Elements of Entomology--The Insect

Among the elements of entomology which comprise the subject of our discussion I think we must concede that the insect is one of the most important. In fact, when I saw a preliminary announcement of this meeting and noticed that my contribution was entitled “The Role of the Insect in Entomology” it was my thought that I would need to do little more than stand up and say that without the insect we would have no entomology. On second thought, it seemed likely that this might not entirely please our program chairman; so I took a long look at the title and concluded that we could profitably ask ourselves just how insects have affected the growth and direction of entomology.