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REPORT ON THE INSTRUCTION IN BIOLOGY. 



By Professors Farlow, Faxon, and Mark. 



The course in Biology (Nat. Hist. 5), conducted by Professors 

 Farlow and Faxon, was taken by thirty-three students, — seven 

 Seniors, seventeen Juniors, one Sophomore, four Scientific students, 

 one Medical student, and three special students. In the laboratory 

 work of this course the Assistant was Mr. W. W. Nolen. 



The course in Advanced Zoology (Nat. Hist. 6), in charge of 

 Professor Faxon, was elected by twenty-three students, — fifteen 

 Seniors, four Juniors, three Scientific students, and one special 

 student. 



During the academic year 1885-86 no instruction was given in 

 Nat. Hist. 9 (Embryology). 



Nat. Hist. 2 (Zoology), in charge of Dr. Mark, was pur- 

 sued during the whole year by one hundred and twenty-eight 

 students, of whom one hundred and twenty-four presented them- 

 selves for examination, and one hundred and seventeen passed the 

 examinations. The course consisted, as in previous years, of 

 about ninety lectures, accompanied by demonstrations. Some- 

 what more attention was given to the principal groups of Inverte- 

 brates than has been given hitherto, and less to the comparative 

 anatomy of Vertebrates. 



By means of an appropriation from the Corporation, supple- 

 mented by the Curator, the Embryological Laboratory was furnished 

 with additional microtomes, microscopes, and other apparatus for 

 the purpose of beginning a course in Microscopic Anatomy (Nat. 

 Hist. 13). This course extended over the first half of the year, 

 and was taken by four persons, — two graduates and two students 

 of the Scientific School. In addition to prescribed work, common 

 to all, each student undertook the study of a problem of limited 

 range, and presented the results of his work in a short paper 

 oefore the class. 



