students in Ornithology must supply their own guns. Necessary 

 ammunition will be supplied. Students in Photography will furnish 

 their own cameras and plates. The necessary chemicals for develop- 

 ment will be supplied. Students who live in tents will supply their 

 own tents and bedding. 



COURSE OP STUDY. 

 Zoology; 



(a) Laboratory and field work, including dissection or microscopic 

 study of type forms, with field work and instruction in collecting and 

 preserving for laboratory use and permanent collections. Prof. Blrod. 



(b) Field and laboratory course in entomology. Instruction in 

 collecting, preserving and labelling insects. Dissection and study of 

 type specimens. Prof. Elrod. 



(c) A course in plankton methods. Collecting of microscopic or- 

 ganism, determination of quantity, examination of material. Prin. 

 Ricker. 



(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. Prin. Silloway. 



Botany: 



(a) Laboratory and field course; study of type forms. The course 

 will consist of collecting trips in the field where common species of the 

 different orders are found, classification of the more common species, 

 study of structure, with methods of preservation, both dry and in liquid, 

 for immediate and permanent use. Prin. Silloway. 



(b) Forest Ecology: This course will consider the problems con- 

 nected with forest botany. The work will be mainly in the field. Lim- 

 ited a-reas will be examined carefully to find out, if possible, the order 

 of succession of different forests and to determine the relations of other 

 plant societies to forest societies. More hasty surveys of larger areas 

 will be made to verify and, if need be, to change the conclusions. 



The following lectures, and possibly others, will be given in connection 

 with the field work. 



Factors controlling distribution of plants. 



The tension zone between the prairie and the forests. 



The genetic relations of plant societies in an alpine region: Mr. 

 Whitford. 



(c) Laboratory course, work to be arranged. 



Photography: 



No regular course will be given in this subject, but every aid which 

 the station can give will be given those who wish to become proficient 

 in this art. Students in photography must supply their own plates or 

 films and paper. There is a dark room at the laboratory and the scen- 

 ery in the vicinity gives ample scope for a series of negatives either in 

 landscape or of scientific subjects. 



Sat u re Study: 



For those who may desire it a course of study and practical work 

 will be outlined which will afford both a fund of information on which 

 to draw during school work and at the same time secure a collection of 

 material to be used in illustration. The scope of the work will include 

 zoology, botany, geology, and physiography of the region. Prin. Ricker 

 will direct the work. 



METHODS OF INSTRUCTION. 



The work will consist very largely of field collecting and observa- 

 tion, study of relation to environment supplemented by laboratory dis- 

 sections and microscopic examination. The general courses will enable 

 teachers to familiarize themselves with methods of field work, and give 

 a store of information from which to draw in nature study subjects. 

 The general courses also give opportunity to students and others to 

 pursue lines of study with better facilities for out door work, with fresh 

 material, than is generally to be had in regular university work. For 

 this work students may receive credit on regular university and prepar- 

 atory courses which are an equivalent. 



Five days in the week will be devoted to laboratory and field work. 

 The sixth will be given up to excursions. i^'or the past three years 

 it has been the custom at the Station to have campfire discussions. 

 These have proven helpful and valuable, and will be continued. 



