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H14-f'ff+1 L '- f'q' if 1Jft'.fl.dt'llf - ' ' ' Srcrffary - ' ' ' ' he Um'ver5z'ry C orpomiion JAMES C. COLGATE - JAMES S. DENNIS 7-,,,a-fun., - - - - - FRANK L. SHEPARDSON Ill E IW B E R S Tz'r1n,v I1Idff1i1Iitc' I I I s FRANCIS T. PIERCE - - - ' ' - Hamilton JAMES C. COLGATE, ESQ. - - - - ' ' New York A . A ' Termf Expwf fum, 1922 V WILLIS E. FORD, M. D. - - - ' ' ' UtiC3 AUSTEN COLGATE - - - - - ' Orange, N- I- CEYLON H. LEWIS, LL. D. - - - ' ' SYFHCUSC REv. W. A. GRANGER, D. D. - - - - - ' Mt- Vernon HON. CHARLEMAGNE FFOVVER, LL. D. ---- Phlladelphia, Pa. BENJAMIN H. PETTES, ESQ. - ---- Pit'fSbUrgl1, P21- P F. WVAYLAND AYER - - ---- Philadelphia, Pa. f HENRY A. COLGATE - - ---- Orange, N. J. , Tfrmf Expire june. 1923 GEORGE W. DOUGLAS, LITT. D.- ----- Philadelphia, Pa. A I 6 GEORGE W. STEDMAN, ESQ. ----- Albany v 2 ISAAC H. MUNRO ------ Syracuse 5 FREDERICK T. PROCTOR ------ Utica 5 EDWARD M. GROUT, LL. D. ----- Brooklyn NIORTIMER R. MILLER ------ Rochester WILLIAAII TRAVERS JEROME, JR. ----- New York y JAMES S. DENNIS ------- New York Q WVILFRED W. FRY ------- Philadelphia, Pa. A Termf Expire june, 1924 J, SIDNEY M. COLG.-ATE ----- - Orange, N, J, J REV. HARRY EMERSON FOSDICK, D. D. ---- New York E A THOMAS P. KINGSFORD ----- - Oswego A I V REV. WVILLI.-XM T. HENRY, D. D. ----- Elmira V ly GEORGE W. COBB ------- Montclair, N. J. 1 HENRY THOMPSON, LL. D. - - - - - New York 1, ELIAS JOHNSON ------- Spuyten Duyvil I FRANK M. WILLIAMS, Sc. D. - - - - - Albany Il EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE JAMES C. COLGATE HENRY THOMPSON EDWARD M, GROUT T SIDNEY M. COLG.-XTE GEORGE W. COBB and il THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY I i ll FINANCE COMMITTEE 5 AUSTEN COLG.-RTE GEORGE W. COBB JAMES C. COLGATE ' I l Twr Il fy-two - ' Rt:-.. SI 'z' 1 3 'A' 'A ....- 0-4 L4 1 V4 . F25-aA'.u

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1:a....,ggg1l2 i i 1 1 i 1 l l vw r...1r-'luv 4 S 31 un '94 i 4 ll ll 1 1 1 f A a 1 1 1 Wayland Morgan Chester all connected O dedicate this volume to Professor VVayland Morgan Chester seems fitting to with Colgate University. During many years of service he has proved an inspiring, help- ful teacher and a faithful friend. Professor Chester prepared for college at the Mystic Valley Institute, Mystic, Conn., re- ceived the degree of Bachelor of Arts from Colgate University in 1894 and Master of Arts in 1896. He has studied in the biological laboratory of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences at Cold Spring Harbor, New York, and the Marine Biological at Woods Hole, Massachusetts. He spent the vear 1909-10 at Harvard University and was assistant Director of the Bermuda Biological for R search in 1913. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science e and a member of many other learned societies. raduation, beco min g He has been connected with the faculty of Colgate University since g Assistant in Geology and Natural History in 1894, Instructor in Biology in 1896, Associate Pro- ' ' ' f l b Assistant Curator fessor of Biology in of the Museum since 1906. 1900, and Professor of Biology in 1904. He has a so een 04, Professor Chester is the author of A Guide for General Biology which was issued in 19 and Settled and Unsettled Problems in High School Biology, Bull. 31, Secondary Education, Proc. 10th Annual Conference Science Teachers' Association. He has also published several papers embodying the results of his original research. Among them the following may be men- Th ' f Master's Degree Hamilton tioned:-The Determining Causes of Symmetry in Animals, esis or , , W d Closure and Polarity in the Tentacles of Metridium Marginatum, Jour. of New York, oun Ev Zool 13 pp 451-470 and The Structure of the Gorgonium Coral, Pseudoplezaura crassa, 737-769 V11 I' fh i d Studer, Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Science Vol. 48, pp. rig t an 4 plates. The last was also printed as a Contribution from the Biological Laboratory of the i ' ' t' are under Museum of Comparative Zoology of Harvard College, No. 236. Other lnvestlga ions way but the busy life of a teacher presents many hindrances to the prosecution of such work. P fessor Chester has a thoroughly scientific attitude of mind and is fruitful in expedients. ro Only those closely associated with him can appreciate the varied resources he can summon to his aid. This characteristic animates his teaching. ln his search for the best Way he Wis es to try everv possible method of presentation. This is a constant stimulus to Work of a high grade and keeps one well abreast of the progress in the educational world. His students find him accurate and stimulating. His constant desire to anticipate diHiculties and helpfulness in mastering the hard principles are important elements in his success. That he has been eminently fortunate many generations of young men bear Witness. As a tribute to his devoted service the Biological Society of the University has voted to establish a prize to bear his name, the award to be made for excellence in the study of Biology. In the church and .community as well as in the university Professor Chester has assumed his full share of responsibility and has filled many places of trust and honor. He has been a teacher and superintendent in the bible school of the First Baptist Church and was for a considerable time the treasurer of its board of trustees. He is 11Ot merely a scholar and teacher but a Well-rounded man of many interests, W. F. L. Tv :ti our vs na A, ,A M f c' I 5'-f I ' Q Y J ii Lkk-Q 1 51'A.AvA i. .QQ