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of extension work has been attended to. Such work should be pushed 

 vigorously. 



Respectfully submitted, 



A. k. CHITTENDEN, 



Professor of Forestry. 

 East Lansing, Mich., June 30, 1916. 



REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL EDUCA- 

 TION. 



To the President : 



Sir — I herewith submit a brief report of the work of the Department 

 of Agricultural Education during the year ending June 30, 1916. 



1. Teaching. I have taught the courses in Pedagogics for both men 

 and women. The courses given to the women are known as Pedagogy T, 

 II and III, or Psychology, School Administration, and History of Edu- 

 cation. There has been one section of the women, consisting of about 60 

 students. The courses given to the men are known as Pedagogy IV, V 

 and VI, or Psychology, School Management and Administration, and 

 Agricultural Pedagogy — or the Methods of Organizing Courses in Agri- 

 culture for Secondary Schools, including instruction, laboratory and 

 field exercise, and extension service. I have had two sections of the men, 

 about 40 in one section, and 70 in the other. This makes 15 hours of 

 teaching. 



As a part of these courses in Pedagogics we require the actual obser- 

 vation of the work done in the public schools. Our young women have 

 inspected the work of the city schools of Lansing, and the work in 

 Domestic Science and Art in various schools of the State where these 

 subjects are taught. The men have made their observation visits to high 

 schools where agriculture is taught. The students are required to ob- 

 serve the methods, school organization and administration, laborator- 

 ies, laboratory equipment, and the organization of field work, and are re- 

 quired to make specific written reports upon their observations. 



2. HigJi ^vliooh. During the year four year cour.ses in Agriculture 

 have Ijeen given, in whole or in part, in 48 high schools. The instructors, 

 for the most part, are graduates of this institution. The work in agri- 

 culture as planned for the high school is organized as follows: 



First year — Agricultural Botany. 



Second year^Farm Crops and Horticulture. 



Third year — Animal Husbandry. 



Fourth year— Soils and Farm Management, which includes Farm 

 Mechanics, Farm Machinery, and Farm Account- 

 ing. 



The course in agriculture thus requires 2.")'^ of the high school stu- 

 dent's time. About 2500 young men and women have been pursuing these 

 agricultural courses during the year. 



