l2C STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



necessary for public school work. This summer's cnroHmcnt has shown 

 this. The summer period is advantageous for svich students and we may 

 well prepare to render the service for all such and for others who maj' be 

 attracted here for various purposes. 



A very excellent feature was introduced this year in the form of a 

 series of lectures, extending through one week, bj^ the faculty of the 

 Agricultural Division for the benefit of teachers of agriculture in the high 

 schools of the state. This project was in charge of Professor French 

 and Director Gallup. These men, the most of whom had been out for 

 some time, pronounced it a very valuable service. 



Several conferences were held during the first six weeks. Reports 

 for those in Home Economics and Boys' and Girls' Clubs appear else- 

 where. The Rural Conference deserves a word in this report. This con- 

 ference brought to the campus for one week more than one hundred men 

 and women, chiefly rural ministers. Of these forty men enrolled in 

 the short course work for one week and fifteen remained for a second 

 week of this work. This effort of the College in holding a conference 

 and short course work is directed toward men and women occupying con- 

 spicious and responsible places in society and is well worth while in 

 its results for community betterment. The prospects for its growth 

 and greater efficiency were never more promising than at the close of 

 this season's conference. 



In closing I would call your attention to the work of our students 

 during the quarter. It has been a term of exceptional hard, earnest 

 work on their part, and I think more has been accomplished in the courses 

 than is done in the regular terms. 



The splendid cooperation of our teachers has made the quarter one 

 of profit and success for the College. As director, I am greatly indebted 

 to Professors A. C. Conger and C. S. Dunford for assistance in classifying 

 students. Respectfully submitted, 



E. H. RYDER, 

 Director Summer Sessions. 



REPORT OF THE ALUMNI RECORDER FOR THE YEAR 1918-1919 



President F. S. Kedzie, Michigan Agricultural College. 



Dear Sir — The following is the annual report of the Alumni Recorder 

 for the period beginning July 1, 1918 and ending June 30, 1919. 



The work of keeping in touch with the alumni of the College has gone 

 forward during this period under conditions such as have rarely obtained 

 before. The war situation up until the signing of the armistice, when 

 such great numbers of men were drawn into the conflict either in active 

 service in the army and navy or in civilian branches, followed by the rapid 

 demobilization at the close of the war and the returning of our men to 

 civilian occupations has placed an unusual task upon the alumni office. 



Our records show that over 1,400 M. A. C. men went into active service 

 for the nation with the army and navy exclusive of the S. A. T. C. We 

 are now working up the service records of each of these men and gathering 

 as mvich data and information as possible looking toward the publication 

 of a history of the College during the war. Already we have completed 

 records with photographs for nearly 1,000 of these men and the rest are 

 being gathered as rapidly as possible. Some forty of our graduates and 

 former students gave their lives in the great conflict and at commence- 



