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METHODS OF INSTRUCTION. 



The work wilj consist very largely of field collecting and observation, 

 study of relation to environment, supplemented by laboratory dissections and 

 microscopic examination. The general courses will enable teachers to 

 familiarize themselves with methods of field work, and the manipulation of 

 laboratory material. 



The expeditions are primarily to give opportunity for the .study of animals 

 and plants in their natural environment. By this means more lasting interest 

 is aroused, .and more accurate information is obtained. 



LECTURES. 



Occasional lectures of a general nature are given by the Station staff. 

 To these the public is invited. Some of these have been printed by the Uni- 

 versity as a bulletin. Many of them are illustrated with stereopticon. 



Fig. 126. Resting in the woods, on the way up the mountain, 

 luxuriance of the forest. 



Note the 



EXCURSIONS. 



Collecting excursions to more remote places are taken weekly. During 

 past years excursions have been taken to Swan Lake, eight miles distant and 

 twelve miles long; camp was made at the upper end; to Rost Lake, in the 

 forest at the base of the Swan range; to the summit of MacDougal Peak, 

 over an Indian trail, to altitude 7700 feet, in the realm of perernial snow; to 

 various portions of Flathead Lake. After the Station work is over a pack 

 horse trip into the deep mountains has been annually undertaken, a small 

 party of a half dozen or so making a collecting and exploring ^rip. 



These trips will be under the personal supervision of the Director of the 

 Station. Those taking the trips must bear a proportionate share of the 

 expense necessary. Such trips will prove of great value and interest biol "g- 



