ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY 



at the 



MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE 



by 



WARREN E. HINDS, PH. D. 



M. A. C, 1899. 



Professor of Entomology Alabama Polytechnic Institute and 

 Entomologist Alabama Agricultural Experi- 

 ment Station, Auburn, Alabama. 



We meet today to dedicate this splendid structure for the use of 

 the departments of zoology and entomology in this institution. It 

 is fitting that in so doing we should recall something of the past, out 

 of which this splendid achievement has grown. It is not a simple 

 matter to prepare briefly a suitable review of all that has occurred 

 in the past forty and more years, which has brought forth what we 

 here see around us in the present. As has been said in regard to 

 Carlyle's study of the life of Frederick the Great, in preparing that, 

 he found that he had to study also the history of all Europe during 

 that century. 



When we speak of departments in an institution, such as we are 

 here considering, we think not only of structures and equipment, of 

 professors and courses of study, but also of the students and graduates 

 who have gone out from the institution and whose work in later years 

 is so closely linked with the training which they there received. While 

 part remains, part is also going year by year, into the outside world, 

 but that which goes is as closely connected with what remains as is 

 the statue with the name and fame of its sculptor. 



It is interesting to note that while the country was in the midst 

 of the distractions and anxieties of Civil War, that Congress should 

 have passed what is known as the Morrill Act of 1862, providing for 

 the establishment of the agricultural and mechanical colleges. This 

 act marks one of the most significant steps in the educational history 

 ot our country. While the national appropriation was quickly accepted 

 by the Massachusetts legislature, the preliminary work required in 

 locating the institution, determining its general policies and courses 

 of instruction, erecting buildings, securing professors, etc., delayed the 

 opening of the college until the fall of 1867. In the plan of organiza- 

 tion as presented by President W. S. Clark, provision was made for a 



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