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These are the ideals which Professor Whitman succeeded in making 
part and parcel of the Marine Biological Laboratory and which we count 
among our most valuable possessions. To those who measure the suc- 
cess of an institution by the size of its buildings or endowments, his 
efforts at Woods Hole may seem in large part to have failed, but those 
who realize that ideals are the motive forces of the world, that life con- 
sists not in abundance of possessions but in abundance of service, that 
science is not paraphernalia but knowledge—these will not fail to recog- 
nize the great value of the work Professor Whitman has done for the 
Marine Biological Laboratory and for the whole science of biology. 
To these words of appreciation there is but little to add. It 
may be that the Marine Biological Laboratory is Whitman’s 
most enduring monument, as it was his chief work of organiza- 
tion. But the principles will endure eternally, whatever the life 
of the particular expression they have been given in the Labor- 
atory, and the fact that Whitman was the chief champion of these 
ideals and that he gave them visible and effective expression is 
one of his chief claims to affectionate and reverent remembrance. 
THE AMERICAN MORPHOLOGICAL SOCIETY 
Professor Whitman was the leader in the three most important 
organizations for the advance of zoology in America during the 
time of his active life: in 1887 he founded the Journal of Mor- 
phology, in 1888 he became director of the Marine Biological 
Laboratory, and in 1890 he took the leading part in the founda- 
tion of the American Morphological Society. <A circular was 
sent out October 16, 1890, calling on those interested to unite 
in the formation of an Association of Morphologists ‘‘in connec- 
tion and affiliation with the American Society of Naturalists,” 
which shall hold stated meetings during the Christmas vacation, 
at which special and general morphological problems may be 
brought forward and discussed. Attention was directed in the 
circular to the scientific isolation of zoologists in America, and 
the advantages of their cooperation in such a society. The com- 
mittee signing this call consisted of C. O. Whitman (chairman), 
Henry F. Osborn, E. B. Wilson, E. G. Gardiner, and J. Playfair 
MeMurrich. The first meeting was held in Boston, December 
29, 1890. Dr. E. B. Wilson was elected chairman for the meet- 
