the soldier, company and battalion. This year the battalion consists of four companies, with complement of officers, non-commissioned officers and privates and a color guard.

A handsome set of national colors has been purchased for the use of the battalion by means of the subscriptions of friends of the College, the faculty and members of the battalion.

The United States Ordnance Department has furnished one hundred and fifty new cadet Springfield rifles and the same number of sets of equipments to the College, and annually furnishes fifty rounds of rifle ammunition for each cadet engaging in target practice.

During the fall term target practice is carried on twice a week, at the range near the College.

A neat and serviceable uniform, consisting of cap, blouse and trousers, of dark-blue cloth with white facings, has been adopted and can be made to measure for about fourteen dollars a uniform.

Cadets are required to wear the uniform when under military instruction.

During the Junior and Senior years lectures and recitations are held on the art and science of war, army organization and administration, strategy, modern tactics, modern small arms and cannon, field fortifications, torpedoes, care of troops in the field, military correspondence and reports, military and martial law.

In accordance with recent orders of the War Department, on the graduation of every class the names of such cadets as have shown special aptitude for military service will be reported to the AdjutantGeneral of the Army and to the Adjutant-General of New Jersey, and the names of the three students showing greatest proficiency in military science and tactics will be inserted in the United States Army Register and published in general orders.

The names of students in the Class of 1889 published in the United States Army Register for 1890 were:

JOHN P. STREET, Cadet First Lieutenant.

JOSEPH S. STILLWELL, Cadet First Lieutenant and Adjutant.
ALBERT C. AREND, Cadet First Lieutenant.

And those of the Class of 1890, published in Register for 1891,

were:

SAMUEL H. LOCKETT, JR., Cadet Captain.

ALLEN P. FORD, Cadet First Lieutenant.

HOWARD GOFF, Cadet First Lieutenant and Adjutant.

The names of the students of the Class of 1891 who were so reported to the Adjutant-General of the Army and the AdjutantGeneral of New Jersey, were:

JOSEPH C. CASTNER, Cadet Captain.

J. CHARLES AYDELOTT, Cadet First Lieutenant and Adjutant.
MARCUS C. SEARS, Cadet Second Lieutenant.

ISAAC M. SUTTON, Cadet Captain.

The names of the first three appeared in the Army Register for 1892.

Joseph C. Castner, of the Class of 1891, having passed the prescribed examination for civilian candidates, was, on August 1st, 1891, appointed by the President a Second Lieutenant of Infantry in the United States Army.

The names of the students of the Class of 1892 who were so reported to the Adjutant-General of the Army and the AdjutantGeneral of New Jersey were:

A. HALL BERRY, Cadet Captain.

P. CONOVER FIELD, Cadet Captain.

WILLIAM H. STAFFORD, Cadet First Lieutenant and Adjutant.

The names of the following will appear in the Army Register for 1893:

G. SCOTT VOORHEES, Cadet First Lieutenant.

WILLIAM H. STAFFORD, Cadet First Lieutenant and Adjutant.
A. HALL BERRY, Cadet Captain.

IX. THE MUSEUM.

The Museum of the College occupies the second and third stories of Geological Hall. There is one large room, with gallery and storerooms, at the south end. The cases on the main floor are devoted to the exhibition of geological, mineralogical and metallurgical collections, with the exception of one case containing zoological specimens, and a case of Indian antiquities. The gallery is reserved for the collections of birds and the botanical and conchological specimens.

According to the present arrangement, the cases on the east side on the main floor are occupied by suites of minerals for use in the study of mineralogy, the general collection of minerals and ores and

metallurgical products. The cases are constructed so as to exhibit the larger and better specimens on shelves above, and with drawers below in which to store duplicates. The collection of minerals is good, and adequate to the needs of ordinary collegiate instruction in this department. There are many fine specimens from the New Jersey zinc mines and other mineral localities.

cases.

The paleontological and geological collections are in the west-side One case contains specimens which illustrate the formation and structure of rock masses. In the others the arrangement is according to age, beginning with the oldest and passing on through the successive geological ages to recent time.

