from the four biological departments above named and that for the

time being the committee shall consist of the chairmen and heads of

the four departments hereinabove named under the chairmanship of

A. 3, Wax.

It is planned that the new course (General Biology) will be
taught in two one-hour lecture periods and one one-hour period of
demonstration and discussion per week. The lectures will be given
by one person but the hour of demonstration and discussion will be ©
divided into sections of not to exceed twenty-five students and
these sections will be led by staff members of the four departments.

Respectfully submitted,
E. R. Hall
H. B. Hungerford
0. O. Stoland
A. J. Mix

For several years there has been talk of a course in general biology.
A year or two ago, the biology departments discussed the matter quite
fully but came to no decision. This recommendation, if adopted, will ac-
complish at least four desirable results:

1. It will avoid a certain amount of duplication which now exists
between the beginning courses in the four departments. This common ma-
terial, along with other basic biological knowledge, will be placed in.
the general biology course, which would be a course in the fundamental
principles of biology.

2. It would do away with the student's present confusion in select-
ing a begimming course in the biological sciences. After this first
course, the student would have some definite basis on which to select the
second.,.

3. It would make certain that every student has some knowledge of
the fundamental principles governing living things, including himself.

4. The second required course would include field or laboratory

work for the purpose of giving each student a personal interest in at