University of Colorado - Coloradan Yearbook (Boulder, CO)

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possible all specimens on exhibition are being so mounted that the labels are always in sight. About one thousand mineral specimens are on exhibition. ' The ores and rocks, while less attractive to the eye, are of equal scientific interest. The number of these specimens is similar to that of minerals, but, like the less pretentious of the latter, they are largely concealed in drawers. The series presented by the United States National Museum is of particular interest as illustrating the distinctly educational work done by the United States Geologi- cal Survey, and its recognition of the value of geological education as well as of economic applications. All Universities are beginning to see the value of good collections for il- lustration in class work, and also for general educational purposes. Nothing so stimulates an interest in natural history as an accessible collection where people can find properly labeled specimens to compare with specimens which they themselves have seen or collected. Our University is making a beginning in the way of securing a collection of the birds of the vicinity of Boulder and Colorado generally. The specimens now in the cases on the second iioor of the Hale Building are carefully labeled, and some interesting information given in regard to each kind of bird. Very few collections anywhere are so well dis- played as this one, and students will find an occasional examinationof the specimens to be of great interest. A iine collection of insects has been donated to the University by Mr. Andrews, a former student, now a resident of Cali- fornia. These insects are well displayed in the Museum on the third floor. The University has also some yaluable specimens of marine animals which it is hoped can be suitably displayed in the near future. The herbarium is gradually growing, and is made available for students doing advanced work in botany. A botanical museum should be started in the near future. It would be of great interest to students and to the public generally. 56

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fiL UM NI OFFICERS OF THE ASSOCIATION. President .... ........................... O mar E. Garwood, Ph.B., 'Ol Vice-President ..... ..... I Irs. Maude C. Gardiner, B.S., '99 Secrotary-Treasurer .... ....... I iarold P. Martin, Ph.B., '01 E t, C ,tt f Thomas O. McHarg, LLB., 599 4 XCCLI IVQ f0l1lTI11 GU. . . . . . . l iiarnn E. Miles, Mn., '01 Last November the University celebrated the consunnnation of twenty-five years of its growth and influence. Many alumni returned to take part in vari- ous reunions and events of that celebration, and there Was much thought of and talk of the graduates of the University, and Where they were, and what they had been doing. The result of it all Was, like that of the Whole retrospect, one of the gratifications 5 gratification to those who have contributed and labored for the upbuilding of the University, gratification and deepest gratitude on the part of the alumni. ' This cast back over a comparatively short past, brought, for one thing, the realization that those who have gone out from these walls with the reputation and honor of the University of Colorado in their keeping, have done nobly by their Alma Mater. May we not even say that they have made her reputation. Many of her graduates have gone from this to other universities and colleges, and have rarely failed to win high honors. Many of them are men and women of State and even of national reputation. A large number hold places in the educational institutions of this and other states. Many are successfully en- gaged in business, holding places of trust and confidence. The success of her professional men has been remarkable for the short period since the foundation of the professional schools. You will, in short, find the Alumni in many call- ings and under many skies, and wherever they go and Whatever calling pursue they are becoming known as earnest Workers and good citizens, true gentlemen and gentlewomen. This marked success of her alumni led such a man as Doctor Sewall, in his speech at the alumni dinner, to say: I feel it is some- thing to be proud of to be a part of an institution which has turned out so many men that stand high in the educational World, that have won a state and even national reputation. I say the University of Colorado has furnished more such men in proportion to those that have attended the institution than Harvard, or Yale, or Columbia, or Michigan, or all of them put together, in the last twenty-ive years 3 and I say that is something to be proud of. What shall We say is the meaning of the success of these graduates? Does it mean that a degree from this University is charged with some magic power which brings to its bearer position and success? Not at all 5 in the struggle for recognition in the World at large, in the measure of man's strength of mind 58