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the Department by my immediate associates during the year, also my appre- 

 ciation of the co-operation of Mr. L. F. Xewell in carrying out the many 

 details of the work in connection with the new central plant. 



Respectfully submitted. 



CHAS. L. WEIL, 

 Professor of Mechanical Engineering 

 and Director of the Mechanical Department. 

 Agricultural College, Mich., June 30, 1905. 



REPORT OF THE WOMEN'S DEPARTMENT. 



To the President : 



The Women's Department has enrolled during the year 1904-'0o about 

 the same number of students as in each of the past two years, — two hun- 

 dred seven being the total number. 



The courses which have been carried are shown in the following table: 



Fall. Winter. Spring. 



Miss Gilchrist Ethics Ethics History of edftcation. 



f Sewinir Sewing Sewing. 



Mrs. Haner Wood work Wood work Wood work. 



Miss St. John ] Hand sewing Hand sewing Art needle work. 



I Dress making Millinery. 



Miss Carpenter f Cookery Cookery Cookery. 



Miss Purmort -j Advanced cookery Home economics House architecture. 



Miss Bemis ', House keeping Invalid cookery. 



Mrs. Barber Home nursing. 



Miss FreyhC'fer / Theory of music History of music. 



Miss Mack 1 Piano Piano Piano. 



Miss Avery Gymnasium Gymnasium Gymnasium. 



Mrs. Haner, after a year's study at Drexel Institute and a summer abroad, 

 w'as warmly welcomed on her return in September to resume her work in 

 Domestic Art. 



At the end of the winter term the resignation of Miss Carpenter went 

 into effect. Her marriage in May to Capt. ^Nlark Wheeler of the United 

 States Army, whose regiment is now stationed in the Philippines, was one 

 of the events of the college year. The department regrets to lose her, but 

 at the same time, extends hearty good wishes to her for the future. ^liss 

 Purmort at once assumed the duties of senior instructor, in charge of Do- 

 mestic Science, ai^d carried the work most efficiently. She was ably a-s- 

 sisted by ^liss Bessie Bemis. of the class of 1905. who had practically fin- 

 ished the work required for the degree and could give most of her time 

 to teaching. 



The department is sorry to lose from its corps of instructors Misses St. 

 John. Purmort. and ^lack, who have all done excellent work and made 

 many friends while with us. As they look forward to positions with larger 

 responsibility and better salary, we can but wish them the highest success. 



Night classes in cookery and physical training have been carried on dur- 

 ing the year, while work in sewing has been given by some of our students 

 to the 5th and 6th grades of the Lansing City Schools. Rcj^orts of this 

 work have been very satisfactory, and it is of great value to the students 

 who do the teaching. 



Twenty-four women were graduated in tlie class of 1905, the largest 



