New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-05-09
CATHOLIC I'M, FRSITY OF AMERICA


Washington May 3 Spe' nil.-Thc American Medical
Psychological Association met in this city on the 3D.
4th and 5th lnsts. It's sessions opened on Tues
day morning by an address OF welcome from the Rev
Dr. Edward A. Pnce. professor of experimental psych
ology In the university.
The work Of gathering and arranging The na'nfai
history collections for the OF the future physical
biological and anthOpOogical departments has been
steadily going for the las, two years. under The
direction of the Rev. DIR. Alexis A. Orban. Of the so
ciety OF st. spicc. the Librarian Of the university
and acting cun,or Of natural history, Win Inc CO
operation OF Dr. Joseph Wilcox. II Philadelphia. In
the field OF paleo conchology there Is now on hand
remarkably fine collection Of plioccnc shells from The
Calvosahatchie she'll beds In south Florida collected
by aiessrs ball and Wilcox most OF them ne" species
described from these specimens by Angelo Heipln In
1887 another Of recent shells from southwest Florida
collected by the same collection of tertiary, qnhcr
nary and recent shells from the Basin OF Paris gwen
bv Or. Rcmy OF Mareuil- Port. Siane and small
but valuable collection OF recent shells from the Indian
Ocean and Australasia General palcont0logy Is rep
resented the great Hall collection. prepared By the
Museum Of Natural History In New York. which con
tains about 10000 specimens Of American fossils rep
r-Scnting nearly 600 species. There also large
collection Of fossils from Alabama aud small one
frm the slluran formation NIamilton group IN New
York State furnished by the Museum Of Natural His
tory ia Ncw-york CITY. \ complete collection vi
miOcenc fossils destined Tor the university u no" III
preparation at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.
Mincrulogy IL rprescnted by collection Of about
$50 specimens from different parts OF America. most
Of them given by the smithsonian Institution The
Smithsonian has also furnished Ia the university
valuable geological series OF the rOcls Of the country
Among other minor collections inicrc ting one
Of plants from Palestine and OF American east
coast corals. One Of the most valuable contributions
thus fnr made toward the biological collections Of The
future scientific department t. that Of vast hcrbarum
prepared BY the Rev. A. l.. LangloN. cure Of ST. Mar
tnviile. La. This gentleman la, devoted n large pnr
lion OF his life b. botanical studies and has amused
collection Of American flower which now contains
forty six volumes OF phancogams and acrOgcns twenty
volumes OF MOSES and cpdiicaS. forty volumes
Of fungi etc. and twelve volumes Of lchcns. bcsdes
IA unique botanical library Of 300 volumes. lie has
made public his Intention Of giving his entire collcc
and library 20 the university and has made pro
vision that effect In his viii. lie T. continually
adding specimens to compete the >crlc,, ana the
h.oogical laboratory Of the university VIII ultimately
have IN this LangOl~ cole, ton II The finest series
Of American hOIn In the world DR.. Orb;in. through
whose energy aud SIKH such excellent pr'par itiOns
have made for the work of the future faculty II
science, l. himself naturalist Of note. having
for a teacher Of several of the natural
sciences and being The author OF text book VI botany
used In the Canadian schools