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MILLER SCHOOL OF BIOLOGY AND AGRICULTURE.
Professor Tuttle.
The work of this School is specially designed to meet the wants of
two classes of students—those who desire such knowledge of the principles
of Biology as will prepare them for an intelligent study of the
relation of Biology to Agriculture, as well as of the principles of Agriculture
regarded as a practical application of biological knowledge;
and those who seek such acquaintance with the facts and laws of
Biology and the methods of biological research as will fit them for
independent work as students or as teachers in that department of
knowledge. There are four regular classes, each with two lectures a
week and associated laboratory work throughout the session, as follows:
Botany.—In this course the anatomy and histology of plants, the
elements of vegetable physiology, and the principles of morphology
and classification are successively studied. Special attention is paid
to the groups of plants that are of greatest economic importance, and
to the flora of the region. On account of their great practical importance
in many respects, including their relations to health and disease
in man and in the domestic animals as well, the Bacteria are discussed
and studied at length; attendance upon the lectures and laboratory
work connected with this subject is required of students in the Medical
Department of the University.
Text books.—Thome's Structural and Physiological Botany; Abbott's Principles
of Bacteriology; Gray's Manual.
Comparative Anatomy.—This course is devoted to the Anatomy,
Histology and Embryology of Vertebrates, one or more systems of
organs being specially discussed and examined comparatively both in
the adult and the developing organism, and the normal histology of
man and of the domestic animals being studied in detail. Attendance
upon the portion of the course devoted to Histology is required of
medical students.
Text-books—Parker's Zootomy; Klein's Elements of Histology; Foster and
Balfour's Embryology.
Zoology.—The anatomy, histology, and embryology (together with
the morphological relations indicated thereby) of a series of representative
animals chosen from the principal divisions of the animal kingdom
permit, to the Insects and other groups of economic importance.
Text-books.—Brooks's Hand-book of Invertebrate Zoology; Sedgwick's Translation
of Claus's Zoology.
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; in each case including 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 Zoology (including such subjects
as the life-history and treatment of injurious 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).
Text-books for 1892-'93.—Smith's Diseases of Field and Garden Crops: Ward's
Timber and its Diseases; Chauveau's Anatomy of the Domestic Animals; Tanner's
Principles of Agriculture.
Certificates of proficiency are issued to those who complete the
work of any one of the foregoing courses. Candidates for the degree
of Bachelor of Arts who elect Biology as one of their studies are
required to complete the first and either the second or the third of
these courses. Candidates for a Diploma of Graduation in Biology, or
the degree of Master of Arts, are required to complete all three,
with special morphological work in the third course.
Graduate Work for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy will consist
of original investigations of Biological Problems of practical or
scientific interest, under the direction of the Professor. Subjects of
research will be assigned to each student individually.
The Biological Laboratory 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
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.
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