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He will have a knowledge of the uross anatomy of the principal organs 

 of at least a type mollusk, crustacean, insect, lish, reptile, bird and mam- 

 mal. He will be able to reason from structure to function and to under- 

 stand at least the principles of adaptation and correlation. He will have 

 gained a certain power of comparison and the power of grasping the lead- 

 ing distinctions between the principal groups of animals. He will be able 

 to go into the field, observe, record and collect the animals of any group in 

 which he may be especially interested. He will be able to take a manual 

 and find for himself, the name and systematic position of any animal which 

 he will be likely to meet in his after life. 



Morphology, physiology and systematic zoology are then, in my opin- 

 ion, the three divisions of zoology Avhich should be particularly dwelt 

 upon in high sihool work; while embryology, advanced histology and mi- 

 croscopic technitiue should be relegated to the higher institutions of 

 learning. 



The " all around biologist " at the head of the work in the high school, 

 constitutes, then, the "proper conditions" to which I referred at the be- 

 ginning of this^ paper. Where such conditions exist the biological survey 

 of the f^tate can reasonably expect much aid. There, collections of the 

 local fauna and flora have been made, and can be studied by the special- 

 ists on the survey who are interested in them. 



There, observers, former pupils or present advanced pupils, can be 

 found, who, when fully informed of the objects of the survey, will be both 

 willing and able to observe, collect and record for the survey. Due credit 

 should be given in all publications of the survey to the high school and to 

 such individual collections. As a further reward, after the work is prac- 

 tically finished, typical collections of duplicate mollusks, insects, fishes, 

 etc., from different parts of the state could be presented to those high 

 schools which have aided materially in the survey. Moreover, copies of 

 all publications of the survey could be furnished them to be added to their 

 reference library. In this way the future biological work of the high 

 school would be more easy and more valuable, and thus both school and 

 survey would derive a mutual benefit from the work in hand. 



