DEPARTMENT REPORTS. , 57 



REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY AND POLITICAL 



ECONOMY. 



To the President: 



It gives me pleasure to submit the following report of the work done 

 in the Department of History and Economics during the school year 1904-05. 

 The total number of enrollments of students in this department during the 

 year was 575, distributed as follows: 



By terms — Autumn, 150; winter, 165; spring, 260. ' 



By classes — Sub-freshmen, 110; sophomores, 230; juniors, 150; seni- 

 ors, 98. 



By subjects — History, 275; political science, 130; political economy, 

 130. 



The total number of hours taught was 986, divided among the three 

 terms as follows: Autumn, 24 per week; winter 25 and spring 34. Whole 

 number of classes conducted throughout the year, 18 — averaging six per term. 



While this number of hours is unequally distributed among the terms of 



the year — as may be easily inferred from a comparison of the hours in the 



spring term with those of the autumn — rather to the embarassment of the 



department, it is hoped an opportunity, that transfers of subjects may be 



, made with other departments coziducive to greater equality. 



It still remains — as was noted last year — that one of the greatest hind- 

 rances to efficient work in this department is the lack of a permanent class 

 room. More classes are being taught than in former years and each in- 

 crease of the work augments the confusion of moving about from class 

 room to class room. 



I cheerfully commend again the efforts of Mrs. Hendricks, who has been 

 my assistant for another year. Her painstaking industry and teaching 

 ability have done much toward enhancing the worth of this department. 



Very respectfully, 



WILBUR 0. HEDRICK, 

 Ass't Professor of History and Political Economy. 

 Agricultural College, Mich., June 30, 1905. 

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