Celebration of the Fiftieth Anniversary. Ixix 



over, our Northern Ontario, the great region south of Hud- 

 son's Bay, which was not long ago considered a wilderness, 

 is probably one of the richest regions in Canada ; and with 

 the exploration of that country, and the building of railways 

 through that country, great developments have taken place 

 iti the mining, agricultural and lumber industries. 



We look forward with confidence to great achievements in 

 the near future, and we know that science will aid us in these 

 achievements. We ask that you will come over and see the 

 progress for yourselves. I have very great pleasure indeed 

 in congratulating you upon the good work you have done. 



The Toastmaster: — 



One of the things named in the charter of the Academy of 

 Science is the establishment of a museum in the city of St. 

 Louis. There was a museum here at one time, but it was 

 destroyed by fire. We are beginning to establish another, 

 now that we have a home. I think perhaps we are not yet 

 fully acquainted with the way in which that should be done. 

 I am sure that you would all be glad to hear how they do it 

 in Chicago. We have with us this evening a gentleman 

 renresenting the Field Columbian Museum; Dr. Oliver C. 

 Farrington. 



Dr. Farrington: — 



Ladies and Gentlemen : — I desire first to express my per- 

 sonal gratitude to the founders of this Academy ; for had 

 they not met fifty years ago and founded this Academy, I 

 should not have had the great pleasure which I have enjoyed 

 this evening. I am reminded of an Oxford student who left 

 the University with a number of bills unpaid and some time 

 afterward went up to help celebrate the sexcentenary of the 

 institution. Being immediately besieged by his creditors he 

 replied, " Gentlemen, do you suppose I come up here every 

 six hundred years to be dunned? " The circumstances to- 

 night being somewhat different, I can say that I do hope to 

 come here every fifty years to dine with you. 



It is a great pleasure and privilege for me to bring to you 



