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those we see hanging in front of every tailor’s shop, and 
near by, also suspended on the wall, an old German to- 
bacco-pipe made of wood, and having a very long stem. 
When I expressed some surprise that such paraphernalia 
constituted a part of their College Cabinet, the President 
replied, “‘ These breeches are the same identical ones which 
General M , to whose widow I introduced you last 
evening, wore when he was introduced to the royal family 
in London; and the tobacco-pipe is the one I once used 
myself, but which, at the solicitation of my wife, I gave 
up forever, although I had previously been an inveterate 
smoker. ‘These things exercise a great moral influence over 
the students, who can see by the first what a man can be- 
come, and by the second what he can do if he only has a 
firm resolution.” 
A very erroneous idea prevails with the managers of our 
Colleges in regard to the expense of establishing a Cabinet 
of Natural History. A splendid Cabinet may be collected 
at very little expense to any institution, if they only have 
a competent Professor in this department. Enthusiasm in 
any thing, but particularly in matters of Science, is very 
contagious, and the students who attend the lectures of a 
popular Professor of Natural History will very soon be- 
come themselves enthusiasts in this interesting department, 
and in all their excursions in vacation, or in the leisure 
hours of each day, will constantly be collecting zoological, 
botanical, or mineralogical specimens of all kinds, and in 
great abundance, for the Cabinet of their Alma Mater. 
The very desire to know what each insect, plant, or stone 
is, and what its use and scientific name, will prompt them 
to collect every thing with which they meet, and bring it 
to their Professor. In this manner a great number of 
duplicates will be obtained in a very short time, and these 
may be sent in exchange for other specimens, by the direct- 
‘ing Professor, to his correspondents of this and of foreign 

