132 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



SALVAGE OF KQIIII'MENT FR():\I THE VIUK. 



Civil Kiisiiiceriiin- , .|1,200 00 



Dijuviii^' 5111(1 J)esi<;n .... 



Mecliniiicnl Enginoeiing- 15,000 00 



riiysics and Kleetiicnl Eng 7.000 00 



123,200 00 



131,200 00 



The above statement does not inchide possible salvage of equipment 

 from the rnins of the buildings. 



The above statement of values before or after the fire does not include 

 personal losses of students or teachers. The former lost heavily in draw- 

 ing instruments and the latter in books, instruments and such irreplace- 

 able property as lecture notes, problem material, correspondence, per- 

 sonal professional data, etc. 



Expressions of sympathy are pouring in from alumni, from teachers 

 and others personal friends of the College or of those here engaged and 

 from other colleges and universities. 



Some of the latter have offered the loan of apparatus and arrangements 

 have already been made to borrow from the University of Michigan and 

 from the Universit}' of Illinois. 



Plans for the future include instruction for the spring term and the 

 reconstruction of the physical plant. 



All instruction work is provided for on lines meeting fully the ex- 

 igencies of the situation. A complete working schedule of classes with 

 room assignments for the spring term has been completed by the Reg- 

 istrar. Equipment is being ordered for laboratory work, or is being in- 

 stalled from that which was saved from the fire. Students are kept 

 fully informed and are backing us to a man. 



My ideas for the reconstruction of the buildings are formulated in a 

 general way and presented graphically on the blue-iirint of "Greater En- 

 gineering at M. A. C." submitted herewith. The central idea is the ab- 

 solute necessity of haste. 



(a) The immediate reconstruction of Engineering Hall as a fire-proof 

 building, on the old foundations, and, consequentl.y, with only minor 

 changes in interior arrangement. 



(b) The erection at once of one two-story fire-proof shop building, 

 with frontage on the line of Wells Hall, Engineering Hall and Power 

 House. 



(c) The erection of two one-story fire-proof shop buildings parallel 

 to (b) and between it and the Pere Marquette siding. 



(d) The erection, as the future may require, of additional one-story 

 fire-proof shop or laboratory units as indicated in the print. 



(e) All shop units to cover a ground area 160 x 50 feet. 



I have gone into details with the architect, and he is preparing plans 

 and specifications as the basis of bids from contractors. 



Operations on all features of the above building plan should be started 

 at once, not only that the Division of Engineering shall again have a 

 plant adequate to its needs, but in order to sustain the morale of teach- 



