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42 TH[{OOP POLYTECHNIC INSTITrTE
,York and the economic bearings of both zoology and botany are
made prominent, and students are thus prepared in some degree
for special studies in these fields. Text-books: Xeedham's Elementary
Lessons in Zoology and Bergen's Foundations of Botany.
Preparation required, Elementary Zoology and Botany. (I).
III. _ \.dvanced Zoology and Botany. The work in this department
,\"ill include systematic \york in both subjects and the study
especially of the lower members of the two kingdoms. Cryptogamic
botany, including the bacteria and their allies and the protozoons
among animals, are important topics in the work of the third
year.
Preparation required. (1) Elementary Zoology and Botany.
(II) Intermediate Zoology and Botany.
Text-books, as in I and II; also Rattan's Californian Flora and
Packard's Entomology for Beginners.
::\Iineralogy. This course includes the elements of mineralogy,
or a study of the more common and important metallic and nonmetallic
minerals. For undertaking this subject an acquaintance
with the elements of chemistry is required and the following books
are necessary: Crosby's :;\1ineralogical Tables; Dana's Elementary
:\1ineralogy.
Geology. The course in geology in the senior year includes a
study of the processes and changes through which the earth has
passed during its history, of the fossil remains that indicate the
general evolution of life and of the principles of geological fieldwork
and the representation of the result in maps and sections.
Preparation required: Mineralogy and Intermediate Zoology
and Botany. Text-book: Scott's Introduction to Geology.
Advanced Work. Advanced work following the above preliminary
studies may be taken later in the course by those who satisfy
the professor in this department that they are qualified to undertake
it. The work will be for the most part individual and students
will be expected to conduct it with only general superintendence and
advice. It will be arranged for those who wish to become practically
acquainted with scientific methods and to study scientific subjects
of a higher grade than those which can be taught in classes. Any
of the many topics of natural science may be chosen according to
the bent of the student, who must furnish the simpler and less
expensive part of the outfit required, the more costly and valuable
portion being supplied by the Institute, subject to compensation
for damage during use, .
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I. Course outlined on page 27.
II. (a) Qualitative Analysis is reviewed and completed in
the first half of the second year. The work consists of the analysis
of unknowns of fairly complicated nature, including minerals ane
industrial products. The laboratory work is accompanied by crit-