40 Tz^'ciify-nliif/i Anu-ual Meeting 



Motion seconded and carried. 



The President : I think no one is better fitted for that posi- 

 tion than Dr. James, and 1 wih appoint him. 



( )n motion, Air. \'inal X. Edwards was elected to mem- 

 bership in the Society. 



The President: Is there any further unfimished business.'' 

 Is there any new business to come before this meeting before 

 we adjourn? 



Dr. H. M. Smith : Mr. President, I desire to bring to the 

 attention of the Society a matter which I believe will be favor- 

 ably regarded by all the members, as well as by many other 

 persons. It has seemed to me fitting that at this time and in 

 this place provision should be made for a suitable memorial for 

 one who most unselfishly and efficiently devoted his life to the 

 cause of fish culture, the fisheries, and marine biology, and wdio 

 more than anyone else was responsible for the magnificent es- 

 tablishment and work of the government at Woods Hole. Of 

 course, no nobler or more appropriate monument could be erected 

 to the memory of Prof. Baird than the one wdiich already exists 

 here; but it seems to me that simply as a matter of respect some 

 memorial should here be set up to attest that American fish cul- 

 turists and biologists are not unmindful of his distinguished 

 services, and to show^ to the general public, more especially the 

 coming generations, the connection of Prof. Baird with the fish 

 cultural and scientific work here carried on. 



It is to be regretted that at the capital city of the country, 

 where for many years Prof. Baird was a leader in biological and 

 general scientific research, as well as one of the best known and 

 most highly respected citizens, no monument of any kind has been 

 erected to the memory of this great and good man, who, to my 

 mind, was just as much entitled to such an evidence of the nation's 

 respect and gratitude as were the distinguished naval, military 

 and political persons with the statues of whom Washington's 

 parks and squares are filled. 



Will it not be especially appropriate for this Society, which 



