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been fully completed. He had recently been especially interested 
in the discussion of arrangements for the perfecting of this plan and 
for carrying it out in a more effectual manner. I hope, therefore, 
that the Society will regard it as a duty to build up the Museum 
according to Professor Hyatt’s fundamental scheme, making it 
our monument to him. 
The third form of tribute which I think we all desire, is that of 
a memorial meeting to be held under the auspices of the Society, 
and I should like to suggest to you that such a meeting be held. I 
think that the Association of the teachers from the Teachers’ 
School of Science would be glad to join with us, for they have 
already expressed their desire to hold a meeting such as is now 
suggested. The members of Boston University, of which he was a 
professor, will also wish to have their share in such a ceremony. I 
can only suggest this plan. I must leave it to you to decide 
whether it corresponds to your actual preference. Such a meeting 
cannot, of course, be held at once, for the occasion will require some 
one to pronounce a eulogy, the preparation of which ought not to 
be hastened. It is evident that the decision as to this and to all 
subsidiary questions must wait. But, after all, the greatest tribute 
to Professor Hyatt will always be the spontaneous sorrow of his 
many friends and pupils.” 
The Society unanimously voted that the Council be requested to 
make arrangements for a suitable memorial meeting, and accord¬ 
ingly, on April 25th, 1902, there was held a meeting under the joint 
auspices of the Society, the Teachers’ School of Science, and Boston 
University. Dr. Charles Sedgwick Minot, President of the Society, 
presided. He opened the meeting with the following remarks on 
the life of Professor Hyatt: — 
“Alpheus Hyatt, a descendant of an old Maryland family, was 
born, April 5th, 1838, at Washington, D. C. He died at Cambridge, 
Mass., on January 15th, 1902. His death was sudden and occurred 
while he was on his way to attend a regular meeting of the Boston 
society of natural history. In 1856, when eighteen, he entered 
the freshman class at Yale and remained in that college one year. 
In 1858, he went to Harvard, in order to study under Professor 
Louis Agassiz, and graduated from the Lawrence Scientific School 
in 1862. He served during the latter part of the civil war in the 
Union army, and retired with rank of Captain. In 1867 he 
