, 1903-01-26
LEADER BOUQUET.

Some people know how to deport
themselves when they are being enter
tanned. and some newspaper CORE
spondents have a cry felicitous way
of referring to entertainments. Such
q correspondent had the Cheyenne
Leader on the recent legislative visit to
the state institutions. Mr.. l. S. Bart
lett was the gentleman in question,
and when he returned to the state cap
ital he handed the people of Laramie
the following beautiful and very ac-
ceptable bouquet:
when Laramie City or Albany coun-
ty wants anything from the state. they
know how to ask for it in a most
graceful and fascinating way. Instead
Of sending lobbyists to the state cap
ital they bring the legislature on the
ground and greet the lawmakers with
the glad hand. They are smothered
with music, flowers and orations, with
ladies' and club house receptions, and
brought to banquetting halls and filed
Will III LII 1 lhS u wv
full for utterance.'
During this last legislative visit it
would seem that every man. woman
and child of the city was on the recep-
ton committee with an especial mis-
sion to make every visitor welcome
and happy.
THE good people of Laramie. with a
reputation for splendid hospitality,
outdid themselves on this last occa-
sion. They strictly obeyed the scrip
ture injunction:
"Jf thine enemy hungers, feed him;
if he thirsts, give him drink
"If any went there as enemies they
went away friends. Figuratively they
had Goals of fire heaped upon their
heads.
1.-The needs of the university were es-
pecially set forth when the legislators
had been assembled in their halls. The
inspiring speeches. the college yells,
the college songs and the music of the
orchestra were all accessories to an
urgent request for an appropriation of
SIS 5000 to construct an armory and
gymnasium. This need was cogently
set forth by speeches of students. fac
ulty and visiting speakers. OF course.
there are Others that is. Wyoming
has other state institutions to be cared
for, and whatever merit any demand
NAV hQVn n p,pct no r,L.o-X - A.
condition of the state treasury.
The citizens of Wyoming may well
be proud of the state university. In
several particulars it excels every
state university of the Rocky mountain
region. In the two departments of
~paleontology and botany it has both a
national and international reputation.
Few colleges in this country have so
valuable a collection of fossil remains.
1t is especially strong in dinosauer life,
and among other specimens has the
only known example nf the Megal-
neusaurus. or great swimming lizard.
Fully reconstructed. it is sixty-ive tnet
long, and while some of the parts are
missing, there is no duplicate of this
animal in the world.
In the botanical department there
are 10000 specimens of plant life col
lected by Prof. Nelson. who is an &C.
knowledged genius in this line of
study. These are largely composed of
Wyoming specimens collected by the
professor on vacation excursions with
out expense to the state. and by a sys-
TEN Of exchange and selling duplicates.
me money value of this collection
alone. aside from its educational value.
would make 1t a treasure to any of the
greatest colleges Of the land.
The university is doing a good