present admirable Public School system, and calling into its service teach- 

 ers of the best culture and highest attainments. 



During the War of Secession he was most prominent and efficient in 

 establishing and carrying on the sanitary commission for the relief of the 

 sick and wounded, and his services in that field entitle him to the grati- 

 tude of not only our city and State, but of the whole country. 



But the crowning eifort of his life, and that for which his name will go 

 down for generations, was the founding and building up, to large and per- 

 manent prosperity, of Washington University and Mary Institute and their 

 attendant Departments. 



Of these he was literally and truly the chief architect and builder, and 

 they constitute a memorial to his energy, zeal and devotion to the public 

 good and the welfare of the race more lasting than brass or marble. 



From these institutions will flow perennial streams of enlightenment, 

 culture, social purity and elevation, the recipients of which, in the ages to 

 come, will arise and call him blessed. 



It seems a marvel that one man, without capital, should have conceived 

 and carried to successful completion an Institution so comprehensive and 

 far-reaching in its aims and results. Truly it originated in and grew from 

 his own personality, for Dr. Eliot was pre-eminently an organizer. 



To great ability and fertility of invention in planning and practical sa- 

 gacity of purpose, combined with gentleness of spirit, and persuasiveness 

 of manner, that gave him access to and control over the minds of men 

 who had means and enabled him to inspire them with his own enthusi- 

 asm, and thus secure their cooperation in accomplishing his high aims 

 and purposes. His co-laborers are entitled to their meed of praise, but 

 the chief merit belongs to iiim. 



Our Academy has especial ground to honor the memory of l^r. Eliot, 

 and our committee wish to give utterance to feehngs of gratitude and 

 thankfulness for his kindness and encouragement to our Society. 



While we were wandering like Noah's dove, and " found no rest for the 

 sole of our foot," he, with a generosity characteristic of him, opened the 

 Ark of the University and gave us a home. As a token of our apprecia- 

 tion of this benevolent act we recommend that this brief memorial be 

 placed on our records, and that the Recording Secretary furnish a copy 

 to the family of Dr. Eliot. 



Respectfully submitted. 



Charles Speck, ') 



[Signed,] z H< S. Pritchett, > Committee. 



\ M. L. Gray, J 



The report was then adopted by the Academy. 

 Mr. Gray offered the following resolution : 



The Academy of Science has learned with much satisfaction that its 

 kindred Association, the Missouri Historical Society, has been the reci- 



