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VII. Lectures. 
The point-of-view of the lectures has already been stated. 
Carefully-prepared lecture notes are required in all courses. 
They contain the lecture outlines, references, illustrative 
drawings (Fig. 2), etc. Study-guides are issued for each lec- 
ture, giving topical questions, assignments, references, and 
other aids to individual work. These notes are preserved and 
bound, forming a readily accessible digest of the subject- 
matter covered. 
VIII. Laboratory and Field Work. 
This work is a fundamental part of all courses. Carefully- 
made note-books are required, as credit is based to a consid- 
erable extent upon this work. A considerable portion of this 
work is afield, carried on out of doors. This field work is 
possible throughout the entire year, under especially exten- 
sive and satisfying conditions. There is, in the immediate 
vicinity of Honolulu, a remarkable variety of plant life, both 
indigenous and exotic ; diversified horticultural industries ; and 
several types of forest land. 
The work for each laboratory exercise is outlined in a 
study-guide, similar to those accompanying the lectures. The 
Department is favored by the cooperation of several other 
scientific institutions in the city, to which places excursions 
are made on suitable occasions. 
Field trips extending over periods of several days, and 
having as their purpose detailed biologic surveys of typical 
regions, will be organized from tim^e to time. 
IX. Recitations. 
Ability to discuss intelligently the important topics of the 
course is required. This ability is of distinctive value, and is 
graded accordingly. Recitation work is based upon the other 
work of the course. Training is given in the correct oral pre- 
sentation of well outlined subject-matter. 
X. Library Reference Work. 
In all courses occasional assignments of reference work are 
made. Such assignments require thoroughness and accuracy, 
and presentation in appropriate form. From time to tim-e 
students are asked to present the results of their special as- 
signments orally to the class concerned. Much of this work 
deals directly with Hawaiian conditions, thus closely relating 
the general subject-matter of the course to the peculiar prob- 
lems of this Territory. 
