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WALTER STANBOROUGH SUTTONAPRIL 5, 1877

NOVEMBER 10, 1916

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This little book is a memorial to one whosedeath was a terrible shock to his professionalassociates and his friends ; a bitter grief to hisbrothers, whose love for and admiration of himknew no limits and a crushing blow to his motherand father, whose lives were so intertwined with,his that life seemed impossible without him.He had been of their household almost fortyyears. They have no memories of him but ofloving kindness. He was ever a joy to hismother's heart and a pride of his father's life.His love for and tenderness towards his moth-er were beautiful. He never forgot her underany circumstances. What he thought wouldplease her he always did and what he thoughtmight grieve her he always avoided. With hisfather he was but a younger brother; with hisbrothers a joyous, affectionate, congenial andhelpful companion. In the wider associationsof life his highmindedness was a notable char-acteristic. He was, as was once said of him,a **man with a mind above the smallnesses ofhuman nature." The years, as they proved

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Introduction the greatness of his abilities, more and morebrought out the nobility and simplicity of hisnature and emphasized the absence of all thepetty and unhappy traits which so often marthe characters of the greatest men.Walter Stanborough Sutton, son of Wil-liam Bell and Agnes Black Sutton, was born inUtica, New York, April 5, 1877. He was thefifth successive son and grew into a strong,rugged boy with shy, retiring manners andvery sensitive disposition. When he was teuyears of age his parents removed to a ranch hiBussell County, Kansas, and his next nineyears were spent in the country. In the gradeand high schools at Bussell, from whicli hewas graduated, he was studious and rankedhigh in his classes. In these early years hemanifested a strong mechanical bent; he re-paired the farm machines and put them inorder for the successive crops, and handledthem all with marked skill and success. Hisinterest in photography began when he madeMs own first camera as a boy on the ranchand he continued to use photography through-oat Ms life, both in Ms professional work andin Ms recreations.He was fond of play and of outdoorsports, loved to celebrate Hallowe'en andChristmas in the old-fasMoned way, and withm Tim sense of humor heartily joined his broth-m. ev^i^ fun-making prank

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In September, 1896, he enrolled in the IntroductiorSchool of Engineering of the University ofKansas, at Lawrence. He greatly enjoyed thispart of his course and soon became remarkablyskillful in the use of tools and the operationof machinery and electrical apparatus and ex-pert as a draftsman.In June, 1897, at the end of his first yearhe came home to spend his vacation andbrought with him an infection of typhoid feverwhich developed in a few days and in turnattacked every member of the family. "Walterwas down first and up first and from thetime he was able to move about assumedcharge of the others who were ill and con-tinued to do so until the disease was gone. Allof the family survived except John, 17 yearsold, who succumbed to the disease on August14, 1897. John, beloved of all the family; theone set apart for the service of his coun-try, and whose appointment as a cadet in theNaval Academy at Annapolis, arrived fromWashington on the day he was laid away inthe Russell cemetery.Walter's sympathetic, kindly, soothing, en-couraging manner and skillful handling of thesick attracted the attention of his family andfriends and induced them to urge upon "himthe study of medicine, which had much to dowith his later decision to follow that profes-sion.


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Introduction In August, 1909, having received the de-grees of A. B., A. M. and M. D., lie began thepractice of surgery in Kansas City.

During the thirteen years which elapsedfrom the time he left home for school untilhe returned to practice surgery, he neverwasted any money provided for his educationnor slighted any opportunity to equip himselffor his life purpose. He cultivated his bodyas well as Ms mind, was fond of athletics andwas a powerful and skillful wrestler.He stood six feet in height and weighedaround 215 pounds, his carriage was erect andcommanding and his whole personality wasmagnetic and impressive. His smile was sin-gularly frank, sincere and pleasing. He wasa friend maker; he liked people; the simplicity,and sincerity with which hie greeted new ac-quaintances at once aroused their interest inhim and wherever he went he bound friends tohim with hoops of steel.He made his home with his parentswho had removed to Kansas City, Kan., andthey cannot recall a single night, except whenout of the city, that he did not sleep undertheir roof. He was the last of five survivingsons to remain at home. He loved his homeand his parents and they loved him, theyleaned upon Ms strong arm and he sustainedtten lovingly. The fineness of his disposition,often remarked by friends, found its highest

