8 SUPPLEMENT. 



Bible is made the basis of all religious instruction, everything of a denomina- 

 tional character is as far as practicable avoided. 



Students may, upon the written request of their parents or guardians, be 

 excused from these exercises to attend services in one of the churches of 

 the villaee. 



BOOKS, APPARATUS, AND SPECIMENS IN NATUPtAL HISTORY. 



The Library of the College contains about one thousand volumes. Among 

 them are several valuable sets of cyclopaedias, magazines and newspapers, 

 reports of Agricultural Societies, and State Boards of Agriculture, and many 

 standard works on Agriculture and Horticulture. There are also many excel- 

 lent works of reference in Chemistry, Botany, Surveying and Drawing. The 

 larger part of the books have been presented to the Institution by private 

 individuals. 



The faculty and students of the College also have access to the Library of 

 Amherst College, which contains nearly thirty thousand volumes. 



The State Cabinet of Specimens illustrating the Geology and Natural His- 

 tory of Massachusetts has been removed from Boston to the College, and is 

 of much value for purposes of instruction. 



The Knowlton Herbarium contains more than fifteen thousand species of 

 named botanical specimens, besides a large number of duplicates. The Bo- 

 tanic Museum is supplied with many interesting and useful specimens of woods, 

 seeds, and fruit models. 



About one thousand species and varieties of plants are cultivated in the 

 Durfee Plant-House, which yields a perennial supply of enjoyment and infor- 

 mation to the students of both colleges. 



The very extensive and, in many respects, unsurpassed collections in Geol- 

 ogy, Mineralogy, Natural History, and Ethnology, belonging to Amherst Col- 

 lege, are accessible to members of the Agricultural College. 



Lectures upon Physics must also be given to agricultural students at Am- 

 herst College, until apparatus is provided for this Indispensable department. 



The Chemical, Engineering, and Military departments of the Agricultural 

 Collece are well fUrnished. 



