42 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE 



EEPOET OF THE DEPAETMEKT OF ZOOLOGY AND 



PHYSIOLOGY. 



To the President: 



Sir — I have the honor to submit the following report of the Depart- 

 ment of Zoology and Ph^'siology for the year ending June 30, 1899. 



There has been no change in the personnel of the department during 

 the year, and the schedule of classes was as follows: 



Fall term — Economic Zoology, Agr. Seniors, 1 section, 13 students; lec- 

 tures by Prof. Barrows ; laby. work by Prof. Barrows and Instructor Pet- 

 tit. Physiology and Anatomy, Agr. Sophomores, lectures and laby. (3 

 sects.), 63 students. Physiology and Anatomy, Women Sophomores, lec- 

 tures and laby. (2 sects.), IG students. 



Winter term — Geology, Agr. Seniors,l sect., 8 students, Prof. Barrows. 

 Physiology and anatomy (2d term), Agr. Sophomores, 5 sections, 54 stu- 

 dents. Prof. Barrows; Instructor Pettit. 



Physiology and Anatomy (2d>term), Women Sophomores, 1 section, 11 

 students. Barrows and Pettit. 



Entomology, Special Short Course, 1 sect, 6 students. Instructor Pettit. 



Spring term — Entomology, Agr. Seniors, 1 sect., 5 students. Barrows 

 or Pettit. 



Entomology, Agr. Sophomores. 4 sects., 47 students, Barrows and 

 Pettit. 



In addition to these regular classes, the head of the department pre- 

 pared and delivered a stereopticon lecture for the annual meeting of the 

 State Horticultural Society at Ann Arbor in December, and also made 

 addresses at farmers' institutes at' Cadillac, Wexford county; McBains, 

 Missaukee countv, and Eeed Citv, Osceola countv. 



In connection with the class work scheduled above, I desire to call at- 

 tention to the unfortunate position assigned to the entomology by the 

 ''new course" of study which was in operation this year for all except the 

 senior class. The required entomology was formerly taught in the junior 

 year, only a single term being given to this important subject, but it was 

 followed by another term (elective) in the. senior year. At the request 

 of the horticultural and farm departments, and against my earnest pro- 

 test, this junior entomology was transferred to the sophomore year, while 

 the elective entomology was left in the senior year. The amount of 

 entomology was little enoug-'h at best, and the two possible terms were 

 separated by a full year, but under the present arrangement the required 

 term and the elective term are tico pears apart, and the result naturally is 

 disastrous. In my opinion the old schedule was much preferable to the 

 new as it now stands, yet if it were possible to add another term of this 

 important science (either required or elective) in the junior year, it would 

 greatly strengthen the agricultural course and would make the present 

 senior elective of double value. 



Another point to* which I would direct attention is the impossibility of 

 handling satisfactorily the large classes in Physiology and Anatomy and 

 Entomology with the present teaching force. If the work consisted solely 

 of lectures or recitations this might be accomplished with fair results, but 

 the very essence of the work in anatomy and entomology lies in the prac- 



