, 1874-08-08
The Anderson. School l. Of ,:i Nat: Vat
ural History.
Lectures by, Profs. Mayer, Morse,
and Wilder.
Rcn,intscehictes Of Asnssisaiz-.;:.D;ooi;p:: ,siai :: a.; :
Sen Drcdgin'S---,rho island,

-. tohTY-oSE YOUNG ,a1s.N AND WoatrH
from all parts Of tho nation. They aro profo
eors II. colleges, toachera in Nornai Schools MI
!tlsa SCHOOLS. army officers picking up fragmeu
r Of eesonce, spoclal students for tho muuoun
il ana achoos or technology, md tho oniuirresu1
anstour, whose pulse t!'roba ii, perfect un,so
with tho rliythm OF tho day, aud is tlisscotn,,
: shark to-day nu plac,dly rs he pulled s,roko.o,
ut the regatta yesterday, or will play 1lretyiol,
, tn tho orchestra tomorrow. But llo catuo nuini
", nnd 10 III tho way of nobody. .
At tho opening of tho school, Jutv 0. ar,
, Auderaon, from whom tue school talcs its nam
, aud Ina received most OF its endowment M val
) wae prosout for u fow hours, together, witt
! Alexander AGassiz ana Theodore Lyman. 1l,or
: wero no formal ceremonies connected with omen
ing, but each pupil was assigned his room. uu
lesk III tho laboratories, mud commenced wor]
al anything lie cLoso. Th6 botaustH spcod
hal tho 1t!ants Of tho island collected aud idout;
lied = tho entoinologlata woro chasing beotio
md oach other; csgor students llastonod uithc
and yon, after whatever excited tho most At
tentiou. The noxt day. tho openine locturo ,vo.
given by afr. Frederick W: Putnam, editor o
tue american Naturalist, for q, Aloyau1o,
AEasaH vas callod homo by a sudden ;llnosu
Ilio lectnre was OIL the subject to which Mr.
Putnam has given tho grcator part Of his life,
FISHES;
and perhnps those Interested in the a1yanconncnt
VI hcsenco ny bo'tor Scientific instrucion-anl
oan probably include thoreili Mi roalols az T,,,p
Tn1bukE-will got a bottcr idea Of tho Mn, IN aua MI
character Of tho Anderson School BY brinf
| account Of tho way VIC study fishes.
.. Each Tuesday and Thurs1lay, tue tisl,.nonds
nn Nal'sllon-tlio most castwntd' Of the Eliza
sharks, skatos; SOUP, talitog woak-ish. RIM.
natds, etc., nro bought. Each student who WsiI.
es i giycn QUE. At tho frat losson, tIio oyter-
nal oharncters of tho fish are noted, and tho 11u-
pll questioned oy ar. Putnam as to what ho las
soen. The fish is tIlon drawn by tho freo-haud
/ method, under tho instruetion Of Prof. Noctor.
VINO vas AgAasiH's artist for twenty years ia Tho
alusou'n at Cambridge. Tho ilsll ii tLon carcful
y diasocted Tor the digestive apparatus, aud a,
traced. The flesh ia then removed and a skaIn-
ton made, each bone being kept in placo, In lin
Hano way, lleli aftor lal1 pAsHos under tho kufo
and M g eTer uncoI'Hcio'tsy tho student is absorbing
th9 structure Of t1shcu, and With them tAa oseen.
tlal featurcH Of al yortcbratos. It is work
ior unsers aud eysa, und not s'uuri.,
parrotllIs from leaavn text:booLs." Eeiu. t:.n
papils OF Agassl2, or OF thoso WHO wcro his M.
plls, wa aayo luaruod tllat "Whou We study
Nature in boolg, We go ont OF doors and canaot ]
nnu nor" We aro hero taught to study thir,rs.
-not tho names Of tllings ~ ' 'A''t'''
Perhaps tho lecture-kydtem is found lere will,
ita best featnreR. "As1
Is uei;iVefinf; course OIL Physiological physics,-
Illose ':ilD 1tayo hoard or road tho locturas Of
nEa onaua ~ WI @ remember hls acknowledged iudept
nortunlty of '!oaring this distinguished nlynicst.
