The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-22
SCIENCE Men. HERE.

was made by the PRESIDENT Of the asso.
mathematics at Washburn college.
The principal number on the morning S
program was the address of President
Harshbarger on 1.-The Future of the Kan
sas Academy of Science as Suggested by
| At the conclusion of the address the
reading and discussion of papers was
and addresses continued throughout the
At o'clock this evening DR.. E. L.
Of se Cornell Iaq University f viii lecture on
Artificial Daylight. DR.. Nichols is we'll
known in Kansas. For several years he
was connected with the Kansas Univer-
sity at Lawrence.
Wednesdays program will begin at 10
! clock in the morning with reading and
afternoon election of officers for the
coming year will be held.
| At O'Clock Wednesday evening the
members and friends of the Academy Will
hold, a, banquet at the Y. NJ. c.. A. The
| banquet will wind up the meeting.
Organization of Society.
In his address. referring to the early
history of the organization when, forty
wears ago, DR.. F. H. Snow and Pro-
lessor Nudge and others devoted them
selves to the cause of science and the
development of the resources of the
state, Mr.. Harshbarger said:
In 1867 Prof. j. D.*Par1ker was called
to Lincoln college (noW Washburn).
Observing that there was no scientific
association in the state. and that the
scientists then at work had no organ
izat1on to centralize. their work, and
no uniform method Of publication. he at
| once began to agitate the matter of
forming an organization. but received
no encoura cement People were busy
with other things, and science received
but little attention. Finally he wrote
to Professor Nudge. who WAS heartily
in favor of a. society. but feared the
time was not ripe, givtngfsone of his
reasons that Prof. WincifeH had made
failed Nfssss5'4-7
professor Parker visited Professor
Nudge during the long Vacation Of
1867, and after a thorough discussion
Of the matter secured Professor Mudge's
promise to go into the movement. Sew
eral articles were then published urg-
ing the Importance of such an organ
| ization. and in the Journal Of Educa-
ton for March, 1868, Professor Parker
interested in the movement to meet in
Topeka for the purpose of organizing
an association >-..s
Historical Connection.
The, president spoke Of the n4histori
cal times in which the society was
born, as follows:
"The development of the state has
been so rapid that it is very difficult
to appreciate the conditions AZ years
ago. The war of the rebellion was just
over. The effects of the border strife
were still shown in the rifle pits along
the south side Of the town and the
palisades still standing at Kansas ave-
nue. and Sixth street. The Union Pa
cific railway had reached Topeka only
two years earlier and the construc-
ton of the Atchisol-, Topeka and
Santa Fee railway was begun that year
1860. The Indians were still on the
rampage in much Of the state, max
ing travel at times exceedingly haz-
ardous. The famous battle of the
Arickaree was fought in the same
month in which the society was Or
ganized, and Sheridens winter cam
paign in which the 10Th Kansas par
ticipated and which broke the
strength of the plains tribes occurred
the following winter.
Academy Library.
I'm the forty-seven years of it's ex-
istence the academy has accumulated
, a library of at least 5000 bound VOL
umes, and fully as many pamphlets.
! These represent the work of scientific
| investigators in all the leading coun-
| tries, as we'll as our own, and form u
very valuable addition to libraries of
| the state. This library has been Sc
cured almost entirely by exchange for
| the transactions of the academy.
There are numberlesS new devel-
Opments just ahead of us. What