DEPARTMENT REPORTS. 47 



I am very grateful for the kind assistance I have received from each mem- 

 ber of the faculty, and for the cordial cooperation of all in the beginning of 

 my work. It has not been an easy matter for me to grasp all the details of 

 management of the entire department, and bring theni into harmonious work- 

 ing order at once. I have gained a knowledge of the needs of the department, 

 however, and feel confident that I shall be able to make it a greater credit to 

 the college and of greater value to the horticulturists of the State. 



Respectfully submitted, 



JAMES SATTERLEE, 



Professor of Horticulture. 



REPORT OF DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY. 



lo President Abbot : 



The college year just closed has been one of continued prosperity in the 

 •chemical department. The class work has been uninterrupted, and full of 

 ■enthusiasm. The class-room instruction and work have been of tiie same kind 

 ivnd amount as in my last report, and need no recapitulation at this time. It 

 has fully occupied the time of myself and my assistant. 



COMPLETION OF CHEMICAL LA.BOKATORY. 



My time and attention have been much taken up with the oversight and 

 snperintendance of the completion of the chemical laboratory. All the new 

 part (except one room) has been completed in a most satisfactory manner, fur- 

 nishing good accommodations for students in advanced chemistry. There are 

 two airy and well-lighted analytical rooms, furnished with gas and water, a 

 balance room, desiccating closet, combustion furnace and fixtures for organic 

 analysis, two large glass cases for apparatus, and two convenient store-rooms. 

 The rooms are finished in natural wood and are models of neatness and con- 

 venience. 



These rooms are designed for work in advanced chemistry, quantitative 

 analysis, and original investigations. They afford excellent opportunities for 

 students in the senior year, and for post-graduate study. 



The chemical laboratory now offers accommodations to students, as follows: 

 In elementary chemistry for 150 students; in blow-pipe analysis, volumetric 

 analysis for 68 students ; in qualitative chemical analysis for 68 students; in 

 chemical physics and meteorology for 150 students; in advanced chemistry, 

 original research, and post-graduate study for 20 students. ' 



METEOROLOGY. 



The tri-daily observations of the weather have been maintained through the 

 year. These observations now cover a period of more than twenty years, and 

 are the completest meteorological records in tlie State. 



In addition to taking observations, I have endeavored to secure the estab- 

 lishment of a /State Weather Service, to act with the United States Signal 

 Service, in giving warnings of impending dangers from storms and frosts, and 

 thus afford the farmer, the fruit grower, and stock raiser the same kind 

 of protection that the general government has extended to commerce. In 

 my estimation, the producer has the right, and should demand the same 



