DEPARTMENT REPORTS. 121 



uniform practice throughout the four years of a student's course. As a 

 result of this change Mr. Field and Mr. Morse have been transferred 

 to the staff of the Department of Drawing and Design, and the courses 

 listed above as M. E. 6a, 6b, etc., now appear in the 1916-17 catalog 

 as D. & D. 6a, 6b, etc. 



During the winter term D. & D. 2b, History of Art was omitted on 

 account of the loss of equipment necessary to conduct such a course. 



Domestic Art 7 was divided during the winter term in the following 

 manner. The first eight weeks' work was under the supervision of the 

 Drawing department and the last four weeks under the Home Economics 

 division. The purpose of this change was to so divide the work that 

 the Drawing department could give all of the lectures and instruction 

 on heating, lighting, ventilation, plumbing, water supply, drainage, and 

 also the drawing of house plans including the study of floor plans, 

 elevations, interior details, architectural effects, bills of materials and 

 specifications. Such a division of the work proved very satisfactory and 

 in the 1916-17 catalog a course is now offered in House Architecture 

 known ag D. & D. 9. Along this same line I feel that there is an op- 

 portunity to develop a course of a practical nature to be elective for the 

 men students and I expect to submit an outline for such a course in the 

 near future. 



During the year the department has designed outlines and problems 

 for twenty-two courses and now has on file for reference an outline 

 of each course taught. In addition to this each member of the 

 staff has had an active part in planning the equipment of the new 

 quarters to be occupied by the department in the R. E. Olds Hall of 

 Engineering. In this building storage cabinets have been made for 

 student drawings, and designs are completed for the full equipment of 

 the freehand drawing rooms. 



A committee has obtained from local manufacturing plants a very fair 

 collection of machine parts to be used by the engineers in making free- 

 hand machine sketches. 



The Blue Printing department will be fully equipped and ready for 

 business at the beginning of the fall term. 



The following is the teaching schedule of the department. 



Respectfully submitted, 



R. K. STEWARD, 

 Professor of Drawing and Design. 



East Lansing, Mich., June 30, 1917. 



