During the absence of President H. H. Goodell in 1892, Prof. 

 Fernald served as acting President of the Massachusetts x\gricultural 

 College. 



As a result of the entomological work made possible by the estab- 

 lishment of the experiment stations and the fight against the Gypsv 

 Moth, the college work in entomology developed very rapidly. Prof. 

 Fernald's time was increasingly given to it, and the work, first 

 in veterinary science and later in zoology, was taken up by other men. 

 In 1894, the department of entomology began the rapid but perma- 

 nent growth that still goes on. In 1893, the trustees made entomology 

 one of the advanced courses leading to the degree of Master of Sci- 

 ence. Several students took part or all of this advanced work, and a 

 strong demand arose for its further extension. 



But such work could not be provided without permanent provision 

 for additional help and accommodations, and this was hard to secure, 

 as the college, with its limited appropriations, was already heavily 

 taxed to carry on existing work. In 1898, the trustees authorized the 

 conferring of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy upon the satisfactory 

 completion of three years of post-graduate work in botany, chemistry, 

 and entomology, and in the summer of 1899, established a separate 

 professorship of entomology. To the new chair they called Dr. 

 Henry T. Fernald, then of the Pennsylvania state college. Prof. 

 Charles Fernald, although his work consisted mainly in the develop- 

 ment of the post-graduate courses in entomology, retained the title 

 of Professor of Zoology. Under the able and sympathetic guidance 

 of these two men, father and son, the entomological courses attracted 

 more students than the laboratory facilities could possibly accommo- 

 date, and dozens of applicants had to be turned away. 



The trustees in 1908 formally recognized the growing importance 

 of the advanced work by establishing a graduate school, of which 

 Prof. Fernald was made the director. In 1909 the legislature 

 approved the service of the department of entomology by granting 

 $80,000 for a building for the departments of entomology, geology, 

 and zoology, to which amount $15,000 was later added for furnishings. 



Prof. Fernald has seen his work consummated in the estab- 

 lishment of the graduate school and the erection of a department 

 building wherein the equipment for entomological study is said to be 

 unexcelled in the world. For in these is the fruition of his pioneer 

 teaching in an unexplored region of scholarship. But another and 

 lasting memorial is to be found in the hearts and lives of the large 

 number of students who have received instruction and inspiration 

 from him. 



In June, 1910, after forty years of constant college teaching. 

 Prof. Fernald felt constrained by failing health to retire from official 

 college work, that he might devote his time and strength to the 

 completion of studies in systematic entomology, in which he has been 

 interested for many years. His special study has been the Micro- 

 lepidoptera; and his authority on this group is recognized throughout 



