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REPORT ‘OF LH RESIDENT INVESTIGATOR 
(FERNS) FOR 1936 
Dr. C. Stuart Gacer, DrreEcror. 
Sir: I submit herewith my report for the year ending December 
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SCHOOL SERVICE 
As chairman of the Program Committee of the N. Y. Associa- 
tion of Biology Teachers, the 1936-1937 program of speakers was 
worked out with the president of the Association, Dr. Elsie M. 
Kupfer, of Wadleigh High School. The following list of speak- 
ers was secured: Dr. Calvin Bridges, California Institute of 
Technology; Prof. E. W. Sinnott, Barnard College, Columbia 
University; Dr. B. O. Dodge, N. Y. Botanical Garden; Dr. Oscar 
Riddle, Carnegie Institution, Cold Spring Harbor; Mr. Frederick 
Osborn, New York City. 
As chairman of the Nominating Committee of the same Associa- 
tion, I prepared the 1936 slate of candidates, with Dr. Kupfer as 
the new president. 
As College Representative for Biology, of the Science Council 
of the N. Y. City High School Department, I have served as 
chairman of a Committee on Science Bibliography. The Com- 
mittee was appointed for the purpose of keeping high school science 
teachers in touch with significant literature, and to stimulate the 
interest of teachers to keep abreast of developments in their 
respective fields. 
EpirortaL Work 
Another volume, the 26th, of the American Fern Journal has 
been completed and issued, and paid for. A few years ago the 
Tern Society was unfortunate in its treasurer, but with Dr. Sven- 
son, of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, now serving, all accounts 
have been paid and a large indebtedness has been cleared up com- 
pletely during 1936. The Journal and the American Fern Society 
are greatly indebted to Dr. Svenson and to the Brooklyn Botanic 
Garden for the facilities afforded; for taking care of the Fern So- 
ciety Library, and for storage and custodial care of the extensive 
back files of the journal. Miss Hester M. Rusk, also of the Brook- 
