DEPARTMENT REPORTS. 



REPORT OF PRESIDENT CLUTE. 



To the Hon. State Board of Agriculture : 



I have the honor to submit a report of my first few months of service, and 

 of the present condition of the college. 



Monday morning, May 27, brought me to the college, after an agreeable, 

 if somewhat wearisome, journey from south California. President Willits 

 had left for his new post in April, and after his departure Dr. R. C. Kedzie 

 had ably and faithfully served as President pro tern. From all members of 

 the faculty and from the students there came to me friendly greeting. 

 Since the days when I was a student and a professor here the college has 

 developed much in many directions, which bring upon the executive officer 

 a large amount of detail work. In getting the run of the work I have had 

 the forbearance and assistance of all, for which they have my grateful 

 acknowledgments. 



The condition of the several departments, and the work done by them, 

 are fully set forth in the reports of the heads of those departments, and need 

 not be repeated. All the departments are in a flourishing condition, and the 

 students attending them are contented and interested. The general deport- 

 ment of the students has been most excellent. Inattention to duties has 

 been but slight, and has usually been corrected by a friendly interview. A 

 few cases of unmanly conduct have received severer treatment. As a rule 

 the students cooperate faithfully with the faculty in the preservation of 

 good order. 



CHANGES IN THE FACULTY. 



The acceptance by President Willits of the post of Assistant Secretary of 

 Agriculture in Washington took from the college an executive officer who 

 had served it with much ability and earnestness. It has been a pleasure to 

 his successor to hear the many good words spoken about him by faculty and 

 students, and to see on every hand witness of his good work. 



The resignation of the Professor of Agriculture in July put on the Board 

 the difficult task of finding another man for the chair. After much inquiry 

 and correspondence the opinion was reached by every member of the Board 

 that E. Davenport, a graduate of the college in the class of '78, who had a 

 few months before returned to the college to pursue post graduate studies 

 and as assistant to Dr. Beal, was excellently equipped for the place. He 



