isua-isnscatalog-1890-1891-057
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56 ANNUAL CATALOGUE.collection of fishes and marine invertebrates obtained chiefly
through Mr. Evermanns connection with the United States
National Museum and the United States Fish Commission.These serve as a nucleus of more complete collections, which
it is hoped, may soon be made, to illustrate well the fauna and
flora of the State, but this can not be done by%private means.The room now used as a museum room is wholly inadequate
for the purpose, both on account of location and size, and it is
hoped that better quarters may be provided.The library is fairly well supplied with the more recent and
valuable books and periodicals on biology and geology, to aid
the students in their investigations of special subjects.Barton W. Evermann,Head of Department.HISTORY.There are four terms of History work provided, two in the
History of the United States and two in General History.The United States History work aims to present a view of
the growth of the American institutions from about 1600 to the
present time. Emphasis is placed on the thought that what we
study in History is the growth of a people toward freer institu¬
tions. A manual is used as a guide in the work, but the prin¬
ciple which guides in all the work is to make the student inde¬
pendent in both thought and investigation with this view in mind, students make much use of the library in investigating and comparing the various sources of information. After in¬ vestigation, discussions are had in the class by both students and instructor.Some of the topics discussed the past year were:1. The Growth of the Separation of Church and State in the United States. 2. The Growth of Schools in Colonial His¬ tory. 3. The Comparison of the Institutions of the South with Those of the North Through the Seventeenth and Eight¬ eenth Centuries. 4. The Growth of Central Government in United States History from 1607 to 1789. 5. The Growth of Local Government During the Same Period. 6. The Growth |
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