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...these contests wreaths of laurel and farming implements could be awarded to the victors, while to each of the vanquished, as a compensation for the disappointment, an elegant chromo and a copy of Vick's Floral Guide might be presented. Also the land in the rear of the Scientific School, if proper attention were paid to it, might be induced to become the abode of the sweet-smelling onion, the cabbage, and the beet, - the last-named, however, will not need to be cultivated, for deceased members of its family already abound in Cambridge, - instead of being used for foot...
...numerous applications for this summer's session at Penikese have been so much reduced by the attempt to make the School partially self-supporting, that the Trustees are forced, in order to save the institution from debt, to close it for the coming season. Since no assistance is to be expected from the State Boards of Education, in the form of scholarships or otherwise, it becomes evident that the School must be carried on either by the help of the teachers for whose advantage it is intended, or by an endowment. The gift of Mr. Anderson, however generous, only sufficed...
...surprise of its friends, as striking a success as the first had been, and the lists for the coming year were as crowded as ever. But the pupils at Penikese come from a poorly paid class. However grateful for the privilege of studying at a seaside school of natural history, very few among them can afford to contribute even a small sum toward its support. On the other hand, the Professors, disinterested as they have shown themselves, can hardly continue year after year to give up their summer months, without any adequate remuneration, to this undertaking...
...present there seems even less hope of an early resumption of the work at Penikese than when the circular which we have quoted from was issued. The Director says, "No further attempt will be made to run the School at Penikese, as, owing to its location, the extra expense attending the running of the School would provide for it anywhere else...
...summer school limited to a few of the best students in Natural History, connected with the College, will probably be established next year (1876); but I doubt that a school of the present scope of Penikese can be run, unless very largely endowed. The Trustees are already too far in debt to feel that they can go on with it, as matters now stand...