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two year course preparatory to Medicine now offered by the School
of Biology, and who receive the baccalaureate degree, shall be
admitted, with certain slight conditions, to the second year of the
four year Course in Medicine.
It was not thought wise to extend this privilege to special students
not candidates for a degree, who take but two years in the School of
Biology. While this action will decrease the number of these special
students—as many of this class cannot afford to give two years to preparatory
work and then spend four years in Medical study—it should
be an inducement to more students intending to study Medicine totake
a complete College course.
The first number of the contributions from the Botanical Laboratory
has just been issued. This embraces seven important papers by
professors and advanced students. A similar publication, containing
the results of investigations in Zoology and Comparative Anatomy,
is in press and will appear before the close of the year.
The Laboratory of Marine' Biology was established in 1891. It
grew out of a desire on the part of the Faculty and students for opportunities
to investigate living forms, especially the aquatic, at the
seasons of their greatest functional activity, and under the best natural
conditions. It was felt also that facilities for instruction in Biology
could in this manner best be brought within the reach of that class of
students whose occupation during the winter months precludes them
from continuous laboratory study.
After careful consideration of a number of localities, Sea Isle
City, N. J., was selected for the site of the laboratory, as being rich
in marine life, of easy access to several large cities and not too far
removed from the parent school at the University. A plot of ground
and the laboratory building were presented to the school by Mr. C. K.
Landis, of Vineland, N. J. The work of the summer of 1891 was
mainly of a preliminary and organizing nature. During the past
summer the aquarium was completed and thrown open to the public,
and the courses of instruction given nearly as published in the
announcement. Dr. Greenman was in charge of the school, and the
instruction in Botany was assumed by Prof. Macfarlane, and in
Zoology by Prof. Ryder with Messrs. Moore and Calvert. There
were fifteen students in these courses, and some good original work
was done. It was decided that, as the summer work was under the
charge of the Biological Faculty, successful completion of the courses
offered might be counted by students as part of their work toward the