The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-04-30
PRAISE FOR SEATTLE BOY.
Great English Botanist Commend
Work 81 John JackoI. n state
Uaiversity Graduate.

One OF the young men of this state who
Is achieving suctess In a line OF scien-
tiic work is John Jackol. "a graduate OF
the state university In n recent British
scientific publication Arthur Lister. f. r.
g., opens a technical paper as follows:
Mr.. John Jacko. OF the Washington state
university, at Seattle, has directed his at
tention TO the Mycctozoa OF that district
during the last two years, and has sub
mitted to me his collection. consisting OF
sixty-six specimens, representing eight
cen species and three wel-marked vari-
cities. The chief interest attaching to
these gatherings lies In their being, as
believe. the first that are recorded from
the great Northwest state OF the Union.
The list will no doubt he largely added to.
for we miss representatives of several
genera which we should expect 10 be- not
uncommon where the climate IL apparent
~ 80 favorable TO their growth as In the
state OF Washington"
Then follow technical descriptions of
the several species, and the last one pro
totriehia fiaxcIliferaD calls out the follow
ing expression Before Mr.. Jackol OBJ
tanned this species az Seattle We had no
World: II had been prev .ousy rec Sved ony
from Britain. Norway, Sweden and Tas-
mania Mr.. Jaci<ol has sent two gather
ings; In one the sporangia are stalked;
IN the other they are sessle; they show
perfect development and the spiral Thick
enings on the threads OF the capillitium
are remarkably sharp"
Arthur Lister Il the greatest authority
on this neglected branch OF botany In
the world today. and II Is gratifying that
a graduate OF the University of Washing
ton has been able to win words OF COM
mendation from such source while en-
gagged in making real addition to the
worlds sum of scientific knowledge. Mr..
Jackol has already added many specimens
Go HIS coheS ttons. and IL surely destined
to make himself famous az he continues
TO pursue these scientiac researches
Mr.. Iackoi graduated from the UnIver-
sny Of Washington with the degrce OF
bachelor Of science In the class OF 1897.
He began studying for an advanced de-
gree. but before the year was ended he
acc eISed a position az teacher OF science
az the high school of Everett and has
been winning splendid reputation there
s'-'fes' @rs 'esehe- b,a also a. an or
ganixcr OF work, He has wrought rev
ssa4t1u an me matter of eqlnpping and
making useful the facilities Tor teaching
the r'icncos by laboratory methods. when
the directors had no money TO buy micro
stop"s, he organized course OF lectures
by university professors, and with the
procceds he bought the needed micro
scopes.
Not being satisfied with the amount ~
cooperation exertci by the graduates II
the university, Mr Jacko4 recently start
ed an agitation among the alumni which
rrSuGed In the organization % the execu-
tive board, and there u no doubt bot
that the university will aeon realize that
y has a host % organized workers among
the graduates all over the state
A year aEo Mr. Iackois reputation won
Tor him the ofrur 81 a scholarship In the
tniN cf7-ty or chicASyo, where he eNg~s ted
- study botany under John NJ Coulter
but FOR financial reasons Ne was COM
peilcd. much against his Wish. TO decline
az nFNfNsstbn. ia which he has mat
NTH splendid sEcees