DEPARTMENT REPORTS. 



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REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY. 



President J. L. Snyder: 



I have the honor to hand you my brief report for the year ending June 

 30, 1903. 



During the past year students have received instruction in this de- 

 partment as shown in the table below: 



Class. 



Resident graduate. . . 



Beniots 



Juniors 



Juniors 



Agricultural juniors. 



Agricultural sopbmores. 

 Women sophmores 



Agricultural freshmen 



Women freshmen 



Agricultural freshmen 



Women freshmen 



Agricultural sub-freshmen. 



Women sub-freshmen 



Agricultural sub-freshmen. 



Women sub-freshmen 



Specials 



Subject. 



Three subjects 



Wood technology. 



Plant physiology 



Parasitic fungi 



Grasses and other forage plants 



Weeds 



Plant ecology 



Trees and shrubs 



Plant histology 



Trees and shrubs. 

 Fruits and seeds. . 



Systematic botany. 



Plant histology 



Beginning botany. . 



Systematic botany. 



Live stock 



Fruit culture. 

 Sugar beet... 



Term. 



Three terms. 

 Winter 



Spring 



Fall 



Winter, five weeks. 



(( a i. 



Spring 



Winter. 

 Spring. . 



FaU. 



Spring. 

 FaU. . . '. 



Spring. 



Winter. 



Spring. 



Hours 



per 

 week. 



4 



4 



3 



9 



5 



5 



3 



2'X 



9 



7 



3 

 7 

 3 

 3 

 2 

 2 

 5 

 5 

 10 



Stu- 

 dents 



en- 

 rolled. 



1 

 2 

 3 

 3 



31 

 20 

 20 

 37 

 34 

 30 

 35 

 40. 

 1« 

 26 

 18 

 22 

 59 



4e 



44 

 35 

 48 

 10 

 13 



Total students enrolled. 



587 



As you may know, these students were taught by two men a"nd half 

 the time of another, the same force that served at the College seven 

 years ago wherj there was not half as much teaching as at present. This 

 has been accomplished by enlarging the classes and in a number of in- 

 stances by shortening the time for each class. As much of the teaching 

 is in the line of laboratory work, a shortening of the hours for work and 

 the increase in number of students per class materially affects the 

 thoroughness of the instruction, — a result which I very much regret. 

 Although the teaching force had enough to do, I should have divided 

 some of these classes, had it been possible to avoid conflicts in the 

 schedule. 



Please do not forget that both the professors of Agriculture and the 

 professor of Horticulture unite with me in thinking it best that all Agri- 

 cultural seniors should have at least one term of instruction in Plant 

 Physiology during their course, and that we are omitting this work for 

 lack of suitable rooms. I have for ten years given up the use of most of 

 a laboratory planned for my own use and given the space over to my 



