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to help the architect, a building was erected, which, with- 
out architectural beauty, was admirably adapted to its 
purpose, and was, moreover, in the ratio of cubical space 
to cost, the cheapest building ever erected by the Govern- 
ment in Washington. It was sufficiently completed, 
though unoccupied, for the Garfield inaugural ball to be 
given initin March, 1881. Since that time regular appro- 
priations have been made by Congress for the support 
of the Museum, the salaries of its staff, the purchase of 
books for its library and for the care and preservation 
of the collections. 
George Brown Goode, a graduate of Wesleyan Uni- 
versity, Middletown, Connecticut, in 1870, was for a 
part of that year a graduate student under the inspiring 
influence of Louis Agassiz. He was recalled to his Uni- 
versity to take charge of their museum. In 1872 he first 
met Professor Baird at Eastport, Maine, and in 1873 at 
the Portland meeting of the American Association for 
the Advancement of Science the acquaintance was re- 
newed. Baird recognized the promise in his young friend 
and invited him to take part in the work of the Fish Com- 
mission. In the summer he was employed by the Com- 
mission, and in the winter he divided his time between 
the University Museum and the National Museum. His 
compensation during this period was found in duplicate 
specimens of fishes and other animals which in turn were 
presented by him to the University collection at Middle- 
town.? 
In 1877 he severed his connection with the University 
and settled permanently in Washington. 
His aptitude for Museum administration grew under 
3D. S. Jordan, in The Smithsonian Institution, the History of 
its First Half Century, Washington, 1897, pp. 501-515. 
