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Our University. From the fourth biennial report of the regents, chancellor and faculty, we make the following clippings as per the wants of our institution
In the chancellor's report regarding the department of natural history and law appears:
NATURAL HISTORY.—The collections in the various cabinets of botany, zoology and geology, now aggregate more than 100,000 specimens. These have been gathered by the persistent industry of Prof. Snow and his assistants, and are a credit to the institution and to the State. In the line of entomology it is claimed that but one collection in the country, that of Harvard University, excels ours in the number and value of its specimens. Our collection of birds and mammals, under the immediate care of Prof. Dyche, is growing rapidly in volume and in value. Special attention has lately been given to the collection of a cabinet of fossils. Under the direction of Prof. Snow the labors of Messrs. C. H. Sternberg and E. P. West have already resulted in a collection the most valuable, doubtless, west of the Mississippi river. These cabinets are crowded into the lecture rooms of our main University building in such a manner as to make a fair display impossible, or they are hidden away in basement rooms for lack of better storage facilities. At the same time, lecture rooms that are greatly needed for instruction in the present crowded condition of our classes, must be devoted to storage or the display of these valuable cabinets. In my judgment, the time has come when the State should erect for the uses of these departments a fire-proof hall of natural history, and I would earnestly recommend that at its next session the legislature be memorialized to make a liberal appropriation for this purpose. I think that so far as buildings are concerned, this is the most pressing and immediate need of the University. Such a building as I have in mind might be constructed in such manner and of such capacity as to accommodate this entire department with cabinets, lecture rooms and laboratories; at the same time for a number of years to come, furnish accommodation for the library, to which is now devoted a single lecture room in the main building, ill-arranged, inconvenient and over-crowded.
LAW DEPARTMENT. In 1883-4 there were twenty-four, of whom eight were Seniors and sixteen Juniors. These figures indicate an increasing demand for instruction in the principles and the practice of law, but the department labors under disabilities. I would recommend, first, an appropriation for this department so liberal that the dean may feel justified in devoting to it his entire time; secondly, a very considerable increase in the fees required of students; and thirdly, that the legislature be memorialized to make the diploma of the department a sufficient evidence of preparation to practice in any of the courts in the State.
In the regent's report setting for the requirements of the coming two years and closing of their report:
ESTIMATES FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30,
1886.
Chancellor's salary ... $ 3,000
Salary of Professor of Natural History ... 2,000
Salaries of nine professors ... 16 000
Salaries of five assistants ... 1,650
Salary of Dean of Normal Deport-
ment ... 1,650
Salary of Dean of Law Department ... 1,200
Salary of clerk and bookkeeper ... 900
Salaries of superintendent, engi-
neer and janitor ... 1,000
Salary of assistant librarian ... 300
Fuel, lights and fireman ... 1,600
Labor in laboratories ... 400
Chemicals and apparatus ... 350
Additions to cabinets ... 500
Maps, charts, illustrated apparatus ... 500
Advertising ... 250
Printing meteorological report ... 50
Improving grounds ... 400
Addition to library ... 1,000
Cabinet cases ... 500
Additions to apparatus in depar-
tment of Physics ... 1,000
Retracting telescope ... 1,000
Hall of Natural History (estimate) $50,000
Hall of Natural History (estimate) $30,000
ESTIMATES FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30,
1887.
Chancellor's salary $ 3,000
Salary of Professor of Natural History. 2,000
Salaries of nine professors 16,000
Salaries of five assistants 5,000
Salary of Dean of Normal Department 5,000
Salary of Dean of Law Department 1,200
Salary of clerk and bookkeeper 600
Salaries of superintendent, engineer and janitors 1,600
Salary of assistant librarian 300
Fuel, lights and fireman 1,600
Labor in laboratories 400
Chemicals and apparatus 350
Additions to cabinets 500
Maps, charts and illustrative apparatus 500
Advertising 250
Printing meteorological report 50
Improving grinds 400
Additions to library 1,000
Cabinet cases 500
Apparatus in D department of Physiology. 1,000
$37,000
In our closing report we would respectfully add that, resident as we are in different sections of the State, it is our common experience that there exists among the people a deep and pervading interest in the growth and success of the University. As the State matures the demand for higher education increases. The young men born upon Kansas soil look within its borders for educational advantages, and for all the means and facilities for a thorough intellectual development. The alumni, scattered as they are through the State and the West, evince invariably a sincere and earnest regard for their Alma Mater.
We cannot speak too highly of the present faculty of the University. They are earnest men, in' the prime of life, devoting their best energies to its growth and development. Their compensation might very properly be increased, but with so many other expenditures necessarily embraced in our report, we have not felt at liberty to press the question beyond the figures named in the estimates herewith presented.
