W. J. Brvan Prize Fund 250.00
John F. Dillon Scholarship Fund 10,000.00
■ 427,950.00
F. O. Lowden Prize Fund (25 shares preferred stock National Bis-
cuit Co.) 2,500.00
$ 755,755.39
June 30, 1918:
First National Bank, W. J. McChesney, Treas., S. U. I $ 318,942.28
First National Bank, W. J. McChesney, Treas., S. U. I 6,363.11
Mortgage notes on hand 427,9.50.00
25 shares preferred stock in National Biscuit Co 2,500.00
$ 755,755.39
Iowa State College of
Agriculture and Mechanic Arts
Ames
Biennial Report
Period Ending June 30, 1918
I
REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT, IOWA STATE
COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND
MECHANIC ARTS
R. A. PEARSON, PRESIDENT.
THE STUDENT BODY.
ENROLLMENT.
The enrollment of students showed a considerable increase in
the first year of the biennium but in the second year there was
a decrease. In the first year of the biennium the enrollment of
graduate students was 115, exceeding all previous records. Most
of these took work in agriculture and in sciences fundamental
thereto. The enrollment of collegiate students in agriculture was
901, establishing a new record. In engineering, the enrollment
was 672, being the largest since 1908-09. The home economics
collegiate enrollment of 552 students was larger than ever before.
There were 118 collegiate students in industrial science, the larg-
est number since 1907-08. The enrollment in veterinary medi-
cine established a new record with 130 students. There was a de-
crease in enrollment in agricultural engineering to 74.
In the two and one-year courses in non-collegiate agriculture,
the enrollment was 243 which exceeded all previous records with
the exception of the two years, 1913-14 and 1914-15. In the non-
collegiate two-year engineering course the enrollment was 61,
and in the similar course in home economics, 52. There were 27
students of music. The total number of students in the college
taking courses running throughout the entire academic year
1916-17 was 2,915, the largest number on record. The summer
session in that year showed a total enrollment of 1,055, establish*
ing a new record. The short courses in this year were unusually
well attended and brought the total enrollment of the year, with-
out duplicates, to 7,469, exceeding the next largest previous en-
rollment, which was in the preceding year, by about 36 per cent.
The attendance in the second vear of the biennium, 1917-18,
124 REPORT OP IOWA STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
was considerably reduced on account of the war. All branches of
the work showed a reduction except the courses in two-year non-
collegiate engineering, which nearly doubled in number of stu-
dents. The total number of students taking courses running
through the year was 2,465. The number of collegiate students
in this year, 2,091, was practically the same as were enrolled in
the college in 1913-14.
There was a heavy decrease in attendance in short courses;
the total enrollment for the entire year, without duplicates, being
5,397, or within 105 of the largest number in any year preceding
this biennium.
The following table and accompanying chart show the enroll-
ment of the college, by years and in principal groups, annually,
from 1897-98 to the present time:
IOWA STATE COLLEGE— PRESIDENT'S REPORT
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IOWA STATE COLLEGE— PRESIDENT'S REPORT 127
SUMMARY OF ENROLLMENT FOR BIENNIUM.
The following table shows the number of students in each class
and course during the years 1916-17 and 1917-18:
Tear 1916-17. Tear 1917-18.
