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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 



