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with especial gratitude for his kindly inter- 

 est, generous viewpoint and sound advice. He 

 ■evinced absolutely no trace of that petty jeal- 

 ousy regarding credits in the publication of 

 results which mars the character of some 

 otherwise truly big men in science. On the 

 contrary, he was ever ready to sacrifice both 

 time and labor in assisting his men in their 

 efforts. 



Professor "Webster was a Fellow of the 

 American Association for the Advancement of 

 Science and the Indiana Academy of Science, 

 and ex-president of the Association of Eco- 

 nomic Entomologists, Ohio Academy of Sci- 

 ence and the Entomological Society of Wash- 

 ington, a member of the Entomological So- 

 ciety of America, Biological Society of Wash- 

 ington, and the Ifational Geographic Society. 

 He was also an honorary member of the Ento- 

 mological Society of Ontario and Correspond- 

 ing member of the Cambridge Entomological 

 Club and the !N"ew York Entomological So- 

 ciety. The degree of master of science was 

 conferred on him by the University of Ohio in 

 1893. 



Personally, Professor Webster was genial in 

 manner, frugal and abstemious in habit and 

 extremely simple in tastes; of exceeding hon- 

 esty; in speech most temperate and he had ac- 

 •quired a literary style that was at once direct, 

 lucid and forceful. He was also a most prac- 

 tical man, possessing a broad knowledge of 

 agricultural methods and was therefore en- 

 abled to see his scientific problems from the 

 viewpoint of the farmer. This latter faculty 

 contributed as much perhaps as any one of his 

 many excellent attributes toward the achieve- 

 ment of the magnificent success in economic 

 entomology which was his. 



Although Professor Webster's death oc- 

 curred with shocking suddenness, he enjoyed 

 a privilege granted to comparatively few men, 

 in being permitted to spend nearly a half cen- 

 tury in a labor he loved and to die at the very 

 zenith of his usefulness and popularity in a 

 manner which would very probably have been 

 his choice, namely, " in the harness." 



W. E. Walton 



THE JOSEPH AUSTIN HOLMES 

 MEMORIAL 



A MEETING was held in the Bureau of Mines, 

 Washington, on January 15, 1916, at which 

 the following were in attendance : Mr. Hennen 

 Jennings and Mr. Van H. Manning, repre- 

 senting the American Institute of Mining 

 Engineers; Dr. David T. Day and Dr. Joseph 

 Hyde Pratt, the American Mining Congress; 

 Mr. Samuel Gompers, the American Federation 

 of Labor; Mr. William Green, the United 

 Mine Workers of America; Dr. George Otis 

 Smith, the Mining and Metallurgical Society; 

 Gen. W. H. Bixby, the American Society of 

 Mechanical Engineers; Mr. John H. Finney, 

 the American Institute of Electrical Engi- 

 neers; Dr. F. G. Cottrell, the American 

 Electro-Chemical Society; Mr. George S. 

 Eice, the National Safety Council; Dr. L. O. 

 Howard, the American Association for the 

 Advancement of Science; Dr. S. S. Voorhees, 

 the American Chemical Society; Dr. Charles 

 D. Walcott, Mr. ISTelson H. Darton and Dr. 

 Joseph Hyde Pratt, the Geological Society of 

 America; Dr. David White, the National 

 Academy of Sciences; Major Robert U. Pat- 

 terson, the American Red Cross Society, and 

 Mr. William L. Hall, the American Forestry 

 Association. 



The object of the meeting was to consider 

 a permanent memorial to the late Dr. Joseph 

 A. Holmes, the founder of the United States 

 Bureau of Mines. After an extended discus- 

 sion, the following resolutions were adopted: 



Whereas, it is the sense of this meeting that a 

 suitable memorial be established to honor the mem- 

 ory of the distinguished humanitarian and scientist, 

 Dr. Joseph A. Holmes, therefore be it 



Resolved, First, That each national body or so- 

 ciety here represented and others that desire to be 

 represented be requested to approve a permanent 

 organization or incorporation to be known and 

 named ' ' The Joseph A. Holmes Safety First Asso- 

 iation, ' ' and that each such national body or so- 

 ciety shall appoint one representative to act with 

 other representatives in such permanent organi- 

 zation. 



Sesolved, Second, That a meeting be held of the 

 duly appointed representatives of the Bureau of 

 Mines building, Washington, D. C, on March 4, 



