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versity in 1889. But in 1901 he was chosen as the man best 

 fitted to undertake the work of centralizing the laboratory work 

 of the Insular Government of the Philippines. On him fell the 

 heavy task of planning the buildings, equipment, and personnel 

 of the Bureau of Government Laboratories. So wisely and 

 efficiently did he develop the Bureau during his eleven years' 

 directorship that he may well be called the father of modern 

 science in the Philippine Islands. The Bureau will be "a lasting 

 monument to his unquestioned scientific and business ability, his 

 clear foresight, his sane judgment, and his unwavering perse- 

 verance." 



Dr. William A. Buckhout, Professor of Botany and the Senior 

 Professor at the Pennsylvania State College, died of heart disease 

 on Tuesday, December 3, 1912. In 1871 he became Professor of 

 Botany and Horticulture at this College ; later, Professor of Bot- 

 any, and for many years Botanist of the Pennsylvania State Board 

 of Agriculture. In 1888, he was appointed to the Pennsylvania 

 State Forestry Commission and was a prime mover in the State in 

 creating and taking an active interest in forestry. He was author 

 of papers such as "The Chestnut as a Fruit and Food," "The 

 Effect of Smoke and Gas on Vegetation," "A Microscopic Exam- 

 ination of State College Water Supply," "Forest Fires," and, as a 

 contributor to the Forestry Quarterly (vol. V, p. 259), of a 

 study on the "Formation of the Annual Ring of Wood in Euro- 

 pean Larch and White Pine." 



He determined the relation between the nodules of legumes and 

 bacteria just previous to the same discovery by Hellriegel and 

 Wilfarth, of Germany. Excessive modesty prevented him from 

 becoming one of the foremost investigators. He was a true Pro- 

 fessor in the best meaning of the word. No man was ever more 

 faithful to his duty than Dr. Buckhout. He conducted classes 

 to the last, having taught for over forty-one years, a record of 

 which few can boast. 



