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The January Bulletin, issued by the library under the editorship of Justin Winsor, has just appeared. The official corporation records published with it extend from September 26 to December 22, 1882. From these we learn that the class fund of the class of 1828, amounting to nearly $3000, has passed...
The N. Y. Post says, in regard to the Agassiz Museum : "By the purchase of the large Schary collection of Bohemian Silurian fossils, and by its own rich amassing in the West and Southwest during the year, the museum now contains one of the finest collections of palaeozoic fossil invertebrates...
The following account of what is being done at a neighboring college for the study of science will be of interest : "A scientific expedition will be undertaken by Williams College next summer, in which students will join, to procure specimens for use in biology and geology. In future years better...
We wish again to call the attention of subscribers to the reading room to the necessity of paying their subscriptions at once. Over one hundred gentlemen gave their names as wishing to enjoy the advantages of the room and willing to bear their share of the expense. Depending on this...
In these words we have tried to show rather how bad most college verses are than how good. There is an immense amount of sifting to be done to make up a justifiable collection, and after the next sifting how many of this collection will ever be read again? If...