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College of Natural Science.

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Mountain and Western Plants; a collection of plants from Dr. Vasey, Botanist of the Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C , and others obtained by exchange from various parts of the United States. A collection of the fungi of the vicinity contains numerous species. The green-houses and out-door plantations furnish a large amount of illustrative material for the classes. Enlarged papier-mache models of flowers and fruits by Dr. Auzoux, exhibiting structure and development, are in the cabinet. In Entomology numerous species have been contributed by the State Entomologist, who is required by law to deposit his first series of specimens in the cabinet of the University. Local collections and exchanges have further increased this number, amounting now to about three thousand species. The University now has first-class microscopes of four different styles from European makers, one by a prominent American maker, and others of which the glasses were made to order in Europe, and the stands, a new pattern, manufactured in the shops of the University. In Zoology, the cabinets contain a human skeleton, and a manikin made by Dr. Auzoux; skeletons of the different orders of mammals, and of birds ; stuffed preparations of a large number of birds, mammals, fishes, reptiles, etc.; a dissected eye, trachea and vocal apparatus, in papier-mache, by Dr. Auzoux; collections of shells, fossils and insects. The Geological Cabinet has been immensely improved the past year. In addition to the specimens from the State Geological Survey and other illustrative specimens, mineral and fossil, the cabinet has been the recipient of Prof. Ward's celebrated college series of famous fossils, so essential in elucidating the various phases of life in Geological History. This set was the munificent donation of Emory Cobb, Esq , President of the Board of Trustees. A valuable and extensive collection of the leads of the State, and accompanying mineral, was donated by Gen. J. C. Smith, and other gentlemen, of Galena.

COURSE IN SCHOOL OF NATURAL HISTORY.

Required for Degree of B. S. in School of Natural History.

FIRST YEAR.

l. Chemistry ; Free-Hand Drawing, (optional); Trigonometry; Advanced Algebra and Geometry; French, a. Chemistry; Free-Hand Drawing (optional); Analytical Geometry; French.