APPENDIX I 



NOTE. This outline is reprinted, with some changes suggested by patting it 

 in practice, and ivith the addition of Exercise XX., from an " Outline of 

 Requirements in Zoology intended for use in preparing students for the 

 Lawrence Scientific School," Harvard University, published in 1898 by the 

 University. The outline was the product of the Zoological Department 

 of the University, iv ax planned in detail by one of the 2) resent writers, and 

 is republished by permission of the University. The outline agrees also 

 with the requirements for admission in Zoology to the University of Chi- 

 cago, and ivith the recommendations of the" sub-committee of ten on 

 Zoology appointed by the National Educational Association. Its general 

 plan has been followed in various schools over the country. The favor- 

 able reception of the outline justifies its reproduction here. 



OUTLINE OF LABORATORY WORK IN ZOOLOGY 



INTRODUCTION 1 



Time. This outline of work in Zoology is designed for use in 

 schools that can give to the subject five periods per week for half 

 a year, including time spent in laboratory work, written exercises, 

 and oral instruction by the teacher. It is likewise available for 

 schools that follow the recommendation of the Committee of Ten 

 of the National Educational Association and give to the subject 

 three periods per week throughout the year. 



Amount of ivork. The outline includes much more work than 

 any school ought to attempt in the time indicated above. It is 

 believed that if about ten of the twenty-one exercises are thoroughly 

 done, the time will be well filled. The number of exercises is made 

 large to admit of a selection to suit the diverse conditions of schools. 

 Thus, those schools which are not equipped with compound micro- 



1 Certain verbal changes have been made in reprinting the Introduction, a 

 few sentences ha\ v e been omitted, and there are certain additions, which are 

 enclosed in brackets. 



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