CHARLES EMERSON BEECHER. 



simiiug, he never sought adulation, but when there was earnest 

 work to be done, requirmg skill, patience, and good judgment, 

 he would labor quietly and industriously, bringing to bear upon 

 the problem such a measure of common sense and of thoughtful- 

 ness that confidence in and respect* for his conclusions were in- 

 evitable. * * * jsj'o matter how trivial the dut}', it was al- 

 ways done at the appointed time, and thoroughly done. * * * 

 A.S a friend he was loyal and trustworthy, and his memor}'- will 

 always be cherished by his associates in the Sheffield Scientific 

 School."' 



One of his pupils has testified to the inspiration given by him 

 to his students, and how liis patience, perseverance, and in- 

 genuity served as an incentive to his associates, who were drawn 

 closely to him by his enthusiasm and entire lack of egotism. 



There is no doubt that in the death of Professor Beecher not 

 only has Yale sustained a serious loss and Paleontology a severe 

 blow, but the ranks of those capable of bringing to the study of 

 fossils keen insight and a philosophical spirit of inquiry, guided 

 by principles whose value can hardly l^e exaggerated, are dimin- 

 ished by one whom science could ill afford to lose and to whom, 

 humanly speaking, there should have remained many years of 



industrious and fruitful research. 



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MEMBERSHIP IX SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES. 



Ann Arbor Scientific Association. 



Albany Institute. 



Xew York Microscopical Society. 



American Association of Conchologists. 



Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences. 



Berzelius Society, Xew Haven, Connecticut (honorary). 



Dana ISTatural History Society, Albany, New York (honorary). 



Geological Society of Washington, D. C. 



Sigma Xi, New Haven, Comiecticut. 



Malaco logical Society of London. 



Boston Society of Natural History. 



Geological Society of America. 



National Academy of Sciences (April 20, 1899). 



Geological Society of London (Foreign Correspondent, 1899). 



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