SPRING NUMBER 55 
but it will be only for a constructive purpose and the criticism 
is justified by the fact, which is deplorable but nevertheless true, 
that entomological teaching at the University of Florida has 
been conspicuous more by reason of its absence than by its exist- 
ence. By entomological training I do not mean hitting a few 
high places alone with bare essentials and leaving out the funda- 
mentals necessary thereto. 
In comparison with modern standards the University of Flor- 
ida has, at this time, only an elementary course in Entomology 
for the students who attend the Agricultural College. It is not 
now for us to consider the reasons for this condition. Suffice it 
to say that the greatest cause has been the lack of funds, which 
is a common trouble and one for which those in charge of the 
University cannot be held responsible. Rather it is for us to 
consider what should be done in the matter of encouraging any 
plans which might be devised for the extension of the teaching 
of entomology in the institution. 
Again it will be well to point out that Entomology holds a 
major position in the zoological and scientific world and that the 
close affiliation or relationship which this great branch of 
science holds to the whole field of agriculture and horticulture 
is of the greatest importance. 
Pray tell me, of what value is it to the farmer to know how 
to build up his soil or how to grow large crops, if he does not 
know how to guard these crops or how to identify and deal with 
the insect in question? If this is of importance to the farmer 
himself, how much more so must it be to the man from whom 
the farmer seeks advice, namely, the County Agent? Certainly 
this adviser should possess something more than a mere super- 
ficial acquaintance with insects. To be really successful he must 
be ‘put through the mill’? and made to know insects in a very 
intimate way. 
Where is the County Agent to obtain this knowledge? No- 
where but in an Agricultural College where he can have the best 
of instruction, adequate laboratory equipment and good natural 
surroundings for extensive field work and experiments. 
The necessity for a thorough working knowledge of Ento- 
mology is by no means restricted to the two above mentioned 
groups, i. e. the farmer and his local adviser. There are many 
fields of opportunity open to graduates in Entomology. Varied 
investigational and teaching problems seek men and few there 
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