No. 4.—MEMORIAL OF PROFESSOR ALPHEUS 
HYATT. 
At the General Meeting of the Society held on February 5th, 
1902, the President, in the following words, made the formal 
announcement of the death of Professor Alpheus Hyatt: — 
“It is with profound regret that your President has to make the 
formal announcement, in order that it may appear in our official 
records, of the death of our honored Curator, Professor Alpheus 
Hyatt. When we last met here, we missed him from among us, and 
as he was so constant and faithful in his attendance, many of us 
doubtless wondered why he was not with us as usual, little suspect¬ 
ing the sad end which deprived us of his presence forever. It was 
on his way to the meeting of the Society that he was stricken down, 
his last act being one of faithfulness to that interest in the welfare 
and needs of the Society which was so strong in him and to which 
we have owed so much. 
“He passed away suddenly as he had wished to pass away. We 
know now that had he lived, much suffering must have come to 
him, and we must therefore be content that he has been spared this, 
though it cannot lessen our loss. 
“ It is not the time now to attempt an estimate of his work, a 
review of his life, or an analysis of his services to the Society. And 
yet we all must wish to pay our tribute to him, and it seems to me 
that this tribute naturally comes in a triple form. The first form is 
personal and from each of us. He was always most courteous to 
every one who approached him in this building, most helpful to 
those who needed help, and most appreciative of every offer to pro¬ 
mote the welfare of the Society. One did not need to be a distin¬ 
guished scientific man to receive from him a welcome and attention, 
but every member of the Society has felt his kindly presence, his 
sj^mpathy, his entire freedom from all feelings of jealousy, of envy, 
as illustrations of a character which may well serve us for example 
and encouragement. 
“ The second form of tribute is the preservation and completion 
of the plan for the arrangement of the collections in our Museum. 
This plan he had formulated. It is in itself excellent, but has never 
