3l6 ROCHESTER ACADEMY OF SCIENCE. [^^^Y 28, 



If Rochester has so choice a cHmate why do so many people 

 speak ill of it ? One does not often hear a Californian say ungenerous 

 things of his climate, which, if the truth be told, has some undesirable 

 features. One answer might be that the Californian is whistling to 

 keep up his courage, and that the Rochester climate is good enough 

 to endure abuse. Another answer is that Rochester may have a 

 beautiful climate but that its weather is sometimes pretty bad. Still 

 another reply is that the somber winter skies make people depressed, 

 and that it has become the habit to grumble at the weather. There 

 is a psychological problem involved here. 



There is another suggestion, that we have become so accustomed 

 to frequent weather changes that we soon weary of a few days of 

 steady weather of any kind. But this, also, is psychology and not 

 meteorology. 



The death of Warner W. Gilbert was announced and the follow- 

 ing brief memoir was presented by Miss Florence Beckwith : 



MEMOIR OF WARNER WHITE GILBERT. 



Warner White Gilbert was born in Rochester, N. Y. , November 

 29, 1S69, and this city was always his home. In 1887 he entered the 

 Rochester Free Academy and graduated in 1891, entering Cornell 

 University the same year and graduating with honor in the Civil 

 Engineering Course in 1895. 



Entering immediately upon engineering work, he was employed 

 in a professional capacity upon various local improvements in Roches- 

 ter, in all positions winning high praise for his proficiency. In 1899 

 he took the civil service examination and was permanently appointed 

 upon the United States Geological Survey as assistant topographer, 

 which position he held until his sudden death in the Adirondacks on 

 May 19, 1 90 1. While upon the Survey, his work took him to difter- 

 ent parts of the country, particularly to the Adirondack and Catskill 

 mountains. On the United States Survey sheet of Niagara River and 

 vicinity his name appears as one of the topographers. 



The deceased became a member of the Rochester Academy of 

 Science on August 8, 1881, and from that date continued either as an 

 active or a corresponding member up to the time of his death. He 

 was also a member of the Engineering Society of Rochester, and the 

 Rochester Alumni Association of Cornell University. 



