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the demands for young men properly equipped to fill positions in 

 sanitary or industrial biology." 



Dr. Reighard writes that "to a certain extent new fields are 

 opening up: (a) I have had two applications within a month 

 for men to fill positions in experimental research work, par- 

 ticularly breeding experiments, in agricultural colleges, under 

 the Adams act. (b) There is a slowly increasing demand for 

 men to undertake museum work. We have difficulty in keeping 

 good museum men here, (c) Some of the older educational 

 institutions are reorganizing their zoological departments and 

 expanding them, (d) The normal schools are seeking men 

 (and women) with the newer, ecological training, capable of 

 organizing work along 'nature study' lines. I have had a couple 

 of calls of this sort within a few months." 



According to Dr. Jennings, "Some new fields are opening for 

 zoological students. The various research institutions recently 

 established take a number. The Adams act recently enacted by 

 Congress promises to call a number into the service of state ex- 

 periment stations, and has begun to do so already. I should 

 judge that many more educational institutions require competent 

 men in this line, or a greater number of them, than was the case 

 a few years ago. On the whole, I should say that the prospects 

 are excellent in zoology at present, particularly for the investi- 

 gator." 



6. Is the demand for zoologists likely to continue as great as 

 at present^ 



There seems to be good reason to believe that the conditions 

 which have kept up the demand for the past decade will con- 

 tinue in the next. Even financial depression such as that of the 

 present time does not seem to diminish the number of students 

 in higher institutions of learning. The policy of the General 

 Education Board and of the Carnegie foundation will tend not 



