THE OOLOGIST. 



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A. M. 

 15:0 J. 

 <}:15. 

 <):20. 

 a A-). 

 7:30. 

 7:50. 

 8:30. 

 8:45. 



1'. M. 

 12:30. 

 4:15. 

 6:00. 

 Sunset. 

 9:15. 

 9:30. 



Reveille. 



Reveille roll-eall. 

 Fatigue eall. 

 Me.s.s call. 

 lnsi)ecti()n. 

 ('oiupany (Irill. 

 (iyninasties. 

 Swiniir.iiig, (\ohintary). 



Me.s.s call. 



Swimming, (voliuitary). 



Mes.s eall. 



Dre,ss Paratle and Retn-at. 



Tatt(j<). 



Taps. 



Any hoy may go to bed inuncdiately 

 after reti'e:it. 



This arrangement gives the hojs 

 thirteen and one-half hours per da^" 

 free time, for leetnre.s, game.s, exeiu- 

 sions and other oeenpations. Sunday" 

 is a day of rest in eamp, as elsewhere. 

 Serviees are held in the Uodge Pavilion 

 in the afternoon by Worcester pastors. 



THE LECTURES. 

 Leetnre.s given on seientitie >u!).jeets 

 by studeitts and teaeliers, some of 

 whom are eminent in their specialties, 

 are made popular and easy of eompre- 

 hen.sion. Specimens, drawings, the 

 microscope, telescope and .stereopt icon, 

 are all used in demonstrating and illus- 

 trating. The l)oys are not compelled 

 to attend, but it has Iteen found by ex- 

 perience that many of them will volun- 

 tarily attend, and that nearly all of 

 them become interested in (jne or more 

 subjects. 



THE WOUKSIIOP, L.\BORAToliV XSV 

 STUDIO. 



The society has a lai'ge, well lighted 

 and well appointed worksho]) on the 

 grounds. This is Ktted up witii bench- 

 es, etc., and supplied with tools. It 

 will be in charge of Mr. E. ('. Ware, 

 late superintendent of a large manu- 

 factory in Pennsylvania, who will teach 

 the boys how Ui use and care for tools. 

 Mr. A. A. Coburn will iniild boats or 

 canoes in the workshop during the 

 summer, and exj)lain the manner of 

 building as the work, proceeds. 



A new departure will be made this 

 year in the upper room.s of the work- 

 shop. A room will be fitted up for 

 photographic^" work by Mr. John M. 

 Bemis, who has devoted much time to 

 photographing miero.scopie ol»jects. 

 He will instruct the boys in practical 

 photography, and will pi'epare i)hoto- 



graphs of mierosopic o!)jects. for use by 

 other teachers. Rooms will be fiit'^il 

 up, one for biological Avork; one for a 

 studio for drawing and modeling i_u 

 clay, and another for preparing speci- 

 mens. Two skilled taxidermists will 

 give lessons in their art. 



PK.^CTICAI. OUT-DOOU LESSONS. 



The hunter will teach the boys tl e 

 haunts and habits of the game and 

 tisli, how to make a camp-fire, pitch a 

 tent, handii! aii axe, cut wood, bniul 

 log camps, etc. The losons in rowing 

 and swimming which have in past 

 years proved of great value, will be 

 continued under "erticient instructors. 

 An experienced bee-hunter his been 

 engaged to take the boys on bee hunts 

 several times during the season. The 

 out-door sicetching under the care of a 

 New York :irtist will be made a special 

 feature, and a systematic course givea 

 durin.g tiie eight weeks of camp. Out- 

 door evening le.s.sons on asiri)nomy, 

 illustrated with the telescope, will be 

 given during the season. 



EXCURSION^:. 



The experience of rhe past fcv.- years 

 goes to prove that the best way to en- 

 list the inteiest of boys in the study of 

 Natural History, is to t:ike them out in- 

 to the woods and tieUls. Here the in- 

 structor comes nearer the learner than 

 is usual in the cla.ss-room. He is, in 

 fact, not so much of a teacher, as a 

 student, who.se studies the pupil is per- 

 mitted to witness and share. In the; e 

 excursions the teaciier is simply a 

 leatler, whose methods of pi-oce(lure 

 are watched by the class, and whose 

 suggestions or remarks are dropped in- 

 cidently, or called forth l)y questiors 

 from individual pupils. It is found 

 that many of the lioys catch the spirit 

 of observati<ui with surprising alacrity 

 when it is thus diffused like an atmos- 

 phere round the path of an enthusiastic 

 student of nature. While the natural 

 activity of the boy is exercised by 

 walking, dinjbing, rowing, etc., his 

 perceptive tacidties are developed by 

 the continual out-lo(d< to discover new 

 objects, and the observation <)f tho.se 

 pointed out to him by the teacher. 

 Spei-imens taken are exhibited on the 

 spot, or passed from lumd to hand; 

 comments are made on them \>j the 

 teacher, and thus the Ijoy.s learn with- 

 out effort many things they wiU long 

 remember, and are stimulated to fur- 

 ther observation and reflection. No 

 t»'Xt books are used in any department. 



