DEPARTMENT REPORTS 153 



At a meeting of the State Board of Agriculture held on March fifth 

 the undersigned was appointed Acting Head of the Department for the 

 remainder of the year. The teaching work for the remainder of the 

 winter tenu was so modified that courses were carried through to com- 

 pletion without additional help. For the spring term we secured the 

 services of Mr. N. F. Petersen of the University of Neibraska. He took 

 over the laboratory work in Introductoi*y Zoology and the class and 

 laboratory work in General Zoology. 



The teaching schedules for the academic year were as follows : 



Fall Winter Spring 



Zoology— 1 (2 sees.) 67 43 33 Mr. Conger 



2, 4 12 5 . . Mr. Barrows 



7,8.9 19 15 14 Mr. Conger 



10,11,3 ■ 5 5 12 Mr. Conger 



12 9 . . Mr. Barrows 



Physiology — 1 (2 sees.) 106 95 31 Mr. Rosebccm 



5, 6 11 10 Mr. Rosebccm 



Geology— 1 (2 sees.) 57 38 38 Mr. Stack 



4, 2 16 6 . . Mr. Bergquist 



6,7 15 19 .. Mr. Bergquist 



8,9,10 8 7 10 Mr. Bergquist 



12 6 .. .. Mr. Bergquist 



311 253 148 



Recapitulation 



Total 



Zoology 103 77 59 253 



Physiology 106 106 41 253 



Geology 102 70 48 220 



726 



It will be noticed in the taible a(bove, that of the 253 students en- 

 rolled in Zoology during the year, 9G were in elective courses, with an 

 average enrollment of ten students per course. In Physiology all courses 

 given were required. In Geology 87 of the 220 students were in elective 

 courses. This, I feel, indicates a growing interest in these sciences on 

 the part of our student body, and is a hojDeful sign for the future de- 

 velopment of work along these lines. 



A complete separation of the three sciences taught in this department 

 had been under consideration for some time past. Present reorganiza- 

 tion plans ofl'ered a partial solution to the question and the new college 

 year will find Physiology removed from itj^ former associates and incor- 

 porated in the Veterinary Division. At present it is deemed inpracti- 

 cable to elevate Geology to the rank of a separate department, but it is 

 hoped that such a step may be taken in the near future. 



After eleven years of service in this Department, the writer will soon 

 sever his connection with the College. The associations of these years 

 have been increasingly pleasant ones and I bespeak for the reorganized 

 department the measure of co-operation which has made possible the 

 exipansion and development our courses have received during recent 

 years. I shall watch with interest the growth of the "Greater M. A. C" 

 for which I have helped to labor, and I feel sure that this Department 

 will assume its full share in the realization of that amhition and will 

 continue to grow in value and service to the College and to the State. 



Very truly yours, 



ALLEN C. CONGER, 

 Associate Professor of Zoology, 

 Acting Head of the Department. 