1ic teaches altogether By tila lnll,lotiye uothod.
dhat Ie. tho experiment is always to conyiucc
III ono h'easar,1hot tho explanation: We aro to bo
whon tho trnth is seen. Aud tAo intura n |
sound, vibrations, vibratory nlon aud Mi trra
10 pllszl:g when told. but 10 clear When sacI,.
arc lhiolalng bofore W, and proved by aprara.
rus ~ ehenp anl easily bundled that lila ,,,ost
a"kwatd of 11a can make alld 1se most Of il.
rHof. EDWARD a,onsx-
no stranger 10 the citl3eus of Clicugo-is eras,nr
every day from tl's btac.boatds drawings olounf
10 nHe th1 ior'a9 Of ayof us II o could oily
= PIT ho IL continually Suggesting subjects fur
study. y especially to tloso Of us WHO coma
1rom 1l.n thy Wost, so t!lat. VIC shall return
tn'iy ~ a Gosermne9 to work out tho cnbfyology
CLANS from one stream to another, Until
re nottlo how many Of tho 600 spcciey djacoyorcJ
BY Len arc real species, mud 4ow many arc only
y;ar'Gtiea y; or to make blolngieal collections Of
Tue ineecta Injurious to vegetation. 10 that tho
[armor, by visiting our cabinet, may SEQ tic sne-
;esytyo changes III tho lifo Of tho worm tint |
destroys his apre.treos. or his wl,ost or lis
meadow al'q loatn tho remedy Or, it may be, to
unitics for tho best study lio around our pyniIa
yoryEhero, aud need not to be sought cfuo- !
Yl,ore. ~'Ao' .
Il was Loft for Prof Durt Wilder, or. cornoll :
'llFofsty, to begin Ills course Of ccturoa with
.. I1S!scEScEs OF AuAsnIz. {
8 anything rolatiyo TO llo fo Of tho 1nan 10 dear
all Amerlcallg cannot but 10 Of intercst, will y
i've one 'lcilont that llaa never yet found its b
ay W iMto prnt; young aon Of Prof. Roetler
NJ roactoa the house Of Prof. AgaHsz late al +
light, expecting to llul his fntler there. "Dut {,
10 lattcr VAS ut tho Museum. n milo away; and
70 llttlo fellow, tired ont VII! his LON; trp was
ieeeilingly hard during tho day; but. 1t ii
clock at night. instead Of nei.tng the bow IT.
WY with servant, lie wont with him, ,-iutins nj
reTasa faTaa Int IN ts 10y Of tho meeting botwec
Many characteristic sayings of Prof. Asasa!z a. a.
@ being PLACED i'll tho wuls Of our general loc- ga
re-room: Among them Nso thcae: en-
" a laboratory III to mo sni1Gtiiary; would W.
We nothing douo in it unworthy its Great An. ar
''Study to translate what actnally exists. Do tn
Y enough to Say, I do hot k.ow.'" Of
~ Study Nature, not bopkB." gr
Onr timo IL not by nny moans taken TN On iii
oily with lectures or dlssoct,ony. ior.w lind be
'nty 6f limo to burn our baul;s hunting for ito
r-tlah, to get sel. sick ut tloopsca trodsnr. six
seriously, to nso half each day. if wo no arr
3ose, III collecting, and observing tho hahi OF. po
ma!s on this and tho nolshborilg islands. acs
Gu Muntlny wu
VIZ pnEDuE s Irc
tho dcop water or Gay Head, IN Vineyard III
md, or whore tho wind anil titlo may Incline Luj
The APPARATUS used Is familiar to those in- siiy
0stea, ljrobably,-:;b simply uet-tag i'll Ih'
!ss and hardor bottom, md attuefed to MI al Cy. M
i franc. lat and sharp upon onch od;o. TIis Il
arans, faatonod to tho proper length Of rope, osii
brown oyer, and drassssed for slort lis. dan
co Ion tho, bottom. Sometimes, for . Cor
s, hard pull, w9 Eat oply q ,nas. Of mud; not
again: tho drodBo n,hy contain the anIf
coral Of tlo North (astraayfa Danao) l,yiDg On Guf
Igo, sanl-dollars lEthinaruchinus jauna. uot, I
tho name has leit soyoral !ottc,a iu the II
,abet nnnscd), opliuraus or brtt!o ntar-lsi. cor,
no many beautiful things, In fact, that tloso Of
enRagoat ln looi,ng after their aoa-aoknoas tint
for sitting. with rattle OF Hcioulltlo namea ami
|, tho rost, ii,aa iaa
t'oo am writing to catoh tho mail, find tsiIa Hs
cf about to close with only u lottor Of nor n rr
! gossip on my hands, aud llttlo yet said or ioin
n l, uy ~ as stllaohta tAo olneytabl0 blne