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years, until January 1, 1920, an assistant di- 

 rector; Dr. Francis Clifford Phillips (d. Feb. 

 16), emeritus professor of chemistry at the 

 University of Pittsburgh; and Dr. Leonard 

 Merritt Liddle (d. Feb. 21), since 1913 an 

 industrial fellow. 



Whereas, Dr. David Shepard Pratt, recently an 

 assistant director of the Mellon Institute, was inti- 

 mately associated with the work of many of us and 

 was our true friend and adviser, and 



Whereas, Dr. Pratt has faithfully employed his 

 talents in our behalf and has made his breadth of 

 knowledge, his fertile imagination and his keenness 

 of perception of great practical assistance to us 

 both by active cooperation in the laboratory and 

 by helpful suggestion ; therefore be it 



Resolved, That we, the members of the Robert 

 Kennedy Duncan Club, take this opportunity of ex- 

 pressing our sense of sorrow at his untimely death. 



Be it further resolved, That we deplore the loss 

 of one who was utilizing his many talents for the 

 good of American industry. 



Whereas, Dr. Francis QifEord Phillips, our dis- 

 tinguished colleague, was loved by us because of his 

 kindly and genial ways, his unselfish consideration 

 of others and his humor, and 



Whereas, Dr. Phillips has brought fame both to 

 himself and to the Universdty of Pittsburgh, by his 

 scholarship, his ability as a teacher and his re- 

 markable contributions to the advancement of sci- 

 ence, and 



Wheeeas, Dr. Phillips has been an inspiration to 

 all who knew him by reason of his personal quali- 

 ties and his devotion to science. Therefore be it 



Resolved, That we, the members of the E. K. D. 

 Club, express our sadness at the close of his beauti- 

 ful life of service. 



Be it further resolved. That we believe that 

 American science has lost a most sincere student 

 and investigator. 



Whereas, Dr. Leonard Merritt Liddle has been 

 a friend and associate among us for the past eight 

 years and has endeared himself to each of us by his 

 spirit of helpfulness, his kindliness and his good 

 fellowship, and 



Whereas, Dr. Liddle has stood out as leader in 

 the Institute in scientific ability, in untiring 

 energy, in devotion to his chosen profession and 

 in loyalty to the best ideals of the Mellon Institute. 

 Therefore, be it 



Resolved, That, we, the members of the R. K. D. 

 Club, wish to express our profound sorrow at the 

 loss of our comrade and sincere friend, who has 



been cut down thus early in his useful career. We 

 also deeply regret the removal of one who was de- 

 voting his life to the betterment of American in- 

 dustry by tie application of science to the solution 

 of its problems. 



SCIENTIFIC EVENTS 



MEMORIAL TO SIR WILLIAM OSLER^ 



A PUBLIC meeting was held in the Univer- 

 sity Museum, Oxford, on March 6, to initiate 

 a memorial to the late Sir "William Osier, 

 Bart., Regius professor of medicine in the 

 imiversity for the past fifteen years. The 

 vice-chancellor presided. Sir Clifford All- 

 butt, who introduced the proposal, paid a feel- 

 ing and eloquent tribute to the memory of 

 Sir William Osier, to the wide range of his 

 intellect, and to the singular charm of his 

 character. He referred to his international 

 reputation and to the binding influence he had 

 on the medical profession in many lands, to his 

 love of peace and goodwill, and to the extra- 

 ordinary power he exerted in diffusing with- 

 out diluting friendship. The president of 

 Magdalen, Sir Herbert Warren, mentioned the 

 many-sidedness of Osier's interests and activi- 

 ties, the breadth and accuracy of his scholar- 

 ship, and the clear and steady optimism with 

 which he regarded life and its progress in all 

 ages. Sir William Church, who introduced 

 the specific proposal that the memorial should 

 take the form of an Osier Institute of Gen- 

 eral Pathology and Preventive Medicine, 

 stated that such a memorial as that suggested 

 would be a singularly appropriate tribute to 

 the outlook and ideals that Osier had kept 

 before him in his life-work Professor Thom- 

 son emphasized the need of new laboratory ac- 

 commodation in Oxford for teaching and re- 

 search. The dean of Christ Church and Sir 

 Archibald Garrod also spoke. It was an- 

 nounced that the honorable secretary, Pro- 

 fessor Gunn, had received expressions of sym- 

 pathy with the proposed memorial from a 

 large number of people representing many in- 

 terests, and that a collateral committee had 

 been formed in America to aid in raising the 

 memorial. 



1 From Nature. 



