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Figure 9. Program of the first BSA Summer Institute for Teachers of Botany in Small Colleges, July 2–August 11, 1956, Cornell University. stipends, and there were 12 additional participants (Minutes, 1957; BSA, 1957). A third institute was held at Indiana University in 1959 (BSA, 1959) and a fourth in 1961 at Washington State University (BSA, 1961).
inspiration, imagination, and high standards of scholarship”, George Wannamaker Keitt, “for his patience and kindness in counseling many students”, Louis Otto Kunkel, “for his wise counseling of associates and students”, Andrew Denny Rodgers III, “His biographies of well-known botanists and histories of phases of the development of botanical science are readable, scholarly, and authentic”, Elvin Charles Stakman, “for his genius in inspiring students and workers”, Edgar Nelson Transeau, “for support and encouragement of botanical science in its broadest sense, both in its education and scientific aspects….substantial contributions… to botanical education at all levels, from high school to graduate school”, and Truman George Yuncker, “for his lifetime of effective teaching at the undergraduate level which has resulted in launching many able young scholars into careers in botany” (PSB, 1956; Meyer, 1958).
Two final educational matters were brought before the Council in the 50th anniversary year. The first was the information that the “Career Opportunities in Botany” booklet was now published (Minutes, 1956, p. 9). Second, the council directed the editor of PSB to survey the membership, through a questionnaire, to gauge interest in continuing or abandoning the publication. Of the 1868 regular members of the society at the end of the year, 293 returned a vote to continue, with 2 opposed (PSB, 1957a, 3(1)). The highlight of the 50th Anniversary meeting in Storrs, Connecticut, was the presentation of the Golden Jubilee Merit Citations, the original BSA Merit Awards. Among the 50 recipients were several whose citations noted botanical education contributions: Irving Widmer Bailey, an “inspiring teacher”, Ernst Athearn Bessey, for “magisterial presentation of the science of mycology”, Benjamin Minge Duggar, “for his wise and patient counseling to many students for whom be [sic] provided
The education highlight of the meeting was the Teaching Section Symposium on Trends in Botanical Teaching. The papers, by Drs. Sinnott, Palmquist, Cleland, and Fuller, were printed in condensed form in PSB. Sinnott began with a review of botanical teaching over the previous 50 years (Sinnott, 1956). Sinnott’s paper could serve as an abstract for the present paper. 51