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A plan something like this has suggested
itself to me: increase the
botany of the Scientific Course to, say, 3 times 5 days per week.
Also the Chemistry or Zoology; and
have as well a course of 1 term with
a choice to the students of the long
course [sic.] or the short course [sic.] – those electing
the short course of the 1 term must take
the long course of 3 terms in Chemistry or Zoology,
whichever study runs with botany
& vice versa. This plan will I
believe relieve us of a serious trouble
which I see in the future viz too
large classes to handle in a laboratory.
By arrangement with Professor Dodge
I had 2 days per week of Sub fresh. botany
last fall & there were 65 students in
two sections each section 2 hrs per day.
As a pointer let me say that our