THURSDAY, MAY 17, 
— STA ft, AT PUty A- 
HOAOES FOR. PROF. HOLMES. 
A Farewell Banquet, With Speeches 
and Compliments. 
Prof. W. H. Holmes, who recently severed 
his connection with the bureau of ethnology 
to accept the position of head of the depart- 
ment of anthropology in the great Field 
Columbian Museum at Chicago, was ten- 
dered a farewell banquet last evening that 
. must have given him some idea of the pop- 
ular hold he has upon the scientists and 
artists of this city, among whom he has 
worked so long and so successfully. Prof. 
Holmes, who is both a scientist and an 
artist, has a world- wide reputation in his 
special field of work, and from the speeches 
made last night it was evident that his col- 
leagues believe that the big new museum in 
Chicago could not do better than it did in 
securing the sendees of Mr. Holmes at the 
head of one of the three departments of the 
institution. 
Covers were laid for nearly a hundred in 
the tea room of Willard's for the banquet 
last evening, and the occasion was marked 
by every evidence of good fellowship, albeit 
marked by more than the usual amount of 
regiet at losing a member of the fraternity 
of Washington’s learned men. " Mr. Frank 
Hamilton Cushing of the bureau of ethnol- 
ogy presided. At his right, about the tables 
which were beautifully decorated with 
flowers, were Prof. Holmes, Prof. Charles 
D. Walcott, Dr. C. Brown Goode, and on his 
left Senor Zeballos; minister from the 
Argentine Republic; Prof. W. J. McGee, W. 
E. Curtis and Di\ Cyrus Adler. 
The first speech of the evening, after the 
menu had been satisfactorily disposed of, 
was -made by Prof. G. Brown Goode of the 
National Museum, who responded to the 
toast of the scientific institutions of Wash- 
ington. He referred to his pride in enjoying 
the acquaintance of Prof. Holmes and to the 
fact that he was one of an original group 
of seven scientific investigators. Dr. T. C. 
Mendenhall of the coast and geodetic sur- 
vey followed him in a speech on Ohio, as 
the home of the guest, he himself hailing 
from the buckeye state. Other speeches 
were made by Mr. E. H. Miller, the artist, 
who spoke of the work done by Mr. Holmes 
as a water colorist; Dr. D. T. Day, Senor 
Zeballos, Mr. Wm. Eleroy Curtis, Prof. 
Thomas Wilson, Prof. Otis T. Mason, Judge 
J. D. McGuire and Prof. J. H. Gannett. 
Prof. W. J. McGee expressed the opinion 
that the dream of Jefferson for a great 
national university had been realized on a 
grand scale, and that the scientific institu- 
tions of Washington were in many depart- 
ments leading the world. Prof. William 
Flint read a poem, and Prof. Charles D. 
Walcott presented Prof. Holmes, in behalf 
of his friends, with a large silver loving 
cup. The banquet closed with a graceful 
acknowledgment of the honor paid him by 
Prof. Holmes, in which he declared that for 
the encouragement in undertaking his new 
work he would be willing to go to a worse 
place than Chicago. All rose and sang 
‘‘Auld Lang Syne,” and a very pleasant 
incident in the life of a deservedly popular 
man was completed. 
