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platted in accordance with legal requirements. Many other surveys of 

 minor importance have called for a considerable total in time and energy. 

 A new map of the campus, of considerable accuracy and detail, has been 

 prepared, from which reduced plates were made for printing in the cata- 

 logue, or wherever a college directory is needed. 



During most of the year there has been observable, at least, the average 

 degree of studious endeavor on the part of the students in our classes. 

 The spring term only was unsatisfactory in this respect. The attention 

 of the students was distracted in that term by a number of disturbing 

 influences. Among these may be mentioned the excitement caused by 

 the breaking out of the Spanish war, and an unusual number of holidays, 

 which shortened the working time of a term already very short. 



Respectfully submitted, 



H. K. VEDDER, 

 Professor of Mathematics and Civil Engineering. 



Agricultural College, Michigan, June 30, 1898. 

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