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expression in Ms intercourse with Ms parents Introductio.and Ms brothers and their families.As the years went by he lived among themmodest, unassuming, kindly, cheerful and help-ful, always, and they loved him with nothingto detract from the joy of their intimate asso-ciation. Six more affectionate, harmoniousand happy boys never grew up under one roof.Without jealousy or envy or even pique theyall rejoiced in any bit of good fortune or suc-cess that came to any of them. Their sepa-rations were occasions of regret and their re-unions were scenes of exuberant happiness.On Sunday, February 7, 1915, he was in-vited by wire to join the surgical staff of theMrs. Harry Payne Whitney Unit of the Ameri-can Ambulance Hospital for three months'service at Juilly, France, and was advisedthat the sMp which carried the staff wouldsail from New York that week. He was givenleave of absence by the Board of Administra-tion and the faculty of the University of Kan-sas as he was associate professor of surgeryin the medical school and attached to Bell Me-morial Hospital, at Eosedale. He joined thestaff in New York and was absent nearly sixmonths, during the last two of which he was"Medicin-Chef" that is chief of the surgicalstaff of the hospital and in sole charge of itsentire work.When he returned he brought with him a

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Introduction ia*gfc collection of photographs of landscapes,buildings, war scenes, groups of soldiers,wounds and hospital scenes, which he hadmade himself. These pictures, first exhibitedto friends in his own home, aroused so muchinterest that many requests were made uponhim for public exhibitions in the interest ofcharitable and church work. He responded toas many of these as his time would permit,accompanying each of about fifty exhibitions,with a lecture of explanation, and all with nopecuniary reward to himself.

After his return from France his profes-sional engagements pressed upon him, and hegave himself to their demands without stint.Soon after this he had his first premonitionsof a troublesome appendix and in the lastmonths of his life it made great inroads uponMs health. His step was not so elastic, helooked and was oftener tired, and the shadowof the ordeal he knew was coming was oftenerseen in the seriousness of his expression andMs more earnest and persistent devotion to hiswork. Only a few days before he went tothe hospital he had signed a contract with apublishing house to write a book on surgerywMah lie meant should be the crowning workof Ms life, and he was engaged in fitting upwmmodious offices better suited to his pro-fessional demands and the writing and illus-

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trating of his book, the drawings for which Introductiohe intended to make himself.On Monday evening, November 6, he camehome early very tired and worn and soon went

to bed. Between 12 and 1 o'clock lie wascalled out to an emergency case and returnedabout 4 o'clock. He was up again at 6, went toBell Memorial Hospital where he performedtwo operations and then to the ChristianChurch Hospital where he operated again. Hereached his office about 12 o'clock completelyexhausted and ill. An examination indicatedan acute attack of appendicitis with alarmingsymptoms and after a consultation of surgeonsan immediate operation was decided upon andhe was taken to the Christian Church Hospitalof whose staff he was a member. It was sug-gested that the operation be postponed, in thehope that he would be better prepared for it,but he insisted that it be performed at once,and it was performed about 3:30 p. m.

During three days of suffering and perilhe received the zealous and skilled attention ofthe whole surgical and medical staff of thehospital and the faithful untiring service ofthe nurses. No means were spared, nothingthat surgical skill, wisdom and experiencecould suggest was left untried, but it wasall in vain, and on Friday, November 10,about 9:30 p. m., he passed away. He met

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Introduction Ms fate with the same calm courage withwhich he faced all the important issues of hislife, and went out into the great hereafter un-afraid

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FUNEEAL SERVICES.


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FROM THE GAZETTE-GLOBE, KANSAS CITY, KANSAS,NOVEMBER 13, 1916.SCIENCE PAYS TRIBUTETO WALTER SUTTON.MANY PROFESSIONAL MEN AND EDUCATORSAT THE FUNERAL SERVICE.The Young Surgeon Eulogized by Professors of FourAmerican Universities, Who Told of His Scientific

Discoveries, His Work for Humanity and HisManly Qualities.Deans of science in four of America's

great universities joined with the medical andsurgical professions and sorrowing friendsyesterday afternoon in paying tribute to thegenius and personality of Dr. Walter S. Sut-ton, who died Friday night in the ChristianChurch Hospital in Kansas City, Mo.First Presbyterian Church of this city, inwhich the service began at 3 o'clock, wascrowded from the altar in the main auditoriumto the last row in the gallery and many werestanding, unable to find seats. In the gather-ing were many from Kansas City, Mo., Law-rence and Topeka. Banked about the pulpitaround the casket and throughout the entirefront part of the church were more than one

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Funeral hundred floral offerings, many of them greatServices massive pieces, testifying the love and highesteem of friends* fraternities, societies andprofessional associates.

