DEPARTMENT REPORTS. 31 



KEPORT OF THE PRESIDENT. 



To the Honorable Stale Board of Agriculture: 



The President of the ('()lle,«>e has the honor fo snhiiiit to 1he State 

 Board of Agriculture the following report i'ov the year ending June 

 30, 1913. This report, as in previous years, Avill be published as a part 

 of the full report which is annually issued by the college under the 

 title "Bei)ort of the Secretary of the Slate P>oard of Agriculture." These 

 reports, which give a full history of the college as well as all bulletins 

 issued by the Experiment Station, date back to the beginning of agri- 

 cultural education in this country and form a record which will be 

 highly prized some day as an authentic record of agricultural develop- 

 ment. 



As this report contains a very full record of the various departments 

 of the college, it has not seemed necessary nor wise for the President 

 to issue an elaborate report each year which would necessarily dupli- 

 cate in a large measure, the annual report issued by the college. This 

 report therefore, will be limited to the few matters which Avill not 

 otherwise be made a part of the report Avhich the Secretary of the Col- 

 lege is required by law to issue. 



The work accomplished during the year was very satisfactory. The 

 health of the students was unusually good and nothing occurred to 

 interfere with the regular work of the students and faculty. The at- 

 tendance in the regular college classes was larger than in any previous 

 year although the total enrollment, due to certain changes in the short 

 courses, was not quite so large as the enrollment of the previous year. 



The graduating class numbered 165. Of this number 69 were graduated 

 from the AgT-icultural course, 51 from the course in Engineering. 30 from 

 the Home Economics course, 14 from the Forestry course and 1 from 

 the course in Veterinary Medicine. 



Advanced degi'ees were granted to 30 former graduates of the col- 

 lege who had met all the requirements as set forth in the college catalog. 

 Ten received the degree of C. E., 5 the degree of M. E., 1 was awarded 

 the degree of M. H., 2 the degree of M. A., 2 the degree of M. F., 

 and 6 the degree of M. H. E. 



The names and addresses of the graduating class and also those re- 

 ceiving advanced degrees will be found later in this report. 



The degree of Master of Science in course was granted to the follow- 

 ing persons : John Carlton Hurley, Macedon, N. Y. ; Charles Jay Oviatt, 

 Bay City, Mich.; Charles Burt Ross, Morgantown. W. Ya. and Con- 

 stantino Nicholas Svetlikoff, Suzran, Russia. 



Mr. Charles E. Bassett of Fennville and Mi: James K. Jakway of 

 Benton Harbor, both of whom were former students of the college and 

 have rendered conspicuous service to the horticultural interests of the 

 state, were aw^arded the honorary degree of Master of Horticulture. 



J. Henry Moores, who was a student in the college from 1865 to 1868 

 and who is serving his day and generation in a most generous and pub- 

 lie spirited manner, Avas selected for tlu^ honorary degree of Master of 

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