180 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURl. 



the Euuomian-Holcad literary contest. We have withdrawn from all 

 so-called oratorical contests. 



The question for our tristate debate this year was "Resolved, That 

 there should be vested in the National Government the exclusive right 

 to manufacture and sell arms and munitions of war." The team which 

 defended the affirmative of this question against the debaters from Iowa 

 State College consisted of Mr. H. C. Huebner, Mr. H. H. Fuller, and Mr. 

 L. S. Wells. The team which went to Purdue University to support the 

 negative against Purdue's affirmative team consisted of Mr. H. M. King, 

 Mr. H. C. Rather, and Mr. B. W. Bellinger. Our alteniate was Mr. A. 

 G. Kettunen. This year we lost both debates. 



Two unusual features of the Eunomian-Holcad contest this year were 

 the winning of the three highest prizes by one contestant and the win- 

 ning of four of the five prizes by poems. Previously no contestant had 

 won more than one prize, stories had done as well as poems, and es- 

 says had taken good places. The results of this year's contest are: First 

 prize 125.00, offered by the Eunomian Society, Avas won by R. S. Clark, 

 '18e, for a poem entitled Rime of the Plowman. The second and third 

 prizes, $5.00 and |3.00, both offered by th& Holcad, were also won by 

 Mr. Clark, second prize for a poem entitled Johnny on Memorial Day, 

 third prize for the poem Johnny Raves on Springtime Joys. The fourth 

 prize, 12.00, offered by the Holcad, was won by Russell Waldo, '16a, for 

 a poem entitled The Wood Thrush. The fifth prize, |1.00, offered by the 

 Holcad, was won by Mary Warner, sp. h., for a story entitled The De- 

 serter. 



In closing I wish to thank the Board of Agriculture and the new ad- 

 ministration for their very substantial and unfailing support of the de- 

 partment. I would likewise thank the members of my department, whose 

 faithful and loyal efforts for the good of the Michigan Agricultural Col- 

 lege have, I believe, been increasing steadily in efficiency. I would men- 

 tion also those alumni associations that are raising a fund for the en- 

 couragement of the public speaking work of the department. The rais- 

 ing of this fund will do much to show our students that the graduates 

 of M. A. C. recognize the importance of ability to speak in public. This 

 will undoubtedly serve to improve the work which students do in our 

 courses in public speaking. 



Very respectfully submitted, 



W. W. JOHNSTON, 

 Professor of English and Modern Languages. 



East Lansing, Mich., June 30, 1916. 



