38 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



The resignation of Mrs. C. E. Marshall, whose musical ability and 

 thorough work have been recognized for years past, made necessary the 

 appointment of a new instructor in music. Miss Louise Freyhofer, B. S., 

 just returned from two years' study in Germany, was secured and her 

 work has been most satisfactory in every way. We consider ourselves 

 favored to retain her in charge of this work, . 



Physical training, under Miss Avery's able direction, has been carried 

 on in two sections throughout the year, thus making special and more 

 advanced work possible. 



Mrs. Barber has given again the lectures in home nursing and we hope 

 this may be a permanent arrangement. 



The Dean has carried, in addition to the Freshmen Ethics, a spring 

 term senior elective, — the History and Philosophy of Education, — and 

 has found it a most interesting means of contact with the senior women. 



Respectfully submitted, 



MAUDE GILCHRIST, 



June 30, 1903. Dean of Women's Department. 



REPORT OF DEPARTMENT OF BACTERIOLOGY AND HYGIENE. 



President J. L. Snyder: 



I have to report that this has been the most unsatisfactory year of 

 teaching during my connection with this College. All of us in this de- 

 partment feel that we have not satisfactorily accomplished what we 

 should have accomplished in instruction, and further feel under obli- 

 gation to those students who have subjected themselves to so many in- 

 conveniences. The reason for this lies in the fact that owing to the 

 disturbed condition of the old laboratory and its filling up with supplies 

 which were to be placed in the new laboratory, we were not able to con- 

 duct any laboratory work until the winter term. 



Two weeks after the beginning of the winter term, we entered the 

 second floor of the new laboratory. With this we began operations but 

 were constantly interfered with by carf)enters and plumbers who were 

 finishing various parts of the building, making connections of pipes and 

 flues ; frequently the water or gas would be shut off for hours at a time 

 and we could do nothing. This continued throughout the winter term. 

 Taking it all in all we have been working under many difiSculties, 



Although our work has suffered greatly this year, nevertheless we 

 are grateful to know that with the opening of the new school year we 

 shall be able to occupy the new laboratory, so kindly and generously 

 granted by the Board of Agriculture, and trust that we shall not only be 

 able to do the work that we have heretofore been doing, but to make 

 the work more useful to the students. It is our aim to apply bacteriolog- 

 ical facts to the everyday pursuits of those following specific lines of 

 agricultural work, domestic science work, or other industrial pursuits. 



In closing I wish to acknowledge the efficient assistance of Mr. S. F. 

 Edwards and 31r. B. Barlow in their capacity as instructors. 



Most respectfully submitted, 



CHARLES E. MARSHALL, 



June 30, 1903. Professor of Bacteriology and Hygiene. 



