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sided and first introduced Governor A. C. 

 Shallenberger, who spoke on " Twenty-five 

 Tears for the State " ; other toasts were as fol- 

 lows : " Forty Years for Botany," by Professor 

 Frederic E. Clements ; " His Influence as a 

 Teacher," by Dean Henry B. Ward; "What 

 he has done for the University," by Professor 

 George E. Condra, and " His Influence upon 

 the Layman," by Regent George Coupland. 

 There was then presented to Professor Bessey 

 a set of twenty-four volumes containing the 

 publications of his former students. 



The Sunday State Journal contains the fol- 

 lowing editorial appreciation : " The honors 

 paid to Dr. Charles E. Bessey last night by the 

 Botanical seminar of the University of Ne- 

 braska were richly deserved. Dr. Bessey has 

 just completed forty years of active service as 

 a teacher of botany — fifteen years at A m es and 

 twenty-five years at Lincoln. When it is re- 

 membered that during each one of the forty 

 years he has been in close personal contact 

 with hundreds of young people, has fired them 

 with his enthusiasm as a scientist and has in- 

 fluenced them with his beautiful and simple 

 character — when all this is understood, the 

 value of his career to the public becomes 

 deeply impressive. It has been a source of 

 pride and joy to the university that a man of 

 international fame should decline flattering 

 offers and large salaries to go elsewhere and 

 should devote himseK with unflagging zeal to 

 the study of botany here in Nebraska. To the 

 words of appreciation spoken last night the 

 whole state joins in proud and spontaneous 

 applause." 



BRITISH ASSOCIATION TRIP TO ALASKA 

 A NUMBER of members of the British As- 

 sociation having written expressing their de- 

 sire to go up the coast, arrangements have 

 been made as below. It is desirable for mem- 

 bers who wish to take this delightful trip to go 

 before the association meets at Winnipeg, as 

 the weather is often damp and the views ob- 

 scured by mists during the latter part of Sep- 

 tember. Some of the members are coming 

 through Asia, and others through Canada and 

 the States before the meeting at Winnipeg, but 

 as the times of arrival of those parties vary, it 



has been found advisable to encourage them 

 to travel in weekly companies, leaving Vic- 

 toria at 11 P.M. on Fridays or Vancouver at 

 11 P.M. on Saturdays between July 16 and 

 August 13 and again on September 10 for each 

 of the undermentioned coast tours by the 

 C. P. R. steamships, which also leave Seattle 

 one day earlier than the above dates at the 

 same through fares. 



a. To Prince Rupert, Juneau ( Great Gold Mine ) , 

 Taku and other large glaciers, Skagway, and thence 

 back to Vancouver in nine days, or to Victoria in 

 ten days, traveling nearly 2,000 miles through 

 enchanting scenery along sheltered " fiords." Cost, 

 including meals and berths, $66. 



6. Including the above to Skagway, thence over 

 the wonderful scenery of the White Pass Railway 

 and down the Yukon River to Dawson (Klondike) 

 and back. Time, about three weeks. Cost, $160. 



Beyond the latter those who have time and 

 desire to go through Alaska round by Nome 

 can do so at reasonable rates. Ordinary 

 travelers' clothing suffices, with thick boots or 

 rubber shoes for climbing. Arrangements are 

 being made to entertain members during their 

 stay at Victoria. 



THE GARNEOIE FOUNDATION FOR TEE 



ADVANCEMENT OF TEACHING AND THE 



GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY 



The following letter has been addressed by 

 the president of the Carnegie Foundation for 

 the Advancement of Teaching to the president 

 of the George Washington University: 



June 4, 1909. 



Peesident Charles W. Needham, 



The George Washington University, 

 Washington, D. C. 



Dear Sir: — I am directed by the executive com- 

 mittee of the Carnegie Foundation for the Ad- 

 vancement of Teaching to send to you as president 

 of the George Washington University the follow- 

 ing communication. 



The George Washington University reported to 

 the Foundation a productive endowment of $219,- 

 832.9'6 as of date August 21, 1907. In the finan- 

 cial statement submitted some time since it re- 

 ported as of date October 3, 1908, a productive 

 endowment of $123,500. 



The rules of the Carnegie Foundation require 

 that an institution, to be entitled to the privi- 

 leges of the retiring allowance system, must have 



