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connectiou with this study I gave three hours daily to laboratory practice. 

 Each two students dissected a cat. Each portion was compared by the 

 student to the models of the same part in the manikin. Comparison was also 

 made with similar parts in other animals, which were either dissected at the 

 time or procured in the museum. Many of the students dissected other 

 animals, and worked at other than required times. In several cases the 

 students , worked up some animal or organ carefully, and gave the results of 

 their investigations to the Natural History Society. 



The summer term was spent with the same class, entomology being the 

 study pursued. Besides the daily lecture, one hour was given to laboratory 

 practice each day. All the students made fine collections of insects, which 

 in several cases were shown at the county fairs, and, in more than one case, 

 donated either to a farmers' club or grange. Each student reared insects 

 right in his own room, in breeding cases, so as to 'be the better able to observe 

 and study their habits. During this course, instruction was given in the 

 apiary. All the students went through all the manipulations necessary in 

 practical bee-keeping. 



In the spring term I spend four hours daily with the students : One in lec- 

 ture and three in laboratory work; and in the summer term one hour in 

 lecturing, and from one to two in the laboratory and at the apiary. 



SUGGESTIONS. 



As we now have our course so arranged that the study of microscopy and 

 free hand drawing precede the studies taught by me, the students are able 

 to do much better work. It only remains to give to zoology and geology each 

 a full term, when the course in my department will be quite satisfactory. 

 The students are unanimous in the desire for this last change, and with the 

 present arrangement for making the studies of the senior year elective, there 

 seems no obstacle in the way of a full term in zoology, and only lack of 

 teaching force to prevent the same in geology. 



COLLEGE WORK ASIDE FROM INSTRUCTION. 



During the year I have given one general lecture before the students; sub- 

 ject: The Ear. I also, by special request, lectured before the students upon 

 physiological laws and preservation of the health. 



I have arranged and hung up in my class room about thirty additional 

 cases of insects. The museum affords opportunity for infinite work, and 

 takes the little spare time which I snatch from my other duties. The past 

 season we have added many new specimens, the most interesting of which are 

 a selection of Ward's casts. 



The apiary also takes much of my time and energy. Frequently the stu- 

 dent in charge is called away, perhaps right in the very busiest season, when 

 all the labor devolves upon me. This is frequently very severe and arduous. 

 I have conducted the Bible lesson in the Sabbath-school on several occasions. 



EXPERIMENTS. 



During the present season I have, in connection with my students, tried a 

 large number of experiments in reference to the value of different insecticides. 

 I have taken special pains to test kerosene oil, pyrethum, and the arsenites. 

 The results of these experiments will be given in my lectures in the forthcom- 

 ing farmers' institutes and will therefore appear later in the reports of the 



