46 STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLECxE. 



REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY AND 



POLITICAL ECONOMY. 



To the President of the Michigan Agricultural College: 



I have the honor of submitting the following report: 



The department of History and Political Economy came into my hands 

 at the beginning of the summer term in J 893. Two classes of seniors 

 presented themselves for instruction; one numbering twenty-three for 

 work in civil government and United States history, the other numbering 

 eighteen for work in political economy. The work of the first class was 

 based upon Luske's Civil Government and Johnston's American Politics. 

 An attempt was made to combine a considerable amount of outside read- 

 ing with text book work, and an arrangement was entered into by which 

 those reporting upon a certain number of references to such books as 

 Bryce's American Commonwealth, Schouler's Adams' and McMasters 

 Histories of the United States, etc., were exempt from examination at the end 

 of the term. A number of written reviews during the term, close atten- 

 tion to recording daily standings and an examination of the reports on 

 references submitted for the final examination. An attempt was made 

 throughout the course to get an understanding of the present political 

 problems in city, state and nation, and to note the causes, progress and 

 settlement of our past political problems. The interest shown by students 

 in these questions was gratifying to the teacher and complimentary to 

 themselves. 



The work in political economy being shortened by two weeks of vaca- 

 tion at the end of the term little work was done outside of the text book. 

 Walker's Political Economy was the basis for this work, and some special 

 attention was given to such economic problems as trades unions, taxation, 

 cooperative business and the use of money. 



By a vote of the faculty during this term an agreeable change was made 

 in the course of study for this department in the substitution of English 

 for Ancient History. So much of the subsequent work of the student in 

 economics, philosophy, English and American literature and American 

 history is somewhat dependent upon this study that the change is in every 

 way commendable. With the recommendation that some books in history 

 be purchased to fill out incomplete sets now owned, and that some recently 

 published works in economics be added to the library this brief report is 

 finished. 



Respectfully submitted, 



WILBUR O. HEDRICK, 

 Assistant Professor of History and Political Econonuj. 



REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN. 



President O. Clute: 



I have the honor to present the following report on the library, for the 

 year ending June 80, 1893: 



The growth of the library during the year has been as follows: Bound 



