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3- Docs the number of desirable positions equal the number of 

 candidates? 



Dean Ward writes that "there have been more desirable po- 

 sitions in zoology which have come to my attention in the last 

 five years than 1 could have filled times over if every one of my 

 advanced students had been ready to consider such opportunities. 

 We have not been able to furnish enough teachers to supply 

 the college demand, nor enough collectors and workers for mu- 

 seum and government positions. The expansion in connection 

 with college teaching, the demand for more men in old institu- 

 tions and for new men in those recently founded has exceeded 

 the supply." 



Dr. Reighard writes that in his department "the number of 

 applications for candidates to fill positions in biology and zo- 

 ology has for some years fallen far short of the supply. I have 

 had about ten applications for the present year and have been 

 able to fill none of them with men directly from my laboratory. 

 Two were, however, filled with men who have recently been 

 here. These were applications for men and for positions above 

 secondary-school grade." 



4. Has the number of men entering zoology as a profession 

 increased or decreased? 



"There certainly has been no increase in proportion to de- 

 mand," says Dr. Jennings. Dr. Reighard, however, writes that 

 "the number of students in advanced classes with the definite pur- 

 pose of preparing to teach in institutions above secondary-school 

 rank, is less.' 



5. Are any nezu fields opening up for zoological students? 

 According to Dr. Sedgwick "The demand for men in physi- 



ololgy and sanitary biology is particularly brisk, especially in the 

 latter subject. For several years it has been impossible to meet 



