600 CHAMBERLAIN: EDWARD LyMAN Morris 
an enthusiasm that enlivened dry detail and routine. Whatever 
he did showed painstaking method, sincerity of purpose, and 
devotion. As a colleague has written of him, ‘‘He put his heart 
as well as his conscience into his work.’’ He was a patient in- 
vestigator and a close observer, but willing to defer any conclusion 
until he had a first-hand knowledge of the facts. This desire for 
truthfulness made him chary of publication; there was so often 
some minor point that required more study for a complete under- 
standing of the case. 
The facts of Mr. Morris’s life are, briefly, as follows:—He 
was born at Monson, Mass., October 23, 1870, the son of Edward 
Franklin Morris and Louise Janette Clapp, and his youth was 
spent in the vicinity of his birthplace. At as early an age as 
eleven, he began the systematic study and collection of the plants 
of the township, continuing his collecting throughout his pre- 
paratory school course.. Entering Amherst College in the autumn 
of 1888 from Monson Academy, he was given special credit for 
the botanical work already done, and an opportunity to continue 
it in conneetion with the college museum. During his third and 
fourth college years he had especial privileges for advanced work 
in botany and zodlogy, and was in charge of the college museum. 
Obtaining the bachelor’s degree from Amherst in 1891, he 
spent one year at the Museum of the Worcester Natural History 
Society, one year in graduate study at Harvard, and two years 
as instructor at Amherst, which conferred upon him the degree 
of M.A. in 1895. 
Of his work at Amherst Professor Tyler says, in a letter re- 
cently received: ‘It always seemed as if he was working purely 
for the enjoyment of it. He was a very hard worker, and made 
his students work. The best men did so because they caught his 
spirit, the others because they had to. He made things very 
clear, and always knew what to tell and how much to leave to 
the student to find out. He never made his teaching a mere 
memorizing of dry details.”’ 
In 1895 Mr. Morris removed to Washington, D. C., and for 
twelve years was connected with the school system of that city, 
for the last seven years being head of the department of biology- 
His progressive teaching here developed a course in biology . = 
