[Whole Number 179 BUREAU OF EDUCATION CIRCULAR OF INFORMATION NO. 9, 1891 BIOLOGICAL TEACHING IN THE COLLEGES OF THE UNITED STATES BY endiston JOHN P. CAMPBELL, A. B., Ph. D. (Johns Hopkins) PROFESSOR OF BIOLOGY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1891 3 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF EDUCATION, Washington, D. C., October 10, 1891. SIR: The most striking of the modifications in the college curriculum which have been made within the last half century is the enlargement of the sphere of instruction in the natural sciences. The older colleges built their course of study on mathematics, Latin, and Greek, but there has arisen in later times a tributary stream of human learning which includes three modern branches, natural science and the literature and history of modern nations. This is receiving more and more recognition in the course of study. Appreciating the significance and importance of this newer line of study, I have gladly availed myself of the opportunity to institute an investigation of the methods pursued in one of its most important divisions, and accepted the offer of Prof. John P. Campbell, of the University of Georgia, to prepare a monograph on Biological Teaching in the United States. The results of his inquiries are here presented, in the belief that they will prove valuable to all teachers of science, whether in colleges or secondary schools. I have the honor to be, sir, very respectfully, W. T. HARRIS, Hon. JOHN W. NOBLE, Secretary of the Interior. Commissioner. 5 |