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who have had the necessary basic training. Of course, all subjects 

 requiring extensive apparatus, complicated technique, great numbers 

 of highly specialized courses, or more than ten to fifteen hours per 

 week, are taboo here and belong to the real university. For such 

 work as we undertake, our equipment is unusually adequate, and will 

 lie so maintained. 



Some of the best students we have are earning their way through 

 college, wholly or in part, and are desperately crowded for time 

 throughout the semesters. For these and for others with a limited 

 number of extra hours, a great opportunity in the summer is a God- 

 send! The Marine Laboratory at Laguna Beach gives us exactly 

 the fullness of possibility in this direction that we formerly lacked. 

 The professorial staff gives unlimited time to this seaside enterprise 

 without tuition charges, even standing on the same basis as the stu- 

 dents in matters of running expenses, bearing their share of the 

 burdens of support as well as of work, and thus placing the oppor- 

 tunities within the reach of any who may desire them. This attitude 

 has established an "esprit du corps" that is remarkable in its sin- 

 cerity and intensity. When an educational enterprise is put on foot 

 and carried forward on the strength of free-will interest and desire 

 in a group of students, the success of its work will be assured. 



So we submit this report and the principles it involves to the 

 kindly criticism of the world of science and of education, above all 

 other things as a study in practical pedagogy and more natural 

 methods of instruction. 



C. F. BAKER. 



