The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-09
PRESIDENT TEACH SUBMITS REPORT ID
 BOARDOF TRUSTEES
Auburn Enrolment Largest in History and Schools General Condition Is in
 Excellent Shape

Auburn, June S.-(Special.) )-Presldenl Thach's report submitted to the trustees here today in detail is as follows:
 President Thach's report in detail fol. lows:
 Auburn. Ala. June S, 1914. ITO the Board of Trustees, Alabama
 Polytechnic Institute.
 "Sirs: l have the honor to submit to the board of trustees of the Alabama Polytechnic institute the report of the work of the college for the year 1913- II. the twelfth year of my administra- ton as president of the institute.
 "The enrolment for the present year is S20, the largest in the history of the institution. and I am sure that the friends of the college are profoundly gratifed at this solid increase in at tendance This development in attend ance can be taken only as a token of the steady confidence on the part of the widespread patronage throughout the state and throughout the south in the worth of the educational and technical training as well as the moral influences afforded by this institution. This attend ance is drawn from every county, save two, in Alabama, 5 states of the union and five foreign countries. Tuition Is paid by all students not residents of Alabama.
 ''The extreme northern tier of Ala bama counties Is we'll represented as we'll as the extreme southern tier and all the counties intervening. The num- Der of students in the different depart ments follows:
 Engineering, 396; agriculture, 325; architecture, 3S; chemistry. 464: veteri nary medicine, 69; pharmacy, 69 Eng fish, SEQ; political economy, 110; history, 1894; French, 54; German, "A; mathe- Matics, 521, physics, 464.
 of ha nttD1 q fnI1 n the utmost capacity, both as to space and teaching force
 "The religious statistics for the pres ent year of the large denominations are as follows:
 "Methodists. 33S; Baptists, 197 Pres byterians. 112; Episcopals. so; Catholics, 25; Christian, 23 Jewish, 10.
 Out of the total enrolment there has been 16 young ladies in attendance, the requirement. for admission for young women being mature age and high scholastic standing.
 Work
 Tt affords me great pleasure to state with all accuracy that the spirit of work for the year 1913-14 has been the best, according to my observation, in the history of the Polytechnic institute. The department has been especially fine and Is worthy of strong commendation. Inere mas been less dissipation ana a greater prevalence of good order than in any year of my administration.
 "I note with especial pride that the student body voluntarily, through it's leaders and organized sections, elimi- hated almost entirely the practice of hazing. Realizing the grave objections to this practice, especially on the part of the general public and feeling that it was an injury to the institution, often through exaggerated reports the stu dents have well nigh eliminated this reprehensible practice
 -- T recommend that the board, of trus- tees take due notice of the influence of the present senior class in this par ticular
 Honor System
 Likewise to be especially mentioned Is the system in effect in examinations known as the honor system. Several years ago the faculty saw fit to CO., operate with the student body in re- gard to the conduct of examinations entrusting to the proper constituted student authorities the conduct of this important and delicate matter. Ex- perience has been in every way satis- factory, high standards having been up- held by the student committees and having been enforced regardless of persons, and it has been felt that a distinctly elevating influence has been Cultivated in the student body by this sponstaneous and voluntary enforce ment of their own laws and regula- tions. '4.+s
 Student HOnors
 Several marked hOnorS have been bestowed upon our students this year. Among these may be mentioned val uable postgraduate scholarship in ani- nal history in the University of Illi- nois, the principalships of several lead ing state high schools in Alabama cleo trica1 engineering scholarships with the Westinghouse company, Pittsburg, cleo trical engineering scholarships with the General Electric company Schenectady. The demand for our graduates $ teach CTS in the leading preparatory schools and high schools in the state of Geor- gia is remarkable, while an almost equally notable demand for them comes from Louisiana and Texas.
 In my last report l called attention to the widespread interest aroused throughout the schools of the entire country by the plans developed by Prof M. T. Fullan. whereby the apparatus for schools in the department of physics could be readily manufactured by the pupils of the schools themselves at d nominal cost, thereby greatly promot- Ing the practice of manual training and eHecting also great economy in the expenditure for physical apparatus now note new department of educa- tional work in which Professor Fullan mas achieved signal success. that is in the home manufacture of complete sets of apparatus for the equipment of