100. Q. What are the distinguishing characteristics of the highest class, or the most perfect Exogens? A. The calyx and the corolla are present, the petals are distinct and inserted into the receptacle, and the stamens grow from beneath the ovary.
CHAUTAUQUA LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC CIRCLE.
_Superintendent of Instruction_—J. H. Vincent, D.D.
_Counselors_—Lyman Abbott, D.D.; J. M. Gibson, D.D.; Bishop H. W. Warren, D.D.; W. C. Wilkinson, D.D.
This new organization aims to promote habits of reading and study in nature, art, science, and in secular and sacred literature, in connection with the routine of daily life (especially among those whose educational advantages have been limited), so as to secure to them the college student’s general outlook upon the world and life, and to develop the habit of close, connected, persistent thinking.
It proposes to encourage individual study in lines and by text-books which shall be indicated; by local circles for mutual help and encouragement in such studies; by summer courses of lectures and “students’ sessions” at Chautauqua, and by written reports and examinations.
The course of study prescribed by the C. L. S. C. shall cover a period of four years.
_Each year’s Course of Study will be considered the “First Year” for new pupils_ whether it be the first, second, third, or fourth of the four years’ course. For example, “the class of 1887,” instead of beginning October, 1883, with the same studies which were pursued in 1882-83 by “the class of 1886,” will fall in with “the class of ’86,” and take for their first year the second year’s course of the ’86 class. The first year for “the class of 1886” will thus in due time become the fourth year for “the class of 1887.”
5.—C. L. S. C. COURSE OF READING, 1883-84.
History of Greece.[I] By Prof. T. T. Timayenis. Vol. 2; parts 7, 8, 10 and 11. Price, $1.15.
Stories in English History by the Great Historians. Edited by C. E. Bishop, Esq. Price, $1.
Chautauqua Text-Books.—No. 16, Roman History; No. 24, Canadian History; No. 21, American History; No. 5, Greek History. Price, 10 cents each.
Preparatory Latin Course in English. By Dr. W. C. Wilkinson. Price, $1.
Chautauqua Text-Books.—No. 23, English Literature. By Prof. J. H. Gilmore. Price, 10 cents.