BARTON: TEACHERS’ SCHOOL OF SCIENCE. 
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and ended on March 26th. Of about 70 applicants, 50 received 
“A” tickets, which entitle the holder to a seat, and 6 received 
“ B ” tickets, which entitle the holder to a seat if one is vacant a 
short time after the beginning of the lesson. The average attend¬ 
ance was 37.4. The low average is due to several very stormy 
Saturdays on some of which it was almost impossible for those 
living out of town to get in to the lesson. The lowest attendance 
was 19, on January 9th, when a severe snow storm nearly prevented 
traveling. The final examination was taken by 27. 
The subjects taken up during the winter were the Bryophytes and 
the Pteridophytes. Common and easily obtained representatives of 
the mosses, ferns, and related plants, such as teachers are likely to 
meet and should know, were studied. The plants were studied, 
first, as to structures and life history; second, as to relationship; 
and third, as to generic and specific characteristics. The material 
was supplemented by numerous prepared slides. All members of 
the class were provided with a general textbook, and Grout’s 
“ Mosses with a Hand Lens ” was required. 
The work of next year will be on Gymnosperms and Angio- 
sperms. Volunteers from the class, under direction of the instruc¬ 
tor, are to collect flowering plants for use next winter. 
As the work is largely with the microscope much individual help 
and instruction is needed which could not be given without the 
presence of a trained assistant. Much credit is due Miss Con ant 
without whose intimate acquaintance with the subject and with the 
methods of teaching it much of the value of the lessons would have 
been lost. 
Zoology .— This course under Mr. Morse, assisted by Miss M. E. 
Cherrington, began on November 21st, and ended on March 26th. 
The average attendance for the term was 38.5, a slight increase 
over that of last year in spite of the exceptionally severe storms of 
this season. The weekly tests were taken by 25 and the final 
examination by 19, the average rank obtained being about 79 per¬ 
cent. 
The lessons were devoted to the Arthropoda, chiefly Crustacea 
and Insecta. Much interest was aroused in the study of insects and 
as this subject is especially valuable to teachers, a special request 
was made to take up a further study of this subject next winter. As 
about four fifths of the class prefer this arrangement it will probably 
be made. 
