work of the Natural History Survey, now prosecuted continuously, and the scientific and economic studies of the State Entomologist and his assistants, give entomological students extraordinary privileges of experience in the laboratory, the office, and the field, in both scientific and economic work.

The instructional equipment of this department consists of a special laboratory for students, with an ample general apparatus for field work, and two special collections, one for reference by students engaged in the determination of species, and the Bolter collection of 120,000 specimens-maintained separately by the University and open to adavnced students under suitable restrictions. The department also owns numerous papier-maché models, a collection of wall charts, and many microscopic slides especially prepared for students' use.

GEOLOGY.-The laboratories are supplied with all the apparatus and tools necessary to carry forward the courses offered, and the lecture room is fully equipped with maps, charts, models, and other illustrative material.

The collection of fossils comes principally from the paleozoic, but includes a representative series from the higher groups. It contains 49,000 specimens (seven hundred and forty-two of the types described in the reports of the Illinois geological surveys are included) and 200 thin sections of corals and bryozoa.

The collection of minerals contains 12,000 specimens, and that of rocks 9,000 specimens, among which is a large number of polished granites, marbles, and other ornamental building stones, 1,000 thin sections of rocks and minerals, and 575 crystal models.

There is also a collection of Illinois soils containing 104 specimens; and a large collection of Illinois clays with their manufactured products.

MATHEMATICS.-The department is supplied with eighty-five of Brill's mathematical models. The collection includes a set of plaster models illustrating the properties

of surfaces of the second order, a set of string models for ruled surfaces, a set of paper models illustrating the real circular sections of certain conicoids, a complete set of Brill's models for the theory of functions, and a collection of surfaces of third order.

PHYSICS.—The department offers a lecture course in general descriptive physics with class-room experiments, extending through the year, and accompanied by an introductory laboratory course in physical measurements. This is followed by two courses, one experimental and the other theoretical. In the experimental course the student is trained in the most exact methods of making the fundamental physical measurements and taught how to discuss his results. The theoretical course running parallel to this discusses, with the aid of elementary calculus, the theory of some of the main subjects of physics. In the senior year the student is supposed to take up some special problem for investigation and to center his laboratory work about that. An advanced mathematical course is also offered for those who wish to follow the most advanced theories and results of the science.

PHYSIOLOGY.-The special objects of the courses in physiology are as follows: (1) To give prospective students of medicine a detailed practical knowledge of the normal histological structure and vital processes of the body, and a working familiarity with the instruments of precision used in the investigation of disease. (2) To give students of all branches of biology a training in deducing logically necessary conclusions from data obtained by their own observations. (3) To furnish such a knowledge of physiology as will serve as a basis for future studies in hygiene.

The department of physiology occupies five rooms in Natural History Hall; a general laboratory, a lecture room, a private laboratory, and an advanced laboratory on the top floor, and an animal room in the attic. The general laboratory, 35 by 56 feet, is fitted at one end with

desks for chemical and similar work, and at the other end with tables for use with the microscope and other apparatus requiring a stable support.

PSYCHOLOGY.—The laboratory is well equipped with materials and apparatus for a large number of class experiments upon sensation, which the student is required to conduct himself, and of which a careful record is kept. The higher mental function are then studied experimentally, and the experimenter held responsible for the purity of the experimental conditions and the method of procedure.

A full line of periodical literature is made accessible by the University, and this serves as a basis of reports in the seminary.

For original research the laboratory is well equipped with suitable apparatus and every incentive is given toward a high grade of work.

ZOOLOGY.-The equipment of the department is contained in three students' laboratories, an instructor's laboratory, a lecture room, a private office, a store room, and a dark room for photography. Advanced and graduate students have the use of the library and equipment of the State Laboratory of Natural History, which occupies rooms in Natural History Hall.

THE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION

It is the purpose of the School of Education to bring together all the resources of the University which contribute in a professional way to the preparation of three classes of workers in our public school system:

1. The High School Teacher.-The school provides for the needs of the high school principal, by supplying a general knowledge of the various subjects of the high school curriculum as well as a knowledge of organization and administration as applied to the secondary school;

and for those of the departmental specialist requiring a more extended knowledge of a few subjects.

2. The Supervisor of Special Subjects. Manual training, domestic science, music, drawing and physical training as now taught in the better class of school systems, are subjects which demand specially trained supervisors; and the exceptional facilities of the University for instruction in these subjects are thoroughly utilized.

3. The School Superintendent.-Demanding, as he does, a knowledge of the development of school systems, a keen insight into pedagogical problems, and an appreciation of child-nature, the superintendent needs extended preparation, and this the School of Education is prepared to give.

The faculty of the school consists of thirty-one members and includes all those instructors who offer courses primarily intended for prospective teachers.

The School of Education has the power to recommend the granting of a special certificate-The University Certificate of Qualification to Teach-to candidates who take the following courses:

1. Elementary Psychology (Psychology 1 or 2, 3 hrs.)

2. Principles of Education (Education 1, 5 hrs.)

3.

3 hrs.)

High School Organization and Administration (Educ. 6,

4. Philosophy-a three hours' course.

5. A required amount of work in the special subject, or subjects, which the candidate intends to teach. This amount is different for different subjects. The candidate for a certificate is expected to do work of a quality considerably higher than that indicated by mere passing grades.

The certificate states the subjects of the high school curriculum which the holder is prepared to teach, such preparation being based upon at least two years' university work in the subject. Students preparing to be supervisors of special subjects must devote considerably more time than this to the preparation. Prospective super

intendents must complete two years' work in the department of education in addition to that already prescribed for the certificate.

All juniors and seniors in the University who are candidates for the University Certificate of Qualification to Teach must enroll in the School of Education. Other students taking any course offered by the Department of Education or any of the teachers' courses offered by other departments are eligible to such enrollment. At registration time in the fall all students who desire to enroll in the School should confer with the Director, and should fill out the enrollment card of the School, after they have registered in the usual way with the Deans of their Colleges.

The course of study of the School of Education is made up of offerings selected from the work of the various departments of instruction in the University. The course is elective except for the graduation requirements of the College in which the student is registered, and for the prerequisites to the granting of the Certificate of Qualification to Teach.

The work is arranged in four somewhat distinct groups:

(a) Courses in Education, Psychology and Philosophy bearing directly upon the profession of the teacher. (b) Courses especially intended for teachers, offered by various departments of the University.

(c) Suggested programs for students preparing to become special supervisors of Domestic Science, Drawing, Manual Training, Music, or Physical Training.

(d) Suggested programs for continuous and progressive work in subjects represented in the high school curriculum.

SPECIAL LECTURES

A number of special lectures are offered each year by the School of Education. The State Superintendent of Public Instruction and the Presidents of the five State