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STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



REPORT OF THE I3EPARTMENT OF ENGLISH AND MODERN 



LANGUAGES. 



President Frank S. Kedzie, Michigan Agricnltnral College, 

 East Lansing, Michigan. 



Dear Sir — I have the honor to snbmit the following report covering 

 the work of the Department of English and Modern Languages for the 

 year ending Jnne 30, 1917. 



The enrollment for the year, exclusive of short courses, was as follows : 



The teaching staff for the year was as follows: 



W. W. Johnston, Professor of English and Modern Languages. 



Egbert S. King, Assistant Professor of Public Speaking. 



Ernst G. Fischer, Assistant Professor of German, 



C. Buren Mitchell, Assistant Professor of Public Speaking. 



Norma L. Gilchrist Instructor in English. 



Antoinette C. Robson, Instructor in French and German. 



Louis B. Mayue, Instructor in English. 



Judson Q, Owen, Instructor in English. 



Leo C. Hughes, Instructor in French and German, 



James B. Hasselman, Instructor in English. 



John D. Macmillan, Instructor in English. 



Ray B. Weaver, Instructor in English. 



Arthur S. Burkett, Instructor in Public Speaking. 



Three of those named above, Messrs. Macmillan, Weaver and Burkett, 

 have been members of the department for but one year. The resignations 

 of Assistant Professor Simpson and of Mr. Schneider, which were men- 

 tioned in my last report and which became effective September 1, 1916, ne- 

 cessitated some redistribution of the work of the department and the secur- 

 ing of two new men. Accordingly Mr. Macmillan and Mr. Weaver were 

 employed as instructors in English. After my last annual report was 

 submitted to you, Mr. C. C. Armstrong resigned his instructorship in 

 public speaking, and the vacancy was filled by the appointment of 

 Arthur S. Burkett. Mr. Macmillan holds the degree of Bachelor of Arts 

 from Queen's University, Kingston, Canada, and that of Master of Arts 

 from the University of Chicago. He came to us veiy highly recommended 

 by both of these institutions and by various members of the faculty 



