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Rochester Establishment, and of seeing his important collections. 
One point which Professor Morse has failed to notice is the wor 
done by Mr. Ward in the matter of blocks, labels, shields, and 
other appliances for the arrangement of cabinets. He has not 
only planned, but has gone on and constructed the cabinet cases 
in Vassar, Alleghany and Pittsburg colleges, in the Orange Judd 
Hall of Science at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Conn., 
and in the new Syracuse University. At the time of going to 
press we are informed that Mr. Ward has been engaged to con- 
struct the cabinet cases in the new Geological hall—two hundred 
feet long— of the Smithsonian Institution. F. W. P.] 
If will be seen” by the following circular, issued by Professor 
Agassiz, that a summer school of science for teachers is to be held 
on Penekese Island, Buzzard’s Bay, next summer. From present 
appearances we may predict every success in its administration, | 
A rare opportunity, such as we believe no country has heretofore 
afforded, will be offered to those anxious to study the biology, chem- 
istry, and physics, of the sea. Experts will carry on their explo- 
rations during three months, and students will thus under the 
stimulus of their example, be able to learn how to collect, prepare, 
and study marine animals and plants. If successfully carried out, 
this school will inaugurate, we believe, a new system of public 
instruction, and exert the happiest influence on the future progress 
of science in this country, which depends more than ever on mak- 
ing original investigators. Without further remark we present our 
readers with a copy of the programme, adding that those who wish 
to avail themselves of the privileges of the school may address 
Prof. Agassiz, or the editors of this journal :— 
PROGRAMME oF A COURSE OF Instruction IN NATURAL History, 
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PROPOSE TO INTRODUCE THE STUDY INTO THEIR SCHOOLS, AND 
FOR STUDENTS PREPARING TO BECOME TEACHERS. 
Zoölogy in general, and Embryology of the Vertebrates, by Prof. L. AGASSIZ. 
The extinct Animals of Past Ages, compared with those now living, and the Methods 
of identifying them, by Prof. N. S. SHALER. 
Comparative Anatomy and Physiology of the Vertebrates, by Prof. B. G. WILDER. 
The Animals and Plants living in Deep Waters, and the Peculiar Conditions of their 
Existence, by L. F. DE POURTALES. 
Embryology of the Radiates, by A. AGASSIZ. 
Natural History and Embryology of the Mollusks, by Prof. E. S. MORSE. 
