1880.] 5Lj1 [Fraley. 



having attended the completion of the Girard College 

 buildinofs and beino- unwilling to hold nominal offices, 

 he again accepted his old chair in the University 

 which had become vacant by the resignation of Pro- 

 fessor Roswell Park. He was heartily welcomed back 

 by Professors and students, for there was no man who 

 possessed a greater faculty of reading human charac- 

 ter and striking the chords that could bind every one 

 to him and, as it were, making them a part of his own 

 being. He was not allowed to remain loner in his old 

 and much loved seat. By the death of Mr. Hassler, 

 the office of Chief of the Coast Survey of the United 

 States became vacant and the unanimous voice of the 

 scientific men of the day designated him for the place. 

 The Government wisely yielded to this call, and 

 the wisdom of the appointment was demonstrated by 

 the complete success which attended all the subse- 

 quent prosecution of the work. 



He put new life into all its departments, he organ- 

 ized anew the details of the field and office work, he 

 caused more accurate and delicate instruments to be 

 made and the measurements and observations to be 

 recorded, verified and tabulated in the most complete 

 forms. Here, as in every thing else, confided to him, 

 he always found the right man for the right place, and 

 for years the work went on, full of honor for him and 

 for his associates, and alike honorable and useful to 

 his country. It still bears the impress of his genius 

 and skill, and is justly regarded as one of the great 

 marks of scientific progress of the century. 



His services were called for in many other matters 

 of public concern, and were always faithfully and 

 efficiently rendered. He was one of the founders of 



