DEPARTMENT KEPOKTS. 10^ 



REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY AND 



PHYSIOLOGY. 



To the President. 



Sir — I have the honor to submit the fohowinjj; report of the Department 

 of Zoology and Physiology for the year ending June 30, 1919: 



Except for the interruption and changes due to the Students Army 

 Training Corps and rehxted activities the work of the Zoological Depart- 

 ment has progressed almost as usual during the past year. Instructor 

 Bergquist who enlisted in March 1918 is still on leave and with the 20th 

 Engineers abroad. With this exception thei^ have been no changes in 

 the personnel of the department. 



In the fall term assistant professors, Roseboom and Burt were assigned 

 respectively to the Chemical and Mathematics Departments, the former 

 giving his entire time to the teaching of physiological chemistry and the 

 latter teaching three five-hour courses in algebra and trigonometry. In- 

 structor Stack became an assistant in the Bacteriological laboratory for 

 the whole term and Assistant Professor Conger gave part of his time to 

 the teaching of "War Aims" under the Department of History and Political 

 Science. Classes in beginning zoology and advanced physiology for the 

 women, and elementary zoology for Veterinary students, were the only 

 subjects handled in our own department. 



In the winter term Professor Roseboom continued to give all his time 

 to physiological chemistry and Mr. Stack to give half his time to bacteriol- 

 ogy. Professor Burt had two reciuired classes and one elective in geology, 

 Mr. Conger and the writer gave the classes in zoology, and Mr. LeRoy and 

 Mr. Stack cared for the veterinary physiology and the beginning physiology 

 for one half of the freshmen women. 



The spring term was practically normal, the return of many of the 

 young men who had been in the service bringing the elective classes 

 nearly to full size. 



The department's share in the Summer School was not large. It con- 

 sistecl of a two-weeks course in bird-study given to seven students (mainly 

 teachers) by the writer, and six-weeks courses in elementary zoology and 

 elementary physiology by Mr. Roseboom to seven other students. 



Several important changes in courses of stud}'^ made during the past 

 3^ear have affected rather seriously the balance of work in this department. 

 The transfer of the required physiology for women from the freshman 

 to the junior year will leave the department without any of this work for 

 two years to come, and the dropping of elementary zoology from the 

 women's curriculum still further reduces the hours of work of our teaching 

 staff. It is to be regretted that such radical changes cannot be foreseen 

 far enough in advance to allow intra-department adjustments which 

 would prevent overwork in some terms and semi-idleness in others. 



As usual the department has complied occasionally during the year 

 with requests for lectures or talks before schools and societies of various 

 kinds and is prep'ared to do more of this work in the future. In this 

 connection it may be noted that Professor Conger has in preparation a 

 popular bulletin on the haired animals of the State, with special reference to 

 those which affect agriculture in any way, with directions for the ex- 

 termination or control of injurious forms. 



In response to the government's call for the loan of field-glasses to 

 serve as "Eyes for the Navy" the department sent Assistant Secretary 



