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THE BLACK-CAPPED PETREL IN OHIO. 



By Josua Lindahl. 



Not less than three specimens of the rare Black- 

 capped Petrel (CEstrelata haesitata) were cajitured on 

 the Ohio river last summer. 18I»8, after a violent gale 

 on the Atlantic coast. This is the first record of any 

 specimen of this pelagic hird heing- found in the State 

 of Ohio. 



A PLEA FOR SCIENCE IN THl-: PUBLIC 

 SCHOOLS. 



By Mary E. Law, :\I. D. 



Is it not strange that in a country of free people, 

 where individuality is at a premium, and where free 

 speech, a free press, and a free ballot are guaranteed 

 the humblest citizen, that we are so easily ruled l)y 

 custom, tradition or the fashion of the hour. 



Perhaps this subserviency to the established, the 

 conventional, the conservative is most marked in the 

 domain of education. Even the church, such a 

 stronghold of conservatism and tradition as it is. 

 bound by creeds and superstitions, shows the spirit of 

 evolution and progress. There is a vital principle at 

 work in the church which is evident to the most care- 

 less observer, and the scoffers outside the church 



