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and exacting routine of their operations; and the steady strain of lonj^ months 

 of confining work at the microscope has been taken by them with tlie patient 

 enthusiasm of the trained investigator at work in a fniitfid field. The conta- 

 gion of the example of this little group of indefatigable naturalists is clearly 

 affecting the life of related departments of the University,, and it must in time 

 make itself sensibly felt throughout the state and the country in the advance- 

 ment of biological science and in tlie improvement of our methods of biologi- 

 cal instruction. 



Respectfully submitted. 



S.. A. Forbes, 

 November 30, 189G. Director. 



