Download or read book Report of the Marlborough College Natural History Society written by UNKNOWN. AUTHOR and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-27 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Report of the Marlborough College Natural History Society: For the Half-Year, Ending-Midsummer, 1866 In several respects the half-year just past has been one of the most important passages our Society's history. We are able to report a great deal of work done, more in progress, or in prospect; and we were never so fully justified as we are at present in regarding the Marlborough Natural History Society as a regularly established institution of the School. Early in the half-year, certain subscriptions were sent unasked to the President, and these led to the distribution of a circular, intended to explain the origin and aims of the Society, among members of the Council and friends of the School. It may fairly be hoped that this circular, issued under the Master's direct sanction, may have contributed a good deal to strengthen our position. The great feature of the half-year has been the formation for the first time of Sections devoted to special subjects. Sections now exist for the particular study of Botany, Geology, Entomology, Ornithology, and Archaeology. Two of the heads of sections have been necessarily absent for longer or shorter periods of time; but in spite of this drawback it may be said that a thoroughly satisfactory start has been made, and that the right principle has been adopted for securing the soundest and most permanent methods of working. Archaeology, it will be noticed, is quite a new branch of operation - a generic addition to our objects. Its study was adopted after a good deal of deliberation: and there is every reason for hoping that, while displacing none of the original interests, it will develope new life among many of our members. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."
