DEPARTMENT REPORTS. 79 



REPOET OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DRAWING AND DESIGN. 



To the President : 



It becomes my painful duty to report to you the death of Professor 

 William Saunders Holdsworth on September 18th at his home near 

 the campus. As probably other notice of his work at M. A. C. will 

 be given elsewhere, I will simply say that his death closed a continuous 

 service of about twenty j'ears in this department, and that I personally 

 felt his loss verv keenlv, as we had been associated for ten years. 



The Board of Agriculture, at their meeting late in September, placed 

 the department in my hands for the school year and at the same time 

 raised me to the rank of assistant professor. I wish at this time to 

 express my personal appreciation for this recognition of my past ser- 

 vices. I would also mention especially the very courteous treatment 

 I received throughout the year at the hands of Dean Bissell and Presi- 

 dent Snyder. In regard to the details of the department work of the 

 year, I very respectfully report as follows : Instructor Frank M. 

 Gracey resigned to go to the Massachusetts Agricultural College in 

 September. On September 1st, Mr. Charles H. Harper and Mr. William 

 H. Perkins were engaged as instructors for the year. Mr. Harper is 

 a graduate of the Mechanical Engineering department of the Maryland 

 Agricultural College with a degree of B. S. Mr. Harper has also acted 

 as tutor and has other valuable training in practical engineering work 

 previous to coming here. Mr. Harper gave us more than ordinary satis- 

 faction as an instructor and he took an intimate interest in the details 

 of the department work and college affairs in general, which I consider 

 highly commendable. Mr. Perkins came here from Massachusetts and 

 is a graduate of the Rindge Manual Training School of Cambridge. 

 He had also taken some work at the Massachusetts Institute of Tech- 

 nology and had been employed two years in architectual offices at 

 drafting. He was enthusiastic in his work here and he hopes to con- 

 tinue studies in engineering this year. He will not return next Septem- 

 ber. 



Upon completion of the enrollment about October 1st, it was found 

 necessary to engage the following additional help: Mr. Charles C. 

 Cobb, a junior engineer in this college, and a. practical sheet metal 

 worker; Mr. Fritz G. Cornell, a forestry sophomore, who entered M. 

 A. C. with some advanced standings and who is a graduate of the 

 Louisville, Kentucky, Manual Training High School, and who has 

 taught two and one-half years in manual training schools in the South; 

 and Miss Florence Rounds, a graduate of the Home Economics course 

 of this college of 1907. 



Mr. Cobb and Mr. Cornell gave instruction by the hour, principally 

 in the engineering drawing classes and their work was highly satis- 

 factory to me. 



Miss Rounds gave instruction in free hand drawing by the hour and 

 her work was also to be commended. 



We have very much appreciated our new quarters in the Engineer- 



