PH. D.
The more advanced work in Biology will be devoted chiefly to Vertebrate
Anatomy and Morphology, each of the systems of organs being in turn critically
studied; it will in substance be an extension of the work of Course III. Such
lectures will be given and such reading assigned as may be deemed advisable, but
the larger part of the work will be done in the laboratory of the University and
at such seaside or other laboratories elsewhere as may be designated, the principal
object of the course being to train the student in methods of original investigation
while he is becoming acquainted with the present state of our knowledge of the
vertebrates and their allies. A knowledge of the subject-matter of Course IV.
will also be required of students who take this work as their major subject for the
degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
In addition to the Courses in Biology above described provision is made in this
School for discussion, when called for, of one of the most important of the
practical applications of Biological Science. In this connection the following
course is offered:
V. Practical Biology and Agriculture.—The relations of Biology to Agriculture
are so manifold, and the subdivisions of the latter subject so numerous, that it
would be impossible to exhaust the discussion of either in the work of any one
year. A course consisting in part of lectures and in part of an equivalent
amount of practical work and collateral reading will be offered yearly. It will
include the discussion of selected topics pertaining to Economic Botany (such
as the diseases or the parasites of plants, the natural history of cultivated varieties,
and the like); to Economic Zoölogy (such as the life-history and treatment
of iujurious or beneficial insects, external or internal parasites, the special
anatomy and physiology of the domestic animals, etc.); and to questions connected
with the Principles of Agriculture (such as the laws of growth and
nutrition of crops, the drainage and tillage of soils, systems of rotation and allied
topics). The topics discussed in such a course will be, to some extent, selected in
accordance with the objects in view of those electing it in any year. The following
suggested course will indicate a possible arrangement of subjects.
Text-Books for 1898-99.—Sorauer's Physiology of Plants (Weiss tr.); Tubeuf's
Diseases of Plants induced by Cryptogamic Parasites (Smith tr.); Chauveau's Anatomy
of the Domestic Animals.
Candidates for a diploma of graduation in Biology and Agriculture are required
to complete Courses I, II, and V.
Substitution of work fully equivalent in amount and character may be made
for the subjects published as requirements for either of the graduations in this
school from year to year in the case of any students whose previous training or
special aptitudes give good reason therefor.
The Biological Laboratory, newly domiciled in a convenient suite of rooms in
the middle of the new Academic building, is well provided with instruments for
the gross and minute dissection of animals and plants; microscopes, microtomes,
reagents, and materials for the staining and mounting of preparations; apparatus
for photography and microphotography, and other necessary appliances, not only
for student work, but for investigation and research as well. In addition to the
large and valuable collections of the Brooks Museum, an abundant supply of
other necessary specimens and material is furnished. A library of reference is
attached to the Laboratory, and students have access to a number of leading
biological and agricultural journals, thus acquiring practice in the intelligent use
of current literature.
