S4 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



work to a class of 138 students divided into divisions of fourteen work- 

 ing at a time. 



The vear's work taken as a whole I consider to be fuUv as successful 

 as any which the department has enjoyed since its establishment. I 

 wish to thank vou and the Board of Agriculture for their heartv co- 

 operation. 



Not much time nor opportunity has been afforded for either myself 

 or my co-laborers doing work outside of the department, however. In- 

 structor Clark has succeeded in developing with the students the best 

 military band that the college has ever had, this without in any way 

 interfering with his duties as instructor in the chemical department. 



The special course lectures in simple elementary chemistry given to the 

 short course students during January and February prevented me from 

 doing any work in the Farmer's Institutes during the past winter. 

 The usual amount of routine analytical work for various citizens of 

 the state on investigations of soils, fertilizers, insecticides, feeding 

 stuff's, minerals and various commercial products has been done. 



I wish to acknowledge the very efficient assistance of the entire force 

 which during the vear has been as follows : 



Instructors: H. S. Eeed, Assistant Professor; J. F. Darling; R. 

 R. Tower, took the place of Mr. Boyles from Nov. loth to Jan. 1st; 

 A. J. Clark; F. M. Boyles. resigned Nov. 15th to accept position with 

 the government; E. A. Goodhue, clerk and stenographer; George Church- 

 ill, caretaker. 



Respectful Iv submitted, 



FRANK S. KEDZIE. 

 Professor of Chemistry. 



East Lansing, June 30, 1908. 



REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY AND ECONOMICS. 



To the President : 



I have the honor of submitting the following report concerning the 

 department of History and Economics for the year 1907-8. 



The total number of enrollments in this department during the year 

 was 1.129, distributed as follows: 



By Terms: Autumn, 302; winter. 139; spring. 388. 



By Classes : Sub-Freshmen, 161 ; freshmen, 41.5 ; sophomores, 118 ; 

 juniors, 209; seniors, 123; specials, 63. 



By Subjects: History, 622; economics, 372; "education," 79; political 

 science, 63. 



The total number of hours taught during the year was 1,776, divided 

 among the three terms as follows : 



Autumn, 408; winter, 684; spring, 684. 



By subjects the number of recitation hours during the year equalled 

 in history, 1,044; in economics, 442; in ''education," 180, and in political 

 science. 120. 



The number of subjects offered by this department is approximately 



