DEPARTMENT REPORTS. 149 



REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY AND 

 POLITICAL SCIENCE. 



I'resident David Friday, 



East Lansing, Micliigau. 

 Dear Sir : 



Tile Department of History and Political Science submits the following- 

 report for the year 11)21-22. 



The department stall has been busily occnpie<i in teacliing the courses 

 offered in the various divisions. Two things stand out with some promi- 

 nence in the year's experience. One is the enlarged enrollment in our 

 classes. This is due partly to a nu^re general interest in the subject matter 

 on the part of our students, and partly to the addition of one or more 

 new courses for the Applied Science Division. 



Another feature of our work is the addition to the curriculum of courses 

 in Industrial Histoiy. Tiie opportunity to add this was very welcome 

 since the desirability of such courses had been a])parent for a nund)er of 

 years. We hope to make this work worth ^^•llile as time is found to de- 

 velop courses of this nature. 



We cannot forego the opportunity to express our conviction that 

 students in the technical divisons should find opjjortunity to pursue 

 courses in History and Political Science in one or more terms of the 

 earlier years of the courses. The value of this subject matter to college 

 students is increasingly recognized today. Somewhere in the early part 

 of his college career, a survey of the great historical movements in human 

 affairs ought to be given consideration. 



In closing, I exjjress my appreciation of the splendid efficiency of my 

 associate in the work of the department, in the person of Mrs. Mary 

 Hendrick. 



Very truly vours, 



E.H. RYDER, 

 I*rofessor of History and Political Science. 

 Enst Lnnsing, Michigan. June ."10, 1922. 



