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month was devoted to a discussion of the matter presented and 
its adaptation to the needs of the secondary schools, with which 
most of those present were connected. 
Each student was provided with a first-class compound 
microscope for use in both-botany and zodlogy, and had also 
the use of a microtome and an abundance of apparatus, 
reagents, and general laboratory equipment from the zodlogical, 
botanical, and entomological laboratories of the University. An 
abundance of literature for general reading as well as for work 
on special groups was provided from the libraries of the Uni- 
versity and the State Laboratory. 
The instruction in field and laboratory was supplemented 
by lectures on special forms and groups of animals, and by 
others, of general biological interest, on cell division, develop- 
ment, parasitism, cross-fertilization of plants, adaptive modifi- 
cations for protection, ete. 
Very respectfully yours, 
FRANK SMITH, 
Assistant Professor of Zoology. 
