 term, and my other duties were kindly taken for me by Messrs. Carpenter 

 and Baird. 



I have taught psychology and logic to each Senior class, using Bascom's 

 Psychology, Jevon's Logic, and Fowler's Logic as guides. I taught tlie Con- 

 stitution of the United States, using Cooley's Constitutional Text Book, to 

 the Senior class of 1881, and Bascom's Ethics to that of 1882. Eihics was 

 added to my department, and the Constitution of the United States taken 

 from it, and made a part of that of History and Political Economy, in order 

 to secure a greater unity to that newly constituted department. 



I have had chai'ge of the daily morning devotional exercises of the students. 

 No other officer attends them. I have had charge of the services on Sunday 

 afternoons, and have taken charge of them thirteen times out of a total of 

 sixty-six. Sec. Baird has officiated three times. I have felt it incumbent on 

 me, more than other officers have upon them, to be present at the weekly 

 Wednesday afternoon lectures and orations, and have taken my turn in lec- 

 turing, having given, March 2, 1881, a lecture on the study of Grecian His- 

 tory and Literature, for one unacquainted with the Greek language, and on 



