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hours exposure to the sun seem but a minute when employed in observ- 

 ing the marvels of creation. 



It would not be correct to say that the corolla of flowers is merely 

 designed to point out the plant to insects. Nature knows too well how 

 to connect economy of means with magnificence of results, to permit us 

 to suppose that the same organ may not serve several ends. It is evi- 

 dent, for example, that the corolla is like the calyx, designed to protect 

 the central parts of the flower. 



We shall hereafter study its other functions, at present we have only 

 proved those that are most important and most worthy of your atten- 

 tion." 



COLLEGE RECORD. 



Statistics of Perm. College. — The Catalogue of this Institution for 

 the year 1845, (the thirteenth since its organization,) furnishes us with 

 the following results : — Graduates 88 ; Seniors 4 ; Juniors 19 ; Sopho- 

 mores 19; Freshmen 20; Partial Course 9 ; Preparatory Department 

 77 ; making the total of 148 in connection with the Institution during 

 the year. 



College Commencement. — The Annual Commencement of Penn. Col- 

 lege takes place on Thursday the 18th of September. On the afternoon 

 of the day preceding, the address before the Literary Societies will be 

 delivered by Prof. Reynolds. The address before the Alumni will be 

 delivered on Wednesday evening, by Rev. Chas. P. Krauth, of Balti- 

 more, Md. 



On Tuesday the 16th inst., several addresses will be delivered by the 

 students of the Theological Seminary, and a discourse before the Alum- 

 ni of the Seminary by the Rev. Chas. F. Schaeffer, of Harrisburg, Pa. 



The Record and Journal. — Subscribers are informed that the first 

 and second numbers of the Journal are exhausted, so that they cannot 

 be supplied. Several who have forwarded the money for subscription 

 within the last month, will receive copies so soon as we obtain a ievf 

 numbers which Postmasters have informed us remain uncalled for in their 

 ofiices, though we are happy to say that not more than half a dozen 

 such cases have yet been reported to us. We mention this circumstance 

 in order to inform our friends who have favored us with their orders, 

 why they have not been filled more promptly. 



