150 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE 



REPORT OF THE SUMMER SESSION. 



To the President : 



Sir: — The Summer Session, 1923, opened on Tuesday, June 19th, and 

 closed on Friday, July 27th. This date of opening was immediately fol- 

 lowing Commencement. This year's experience directs attention to 

 two things. In the first place, a brief interval of rest between the end 

 of the spring term and the opening of the Summer Session would be 

 advantageous to Faculty and student. Besides, we found ourselves a 

 little in advance of other schools of a similar nature and the closing of 

 High Schools from whose faculties we have drawn a number of students. 



The organization has been very similar to that of preceding jears. 

 A liberal number of courses has been offered for our regular students 

 for the purpose of removing deficiencies or obtaining advance credit. 



In addition the College has furnished special courses for teachers 

 of the rural schools, including Agriculture, Home Economics, Pedagogy 

 and Physical Training. 



A special group of courses in Agriculture has been presented to a 

 class of twelve superintendents of schools in the State. The most of 

 these men were here ten weeks last summer for the same purpose. Dur- 

 ing the two summers these men are covering about fifty credits of Agri- 

 culture. This work is done at the request of the Department of Public 

 Instruction as a means of giving men trained in liberal arts institu- 

 tions some training in technical Agriculture in order to fit them to 

 adequately supervise the Consolidated Schools. These men express sin- 

 cere appreciation of the spirit of M. A. C. and of the oj)portunities af- 

 forded them by the members of our Faculty who have given them special 

 attention in their respective fields. 



We have given again this year the courses in Home Economics designed 

 to assist women to qualify under the Smith-Hughes law as teachers in 

 the High Schools. Several of our graduates of former years have re- 

 turned to obtain the instruction in these courses given by Miss Margaret 

 Stewart, of Ames, Iowa. Miss Stewart's services were so satisfactory 

 last summer in this same capacity that she was invited to return this 

 year. Another activity of the summer of more than passing interest 

 is the School of Instruction given during the last two weeks to teachers 

 of Agriculture in the High Schools under the direction of Director E. 

 E. Gallup. This year one hundred men enrolled and were given class 

 room instruction by members of the Faculty. The merits of this project 

 are very obvious. It keeps the boys in intimate touch with the College 

 from whence they may get advice, inspiration and instruction. The 

 very latest developments in scientific lines can be placed at their dis- 

 posal. It offers opportunity to compare notes on methods of teaching 

 a new line of w^ork. 



Last but not least — perhaps the most important activity of the sum- 

 mer is the sojourn of more than 250 boys and girls from widely dis- 



