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PHILADELPHIA, Pa., JULY, 1908. 
We shall be glad to learn what the universities and colleges 
of the United States are doing in the way of teaching ento- 
mology, and if the information is sent to us tersely and briefly 
stated, we will publish it. We hold that the study of entomol- 
ogy is so important in many ways that its neglect by large in- 
stitutions of learning shows short-sightedness and benighted- 
ness. This is particularly true of medical colleges. 
We append a statement of the course given by the Graduate 
School of the University of Illinois under Prof. S. A. Forbes 
and Dr. J. W. Folsom. 
GENERAL En’romoLocy.—This course and Entomology form a year’s 
connected major work in entomology, covering substantially the whole 
field. The present course is devoted mainly to field entomology in the 
fall and later to the morphological and physiological aspects of the 
subject. Beginning with the collection and preservation of specimens 
and the making of field observations, it is continued by laboratory 
studies of typical insects, made with special reference to the recogni- 
tion of adaptive structures, and experimental work intended to deter- 
mine their exact utilities. 
GENERAL En’tomoLtocy.—To be taken either with or without the 
preceding course. The classification and determination of insects, the 
study of life histories in the insectary and by field observation, and 
the collection of information with respect to the cecological relations 
of insects, are the principal objects of this course. 
ApvANcED Entomoiocy.—Under this head students desiring ad-. 
vanced work in entomology, especially as a preparation for thesis 
work in this subject, will be individually provided. for on consultation 
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