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do not propose to desert it merely because I 

 used it in other than the predominating sense. 



I have also been guilty of using the term 

 osteology redivivus.'' I did this with full 

 knowledge of the fact that well recognized 

 English writers had used it in similar con- 

 nection in other than anatomic literature. 

 George William Curtis used it thus in Amer- 

 ican literature. Nor did I stop here for I 

 sought the advice and the approval of one of 

 the foremost philologists in this country, a man 

 of international standing for several decades, 

 who after looking the matter up said I would 

 be following good precedent in using it. 



I have used these terms then and am sug- 

 gesting others now, not because I desire to ap- 

 pear versed in Latin and Greek, but because 

 they express what I want to say, and fill a 

 need. They are free as the mountain breezes 

 and at the service of anyone who, like myself, 

 knows none better. May those who do, make 

 me and the science of embryology their debtors. 



A. W. Meyer 

 Stanford XjNrvERsiTY 



THE ROOSEVELT WILD-LIFE FOREST 

 EXPERIMENT STATION 



Never before in America, and for that 

 matter, possibly, never before in the world, 

 has there been a forest biological station 

 devoted primarily or exclusively to the study 

 of every phase of forest wild life. The estab- 

 lishment of such a station at The New York 

 State College of Forestry, at Syracuse Uni- 

 versity, is thus an event of considerable gen- 

 eral interest and importance, not only to those 

 interested in the conservation of wild life, to 

 foresters, and to zoologists in general, and 

 particularly to field naturalists, but in addi- 

 tion to many others who are interested in the 

 ecology of fish, birds, game, fur-bearing ani- 

 mals, and other kinds of forest wild life. This 

 station, named in honor of the man, a native 

 of the state of New York, who, with Gifford 

 Pinchot, did more for forestry and forest wild 

 life than any one else has done, thus becomes 

 a very appropriate memorial to Theodore 



» Anat. Sec, Vol. 8, 1914. 



Roosevelt. Further, this station is the direct 

 outcome of plans, started in December, 1916, 

 with the cooperation and hearty support of 

 Theodore Roosevelt, for the investigation of 

 forest animals. 



The establishment of the present station, as 

 a memorial to his father, has had the hearty 

 support of Lieutenant-Colonel Theodore Roose- 

 velt, Jr., who writes: 



I think your ideas are excellent and I know that 

 ray father would appreciate no type of memorial 

 more than that which you suggest, as you know it 

 was one of the subjects that was always uppermost 

 in his mind. I give my consent without reservation 

 for the use of his name for this memorial. 



As suggested above this idea of a Roosevelt 

 Wild Life Memorial is the only one of the 

 suggested memorials, knovm to me, which 

 comes so near the direct approval of Theodore 

 Roosevelt. Plans for the study of forest wild 

 life, as stated above, were presented to him in 

 December, 1916, and received his character- 

 istic approval with enthusiasm and energy. 

 He suggested that they be taken up " in a big 

 way," commensurate with their importance, 

 and in these words we know the kind of 

 memorial which is worthy of the man. 



In New York state the forest land and fresh 

 water area nearly equals that of the tilled 

 land, so that the proper care, management, 

 and use of forest wild life is one of the large 

 economic and social problems, and it is this 

 same wild life which is one of the two main 

 sources of income which finances conservation 

 in New York state. Thtis on economic 

 grounds alone New York state would be fully 

 justified in establishing such a station. The 

 character of the problems involved in the 

 study of forest wild life in these millions of 

 acres of forest lands and waters are similar in 

 many respects to those involved in varied wild 

 life preserves and sanctuaries, in our National 

 Forests and in our National Parks. The 

 function of this station, as defined by the 

 New York law is: 



To establish and conduct an experimental ela- 

 tion to be known as "Roosevelt Wild-Life Forest 

 Experimental Station ' ' in which there shall be 

 maintained records of the results of the experi- 



