July 28, 1893.] 



SCIENCE. 



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pursue a course which leads to the so-called general education, 

 and the question naturally arises, what place has botany in such 

 a scheme of equipment for life ? 



To the average college graduate few If any of the sciences can 

 be said to be directly useful, they profit him largely in the breadth 

 of view which they give, and the pleasure they are able to furnish 

 in their contemplation or pursuit. In these latter respects one can 

 scarcely conceive of a science which would rank higher than 

 botany. There are certainly no phenomena which are met with 

 more frequently by the non professional than those which apper- 

 tain to plants and plant life. Without becoming sentimental one 

 may say with truth that to one who has an intimate knowledge of 

 this field of nature the world around us takes on a new aspect, 

 and new truths can be discovered and added daily to the fund 

 already acquired. But it is on account of the peculiar adapt- 

 ability of botany to teaching, that the science should appeal to 

 the smaller institutions. 



That science is best adapted to teaching which is able to pre- 

 sent its material at first hand for investigation, and whose truths 

 are within the ability of the student to discover. 



Tlie material for botanical study is abundant everywhere, and 

 presents problems in a measure peculiar to each region. The 

 early stages of investigation in the science are not difficult and do 

 not require expensive apparatus. The live teacher who sends his 

 students to the field and not to books, will find in botany a sci- 

 ence in which enthusiasm can be aroused and progress made 

 without an expensive outfit. 



In the planning of our college courses in botany one must 

 needs bear in mind two classes of students, those who are to go 

 on with the science and those who pursue it as one of the ele- 

 ments of a general education. It is the former class who too fre- 

 quently suffer in the average college. 



The courses should be given in such a manner as to give the 

 student who wishes to pursue the science in a university a foun- 

 dation which does not need repeating because it is antiquated or 



abbreviated. In this way I believe the small colleges can be 

 made centres of enthusiasm for botanical science, which will ma- 

 terially advance its teaching and its standing in this country. 



It is to be hoped that botany will one day take its place in the 

 curriculum of the small college as one of its most important con- 

 stituents for the training of men. X. 



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