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Tall, spare, with wiry hands and, one might almost say, wiry features, William Beebe gives an impression of great nervous vitality and never ceasing vigor. He is direct, quick-thinking, and if his manner appears at times to be fussy, it is doubtless only the manifestation of an excess of energy, and of a consciousness, which he cannot well escape, that he is a good organizer-a thing any man must be to create expeditions for exploration purposes, and not only to create them but to carry them through...
Born in Brooklyn, William Beebe was educated at Columbia University. He has for many years been Honorary Curator of Ornithology of the New York Zoölogical Society. As you doubtless know, he is Director of the British Guiana Zoological Station, and here he spends a part of each year, collecting specimens, examining them, preparing his elaborate scientific data. But he has not confined his activities to the jungle; he has also traveled extensively in Asia, South America, Mexico...
...lithe grace and distinguished bearing which were once thought to be natural possessions of the successful duellist can be cultivated by the assiduous quite as well with foils as with pointed blades. And if the novice feels after considerable practice that his form is at last perfect, there are doubtless members of the University fencing team, now for the second successive year Intercollegiate champions, who would be willing to demonstrate that cleverness and hard won experience are as essential now as in the days of Monsieur Beaucaire...
...Coates has been, for nearly a year, director of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, affiliated with the Eastman School of Music. In dedicating his suite to George Eastman, Mr. Coates was doubtless conscious of something more than personal tribute. He was, in fact, paying tribute to the rising tide of music throughout...
...while the lecturer's torrent of words slides off him. A "mute, inglorious Milton", taking his first steps! Likewise, what of the note-book sketcher? Another Whistler in the cotyledonous stage, learning his art under scholastic duress! As for the Darwins those fraternities and organizations that demand initiatory cats doubtless have their place in the education of great men. Or such, at least, are the comforting inferences to be drawn from the work of some modern historians...