1. Graduate Division:
Agriculture —
Agricultural Education 1
Agricultural Engineering 4
Agronomy or Farm Crops and Soils 18 12
Animal Husbandry 14 7
Dairying 7 5
Farm Management 1 .3
Horticulture 6 5
. 46 37
f'ngineering—
Agricultural Engineering 4
Architectural Engineering 1
Ceramics 1
Mechanical Engineering 1
1 6
Home Economies 1
Industrial Science &4 62
Veterinary 3 2
115 107
2. Division of Agriculture:
Senior Class-
Agricultural Education 6 10
Agricultural Engineering 23 7
Agronomy or Farm Crops and Soils 21 14
Animal Husbandry 101 79
Dairying 6 9
Farm Management 3 10
Forestry 5 4
Horticulture 10 4
175 137
Junior Class-
Agricultural Education 9 6
Agricultural Engineering 18 5
Agronomy or Farm Crops and Soils 23 14
Animal Husbandry 101 64
Dairying 15 5
Farm Management 12 4
Forestry 9 5
Horticulture 5 5
192 108
.'ophomore Class —
Agricultural Education 5 4
Agricultural Engineering 11 11
Agronomy or Farm Crops and Soils 24 22
Animal Husbandry 119 98
Dairying 16 6
Farm Management 16 10
Forestry . 10 10
Horticulture 9 11
Two-vear Collegiate Agriculture 10 26
220 198
Freshman Class —
Agricultural Engineering 22 19
Agriculture 332 249
Forestry 24 13
378 281
Specials —
Agriculture 7 5
. 7 5
Irregular —
Agriculture . 1 6
1 6
Correspondence —
Agriculture 2 11
2 11
Non-collegiate—
Two-year Agriculture 184 159
One-year Dairy 29 39
213 198
128 REPORT OF IOWA STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
Six Weeks Garden Club Leaders
9
Winter Short Course-
Agriculture 2,469 1,431
Juniors 544
2,4G9 1.975
3,G57 2,92«
3. Division of Engineering:
Senior Class-
Agricultural Engineering 23 7
Architectural Engineering or Structure Design 4 7
Ceramics -_. 2
Chemical Engineering 1 5
Civil Engineering 31 27
Electrical Engineering 30 24
Mechanical Engineering 27 11
118 81
Junior Class —
Agricultural Engineering 18 5
Architectural Engineering or Structure Design 10 S
Ceramics 1 1
Chemical Engineering 9 8
Civil Engineering 38 21
Electrical Engineering 48 35
Mechanical Engineering 31 9
Mining Engineering 1 2
156 90
Sophomore Class-
Agricultural Engineering 11 11
Architectural Engineering or Structure Design 14 13
Ceramics 1 3
Chemical Engineering 17 11
Civil Engineering 41 19
Electrical Engineering 53 48
Mechanical Engineering 39 23
Mining Engineering 4 2
180 130
Freshman Class-
Agricultural Engineering 22 19
Architectural Engineering or Structure Design 32 29
Ceramics . 3 2
Chemical Engineering 22 29
Civil Engineering ; 41 48
Electrical Engineering 87 82
Mechanical Engineering 50 58
Mining Engineering 3 2
260 269
Specials-
Engineering 29 1
Irregulars^
Agricultural Engineering 1
Civil Engineering 1 1
Electrical Engineering 1
Engineering 1 2
Non-collegiate —
Vocational Work in Engineering 61 121
61 121
Winter Short Courses —
Engineering _ 1,026 46
1,026 46
1,833 742
4. Division of Home f'conomics:
Senior Class 93 96
Junior Class 119 97
Sophomore Class 126 154
Freshman Class 196 172
Specials 15 7
Irregulars 3 5
Xon-collegiate Two-year 52 42
Winter Short Course 383 475
987 1,048
• 987 1,048
TOWA STATE COLLEGE— PRESIDENT'S REPORT 129
Division of Industrial Science:
Senior Class 17 9
Junior Class 14 lu
Sophomore Class 24 2U
Freshman Class 57 42
Specials 3 2
Irregulars 3 2
Non-collegiate IVIusic 96 &3
214
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Division of Veterinary Medicine:
Senior Class 21
Junior Class 33
Sophomore Class 34
Freshman Class 45
Winter Short Course Veterinary Practitioners 184
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Summer School:
First Session 735
Second Session 1 260
995
— — 995
Total 8,118 5,934
Less duplicates:
Agricultural Engineering 74 47
Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine 2 2
Home Economics and Agriculture , 23
Industrial Science and Veterinary Medicine 1 1
Non-collegiate Music 69 67
Summer Sesison —
In both sessions 184 67
Regular college students . 128 2U0
312 267
Winter Short Courses
In two sessions 77 lul
Regular college students 114 29
191 130
649 537
7,469 5,397
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686
130 REPORT OF IOWA STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
FINANCES OF THE IOWA STATE COLLEGE OF
AGRICULTURE AND MECHANICAL ARTS.
