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since ho is not connected witli the college. His address, after January 31, 

 1910, will be College Station, Texas. 



On Friday, December 31, 1909, a tablet was unveiled at Milton, Mass., on 

 the house where Dr. T. W. Harris formerly lived. The tablet is of white 

 marble, to harmonize with another tablet on the same house, which com- 

 memorates the meeting at which the Suffolk Resolves were adopted prior to 

 the Revolution. It bears the following inscription, written by Col. T. W. Hig- 

 ginson, who was a pupil of Doctor Harris: 



in this house from 1824 to 1831 dwelt 

 Thaddeus William Harris M. D. 



BOTANIST, entomologist; AND FINALLY 

 LIBRARIAN OF HARVARD COLLEGE 



IN EACH CAPACITY HE WON 

 FOR HIMSELF FAME AND GRATITUDE 



HE HAD THE MODESTY AND UNSELFISHNESS 



OF TRUE SCIENCE 



WITH WHAT MAY RIGHTLY BE CALLED 



ITS CHIVALRY OF SPIRIT 



At the unveiling the American Association of Economic Entomologists, 

 the Entomological Society of America and the American Entomological So- 

 ciety were represented by William M. Wheeler, professor of economic ento- 

 mology in Harvard University; the Boston Society of Natural History, by 

 its curator, Mr. Charles W. Johnson; the Cambridge Entomological Club, by 

 Mr. H. H. Newcomb; the Milton Historical Society, by Dr. W. W. Newcomb 

 of Detroit, Mich., and Mr. W. L. W. Field of Milton, Mass. ; the Science Club 

 of Milton Academy, of which Doctor Harris was a trustee, was also repre- 

 sented. 



According to the Experiment Station Record, "the London Times an- 

 nounces the appointment by Lord Crewe of a scientific committee of twenty, 

 to be known as the African Entomological Research Committee, the object 

 of which will be to further the study of economic entomology, with special 

 reference to Africa. Lord Cromer has consented to act as chairman and 

 Guy A. K. Marshall as scientific secretary. 



"Arrangements are being made to send trained entomologists to the east 

 and west sides of tropical Africa, respectively, to stimulate interest in en- 

 tomological work among the officers and other residents of the regions, and 

 to afford instruction in the use of scientific methods. It is hoped thereby 

 to obtain an organized body of investigators. The committee will also keep 

 in touch with work already under way, and has received offers of coopera- 

 tion from the British Museum, the London and Liverpool Schools of Trop- 

 ical Medicine, and the leading English universities. It is planned to pub- 

 lish observations and scientific results in a journal or series of bulletins to be 

 established." 



Mailed February 15, 1910. 



