tribution, almost the entire amount being donated by Hon. E. J. 
Barney and Hon. J. B. Thresher, of Dayton, and another person too 
immediately interested to care to allow his name to appear. The re- 
sults of the laboratory class on lake Superior, during the last summer, 
were so satisfactory that it is hoped to repeat the experiment on a 
larger scale during the summer of 1888. The editors will be glad to 
correspond with teachers and others desiring such opportunities as 
would be afforded by laboratory work at a station located upon the 
Gulf of Mexico. The work will depend somewhat on the desires of 
those participating, but will consist chiefly in lectures on biology, 
chemistry, physics, and geology, and laboratory study in these branch- 
es, as well as detailed investigation of the peculiar fauna of the Gulf. 
The co-operation of eminent southern naturalists is assured, and the 
imperfectly known crystalline rocks of the South will afford a fine 
field for the lithologist, as the proposed scheme involves a short tour 
in the mountains of Alabama. The facilities of the college laborato- 
ries will be placed at the disposal of the workers so far as may be prac- 
ticable and all obtainable aids will be secured. 
