68 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE 



KEPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DRAWING. 



To the President: 



Sir — The following is the report of the Department of Drawing for the 

 jear 1895-96: 



AUTUMN TERM, 1895. 



Freshmen Mechanicals in Mechanical Drawing: Two hours per day, 

 five daj'S per week — ten hours. 



Sophomore Mechanicals in Descriptive Geometry: Two hours per day, 

 three days per week — six hours. 



WINTER TERM, 1896. 



Freshman Agriculturals in Free-hand Drawing: Two divisions, two 

 hours each, five times per week — twenty hours. 



Freshman Mechanicals, Machine Sketching: Two hours, three days 

 per week — six hours. 



SPRING TERM. 1896. 



Freshman Mechanicals in Descriptive Geometry: Two divisions, one 

 •hour each, five days per week — ten hours. 



Faithfully, 



W. S. HOLDSWORTH. 



WOMEN'S COURSE. 



DEPARTMENT OF DOMESTIC SCIENCE. 



To the President: 



Dear Sir — The following report of the work done in the Domestic 

 Science Department, with suggestions regarding its needs, is respectfully 

 submitted : 



The Domestic Science Department opened September fourteenth, 

 eighteen hundred ninety-six, with thirty-nine regular and seven special 

 students in attendance. 



The rooms in which the work* is carried on are well lighted and fully 

 equipped with such appliances and utensils as are found necessary in 

 preparing food for the table. 



There is great need for a suitable dining room, and rooms in which 

 the lectures in household economy can be given. 



As the course is now arranged, cooking is taught during the freshman 

 year and two terms during the senior year. The instruction in sewing ex- 

 tends through the sophomore year and two terms in the junior year. Lee- 



