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National Herbarium of the Geological Survey, 

 containing over 100,000 specimens of the flora 

 of Canada, and about half of the 14,000 

 ornithological specimens in the museum. 

 Both were among the founders of the Museum 

 of the Geological Survey. 



Mr. Macoun was remarkably genial, had 

 great ability as a clever conversationalist, and 

 possessed a faculty to help those in need. He 

 made many friends in all walks of life. 

 "Labor" in particular will miss him greatly. 

 His motto was "Equal opportunity for all," 

 and this he strongly proclaimed through many- 

 organizations, whether wholly, in part, or not 

 at all devoted to the interests of labor. Both 

 labor and capital had so much faith in his 

 fairness that they allowed him to act as sole 

 arbitrator between them in the case of strikes. 

 In this service he prevented much suffering 

 among the ranks of labor, loss to capital, and 

 inconvenience to the public. He took an 

 active part in all work for the progress of 

 humanity, engaging especially in work for the 

 blind. During the war he was energetic in 

 aiding relief measures ; since then in assisting 

 the retvimed soldier. 



One of the most prominent civil servants of 

 Canada, he did much to place the Civil Serv- 

 ice Association on a firm basis, and was al- 

 ways a strong supporter of it. He was one 

 of the founders of the People's Forum of 

 Ottawa, and for a considerable time was its 

 chairman. 



He was active in municipal, provincial and 

 Dominion affairs, and his interest in sociolog- 

 ical questions took a practical turn. He was 

 unostentatious in his wide philanthropies. 



He was an individualist whose chief char- 

 acteristics were his humanness, and his demo- 

 cratic life. He was affectionately and re- 

 spectfully known as " Jim " across the conti- 

 nent, and prouder of it than of his C. M. G. 

 He was never too busy to grant a word of 

 advice and offer a word of cheer to any worker 

 in any branch of science, to any one needing 

 help, and to any worker for the common good. 



Harlan I. Smith 

 Geological Suevet, 

 Canada 



SCIENTIFIC EVENTS 



THE ANGLO-AMERICAN UNIVERSITY LIBRARY 

 FOR CENTRAL EUROPE 



It is proposed to establish in Central Europe 

 under British-American auspices libraries of 

 recent English books indispensable to univer- 

 sity teachers. The work is being organized on 

 a broad, non-political, non-sectarian basis, so 

 as to enlist the widest possble cooperation. 

 These libraries will supply on loan books 

 needed by the faculties of the different uni- 

 versities in Central Europe. They will be 

 under the charge of British and American 

 representatives, and committees of the foreign 

 universities will be asked to superintend the 

 local administration. A committee of the six 

 most important learned societies in Germany 

 and Austria has been formed for the carrying 

 out of the plan which, in addition to the loan 

 library, will include a system of exchange of 

 publications and duplic-ates between any li- 

 braries and institutions willing to cooperate. 

 The preliminary statement of the trustees 

 says: 



By thus taking the initiative in extending the 

 hand of fellowship to colleagues in former enemy 

 countries, British and American scholars are seiz- 

 ing a timely opportunity of helping to heal the 

 WiOTinds of the war and of exemplifying in a prac- 

 tical and convincing way the true "international 

 mind. ' ' 



Viscount Bryce, Lord Robert Cecil and 

 other English public men have expressed 

 their approval of the plan and have promised 

 their cooperation in carrying it out. The 

 supporters of the plan in Great Britain 

 include: Gilbert Murray, Oxford; A. E. J. 

 Rawlinson, Oxford; C. S. Sherrington, Ox- 

 ford; Walter Ealeigh, Oxford; A. E. Shipley, 

 Cambridge; J. J. Thomson, Cambridge; A. S. 

 Ramsay, Cambridge; Joseph Larmor, Cam- 

 bridge; Horace Darwin, Cambridge; W. B. 

 Hardy, M.A., Cambridge; Alfred Hopkinson, 

 Glasgow; Col. E. H. Hills, Woolwich; Henry 

 A. Miers, Oxford; Alex. Hill, Cambridge; 

 George Paish, London; Eickman G. Godlee, 

 London, and Michael Sadler, Leeds. 



University teachers in the United Kingdom 

 and American are requested to give their ap- 



