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Purposes of tKe Station. 



To serve as a field for research work in Botany, Zoology and 

 Geology. To offer research work to candidates for a degree, such work 

 being accepted by the University of Montana. To furnish a general 

 course to college students, or to those preparing to teach. To make a 

 place for high school students, where they may be permitted to work 

 under the most favorable opportunities. To afford opportunity to teachers 

 to collect material for class use and for their own laboratories. To 

 provide lectures, field excursions, and laboratory exercises so as to 

 give the best insight into the proper method of nature study. To see 

 some of the grandest scenery in the world, and to receive the inspiration 

 felt by those who see grand panoramas. To offer a place where healthful 

 recreation may be had, free from care, under inspiring conditions, 

 accompanied with an environment stimulating observation and investi- 

 gation. To offer a place where kindred spirits in the state may meet and 

 exchange ideas and by this friendly meeting receive added stimulus and 

 enthusiasm for work. 



COURSES OF STUDY. 



The following scheme will give those who wish to attend an idea 

 of the kind and character of the work that may be done. 



Zoology: — 



(a) General Zoology, principally field work, instructions in modes 

 of study and observation, illustrating the influence of environment. An 

 observational study, full of suggestion, very helpful to those who have 

 had no such opportunity for study. Material will be collected and 

 worked up in the laboratory. 



(b) Field and laboratory course in Entomology. Instruction in col- 

 lecting, preserving and labelling insects. Dissection and study of type 

 specimens. A study of injurious insects. 



(c) Ichthyology. Special course devoted particularly to the lake. 

 and river fishes and their food supply. The course will include plankton 

 study. 



(d) Ornithology. A study of birds, with methods of collecting, 

 making and preserving skins; habits and lives of birds of the rich avian 

 region adjacent. 



Botany: — 



(a) Laboratory and Field Course. Study of type forms of Algae, 

 Fungi, Lichens, Bryophytes, Pteridophytes, and Spermatophytes. Especial 

 attention will be given to the Conifers of the vicinity. There will also 

 be collecting trips in the field, where the various type forms may be 

 found. In the laboratory, attention will be given to the classification of 

 the more common species, to ihe study of Plant Morphology, to the 

 methods of preparation of Herbarium specimens, and to the methods 

 of preservation in liquid for immediate or permanent use. 



(b) Ecology. A general course including local ecological problems, 

 and local plant geography. This region offers quite a diversity in plant 

 societies. 



Photography: — 



The region offers rare opportunities for this branch of study. The 

 work will include a study of lenses, plates and developers. The use 



