August 23, 1895.] 



SCIENCE. 



Zoo 



De. Adolf Geestacker, professor of 

 zoology in the University of Greifswald, 

 died on July 20tli, at the age of 67 years. 



De. Gustav von Geofe, professor of 

 mathematics in the University of Dorpat, 

 died recently at the age of 47 years. 



Me. Joseph Thompson, one of the most 

 distinguished and successful of modern 

 African explorers, died on August 7th, at 

 the age of 37. 



UNIVERSITY AND EDUCATIONAL NEWS. 



Few realize the great work done at the 

 University of Kansas along scientific lines. 

 To-day, as happens every summer, several 

 expeditions are in the field collecting for the 

 enrichment of the universitj' museums and 

 laboratories. Professor S. W. Williston is 

 spending his second vacation in the Bad 

 Lands of Wyoming. Last summer he re- 

 turned to the University richly rewarded 

 for his summer's work by valuable speci- 

 mens which were described by him during 

 the year in the Kansas University Quarterly. 

 Also under his direction, but not personal 

 supervision, a party has been at work in 

 the cretaceous deposits of western Kansas 

 and eastern Colorodo. Professor E. Ha- 

 worth has been constantly busy in directing 

 the Geological Survey of the State; this work 

 being done in connection with the State Ir- 

 rigation Survey. Last summer Professor 

 Haworth completed a stratigraphical survey 

 of the southeastern portion of the State. 

 L. L. Dj'che, curator for the zoological 

 museums, is with the Peary Relief Expedi- 

 tion as chief naturalist. Professor Dj^che 

 hopes to secure many valuable specimens of 

 Arctic mammals. Last season Professor 

 Dyche was with the party on board the ill- 

 fated Miranda. He had secured a large 

 amount of material, all of which was lost 

 when the vessel went down. Another ex- 

 pedition which goes out each summer is that 

 from the Department of Entomology. This 

 season collections for this department are 



being made in northern Wyoming. Last 

 year the summer was spent in N"ew Mexico. 

 But it is not alone in natural history that 

 advances are being made. Along every 

 other line work is being done. The 

 physics and electrical engineering depart- 

 ment has taken possession of the new build- 

 ing just completed which is to be devoted 

 to the study of electricity. It is true that 

 rare advantages are given the Kansas stu- 

 dents of science in natural proximity to the 

 great collecting regions of the west. But 

 these rare advantages might have been al- 

 lowed to remain undeveloped had not early 

 in the history of Kansas a teacher been 

 found who possessed in the highest degree 

 the rare quality of being not only an enthu- 

 siast himself, but also a teacher capable of 

 arousing enthusiasm in others. This teacher 

 was Francis H. Snow, first professor of 

 natural history, then professor of botany 

 and entomology, and now Chancellor of the 

 University. To him Kansas owes more than 

 to any one man for the upbuilding of her 

 great University. He laid the foundation 

 for the great entomological collections now 

 only second in size and value to those of Har- 

 vard; for the famous Kansas collection of 

 mounted mammals; for the geological and 

 paleontological museums, and for the excel- 

 lent herbarium. But it is as Chancellor of 

 the University that perhaps his most notice- 

 able work has been done. Since 1890, when 

 he was placed in the president's chair, the in- 

 stitution has doubled in size of equipment, 

 number of students and power in the State. 

 The standard of scholarship has been raised, 

 and the University has been placed in the 

 front rank of State Universities. X. 



The Botanical Gazette states that on ac- 

 count of serious financial difficulties and a 

 distrust of the progressive and enlightened 

 educational policy of President John, the 

 trustees of De Pauw University at Green- 

 castle, Indiana, have forced the resignation 

 of the president and set about a return to 



