DEPARTMENT REPORTS 



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The College chorus under Mrs. Marshall's direction has furnished 

 music for various occasions, notably Washington's Birthday, Decoration 

 Day and the chapel services on Sunday mornings. 



The following tables indicate the number of classes and number of 

 students in domestic art and domestic science : 



DOMESTIC ART.— MBS. J. L. K. HANEB. 



DOMESTIC SCIENCE.— Miss Ellen R. Rushmobe. 



The work of the Dean of Women has varied. Fall term, class work ten 

 hours a week; Freshman, English. Winter term^ class work one hour 

 a week^ English literature with Seniors four hours a week. Freshman, 

 rhetoricals two hours a week; Freshman, English. Spring term, seven 

 hours a week; Freshman English, and last two weeks of term five hours a 

 week; Seniors in English literature. 



In addition to classes, her work has been to grant permissions, sign 

 excuses, general responsibility for the women in her department. Super- 

 vision of Abbot Hall and care of finances help to make up the duties 

 of the Dean. In addition to this she has visited and spoken at 

 Farmers' Institutes at St. Johns, Dearborn, Ann Arbor and Pontiac. 



In the Winter term Mrs. McCallum was engaged to do some work in 

 Abbot Hall formerly done by students. Previous to that time no one had 

 been in the Hall to meet visitors or callers. This, too, was one of Mrs. 

 McCallum's duties. 



The number of women entered for work during the year is ninety-four. 

 Three women were granted the degree B. S. and one the degree M. S. on 

 June 16, 1899. 



EQUIPMENT. 



Tools have been added for Mrs. Haner's classes in woodwork. For the 

 laboratory kitchen we have bought silver to the amount of |53.98, table 

 linen, towels and a few dishes. In the office of the Dean a desk, a chair, 

 a dictionary and a book-case have been placed. Dr. R. C. Kedzie has 

 made a gift of eighteen books to the Women's Department. Of these 

 books a large Shakespeare concordance is most valuable. 



For these books the department has bought a book-case for $5.00. A 

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