Journal of Applied Microscopy. 471 



Journal of during the summer scientists have 



been carrying on investigations at vari- 

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The opening this year of several new biological laboratories for investigators 

 shows an increased interest in research. The teacher of science must face 

 the double problem of teaching his subject, and of finding new facts related to 

 it. While desiring to find the best method of presenting the subject to students, 

 he must consider the danger of neglecting the pursuit of new truths. Among 

 many of our colleges even, there is a feeling that the professor ought to limit his 

 work to the teaching of classes, and if he attempts anything further than this 

 that he is perhaps defrauding the institution of a portion of his time. 



If scientists in past times had been satisfied with presenting their subject in 

 a forcible and attractive manner, scholars might still be using the Doctrine of 

 the Spirits, with its theor>' of brain fluid circulating through tubular nerves and 

 their continuous end-loops, to explain the phenomena of irritability, along with 

 many other false principles. An occasional investigator may be able to devote 

 himself to research, but the weight of responsibilit}^ for progress falls upon the 

 teachers. The best of our universities recognize the importance of both phases 

 of work and allow time for it, but more attention should be paid to it by all 

 institutions of learning. In their application to medicine and other professions, 

 the Roentgen rays have been of the greatest value, but they were discovered 

 and their use made possible by purely experimental work. The discovery of 

 bacteria revolutionized the science of medicine and surgery, was the starting 

 point for new industries, and gave us a better understanding of the organic world. 

 There is a vital relation between investigation and teaching that makes it of the 

 highest importance for the scientist to do his share in both fields. 



