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Journal of Applied Microscopy. 



Fig. 8. 



Side view of talile at University 

 of Montana. 



the student is engaged in work in general biology, in zoology, in botany, in 

 microscopy, in bateriology, or kindred work. Moreover, until the student be- 

 comes sufficiently proficient to launch 



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out into work that is more or less 

 investigative, biological w o r k , to 

 produce the best results, is carried 

 on after some definite plan, in some 

 logical order, and with a definite out- 

 line for an entire class to follow. This 

 may be in the form of mimeographed 

 notes or by following the plan laid 

 down in some laboratory guide, and 

 in either case the passing of books, 

 material, or specimens should be a 

 very small task. 

 In following any systematic plan in any line of biological work there is need 

 of material, which should be at the disposal and control of the student in the 

 same manner and in as liberal quantity as in chemistry. There will be necessity 

 for glassware of various kinds, including slips and covers, for nippers, scalpels, 

 scissors, and probes, for reagent bottles, drawing and note paper, pencils, pens, 

 and ink. with occasionally large bottles for storage, possibly tripods, alcohol 

 lamps, or bunsen burners, and a microscope and its accessories. While no one 

 line of work may require all of the articles mentioned, there is no line of work 

 that will not require many of them. If they are not supplied to students the 

 students must supply them themselves. To hand them out from day to day is 

 unnecessary work, and requires almost the same amount of material as when the 

 supply is given at the beginning, and charged to the account of the student. 



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Fig. 8. /'. End, and sectional view of table at University of Montana. 



For this material the student should have room in abundance. It is not 

 good policy to store large and small pieces of glassware together. It is not 

 good policy to keep drawings and notes with glassware and possibly reagents. 

 Obviously, the microscope, a necessity for every student in most biological work, 

 cannot be kept with either of these articles mentioned. Each student should be 

 supplied with at least two spaces for material, and for most lines three spaces 



