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held up to them an example of devotion to science amid adverse conditions which 
could not fail of a profound influence. 
A summary of the items noted above shows that the zoological fellows of the 
•Iowa Academy have contributed 5,453 pages of technical matter to our scientiflc 
publications embodying a material contribution to our knowledge of anipaals, 
while they have conferred the benefit of their professional instruction upon 
some 12,489 students of collegiate grade. 
Substantial honors have been conferred upon the men who have been doing 
this work. The zoologists have contributed no less than seven of the Presidents 
of this Academy. They are: Herbert Osborn, P. M, Witter, C. C. Nutting, 
H. W. Norris, H. E. Summers, M. P. Arey and G. L. Houser. I have omitted 
from this list those who, although doing work in zoology, have been more 
particularly identified with other sciences, e. g., Professors Calvin and Mac- 
bride. 
That the zoologists of this Academy are well known beyond the confines 
of this State is evidenced by the fact that eighteen of them receive mention 
in American Men of Science, while four of them are starred to indicate the opin- 
ion of the compilers of that work that these men belong to the first 1,000 
scientists of America. 
Three of our zoologists have a place in “Who’s Who in America,” one of them 
has served as President of the Zoological Section of the American Association 
for the Advancement of Science, one has been President of the National Asso- 
ciation of Economic Entomologists, one has been President of the Entomological 
Society of America, one has been President of the Central Branch of the 
American Society of Zoologists, while lesser honors have been accorded them 
in plenty. 
While the record of our zoologists is one of which we may justly be proud, 
there is one fact which intrudes itself on the notice of one who has handled 
the data concerning the equipment and personnel of the collegiate institutions 
of the State. 
While the State and denominational colleges have been fairly well equipped 
so far as building and material equipment is concerned, the science of zoology 
has not received adequate recognition in the way of professorships and other 
grades in the instructional staff devoted entirely to instruction in zoology. 
I find, for instance, that there are but six chairs of zoology in the State, and 
four of these are in State institutions. Iowa College and Coe College are the 
only denominational institutions with chairs devoted exclusively to zoology. In 
one case, Drake, there is a chair of Zoology and Bacteriology, and in most of the 
others there are chairs of Biology, or Natural Science. It seems to me 
that in any college properly regarded as of a high grade there should be a chair 
of Zoology. 
The instructional staff in the four institutions having departments of zoology 
is as follows: 
State University, three professors, three assistant professors, two instructors, 
besides assistants of lower grade. 
State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, one professor, two assistant 
professors and four instructors. 
Iowa College, one professor and one instructor. 
Coe College, one professor and one assistant. 
