Abstract
We are confronted at the present time with the responsibility of interesting a higher percentage of American vouth in those areas usually referred to as the basic sciences. The relatively small numbers of high calibre students who have elected scientific careers in recent years has become a matter of anxiety both to industry and to our military organization. The nation is looking chiefly to the science teachers of the high schools and colleges to provide the inspiration which may correct and perhaps reverse this somewhat alarming trend. As head of a department in a four-year teacher-training institution, it has been my responsibility (since 1938) to organize and conduct a course in Biological Methods for upper-class college students. Under personal stimulation of the late Webster H. Pearce', then president of Northern Michigan College, a course was developed with objectives considerably beyond the mere exposition of teaching method. These objectives, as finally evolved, are stated herewith:
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