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f. Fletcher was a remarkable man in many ways and the 
great expresses what he has done to encourage and teach 
te i ekidcabrencioky andboteny in, the Domialit 
He had a contagious enthusiasm and kept up 
t of a host of correspondents by aiding them in 
y way in his power. He was an excellent and lucid teacher, 
tr of unusual ability and a graceful writer. His name 
household word among entomologists not onl in Can- 
but throughout North America, and in many parts of the 
i besides. He traveled extensively and had a large ac- 
intance wherever he went, and made many trips across 
m1 Saeeatinent, collecting principally along the line of the Can- 
ac Pacific Railway. He was a large and handsome man of 
vin; presence and had the love and respect of a host 
= trends and admirers. His loss will be keenly felt and our 
is the thought that his grand work and ex- 
will live and be a beacon light to those that follow. He 
a widow and two daughters one of whom is married. 
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_ DR. FRANCIS HUNTINGTON SNOW. r 
th a year 1866 there came to the University of Kansas 
college a young man of twenty-six, full of 
enthusiasm, eager to do his part in the upbuilding of the school 
then beginning its frst year's work, and pleased with the fresh- 
‘ness and beauty of the new country. He spent the remainder 
oh his life in the service of the institution and the state which 
Gad had thus early adopted as his own. For forty-two years he 
_ gave the best that was in him to this service which, for ten 
ab ears, called him from his scientific pursuits to the Chancellor's 
chair. In this position, through a lean and trying period, he 
" guided the destinies of the state university during its transition 
from a small college to a university. 
In no uncertain way he thus gave directly from his life, for 
: the: ssomeness of the administrative work finally undermined 
s health and he was obliged to resign his position at the 
- Born at Fitchburg, Mass, June 29, 1840. Ay he 2 
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