152 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE 



In response to this demand the following courses were authorized by 

 the Board of Agriculture in the July meeting: 



Physics Id — ^5 cr. 

 Physics le — 5 cr. 

 Civil Engineering 4a — ^5 cr. 

 Civil Engineering 4b— 5 cr. 



'Special courses in Agriculture for Superintendents of Schools as 

 follows : 



Farm Crops 4 — 5 cr. 

 Farm Mechanics 3 — ^5 cr. 

 Poultry 2 — 5 cr. 

 Soils 2b— 3 cr. 



Courses in Bees, Poultry, Farm Mechanics for Vocational Men. No 

 College credit. 



In closing, I wish to acknowledge the co-operation of our teachers 

 in the hard work of this session. The fact that this session is so differ- 

 ently organized from the regular terms, also the fact that considerable 

 portion of the student body is composed of new students, necessitates a 

 great deal of hard labor on the part of the instructors. 



Kespectfully submitted, 



E. H. RYDER, 

 Director of Summer Session. 



REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY AND 



PHYSIOLOGY. 



To the President: 



Sir: — I beg leave to present herewith the annual report of the Depart- 

 ment of Zoology and Physiology for the year 1922-1923. For many years 

 past the reports of this Department have been more-or-less perfunctory 

 recitals of the functioning of a department which showed little change 

 in personnel or courses. The year just closed has, however, brought 

 many marked changes of far-reaching importance. 



On the morning of February twenty-sixth the College was shocked 

 by the news of the sudden death of Professor Walter Bradford Barrows, 

 for twenty-eight years Head of this Department. During this period of 

 nearly three decades the College has become recognized as a clearing- 

 house for information concerning bird life. The data accumulated 

 through his own observations and his correspondence with other bird 

 students in the state are preser\'ed for the future in Michigan Bird 

 Life, the 822-page book issued as a Special Bulletin of this Depart- 

 ment in 1912. This work was so carefully compiled and painstakingly 

 written that it is said to be the best of its kind ever issued for the 

 Upper Mississippi-Great Lakes region. So long as birds have usefulness 

 and beauty, this work Avill reflect credit to the author and to the institu- 

 tion he so long served. 



