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ind exacting routine of their operations; and the steady strain: of long months: 
of confining work at the microscope has been taken by them with the patient 
enthusiasm of the trained investigator at work in a fruitful field.. The conta- 
gion of the example of this little group of indefatigable naturalists: is clearly 
affecting the life of related departments. of the University, and it must in time 
make itself sensibly felt throughout the state and the country inithe advance- 
ment of biological science and in the improvement of our methods of biologi- 
eal instruction. 
Respectfully submitted. 
S.. A... FORBES, 
November 30,. 1896.. Director. 
