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Erastiis Test. "William B. Morgan and Joseph Moore. In the period from 

 1865 to 1870 the text-books vised at Earlham in chemistry was Stock- 

 hardt's; in Iiotany. Gray's Structural. Herschel's work on astronomy was 

 the one used in the classroom, and Dana's was, of course, the one used 

 in geology. Two of these Aeteran instrvictors I have had the pleasure 

 of knowing personally, namely, Professor Test and Professor Morgan. 



Earlham College enjoys the distinction of having been one of the fore- 

 most among the educational institutions of the West in the promotion of 

 advanced practical instruction in science. In the year 1853 it made the 

 tirst beginning in Indiana toward a permanent collection of material in 

 geology and natui-al history for purposes of college instruction. The pres- 

 ent Earlham College museum, with its n^ore than 14.oiH> specimens, is the 

 outgrowth of that beginning. 



About the same time the tirst astronomical observatory in the State 

 was established at Earlham. A room in Earlham Hall, adjoining the 

 present quarters of the Christian Associations, was the location of the 

 first cliemical lal oratory for the use of college students in Indiana. 



At present Earlham offers courses in science as follows, a year's high 

 school lalioratory work in some one science being required for matricula- 

 tion: Chemistry, six terms' work: physics, six terms' work; biology, ten 

 terms' work: geology, four terms' work; astronomy, three terms' work; 

 psychology, two terms' work. 



Earlham now has a complete set of latioratorics devoted to chemistry, 

 biology, physics and psychology. These laboratories are equipped with 

 all modern appliances, and although not as large as those in many insti- 

 tutions, they are complete in every respect for the prosecution of re- 

 scarcli and for piu'poses of instructio)i. 



At Butier College, at that time known as Northwestern Christian Uni- 

 versity, ins! ruction in science was given by that distinguished geologist 

 and chemist, Dr. R. T. Brown, assisted part of the time by Professor 

 Falrchild. During the years of 1869 and 1870 I learned to know Doctor 

 Brown intimately, for during that period I served as instructor in Latin 

 and Greek in the Northwestern Christian University. Interested, as I 

 was, at that time, in scientific studies, I accompanied Doctor Brown on 

 some of his geological excursions. I remember particularly the trip which 

 was taken in the spring of 1860 down as far as Spencer. It was at the 

 time Ihat the railroad from Indianapolis to Vincennes was building and 

 it was finished practically all the way to Spencer, and part of this trip 



