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THE progress which Natural Science has made at Oxford within the last few years has far exceeded the anticipations of even the most sanguine of its promoters. It is but ten years ago that the New Museum was opened, and not much longer since the School of Natural Science was founded. Since then, year by year, the interest shown in these studies has steadily augmented, the number of undergraduates attending the University College Science Lectures has augmented in proportion as the number of these lectures has increased, and the School of Natural Science has become recognised as on a par with the other three great schools of Philosophy, Mathematics, and Law and Modern History. This has been chiefly brought about by the high standard of excellence required by the examiners in this school. When the position taken by Natural Science at a university which has commonly been condemned for neglecting this very subject, is fully recognised outside its own walls, there can be no doubt but that a far greater number than at present will come up to Oxford to pursue their science studies there. Hence it may not be here out of place to give as briefly as possible a short résumé of the opportunities held out to Natural Science students at Oxford, in the way of university and college lectures and the various scientific museums and libraries, as well as to notice the numerous rewards and honours which are open to all such students. To do this completely would far exceed the limits of this I article, so that what follows must only be taken as a sort of index, as accurate as possible, to a subject, the details of which can be obtained by writing to the tutors of the various colleges mentioned.
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EARWAKER, J. Natural Science at Oxford . Nature 3, 170–171 (1870). https://doi.org/10.1038/003170a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/003170a0