DEPARTMENT REPORTS. 109 



is brought about by scattering the hours of recitation over all the terms 

 instead of condensing them into a few terms, as was previously the 

 case, and by requiring in every term the same amount of essay work as 

 was previously required only in those terms where the class work was 

 placed. Tbis increase of work with the individual, coupled with the 

 doubling of the attendance at the college, makes the present arrangement 

 of the teaching force quite unsatisfactory, and some plan will in the near 

 future have to be devised to increase the working force at our disposal. 



Very respectfully yours, 



HOWARD EDWARDS, 

 Professor, English and Modern Languages, Michigan Agricultural Col- 

 lege. 



Agricultural College, August 30, 1898. 



