Summer School at Laguna Beach 



The summer school at Laguna Beach during the past season was 

 in many respects the most valuable of the past five or six years. 

 There were more students, more teachers and fully as many visitors. 

 The harvest of specimens was very satisfactory. Many creatures 

 not before gathered here were brought from the near-by waters. 

 Amphioxus was obtained here for the first time, as well as many 

 other interesting and valuable specimens. 



Several new courses were offered. A course in Ecology was 

 given by Professor Bean. In this the local distribution of animals 

 was especially studied. A similar course is to be offered this sum- 

 mer to those who have had some zoology. It is belie\e(.l that this 

 work will bring greater and greater advantages to us here as we 

 come to know the local conditions better. In the nature of the 

 material this will always be to a large extent a field study. 



The course in birds given by Professor Nininger was interesting 

 and valuable. A number of new records for this region were 

 obtained during the summer. 



