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ly scientific and economic directions, have stamped him as of 

 the first rank. His work in connection with the magnificent 

 efforts of the state of Massachusetts to control the gipsy 

 moth and the brown-tail moth has been of the soundest char- 

 acter. The affection and respect shown for him by his students 

 is indicated almost daily by those who have come to Washing- 

 ton, and is easily understood by one who, like myself, has been 

 more or less closely associated with him for thirty years. I 

 shall never forget the summer of 1880, when he and Mrs. 

 Fernald spent some time in Washington working with Pro- 

 fessor Comstock, who was at that time chief of the Division 

 of Entomology, I myself being his assistant. Professor 

 Fernald was a constant inspiration and he was also a constant 

 delight on account of his overflowing humor. At that time 

 pedlars and mendicants of different kinds were allowed access 

 to the rooms, and it was a standing joke of the Professor's, 

 when the door opened and one of these men came in, to jump 

 to his feet, to appear to recognize him, shake his hand cor- 

 dially, ask after his wife and children and the old folks at 

 home, which almost invariably so confused the incomer that 

 he turned around abruptly and left the room. 



I understand that he is to retire now. I know of no one who 

 has made quite so good a record, viewed from every point. 

 A number of years ago I was riding with him along a country 

 road in eastern Massachusetts, and he said to me, "Howard, 

 I have been thinking about myself and of the little I have done, 

 and I wonder whether after I shall have gone people will 

 think of me as a systematic entomologist or rather as an econ- 

 omic entomologist." And I replied instantly, "You forget 

 probably the biggest work you have done and the best work, 

 and that is as a teacher." And is it not true? The memory 

 of Professor Fernald will live after he goes, both as a sys- 

 tematist and as a strong economic entomologist, but, greater 

 than either, as a teacher ; and this building will be a visible 

 monument to his work as long as it shall stand. May he live 

 many more years to know and to enjoy the reputations which 

 are being made and which shall surely continue to be made by 

 the men he has taught. 



