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lu closing the work whicli I Jiave been aflble to do at the Institution, I 

 wish to malvO grateful acknowledgment of the unfailing co-operation and 

 service of the Home Economics faculty' ; it is to them that the accom- 

 plishments of the last j^ear are due. I afeo wish to acknowledge the help 

 and interest of other departments in further developing the work. 



It is with profound regret that I terminate my connection with the 

 Home Economics Division of Michigan Agricultural College, but I shall 

 look forward to the development of its great possibilities and opportuni- 

 ties for service to the State, 



Respectfullv submitted', 



MARY E. SWEENY, 

 Dean of Home Economics Division. 

 East Lansing, Michigan, June 30, 1922. 



ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TEACHER 



TRAINING. 



The Department of Agricultural Education Avas established July 1, 

 1908, as a department of the Division of Agriculture. 



When the Smith-Hughes Law was passed in 1917, it became the Voca- 

 tional Teacher Training Department of the College. In order to comply 

 with said federal law and provide suitable training for teachers in voca- 

 tional home economics and in vocational agriculture a teacher training 

 and practice teaching school was installed. 



During the current year about one hundred fift}^ (l-^O) students have 

 entered the classes in Education. The professional educational subjects 

 are made electives in the junior and senior j'ears, so that the class mem- 

 bership consists of both juniors and seniors. 



The following educational courses are presented : 



Education 1, Psychology for Women. 



Education 2, General Methods and School Management. 



Education 3, History of Education. 



Education la, Special Methods in Home Economics. 



Education 3a, Practice Teaching, 



For the men in training as teachers of agriculture, the following courses 

 are given : 



Education 1, Psj^chology and Vocational Guidance. 



Education 5, General Methods and Rural Sociology, 



Education 6, Special Methods in Teaching Agriculture. 



Education 6a, Practice Teaching. 



The department has the following employees: 

 W. H. French, Director. 

 E. Lynn Grover, Associate Professor. 

 Branson A. W^alpole, Assistant Professor. 

 Josephine Hart, Assistant Professor. 

 Emma Garrison, Assistant Professor. 



During the year we have trained sixty-two (62) young women as 



