February, '12] WASHBURN: PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS 37 



S. The Relation of the Entomologist to the Director of the StatioUy 

 to Other Administrative Officers, and to his Fellow Station Workers: 



While there is a marked difference of poHcy in administration in 

 different stations, and while some of the younger institutions have had 

 to go and are going through a period of political upheaval, very 

 disastrous to good work, most of us, I assume, are fortunate in being 

 associated with directors of broad views, honest in the treatment of 

 their staff, and, in many instances, we find a bond of friendship often, 

 which, far from being the cause of any partiality, goes a long way 

 toward advancing harmonious and productive work. Due deference^ 

 of course, is to be paid the director and his position in his official 

 capacity. He frequently acts as an advisor without dictating, or in 

 any w^ay hampering the projects of his entomologist. 



Where the station is connected with the state university, as it is 

 in many of our states, official communications from the entomologist 

 to the president and board of regents should, and generally do, go 

 through the director to the chief executive. The business relations, 

 therefore, of the entomologist, are entirely with the former, and it is 

 unwise, as some of the younger and more hasty, and a few of the 

 older entomologists may have discovered, to attempt to go around the 

 director. Any direct clash, or an appeal to higher authorities is apt to 

 result disastrously. This is as it should be, even though the ento- 

 mologist may have right on his side, for any other result, in nine cases 

 out of ten, would be disastrous to the discipline of the institution. 

 Happy the entomologist wdiere the station staff, aware of the fact that 

 each one is working for the common good, and not ambitious to 

 advance his own reputation at the expense of community interests, 

 meet in council where projects of various kinds are discussed in a 

 friendly and harmonious way. 



I believe, since the faculty of the college, or the working staff of the 

 station, is the bone and sinew of the institution, that there should 

 not be so great a discrepancy between the salary of the directors or 

 deans and the members of the working force as prevails in some of our 

 institutions. Something nearer an equal footing goes far toward 

 promoting the best work. 



It is to be deplored that, in comparison with other divisions, the 

 division of entomology is frequently allowed but small financial 

 assistance for its work, rather lowering its importance in the eyes of 

 the public and other station departments. While horticulture, 

 agriculture, animal husbandry, etc., get, as a rule, liberal appropria- 

 tions, the entomological appropriations are apt to be out of all pro- 

 portion to the important relation the work bears to these leading 

 subjects. 



