50 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



TABLE OF NUMBER OF GRADUATES BY DIVISIONS. 



Degree of B. S. in Agriculture 126 



Degree of B. S. in Engineering 63 



Degree of B. S. in Home Economics 52 



Degree of B. S. in Forestry 10 



Degree of D. V. M in Veterinary 6 



Advanced degrees obtained by study in residence at 



M. A. C 10 



Professional degrees earned by proficiency in choseji line 



of work. 



Degree of M. Agr 1 



Degree of M. E. 1 



Degree of Hort 4 



Degree of For 1 



HONORARY DEOREIOS. 



Kay Stannard Baker, '89, LL. D., Amherst, Mass. 

 Charles William Garfield, '70, LL. D., Grand Rapids, Mich. 

 Edgar Albert Burnett, '87, D. Sc, Lincoln, Neb. 

 Arthur Burton Cordley, '88, D. Sc, Corvallis, Ore. 

 Clarence Preston Gillett, '84, D. Sc, Fort Collins, Colo. 

 Clarence Beaman Smith, '94, D. Sc, Takoma Park, D. C. 



FUTURE PLANS. 



The teaching force of the College remained at their posts during the 

 most of the month of June iminediately following Commencement. Dur- 

 ing this time several conferences were held by different groups of teachers 

 discussing the general aims and work of the staff. An outline has been 

 made of plans which I hope will lead to closer contact between the 

 different divisions of our teaching force so that unity of action may be 

 assured and that each one of us may feel that he is recognized as an 

 integral part of M. A. C, and as such is responsible for the upbuilding 

 of the College. 



Congress passed February 23rd, 1917, an act to promote vocational 

 education (Smith-Hughes Bill). The 1917 Michigan Legislature having 

 accepted the terms of the grant May 5th, 1917, (Tufts Bill) created the 

 "State Board for Vocational Education," which consists of the Super- 

 intendent of I*ublic Instruction, the President of the State Board of 

 Education and the Presidents of the University and the Agricultural 

 College. This College will, therefore, be called upon to exert still greater 

 efforts toward developing in Michigan's secondary and rural schools 

 thorough instruction in elementary principles of agriculture. Additional 

 funds provided by this act of Congress will permit the College to enlarge 

 upon and develop more fully the work already so well under way — 

 the result of the efforts of Professor French of our department of Agri- 

 cultural Education. 



EXPERIMENT STATION. 



The report of the Experiment Station Director again indicates that 

 there is 'a decided necessity for the expenditure of more money for ex- 



