ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 



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PHILADELPHIA, PA., JULY, 1908. 



We shall be glad to learn what the universities and colleges 

 of the United States are doing in the way of teaching ento- 

 mology, and if the information is sent to us tersely and briefly 

 stated, we will publish it. We hold that the study of entomol- 

 ogy is so important in many ways that its neglect by large in- 

 stitutions of learning shows short-sightedness and benighted- 

 ness. This is particularly true of medical colleges. 



We append a statement of the course given by the Graduate 

 School of the University of Illinois under Prof. S. A. Forbes 

 and Dr. J. W. Folsom. 



GENERAL ENTOMOLOGY. This course and Entomology form a year's 

 connected major work in entomology, covering substantially the whole 

 field. The present course is devoted mainly to field entomology in the 

 fall and later to the morphological and physiological aspects of the 

 subject. Beginning with the collection and preservation of specimens 

 and the making of field observations, it is continued by laboratory 

 studies of typical insects, made with special reference to the recogni- 

 tion of adaptive structures, and experimental work intended to deter- 

 mine their exact utilities. 



GENERAL ENTOMOLOGY. To be taken either with or without the 

 preceding course. The classification and determination of insects, the 

 study of life histories in the insectary and by field observation, and 

 the collection of information with respect to the cecological relations 

 of insects, are the principal objects of this course. 



ADVANCED ENTOMOLOGY. Under this head students desiring ad- 

 vanced work in entomology, especially as a preparation for thesis 

 work in this subject, will be individually provided for on consultation 



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