isua-isnscatalog-1891-1892-063

Description:	62 ANNUAL CATALOGUE.The Museum of the school contains very many specimens toillustrate the fauna of Indiana and it is desired to make theMuseum a center of exchange with teachers interested in theselines.The first terms work in Botany is in the Spring term, and isdevoted to the study of the flowering plants. Most of the timeis spent in the laboratory in the study of the gross and microscopic anatomy of flowering plants. Grays Manual is used forplant identification, and fifty carefully described plants, twenty-five of which have also been pressed for the herbarium, is theminimum work in plant analysis. Cryptoganic botany forms thesecond terms work.In all these subjects the ends sought to be accomplished are:(1) To present the relations in the subject, and the methods inits study, that the student is enabled to rationally teach thesame. (2) To develop in the student the spirit of scientificinvestigation and inquiry.The biological laboratory is fairly well equipped with goodapparatus, among which may be mentioned thirty compoundmicroscopes, a dozen dissecting microscopes, fifty sets of dissecting instruments, a full-sized French Manikin of the best make,-articulated and disarticulated skeletons, a stereopticon withmicroscopic attachments, etc. The laboratory accommodates atone time forty students, with desks especially made for biologicalwork. When classes are too large they are divided into twolaboratory sections, as will appear in the programme of dailyrecitations.Louis J. Rettger,Head of Department.HISTORY.There are four terms of History work provided, two in theHistory of the United States and two in General History.The United States History work aims to present a view of thegrowth of the American institutions from about 1600 to thepresent time. Emphasis is placed on the thought that what we
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Collection:	Indiana State University Archives

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