Mar., 1915.] 
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According to the department statement of 1S95-6 he offered a 
course in Zoology—4 (Entomology) bearing a credit of three 
hours in the third term of the second year of the short course in 
Agriculture. The description is—Lectures on the stages, anatomy 
and classification of insects. Will be followed by field work, 
with especial reference to economic entomology. A collection of 
25 species of insects of economic importance will be required of 
each student. 
Another course, Zoology 5, (Entomology,) carrying three 
credit hours for third term Junior year in Agriculture, and five 
hours a week for Juniors in Horticulture and Forestry. This was 
evidently an advanced course, as it specifies that the course is 
open to all students who have had Zoology I or its equivalent. 
The description is “First few weeks of the term there will be three 
lectures a week on the Morphology and systematic position of 
insects; the remaining weeks will be largely given to collecting, 
preserving, identifying, studying habits and methods of destroying 
injurious species. A collection of fifty species correctly set and 
named will be required of each student.” 
There was offered also Zoology 6, Advanced Entomology, 
carrying three or five credit hours thru the year. Described as 
“open to all who are prepared for it.” 
It is a matter of some interest to note that even at that time the 
course in entomology for the students of the long course in agri¬ 
culture required a year of Zoology as preparation. This plan has 
been retained up to the present time and I believe is an excellent 
feature and one which is in part responsible for the excellent work 
that the students can accomplish in economic entomology. 
Prof. Kellicott’s Odonata of Ohio remains an important 
treatise on the group. 
With the year 1895 and following Prof. Kellicott was assisted 
by Mr. J. S. Hine whose work has continued up to the present and 
whose many contributions on the Diptera and other groups of 
insects have been an important addition to the knowledge of the 
fauna of the state. 
After the untimely death of Prof. Kellicott in 1898 the speaker 
was elected to the position made vacant on the staff and the 
organization of the department has undergone but little change 
except for the natural growth of the succeeding years since that time. 
In recent years courses in Apiculture, Medical Entomology, 
Forest Entomology, Entomological Literature and Taxonomy have 
been added. 
In 1912 a distinct four year course in Applied Entomology was 
projected, adopted by the College of Agriculture and students 
in this course commenced work in the following year 1913-14. 
Three students in this course, are candidates for the degree of 
B. Sc. in Entomology this year. 
