THE KANSAS UNIVERSITY 



SCIENCE BULLETIN 



Vol. XIV.] October, 1922. [No. 1. 



Historical Account of Department of Entomology. 



(Continued from Science Bulletin VIII), 



Brief resume of the work of the Department of Entomology of the University 

 of Kansas during the past quarter centuiy. 



BY H. B. HUNGERFORD. 



ENTOMOLOGICAL work has been in progress at the University 

 of Kansas since the foundation of the institution in 1866. The 

 first faculty consisted of three men, one of whom was Dr. Francis 

 Huntington Snow, professor of mathematics and natural science. 



Doctor Snow, while widely interested in birds and flowers, gave 

 early evidence of a special fondness for the study of insects. 

 Through his efforts, and those of others who have followed him, 

 there has been established what is perhaps the greatest general 

 collection of insects to be found in connection with any state uni- 

 versity in America. 



In 1890 Doctor Snow became chancellor of the University, and 

 Dr. Vernon L. Kellogg was appointed to the entomology work, first 

 as assistant professor of entomology, and later as associate pro- 

 fessor. 



Doctor Kellogg was called to Stanford University in 1894, and for 

 the year 1895 the entomological work was in charge of W. A. Snow, 

 son of the chancellor. ^ 



In 1896 Prof. S. J. Hunter was appointed assistant professor of 

 entomolog}^ and placed in charge of the department, and for the 

 past quarter of a century he has directed his energies towiird the 

 development of a department that should rank among the strongest 

 in the country. During this span of years the department has 

 trained many students and grown remarkably in its material equip- 

 ment, both through the greatly enriched entomological collections 

 and its mechanical facilities for furthering research and advancing 

 instruction in entomology. 



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