114 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE 



From my viewpoint the outcome of the experiment made when the 

 Applied Science course was established has so far shown conclusively 

 that students of this college in other departments were benefited by 

 the introduction of the course, for during these two years students 

 have entered upon the curriculum offered in the Applied Science Division 

 who had previously had a A'ear or more of work in some one of the 

 technical divisions for which the college has heretofore been famous, 

 namely Agriculture, Engineering, Home Economics and Veterinary 

 Medicine. These students have transferred to this division for various 

 reasons. The^most striking one of which is that they have determined 

 for themselves that the technical training in that particular line is 

 not the training which will develop them in the most satisfactory way. 

 On the other hand a number of our students entering last year in this 

 division have determined for themselves that the technical courses offered 

 at M. A. €. were better adapted to their needs than the courses given 

 in the Applied Science division. As a consequence we have had an inter- 

 change of students between this division and all other divisions of 

 the college to the decided benefit of the student. 



Throughout the jeav it has been my aim to become fully cognizant 

 with the work of each individual student in the hope that the ideal of 

 good scholarship throughout the course might l)e cultivated and main- 

 tained. Although illness of a rather serious character has prevented 

 me from carrying out the plan to the fullest extent, I still feel that this 

 personal contact with the individual student has proved helpful and 

 that scholarship of the various students has been influenced advan- 

 tageously by this closer contact. 



The number of students registered in the division is somewhat larger 

 than that of last year, the enrollment of last year being 122, and this 

 year, 159. At commencement, three candidates from the Applied Science 

 division were given diplomas, Floyd W. Bueschlen, majoring in Chemistry, 

 Viva L. Davis, majoring in History and Political Science, and Fred 

 W. Henshaw, majoring in Economics. 



Owing to the requirements made by the University of Michigan and 

 similar institutions for two years of collegiate training as a prerequisite 

 to entering the medical course, a number of students who may later 

 pursue the course leading to Doctor of Medicine, have found the cur- 

 riculum of the A]>plied Science division during the first two years fitted 

 to the premedical requirements. Outlines of the })remedical require- 

 ments for our students will later appear in the college catalogue. 



The committee who prepared the original plan for the Applied Science 

 course, consisting of Dr. Bessey, Professors Ryder and Plant, are still 

 acting with me in the development of the work. Studying the conditions 

 in this institution and others, we are led to believe that the curriculum 

 of study should be broadened, admitting as nuijor subjects both English 

 literature as well as Drawing and Design. 



The help of my assistant. Miss Delia Bemis, throughout the year is 

 most gratefully acknowledged. 



Respectfully submitted, 



FRANK S. KEDZIE, 

 Dean of Applied Science. 



