i:$O SCI&NCE SKETCHES. 



The next summer, the students of the first year 

 came together at Penikese, and many eager new 

 men were with them. Notable among these Were 

 Herbert E. Copeland, the ichthyologist, whose 

 brilliant record was soon cut short by death; Wil- 

 liam R. Dudley, the botanist, and the anatomist 

 Balfour H. Van Vleck. Wise and skilful teachers 

 were present; but Agassiz was not there) and the 

 sense of loss was felt above everything else* We- 

 met one evening in the lecture hall, and each one 

 Said the best that he could of the Master. The 

 words that lasted longest with us were these of 

 Samuel Garman, that "he was the best friend that 

 ever student had." There could be no truer word 

 nor nobler epitaph. We put on the walls these 

 mottoes, written on cloth, and taken from Agassiz's 

 lectures : 



STUDY NATURE, NOT BOOKS. 



BE NOT AFRAID TO SAY, "I DO NOT KNOW." 



STRIVE TO INTERPRET WHAT REALLY EXISTS. 



A LABORATORY is A SANCTUARY WHICH NOTHING PROFANE 



SHOULD ENTER. 



These mottoes remained for fifteen years 1 on the 

 walls of the empty building, whence they were car- 

 ried as precious relics to the Laboratory at Wood's 

 Hole, which has been the lineal descendant of the 

 school at Penikese. 



At the end of the summer the authorities of the 

 Museum closed the doors of the Anderson School 

 forever. They 2 had no choice in the matter, for 



1 This is given on the authority of Dr. Carl H. Eigenmann. 



2 Jules Marcou says (Life, Letters, and Works of Louis Agas- 

 siz, vol. ii. p. 207) : " The Anderson School of Natural History 



