TERM-PAPER SUBJECTS 
Each term-paper exercise will consist in preparing a short paper on 
one of the diseases listed. The paper shall be essentially a text on the 
disease chosen. 
INFORMATION 
1. The instructor will designate those subjects in the appended 
list from which selections for each term-paper are to be made. Any disease 
in the designated list may be chosen. The same subject may be chosen 
by more than one student, if approved by the instructor, but it is generally 
to the student’s advantage to have as few working on the subject as pos- 
sible because of the limited number of available copies of some of the articles 
to be consulted. 
2. Students choosing the same subject will be expected to work 
independently in consulting the literature and preparing the paper. Any 
evidence of disregard of this expectation will rule a term-paper out of 
consideration. 
3. If so desired, the paper may be illustrated. This is not 
required, but will add to its value. Illustrations may be in the form of 
text-figures or plates. 
4. The student may write on some disease not listed herein, 
if permission is granted by the instructor. 
5. The selection of a subject for the first term-paper will be 
made at the beginning of the laboratory exercise on Literature of Plant 
Diseases. Selection of subjects for each of the other term-papers will be 
made later, at a time designated by the instructor. 
6. One laboratory period will be devoted to each term-paper. 
The work in the laboratory will consist of obtaining references and getting 
such information and assistance from the instructor as may be needed to 
make clear the method of procedure. 
PROCEDURE 
After having located and listed the references bearing on the subject 
chosen, as outlined in the exercise on Literature of Plant Diseases :— 
7. Select three or more of the most important articles (usually 
the most recent). 
8. Read and abstract these carefully according to directions 
given in the outline on Literature of Plant Diseases, p. 13-14. 
9. If specimens and materials of the disease chosen are available, 
they should be studied supplementary to the literature consulted. 
10. Spread out the abstracts and laboratory notes and proceed 
to correlate and arrange the data in each, according to the following 
outline :— 
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