While the vast assemblage was formingHiss Helen Palmer, at the organ, played amedley of sacred hymns, and Miss Clara Dnva!sang, "Lead Kindly Light."The impressive service began with thereading of scripture by the Bev. A. GK Pear-son of Independence, Mo., formerly of thiseity. The Eev. William Foulkes of the Grand-view Park Presbyterian Church offered prayerand the Eev. Eobert E. Maclean, pastor of theWashington Boolevard M. K Church, preachedthe funeral discourse.

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Pastor Grandview Park Presbyterian Church,Kansas City, T

INVOCATION.Almighty and All Gracious Gf-od our

Father, we come into Thy presence, humblyand reverently seeking Thy blessing; tearfully,yet confidently resting in Thy promise and inthe assurance Thou hast given us, for ourcomfort and for our hope, in these blessedwords to which we have listened from ThyHoly Book.Very thoughtfully we come into Thy pres-ence, oh Father, for Thou hast come very nearto us. Thou art speaking to us in that still,small voice that comes to every heart; tellingus of our frailty; telling us that we are butpilgrims and strangers, that we tarry here butfor a day, that we know not when the timeis in which Thou wilt come and call us hence.Prepare us, each and all, we beseech Thee,our Father, for that day. Grant that when thecall comes, we shall be found prepared toenter into the rest Thou has prepared for us.We are surrounded today, our Father,with mystery. We are in the dark. We can-not see; we do not understand why, in Thy

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Rev. Wm. Providence Thou hast come and taken fromFoulkes us one, so honored, one so useful, one so be-

loved, and has left many who are a burdenrather than a help, in the administration ofthe affairs of Thy kingdom among men. Butthat which is mysterious to us today, ourFather, we believe will be made clear by andby, and that the time is coming when we shallsee and shall understand, as we cannot now,why in Thy wisdom and in Thy love Thou hastdealt thus with us.We come, our Father, praising Thee forthe great salvation Thou hast provided forus in the Son of Thy love, in Jesus Christ,Who came down from above to suffer and diefor us ; Who ascended on high and ever livethto make intercession for us ; Who sympathizestenderly with all His followers in their trialsand in their tribulations. We thank Theethat He brought life and immortality to light,and that we have His inspiring words : "I amthe Eesurreetion and the Life, he that be-lieveth in Me, though he were dead, yet shallhe live ; and whosoever liveth and believeth inme shall never die/'We praise Thee, God, for this hope ofimmortality which is graciously given to us.We thank Thee that today we mourn, not asthose without hope, but that we have thathope, sure and steadfast, that those whomThou dost call from among us, are entered

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into rest and dwell in the presence of their Rev. Wm.Lord. FoidkesWe thank Thee, onr Father, for this dearbrother. We bless Thee for his influence, forhis thoughtfulness, his cheerfulness and kind-ness ; and although he has gone to his rest andreward, we know, our Father, that his in-fluence is perennial, that it will abide with us,and not only with this generation, but that itshall be carried on into other generations yetunborn.We thank Thee for his example, for Msfellowship, and, although we mourn his losstoday, although as friends and associates invarious circles we are gathered together to payhim our last loving tribute of respect andhonor, yet, our Father, we are encouraged andcomforted in the fact that his influence abideswith us.

We pray now for Thy blessing upon theseservices; upon the Word that has been read;upon the prayers which ascend here to Thythrone of Heavenly grace; upon the songs ofthis hour and the words that shall be spoken,that we may all go hence resolved anew thatwe will do well our part in life, and that withnew diligence we will endeavor to serve Theein this our day and generation, so that whenwe are called, we may have the assurance thatit is well with us.

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Wm. ing upon those who are especially afflicted inFoulkes this sorrowful dispensation. Vouchsafe Thy

blessing upon the men gathered here fromvarious quarters and various avocations; asthey think of the one with whom they formerlyassociated, may it be the loving wish of theirhearts, that they reproduce in their own livesthe virtues and excellencies which were mani-fest in the life of him whose death today wemourn.

Bless the Church thus bereaved of one ofits members, that others may arise to fill thevacancies in these broken ranks, that the Spiritof the Lord may abide here for the comfortof those who remain, and that their numberand their influence for good may grow moreand more.

