DEPARTMENT REPORTS. 



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REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY. 



Mr. J. L. Snyder, President, M. A. C. : 



Dear Sir : — I herewith present the report for the year 1906-7 from the 

 Chemical department. 



Our principal work has been with the students and the following 

 schedule gives something of an idea regarding the number of students 

 and the amount of instruction given them: 



Fall term. 



General Chemistry: 



Agricultural and mechanical 



Women 



Organic Chemistry: 



Agricultural 



Women 



Total hours instruction (per term) . 



Number 



of 

 students. 



190 

 54 



48 

 35 



Instruction 

 hours per 

 week per 

 student. 



7 



7 



7 



7 



2,289 



Winter term. 



Mineralogy,''niechanical 



Qual. Anal., women 



Qual. Anal. , men 



Agricultural chemistry, men. 



Total hours instruction (per term) . 



Number 



of 

 students. 



Instruction 



hours per 



week per 



student. 



1.895 



Spring term. 



Mechanicals, third term . . . . 



Quantitative analysis 



Domestic science chemistry. 

 Animal nutrition 



Instruction 



hours per 



week per 



student. 



Total hours instruction (per term) . 



It was thought best to change the time for the domestic science 

 chemistery from the winter term to the spring term as that allowed 

 the domestic art department to give their instruction in millinery at 

 at time best suited to the needs of the students. It was also advan- 



