and had been engaged for a short period in the United States Bureau 

 of Entomology. Prof. Lull's work at M. A. C. continued until the 

 summer of 1906, when as a result of post-graduate work which he 

 had done, in obtaining his Doctor's degree from Columbia University, 

 he was appointed as assistant professor of vertebrate paleontology 

 at Yale University and associate curator of vertebrate paleontology 

 in the Peabody museum. Prof. Lull's work as a teacher was always 

 very pleasing to his students. His genial good nature and considera- 

 tion of his men won their strong personal loyalty, both in the class 

 room and on the campus. As curator of the museum, he largely 

 increased both its scope and its serviceability, making a complete 

 rearrangement of the exhibits. It is a testimonial to the effiicency 

 of his work that his successor should be one of his own students, 

 assistant professor Clarence E. Gordon. 



Prof. Gordon was graduated from the Massachusetts Agricul- 

 tural College in 1901; but he had already had a thorough business 

 training that qualified him for administrative work and dealing with 

 men. Two years later, he received from Boston University the degree 

 B. Sc. Following three years as science master in Gushing Academy, 

 he entered (1904) Columbia University. He was graduated A. M. 

 from the School of Pure Science in 1905; was fellow in geology, 

 1905-1906; in 1906 was appointed to his work in the Massachusetts 

 Agricultural College; and in 1910 was placed in charge of his depart- 

 ment. His influence in the development of high ideals of scholarship 

 and of college life is strongly felt. 



For all those who have participated in the general zoological 

 instruction may we say that their work has been along broad lines 

 and for fundamental training, such as is needed for the later develop- 

 ment of specialists, whether in the line of medicine, biology, ento- 

 mology, or many other sciences. The fundamental value of such work 

 cannot be overestimated, although it may sometimes be overlooked. 

 May we never forget the need for broad, thorough scholarship and 

 fundamental training as a preparation for later successful specializa- 

 tion. Since President Butterfield's connection with the college in 

 1906, the number of regular four-year course students has greatly 

 increased, and laboratory facilities in all departments have rapidly 

 become inadequate. New laboratories for zoological work were espe- 

 cially needed, and the accommodations now secured are excelled in 

 very few institutions. 



With this general review, we must leave the department of 

 zoology and return to the year 1894, when the two-story wooden 

 structure known commonly as the entomological laboratory was 

 erected at a cost of about $3000. This was a great improvement over 

 previous accommodations for the entomological department, providing 

 a well-lighted and equipped laboratory for microscopical work. This 

 building served its purpose admirably for about ten years when the 

 increased number of students in the college and the largely increased 

 interest in the entomological courses offered, made it impossible to 



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