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Tlu! War Aims course closed witli (lie signing of (he arniisiice for the 

 vocational men and with the term end for the regular college student mem- 

 bers. 



With the coming of the winter term the department resumed its nor- 

 mal functions. The subjects scheduled for the winter and spring terms 

 have been taught, but a depleted attendance has resulted in smaller 

 classes. 



For these terms the work has been handled by the regular staff. Mrs. 

 Minnie Hendrick during the fall taught classes of young women and the 

 men who were not in the S. A. T. C. work. In the later terms she has 

 participated in the work as in former years. Thus I have briefly summar- 

 ized the activities of a very busy as well as a very stirring year. We can 

 only hope that our sevices have been of real value in aiding the twelve 

 hundred men enrolled in the department in the understanding of the 

 world war in all its multitudinous phases and that the importance of 

 history as a study for any time has been demonstrated, not only to stu- 

 dents in college, but the people in general. 



Respectfully submitted, 



E. H. RYDER, 

 Professor of History and Political Science. 

 East Lansing, June 30, 1919. 



REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS. 



President F. S. Kedzie, East Lansing, Michigan. 



Dear Sir — -The following is a report of the Department of Economics 

 for the academic year 1918-19. 



The total number of enrollments in the department for the year equalled 

 390, distributed as follows: 



By terms — ^^Fall, 44; winter, 115; spring, 181; summer, 50. 



By classes — Senior and junior, 103; sophomore, 199; freshmen, 88, 



By subjects — Economics, 229; Sociology, 61. 



Total number of hours taught during the year, exclusive of S. A. T. C. 

 hours by members of the department are 912, divided as follows: 



By terms — ^Fall, 72; winter, 300; spring, 360; summer, 180. 



By subjects — Economics, 732; Sociology, 180. 



The use of the college for S. A. T. C. purposes during the fall term cut 

 down the work of the department to two classes, one for non-military 

 upper classmen and the other for the freshmen who were under draft age. 

 Both the members of this department did S. A. T. C. teaching throughout 

 the fall term, Mr. Dunford having five hours of S. A. T. C. economic 

 teaching and 10 hours of supervision per week, Mr. Hedrick having 10 

 hours per week of War Aims. 



In the winter term the department offered its customary number of 

 courses as is true also of the spring and summer terms. That the average 

 attendance is so much reduced as compared with previous years is due to 

 the fact of student absences from college on account of military duty. 



In the college curriculum revisions which seemed suitable this year as 

 a result of war alterations, economics was removed from the sophomore 

 year of the Engineeiing course and transferred to the senior year. In the 

 Agricultural course some consolidations of two and three-hour subjects in 

 economics into five-hour subjects were made. This it was thought would 

 give more unity to the offerings of the department. 



