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MORRIS ABEL RAINES. Born 1894. Elementary and high school 

 education in the public schools of New York City. Entered Columbia Col- 

 lege in 1912. Received degree of Bachelor of Science "with high honors in 

 botany and zoology," 1915; degree of Master of Arts in 1917. Pulitzer 

 Scholar in Columbia University, 1912-1916. Research Assistant in Botany 

 in Columbia University, 1916-1917. Appointed Gottsberger Fellow in Col- 

 umbia University for 1917-1918, but resigned to enter National Service. 

 Flying Cadet, and later Lieutenant (airplane pilot, rated "Reserve Military 

 Aviator") in the United States Army Air Service, 1917-1918. Instructor 

 in Botany in Columbia University Summer Session, 1919. Gottsberger 

 Fellow in Columbia University, 1919-1920. Instructor in botany in West 

 Virginia University, 1920-1922. 



