The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1890-03-19
HONORS TOt RALEIGH MAN.

Mr.. r. II. Dancy rendered The Po-
sitiOn of Chemist to the $ta ION and
Professor i'm the Minnesota 1-ricuI-
turaI College.
The STATE CHRONICLE is glad to hear
Of the distinguished honor that has
come unsought to Mr. f. E. Dancy, A.
B., of Raleigh. He has been rendered
a very responsible and honorable po-
sition in the Minnesota Experiment
Station and the. .Agricultur College con
nected Herewith. Before receiving the
virtual tender of this place Mr. Dancy
had never heard of Prof McLain. The
offer came to him without any solicita-
tion on his part. Mr.. Dancy has not
yet decided whether he will accept the
Minnesota offer He has in Raleigh an
elegantly fitted up analytical labora-
tory and is doing remarkably well
here.
Since graduation at the State Univer-
sity in 1881, Mr.. Dancy has devoted
himself exclusively to the study of
chemistry and kindred subjects After
graduating he took postgraduate
course In chemistry, and In 80 was
elected assistant chemist in the State
Experiment Station. For several wears
he was chief analytical chemist in the
laboratory of the L. S. Experiment Sta
ton. He resigned last September to
open his analytical laboratory In Ra-
leigh. He has won a high place among
chemists. as is atte5ted by the election
above referred to, and also by an
other similar compliment that was
/ paid him about a year ago. When
| he returned from Europe he found
! a letter three months old from the Pro-
! fessor of Agricultural Chemistry in the
/ Delaware Agricultural College. asking
him to please file his application for The
position Of chemist to the ID layare AZ
ricultural Experiment Station. The
letter had not been forwarded and the
professor getting no answer in three
months had cast about for some one
else. He is member Of the American
Association for the advancement OF
Science, and Of the tie Elisha Mitchell
Scientific society.
Mr.. Dancy has contributed articles
of great value to the scientific Journals.
Four years ago lie aud Dr If b. Battle,
Ph. D., jointly issued book "Chemi-
cal Conversion Tables which is in use
in almost all experiment stations and
laboratories in the United States. He
has contributed q variety Of short ar
ticles to the courts Oh this literature.
Among his contributions we NAV men
ton: "On the Determinations Of Total
Phosphoric Acid il FertiliZers;' Chic
ride Of Sodium Solution Wash; Ion the
Determination Of Potash" Effect of
Freezing on Standar! Solutions" EFF
feet Of Detomposing Organic Matter
| on Iusoluble Phosphate Of Lime
In the L. ;. Bulletin ne has contrib
uted valuable articles on practical
topics He was the author Of the en-
tire Bulletin No. 81 on practical Stock
5 Feedng on Scientific Principles" !" and
! Bulletin No 66 on stock Feeding as
t Practiced in North Carolina. Both
g these bulletins have had wide circu-
lation and applications have been made
5 for them from all parts of the U-ired
t States We suppose that It was from
the excellence of those contributions
: that the Minnesota tender was made.
. Rejoicing in the honor TO Raleighs tai
5 ented son, the CHRONICLE still hopes
that the State may not lose him.