DOCTOR FREER AND THE BUREAU OF SCIENCE. xxlll 



research men, and the unseemly brawls which so often occur 

 over questions as to who shall do what, and as to priority of 

 results, have been conspicuously absent. 



For a long time the Bureau served as a training- school for 

 other and wealthier institutions which could afford to buy our 

 employees away from us and did not hesitate to do so. The 

 fight for more adequate salaries was a long and tedious one, 

 but it has achieved important results. 



In another particular he has deserved well of the Govern- 

 ment. My original plan contemplated a close and helpful rela- 

 tionship between the Bureau of Government Laboratories, a 

 medical college, and a great general hospital. I was told that 

 my scheme was chimerical because three such institutions would 

 never work together harmoniously. This prophecy has proved 

 false. Doctor Freer thoroughly understood the meaning of the 

 word cooperation, and on more than one occasion taught it to 

 others, both by precept and example. Under his direction the 

 Bureau of Government Laboratories and its successor, the 

 Bureau of Science, have maintained a helpful relationship with 

 the Bureau of Health and the University of the Philippines. 



Doctor Freer may most truly be said to have lived for his 

 work. While he sometimes shortened his afternoon hours suf- 

 ficiently to make possible the taking of sorely needed exercise, 

 he habitually labored far into the night and on holidays as well. 

 During his last year he had repeated and prolonged attacks of 

 acute suffering. In each such instance he resumed his work 

 before he could rise from his bed. In the course of the last 

 day of his life his thoughts turned again and again to the work 

 and the needs of the Bureau of Science. His relationship to 

 that Bureau may be very briefly summarized. / dreamed a 

 dream. He made that dream come true. It is not too much 

 to say that he created the Bureau. It will be a lasting monu- 

 ment to his unquestioned scientific and business ability, his 

 clear foresight, his sane judgment, and his unwavering per- 

 severance. 



There have not been lacking prophets of evil who have felt 

 that the success of the work of the Bureau of Science was so 



