IN MEMORIAM 
BERT H. BAILEY. 
Dr. Bert Heald Bailey, Professor of Zoology in Coe College, 
passed from life on June 22, 1917. He had not been in good 
health for some weeks preceding -his death, but not until a few 
hours before the end came was it believed by his physicians that 
he would not recover. 
Doctor Bailey was born at Parley, Iowa, May 2, 1875. His 
early childhood was spent at Carroll, Iowa, where his father 
was pastor of the Presbyterian church. He early showed a 
love for the outdoor world. Birds especially attracted him 
and he began to accumulate that knowledge of the habits 
of wild life which later distinguished him. It was a passion 
with him to examine everything and the collecting habit was 
early cultivated. 
In 1877 the family moved to Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Here the 
lad attended the public schools and later Coe Academy. He 
naturally came to know the professors in the Natural Science 
departments of the College and formed friendships with Dr. 
Seth E. Meek, Dr. C. 0. Bates, and later with the writer that 
were deep and lifelong. His habit of wandering in the woods 
was continued, sometimes to the detriment of the interests of 
Latin and Greek, but with ever increasing promise for his fu- 
ture as a naturalist. 
During those years he cultivated the acquaintance of many 
of the local sportsmen, who often were glad to take him with 
them on their expeditions. Through these men he increased 
his knowledge of nature and his collection of birds. From one 
of these men he received his first important lessons in taxi- 
dermy, an art which he thereafter assiduously cultivated. 
From 1898 to 1897 Doctor Bailey was in college. Three of 
these years were spent in Coe College from which he received 
his degree. His junior year was spent at the State University 
of Iowa. 
In September, 1897, he entered Rush Medical College, from 
which he graduated in 1900, intending to become a medical 
missionary. To his great disappointment he then found that 
