Caption: Course Catalog - 1881-1882
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COLLEGE OF NATURAL SCIENCE. SPECIAL FACULTY. THE REGENT. PROFESSOR BURRILL, Dean, PROFESSOR WEBBER, PROFESSOR TAFT, PROFESSOR PRENTICE. SCHOOLS. SCHOOL OF CHEMISTRY. SCHOOL OF NATURAL HISTORY. ADMISSION. Candidates for the College of Natural Science must be at least fifteen years of age, and must pass satisfactory examinations in the common school branches and in the studies of the preliminary year. Their preparation should be specially good in the scientific studies of the preliminary year. Some practice in the drawing of natural objects will greatly facilitate theistudent's progress. A knowledge of the Latin language is a good preparation for the mastery of the scientific terms which must be learned in this course. SCHOOL OF CHEMISTRY. This School aims to impart such knowledge of Chemistry as will enable the student to apply the principles of the science to the related arts, and as will fit him for original research, or for the business of the druggist, pharmaceutist, and practical chemist. INSTRUCTION. Text-book instruction in the principles of chemistry and chemical physics occupies six weeks of the first term of the first year. The remainder of the year the recitations alternate with laboratory practice.
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