some of the men who date their intellectual birth from their student days at the Iowa Agricultural College. The quality of its work must be of a high order to prepare men for such positions as are named below: E. W. Stanton, professor of mathematics and political economy in the Iowa Agricultural College, and secretary of its board of trustees; F. L. Harvey, professor of botany, Maine Agricultural College, and entomologist of the Maine Experiment Station; G. C. Faville, veterinary surgeon of the National Bureau of Animal Industry; W. T. Hornaday, chief taxidermist of the National Museum, Washington, D. C.; G. K. Cherrie, chief taxidermist of the National Museum of the Island of Costa Rica; G. W. Curtis, professor of agriculture and director of the experiment station in the Agricultural College, Texas; W. B. Niles, State veterinarian of South Carolina and professor of veterinary science in the University of South Carolina; E. S. Richman, botanist and horticulturist to the Utah Experiment Station; J. C. Arthur, professor botany, Purdue University of Indiana, also botanist of Experiment Station of Indiana; Herbert Osborn, entomologist of United States Department of Agriculture for Iowa, professor of zoology, entomology and geology in I. A. C; Albert Hitchcock, botanist to the Shaw Gardens, St. Louis; Frank Everrett, on staff United States geological survey; Luther Foster, professor of agriculture in South Dakota Agricultural College; C. A. Cary, professor of. veterinary science, South Dakota Agricultural College; D. E. Collins, State veterinarian of South Dakota; C. A. Keffer, professor. horticulture, South Dakota Agricultural College; L. E. Benton, assistant professor horticulture in University of California; C. M. Ross, horticulturist to Experiment Station, South Carolina; John Craig, horticulturist to Central Experiment Station of Canada, and general superintendent of the nine horticulturist stations in the Dominion of Canada; M. Stalker, professor veterinary science, Iowa Agricultural College and State veterinarian of Iowa; C. F. Curtiss, statistician for Iowa, of the United States Agricultural Department; W. K. Robbins, expert chemist to the Amoskeag Mills, Manchester, N. H. ; Peter Burns, assistant in agricultural chemistry in "Boston Institute of Technology;" J. C. Hainer, professor physics in Iowa Agricultural College; J. C. Meredith, United States mechanical engineer in charge of river improvements, Missouri River ; E. Mead, State engineer in charge of irrigation, Colorado; J. E. Dougherty, chief engineer, Fort Scott & Gulf Railway; W. G. McConnon, electrician, Edison Electric Light Company, N. Y.; W. Whited, superintendent testing department Montreal Bridge Company; A. M. Blodgett, manager and president, Kansas Bridge Company; Weston A. Goodspeed, president Goodspeed Publishing Company, Chicago; L. W. Noyes, inventor of Noyes' Dictionary Holder ; C. F. Mount, professor civil engineering, Iowa Agricultural College; G. W. Catt, chief engineer, San Francisco Bridge Company; G. S. Govier, general agent, King Bridge Company for Texas; George Goodno, expert chemist, gas company, Dedham, Mass. ; C. H. Stearns, professor of science and instructor of cadets in Drake University, Iowa; J. N. Muncey, breeder of Dutch Fresian cattle and well-known agricultural writer; Greeley Gue, breeder of fine cattle and agricultural writer; J. P. Porter, electrician and contractor for electrical supplies, St. Louis, Mo.; J. B. Hungerford, editor and proprietor, Carroll (Iowa) Herald; Richard Burke, editor and proprietor, What Cheer (Iowa) Reporter; C. H. Boardman, trustee Iowa Agricultural College; C. F. Saylor, superintendent county schools, Polk County,