32 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



FACULTY MEETINGS. 



The President has had the cooperation and loyal support of all the 

 members of the Faculty and teaching force. They have shown a ready 

 willingness to carry out his plans and have spared no efforts to make 

 the College successful in all its undertakings. 



The weekly meetings of the Faculty were abandoned more than a year 

 ago. The Faculty now meets on the first Monday of each month. Special 

 meetings are called by the President when deemed necessary. 



Matters of importance that would regularly come before the Faculty 

 are referred before hand to the committee to which they naturally belong, 

 or a special committee is appointed by the President to consider the case 

 in hand. These committees report to the Faculty at its regular meetings 

 and their reports are usually adopted without discussion. This method 

 of procedure divides the work of the Faculty among the committees and 

 does away with long weekly Faculty meetings. It is believed also that in 

 a general way the work is better done than when discussed at length and 

 settled by the Faculty as a whole. 



STANDING COMMITTEES OF FACULTY. 



Library — Edwards, Beal, F. S. Kedzie, Taft, Weil, Secretary. 



Catalogue — Edwards, Taft, Butterfield. 



M. S. Degree — Kedzie, Vedder, Smith, Miss McDormott. 



Entrance Examinations — Barrows, Noble, Babcock. 



Labor and Wages— President, Butterfield, Smith. 



Excuse for Drill— Bandholtz, F. S. Kedzie, Weil. 



Senior Courses— President, Smith, R. C. Kedzie, Edwards. 



Excuse from Work— Taft, Smith, Weil. 



Athletics— Vedder, Weil, Bandholtz. 



Uniforms— Bandholtz, Butterfield. 



Society and Entertainment— Edwards, Weil, Miss McDormott. 



WEEKLY MEETINGS OF TEACHERS. 



The teachers of freshmen meet on the second Monday evening of each 

 month from five to six. The teachers of sophomores un the third Monday, 

 and the teachers of juniors and seniors on the fourth Monday. In these 

 meetings teachers compare notes and discuss the weakness and pecu- 

 liarities of the different students under their care and are thus enabled 

 to give encouragement and help where it is most needed. 



These meetings bring professors and assistants of the different depart- 

 ments together and gives to each a better understanding of the work of 

 the College outside of his own department. 



The members of the Faculty do a great deal of work which is not 

 directly associated with the instruction of students. In connection with 

 Farmers' Institutes, the members of the Faculty during the winter of '95 

 and '96 did 74 weeks' work; in '96 and '97 they worked 50 weeks and in '97 

 and '98, 25 weeks. The change of the long vacation from winter to sum- 

 mer makes it much more difficult for members of the Faculty to do insti- 

 tute work. 



This service was given without any expense to the State except for car 



