Toisey Fernakl, iintloubletlly ron- 

 tributed more to entomology than 

 any other one lamily in the history 

 ol the world. 



Under Protessor Fernakl, the De- 

 partment of Entomology at the 

 University was organized in 188(). 

 Within the next five years he had 

 established the first modern insec 

 lary and had organized a campaign 

 against the Gypsy Moth, which was 

 first introduced into the state in 

 1869. It was in this campaign that 

 he and F. C. Moulton developed 

 lead arsenate, one of the most im- 

 portant insecticides ever formu- 

 lated. 



His efforts were so successful that 

 within a comparatively few years, 

 the extermination of the insect was 

 in sight; however, in 1900, funds 

 were cut off, and the ^vork had to l)e 

 dropped until the spread and rav- 

 ages of the pest called for resump- 

 tion of the work in 1905. Since 

 that time, it has cost the taxpayers 

 more than $50,000,000 to combat 

 the insect. In 1954, Massachusetts 

 alone is planning a $600,000 cam- 

 paign to check the Gypsy Moth in 

 some of the most seriously infested 

 areas of the State. 



Mrs. Maria Fernald, a notable 

 entomologist in her own right, com- 

 piled the Catalogue of the Coccidae 

 of the World, which "will always be 

 the standard reference on scale 

 insects. 



Dr. Henry T. Fernald was for 

 many years an outstanding teacher 

 in the field. Associated ^vith him 

 in Massachusetts were Professors 

 Alexander, Boinne, Cram))ton, 

 Franklin, and AVhittomb, all ol 

 whom have made substantial con- 

 tributions in entomology. 



Many of the men trained by the 

 Fernalds rose to positions of promi- 



Professor Charles Henry Fernald. 



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nence and responsibility in Amer- 

 ica and throughout the "world. 



Celebration Planned 



The year 1954 marks the cen- 

 tennial of the establishment of pro- 

 fessional entomology in North 

 America. In 1854, Asa Fitch was 

 appointed the first state entomolo- 

 gist in New York, and in the same 

 year, Townend Glover was made 

 the first federal entomologist. 



The purpose of celebrating this 

 centennial is to acquaint the gen- 

 eral public with the scope and im- 

 portance of the insect problem and 

 with the contributions made by 

 entomology to the national econ- 

 omy as well as to the health and 

 welfare of the American people. 



Open House 



Under the chairmanship of Dr. 

 Frank R. Shaw, Massachusetts has 

 joined the Nation in planning ap- 

 propriate recognition of the centen- 

 nial. It is with a sense of great 

 accomplishment in past work and 

 with greater hope in future prog- 

 ress that the University opens its 

 doors this fall in a proud salute to 

 one hundred years of entomological 

 research. 



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