"Adam T. Bruce graduated at Princeton in 1881, and remained there for two 

 years after, as graduate student and instructor. He was certainly a member of one, 

 and I believe of two, of the paleontological expeditions to the far West, through 

 which Princeton men have done so much for science. Bruce was elected a Fellow of 

 this University in 1883, and appointed a Fellow by Courtesy in 1885. He took his 

 degree as Doctor of Philosophy last June. 



"Though devoted to morphological work he was not narrow in his sympathies 

 or pursuits. He had a great fondness for English literature, especially the older 

 literature, and had a very extensive knowledge of it. At Princeton, his studies were 

 largely -philosophical while he was an undergraduate, and after coming here he did 

 a considerable amount of psychological work under the direction of Professor Stanley 

 Hall. From his first appearance among us he was an active and valuable member 

 of the foot-ball team. 



"His handsome vigorous frame, his bright pleasant face, his manly honest look, 

 made all who met inclined at once to like him : and those who knew him, esteemed 

 him more, the more they knew him. So that between those who loved him for him- 

 self, and those who esteemed him for his work, and those who were his comrades in 

 athletics, he had among us a very large number of friends, representing many 

 departments and many interests in the University. Outside the University he had 

 many friends in Baltimore, won by his bright intellect and gentlemanly bearing. 



"During the last summer vacation, Bruce was offered the post of Instructor in 

 Osteology and Mammalian Anatomy. In accepting, he wrote to me expressing the 

 great pleasure it gave him to continue his connection with the University. Those 

 who were his pupils know with what energy and enthusiasm he entered on his work. 

 But, great as his strength was, he overtasked it. The previous spring he had been 

 reading hard for his degree examination ; he had been at Wood's Holl at work most 

 of the summer ; and the completion of his research on Limulus, together with his 

 lectures, was too much for him. Towards the close of November he found himself 

 obliged to give up all work for a time, and started on an extended tour with the aim 

 of resting and recuperating, intending finally to stay some time in Japan and study 

 some of the Pacific forms of life. While passing through Egypt he was seized with 

 a fever and the end came. 



"It seemed to some of us, that all who knew him here would be glad of an 

 opportunity to meet and testify to our affection for his memory and our sorrow for 



