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Unveiling: of Medallion.
In commemoration oi the 12 2d an
niversary of the death of the scientist
Linnaeus, the Zoological department
of the University of Nebraska re
cently held appropriate exercises con
nected with the unveiling of a medal
lion of the great scientist which had
been presented to Dr. Ward and by
him to the Department. The exercises
began in the Zoological lecture room
with a number of the University fac
ulty present as invited guests. After
a brief statement of the occasion of
the presentation, Dr. Ward introduced
the speakers who had been invited
to take part. Dr. Wolcott told of the
early life and travels of Linnaeus.
Professor Bruner spoke on the crown
ing work of the great author, his
"Systema Naturae." The audience
then proceeded in formal order, with
Captain Weeks and Miss Adelloyd
Whiting as marshalls to the Zoologi
cal laboratory where Chancellor
Bessey was introduced to discuss the
influence of Linnaeus' work on the
progress of science and his permanent
contributions to scientific develop
ment. At the close of his address Dr.
Bessey unveiled the medallion which
hangs on the wall of the labratory.
Dr. Ward then gave a short history of
the cast which is a copy of the me
dallion on the monument of Linnaeus
at the cathedral of Upsala, Sweden.
The original cast was the work of
Sergei, the greatest sculptor of that
country. This copy came into po
session of Dr. Ward through Dr.
Joshua Lindahl, of Cincinnati, the
foremost Swedish scientist in the
United States and is one of the very
few copies of the original now in ex
istence. As a work of art the medal
lion has been very greatly admired by
those who have seen it, and the Uni
versity is to be congratulated upon
obtaining so unique a memorial of
"the Father of Natural History."
The variations of Nebraska students
from the Eastern type, first pointed
out in in. 1 898 by Dr. Hastings of the
University of Nebraska before the Ne
braska Academy of Science and later
presented briefly before the N. E. A.
at Los Angeles, has lately received
more extended attention at the hands
of Prof. Jay W. Seaver M. D. of Yale
University. He reviews the whole
subject of differentiation of the physi
cal form of women students through
the use of women's anthropometric
tables from Wellesley, Oberlin and the
University of Nebraska. The latter
table was published by Miss Barr of
the State University in June '99.
In the paper by Dr. Hastings read
before the Physical Education Section
of the National Educational Associa
tion which was occupied mainly with
the growth of children in Nebraska
the following statement occurs: "The
smaller weight, broader thorax and
greater lung capacity of Nebraska
University students men and women,
the superior height of the men of the
state, as well as some other minor dif
ferences in development point to a
distinct departure from the Eastern
student type. The fact that these ob
servations for adults agree in the main
with those already made for Nebraska
children indicates that the trend of
development toward a certain fixed
type is constant for the state during
the whole period of growth."
Amos Griswold Warner, formerly
of the University of Nebraska, died
Jan. 17, 1900, in Las Cruces, N. M.
He was born in Iowa December 21,
1 86 1 . He removed to this state when
quite young, entered the University
and graduated in 1885 from the liter
ary course. He entered John Hop
kin's University and graduated with
the degree of Ph. D. in 1888. From
j 887 to 1889 he was secretary of the
Charity Organization Society of Balti
more, where his work attracted much
attention. Pie was called to the chair
of Economics in the University of
Nebraska, which he filled from 1889
'91. He was then appointed by
PresidentHarrison to the newly created
position of Superintendent of Charities
of the District of Columbia, which he
filled from 1891 to 1893. In the last
named year he was called to Leland
Stanford University where he filled
the chair of Economics from 1893 to
date of his death. For several years
he has been in such ill health that it
has been necessary for him to be in
the mountains in order to prolong his
life.
Clement C. Chase, editor of the
Omaha Excelsior, has donated to the
University of Nebraska a large num
ber of interesting documents connected
with the early life of the institution,
among them a full set of early cata
logues and many printed and written
papers of the greatest value infirmly
establishing the details of the history
of the University. These papers were
the property of his father, Champion
S. Chase, who was a stout champion
of the real University even in the early
days when Nebraska was a wilderness.
The elder Chase was the right-hand-man
of the first chancellor, Allen R.
Benton, and the papers deposited by
his son show the nature of his services
to higher education in Nebraska.
The German department of the
University of Nebraska has received
u fine set of large colored photographs,
illustrating the old architecture of
Nurnberg. Nurnberg, it is well known,
is the most mediaeval city in Ger
many. The steep red-tiled roofs, the
solid masonry of the city walls, the
towers and turrets and projecting ga
bles take me back very effectually to
the Nurnberg of Hans Sachs.
A former student writing from
London to Dr. Ward of the
University of Nebraska says: "The
enclosed is a specimen of the famous
Scotch kissing bee. The University
is no doubt well supplied with kissing
bees, but not perhaps of this particular
species. I thought you might be
glad to get a souvenir from London
to show your friends and to place in
your collection."
The graduate club of the University
of Nebraska has decided to issue a
publication about the first of June
of each year. It will be entitled
"The Bulletin of the Graduate Club
of the University of Nebraska." It
will contain original contributions to
science by members of the club and a
brief resume of papers not printed in
full and of theses accepted for a
secondary degree.
Professor E. A. Burnett, Superin
tendent of Farmers' Institutes, and a
large number of institute workers have
been actively engaged since the first
of the year in holding institutes at
Humbolt, Brock, Crete, Lexington,
Miller and Calloway. The next cir
cuit will be along the lines of the F.
E. & M. V. and the C. St. P. M. &
O. Ry.
The first annual meeting of the
Ornithologists Association was recent
ly held at the University of Nebraska.
Sixty persons are members from vari
ous parts of the state. Professor L.
Bruner of the University of Nebraska
is president and Dr. Wolcott, secretary.
The state historical society has
been presented with an old relic by E.
T. Hartley. It is a piece of one of
the columns of the west entrance of
the old capitol building, erected in the
early '60s
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