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The adjunct should teach inorganic chemistry and the use of the blowpipe ; 

 also superintend the analytical labors of less advanced students. 



5. The professor of natural history would be expected to teach human 

 anatomy and physiology, comparative anatomy and vegetable physiology ; also 

 geology and palaeontology, and perhaps veterinary surgery, unless the funds 

 permitted the employment of a purgeon to superintend the health of the estab- 

 lishment, who could then take this as a specialty. 



The adjunct professor would instruct in practical botany, zoology, mineralogy, 

 and taxidermy. 



6. The professor of ancient languages would teach Greek and Latin, in con- 

 nexion with ancient geography and mythology. 



The assistant, or professor of modern languages, would instruct, such as 

 desired, in German, French, or Spanish. 



7. The duties of the instructors in music and drawing have been already 

 pretty fully discussed. Were not economy ar object, one artist could be kept 

 fully occupied making large paintings in the style used for stage scenery, and 

 in lettering large diagrams for each department. 



8. The instructor of tictics should form a class of the most capable, and 

 drill them thoroughly, so that they could afterwards, as officers and non-com- 

 missioned officers in the corps of students, aid him in drilling every student one 

 hour daily. 



Employes. 



9. The head farmer should be thoroughly conversant with the principles 

 and practice of ploughing and sowing by hand; should understand keeping 

 farm accounts, the management of reapers, mowers, and other labor-saving 

 machinery, and the rotation of crops. 



10. The head gardener must understand the cultivation of plants in a hot- 

 house and green-house, budding, grafting, and pruning, and be thoroughly con- 

 versant with the cultivation of the ordinary vegetables, flowers, and fruits. 



11. One farm hand should be able to manage stock generally, and be capa- 

 ble of showing the students the principles and practice of sheep-shearing. The 

 other should be a good reaper, mower, and cradler, and be able to show students 

 how to grind and hang a scythe, adjust the implement to his height, and take 

 a clean swath. These two hands labor on the farm in summer; in winter they 

 attend to the stock, make fires, and act as janitors for the recitation-rooms. 



12. The porteress busies herself chiefly about dusting and keeping every- 

 thing in good order in the museum. She ought also to attend strangers visiting 

 the college who desire to examine the museum out of curiosity, not rendering it 

 necessary to disturb a professor or assistant, unless they request special informa- 

 tion. The room next the agricultural collection might be assigned to the por- 

 teress, with a fire to make visitors comfortable in winter. 



VI. CONCLUDING REMARKS. 



Being fully sensible that this communication has extended much beyond the 

 simple details asked for regarding a museum, I feel yet so fully impressed with 

 the vital importance of the subject of education, and with the feeling that not 

 one half has yet been said which rises before me demanding a hearing, that I 

 crave indulgence while I make a few closing observations : 



If the students are all received without charge, as contemplated on this plan, 

 there should be some ratio per county or district guiding their reception. Sup- 

 pose, then, that besides the soldiers' orphans, as mentioned below, there should 