Report of the Secretary Regarding Receipts and Disbursements
of All Funds from July 1. 1916. to June 30, 1918.
E. W. STANTON, SECRETARY.
It has been the custom of the Secretary's office to so connect its biennial
reports as to show a continuous history, through the years, of the financial
operations of the institution. The present report, while more condensed
than previous ones, traverses the same ground as the others and retains
practically the same classifications. The college has two main purposes,
namely, the conduct of an educational institution on the campus ai
Ames; and, second, the rendering of what may be rightly called industrial
service for the state. Any intelligible exhibit of its finances must make
sharp distinction between these two lines of institutional purpose and
show the cost of each. With this idea in mind, the funds provided for the
maintenance and development of the institution are classified as hitherto
under the following heads:
Educational funds:
Collegiate support funds.
Xon-coUegiate support funds.
Vacation course funds.
Student fees.
Building, improvement and equipment funds.
lndu.strial Service funds:
Experiment funds.
Extension work.
Hog cholera serum fund.
As preliminary to the showing of receipts and expenditures, a sum-
mary is given below of the property belonging to the institution:
SUMMARY OF INVENTORY TAKEN JULY 1, 1918.
Real Estate:
Farm proper, 660.38 acres at $175. $ 115,566.50
Dairy farm, 200 acres at ^200 10,000.00
Experiment Station grounds, 60 acres at 4175 10,500.00
Horticultural experiment plot, 13 acres at $175 - - 2,275.00
Orchard and arboretum, 25 acres at $150 3,750.00
Horticulture and forestry, 55.50 acres at $150 - 3,325.00
College campus, 125 acres at $200 25,000.00
College park, 37 acres at !fl25 - 4.625.00
Experimental farm, 163 acres at $250 40,750.00
The Patten farm at Charles City, 17 acres 10,000.00
Total for 1,355.88 acres - - $ 261,841.50
IOWA STATE COLLEGE— SECRETARY'S REPORT 131
Buildings:
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Agricultural Engineering I'nnn'm
Agricultural Engineering garage- ri^'mC-'^n
Animal Husbandry abattoir i'«X^m
Animal Husbandry experimental laboratory '■'^^ Jj^
Aniarv 167.00
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Bam, experfment q' Ann no
Bam, horse t'2^nm
Barn, horticultural V'^nm
Bam, sheep ^-O^O-*^
Bookstore o'^nn nn
Carpenter shop and storeroom ooT'^oKm
Central _ - ci8i,425.w
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Dairy farm barn, horse lo'oii i^n
Dairy farm barn, new ooinnn
Dairy farm house rS'^n^'no
Dormitory, West Hall ro'^^nn
Dormitory, East Hall ^o'?-^^l
Dormitory, South Hall S'nnn'^
Dormitory, Margaret Hall a X^nnn
Dormitory, Beardshear House - inn'nA
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Enginering hall ^'^^.m
Engineering annex i-nnn
Fire department , Iz^ In
Forge shop I'lmm
Foundry ir'Z'oo
Cxreenhouse. old i.o'mn'^
Gymnasium ^^^AmZ
Hog house '^m
Hog house ..__, -^00.00
Home Economics ^'nir^nn
Horticultural laboratory 'ca^^A
Horticultural fruit shed 4,1^1!
Horticultural machinery shed .„nXX
Hospital, old J,-fn.^-
Hospital, new ^Amm
Hospital annex Aimm
Machine shop l,'V?2"n^
Mechanicpl laboratory o'r'^lIX'^
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Music hall ^.OOO.OO
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