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joint report. The complete report will be 

 published later in Science. 



Appropriate resolutions were passed re- 

 specting the late Professor W. 0. Atwater, 

 of Wesleyan University, and Professor G. 

 P. Clark, of Syracuse University, both 

 members of the society. 



The following officers were elected for 

 the ensuing year: 



President — Professor W. H. Howell. 



Secretary — Professor Eeid Hunt. 



Treasurer — Professor W. B. Cannon. 



Additional memhers of the Council — Professors 

 J. J. Abel and G. Lusk. 



Forty-five members of the society were 

 in attendance during the meeting. 



Lafayette B. Mendel, 



Secretary 

 Sheffield Scientific School, 

 Yale University, 

 New Haven, Conn. 



WILLIAM SMITH CLARK: HIS PLACE AS 

 A SCIENTIST AND HIS RELATION TO 

 THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCIEN- 

 TIFIC AGRICULTURE "^ 



It is no ordinary occasion of rejoicing 

 or of interest in the progress of technical 

 education which brings us together here 

 to-day, but rather is it an event full of 

 significance and rich in the promise of 

 benefits to that great industry which must 

 ever be recognized as the foundation of all 

 national prosperity. This event has a two- 

 fold significance, in that it marks one fea- 

 ture in the celebration of the fortieth anni- 

 versary of the foundation of this college; 

 but more particularly that it celebrates the 

 dedication of this dignified and well- 

 equipped building, abundantly suggestive 

 of lofty ideals, persistent endeavor and 

 resolute purpose, to the service of scientific 

 research and to the memory of one whose 

 most cherished plans lay in the domain of 

 botanical science ; whose best influence was 

 ' An address delivered at the opening of Clark 

 Hall, Massachusetts State College, October 2, 1907. 



exerted in behalf of scientific agriculture 

 when that science was yet in its infancy; 

 whose best energies were directed toward 

 laying— strong and sure— the foundations 

 of an institution whose mission he believed 

 it to be to become a leader in agricultural 

 education. These ideals have been largely 

 realized through the influence this college 

 has exercised upon domestic agriculture 

 and the progress of this important branch 

 of industry in far-off oriental lands; and 

 now, through the renewed vigor imparted 

 to it in recent years by a wise policy of 

 practical encouragement, and under the 

 administration of your new president, it 

 would seem as if the coming years were to 

 be rich in the fruits of a widening and 

 deepening influence upon the interests she 

 holds in her keeping. 



It is a matter of special gratification that 

 I am privileged to witness the great prog- 

 ress this institution has made since its 

 foundation in 1867, and more particularly 

 the very rapid advances of the last two 

 decades. As one who enjoyed the peculiar 

 friendship which comes through close asso- 

 ciation in scientific work and the com- 

 panionship of the teaching profession, it 

 affords me a peculiar sense of satisfaction 

 to be able to participate in the dedication 

 of this building, designed as it is to stand 

 as an exponent of the best scientific ideals, 

 and as a memorial of one who not only 

 exerted a strong influence upon his profes- 

 sion and upon those who were fortunate 

 enough to come under his teaching, but for 

 whom I have always entertained a high 

 personal regard, and to whom I feel in- 

 debted for some of the best inspirations of 

 my professional career. 



The particular purpose of my presence 

 here to-day is not so much to present you 

 with a biographical sketch of President 

 Clark, as to direct your attention to his 

 relations to the development of botanical 

 science in this country ; to show what influ- 



