love over which you have not spared yourselves, your time, or your thought; and 

 I am sure that all the friends present will join with me in congratulating you on 

 its beauty and completeness. What has been accomplished is remarkable, as the 

 first sod was cut on the 2nd of February, that is, only a little over ten weeks ago. 

 "It may not be wise to attempt any prophecy, but were I to do so, I would 

 say that starting today with such a Museum building, unique in itself, and with 

 the great oological collection which we now have, it will not be long before we 

 have, under progressive direction, a Museum that will be preeminently the leader 

 of its kind in the world and a great asset to Santa Barbara." 



At the close of the President's address the two little girls, Marjorie Weld 

 and Barbara Dawson, drew aside, amidst a reverent silence, the investing cur- 

 tains, and disclosed the memorial tablet of white marble wreathed in blue cinera- 

 rias. The tablet, which is now housed in a frame of exquisite blue terra cotta 

 bears the following legend: 



IN ABIDING MEMORY OF 

 ROWLAND GIBSON HAZARD 

 MAN OF AFFAIRS AND MAN OF LETTERS 

 LIFE-LONG STUDENT OF ORNITHOLOGY 

 THIS BUILDING AND THIS WOOD ARE DEDICATED. 

 O, ALL YE FOWLS OF THE AIR, BLESS YE THE LORD. 

 After an impressive reading of the tablet by Dean Weld and a brief prayer of 

 dedication, the musicians deftly carried the mood from solemnity to good cheer, 

 and a flood of congratulations ensued. Our Trustees and our local Members, 

 of whom a large representation was present, hastened to add their thanks and 

 words of unrestrained appreciation to Mrs. and Miss Hazard. The guests filed 

 into the administration room, which for the occasion had been turned into a 

 refectory; and soon dainty cakes and glistening pastries reflected the hospitable 

 proclamations of the teapot and the coffee urn. 



There were no infractions of the Eighteenth Amendment reported, but 

 the Director-founder, having long suffered from pent-up enthusiasm, found vent 

 for his gratitude by writing "At Home" after his name in the new register, thereby, 



THE HAZARD MEMORIAL, FROM THE WEST. 



