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After it became evident that some teaching would be required of the 

 station entomologist, a sort of general course was outlined and a series 

 of talks prepared with the object in mind of giving the student some sort 

 of an idea concerning the nature of insects and their relation to man. 

 These talks were at first delivered at irregular intervals and readings 

 were suggested for filling in the gaps. From time to time other informa- 

 tion along entomological lines was sought for and attempts made to 

 supply the desiderata. In this manner several distinct courses have 

 been developed so that at the present time the student has an oppor- 

 tunity to select at least a dozen or more distinct lines of work in the 

 department. In the School of Agriculture the entomology offered at 

 present is simply in the form of a series of lectures of the nature already 

 mentioned, and no laboratory work aside from reading is asked of the 

 students. By far the larger number of our students are of this class. 

 It might be well to add parenthetically that even the domestic science 

 girls are obliged to listen to the haranguing of the entomologist hoping 

 that they will learn something about protecting the weary wayfarer 

 from the attacks of certain insect enemies of man and, incidentally, 

 also learn how to fight flies and brush lice off their house plants. It 

 is likewise expected that after having pursued this study they will adopt 

 the most approved methods of catching and killing fleas. 



The real entomological instruction, however, begins wdth a course on 

 general entomology in which the Class Insecta as a whole is reviewed. 

 In this course the professor attempts to outline his talks in such a man- 

 ner as to describe Arthropod structure, to give information concerning 

 the transformations, distribution and behavior of the various represe- 

 tatives of the Class Insecta, and to a limited extent of the more nearly 

 related forms; to describe the chief characteristics of the orders, sub- 

 orders and important families of insects, as well as to mention and 

 describe briefly the life-histories and habits of typical species. These 

 lectures are usually arranged so as to be accompanied bj' suitable 

 stereoptican views. In connection with the lectures all students who 

 register for this course are obliged to do certain laboratory work, two 

 hours in the laboratory being required for each lecture period. In the 

 laboratory the student is expected to make dissections of typical 

 representatives of the various insect orders and also to try to represent 

 the work being done by drawings. This course in general entomology 

 is planned to meet the demands of both the general and the special 

 student because, since certain of our courses in the College of Agricul- 

 ture require entomology later on, these general students must neces- 

 sarily take up different lines of entomological work the basis for which 

 is practically the same. Our special students, however, who intend to 

 make entomology their major subject while in college are handled quite 



