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The West American Scientist. 



forty years ago: 



I think I can truly say that I saw 

 in that region in one day more buf- 

 faloes than I have seen of cattle in 

 all my life. I have seen the plain 

 black with them for several days' 

 journey as far as the eye could reach. 

 They seemed to be coming north- 

 ward continually from the distant 

 plains to the Platte to get water, 

 and would plunge in and swim across 

 by thousands — so numerous were 

 they that they changed not only the 

 color of the water, but its taste, until 

 it was unfit to drink; but we had to 

 use it. One night when we were en- 

 camped on the South Fork of the 

 Platte they came in such droves that 

 we had to sit up and fire guns and 

 make what fires we could to keep 

 them from running over us and 

 trampling us into the dust. We 

 could hear them thundering all night 

 long; the ground fairly trembled 

 with fast approaching bands; and if 

 they had not been diverted, wagons, 

 animals and emigrants would have 

 been trodden under their feet. 



Bret Hart, who is growing old and 

 white-haired, is living in England, 

 where he is still quite popular. 



Among the new exchanges is the 

 West American Scientist, pub- 

 lished at San Diego College of Let' 

 ters, Pacific Beach, California. The 

 paper is divided into two depart- 

 ments, a scientific, and a literary 

 and miscellaneous. It is published 

 monthly. The scientific department 

 of the August number begins with a 

 review of the life and services of 

 Mathew Cook, a prominent western 

 naturalist whose investigations ot the 

 Codlin moth and other insects injuri- 

 ous to fruit attracted considerable at- 

 tention. An article on "The Beach 

 and Its Effects on the Climate," and 

 another on "The Coloration of 

 Fishes," are also of special interest. 

 An article on the flora and fauna of 

 that region is valuable to anyone in- 

 terested in botany and zoology. The 

 literary and miscellaneous depart- 

 ments contain useful and humorous 

 articles which convey many valuable 

 hints. 



(To I lege of betters* 



FACULTY. 



Samuel Sprecher, L. L. D., Presi- 

 dent. 



F. P. Davidson, A. M., Natural 

 Sciences. 



Lucia Powers Woods, Languages — 

 Ancient and Modern. 



Thos. J. Penfield, A. B., Mathematics. 



Mary Edith Gover, Art Master — Art 

 and English. 



Carl Vandal, Music — Violin, Piano, 

 Vocal. 



E. N. Proh, Asst. Instructor of Latin. 



Katie Woodford and Lita Kidwell, 

 Asst. Insts. Preparatory. 



STUDENTS. 



Alexander, Jesse, San Diego, Calif. 



Ames, Nellie, Los Angeles, " 



Barbour, Frank, Coronada, " 



Barbour, Fred, " " 



Barnes, Theodore, Madison, Neb. 



Blakeman, C. B. San Diego, Calif. 



Bottsford, Addie, La Jolla, " 



Brown, Bessie, San Diego, " 



Cogewell, Mary, Pacific Beach, il 



Davidson, Charles, " " 



Davis 



Fox Lewis Colton, " 



Frey, Henry H., Cincinnati, Ohio. 



Gabrielson, Win, San Diego, Calif. 



Gearn, Laura, " " 



Groh, E. N., Boyertown. Penn. 



Hall, Maria, El Cajon, Calif. 



Havermale, Wm., San Diego, " 



Hewlet, Fannie, Cascade, Colorado. 



Jacoby, Belle, San Diego, Calif. 



Jones, C. Lily, 



Kidwell, Lita, National City, " 



Kirby, Edith, San Diego, Calif. 



Lovett, Horace 



Lowe, Ida, 



Niles, Ruby, 



Oliver, Jacqueline, PuntaBanda, L. C. 



Pauly, James, San Diego, Calif. 



Pauly, Nettie, " 



Pease, Fannie, Valley Centre, ' ' 



Pease, Minnie, 



Reed, Oliver, San Diego, " 



Roper, Chas. ' Dublin, Ireland. 



Roper, Samuel, 



