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sonality; they can do a great deal to educate, but the pecuUarities 

 of the individual cannot be changed. We must fit our problems to 

 our men as well as fit the men to the various problems. We may 

 have with us men who can do certain things and do them well and it is 

 often better to set them doing those things which they can do well 

 leather than to put them to doing things they cannot do so well. We 

 must consider both the workers and the work to be done. The prob- 

 lem of adaptation is a double one. 



Mr. S. J. Hunter: The President in his address has touched upon 

 some fundamental points in education, a number of which are receiving 

 serious consideration from other scientific bodies interested in educa- 

 tion. 



One is whether it is advisable to encourage research work among 

 undergraduate students. In this, I beheve the concensus of opinion 

 agrees with the President, that saner and more lasting results will come 

 through research workers who have had a broad and fundamental 

 training before entering the field of research. 



Another point which the President dwelt upon, worthy of interest, 

 is that in the teaching of entomology there should be a place for 

 biography,^ — a study of men noted for the results of their research 

 along biological lines. Their early training, their methods of study 

 and style of presentation can not fail to give an incentive to promising 

 workers. 



A third point — that in the education of an entomologist, we should 

 place little weight on the making of a living. A student's first con- 

 sideration should be the quality of his fitness. Professor Webster, 

 who has preceded me in the discussion of the President's address, has 

 referred to the matter of Civil Service examinations. In this con- 

 nection, the greatest difficulty we have found is in keeping men from 

 taking these examinations before they were, in our opinion, ready to 

 take up the work which the passage of such examinations assumes that 

 they are ready to do. 



Mr. W. a. Riley: I was in a committee meeting and so I did not 

 hear the full address yesterday, but I think I know the viewpoint 

 presented. 



I have been especially interested in Professor Webster's remarks 

 because it seems to me that they are comparable to those which are 

 constantly being presented in the teaching work. From the teacher's 

 viewpoint, you hear the complaint about the type of students, the 

 type of preparation for college work. The question as to whether a 

 student should be encouraged in doing this work or that, cannot be 

 considered wholly on its merits, for as teachers we must take the 

 material that comes to us. There is no arbitrary test in the general 



