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other lines of human activity. Both these kinds of effort pro- 

 gress side by side in the life of every individual and of every 

 institution; each day is partly devoted to actual accomplish- 

 ment and partly to preparing for future accomplishments, and 

 the two sorts of activity cannot be clearly separated. Espe- 

 cially is this true when it is appreciated that the accomplish- 

 ment of one worker becomes preparation for the future activi- 

 ties of others, as well as of the same worker. These two as- 

 pects of our work may nevertheless be considered separately. 



Educational and Preparatory. Considering the period 

 from October., 1909, to June, 1917, 38 persons, including the 

 two members of the staff of the department, have made use 

 of the laboratory of plant physiology. The periods of use 

 were : One year for 24 persons, two years for 7 persons, three 

 years for 5 persons, four years for 1 person, and eight years 

 for 1 person. Thus, the laboratory has furnished facilities 

 for mental development, roughly equivalent to those for 65 

 persons for a single year, or for an average of 8 persons per 

 year. Ten of the 65 academic years considered are those of 

 the professor (8) and instructor (2). 



Of the 38 individuals who have used the laboratory, four 

 have worked here after the attainment of the doctor's degree 

 elsewhere (two of these are on the staff), four have attained 

 the Ph.D. degree from this university, with Plant Physi- 

 ology as principal subject, and five others plan to come up 

 for the degree in June, 1917, with this as their principal sub- 

 ject. Plant Physiology has been selected as a subordinate 

 subject (in the requirement for the Ph. D. degree) by 15 per- 

 sons. 



Of the four persons who have received the doctor's degree 

 from this university, with their main work in this laboratory, 

 one is now employed in the U. S. Department of Agricul- 

 ture, two in state agricultural experiment stations, and one 

 is on the staff of the University of the Philippines. Thus, 

 three of these have entered applied research and one is de- 

 voting a portion of his time to teaching. 



