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Expenses Have Been Made as Nearly
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re-COlumbian Colonization. The Indi-
ans and the Vikings.
Spanish Colonization. Columbus, the
Conquistadoret and the Padrus.
The DevonshiIe Seamen.
Colonization in the South and Middle
Region. Cavaliers PATRONS.
Colonization of New England. Pilgrim
and Puritan.
Colonization of New France. Wood
Rangers and Jesuits.
In English Literature, by Prof Freeman.
Alfred the Great, The Anglo Saxon
Time.
Cbaucer-The Father Of English Song
The Dawn of Modern English Literature
The Canterbury Tales. English Life in
the Fourteenth Century.
The Last Knight and First Gentleman.
The End of Chivalry and the Beginnings
Of Modern Society.
The Development of Dramatic Litera-
ture
The Evolution of the Novel
In Scandinavian Literature, by Prof. Olson.
Old Morse Literature.
The Sagas or Prose Literature of Ice
land.
Inc EudlS ana cCalulC fOtGfy.
Swedish Literature.
Danish Literature.
Morse Literature.
In Antiquities of India and Iran, by DR..
Tolman.
Our Aryan forefathers
The ancient faith Of India as shown in
the early hymns of the Veda.
The laws and customs of the Hindus as
declared in the law books of Manu-.
The religion of Persia as set forth in the
I'nd Ave8ta
The story told by the wedge-shaped in.
scriptionG of Persia.
The poetry Of the orient,
In Bacteriology, by Prof. Birge.
Bacteria as friends and foes.
General account of bacteria. Sketch
of the history and methods of bacteria
logy.
Physiological properties and mode of
life of bacteria.
Bacteria as friends. Fermentation, de-
composition. Bacteria of air, water and
soil.
Bicteria as foes. HDw they cause dis
ease Examples.
Continuation Of lecture w.
Cur means of oGense and defense against
bacteria. Recovery, immunity vaccina-
ton, drugs.
In Physiology of Plants, by Prof Barnes
How plants forage.
How pauts eat.
How plants breathe.
How plants grow.
How plants move.
How plants scatter their spores and
seeds.
In Electricity, by DIR. LOOMS.
The fundamental phenomena of electro
states illustrated by experiment; light
ming and lightning rods. The electro
maget and its applications electric bells,
burglar alarms, clocks, etc. Induction of
electric currents, the principles of the
dynamo and the motor, illustrated by ex
periments. Phenomena Of self-induction,
further discussion of the lightning rod.
Illustrations of the electric discharge in
II vacuum and the behavior of highly rare.
fed gases.
Other Courses
will be given in Geology by Prof. Sails
bury.
Courses in astronomy will probably be
given 10y Prof. Comstock.
Courses in other departments will be
given if any desire for the is expressed
Correspondences courses will be offered
in English and American history.
The university will furnish the lectures,
the illustrative material and brief print.
ed synopsis of the lectures. An extended
syllabus of the lectures with photographers
and recommendation for reading will be
prepared for the lecturer and charged in
the expenses. The lectures will be preceded
or followed by a class which will last about
an hour. in which there will be a discus
sion of the lecture. Questions will be
given out to which written answers may
be submitted by any persons, AT the end
of the course an examination will be held
for such persons as may desire it, and GER
tifcates will be awarded to those who pass
successfully.
The expense for course will be sixty
dollars and the expenses of the lecturer
THAT is, $40 per lecture and expenses
The lectures will be given once a week or
once in two weeks. This is a very small
fee, but to place it higher would seem to
put the lectures beyond the reach Of the
smaller towns.
The regulations adopted by the -egents
especially provide that courses shall be
given only where instructor can 60 with
out interfering with their classroom dut'e
This will prevent courses at distance
from Madison, and will also limit the
number that can be given, since as 4 rule
only Friday and Saturday evenings will be
available for the purpose, Should the
success that is expected be reached lectur-