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real and immediate. Biologists know tow 

 rapidly the progress of destruction proceeds 

 and how soon the end comes when the diminu- 

 tion in numbers of any species has once be- 

 come conspicuous. Increasing values always 

 lead to redoubled efforts and multiplied. appli- 

 ances for securing a catch and the vicious 

 cycle gains in velocity as it decreases in diam- 

 eter. 



The commercial interests are strangling the 

 goose that has laid for them so many golden 

 eggs and some are beginning to be apprehen- 

 sive for the future. Unless public sentiment 

 can be developed, unless the efforts of the Bu- 

 reau .of Fisheries can be supported by adequate 

 appropriations, and unless the taking of salmon 

 can be subjected to reasonable restrictions that 

 splendid fish will in a short time be as much of 

 a luxury on the Pacific coast as its congener is 

 to-day on the Atlantic. 



Henry B. Ward 



JOSEPH PANTEL (1853-1920), A JESUIT 

 AND A SCIENTIST 



The first days of last February saw the clos- 

 ing of a remarkable scientific career, when the 

 death of Fr. Pantel, S.J., occurred in Toulouse, 

 France. By dint of tireless work and scien- 

 tific investigations, he had gained for himself 

 an international reputation. He had developed 

 a keen power of observation and was consid- 

 ered by all the men of science who knew him 

 as a first class biologist. 



Twice the Academy of Sciences of Paris 

 recognized the merits of his works. In 1898, 

 it conferred on him the " Thore Prize " for his 

 masterly monograph on the " Thrixion hali- 

 dayanum" ; in 1906, the " Gama llachado 

 Prize " for his studies on the cells of the mas- 

 culine type of the " Notonecta glauca." This 

 second time the work had been done in collab- 

 oration with his disciple, Eev. Robert de 

 Sinety, S.J. 



In 1891-92 he studied at Louvain Univer- 

 sity in the Carnoy Laboratory. In later years 

 the systematic study of the Coleoptera and 

 Orthoptera, their anatomy and biology, consti- 

 tuted the main guiding lines of his research 



work. The observations and discoveries he 

 made were published by several scientific mag- 

 azines. La Cellule and Le Neuraxe, of Louvain, 

 and by many scientific societies. The Royal 

 Spanish Society of Natural History, The Royal 

 Academy of Arts and Sciences of Barcelona, 

 the Entomological Societies of France, Hol- 

 land and others. 



The most famous entomologists of Europe 

 revered his learning and admired his modesty. 

 In his honor they designated several new spe- 

 cies with the name of " Panieli" and several 

 genera — a genus of Orthoptera " Pantelia " 

 (Bolivar) and a genus of Diptera " Panteli- 

 ola" (Rev. ZieSer). Dr. P. Halbfass, teach- 

 ing in the University of Munster in 1903, 

 spoke of Fr. Pantel in glowing terms of ad- 

 miration. Being a Lutheran, he did not men- 

 tion to the class that Fr. Pantel was a Jesuit 

 but he confessed that he had been sent to study 

 under his direction by his well-known pro- 

 fessor. Dr. 0. Hertwig, who saw in Fr. Pantel 

 an eminent scientist. 



Parasitism among insects, customs and so- 

 cial habits of the pirates and robbers among 

 the winged tribe, the shameless impudence of 

 beggarly insects which cause the death of 

 others in order that they may live — such were 

 the topics of interest in the studies of Fr. 

 Pantel. 



After the war the services of Fr. Pantel as 

 professor were enlisted in the Catholic Scien- 

 tific Institute of Toulouse. The writer can 

 testify that, in the work of the class-room, Fr. 

 Pantel was equally eminent. His lectures were 

 always very carefully prepared and delivered, 

 the right word always in the right place. No 

 unnecessary repetitions that tire the mind or 

 distract the attention. Fr. Pantel gave his 

 lectures, guided by psychological principles 

 and never did spare labor to obtain the best 

 results in the shortest time. As an instance 

 of the last assertion the writer may adduce the 

 fact of Fr. Pantel's spending in his early 

 career 17 hours work for the preparation of a 

 class-room lecture lasting 55 minutes. 



The number of students who came to attend 

 his lectures was a silent testimony of the value 

 of his teaching. They came from Spain, Por- 



