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STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Rl-:rOKT OF Tin: dean of EN<n\EFKIXG. 



Dr. J. L. Snyder. President Micliiuan Agricultural College: 



Mv Dear rrosident Snyder — ^I lia\e the honor to present to yon my 



sixth annual re|)ort as Dean of Eiigine<n'ing. 



The student enrollincnt in the Division of Engineering for the year 



jnst (^losing is 



Snb-freshnien 40 



Freshmen 143 



Soplioinores 100 



Juniors 80 



Seniors 53 



Specials 3 



Total 434 



The total 434, in eoin])arison with the totals of the last ten years is 

 below that of any year since 1000-10. This showing Avould l)e a matter 

 of concern if peculiar to the engineering course of this institution. The 

 situation is verv general, however, as indicated bv the figures in Table T. 



TABLE I.— ENROLLMENT IN ENGINEERING SINCE 1903 AT VARIOUS COLLEGES OF- 

 FERING ENGINEERING COURSES. 



♦See Iowa State College Engineer, Dec, 1012. 



**See Bulletin, Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education, June, 1913. 



A committee of the Society for the Promotion of Engineering Educa- 

 tion (See P>ulletin S. P. E. E. for June, lOlM) assigns the fo]l(»\ving 

 reasons for the decrease in attendance. 



1. Tlic general raising of standards Imih rdrciiiiaiicc and for gradua- 

 \ tion. 



2. Th(! greater interest in courses in agriculture. 



3. The greater interest in commerce courses. 



4. Tile ]irevailiiig opiiiimi MimI the engineering ]>rofession is over- 

 crowded. 



The same cominillee adds: ''Endoubtedly the jianic of 1!M)7 had some- 

 thing to do \\\\\\ llie attendance. ]iidbal)ly causing the freshman class 



