DEPARTMENT REPORTS 81 



REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY AND ECONOMICS. 



To the President: 



I have the pleasure of submitting the following report of the work 

 done in this Department during the year 1900-1901. 



A class of twenty seniors elected advanced United States history dur- 

 ing the autumn term and a class of twenty-five members of the women 

 sophomore class were given instruction in European history. Both 

 classes met five times per week. In the winter term forty seniors elected 

 political economy, fortj'-seven juniors were given instruction in civics 

 and seventeen members of the junior women's class were given instruc- 

 tion in early European histor}'. Each of these classes met me five times 

 per week, except the one in civics, which met four times per week in 

 two sections. The work of the spring term was devoted to the fresh- 

 men of the women's and agricultural courses. Ninety-seven of the mem- 

 bers of this class met me five times per week in one or the other of the 

 four divisions for instruction in English history. 



Respectfully submitted, 



WILBUR O. HEDRICK. 

 Agricultural College, Mich. 

 June 30, 1901. 



REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF BACTERIOLOGY. 



President J. L. f^ni/der: 



Dear Sir — It has been the purpose of the Department of Bacteriology 

 and Hygiene to furnish to the students who undertake the work offered 

 a knowledge of the fundamental principles involved in the subjects 

 designated. To acrom})lish this both laboratory and class-room are 

 utilized for their i)resentation. 



The course in Bacteriology extends throughout the year. It may be 

 regarded as a unit-course, inasmuch as its com])letion is essential to an 

 apj)licable knowledge. In the lal)orn1ory the student is brought in con- 

 tact with germ life and its functions, leading him to look upon a micro- 

 organism as having a real existence with a concrete relationship to 

 nature. The experience thus obtained paves the way for an understand- 

 ing of the lectures which extend beyond the laboratory acts and are 

 made more comprehensive, because of the inal)ilily of the student to 

 cover a very wide range in his limited laboratory observations. Each 

 year this work is proving more valuable and essential to students 

 through the experience gained in adapting the work to their exact needs, 

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