Semi-Centennial Volume. 61 



pure scientist as a harmless sort of a lunatic who found pleasure in doing 

 all sorts of silly and foolish things of no or little account to mankind, an 

 impractical theorist at best. And there are still those who ask what is 

 the use? But not many now. Without him there would have been few- 

 discoveries, for discoveries and invention are not the results of accident, 

 and man would still be in the infancy of civilization. He is coming to 

 his own, and the harvest is ripe for his sickle. 



And our own country has had an honorable part in this advancement 

 of science and its applications. I am not boasting in saying that no other 

 country has done more, that none other will do more in the future. May 

 the Kansas Academy of Science celebrate its centenary as an honorable 

 participant in the coming progress of science. 



