Bulletin of Elon College, the, 1890-1905 . dsand other Infusorians, Sponges, the Hydra and Jelly-fish, Polyps, Worms, Sea-urchins, Bivalves and Uni-valves, and finally Vertebrates up to man. This Department is supplied with the necessary ma-rine invertebrates and skeletons, also microscopes anddissecting instruments for laboratory work. Through-out the work is made as practical as possible, andspecial stress is put upon the economic value of the dif-ferent forms of animal life studied. For text-books and reference: Zoology (Packard;Needham); Biology (Parker, Bo3rer, Sedgewick andWilson); Butte
Bulletin of Elon College, the, 1890-1905 . dsand other Infusorians, Sponges, the Hydra and Jelly-fish, Polyps, Worms, Sea-urchins, Bivalves and Uni-valves, and finally Vertebrates up to man. This Department is supplied with the necessary ma-rine invertebrates and skeletons, also microscopes anddissecting instruments for laboratory work. Through-out the work is made as practical as possible, andspecial stress is put upon the economic value of the dif-ferent forms of animal life studied. For text-books and reference: Zoology (Packard;Needham); Biology (Parker, Bo3rer, Sedgewick andWilson); Butterflies (Scudder, and Holland); Birds(Blanchan, Dugmore); Insects (Howard). III. ASTRONOMY. Beginning with an introduction, the Solar Systemwill be studied first, and the Siderial System second. Inaddition to the recitations, the class will meet at nightwith the Professor to study and locate the principalstars and constellations by the aid of maps and will count as parallel work. For the successful study of Practical Astronomy,. Elon College. 17 which is pursued in the first term of the Senior Class,a fair knowledge of Physics and Pure Mathematics isrequired. Here the student realizes something of thereward of his toil in the study of the Higher Mathe-matics in their application to the problems of Astron-omy. For text-books and reference: Loomis PracticalAstronomy, Newcomb and Holdens Astronomy (Ad-vanced Course), Youngs General Astronomy, andYoungs Elements of Astronomy. IV. MINERALOGY. This course is distinctly practical. It includes theexamination and classification of more than 100 of themost important stones and minerals. Students aresupplied with the necessary acids and apparatus formaking blow-pipe tests and analyses. Besides the col-lege cabinet, which contains several hundred specimens,the students have access to the collection of mineralsand stones in the Museum. For text-books and reference: Austins ObservationBlanks in Mineralogy, Clapps Lessons in Minera
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