, 1873-08-24
PENlKESE.
Tho Anderson School Of Natural
History.
Description Of tho IslnntI-- DufliIinrs
""-Courso Of Stu.ly-.-profcssors
aud Students.

"""Courso Of Study---rr0fcssors
aud Students.
Special torrespomltnes or Tbs cdicaoo 1+ibun.,
| pEN1RRss, hass., Aug. 0, 1879.
I"o weeks ago thoro was not ono pcrson /
i've hundred In Chicago who know whore penl
ko5e lBland wna Bituato1, or how to get thor
whom tho locality WIS known; and yet ever
Tow daya tho papera haye accounts Of donation
and work ut tho island. Tho correspondent q
Tns TRIBUNE loft Chicago tho lat OF July t.
! visit tho ialnnd, with tho accurat
knowledge Of the place that 1t WAS on th
tho Atlantic coast. After paying
visit to tho Smithsonian Instltu
tion, whore they aro supposol tc
know everything, and getting no botter idoa
wliero tho placcs WAS, I wont to tho Ooast-sur
vey ottlce, and tho information received was
thoy did not know any auch place. Quito dis
heartonod at ouch succoss, phi1adolphia appear
Oh as tho next place to apply for information
tut thoy knew less there than at Washington
With equal SUCCESS in humorous cittoB arrivot
at Salon, Mass. and received tho necessary in.
formation aa how to get to tho island, md tlle
prnycra Of tho writor woro duly thankful thai
night
Starting In m oarly train for Now Bedford, |
arrived there III tho morning, and, on inquiry.
found tho Parker House was tho head.
Quarters Of tho visitors to tho island. Tile
boat OH which you start for the Island runs but
twicn q wook,- Wednesdays and 6aturlayB,-
aud connects with a boat from tho island, as It
runs within couple Of miloa of tho place.
hlr. Robert Slack, Tho architect Of tho build
ings On tho island, askod mo to accompany linn
III his yacht to the island; which invitation was
gratefully accepted.
The dny was very ploaaant ; and 4 good brcezo,
added to which waH good stock Of eatab1oe
(whcro tho dyinkablos oarno from In this Htato-
hlassachusctts--is mystery), made tho trip worry
ploaBant as long as thoro WAS no occasion to food
tho ashcs. About noon tho boat drow alongside
o.; Of the wharf, aud tho island was at last beheld
ssv i,o pan;yyes Gyos 81 thG PooE qul-ryor To
summer resort, is ontroly falao as thoro III not
bush On tho island over 8 feet high, aud yory fow
ut tint.
THE ISLAND,
Inc ieland Ia barren, rocky p1nce. with stuall
bills. It was kept liyoly in forinor years BY ti1o
or!glna! inllabitants, Of which tl.ore aro enough
lats,-the Eulls, who keep the mir necessarily
1llleu Will their scronm and family qlarres;
aud would mako good place for a Chicago d.
only things raised III tho
place hoing a few potatoes, and line crop of
guIls, who occasionally logo thoir dinner from
boa- sickness, aud i'll that wny may hive Riyau
tue nnnio Pako Island to tho placo, which It is
sometimes , known by. puno Island is another
Tue e1tont OF tho island Ia about 100 acres, It
s entirely rocls with littlo soil over them. and
10 rather lcsolste. Iho tide is not of croat Or
;ent, !, but affords numerous fine opportunities
study. of marine iife. Tic place ID cool. and a.
yayH has tlnc brceze, and il enurai)io during
ho Summer. but rather cut of tho question in
sinter. It In tho most southwestern Of tho
tlizaoetsi lslandu, aud aonlo 1G miles from the
own Of Now Bedford; and, Of course, that town
auta Oh numerous aira tint it is 10 houored by
laying AGaaBxR school near it.
NIT. AHDEllyON's GIFT.
In this island aud school uno of the wishes
u Agassla,s life has been anticipated. At tllo
'penng, which took place Tucs:lay, April 22, tho
Ion. William Girod,. AIr. Antlorsons legal i'd
'isor. read tho decd by which tho island. tho
buildings, and furniture wero given to tho
clool. Tho grantees ulmod are Louis Agagyiz,
=. Z. Agassiz (his SOM, Thomas &.
'ary, Martin Drinlmor, Theodore Lyman, and
Aolr successors, ns Iruateog OF u Normal School
Or teachers and students Of Natural History.
With tho isand Mr: Anderson gives. $4,000 to |
he nehool. Tho deed appoinfs Prof. Agassiz
or OF the school, with tho authority to
pnoint toaehers aud lecturors, and marx |
ut tho course Of study; aud tho authority is in
ested III him aolely: hIr. Cary wnu appointed |
cside on q promontory Of eoma Is ncros IN ~. ~
ont, at tile eastern end Of tho islon1 a1an - ~
ght to appoint additional Trustees and Tim |
cod proscrbcs that flyo Trugtoos sI,a1, oI,rn1a
0 re1ilouts Of Maaeachusottn' NM, nna ~ NaSrS
ork City Tho T,usteea nro nut1,or;Sos @ ~ t, No"
oud portion Of tho fund an mn n iho " 49, ~
on Of noccsaarv huiI,I;n1u ~ 49,, ~ eup olec
rofeAsors
Tho specimens that arc roorirod for +ooc,,in,
i'll bo brought from CamIridea. M h ;a tho tx
,ntion Of tho donor to n,aIio tIia ecl,ool tho
EDUCATIONAL part Of The Museum nt camhr;asa sao
I'd tho Truntcees nav mako tho ac',nn so tnn 80,
usiya place Of instruction in Nnturnl IT;sto-v
i CONNECTION with Harvard ra1lcon whiia ~
sinoss mHttcrs ro kent Distinct III, "o aanorat 1ta
ON tho College. Ne0S' 1"4 ''i'AAN'o
Prof. AgasHiz Ind long thought o+ aato1,1;a,.
g a scIlooI nj Nnnt1,clot' Mr 1aa.nu' 1nanran.
,snal!v Rad in nonannn"r ~. ra1,.t tAauotsGu ~ .q
rofousor's appoal to tic Goneral Gpnrt ~ Mas .u
chuHottg for al, stifionni nnnronr,t ~ olsa. ~
.c Museum at Cambri.Ire, n VIII, NJ NJ
icatiou tho Professor ;ncjdontoi1v ~ II.
led to a pnrlinly-formci nurnna1o
4oh1;oh , u,t,,ci - N.s.tI Futpoeo "