DEPARTMENT REPORTS. 79 



Hint a ro^uiilnr stctioiii-jiiilu'i' slutnld bo oniiiloyod to can-y on tlie w<»i-k. 

 Ill addilidii (o I lie coiitspoiKloiicc, wliicli is at liiiii'S laij^v, ilic »l<*aii 

 issues all orders for siipiilies tor (dass Avoik, and fnniisliiiiiis and ii'|)airs 

 for the bnihliiiii'; she signs all bills belonjiiiiji' to llic division ami OK's 

 the ])ay rcdls tor all rejinlar and sindcnt emiiloyes. The women students 

 are elassilicd three times a year under her sujiervision ; their reeords and 

 blanks are tiled in lier olliee; she keeps lists of social aetinties and of 

 those who attend; all excuses for absence from class and i»ermits for 

 absence from town are f^iven by her; she acts as general adviser to 

 the women students and for their organizations; her office is a bureau of 

 information as far as may be, of the various matters pertaining to them. 

 The four de])artments of work — music, jthysical culture, domestic art 

 and domestic science — have grown in every way in these jears, in num- 

 bers, courses, classes and character of the work. 



During my lirst years the dean had two to five hours per week of 

 teaching; for four years I met the seniors in the study of History of 

 JOducation. Finding that other Michigan colleges had the right to 

 issue state teachers' certificates I made inquiries and with the additicm 

 of one elective the catalogue of 1905-0 published a statement that this 

 right had been granted to the Michigan Agricultural College. A teach- 

 ers' registry was established in the dean's office, which was removed In 

 1908-09 to the office of Prof. French, the recently appointed jtrofessor of 

 Agricultural Education. The Dean of Home Economics is naturally still 

 called oji every year to recommend teachers and to give her judgment on 

 the merits of different candidates. 



The attendance is now over 125% larger than it was when the present 

 dean took up the work in 1901. The course of study has been advanced 

 by one full year and more. The standard of work has been steadily in- 

 creased. Hereafter none but high school graduates or the equivalent 

 will be enrolled and all the work will be of college grade. 



The dean is a member of a half dozen permanent cttmmittees and 

 has her share of special committee work also. Various conqiilatitms -of 

 statistics, useful in shoAving the needs and possibilities of women's tech- 

 nical education might be made were there some one to make them. 



II. A stenographer for the clerical work of the dean's office is the 

 second important need. 



Bulletins on home economics are being asked for constantly by the 

 women of the state. Several topics have been accepted by dilTerent niem- 

 bers of our staff but the time to finish and publish such papers is not 

 available. Such bulletins would meet a long felt need. 



Extension work is another field which has not been entered to any ex- 

 tent because of lack of lime and of the demands of regular college classes. 

 Had we another worker who could fit in as occasion demands at the col- 

 lege or as extension lecturer, some of the other instructors and lu-ofes- 

 sors would be free to prepare an occasional bulletin and to engage satis- 

 factorily in extension work. 



HI. We need an additional instructor in home economics. 



The salaries of our teachers are far below the average ]>aid in institu- 

 tions of this kind. If we exjicct to keep in the front ranks we must 

 otfer higher salaries. To illustrate: last year one of our instructors re- 

 ceived here 1700.00 and is receiving |1.200.00 now in a similar ]iosition at 

 the University of Illinois. A letter is at hand asking for a teacher of 



