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tanical, entomological, or whatever is the students' special field of 

 study. It is strictly Scientific Drawing. This being the first year 

 this course is offered, the class was not large but some of the re- 

 sults were very gratifying. Several students availed themselves of 

 the opportunity given to study perspective principles in practical 

 application. In this work, which is unique, the student learns how 

 to give pictorial representation from merely the plan and eleva- 

 tions of an object. The ability to do this is an especially valuable 

 asset to those who will go into teaching. 



Heretofore Elementary Drawing has been required of all fresh- 

 men. In the past year instruction in this course was not wholly 

 satisfactory because of the large classes, and the unavoidable ir- 

 regularity in attendance of many students due to conflicting 

 schedules which resulted in frequent overlapping of sections. 

 Hereafter all courses in this Department will be elective, and while 

 the registration will be considerably reduced by the elimination of 

 those who have no interest in the subject, the evils above noted 

 will be avoided and the instruction will be correspondingly more 

 efficient. 



The time in Course i available for an introduction to the elements 

 of Mechanical Drawing was altogether too limited. Therefore, in 

 the future, the Freehand and the Mechanical Drawing will be kept 

 distinct and announcement is made for the coming year of a new 

 course in the Department, viz., a course in Elementary Mechanical 

 Drawing. It is believed this will prove a valuable addition to the 

 College curriculum. 



II. EXTENSION. 



The work of the Department falls into two divisions — instruc- 

 tion in Drawing and preparation .of illustrations for the College 

 publications, and in the latter function this Department may prop- 

 erly be said to be engaged in extension work. While the benefits 

 are indirect, they are positive. While the purpose of the illus- 

 trative matter of bulletins and leaflets is primarly to give informa- 

 tion, yet, whenever it can be done without interfering with the 

 clear illustration of the text, the pictorial matter is made as artis- 

 tic as possible. With the Nature-Study and Rural School Leaflets 

 there is a greater opportunity in this regard and consequently 

 greater influence ; this the better inasmuch as in these particular 

 publications the College is sending out the influence to the school 

 children of the State and it is in childhood that this aesthetic influ- 

 ence is best, though perhaps unconsciously, felt. 



W. C. BAKER, 

 Assistant Professor of Drawing. 



