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the greatest interest, nevertheless, on assuming the directorship 

 of the Bureau of Science, he threw himself into the work of 

 its organization and development with an energy, industry, and 

 ability that could not fail to bring success to his efforts. In 

 this Bureau, with its various divisions, biology (including 

 medicine, general biology, botany, and entomology), chemistry, 

 mining, ethnology, ornithology, and fisheries, there was not one 

 division in the work and development of which he did not 

 take a deep interest, and, more than this, he knew what work 

 was being carried on in each division and much of its value. 

 Moreover, he planned and followed with great interest and 

 attention, born of a clear insight and knowledge of chemical 

 problems, practically all of the investigations carried on in the 

 chemical laboratory. In this remarkable breadth of interest and 

 in the comprehensiveness of his knowledge he will always hold 

 a unique position in the history of scientific work. It is not 

 too much to say that no bureau chief in these Islands ever had 

 the welfare of his bureau more at heart than Paul C. Freer 

 and none have fought harder and with a greater persistence 

 than he did to secure the annual appropriation from the Gov- 

 ernment, necessary to carry on the scientific work here. With 

 all this, and apart from his natural ability, he brought to the 

 Bureau and maintained there an exalted professional standard. 

 Nevertheless, his directorship in this institution has been arduous 

 and complex and has required the exercise of the very highest 

 qualities of the mind. 



One of his early aims was the establishment of a scientific 

 journal to be published by the Bureau of Science, and this was 

 accomplished as soon as the necessary legislation was enacted 

 by the Government. In this journal (The Philippine Journal 

 of Science), of which he was the editor, he took a remarkable 

 pride and interest. He was an editor in every sense of the 

 word, and but few realize the number of hours he spent at this 

 work, preparing manuscript for the printer. Often have I found 

 him at home on his holidays with a large pile of articles by 

 his side, and sometimes he would spend many hours of the day 

 correcting and rewriting poorly prepared manuscript with a 



