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surrounding ooniniunity. Tlie collefio hospital in charge of Miss Ketclmni 

 has continued to demonstrate its usefulness in caring for non-contagious 

 affections. 



It would seem the part of wisdom to begin to make plans Avhereby we 

 may protect the Red Cedar river from pollution by the raw sewage from 

 the college. A sewage ]mrification plant at this inslilution would not 

 only constitute a necessary health measure, at least in a broad sense, 

 but would present many educalional features of vast imj)ortance to a 

 certain class of students. 



This year leaves me under great obligations to all those in the de- 

 partment, each of whom has shown a hearty spirit of co-operation and 

 a fine sense of loyalty to me personally and, of greater importance, to 

 those fragments of science and to the ideals for which this laboratory' 

 stands. 



To you also I am indebted for your constant support and valued ad- 

 vice which have made the past successful year possible, 



Respectfullv, 



WARD GILTNER, 

 Acting Professor of Bacteriology. 



East Lansing, Mich., June 30, 1913. 



REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY. 



President J. L. Snyder: 



Dear Sir — I submit herewith the annual report for the Department of 

 Botany for the year ending June 30th. 1913. 



The botanical staff for this year has remained the same as in the 

 preceding year. I regret to report, however, that the resignation of 

 Mr. J. C. Th. Uphof who has been in charge of the Botanical Garden 

 and Herbarium, has been submitted and accepted in consequence of his 

 having been appointed to a position elsewhere at greatly increased salary. 



From about the middle of February until the middle of June, Pro- 

 fessor G. H. Coons, Research Assistant in Plant Pathology, was absent 

 on leave of absence pursuing studies at the University of Michigan for 

 the degree of Ph. D. 



The number of students enrolled during the past year has been as 

 follows: fall term 432. of whom 315 were taking Freshman Botany and 

 the remainder Advanced Botany. 



Winter term 400. of whom 47 were taking Advanced Botany, 122 

 Sophomore Botany and the remainder Freshman Botany. The loss of 

 23 in attendance as compared with the attendance of the correspond- 

 ing temi of the previous year is due to the fact that botany was re- 

 quired of women in the sophomore year as well as of men up to this 

 year but has not been required of them in the year just closed. 



In the spring term there was a total of 321, of whom 52 were taking 

 Advanced Botany and the remainder Freshman Botany. 



In addition to this, there were about 40 enrolled in the short course 

 in Fruit Diseases and about 55 short course students were enrolled in 

 the course on Weeds. 



