DEPARTMENT REPORTS. 59 



Summer School. 



The experience of the past few j^ears indicates that the work in engineer- 

 ing subjects ckiring the summer session is not taken b}' enough students to 

 pay for the trouble and expense entailed. 



Special Activities. 



Home Builders' Conference. Jointly with the Farm Mechanics depart- 

 ment, the Division of Engineering extended the facilities of the College to 

 the Portland Cement Association, Jan. 13 and 14, 1921, for interesting and 

 instructive lectures, discussions, and demonstrations relative to the use of 

 cement and concrete in house building. 



Lectures. Col. H. C. Boyden, U. S. A., addressed the Civil Engineering 

 department, students and instructors, on the subject of "Cement and Con- 

 crete." 



Mr. F. F. Burroughs, '09, General Manager of the Mutual Fire Prevention 

 Bureau, Chicago, on Mar. 1, 1921, addressed engineering students and teach- 

 ers on "Insurance Engineering" and two days later on "Fire Prevention 

 Methods." 



In addition the departments have benefited by impromptu talks bj^ practical 

 men in their respective fields of work. J\Iany of these speakers are alumni 

 of the College. 



The student branches of the American Societj^ of Mechanical Engineers, 

 the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, and the American Chemical 

 Society have met frequentl}-. 



Needs. 



Besides the usual and reasonable requirements of the departments for new 

 apparatus, I mention the subject of experiment station, and additional build- 

 ing space for certain features of the work, as worthy of serious consideration, 

 and I am hoping that I may be called upon to present these needs in greater 

 detail before very long. 



Respectfully submitted. 



G. W. BISSELL, 

 Dean of Engineering. 

 East Lansing, Michigan, June 30, 1921. 



