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part in a student's work, and it is here, I think, that graduate 

 work in any university finds its greatest asset. I well remember 

 an eminent Professor of Anatomy telling me of the great stimulus 

 it was to him to come into contact with the keen, ambitious 

 student, and to watch the development of the man in his work. 

 The same told me of a conference w4th a student regarding 

 selection of a problem for the Doctor's Dissertation. The 

 student, young and inexperienced, had decided on a certain 

 problem which he considered would meet his requirements, but 

 on coming to discuss it with his teacher, the student was amazed 

 to find his problem dismembered and reduced to a fraction of its 

 original size. Here the timely advice and direction of the 

 teacher saved the student nnich disappointment, which would 

 inevitably have followed his working on too great a task. 



Students at American universities have a great many oppor- 

 tunities on the outside for gaining information. Numerous 

 scientific societies and clubs give them scope for exchange of 

 ideas. Thus at the five schools mentioned in the first group, 

 as well as in many of the others, there are respectively a Bio- 

 logical Club and Natural History Society, w^hich encourage 

 students to present papers, besides being instrumental in bringing 

 famous sijeakers, lecturers and experts to deliver addresses. 

 The Society uf Sigma XI, to which one is elected on the basis of 

 ability to undertake original scientific investigation, holds out 

 on honour which the student regards with much envy. 



I have dwelt mainly on the five universities of the first 

 group with regard solely to their entomology. The schools of the 

 second group do prepare students most thoroughly in entomo- 

 logical work, but they have not yet given the especial attention 

 to it that the members of the first group have. A great many 

 students will graduate from these colleges and repair to the 

 schools of the first group for their advanced studies. Of the 

 third grou]3 I shall not say much beyond that it includes those 

 schools and colleges where entomology is taught in the general 

 curriculum in the Agricultural College or the College of Arts 

 and Science. Students at colleges in both this and second group 

 do specialize, but as a general rule they are isolated examnles. 

 and i>raceecl ultimately to the larger universities for their final 

 training. 



In conclusion, I would say that the advantages and benefits 

 to be derived by the student of entomology in the American 

 universities are boundless. There is opportunity everywhere, 

 and the student can well spend the time to the greatest advan- 

 -tage. 



(Read, July 6, 1917.) ' 



