BRADFORD ON HISTORY OF THE BOTANICAL CLUB. 85 



A BKIKF IllSTOHV AM> olTLINE OF THE WOKK DONE BY 



THE KOTAXl('Al> ("U T. AT THE MK'HIGAN 



Ad Kir|- LTTKAL COLLE(iE. 



(;i:ok(;k m. liKADi-DUD, aguiclltl'uai. collkgk. 



Altlionuli the history <»f tlic TJolnnioal Tlnb nt the collctiv is i>(M-hai)S 

 familiar to many of those present, yet it may be interesting lo note 

 the pi'o^ress of tlie clnb from year to year and recall the work done 

 by f'oiiner members, many of whom aie now well known for what they 

 have aceom])lislied in scientitic research. 



On Sejitember 1M>, 1S!)0, a mass meetinj.;- of students was lield in the 

 Agricultural laboratory over which Prof. C. F. Wheeler presided and 

 K. S. ('ampbell was secretary, rermauent oroanization of the Botanical 

 Club resulted from this meetiiiii and G. H. Hicks was chosen for the 

 lirst president and K. S. ("ampbell secretary. As l>r. I>eal some time 

 ago presented a jiaper to the Academy in which he gave a list of sub- 

 jects discussed by the club until two years ago, it will not be necessary 

 to go into detail concerning the early work of this organization. 



But there are many of the names of workers in this society who 

 deserve honorable mention and whom the Botanical Club is proud to 

 have enrolled among its members. A few years ago they were here as 

 students and now nuiny of them have already performed work in 

 scientitic I'esearch which reilects credit on their alma mater. Among 

 the former students Avho havt^ thus distinguished themselves are J. W. 

 Tourney, (1. H. Hicks, Lyman J. Briggs, C. B. Smith and H. W. Lawson 

 who have been connected with the United i^tates department of agri- 

 culture at Washington. Among those who have been professors or 

 instructors in colleges and high schools are H. J. Hall, A. T. Stevens, 

 W. Paddock, Guy L. Stewart, Leon J. Cole, Y. l\ Hedrick, D. J. 

 Crosby. D. D. McArthur. F. W. :McNair and others. Several soldiers 

 of the Sjianish-American war. among them being Capt. Kobert Welch, 

 B. liarlow, 1). B. Jewell and F. T. Williams, have been members of the 

 club and some of these have contributed to our programs from their 

 experiences in Cuba and Porto Rico. 



During the present year it has been the object of the club to discuss 

 subjects not included in the regular course of study here at the 

 college and thus a repetition of the work in the classroom has always 

 been avoided. Meetings are now held on Tuesday evenings of each 

 week in the Botanical Laboratory at 6:30 p. m., lasting usually about 

 an hour. The average attendance is about thirty, although several 

 times this year the number present was as high as sixty and seventy. 

 The present number of active members is forty-four, who take much 

 interest in the work and who are faithful in the ])rei»aration of the 

 papers an<l subjects assigned to them. Several young lady students are 

 members of the club and take an active interest in its proceedings. 



The program for each meeting is generally divided as follows: 

 First, There is a talk or lecture^ of about twentv or thirty minutes in 



