182 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



ANNUAL KErOKT OF THE LIBEKAL AK1\S COUNCIL. 



To the President and Members of the State Board of Agriculture : 



The Liberal Arts Council has consisted, during the past year, of the 

 following faculty members — 



Professor H. J. Eustace. 

 Professor W. W. Johnston. 

 Professor W. H. French, Chairman. 



Student members — - 

 T. W. Keating. 

 K. S. Kaven. 



The Council elected as officers the following: 



Chairman and Secretary, W. H. French. 

 Treasurer, H. J. Eustace. 



During the summer and fall of 1916, the Chairman, through con- 

 siderable correspondence, after careful consultation with President 

 Kedzie and with other members of the Council, secured the following 

 list of entertainments. These entertainments we are pleased to report 

 have been of a high type and we feel sure that they have benefited the 

 student body in many ways : 



Oct. 24th. The Mawson Motion Pictures Concerning the Shackle- 

 ton Investigations of the Antarctic regions |100 



Jan. 23rd. Professor Alfred Noyes, visiting Prof, of English at 



Princeton University 200 



Feb. Gth. Frederick Palmer, European War Correspondent. . . . 200 



March Gth. Prof. A. M. Wenley, University of Michigan 50 



April 15th. Musical Entertainment by College Glee Club 150 



May 16th. Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra 382 



The last entertainment being given in the Auditorium in Lansing. 

 The entertainments have all been given in the Armory, except the 

 Symphony Orchestra. The attendance of the student body has been ex- 

 ceptionally good, showing a rapidly growing interest in this type of 

 college instruction. Nine hundred iifty-five (955) students attended the 

 musical entertainment at the Auditorium. 



The financial statement appended hereto will show the receipts and 

 expenditures for the year, and the balance remaining in the fund at the 

 close of the year. 



Eespectfullv submitted, 



W. H. FRENCH, 



Chairman. 

 H. J. EUSTACE. 



