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logical work forming only a part of his interests; but economic en- 

 tomology is especially indebted to him for its advancement, and econ- 

 omic entomologists owe him a debt of gratitude, the extent of which 

 is as yet hardly realized. 



Prof. Willis G. Johnson was a younger man, cut down in his 

 prime, full of life and vigor, radiating vital energy, always enthu- 

 siastic and earnest in all his undertakings. His training w^as of the 

 modern type and he was one of the first of the younger men to enter 

 work in economic entomology, well equipped by teachers and by 

 service under veterans in our science. He was also one of the first 

 to inaugurate a vigorous campaign in the Atlantic Coast states against 

 the San Jose scale, and his work in Maryland opened up original 

 methods and impressed upon the community the necessity for con- 

 certed action. Legislation against injurious insects and control by 

 inspection and fumigation in the East found one of its earliest and 

 most persistent advocates in Professor Johnson and his work has 

 served as a guide to those who followed him. For some years before 

 his death he abandoned his work in entomology for service on a farm 

 paper, but in this position he also did much educational work in 

 economic entomology and always maintained his interest in our as- 

 sociation. 



Prof. Francis H. Snow, of Kansas, was an example of a long life 

 well spent in service to the community. ^Modest and unassuming in 

 manner, always quiet in his methods of work, he exercised an influ- 

 ence that was mighty in extent. As an educator he is affectionately 

 remembered by several of our members, and his work for our science 

 in the training of students is one that cannot be too highly estimated. 

 But not only as a teacher is he to be remembered: he was an orig- 

 inal investigator and thinker as well, and to him economic entomology 

 owes much for his researches and practical experiments with certain 

 diseases of insects. The institution with which he was so many years 

 connected owes much of its development and influence to him. espe- 

 cially the enormous collections made on his annual trips for the last 

 twenty years, and while he was never active in the affairs of this 

 Association he was a member of whom we were justly proud, and 

 whose name added to the dignity of our body. 



Now, therefore, be it 



Resolved, That this Association as such and its members, individu- 

 ally, do hereby express profound sorrow for the loss of these, our 

 fellow-members, and appreciation for their attainments. 



