1(^6 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



work deals with the effect of the milk in bovine infectious abortion on 

 experimental animals. 



During the past college 3'ear, the 1015 summer school inclusive, 224 

 students have taken bacteriological laboratory work. They are distrib- 

 uted according to courses as follows: 



Courses 2 3 4 8 11 12 17 19 23 23a 



Number in course.. 115 42 23 6 2 4 7 10 12 3 



Courses 8, 11 and 12 are graduate cour.ses and have been fairly well 

 represented during the past two years, there having been a total of 14 in 

 1914-15 and 12 in 1915-16. Courses 23 and 23a are new^ courses designed for 

 junior and senior engineering students who wish to specialize in sanitar}^ 

 engineering subjects. They were elected during the regular scheduled 

 terms, however, by so])homore engineers. In the spring term senior en- 

 gineers were allowed to substitute credits obtained in Course 23 for 

 credits unobtainable in engineering subjects on account of the Engineer- 

 ing Building fire ; seven men took advantage of this course. 



Course 2, the beginning laboratory course, has been crowded nearly 

 every, term for the past two years, the other laboratory courses have 

 been correspondingly well attended and during the coming year Course 2 

 is required of sophomore women in the winter term; hence there is a 

 pressing need for more laboratory room. This situation will be taken 

 care of this summer by the addition of a duplicate set of lockers through- 

 out the laboratory. Courses 3 and 4 will then be required to meet at 

 definite hours for laboratory work instead of electing any 8 hours during 

 the week at the convenience of the student as heretofore. This will be a 

 radical departure from the past method of conducting the laboratory 

 courses in this laboratory and the coming year or years will give evi- 

 dence as to the practicability of this arrangement, not merely from the 

 standpoint of the mechanical efficiency of grinding out students with 

 great rapidity, but from that of the quality of the product. It will be 

 our endeavor to meet these changed conditions so that the student will 

 not lose by this innovation. It has always been the aim of our labora- 

 tory instruction to train and to educate by personal contact and super- 

 vision and by the selection of a type of laboratory exercises that require 

 cerebral as well as manual effort. Our new laboratory guide is proving 

 helpful. 



