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with it the dangers from without are growing on account of the rapid set- 

 tlement of adjacent territory with inadequate sanitary control. 



No greater privilege is mine than to testify to the efficient services of 

 Messrs. Sackett, Wright, Clark, and Dr. Wetmore in carrying forward the 

 work of instruction offered by this department. They ha^•e not only shown 

 an active interest, but have carried into their Avork "the will to 'do" and 

 deserve the credit for what they have accomplished. 



Ver}' respectfully submitted, 



CHARLES E. MARSHALL, 

 Professor of Bacteriology and Hygiene. 

 Agricultural College, Mich., June 30, 1905. 



REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY AND PHYSIOLOGY. 



To the President: 



I have the honor to submit the following report of the Department of 

 Zoology and Physiology for the year ending June 30, 1905. 



There has been no change in the teaching force or equipment of the de- 

 partment during the year, and but little change in the number of classes 

 and of laboratory sections, although the number of students handled was 

 somewhat larger than during the preceding year. The work of the de- 

 partment has been seriously hampered, not only by the lack of instructors 

 but by the lack of laboratory room and of equipment. I desire to repeat 

 here what I have several times ^stated, that there has been practically no 

 change in the facilities for teaching in this department during the past 

 four years, while during the same period the number of students has more 

 than doubled, and the number of laborator}^ sections has almost trebled. 

 It is useless to pretend, under these circumstances, that the instruction 

 given now is as good as that given five j^ears ago; every effort has been 

 made to keep the work up to a fair standard, but in spite of careful plann- 

 ing, hard work, and accumulated experience, the results show conclu- 

 sively that students do not now get the thorough preparation in this de- 

 partment which they used to have, and which they have a right to expect. 



Following is a list of the classes given during the year, with the number 

 of exercises and hours for each student, and the names of instructors in 

 charge. In the classes in Zoology and Geology .the Agricultural and Women 

 students have received lectures together, but the laboratory work has been 

 in separate sections. In the classes in Anatomy separate classes have 

 been held for the women, the 4-year freshmen and the 5-year freshmen. 

 The Mechanical sub-freshmen were so numerous that it was necessary to 

 divide the class in Physical Geography and put the two sections under 

 different instructors. 



