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the commissioners appointed for the purpose unanimously selected Columbia as 

 the site. In 1862 a munificent land grant for agricultural colleges was made 

 by Act of Congress, which largely increased the endowment of the University, 

 so that it is now freed from all pecuniary embarassments. 



The different departments of the University are the Academic schools, at 

 which the sciences and languages are taught, and the Professional schools, at 

 which Agriculture, pedagogics, law, medicine, mining and metallurgy, engineer- 

 ing and art are taught by capable and distinguished professors, aided by the most 

 modern instruments and other appliances. Very few persons have an idea of 

 the extent and importance of our State University, and it would, doubtless, sur- 

 prise and gratify a large majority of our citizens to examine this catalogue. 



EDITORIAL NOTES. 



The American Association for the Ad- 

 vancement of Science opens its twenty- 

 seventh annual meeting at St. Louis, on the 

 21st inst, with rendezvous at the Lindell 

 Hotel, after which the general sessions will 

 be held at Armory Hall. 



The officers of the Association are as fol- 

 lows: 



President, Prof. O. C. Marsh, of New 

 Haven ; General Secretary, Prof. H. Carring- 

 ton Bolton, of Hartford ; Permanent Secre- 

 tary, Prof. F. W. Putnam, of Cambridge ; 

 Vice President section A., Prof. R. H. 

 Thurston : Vice President section B., Prof. 

 A. R. Grote ; Secretary section A., Prof. F. 

 E. Nipher, St. Louis, Mo.; Secretary section 

 B., Prof. Geo. Little, Atlanta ; Treasurer, W. 

 S. Vaux, Philadelphia, Pa.; Chairman of 

 Permanent Subsection of Microscopy, Prof. 

 Geo. S. Blackie, Nashville ; Chairman of Per- 

 manent Subsection of Chemistry, Prof. F. 

 W. Clarke, of the University of Cincinnati, 

 Ohio. 



The indications are that this meeting will 

 be very largely attended by the most promi- 

 nent scientists of this country and Europe, 

 and the people of St. Louis are making 

 special preparations to entertain them. 



A special invitation has been extended to 

 the foreign scientists, Norman Lockyer and 

 Prof. Janssen to attend the meeting, and the 

 invitation will undoubtedly be honored. 



Thos. Bell, F. G. S., of London, England, is 

 also coming. Prof. Simon Newcomb, of the 

 the Naval Observatory, Washington, Dr. 

 Asaph Hall, the discoverer of the satellites of 

 Mars, Prof. J. A. Rogers, Prof. Wm. Hark- 

 ness, Alvan Clark, the greatest manufacturer 

 of astronomical lenses of any age, Prof. J. 

 R. Eastman, H. S. Pritchett, of Glasgow, 

 Mo., Prof. E. S. Holden, Dr. C. S. Hastings, 

 L. Trouvellot, G. W. Hill, of the Nautical 

 Almanac, Ormond Stone, of Cincinnati, Gen. 

 Meyer and Prof. Abbe, of the Signal Service, 

 Prof. Langley, of Alleghany Observatory, G. 

 F. Baker, of Philadelphia, Dr. Bolton, of 

 Hartford, Conn., General Secretary of the 

 Association, Prof. F. W. Putnam, of Cam- 

 bridge, Mass., its Permanent Secretary, Dr. 

 Goodale, of Harvard, Prof. Ricketts, of Col- 

 umbia College, Thomas Mehan, of German- 

 town, Pa., H. C. Lewis, Thos. Bassnett, of 

 Florida, P. W. and W. S. Sheafer, of Potts- 

 ville, Pa., Oliver M. Bryant, of Accokeek, 

 Md., J. H. Kellogg, of Battle Creek, Mich., 

 R. W. Thurston, of Hoboken, A. P. S. 

 Stuart, of Lincoln, Neb., S. A. Latimer, of 

 Rochester (N. Y.) University: President O. 

 C. Marsh, of New Haven, Benjamin Pierce, 

 of Cambridge, Jas. D. Dana, of New Haven, 

 Jas. Hall, of Albany, Isaac Lee, of Philadel- 

 phia, T. A. P. Barnard, President of "Col- 

 umbia," Stephen Alexander, B. A. Gould, 

 Thomas Sterry Hunt, all of Boston, Prof. Asa 



