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the kindly supervision and encouragement of the Profes- 
sor. To many characteristics which resembled those of 
Baird himself he united artistic taste in such measure as 
to enable him to present to the public the objects on ex- 
hibition in most attractive form. 
He became foremost in this branch of Museum work, 
as well as in the theory and practice of Museum organiza- 
tion. In January, 1887, he was appointed Assistant Secre- 
tary of the Smithsonian Institution in charge of the 
Museum; thus officially relieving Baird of burdens which 
the growing Fish Commission work made too heavy for 
even Baird’s shoulders and which Goode had carried in 
part, unofficially, for several years. Goode’s character was 
most lovable. Pure minded, of the highest integrity, 
thorough and efficient, he inspired like qualities in his 
colleagues. 
He retained his functions in charge of the Museum 
under Professor Baird’s successor, and for a time took 
charge of the Fish Commission until Baird’s successor was 
appointed. His physical strength, however, was not 
equal to the taxes laid upon it and he died at the early 
age of forty-five, in 1896. His works on Museum admin- 
istration are classics in their line, and no account of the 
National Museum is complete without a tribute to Baird’s 
pupil, collaborator and successor. 
