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lines of work he stood by this principle and the fight 

 won recently approval and recognition at the hands of 

 the National Amateur Athletic Union. At the time of 

 his death Mr. Perce was President of the Garfield Park 

 Amateur Casting Club of Chicago. 



In the Illinois Fish and Game Conservation Soceity 

 he held prominent offices at various times and devoted 

 himself unsparingly to the furtherance of its objects. 

 He was an enthusiastic devotee of all measures for the 

 protection and conservation of game and food fishes as 

 well as a thorough student of ichthyology, and an ardent 

 advocate of all measures for the advancement of knowl- 

 edge regarding fish for both scientific and practical 

 purposes. 



In the American Fisheries Society Mr. Perce always 

 displayed the warmest interest. While business kept him 

 many times from actual attendance at its sessions he was 

 constantly working and writing in its behalf to prospec- 

 tive members and in connection with its campaigns for 

 the advancement of fisheries interests. He was known 

 to those who have participated in active work of the 

 Society as a man on whom one could always rely for real 

 help and who never spared time or energy in his imme- 

 diate compliance with any request which might come to 

 him from any officer in the organization. At the time 

 of his death he was a member of the Executive Commit- 

 tee. He had acted several times as Vice-President in 

 charge of the section on Angling, and he had many times 

 been prominently mentioned for the presidency of the 

 organization, an honor which he surely abundantly de- 

 served and which only his innate modesty prevented him 

 from receiving. 



Associated with strong convictions and the vigorous 

 enthusiasm that looked for action and led in the effort 

 to secure prompt and appropriate results, Mr. Perce 

 joined a genial personality that made him a welcome 

 member of any group. His ability as a story-teller and 

 his humor put him at once on a footing of friendship, 

 not only with men, but also with children whom he loved 



