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class work. The laboratory Assistant in the course was Mr. J. L. 

 Frazeur. 



The new course by Dr. Parker — Zoology 7, The Nervous Sys- 

 tem and its Terminal Organs — is intended to meet the needs of 

 advanced zoological and prospective medical students, as well as 

 those in other departments who desire to keep up with modern 

 methods in the study of the nervous organization of animals and 

 the important results to which they have led. The topics dis- 

 cussed in this course are, as announced in the annual Circular of 

 the Department : — 



(1) Methods of investigating the nervous system. 



(2) General structure and functions of the nervous system. The 

 neuron and its significance. 



(3) Terminal organs of afferent nerves. Types of sense organs and 

 the origin of the afferent impulse. 



(4) Central organs. The transmission and translation of impulses. 



(5) Terminal organs of efferent nerves : muscles, electric organs, 

 luminous organs, glands, etc. 



The course has been successful, and may ultimately be expanded 

 from a half to a full course. 



The courses in Microscopical Anatomy (Zool. 4) and Embry- 

 ology of Vertebrates (Zool. 5) were conducted in the same manner 

 as during the previous year. Dr. W. McM. Wood worth had charge 

 of the laboratory work and gave some of the lectures in Zoology 4. 



The work of those engaged in research has been satisfactory, 

 and the number of papers for publication exceeds that of any 

 previous year. 



The course in Comparative Osteology (Zool. 20c) by Dr. Slade 

 was given as usual. 



At the last Commencement the degree of Ph. D. was conferred 

 on two students in Zoology, that of Sc. D. on one, and that of A. M. 

 on four. Of those receiving the higher degrees two have positions 

 in other colleges, one as Professor, the other as Instructor, and the 

 third as a Parker Fellow from Harvard University is continuing 

 in Europe his studies in Zoology. 



The meetings of the Zoological Club have been well attended, and 

 have afforded the usual opportunity for the discussion of current 

 zoological topics and for reports on the progress of work in the 

 research laboratories. 





