Omaha daily bee., 1915-10-04
GRADS RAISE BESSEY FUND
Fifteen Hundred Dollars Secured by
Organization Seeking to Honor
Memory Of Professor.
WANT PERMANENT MEMORIAL


LINCOLN, oct. T. - Especially -- The
campaign for the establishment OF an
endowment to perpetuate the memory OF
DR. G. y. Bessey has started with a new
impetus, according TO a statement given
out today by the committee In charge
Up until the present time only the grad
yates Of the university have been So
licited and in the first few weeks work
about l75 have responded with an aver
age donation OF s. The Total fund now
agRregptes 81 S21O
The friends OF DR.. Bessey Organized
the Bessey Memoriai association during
the summer for the purpose Of raising
$1,000. the income Of which Is to 20 TO
Mrs. Bessey n she 80 desires until her
death. after which It will support two
research fellowships In the department
Of botany.
OFFICERS OF Association.
Chancellor Avery OF the University Of
Nebraska Is president; Guy r. Reed,
secretary, and George L. Hall, state
treasurer. is treasurer. The advisory
committee includes w. !. Bryan. La
Verne w. Noyes Of Chicago, DIR. Roscoe
Pound. Cambridge. Mass; r. J. Hainer,
Lincoln; Albert r. Woods. St. Paul
Frederick X. Nelson. Washington, ID.
c.; Alvin Il. Pope. San francisco; II. j,
Pool Lincoln; W. H. Haywood. New
York City; Haven Metcalf. Washington,
u. c.. Lawrence Fossler. Lincoln; Pat
rick O. Cara, Salt Lake City; Frederick,
+. Clements. AIinneapors; James w.
Crabtree. River Falls. Wis; John l..
Sheldon. Morgantown, w. "; Edward
c. Elliott. Madison. Wis, and l.. L. Har-
ter. Washington. d. c. All are former
students and friends OF Dr. Bessey. DIT.
Bessey was the first dean OF agriculture
OF the University Of Nebraska and the
first citizen to take up the cause OF ag-
riculturai Nebraska
Example of Ills BeaderHhip.
What his leadership In his chosen
field has meant can never be estimated.
All citizens of Nebraska are TO be given
an opportunity to contribute to the fund"
the statement says.
During his lifetime DR.. Bessey was
president OF the Society for the Promo
ton OF Agriculture, president of the
Botanical Society OF America. president
OF department OF natural sciences Of
the National Educational association,
president of the American Association
for the Advancement OF Science. He was
at one time president of the Iowa State
college and on several occasions acting
chancellor OF the University of Nebraska.
The committee has given out the further
announcement:
An unfortunate impression has arisen
In certain quarters that our honored
DIR. Bessey in his great public generosity
failed to make adequate financial pro
vision for Mrs. Bessey before his death.
While this Is not strictly true, we be-
ieve that hundreds OF students and
friends, many of whom regarded DR.. Bos-
sey as their intellectual father. will wish
10 share In the high privilege OF con-
tributing TO fund for the perpetuating
OF the memory OF his distinguished serv-
ices, the income OF which fund Mrs. Bes-
sey may receive at her option.
1T should be further remembered that
the main purpose OF the memorial
scholarship fund Is to provide per-
mRnent memorial which shall last as long
as the state, even after Or. Bessey hall
shall have crumbled, and to promote for
ever In Nebraska the study u botanical
subjects, which DR.. Bessey inaugurated
and inspirited for thirty years"
Use The Bees snapper" column.