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III. Zoölogy

Zoology C1: Biology B1 prerequisite.—Experimental zoology. A comparative
study of the morphology and behavior of typical invertebrates.
Three lectures and three two-hour laboratory periods weekly. Abstracting
of periodical literature one hour each week. Professor Kepner.

Zoology D1: Principles of animal histology. Protoplasm, cell organization,
and tissue formation. The student is required to become familiar
with the principles of histological technique and to make his own preparations.
Two lectures and two three-hour laboratory periods a week. Also a

weekly meeting of one hour for a discussion with the instructor of current
literature and of the problems arising out of the students' work. Hours by
appointment. Professor Kepner.

Seminar. Weekly meetings of all students in graduate courses are held
for the study of current literature, and the discussion of research in
progress.

Further advanced work may be arranged to meet the needs of students.

The Biological Laboratory, completed in 1920, is adequate in size and
arrangements for housing comfortably all classes in Biology. The building
is provided freely with electricity, gas, and water. The equipment consists
of compound microscopes of the best types, microtomes, paraffin ovens, incubators,
sterilizers, and other apparatus required for general and advanced
work. The departmental library contains a good working collection of biological
texts and books of reference, as well as files of the more important
journals.