DEPARTMENT REPORTS. 109 



THE GENERAL MUSEUM. 



The inuseuiii has received constant attention during the year, but the 

 general i-earrangement and instalhition of uniform hibels was postponed 

 until two new cases could be built to provide for some of the valuable 

 accessions which otherwise must be stored away. Among recent acces- 

 sions should Ik* mentioned a second collection of more than 50 specimens 

 of the birds and mammals of Chili, from D. S. Bullock; a fine mounted 

 si>ecimen of jnuskallunge caught in Georgian Bay by the late Hugh 

 Lyons of Lansing, and a good mounted specimen of the rare wingless 

 New Zealand bird, Apteri/.r oirciii, purchased. The new case^ will l^ 

 finished and filled during the summer vacation. 



Public interest in the museum has increased steadily and its educa- 

 tional value, both to students and the people at large, can hardly be 

 overestimated. 



Respectful Iv submitted, 



WALTER B. liARROWS, 

 Professor of Zoology and IMiysiology and 

 r'uratoi- of the (lencial Museum. 

 East Lansing. June .")(>. l'.>12. 



REPORT OF THE DEPART:\IENT OF ]kfETEOROLOGY. 



President J. L. Snyder: 



Dear Kir — I have the honor to submit the following report of the De- 

 partment of ^Meteorology : 



The course which was presented during the fall term of 1910 was re- 

 peated in the fall term of 1011, as a junior and senior elective study. 

 Forty-seven students were enrolled. 



This number of students is too large for the mo.st successful laboratory 

 work, and the instrumental equipment available is not sufficient for so 

 large a number. It is recommended that aiTangements be made to re- 

 peat the course in the spring term in order to decrease the size of the 

 class. While this would increase the work of the instructor I am sure 

 the results would be more satisfactory to both students and instructor. 

 A course es])ecially adapted for forestry students might.be given in the 

 fall tenn and one more suited to agricultural students in the spring. 



Through the kindness of Dean R. H. t^haw and Prof. Jos. A. Jefl'ery 

 of the Soils department, the department again was allowed the use of 

 a spacious lecture room and laboratory in the Agricultural Building. 



Very respectfullv, 



DEY^T^Y A^ SEELEY, 

 Instructor in Meteorology. 



East Lansing, June 30, 1912. 



