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SUMMER SESSION. 337
A course is offered in Nature-study in three departments : ( i )
Nature-study in insect-life, (2) Nature-study in plant-life, (3) Nature-
on study the farm.
This course in Nature-Study is a one-session course. Its purpose is
to awaken interest in Nature-Study,
and to present the means and
materials to be employed in the teaching of nature subjects. Persons
who desire advanced instruction will register in the other courses of
the summer session, or in other courses in Agriculture in the
University.
The course is open to teachers in New York Slate free of tuition,
since the work is supported by a state fund for the extension of agri
cultural knowledge. The three subjects comprise a full course, and
persons who registerfor the course are required to devote their whole
time to it. The instruction will consist of lectures, laboratory work,
and field excursions. It is the purpose of the course to teach both the
facts and the methods of serious Nature-study, with particular refer
ence to fitting teachers to take up the work in their own schools. The
vicinity of Ithaca is rich in animal and plant life and in entertaining
scenery.
The different subdivisions of the course in Nature-study cannot be
taken separately, but the entire course must be taken.
A. On the Farm. Two lectures per week, laboratory work and
excursions. A study of the Effect of Tillage on Plants and of Food
on the Growth of Animals : The Composition and Texture of Soils :
The Natural Features of Beauty in Rural Life. M. , 9-5,
In charge of Professor ROBERTS.
Morrill Hall.
B. Insect Life. Lectures and field work on the habits of insects.
Two lectures and one excursion each week. In charge of Professor
Comstock.
BB. Insect Life. Laboratory work in the methods of nature-study,
available for secondary schools. Two days each week excepting time
occupied by course B. W., F., 9-5, White Hall. Assistant Professor
A. B. Comstock.
C. Plant Life. Lectures, laboratory work, and excursions, with
special attention to the kinds, habits and characteristics of plants as
they grow in the fields. T., Th., 9-5, Morrill Hall. In charge of
Professor Bailey.
For further information about Nature-Study
Leaflets on Nature-Study.1'
Ithaca, N. Y.
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