KEPOKT OF THE DEPAKTMENT OF MATHEMATICS AND 



CIVIL ENOINEEKING. 



To the President: 



Sir — This year's nn-ord is one of liard work, and, I think, of consid- 

 erable efficiency as well. If results have not been at all times as satis- 

 factory as c<uild be wished, it is not due to lack of ett'ort, but probably 

 to the unusual number of students and classes we have met, and to 

 the difTiculties exi)erienced in providing teachers for them. 



At the close of the sprin<? term of 1809, Instructor F. V. Warren 

 resij^ued his position with us to take charoe of a department of mathe- 

 matics in another collej^e. The vacancy thus caused was not filled by 

 the appointment of a regular successor, so that our permanent teaching 

 force has comprised only three members. Additional hel]) was pro- 

 vided by the temporary engagement of students of this College. In the 

 fall term, Mr. A. Kneclitel, a senior student, took charge of two sections 

 in algebra for the whole term and of a third section in the same sub- 

 ject for the last half term. In the winter term, Mr. Knechtel taught 

 one section in geometry, and Mr. F. Williams, a post-graduate student, 

 taught a section in algebra. During the spring term, Mr. Williams 

 taught five classes in geometry. 



The following text-books have been used in our classes during the 

 vear: Beman & Smith's Higher Arithmetic bv the class in mensura- 

 tion; Evans' Algebra by the women and agricultural students; Hall & 

 Knight's College Algebra (Sevenoak's revision) by mechanical students; 

 Wentworth's Geometry; Anderegg & Koe's Trigonometry by the fall 

 term class; Jones' Trigonometry by the spring term class; Tanner & 

 Allen's Analytic Geometry; Taylor's Calculus; Hodgman's Surveying; 

 Johnson's Surveying for all classes in civil engineering; Church's Me- 

 chanics; Merriman & Jacoby's Graphic Statics. 



We have given 93 special examinations during the year, some of 

 which were for admission to advanced standing and some to make up 

 back work. 



The assignments of our teachers to class work, the number of stu- 

 dents enrolled, etc., are shown by the tabulation presented below. In 

 the two cases in which the names of two teachers are bracketed oppo- 

 site a single subject, a transfer of the classes was made at mid-term 

 from the first to the last named teacher. It is proper to add that 

 Prof. P.abcoclc and Mr. Beal assisted me in the surveying field work 

 in the fall and spring terms. 



