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erintendent of the gipsy moth service of the state of ]\Iass- 

 achusetts ; ^Ir. C. P. Loimsbury, the entomologist of South 

 Africa; ^Ir. H. A. Ballou, the entomologist of the British 

 \\'est Indies; ISlr. R. I. Smith, entomologist of the state of 

 North Carolina; Mr. R. A. Cooley, the entomologist of the 

 state of Montana ; Mr. H. C. Gowdey. the entomologist of the 

 African colony of Uganda. 



These lists mean an excellent preparation. They mean that 

 the Fernalds have studied the market for the brains of their 

 students, and that they have turned out men fitted in every 

 respect for their pursuit. I have always felt confidence in 

 men coming from this laboratory-, and that the work done by 

 this department has been recognized in the erection of this 

 building is a source of gratification to every one connected 

 in any way with the men here or with the men who have gone 

 out from here. 



But after all this is only one of the evidences of the spread 

 of education in this direction. Out in California four years 

 ago the university at Berkeley erected a building exclusively 

 for the department of entomology. I visited it only a month 

 ago, and found Professor \\'oodworth surrounded by his corps 

 of assistants, with the class rooms full of eager students and 

 a general air of bustling energy^ and interest in the work. At 

 Cornell, where Professor Comstock began, as I have shown, 

 thirty-seven years ago in a small room with no assistants and 

 no equipment, there is now a large department occupying 

 spacious quarters in the new agricultural building erected by 

 the state, with extensive libraries and large collections and 

 a corps of six professors, including Professor Comstock him- 

 self. Although the department is still that of entomolog}- 

 and invertebrate zoology, the entomolog}' is by far the most 

 important, and every one of the six professors is teaching en- 

 tomology. There are also six assistants, of whom four are 

 in biolog}', one in insect morpholog}* and one in general ento- 

 molog}-. The present year there is an enrollment of 565 in 

 the various courses. This includes a registration of 375 in 

 general biology and 190 in purely entomological courses. 



