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member of the American Pomological Associa- 

 tion and the American Forestry Society. His 

 wife and a daughter, who is a student in 

 Smith College, survive him. 



In his undergraduate days at Cornell, 

 Lazenby was a great favorite with his fellow 

 students. His genial good nature, his un- 

 selfishness, and his great earnestness won the 

 hearts of those associated with him. Already 

 at that early period in his career, he was de- 

 votedly interested in the cause of agriculture, 

 and took a prominent part in the work of the 

 Grange and of agricultural and horticultural 

 societies, and later his influence in these or- 

 ganizations did much to bring their support to 

 the development of the agricultural work at 

 Cornell. He also took a prominent part in 

 the movement that resulted in the establish- 

 ment of the agricultural experiment station at 

 Geneva, drafting the bill, the passage of which 

 by the New York State Legislature estab- 

 lished this station. 



While Professor Lazenby found his great 

 interest in life the mastery and development of 

 his special field in science, it was the human 

 side of him that had the strongest hold on his 

 friends and colleagues. He never lost his in- 

 terest in the struggles of students with limited 

 means and in a quiet way extended aid to 

 many of them. He never lost an opportunity 

 of service to his friends or others in need; 

 sympathy, helpfulness and loyalty were his 

 characteristic qualities as a man and friend; 

 and his loss to all of us who knew and loved 

 him is irreparable. J. H. Comstock 



SCIENTIFIC EVENTS 



ANTHROPOLOGICAL ESSAYS IN HONOR OF PROFESSOR 

 W. H. HOLMES 



A five-hundred page volume of anthropo- 

 logical essays abounding with pertinent and 

 beautiful illustrations was presented to Mr. 

 William Henry Holmes, head curator of 

 anthropology in the United States National 

 Museum, on the occasion of his seventieth 

 birthday, December 1, 1916. The volume is 

 a tribute by his friends and eolaborers in the 

 study of anthropology, forty-four of whom 

 contributed original articles for publication 



in the anniversary volume. The book, of 

 which only 200 copies were printed, was edited 

 by Mr. Frederick W. Hodge, ethnologist-in- 

 charge of the Bureau of American Ethnology 

 of the Smithsonian Institution. 



The presentation took place at a dinner held 

 at the Lafayette Hotel, at which were present 

 most of those who took part in the prepara- 

 tion of the book, and proved a complete sur- 

 prise to the guest of honor. Mr. Holmes has 

 been engaged in scientific investigations under 

 the government for forty-five years; first with 

 the government geological surveys, then with 

 the Geological Survey, and finally the Bureau 

 of American Ethnology, and the United States 

 National Museum. In fact, he has been in 

 the scientific " service of the government con- 

 tinuously since 1871, with the exception of 

 three years (1894^97) during which time he 

 was curator of anthropology in the Field Mu- 

 seum of Natural History and professor of 

 anthropic geology at the University of Chi- 

 cago. Besides being a geologist and anthro- 

 pologist, Mr. Holmes is an artist of note, and 

 has been curator of the National Gallery of 

 Art, a branch of the National Museum, since 

 its establishment several years ago. Inci- 

 dentally, he has been the representative of the 

 government at seven national and interna- 

 tional expositions. 



His influence upon the work of his collabo- 

 rators and assistants has been very marked. 

 The note of appreciation, which prefaces the 

 anniversary volume of anthropological essays, 

 remarks in part: 



This volume . . . must not be regarded as merely 

 commemorative of the day on which you achieve 

 the seventieth milestone in your journey of life. 

 It is rather an epitome of the influence you have 

 exerted on others through the passing years, a testi- 

 monial of your masterly leadership in both science 

 and art. Tou are still at the height of your re- 

 markable activity. At no time in your career have 

 you done more noteworthy work in the advance- 

 ment of knowledge than you are doing now. So 

 with your splendid reserve of force, and with the 

 inspiration derived from the important results of 

 a generation of research in American archeology, 

 we hope and expect you will continue to bestow 

 upon us the influence of that experience for years 

 to come. 



