82 SiouiV City Academy of Science and Letters. 



There is another means of bringing the survey near 

 to the people. The publication should be of such a 

 character as to be of real worth to the schools of the 

 state. The educational side of the survey's work may 

 not be considered of the most importance, but it cer- 

 tainly should be of great value. In attempting to carry 

 out the above ideas as to what a state survey should do, 

 it will be the intention in this state to make the survey's 

 work and publication both educational and utilitarian. 

 We shall aim to bring the survey as closely as possible to 

 the schools of the state. We are certain that both 

 teachers and pupils will be interested in seeing a large 

 and valuable collection of the type Fauna and Flora of 

 the state put into a museum, where the animals are all 

 properly mounted, labeled and described, and the plants, 

 including wild-flowers and grasses, are put into a sys- 

 tematic collection, properly classified and named. Such 

 a collection of wild animals and native plants would be 

 of exceptional value to others besides those directly con- 

 nected with the schools. 



As this line of work is for the good of all it will 

 more nearly reach the end for which we strive if the 

 survey can have the hearty co-operation of all who may 

 be interested in such a collection. 



Some of the latest field work of the survey, upon 

 which no reports have been published, include the follow- 

 ing: 



1. The General Geology, Fauna and Flora of the 

 Rosebud area. 



2. The study of the Native Grasses of the Plains 

 west of the Missouri Eiver. 



3. The General Geology along with the Fauna and 

 Flora of the Missouri River —work not yet completed. 



It is the aim of the Survey that all field work, what- 

 ever the time or place, will always be of such character 

 that it may be properly correlated. A unity of purpose 

 must run through all field observations. 



