DEPARTMENT REPORTS. 



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group and it is probable that the number of students in this work will 

 increase rapidl3^ 



With from six hundred to eight hundred students taking laboratory 

 work in the department each term, the work is tending to lose efficiency 

 on account of the crowded condition, and an extension of laboratory 

 space will soon be an absolute necessity. 



An important accomi)lishment of the year was the establishment of 

 a local section of the American Chemical Society at the college. Mr, 

 Ewing and Mr. Wood deserve much credit for their efforts in obtaining 

 the cooperation of the other scientific departments on the campus in this 

 project. 



Following is a table showing the number of students taking work in 

 the department during the j)ast year : 



Respectfully submitted, 



ARTHUR J. CLARK, 



Professor of Chemistry. 

 East Lansing, Mich., June 30, 1917. 



