set of plaster models illustrating the properties of surfaces of the second order, a set of string models for ruled surfaces, a set of paper models illustrating the real circular sections of certain conicoids, a complete set of Brill's models for the theory of functions, and a collection of surfaces of third order.

MILITARY SCIENCE

See pages 257, 294.

PHYSICAL TRAINING

See page 296.

PHYSICS

The department offers a lecture course in general descriptive physics with class-room experiments, extending through the year, and accompanied by an introductory laboratory course in physical measurements. This is followed by two courses, one experimental and the other theoretical. In the experimental course the student is trained in the most exact methods of making the fundamental physical measurements and taught how to discuss his results. The theoretical course running parallel to this discusses, with the aid of elementary calculus, the theory of some of the main subjects of physics. In the senior year the student is supposed to take up some special problem for investigation and to center his laboratory work about that. An advanced mathematical course is also offered for those who wish to follow the most advanced theories and results of the sci

ence.

PHYSIOLOGY

The special objects of the courses in physiology are as follows: (1) To give prospective students of medicine a detailed practical knowledge of the normal histological structure and vital processes of the body, and a working familiarity with the instruments of precision used in the

investigation of disease. (2) To give students of all branches of biology a training in deducing logically necessary conclusions from data obtained by their own observations. (3) To furnish such a knowledge of physiology as will serve as a basis for future studies in hygiene.

The department of physiology occupies five rooms in Natural History Hall; a general laboratory, a lecture room, a private laboratory, and an advanced laboratory on the top floor, and an animal room in the attic. The general laboratory, 35 by 56 feet, is fitted at one end with desks for chemical and similar work, and at the other end with tables for use with the microscope and other apparatus requiring a stable support.

PSYCHOLOGY

The laboratory is well equipped with materials and apparatus for a large number of classical experiments upon sensation, which the student is required to conduct himself, and of which a careful record is kept. The higher mental functions are then studied experimentally, and the experimenter held responsible for the purity of the experimental conditions and the method of procedure.

A full line of periodical literature is made accessible by the University, and this serves as a basis of reports in the seminary.

For original research the laboratory is well equipped with suitable apparatus and every incentive is given toward a high grade of work.

ZOOLOGY

Students ordinarily begin their work in zoology with course 10 (elementary zoology), of which only a part, taken as a fractional course, will be required of those who have an entrance credit in zoology or biology. The courses are so organized as to lead through zoology 10, 1, and 2 to the course especially designed for teachers (zoology 9), or to

advanced zoological work; through zoology 10 and I (invertebrate zoology) to general entomology; through zoology 10 and 2 (vertebrate zoology) to embryology and physiology and the University preparation for medical study.

The equipment of the zoological department is contained in three students' laboratories, an instructor's laboratory, a lecture room, a private office, a store room, and a dark room for photography. Advanced and graduate students have the use of the library and equipment of the State Laboratory of Natural History, which occupies rooms in Natural History Hall.

COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE

AIMS AND SCOPE

The College of Agriculture offers an education designed to fit for the business of farming, and at the same time to furnish a means of culture. This education is, therefore, partly technical and partly cultural. Its end is the training of students to be not only successful farmers, but good citizens and successful men as well.

Of the courses leading to graduation in the College of Agriculture, the technical portion constitutes about one-half of the entire work of the student. Of the remaining portion of the course, thirty-five hours are prescribed in the sciences nearest related to agriculture.

The College also offers, through the department of Household Science, a variety of courses, especially treating of the affairs of the home.

METHODS OF INSTRUCTION

Of the twenty instructors in technical subjects, sixteen devote their entire time to agriculture. The student is brought into close practical contact with his subject. He takes levels, lays tile, tests the draft of tools, traces root systems of corn and other crops, tests germination of seeds, determines the fertility in soils and the effects of different crops and of different rotations upon soil fertility. He does budding, grafting, trimming, and spraying, and works out problems in landscape gardening. He tests milk, operates separators, makes and judges butter and cheese. He studies cuts of meat and samples of wool, judges a great variety of

animals, and has practice in diagnosing and treating their diseases.

EQUIPMENT

The College keeps on deposit from the largest manufacturers several thousand dollars' worth of plows, cultivators, planters, cutters, shellers, grinders, mowers, binders, engines, etc. It has extensive collections of agricultural plants and seeds and their products. Laboratories are well equipped with apparatus and appliances for the study of manures, fertilizers, fertility of soils, soil physics, soil bacteriology, germination of seeds, corn judging, etc. The grounds of the University and the fields and orchards of the Experiment Station are always available for illustration in class work. An illustrative series of colored casts of fruit and enlarged models of fruits and flowers, collections of seeds and woods, cabinets of beneficial and noxious insects, with specimens of their work, photographs, maps, charts, drawings, lantern slides,-all afford valuable material for study and illustration.

Specimens of Morgan horses; Shorthorn, Jersey, Ayrshire, and Holstein-Friesian cattle; Shropshire, Merino, and Dorset sheep, and Berkshire swine afford material for judging. This material, moreover, is largely increased by loans from prominent herds. In the dairy department is a complete outfit for a milk-testing laboratory, and for cream separation and butter and cheese making. The department of veterinary science owns a collection illustrating materia medica, a collection of pathological specimens illustrating special abnormal bony development, and a papier-maché model of a horse, capable of dissection, and showing every important detail of structure. In addition are levels, lanterns, microscopes, and cameras, an extensive list of agricultural journals, a complete file of experiment station bulletins from all the states, and an excellent assortment of standard reference books, including nearly all the pedigree registers published.