DEPARTMENT REPORTS. 



REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT. 



To the Honorable State Board of A griculttire : 



Gentlemen — I have the honor to submit herewith my report for the 

 year ending June 30, 1901, accompanied by those of the professors in 

 charj^e of the several departments. 



I take pleasui-e in reporting; that good woik has been done in all de- 

 partments during the past year. The attendance has been larger than 

 ever before, and a spirit of earnestness has characterized the work of the 

 student body. During the year the enrollment was 552. The increase 

 over last year is twenty-five. It would have been larger had not the 

 requirements for entrance been more rigidly enforced. Quite a number 

 were refused admission and others were advised to take one more vear 

 for further preparation in the public schools before endeavoring to enter 

 this institution. Jn consequenoe of this action there were not so many 

 failures as in previous years. It has been the aim of the institution to 

 maintain a high standard of work. At the end of each term a committee 

 on doubtful cases goes over the record of each student carefully, and 

 those who have fallen below a reasonable standard are requested not 

 to return. This vear at the end of the fall term four students were 

 dropped, at the end of the winter term six, and at the end of the spring 

 term seven. It is now quite well understood among the students that 

 if their work be of such a character as to call in question their ability 

 to do successful work during the next term, they are liable to be re- 

 quested not to continue in college longer. 



COLLEGE HOSPrrAL. 



A college hospital containing seven rooms with two bath rooms was 

 built in 1893 at a cost of |3,500. This hospital, until the beginning of last 

 year, was occupied by different parties, sometimes college employes, 

 who were expected to take care of students when ill. At no time was 

 the service altogether satisfactory. At the opening of last term Miss 

 Rowena Ketcham, a trained nurse, was employed and placed in charge. 

 The College agreed to pay her .$300 and permit her to collect five dollars 

 per week from such students as were confined in the hospital. There 

 was very little illness during the fall term, but quite a number were 

 in the hospital during the winter and spring terms. There were, however, 

 no serious cases excepting that of Xorman EdAvards, the son of Dr. 



