CONTENTS 



THINGS WORTH WHILE IN EDUCATION . * 11 



Address before the literary societies of Lenox Col- 

 lege at Commencement, June, 1908 



CULTURE AND THE STATE ... . . . 34 

 Address at the fifty-ninth Commencement of Mon- 

 mouth College, June 8, 1915 



THE TEACHER AND THE STATE . . . * 60 

 Address before the graduating class of the Iowa 

 State Teachers ' College, June 9, 1914 



THE SUCCESS OP THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS . .; 81 

 Address before the Northeastern Iowa Teachers' 

 Association, Clinton, April 2, 1915 



CULTURE AND WOMEN'S CLUBS .... 95 

 Address before the State Federation of Women's 

 Clubs of Minnesota, February 12, 1916 



THE GIFTS OF SCIENCE 120 



Address delivered on the dedication of Science Hall, 

 University of South Dakota, June 16, 1902 



THE RESPONSE OF PLANTS 136 



Address before the Baconian Club of the State Uni- 

 versity of Iowa, December, 1903 



THE ALAMOGORDO DESERT: THE PLANT'S RE- 

 SPONSE TO CHANGES TERRESTRIAL . . . 156 

 Presidential address before Section G, American 

 Association for the Advancement of Science, Phila- 

 delphia, December 28, 1904 



