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F. D. Couden, C. E. Hood, F. A. Johnston, 

 S. S. Grossman, C. W. Hooker and A. I. 

 Bourne; while among the others who have 

 achieved prominence are Dr. E. P. Felt, 

 state entomologist of New York ; Mr. A. H. 

 Kirkland, the former superintendent of the 

 gipsy moth service of the state of Massa- 

 chusetts; Mr. C. P. Lounsbury, the ento- 

 mologist of South Africa; Mr. H. A. Bal- 

 lon, the entomologist of the British West 

 Indies ; Mr. 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 prepara- 

 tion. 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 pur- 

 suit. 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 con- 

 nected 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 evi- 

 dences 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 Woodworth sur- 

 rounded 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 libra- 

 ries and large collections and a corps of six 



professors, including Professor Comstock 

 himself. Although the department is stiU 

 that of entomology and invertebrate zool- 

 ogy, the entomology is by far the most 

 important, and every one of the six pro- 

 fessors is teaching entomology. There are 

 also six assistants, of whom four are in 

 biology, one in insect morphology and one 

 in general entomology. 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. 



In Illinois Professor Forbes has a build- 

 ing devoted entirely to entomology. It is 

 not a very large building, but it is suffi- 

 ciently commodious and the same interest 

 in the work is shown. In strictly ento- 

 mological courses this year there are 85 

 students, of whom 13 are graduate students- 

 working in advanced courses. The in- 

 structors are — one professor, one assistant 

 professor and two laboratory assistants. 

 Excellent courses are given, and good men 

 are being turned out. 



Out in Nebraska Professor Lawrence 

 Bruner started in the autumn of 1888 with 

 three students. During the past year 

 (1909-10) there were 160 students in the 

 first semester and 142 in the second semes- 

 ter in the school of agriculture, while in 

 the college work there were 21 students 

 throughout the year. At the date of pres- 

 ent writing there are 23 students registered 

 in college courses, while the school of agri- 

 culture has not yet started. Professor 

 Bruner has one assistant professor and a 

 laboratory instructor. 



Such information as this might be con- 

 tinued for pages. This is sufficient, how- 

 ever, to indicate the advances that have 

 been made and the sound condition in 

 which we find instruction in economic zool- 

 ogy being carried on at the present time. 

 It may be well to suggest here that if any 



