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STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE 



Class work of Hie departinent of mathematics and civil engineering for the college year 



1898-99. 



Our classes have used as text-books the following: 



Van Velzer & Slichter's School Algebra for women and agricultural 

 students, Van Velzer & Slichter's University Algebra for mechanical 

 students, Wentworth's Geometry, Jones' Trigonometry, Tanner & Allen's 

 Analytic Geometry, Rice & Johnson's Calculus for the Fall term class, 

 Taj'lor's Calculus for the Spring term class, Church's Mechanics, Hodg- 

 man's Manual of Land Surveying, Merriman & Jacoby's Graxjhic Statics 

 and Johnson's Theory and Practice of Surveying. Of course, frequent 

 reference is made to other texts, and in no case is the course of instruction 

 based solely on the text- book used. In some classes no text is required. 



Some time during the year I prepared at your request a statement of 

 the kinds of work actually undertaken by the members of our teaching 

 force in regular prosecution of their duties. Part of that statement con- 

 sisted of a list which I would like to insert here as showing that the 

 amount of work falling to this department cannot be determined by the 

 scheduled number of hours in class room : 



1. Instruction in class room. 



2. Study of subject and manner of presentation. 



3. Arrangement of instruments for class illustration and return of 

 the same to their places after use, 



4. Preparation of problems and drawings before class. 



5. Reading and marking of written work submitted by classes. 



6. Special examinations for entrance, to make up back work, and for 

 advanced standing. 



7. Direction of thesis work. 



8. Reports to President of results of work. 



9. Requisitions for supplies and purchase of the same. 

 10. Correspondence. 



