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to command the confidence and respect of those who intrust their interests 

 to his knowledge and skill. 



As in past reports, this department continues to have urgent and immed- 

 iate needs both for the laboratory work in physics and electrical engineer- 

 ing, and the lecture table. 



Most respectfully submitted, 



PHILIP B. WOODWOETH, 

 Agricultural College,) Assisicmt Professor of Physics. 



June 30, 1893. \ 



EEPOET OF THE DEPAETMENT OF MATHEMATICS AND 



CIVIL ENGINEEEING. 



President O. Clute: 



Dear Sir — Perhaps the most notable fact for record in the administra- 

 tion of this department for the past year, is the successful working of the 

 new arrangement of mathematical studies in both the agricultural and 

 mechanical courses. It is too early to declare the schedule satisfactory in 

 all its parts, but it is pleasant to note some of the benefits already 

 apparent. Not the least of these is a considerably diminished irregularity 

 of classification. We think, too, that an improvement in extent of ground 

 covered and knowledge gained by the students can be credited to the new 

 order of studies. The instructors of the department have been able to 

 make more economical disposition of their time and have rendered more 

 efficient service, by reason of the possibility of concentrating their energies 

 on a few studies each term. 



There have been no changes in the teaching force of the department. 

 Professor F. W. McNair and Instructor W. Babcock, Jr., have shared with 

 me the work of instruction, and by wise and timely counsel and help, have 

 assisted to secure whatever measure of success may be credited to the 

 year's work. Perfect harmony, so essential to the best work of any depart- 

 ment, has existed here, and I have nothing of criticism to offer on the 

 labors of the gentlemen named, but much in commendation. 



During the fall term, '92, owing to the press of work necessitated by 

 the transition from the old mathematical schedule to the new, a class in 

 preparatory arithmetic was satisfactorily tutored by Mr. A. F. Gordon, a 

 graduate of this college. 



INSTRUCTION. ~ 



The number of classes taught by this department in each term, and the 

 total enrollment, are set forth in the following tabulation. 



Summer term, 1892. Juniors, one class in mechanics of engineering. 

 Sophomores, one class in analytic geometry and one class in differential 

 calculus. Freshmen, two classes in geometry and one class in algebra. 

 Enrollment in these classes, 151. 



Fall term, 1892. Seniors, one class in graphic statics. Juniors, one 



