MUSEUM OF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY. 



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REPORT ON THE INSTRUCTION IN ZOOLOGY. 



By Professsor E. L. Mark. 



The number of students attending courses in Zoology during the 

 Academic year 1895-96 was somewhat in excess of the number 

 for the preceding year. The increase was about eight per cent ; 

 the increase of the previous year having been ten per cent. The 

 accompanying table gives as usual the numbers in each course 

 from the several classes. A comparison with the numbers of the 

 preceding year shows slight fluctuations in the several courses. 

 The gains have been in courses 1, 3, 7, and 20a. In Course 5 

 there were two additional students who were in regular attend- 

 ance on lectures, one of whom also did the laboratory work, and 

 in Course 4 there was one such. In the second half of Course 6 

 there were also two unenrolled attendants upon lectures. 



Courses, 1895-9G. 



Grad. 



Sen. 



Jun. 



Soph. 



Fr. 



Spec. 



Sci. 



Total. 



Zoology 1 . . . 



4 



17 



21 



,8 



36 



7 



28 



141 



;2 . . . 



3 



9 



7 



15 



2 



1 



16 



53 



3 . . . 



5 



5 



8 



2 











11 



31 



4 . . . 



4 



5 



















3 



12 



5 . . . 



2 



5 



















3 



10 



6 . . . 



3 



3 



1 















2 



9 



" 7 . . . 



5 



7 



1 















3 



16 



20a .. . 



10 



2 



















2 



14 



Totals . . . 



36 



53 



38 



45 



38 8 



68 



286 



Even the small increase (about ten per cent) in the size of the 

 class in Course 1 resulted in considerable inconvenience, and it is 

 becoming a serious question how to provide accommodations for 

 all who elect the course. The nature of the lectures and the 

 laboratory work was not materially changed from that of the 

 preceding year. Some experimental work of a simple sort was 

 tried for the first time, to the satisfaction of the instructor. 

 Dr. Davenport had, as his Chief Assistant, Mr H. R. Linville ; as 

 Sub-Assistants, Messrs. J. M. Prather, W. L. Tower, A. Rose, 

 and A. S. Hanna. 



