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cal work, has taught some 1,300 students in zoology and has seen his equipment 
(including museum) increase in value from $2,150 to $7,000. 
Professoj C. C. Nutting, of the State University, has inflicted upon the 
public some 1,800 pages, mostly quarto, of work on the Coelenterates, has per- 
sonally instructed some 1,200 students in zoology and has seen his department 
increase in value of equipment from about $15,000 to $300,000, including build- 
ing and museum, and in numbers from 12 to 400. 
Professor H. Osborn, now of the Ohio State University, formerly of the Iowa 
Agricultural College, (and the first President of the Iowa Academy) has an en- 
viable national and international reputation as an entomologist. He published, 
before leaving Iowa, some 100 entomological papers with a total of about 
1,000 pages, besides the numerous and important contributions which he has 
issued since going to Ohio. While at Ames he instructed some 1,500 students 
in zoology, and has had some 700 in his classes in Ohio. 
Mr. Prank C. Pellett, of Atlantic, Iowa, is a lecturer on zoological subjects, 
and has published nine papers. The number of pages has not been ascertained. 
Professor Maurice Ricker, of Des Moines High School, has been a prominent 
high school teacher at Burlington and Des Moines for many years. He has 
had an important influence on zoology by his. contact with some 400 high school 
students, besides publishing papers on Hydra. 
Professor L. S. Ross, of Drake University, has published about 30 pages of 
zoological literature and has instructed about 1,200 students in zoology. He has 
seen his equipment for teaching, exclusive of furniture and building, increased 
to a value of $3,500. 
Dr. Prank Stromsten, of the State University, has published 73 pages as a 
result of his investigations in the embryology of the lymphatics, and has in- 
structed several hundred students in zoology as assistant to Dr. Houser. 
Dr. H. E. Summers, of the State College of Agriculture, succeeded Professor 
Herbert Osborn, both as professor and as State Entomologist. He has published 
40 pages on entomological subjects, besides attending to his duties as State 
Entomologist. He has seen his equipment, not including furniture and museum, 
increase in value from $1,480 to $10,200. In the meanwhile he has instructed 
some 1,540 students. 
Mr.. T. Van. Hyning, Director of the Historical Department of Iowa, has in 
preparation a catalogue of the Mollusca of Iowa. He has published six pages. 
Professor H. P. Wickam, of the State University, has published numerous 
papers on entomological subjects, amounting in all to about 1,000 pages, has 
built up his laboratories to their present size, has acted as Assistant Curator 
of the Museum of Natural History, and has personally instructed 594 students 
of zoology. 
Professor P. M, Witter, deceased, third President of the Iowa Academy, former- 
ly of Muscatine (where he was superintendent of schools for many years), should 
rank among the foremost zoologists in the State in his influence upon younger 
zoologists. He published important papers on the Mollusca, and has prepared 
valuable manuscripts on the birds and butterflies of Iowa. These papers were 
burned, together with the specimens upon which they were based. Although defi- 
nite records are not available, it is probable that in the forty years of his service 
as a teacher he instructed thousands of Iowa boys and girls; and, better still. 
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