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to have been able to do so sooner than I expected.
The University is still rather embryonic - it must be considerably younger than yours - but in the scientific departments excellent work is being done in Chemistry & Physics, and I hope soon to be able to say as much of Biology, of which I am the first regular teacher. We are much cramped for want of room, but a new scientific building to cost $50,000 will probably be begun before long.
Will you be at Lincoln during June? Our Commencement is the 28th of this month, and I would like to visit your laboratory soon after that date. Boulder is only 30 miles from Denver, so the trip to Lincoln is not a long one.
I may say that though I am to teach both Botany and Zoology, my leanings are all toward Botany, especially Cryptogam-