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ular arrangement. Mr. Stodder used Tolles ry With Prof. Smith’s 
opaque illuminator and Tolles 45 immersion, and he is convinced 
that some parts of the valves are smooth, transparent, and struct- 
ureless, without a trace of spherules. 
NOTES. 
WE print in this number the proceedings of the first meeting 
of the Agassiz Natural History Club, organized by the students 
of the Anderson School of Natural History at Penikese Island. 
The school was, notwithstanding the unfinished state of the build- 
ings, and many other temporary drawbacks, resulting from its 
isolated situations, opened on the 8th of July, fifty students being 
present. As we go to press the indications are that the need of 
such a school has been fully demonstrated, and its future success 
thoroughly assured. The nature of the work already done is such 
as will tend to make each student an original investigator. A 
large proportion of the members are teachers. They are learning 
the art of observing for themselves, gaining an insight into the 
modes and difficulties of research and obtaining some idea of the 
vast extent of the field of biology. Even after the short term of 
ten weeks they will return to their schools and colleges with a 
new enthusiasm for science-teaching, which will inevitably, if we 
mistake not, be shown in the other studies they may have to 
teach. 
Though the school, at the time of writing this note, has been 
running but a fortnight, lectures on surface geology, the em- 
bryology of vertebrates and articulates, on physiology, physical 
Seography, on the microscope and its construction, with practical 
lessons in its use, free hand drawing on the blackboard, zoologi- 
cal and landscape drawing, and daily dredging excursions in the 
yacht $* Sprite,” together with instructions in collecting and pre- 
serving animals, have been given. The amount of laboratory 
Work done is most satisfactory. Large aquaria are being set up 
in the temporary laboratory, while the walls for the second dor- 
mitory and laboratory are going up. 
Certainly the most sanguine friends of the movement have every 
reason to congratulate the founder and director of the school, with 
_ those associated in the work of teaching, on the good prospects of 
Pe. the experiment. 
