Bucknell University - L Agenda Yearbook (Lewisburg, PA)

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been rendered exceptionally comfortable and inviting. ' Vhe Ijljraries contain more than 10,000 bonnd volumes, and the Reading Room is amply supplied with the best periodicals, in- cluding French and German reviews. The Museum contains nearly 11,000 s]jecimens, illustrative of botany, mineralogy, ge- ology, zoology and archaeology. The Laboratory is ecjuipped for a thorough course of instruction in general chemistry, and facilities are afforded for the study in the Laboratory of analyti- cal, applied and cpiantitative c ' hemistry. ' I ' here are also Ana- tomical and Physiological Laboratories, well supplied with com- pound microscopes and other apparatus necessary for successful work. The Observatory was founded in 1887 by Mr. William Buck- nell, of Philadelphia, for the instruction of the students in practical astronomy. The entire ecjuipment is new, and represents the latest im- provements in this class of instruments. It consists of a Clark equatorial telescope of 10 inches aperture and 12 ' j feet focal length, furnished with a fine position micrometer and all the usual accessories; a spectroscoi)e with prism and grating by Brashear, the grating having 14,500 lines to the inch ; a 3-inch prismatic transit with a 13-wire movable micrometer, by T. Krtel cS: Sons; a Fauth chronograph with Bond spring governor ; a Waldo pre- cision clock for sidereal time, with mercurial compensation, break circuiting apparatus, Daniell ' s battery, and telegraph sounders ; a Seth Thomas clock for solar time ; a sextant ; a 3-inch Alt. Azimuth Refractor ; a set of meteorological instruments ; celes- tial globes and maps, and standard works on theoretic and practical astronomy. COURSES OF STUDY. The following courses of study may be pursued in the college: I. The Classical Course extends through four ears, and aims to furnish a liberal education in the classics, the sciences, the arts, anci literature. It comprises, substantially, the studies of the established college curriculum, with the addition of such branches as modern life seems to demand. Students who have satisfactorily jjursued this course are admitted to the degree of Bachelor of Arts. U

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fhnu HND Purpose —OK THE UNIVERSITY. CORPORATE RIGHTS. The University at Lewisburg was incorijorated, witli full Uni- versity privileges, by an act of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, approved by the Executive authority on the fifth day of February, A. D. 1846. By a change in the Charter made in 1882, the management of the University is committed to a PJoard of Trustees, consisting of twenty-five members, or fewer at the option of the Board. At the annual meeting of the Board of Trustees on the twenty-second day of June, A. D. 1886, the name of the University was changed to Bucknell Universit}-, in honor of Mr. William Bucknell, its most munificent benefactor. The Trustees are prohibited, for any cause, or under any pretext whatever, from encuml)ering by mortgage or otherwise the real estate or any other property of the Institution. It is provided that no misnomer of the Corporation shall defeat or annul any gift, grant, devise, or bequest to the Institution, if the intent of the parties sufficiently appear. It is required by the Charter, that no religious sentiments are to be accounted a disability to hinder the election of an individual to any office among the teachers of the Institution, or to debar j ersons from attendance as pupils, or in any manner to abridge their privileges or immunities as stu- dents in any department of the University. FACILITIES FOR INSTRUCTION. The buildings of the University contain recitation-rooms ap- propiately fitted up with maps, charts, mounted photographs, a d oti i r a- ' ds in t ' e commimication of knowledge, and have

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2. The Scientific Course also extends through four years, and aims to furnish a tliorough training in advanced studies to those wlio desire to pursue but one of the ancient languages. ' J ' his course contains eight terms of (jither Latin or (rreek, and the other studies of the Classical Course. Students pursuing this course recite, so far as possible, with classical students. Those who have satisfactorily completed the studies of the course are admitted to the degree of Bachelor of Science. In the selection of o])tional studies in either of the above courses, the choice must be made with the a])])robation of the Faculty. 3. The Eclectic Course is not limited to any definite time, and does not lead to any degree. It is designed to furnish advanced instruction in literature, science, and the arts to such students as do not intend to pursue a regular course of study, but desire to select certain special branches. A certificate will be given by the President at any time, stating what studies have been com- pleted and the grade attained in them. This certificate will be accepted as equivalent to an examination, provided the holder, at anv time, ])refers to be transferred to either of the regular courses. DEPARTMENTS OF INSTRUCTION. The method of instruction in the College is partly by text- books, and partly by lectures, according to the nature of the sub- ject discussed. Each professor has his individual mode of im- parting knowledge, and this, in the result, is advantageous to the learner. In general, the aim is to di.scuss each subject, as far as ) )Ossi!)le, as the subject-matter recpiires, yet all branches are ])re- sented jjractically, comparatively, and historically, with the view of leading the student to the apprehension of the subject as a whole, and in its organic relations, rather than to burden the memor - with the ])hraseology of a text-book. The studies at ])resent pursued tall under tlie following ten de])artments : I. The lOiiglish I.aiiguago and Literature. TI. Tlie Latin Language and Literature. IT)