In the performance of our official duties we have endeavored to obtain a clear and thorough insight into both the wants and the prospects of the institution, and we express a conviction common to us all, when we say that if it shall receive at this time proper support and aid, it can be made speedily to take its place by the side of the best and oldest institutions of learning in the country, and become at once a most important factor in the growth and intellectual development of the youth of the State.
Very respectfully submitted
J. A. LIPPINCOTT, Chancellor.
A. G. OTIS.
FRANK A. FITZPATRICK.
W. S. WHITE.
JOSEPH HUMPHREY.
GEORGE R. PECK.
S. S. BENEDICT.
PROF. SNOW'S REPORT.
To the Board of Regents of the University of the State of Kansas:
GENTLEMEN:During each of the two years covered by this report, instruction in natural history has been given to seven different classes, all of which are in the collegiate department. The number of students in the various branches has been considerably greater than in any former years, and the enthusiasm manifested and the good results attained have been very satisfactory.
The following table indicates the distribution of students in the several classes;
Branches of Study. 1882-3. 1883-84. Total in each branch Botany . 85 109 194 Zoology . 58 61 119 Physiology . 53 51 104 Comparative Anatomy . 13 15 28 Geology . 36 39 75 Meteorology . 13 18 31 Special Natural History . 2 3 5
The work of instruction in the above branches has been shared by my assistant, Mr. L. L. Dyche, who has taken entire charge of the students in comparative anatomy and special natural history. These students have spent from two to three hours each day in the laboratory, under Mr. Dyche's constant supervision.
The provision made by the last legislature for the printing of the weather reports of this department, has resulted in an extended distribution of meteorological information, based upon the observations of seventeen years. Many important questions concerning the climate of Kansas are referred to these observations for solution.
The cabinets of natural history and geology have been greatly enlarged during the past two years. Two successful expeditions have been made to New Mexico in the summer vacations, and the large amount of material thus obtained has not only directly enriched the museum, but by the exchange of duplicate specimens, has brought into our possession valuable material from the eastern States and from foreign lands, Mr. Dyche's prowess as a hunter and skill as a taxadermist have already laid the foundation for collections of mammals and birds, which it is hoped will ultimately include all the species, not only of Kansas, but of the entire Rockey Mountain region.
During the past year special attention has been paid to the enlargement of our geological cabinets. Occupied chiefly in giving instruction in so many branches, and in the constantly increasing labor of caring for the museum, the head of this department has found it impossible to personally visit many localities where rich returns await the geological explorer. Accordingly the services of Messrs. C. H. Sternberg and K. P. West have been obtained during a portion of the year for the purpose of securing, before it should be too late, some of the fossil remains which have made Kansas geologically famous, but which are being rapidly removed by enterprising eastern institutions of learning. In this way many rare specimens have already been added to our cabinets.
Mr. West has made a proposition to continue his labors in this field for an extremely moderate compensation. It is the earnest desire of the writer that this proposition may be accepted by our honorable board.
But the most important addition to our museum during the period covered by this report has been the so-called "Cooper Collection of Minerals." This collection contains nearly 10,000 choice specimens, and is especially rich in western and Rocky Mountain minerals. It contains many valuable gems and many large and showy crystals, besides a very full exhibit of gold, silver and copper ore from the most famous mines of Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona. This entire collection is the result of many years of patient toil by Mr. J. C Cooper, a citizen of Topeka. It is the most valuable collection of minerals west of the Mississippi river, with a single exception in Denver. I seems eminently fitting that this splendid cabinet, the life-work of a citizen of Kansas, should find a permanent home at the State University Arrangements have been made by which this collection is now deposited in our museum, and it is sincerely hoped that the board of regents will take measures for its purchase.
By appointment of the Kansas Board of Agriculture, the duties of State Entomologist have devolved upon this department during the past two years. This appointment has led to a large correspondence with the farmers and fruit growers with reference to noxious insects and the best method of destroying them, and to the preparation of several articles on this subject for the monthly and quarterly agricultural reports.
The rapid growth of the natural history cabinets during the past few years, and the probability of still more growth in the immediate future, necessitates the enlargement of the space now available for museum purposes. Many of our most valuable specimens, important for illustration in the natural history classes, still remain unpacked in the boxes by which they were shipped from the collecting grounds, or are unsatisfactorily displayed in dimly lighted basement rooms of inconvenient access. The time has undoubtedly come for the erection of a commodious, well lighted, fire-proof hall of natural history. The transfer of this department to such a building would not only protect invaluable collections from destruction by fire, but would release several available lecture rooms in the main building for the use of other departments now suffering great inconvenience and damage in overcrowded quarters.
Respectfully submitted by
FRANK H. SNOW,
Professor of Natural History
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