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collection in question would merit. With this in view, I have decided 

 to offer this collection to the Forestry department of the Michigan Agri- 

 cultural College." 



Kepresented in this collection are 150 species besides some duplicates 

 and unnamed specimens. 



During the past j^ear 2,107 letters were sent out from this department. 



Respectfully submitted, 



J. FRED BAKER, 

 Professor of Forestry. 

 East Lansing, June 30, 1912. 



REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL 



EDUCATION. 



President J. L, Sujder: 



My Dear Sir — I herewith submit a brief report of my labors during 

 the year ending July 1, 1912. 



1. Teaching. — I have taught the classes in Pedagogics during the 

 year, one section for the women, for Pedagogy I, II and III, and two 

 sections for the men for Pedagogy IV, V and VI, making 15 hours per 

 week. It seemed best to give two sections of the work for the men. 

 Twenty-six women took the courses, and 16 men in the first section and 

 31 in the second section, making 47 men in all. The work for the women 

 has consisted of Psychology, School Administration and History of Edu- 

 cation. During the winter term I arranged with the superintendent of 

 the Lansing schools for members of the senior class, both men and 

 women, to visit the grades and the high school at different times, and 

 observe the methods of work, apparatus, arrangement of laboratories 

 and laboratory equipment. During the spring term the women were 

 given opportunity for practice teaching in Domestic Science and Do- 

 mestic Art in the 7th and 8th grades. The men had the same oppor- 

 tunity for observation in the Lansing schools, and all of them who ex- 

 pected to teach visited one or more of the high schools where agricul- 

 ture is being taught, thus coming in contact directly with the practical 

 side of the work. 



The work for the men has consisted of Psychology, School Adrainistra- 

 .tion, and during the spring term a course in Agricultural Pedagogy, 

 consisting of the History of Secondary Agriculture, methods of teach- 

 ing, organization of courses, laboratory equipment, field work and the 

 special application of pedagogical principles to agricultural instruction. 



2. High Schools. — During the year, regular four-year courses in agri- 

 culture have been given in whole or in part in 14 high schools. The in- 

 struction has been presented by graduates of this institution. In addi- 

 tion to these schools 15 other high schools have given some instruction 

 in agriculture, usually in the 10th grade, and the classes were taught 

 either by the superintendent of schools or by the science teacher. 



For the ensuing year 8 schools have already arranged for the intro- 

 duction of courses in agriculture, viz., Bangor, Croswell, Fremont, Hart, 

 Hudson, Manistee, Ovid and Saginaw, and in addition to these several 



