118 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



acter gained by contact ^'ith details of experiment station work resulted 

 in mlany of our graduate workers being promoted to the fjosition of 

 Station Director. 



The decision to establish a separate course of study of a purely scien- 

 tific character was arrived at, not only to meet a desire expressed hj many 

 students for a curriculum of study which did not necessarily involve 

 technical courses in either agriculture, engineering or home economics, 

 but gave the opportunity for specialization in some particular science; 

 but more than this to provide a course which should attract to it students 

 who had the inherent ability to become research workers, not only for 

 the benefit of our agricultural experiment stations, but also for the benefit 

 of our many industrial and manufacturing establishments. 



I feel that what has been accomplished by this institution in the devel- 

 opment of scientific workers in the past, can be largely augmented in the 

 years to come by the opportunities ofi'ered, and the more specializetl 

 training given, by the courses of the Applied Science Division. 



Beyond the first year the curriculum is etitirely elective, although the 

 sophomore student is restricted in his elections in order that he may be 

 prevented from too great specialization. The work required before grad- 

 uation from all Applied Science students is: chemistry, one year, English, 

 one year, mathematics two-thii^ls of a year, physics two-'thirds of a year, 

 .drawing, economics each one-third of a year, history one-seventh of a 



year. ,, .*l!«!iJ 



Beginning with the junior year, a major and a minor subject is chosen. 

 For 1922-2:^ the following are offered ;is majoi's : bacteriology, botany, 

 cliemistry, economics, entomology, history and ]»oliti(*al science, mathemat- 

 ics, physics an<l zoology. For minors: lOnglisli and English literature, 

 modem languages, geology, physiology. A major subject requires twenty 

 or thirty credits work per year; a minor, ten or fifteen credits. Addition- 

 al to this major and minor work the student is guided in his selection of 

 other subjects by the advice of the dean and tlie head of tlie department 

 in Avhich he majors. 



The enrollment in the course for the current year totaled one hundred 

 and twenty-two students; men, one hundred and nine, women, thirteen; 

 classified as freshmen, ninety-eight, sophomores, twenty-four. 



The Faculty Committee charged with the responsibility of organizing 

 the curriculum for the division consisted of Dr. E. A. Bessey of the 

 Botany Department (Chairman), together with Professor E. H. Ryder 

 (History) and I'rofessor L. C. IMant (Mathematics). The plan as 

 originally submitted by them was adopted by tiie faculty A]»ril 8, 

 1921, and has not been changed so far Avith the single exception that the 

 number of nrajor subjects has been increased from four to nine. 



I believe we shall see a continned growth in numbers and interest in 

 this new venture. The effect on our undergraduates already is to en- 

 courage them to pursue graduate courses — ^to come up higher. 



Acknowledging heartily your cordial co-operation in this promising 

 field of work, I respectfully submit this first rejiort. 



FRANK S. KEDZIE, 



Deaii of Applied Science. 

 East Lansing, Michigan, June 30, 1922. 



