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Erastus Test, William B. Morgan and Joseph Moore. In the period from 

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

 hardt's; in botany, Gray's Structm-al. 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 veteran instructors 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 

 first beginning in Indiana toward a permanent collection of material in 

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

 ent Earlham College museum, with its more than 14,000 specimens, is the 

 outgrowth of that beginning. 



About the same time tlie first astronomical observatory in the State 

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

 present ((uarters of the Christiiui Associations, was the location of tlie 

 first chemical laboratory for the use of college students in Indiana. 



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

 scliool lalior.-itory W(irk in simie one science being re([uired for matricula- 

 tion:* Cliemistry, six terms' work: physics, six terms' work; l)iology, ten 

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

 psychology, two terms" work. 



Earlham now has a complete set of lal)oratories devoted to chemistry, 

 biology, physics and psychology. These lal)oratories are equipped with 

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

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

 search and for purposes of instruction. 



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

 versity, instruction in science was given by that distinguished geologist 

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

 Fairchild. 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 excin-sions. I remember particularly the trip which 

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

 time that the railroad from Indianapolis to Vincennes was building and 

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



