102 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS. 



President F. S. Kedzie, (.'oUege. 



Dear Sir — I have the honor to submit for your consideration the follow- 

 ing report on the work of the Department of Mathematics for tiie year 

 ending June 30, 1919: 



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

 L. C. Plant, Professor. 

 L. C. Emmons, Associate Professor. 



M. F. Johnson, G. G. Speeker, and S. E. Crowe, Assistant Professors. 

 W. M. Wibble, Instructor. 



During the fall term Professors E. S. King, H. T. Darlington, W. E. 

 Reuling and F. A. Burt and Mr. B. K. Philp taught classes in the Student 

 Army Training Corps. 



At the opening of the fall term an unusual demand was made on the 

 department both for instruction and for subject matter. The former 

 was met by other departments' coming to our assistance. Professor King, 

 of the English Department, Professor Darlington, of the Botany Depart- 

 ment, Professor Reuling, of the Mechanical Engineering Department, 

 Professor Burt of the Geology Department, and Mr. Philp, of the 

 Civil Engineering Department offered their help. I take this opportunity 

 to thank these men f.or their assistance and to say that notwithstanding 

 the fact that they were teaching outside their chosen fields, no more en- 

 thusiastic body of teachers could have been found on the campus. 



Our national Government asked that the Student Army Training Corps 

 be taught mathematics that should be adapted so far as possible to special 

 phases of army work. Professor W. Paul Webber, of the University of 

 Pittsburgh, and myself had a manuscript on Introductory Mathematical 

 Analysis which seemed to meet more nearl}- the requirements of the 

 Government than any text on the market. By putting forth every effort 

 and by the cooperation of John Wiley and Sons we were able to place in 

 the hands of the students preprints of the text soon after the opening of 

 the term. The completed text was off the press in January. The govern- 

 ment inspector of work done in the S. A. T. C. units in different educa- 

 ferent institutions. Professor S. E. Stout, of the University of Indiana, was 

 so well pleased with our mathematics that he asked for a detailed out- 

 line of the same in order that he might present copies to other institutions. 



The success of the department is largely due to the personal interest of 

 the members of the staff. They have given generously of their time out 

 of class hours to their students and they have used their spare time and 

 vacation periods in doing graduate work. 



The total number of students taking mathematics during the year was 

 1,219, divided among the different terms as follows: fall, 417 S. A. T. C. 

 students, 147 regular students; winter, 302; spring, 257; summer, 96. The 

 total number of class periods for the year was 367, divided among the 

 different terms as follows: fall, 125; winter, 98; spring, 74; summer, 70. 



Respectfully submitted, 

 L. C. PLANT, 

 Professor of Mathematics. 

 East Lansing, June 30, 1919. 



