Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-07

of good fellowship that We have enjoyed
sir ce cast my. lot with yours. I must con-
fess that, Notwithstanding the possibility
of usefulness which my new work offers.
Notwithstanding the fact that 1 am to con-
tiEue to retain an honorary connection
with the grand old institution, 1t is with
feeling of sincere regret that contemplate
the fact that thousand miles will separate
me from you and the other distinguished
men who have taken up the work inau-
gurated by Hasler, Maury. Bache. Albert.
Henry and Baird all now passed over. but
whose nantes have fallen upon New
comb. Langley, Able, Powell. Gill; Men,
denhall. Billings and score of others,
and last, but by no means least, our be-
loved Dr. Goode, who has combined. as no
one else ever can, the duties of the fore
most museum administrator of his time,
with the most thorough Investigations of
the naturalist and the most thorough re-
searches of the historian.
These men and their colleagues have
made this beautiful city of Washington the
center of American scientific effort toward
which the eyes of those charged with the
establishment of scholastic and other SCI
entific foundations always turn whenever
any great work is to be inaugurated or II
important scientific cooperation Is needed.
After sketching briefly the history of the
new museum in Chicago and his own con-
nection with 1t, Mr. Watkins went on to
say: 1.-The railway collections at the fair
which are to remain in Chicago, together
ments of electrical, mechanical and civil
engineering, form the nucleus of one of the
three great departments or the museum.
the department of industrial arts, that l
have been called upon to administer. Were
my chief here tonight he would give you
an earnest invitation to visit the new mu-
scum, the doors of which, Ii is hoped, will
be open in a few months / speak by au-
thority when / say that it is the wish OF
the president and the members of the board
of trustees of the Columbian Museum that
the most cordial relations shall exist be-
tween it and the great institutions with
which you are connected, and take it that
your presence here tonight means more in
this connection than the simple goodbye
to an associate. l feel confident from my
knowledge of the men who will direct the
great work before us in Chicago, men whom
as / know them better / admire more and
more. that you will find them ever desir-
Gus to cooperate with the scientific bureaus
of the government in every laudable under
taking.
Standing on the threshold of my new life
and striving to realize fully the RESPONSE
bilities of my new task, task differing in
many ways from any ever presented to a
museum officer before, take leave of you
with the consciousness that you will sympa-
thiZe with my shortcomings where l fail,
and that you will be gratitied should l sue
coed, as God grant l may
Prof. Goodies Pleasant Wishes.
DIR. G. Brown Goode, assistant secretary
syoidably absent He sent a letter express
ing his regret at his inability to Join his
colleagues in wishing Mr.. Watkins success,
stating that 1t was matter for congratu-
lation that his name would still stand on
the list of officers of the National Museum
as honorary curator, and that he wished
the Columbian Museum all the success its
projectors hoped. He gave assurance OF
the friendly cooperation of the National
Museum, and regarded Mr.. Watkins ap-
pointment in the Columbian Museum as an
carr est evidence of the fact that the two
institutions would act in cooperation and
rot in rivalry.
AT this stage of the proceedings Prof
Wilson surrendered the chair to DIR. Cyrus
Adler, and from that time on the eXer-
cises became much more informal Pleas
ant addresses were made by Mr. Theodore
n. Ely, Prof. W!nlock, Prof. True, Mr.. VIM
Elroy Curtis Prof. Otis T. Mason, Mr.
Green, Prof b. Z. Fernow, Mr. Mcclure
Mr.. Merrill. Prof Holiness DR.. Dali and
Mr.. Maynard. and the evening closed with
the sir sing of Aud Lang Syne."