Packer Collegiate Institute - Pelican Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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21Spire ea the if stu- lte at egiate may be te on with rawng rilege lnsti- pro- such r in- t the pro- 'ized she fudy her ned she iThe-Packer Collegiate Institute t 75 first entered at college, and hasthe commen- dation of the college. Upon making known her Wish to be fitted for college, a student of the Academic ide- partment Will have her Work adjusted in accordance with the requirements of the col- lege which she Wishes to enter. Qllihs ann Elfntentthes to ituhp. g F or the teaching of science, the Institute is furnished with a generous supply of appara- tus, to Whichadditions are continually made, - The cabinets include an excellent collec- tion of minerals and fossils, illustrative of the geological history of the earth, of shells, birds, and other specimens illustrative of Zoology, a manikin, skeleton, and set of models for use in teaching physiology, an abundant supply of stereopticon slides illus- trative of topics in history, art, and science, and microscopes which students of natural history are taught to use. The observatory is provided with an achro- matic telescope, equatorially mounted, with declination and right ascension circles and ----sf.r .,.4,.-ind- . n...

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74 The Parker Collegiate Institute itunents cllinteting fiuliege. Wishing to encourage those who aspire to the 'honor of a scholastic degree, the Trustees of the Institute announce that stu- dents Who Withdraw from the Institute at the close of the Second or Third Collegiate grade to enter an approved college, may be considered as absent from the Institute on leave, having conditional membership With the class from which they have Withdrawn. A student availing herself of this privilege shall be eligible to graduation at the Insti- tute With her former classmates, fab pro- vided that she be recommended for such distinction by the teachers who vvere her in- structors during her last year' of study at the Institute, Qbj provided, also, that she pro- cure from the President or other authorized official of her college, a certificate that she has been pursuing a regular course of study continuously at such college during her absence from the Institute, has maintained satisfactory standing in the class which she ' ,.--.': H-L.:-- L '- ,.. 'if .. , I . ,ui 7-.V -

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76 The Peteker Collegiate Institute spider-line micrometer. The diameter of the object-glass is six inches. The lecture-room for classes in natural history may be instantly darkened for the use of the lecturer's lantern. The lecture table is amply furnished With fixtures, and against the Walls are convenient cases for the collections used by the teachers of geology, botany, and physiology. if Ghz library. The Institute has a choice collection of over eight thousand five hundred volumes. More than one-third of them are books of reference. There are many of the recent and more scholarly histories, and a large collec- tion of maps and atlases. Natural science is Well represented, as are also the departments of travel, criticism, and general literature in English and in foreign languages. The resources of the library are increased by daily requisitions from the collections of the Brooklyn Public Library. Carefully selected newspapers and magazines are pro- vided for the use of students having occasion . .,,,.4,, , , N V f e W V YY -, I-.,,.-, . .-...n ., -- -