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by the baking- test how it compares witli some of the standard jj^rades 

 of flonr from tlie larce millin<> comiyanies of (lie West. 



We have during the year added to our ajtparatns a fine rotation 

 polariscope and also a double quartz wedge compensaling sacchari- 

 meter. — both those instruments coming from the celebrated makers, 

 Schmidt & ITaensch of Berlin. We still have in our possession the 

 original ]»o]ariscope used by Dr. R. C. Kedzie to establish the fact that 

 sugar bocls could be grown in JNTichigan of sufficient richness to war- 

 rant the establishment of beet sugar factories. ^Vhile the instrument 

 is useful for coarser determinations its main value lies in its historic in- 

 terest. 



During the spring term five senior engineering students, who had 

 elected a thesis involving chemical investigation, took special work 

 under Asst. Prof. Huston. 



Also six senior forestry students took thesis work of a chemical char- 

 acter imder Asst. Prof. Clark. 



On Jan. 22, 1913, I presented a ])aper before the State Millers' Asso- 

 ciation on "Something about Bran." On Feb. 21st I gave a talk before 

 the Pedagogical Club at the Mt. Pleasant Normal on "The Mission of 

 the Teacher." On April 21th I ])resented a paper before the Chemical 

 and Physical Section of the Schoolmasters' Club at Ann Arbor on 

 "'The Relation of a Science Teacher to the Instruction of Agriculture in 

 a High School," and as a reward for this effort was elected Chairman 

 of this section for the year 1914. 



I cannot let the opportunity escape to recommend strongly to you 

 that some form of a summer school be established at this college. While 

 the action which the faculty took during the past year was in a cer- 

 tain sense progress in the direction of establishing such a school, the 

 effort came too late to make such a school available for 1913. but I feel 

 that it will be of great advantage to the students of the college including 

 the teaching force as well to have a short summer school given annually 

 at M. A. C. 



In closing I wish to acknowledge the faithful work done by my staff 

 during the past year : 



A. J. Clark, Assistant Professor. 

 R. C. Huston, Assistant Professor. 



B. E. Hartsuch, Instructor. 



F. W. Bentzen, Instructor. 

 J. R. Mitchell, Instructor. 



G. A. Reddick, Instructor. 



E. H. Conroy, Instructor. 



F. C. Kaden, Student Assistant. 

 Mabel Mosher, Assistant. 



E. A. Goodhue, Clerk. 



G. W. Churchill, Caretaker. 



Respectfully, 

 FRANK S. KEDZIE, 

 Professor of Chemistry. 

 East Lansing, Mich., June 30, 1913. 



