Choate Memorial Volume 31 



dwelt most frequently. He believed that the Museum was 

 doing invaluable educational work among the youth of the 

 City. He expressed this thought to the President espe- 

 cially in connection with his contribution of $100,000 to 

 the Building Fund, which came in the form of a check 

 the day after the appeal for funds was sent out by the 

 Trustees. This gift greatly hastened the other contribu- 

 tions and is now held as the nucleus of our Building Fund 

 of $1,000,000. 



Doctor Douglas finally manifested his devotion to the 

 Museum and faith in its future by his bequest of $100,000. 

 His contributions, amounting to $211,500, constitute him 

 one of the most generous of our Benefactors. 



He loved to visit the Museum and often gave to the 

 President and the Curator of Geology the benefit of his 

 unsurpassed experience in the field of pure and applied 

 science. We shall greatly miss his genial and inspiring 

 presence. 



Pursuant to the action of the Board of Trustees, the Presi- 

 dent prepared a Memorial Volume reviewing the long service 



of the Honorable Joseph H. Choate to the Mu- 

 Choate seum. This has been printed in quarto, compris- 



Volumo m £ thirty-four pages. A copy was presented to 



Mrs. Choate and duplicate copies have been sent 

 to the Trustees. Copies have also been deposited in the New 

 York Public Library, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in 

 the Harvard Club of New York City, with the Association of 

 the Bar, New York City, with the Century Association, New 

 York City, in the Library of The American Museum of 

 Natural History, in the Library of Congress at Washington, 

 in the Boston Public Library, at Harvard University, Cam- 

 bridge, Mass., and in the Salem Public Library, Salem, Mass. 



The Scientific Staff for the year 19 18 numbered 54. Of 

 these, 15 members have been directly engaged in 



Staff tlfiC ^ e -federal Service, while many of the others 



have indirectly contributed to the winning of 



the war by furnishing expert information. 



