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had been ready to consider sueli oppor- 

 tunities. We have not been able to fur- 

 nish enough teachers to supply the col- 

 lege demand, nor enough collectors and 

 workers for museum and government posi- 

 tions. The expansion in connection with 

 college teaching, the demand for more men 

 in old institutions and for new men in 

 those recently founded has exceeded the 

 supply. ' ' 



Dr. Reighard writes that in his depart- 

 ment "the number of applications for 

 candidates to fill positions in biology and 

 zoology has for some years fallen far short 

 of the supply. I have had about ten ap- 

 plications for the present year and have 

 been able to fill none of them with men 

 directly from my laboratory. Two were, 

 however, filled with men who have recently 

 been here. These were applications for 

 men and for positions above secondary- 

 school grade." 



4. Has the number of men entering 

 zoology as a profession increased or de- 

 creased? 



' ' There certainly has been no increase in 

 proportion to demand, ' ' says Dr. Jennings. 

 Dr. Eeighard, however, writes that "the 

 number of students in advanced classes 

 with the definite purpose of preparing to 

 teach in institutions above secondary-school 

 rank, is less." 



5. Are any new fields opening up for 

 zoological students? 



According to Dr. Sedgwick "The de- 

 mand for men in physiology and sanitary 

 biology is particularly brisk, especially in 

 the latter subject. For several years it 

 has been impossible to meet the demands 

 for young men properly equipped to fill 

 positions in sanitary or industrial biol- 

 ogy." 



Dr. Reighard writes that "to a certain 

 extent new fields are opening up : (a) I 

 have had two applications within a month 

 for men to fill positions in experimental 



research work particularly breedir ; ex- 

 periments, in agricultural colleges under 

 the Adams act. (6) There is a f^owly in- 

 creasing demand for men to undertake 

 museum work. We have difficulty in keep- 

 ing good museum men here, (c) Some of 

 the older educational institutions are re- 

 organizing their zoological departments 

 and expanding them, (d) The normal 

 schools are seeking men (and women) with 

 the newer, ecological training, capable of 

 organizing work along 'natural study' 

 lines. I have had a couple of calls of this 

 sort within a few months." 



According to Dr. Jennings, "Some new 

 fields are opening for zoological students. 

 The various research institutions recently 

 established take a number. The Adams 

 act recently enacted by Congress promises 

 to call a number into the service of state 

 experiment stations, and has begun to do 

 so already. I should judge that many 

 more educational institutions require com- 

 petent men in this line, or a greater number 

 of them, than was the case a few years 

 ago. On the whole, I should say that the 

 prospects are excellent in zoology at 

 present, particularly for the investigator." 



6. Is the demand for zoologists likely to 

 continue as great as at present? 



There seems to be good reason to believe 

 that the conditions which have kept up the 

 demand for the past decade will continue 

 in the next. Even financial depression 

 such as that of the present time does not 

 seem to diminish the number of students 

 in higher institutions of learning nor the 

 demand for additional instructors. The 

 policy of the General Education Board 

 and of the Carnegie Foundation will tend 

 not only to open up new positions for 

 younger men, but also to make college and 

 university positions more attractive. 



From such considerations, we need not 

 hestitate to encourage the exceptional man 

 whose tastes lead him in that direction to 



