00 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



KEPORT OF THE DEAN OF ENGINEERING. 



Dr. J. L. Snyder, President Michigan Agricultural College: 



Dear Sir — I present herewith my fifth annual report as Dean of 

 Engineering, the same covering the fiscal year ending June 30, 1912. 



The personnel of the departments of the Division of Engineering may 

 be found by reference to the respective reports. There are 30 teachers 

 of all grades in the division. 



The student enrollment in engineering for the year is 453, being 28 

 less than last 3'ear, the shrinkage showing most in the freshman year. 

 Simultaneously, the enrollment in the Division of Agriculture has 

 noticeably increased. Inquiry reveals similar conditions in many other 

 "land grant" colleges, and is partly at least due to the response to the 

 agitation for improvement of rural life conditions and partly to the 

 quietness in engineering fields prevalent for a few years past. Condi- 

 tions in the latter respect have materially improved of late. The mem- 

 bers of the present graduating class have been placed without difficulty 

 and at salaries or Avages noticeably higher than in any previous year 

 in my observation of the past 24 j-ears. 



The graduating class in engineering numbers 54. and professional 

 engineering degrees were granted to 5 men, as follows : 



Bennett, W. C, '05, C. E. 

 Ellis, G. H., '07, C. E. 

 Ford, C. C, '05, M. E. 

 Mastenbrook, H. J., '06, M. E. 

 Poole, J. E., '06, M. E. 



The revised course of study which has been fully effective during the 

 year, is satisfactory and promises better work by students and teach- 

 ers. An administrative difficulty exists in the unbalance of the teach- 

 ing burdens of the departments in the several terms of the year, due in 

 part to the requirements of other divisions of the college, whose students 

 receive instruction in the engineering division and in part to lack of 

 symmetry in the engineering program itself, both of which causes can 

 not as yet be eliminated or modified. 



The relations of the engineering division to the other divisions of the 

 college are cordial and characterized by the co-operative spirit. 



I think, however, that the repi'csentation of tlie division in the gen- 

 eral faculty should be increased, particularly as the divisional faculties 

 have not proved the right to be considered as factors in the college ad- 

 ministration and executive system. 



I believe further that the members of the general faculty are not in- 

 formed or consulted in matters of moment to the college as a whole, 

 as they should be, to secure the best s])irit and mutual understanding 

 between the members of the teaching force of all grades. 



The student spirit in the division has been excellent. The Engineer- 



