GENERAL BIOLOGY. 



INTRODUCTION 



Laboratory and Apparatus 



IN order to get the best results in a laboratory course 

 there should be cordial cooperation between students and 

 instructors. The laboratory should be orderly and attractive, 

 and its schedule regarded with the same promptness and 

 fidelity as that of the classroom. Certain apparatus is 

 assigned to each student who must be responsible for it 

 during use. Notebooks, dissecting instruments, pencils, 

 and the laboratory manual, are to be furnished by each 

 student. Each is expected to do his work independently, 

 faithfully, and to have his own outfit which should be kept 

 in the best possible condition for effective use. 



Ample laboratory material is furnished for the work 

 required, but it should be used with reasonable economy. 

 This relates to reagents as well as specimens. Let there be 

 particular care in the handling of models or museum speci- 

 mens placed upon the demonstration table. These are not 

 to be removed from this table without express permission. 

 The same applies to demonstration materials and dissections. 



At the close of the laboratory period, which may be ex- 

 tended to students desirous of doing extra work, let the 

 tables be cleared up, the instruments, dissecting pans and 

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