DEPARTMENT REPORTS. 57 



REPORT OF DEPARTMENT OF SPECIAL COURSES. 



President David Friday, 



Micliigan Agricultural College. 



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Dear Sir 



I herewith submit the report of the work of the Department of Short 

 Courses for the year ending June gt*, 11)22. 



The twelve different short courses in agriculture offered by this de- 

 partment have been attended by 440 students. A detailed record of the 

 various courses is given in the following list : 



First year eight weeks' course 34 



Second year eight weeks' course 13 



First year sixteen weeks' course 69 



Second year sixteen weeks' course 24 



Poultry . 21 



Truck and tractor course 63 



Cow testing and dairy barn management 50 



Horticultural course 35 



Dairy manufactures' course 32 



Dairy production 33 



Farm engineering 7 



Farm business 5 



Ice cream manufactures' course 22 



Special courses 18 



Total 449 



Mr. Ashley M. Berridge, Associate Director of Short Courses took entire- 

 charge of the work during the period between October 15th and March 

 15th. The successful management of these courses and of the short course 

 men was due to the untiring efforts of Mr. Berridge. 



Besides the regular instructional class work, Aveekly literary meetings, 

 featured by speeches and motion pictures were held, athletics Avere en- 

 couraged and a choral club and an orchestra were organized with the 

 short course men. Mr. E. C. Sauve directed the choral club. Miss Delia 

 H. Bemis directed the short course orchestra. ]SIr. Larry Kurtz had charge 

 of the basket Ijall team. The foregoing arrangements were planned in 

 order to properly provide for the social and physical needs, as well as the 

 strictly educational requirements of the students. 



The annual livestock judging contest was another feature of the past 

 year. Mr. Wesley T. McCalla, a first year sixteen weeks' man was the 

 individual high point winner and received the cup offered annually by 

 Dean R. S. Shaw. 



The first annual Creamery and Field men and Operators Short Course 

 of one week was scheduled for the first time this year. Its success insures 



