THE PROGRESS OF SCIENCE. 



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SCIENCE AT COLORADO COLLEGE. 

 The state universities of the central 

 and western states have developed with 

 remarkable rapidity, and are now be- 

 ginning to rival the older institutions 

 of the Atlantic seaboard. It is some- 

 times said that public support of edu- 

 cation interferes with private endow- 

 ments. But Stanford University and 

 the University of Chicago have been es- 

 tablished side by side with the state 

 institutions, and in each case both the 

 state and the private institutions are 

 found to help rather than to interfere 



lege. It has received its name in honor 

 of General William J. Palmer, one of 

 the trustees of the institution. As 

 shown in the illustration, the building 

 has three stories; it is built of sand- 

 stone with modern fireproof construc- 

 tion. The basement contains labora- 

 tories for chemistry, physics and psy- 

 chology, the first floor, the general 

 offices and lecture rooms and other 

 laboratories for chemistry and physics, 

 and the second floor houses the de- 

 partments of biology and geology, with 

 the museum. 



Palmer Hall, Colorado College. 



with one another. In Colorado in the 

 same way the state university has not 

 in any way prevented the development 

 of Colorado College, and there is every 

 reason to suppose that these institu- 

 tions will continue to work togther for 

 the educational welfare of the state. In 

 all western institutions, science oc- 

 cupies an important if not a predom- 

 inant position, and of this the erection 

 of Palmer Hall at Colorado College is 

 significant. 



This new building, which was dedi- 

 cated on February 23, contains pro- 

 vision for the scientific departments 

 and administrative offices of the col- 



Nearly ten years ago Dr. D. K. Pear- 

 son, to whom American colleges are so 

 greatly indebted, off"ered to give $50,000 

 to Colorado College, on condition that 

 a building costing $60,000 should be 

 erected. This money was secured and 

 the building planned, but subsequently 

 larger plans were adopted, and the 

 present building cost nearly $300,- 

 000; $30,000 have also been secured 

 for equipment. The dedicatory exer- 

 cises were carefully planned. Presi- 

 dent David Starr Jordan, of Stanford 

 University, made the principal address, 

 which we hope to have the privilege of 

 publishing in this magazine. On the 