The central part of the room is occupied by two cases containing the Beck Cabinet of Minerals, two cases with typical specimens of the rocks and ores of New Jersey, and one case of beautiful quartz crystals from Ellenville, New York. The remains of a mastodon are placed in a case under the gallery at the north end of the room; at the opposite end are the large and well-preserved footprints in red sandstone, found at Montville, New Jersey.

The collection of native birds is in a case in the gallery. It comprises all the more common species of our State and this part of the Atlantic coast.

For the illustration of Botany, the Herbarium lately presented to the College, by Alfred Cuthbert, of Franklin, Essex county, New Jersey, meets the wants of the course in this branch of Natural History. It contains about twelve hundred species, including the greater number of those occurring in New Jersey, besides a large number of New Mexican plants. The collection of woods which grow in the State occupies a wall case in the gallery.

The conchological cabinet is large and well arranged. It is exhibited in flat table cases running around the gallery.

The Museum has a large amount of material stored and not on exhibition, nor easily accessible, on account of a lack of sufficient case room. The collection of rocks, minerals, ores, etc., which are at present practically useless for purposes of study on the part of the students, would add greatly to those already classified and exhibited in the main room of the Museum. In the Department of Natural History there is urgent need of more material to illustrate Zoology and Ornithology. The Herbarium should also be made fuller, to embrace all the species and varieties of plants and woods growing in our Middle States at least.

Notwithstanding these gaps, the Museum is used more and more each year by students and Professors, and the number of visitors also increases. It is open to visitors every week-day afternoon during term time, and at other times on application to the College janitor.

THE TECHNOLOGICAL COLLECTION.

In order to illustrate the lectures in Technology and afford a means to study more systematically the arts and manufactures, Prof. Austen began the formation of a collection of the various substances and products of Applied Chemistry. The collection will be of great importance to the student of applied science. It will be particularly complete in its representation of the products of the State of New Jersey.

Valuable donations of specimens are occasionally received from friends.

It is greatly to be desired that the many patrons and friends of the College who have given so generously to make the Museum both useful and attractive, will continue to favor it with their contributions, and that others will come forward and fill up the vacant spaces with collections which shall make the equipment of the College as good as any in the land, and equal to the demands of science upon it.

X. THESES.

The students of regular four-year courses are required to hand in, at the end of the third term of the Senior year, theses on subjects connected with their studies. These theses embody also the results of independent work or investigation. Students in the special chemical course are required to hand in, at the end of each term, a thesis on some subject assigned to them for study. At the end of the summer they prepare a journal of travel or observation, which embodies the description of any interesting scientific objects met with during the vacation.

Abstracts of certain of the theses read before the State Board of Visitors, by members of the last graduating class, are thought likely to be of interest, both on account of their subject-matter and as specimens of the work done by our students, and are appended to this report.

XI. PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT.

GYMNASIUM. The excellent Gymnasium in Suydam Hall, three minutes' walk from the College buildings, by the courtesy of the Theological Seminary of the Reformed Church, is opened to the daily use of the students of the College.

Through the liberality of Mr. Robert F. Ballantine, a member of the Board of Trustees, a gymnasium will be built during the present year. It will be amply provided with the best modern appliances for systematic physical instruction.

ATHLETICS.-In order to secure for the students the benefits of outof-door exercise, athletic sports are encouraged by the provision of adequate facilities. Rightly controlled, such sports have shown themselves beneficial both to the health of the students and to the quality of the work done, and are manifestly in the interest of good order. The more prominent athletes have been generally among the more earnest and successful students. The proper control of athletics has been secured by the organization of an incorporated athletic association, supported by the students and managed by a board of nine trustees, chiefly composed of resident alumni. In this board the Faculty has always had one or more representatives, and in this way a cordial co-operation has been steadily maintained between Faculty and students, avoiding the need for the exercise of direct authority.

THE NEW ATHLETIC FIELD.-By the generosity of Mr. James Neilson, of New Brunswick, an alumnus and Trustee of the College, there is now provided an athletic field containing more than five acres and at a walking distance of about eight minutes from the College

campus.

About five thousand dollars has been spent in improving this field and providing proper accommodations. A commodious grand stand has been erected, with dressing-rooms and bath-rooms attached, and everything has been done to make the field as nearly perfect as possible and to render it practically useful to the students.