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at the present time. It is no small task to travel from one end of the 

 state to the other inspecting high schools, acting as judge at school 

 fairs, speaking on agricultural education and cooperating with the. in- 

 struction department of the College and at all points of contact, and I am 

 l^leased to say that Mr. Grover has measured up to the full standard in 

 all this work. 



We are now waiting anxiously for action by the Federal Board of 

 Control, concerning the operation of the Smith-Hughes act and the 

 State Board of Control for the same purpose within the state, as they 

 will operate under the supervision of the Tufts law. These two laws 

 afford Federal and State subsidy for agricultural education in the 

 public schools and we believe that when these laws have been put in 

 operation they will prove to be a strong stimulus to the work and will 

 assist materially in standardizing the instruction, equipment and or- 

 ganization of this important branch of modern education. 



Eespectfullv submitted, 



WALTER H. FRENCH, 

 Professor of Agricultural Education, 



East Lansing Mich., June 30, 1917. 



REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY. 



The President, Michigan Agricultural College. 



Sir — I have the honor to submit the following report for the Depart- 

 ment of Forestry for the year ending June 30, 1917. 



The work of instruction has been carried on during the year as 

 described in the College catalog. The vacancy caused by the resignation 

 of Mr. S. V. Klem, Instructor in Forestry, at the end of last year was 

 not filled and the classes which had formerly been taught by him were 

 taken by Professor Sanford and myself. 



The Forestry Summer School was held as usual on the lands of the 

 Cummer-Diggins Company at Dayhuff Lake near Cadillac. A short 

 course in forestry, open to special students, was given this summer in 

 addition to the regular work. The keynote of the special courses was 

 the conservation of the natural resources of the country and the work was 

 principally carried on in the woods near camp. A chapter of Xi Sigma 

 Pi, a forestry honorary society, was organized at the College. It is 

 already in a healthy condition and should do much toward raising the 

 scholastic work of the students. The Forestry Club has been active 

 during the year, the attendance during the fall and winter terms being 

 particularly good. The second number of the Forestry Annual was pub- 

 lished by the Club. 



Ten men received the degree of B. S. in Forestry at Commencement. 

 Of these two left College early in May to go to the Officers' Training 

 Camp at Fort Sheridan, one was excused from classes at the same time 

 to take special military training at Washington and one enlisted in 

 the Lansing battery. The others obtained positions in forestry work 

 immediately upon graduating. 



