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mistake in the logical order of arrangement of 

 these sciences, — whether it should be Chemistry, 

 Physics, Geology, Physiology, Zoology, and Bot- 

 any, or whether the order would be better if re- 

 versed. Of course, the only answer I could make 

 was that the order was of little importance, and 

 that if a year was all the time he had for all of 

 them, it would be better to omit any five or at least 

 any four, and to spend his time on the rest. But 

 my advice was not followed, and I have no doubt 

 that he found room at last to work all of them in, 

 and a term of Astronomy and one of Political 

 Economy besides. 



I quote, from the catalogue of an alleged " col- 

 lege " in Indiana, a statement in regard to its 

 "Scientific Course" of one year's duration, which 

 leads to a degree called " Bachelor of Science : " 

 ** The graduates [of this course] are polished 

 speakers as well as accurate mathematicians, thor- 

 ough scientists, and accomplished Latin scholars. 

 Graduates from this department fill good positions, 

 and are everywhere known as leaders, because of 

 their energy, perseverance, enthusiasm, and never- 

 ceasing activity," — and so on. The so-called 

 " insurmountable barrier" to a degree " formed by 

 the long courses of the colleges and State Normal 

 Schools," is at once blown away, and all obstacles 

 which debar indolence and ignorance from the 

 privileges of scholarship once for all removed. 



I have a friend in this town (Indianapolis), a 

 most estimable gentleman in the real estate and 

 rental business, who some forty years ago received 

 from the legislature of the State of Indiana a char- 



