THE COMSTOCK MEMORIAL 
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Comstock Memorial Library in Cornell University. With your 
scientific work and your services to this University, it will combine to 
keep your memory fresh among Cornell men for generations still 
unborn. 
LETTERS 
Of the many letters from those who were unable to be present at the presenta¬ 
tion exercises the following from teachers of entomology are selected for publica¬ 
tion here. 
Ontario Agricultural College, 
Guelph, Canada, June nth, 1914. 
My dear Mrs. Comstock: 
I recently received an invitation to attend the exercises in connection with the 
presentation to Cornell University of the Comstock Memorial Library Fund. I 
am sorry indeed that I am unable to accept the invitation and be with you Satur¬ 
day afternoon—it would have given me very great pleasure to be present on such 
an interesting occasion. It must be very gratifying to you and Professor Com¬ 
stock that his forty-one years of active service should be so appropriately recog¬ 
nized. 
I wish to congratulate you both on the attainment of so remarkable a position. 
It is very rare that a man can give to an institution more than two score years 
of active service, and still more rare that during all that period he should have the 
aid and sympathy, and encouragement also, of a competent help-meet in the 
person of his wife. 
Wishing you and Prof. Comstock many more years of activity and happiness 
and with kindest regards, 
Yours very faithfully, 
Charles J. S. Bethune. 
The University of Nebraska, 
Lincoln, June 5, 1914. 
Committee in Charge Comstock Memorial, 
Cornell University, 
Ithaca, N. Y. 
Gentlemen: 
I am in receipt of your very kind invitation to be present on Saturday, June 13, 
1914, at the exercises in connection with the presentation of the Comstock 
Memorial Library Fund to Cornell University. 
I wish it were possible for me to attend those exercises, but I find that the 
closing exercises of our present school year will require my remaining here in 
Nebraska. I wish to extend my congratulations to Professor Comstock on his 
completion of such a long and useful Professorship in connection with one of the 
strongest departments of Entomology in the country: and I hope he will have 
many more years of usefulness in the field of Entomology. 
Hoping that you will have a very pleasant time, I remain, 
Yours very truly, 
Lawrence Brunner. 
