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Entered as Second-Class Matter June 12, 1909, at Sound Beach Post Office, under Act of March 3, 1897. 



Vol 



ume 



X 



JANUARY, 1917 



Number 8 



FRIEND ROBERT JAY WALSH 



A Great Friend of Greenwich, Friend of The Agassiz Association, Preemi- 

 nently a Friend of Everybody, Died at His Home in Greenwich, 

 Connecticut, December 7th, Aged Sixty-three Years. 



In the death of Judge Robert Jay Walsh, Greenwich has lost its greatest 

 man. He was great in statesmanship, citizenship, finance, politics, education 

 and personal character. But he was greater than all these as a friend. 



Though not enrolled as a Member of The Agassiz Association, he was in 

 some respects the best friend our organization has ever had. His advice and 

 his good deeds in behalf of our work were many, but it was his request that 

 they be not published. This request will explain, especially to our friends 

 and Members in distant places, why his name has not previously been men- 

 tioned in this magazine. 



His life is an inspiration to every faithful student. He was not only self- 

 made but well made. The story of his early endeavors, of his life-long achieve- 

 ments, of his great power always for good in the community, reads like a fairv 

 tale. Probably no other community can point to a man of such unique power 

 and high esteem in his own locality. 



A brief biographical sketch, an account of the funeral and a few of the 

 many testimonials to his greatness and goodness, we quote from local publi- 

 cations as follows : 



Copyright 1917 by The Agassiz Association ArcAdiA: Sound Beach, Conn. 



