DEPARTMENT REPORTS. - 181 



REPOKT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS. 



President F. S. Kedzie, College: 



Dear Sir — I have the honor to submit for your consideration the fol- 

 lowing report on the work of the Department of Mathematics for the 

 year, ending June 30, 1916 : 



During the year the teaching staff of the department was as follows : 



L. C. Plant, Professor. 



M. F. Johnson and L. C. Emmons, Assistant Professors. 

 S. E. Crowe, R. H. Reece, G. G. Speeker, W. M. Wible, E. C. Kiefer, 

 and W. A. Eeinert, Instructors. 



The teaching staff has furthered the work so well begun last year, in 

 holding themselves available to students for individual help throughout 

 the day, in correcting problems and returning the same to students with 

 helpful comments, and in helping to develop the course in agricultural 

 mathematics. 



It is gratifying to note the number of men in the department who take 

 advantage of the vacation period to do graduate work in our leading uni- 

 versities. This advanced work not only broadens the teacher's training 

 and makes him a more efficient teacher but it also makes him more sym- 

 pathetic tow^ard his students. 



The total number of students taking mathematics during the year was 

 1.521, divided among the different terms as follows: fall 451; winter 

 589; spring 435; summer 46. The total number of class periods for the 

 year was 427, divided among the terms as follows : fall 123 ; winter 139 ; 

 spring 105; summer 60. 



Respectfully submitted, 



L. C. PLANT, 

 Professor of Mathematics. 



East Lansing, Mich., June 30, 1916. 



REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY. 



President Frank S. Kedzie, College: 



Dear Sir — I have the honor to submit the following report on the 

 work of the Department of Chemistry for the year ending June 30, 1916. 



We have been able this year to make some changes in certain courses 

 in order to better meet the needs of our students. For instance, the stu- 

 dents of Home Economics have been segregated from the boys in Gen- 

 eral Chemistry, thereby allowing special emphasis to be placed on topics 

 of particular interest to them. To further meet the needs of the Home 

 P^conomics division a term course in Physiological Chemistry has been 



