436 KANSAS ACADEMY OF SCIENCE. 



first Tuesday of September next (1868), at the college building, for 

 the purpose of organizing a state natural history society," we find 

 among tbe signatures on this paper, Peter Mc Vicar. From that day 

 on, he was interested in the growth of the Kansas Academy of Sci- 

 ence, and in 1898 he was elected a life member of the Academy. 



In the death of Doctor McVicar the state has lost a useful citizen, 

 education a self-sacrificing and sturdy supporter, the Academy of Sci- 

 ence a devoted friend ; but there remains for each of us, the noble 

 example of a life simple yet strong, consecrated to the welfare of fel- 

 low mankind, an example to be studied and followed for our advance- 

 ment in all the paths that lead to a successful career. 