Very tenderly, very lovingly we bring toThee, oh Thou Gracious Father, the familyupon whom especially at this time, rests theheavy weight of this bereavement and loss.Grant that these afflicted ones may find One to-day, "as an hiding place in the time of stormand as a covert from the tempest, as riversof water in a dry place, as the shadow of agreat Bock in a weary land." Bless themwith Thy presence, oh G-od, and bestow uponthem abundantly of the consolation that is inJesus Ghrist. Be with, the father and mother,with the brothers and sisters, and with all thelwe


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to say in this the day of their trial, "God is Rev. Wm.our Refuge and Strength n ; and may we all Foulkeshave in ns anew today more strongly than everbefore that hope of immortality that isbrought to us through our Lord and Saviour,Jesus Christ; and when at last these ties, oneby one, shall be severed, when these relations,so dear and tender shall be broken asunder,may we be gathered into that rest that re-maineth for the Children of God; above thedarkness, above the clouds and storms, in thathome of our Lord, Who hath gone to pre-pare for us a place where there is no sorrow,where there is no sickness, no separation, nopain, no death; and so shall we ever be withthe Lord. And to God, the Father, the Sonand ever blessed Spirit shall be all our praise,world without end. Amen.

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Pastor Washington Avenue M. E. Church,Kansas City, Kansas.

*'None of us liveth to himself, and nodieth to himself." Romans 14:7.

The occasion requires that what is said,by me, shall be brief. Some are here fromabroad who have known Dr. Sutton in an inti-mate and personal way, in the work and insti-tutions with which he was connected in hisbrief but busy life. These shall speak, outof full hearts, some words of tribute to hismemory at the close of this address. I shallconfine myself, therefore, briefly as I may, toa few considerations on "Personal Influence,"as I think appropriate to this occasion, fromPaul's words in Romans 14:7, "None of usliveth to himself, and no man dieth to him-self."Some one has said that the three great-est subjects for human study are G-od, man,and the relations between them. That must be

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so, for what indeed is outside of these! To Robert E.think of life without God is to get lost in its Macleanmyriad aspects, as a man drifting on somevast, pitiless ocean, without compass or pole-star; but to think of God as he is revealed tous in the Holy Scriptures, and of man notonly the crown and glory of his wonderfulhandiwork but as entering into copartnershipas fellow workers with Hrm, on high and holylevels in all the wonderful work of life, isone of the divinest conceptions that couldoccupy human intelligence.Men have sometimes become enamouredof the seemingly transcendent glory of thematerial world, that lies so wonderfully aboutthem, that the real significance and glory ofour human life have been lost to them. Whata pity! Life takes on its real significanceonly when you relate it in terms of real re-sponsibility to G-od, and out of that relation-ship we come to understand the meaning ofthe impact of life upon life.That gives not only safe anchorage to life,but purpose and relationship that exalt alllife into terms infinite and eternal. Paulseeks to teach that here. Not merely therecognition that every life touches other lifefor weal or woe, but that this life of whichhe speaks is so inwrought, so related to theredemptive purposes of Christ in the worldthat it becomes a question of infinitely more


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Robert JEL worth to as than the mere matter of whetherMaclean we live or die.One human life lifting some other human

life out of the deep, is a sight of beautifulhuman interest, but its full and divine signifi-cance does not appear until we see both climbup "God's altar stairs," and we are made tosee that he who lifts his brother from the deepis like unto the Son of God in human formdivine. That is something that makes lifeworth while, and spells out for us in wordsof simple form the purpose and meaning oflife. It reveals that the greatest opportunitiesof life come to men in connection with, and inservice to their fellows. They who truly loveGod the most must prove it by loving his otherchildren best "Not everyone who says'Lord! LordP shall enter into the kingdom ofheaven, but he that doeth the will of theFather which is in heaven."When God made the worlds, and the gloryof them, we were not there. When he laid thefoundations of the great mountains He didnot ask help of us. He pencils the glories ofthe sunset upon the western sky, and paintsthe gold and silver upon the butterfly's wing,and infinite wonders more, without consideringus; but when He looks upon the race whichHe has made in His own image steeped inwretehedness and sin, God becomes suppliantupon the highway of life, stopping you and

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me in passionate endeavor to interest us in the Robert E.holy work of service to our fellows. And Macleanthat we might not overlook the vast import-ance of even the smallest of such service Hesaid that a cup of cold water given in HisName should not by any means lose its re-ward; and that when men do any good, evenunto the least, they do it unto Hi in.When we think of Dr. Button's life, withthese exalted thoughts of the Scriptures inmind, how full and beautiful it seems. Theautomobile accident which broke the limb ofour young son, lately, brought Dr. Sutton intoour home, and into our hearts, in a way thatrevealed the splendid proportions of the man.His charm was such that one could speak ofhim in terms that would seem as fulsome flat-tery to those who did not know him. Hisevery attitude had the hallmark of the gentle-man; so strong, and able, and even brilliant,with fame persistently knocking at his door,and yet possessing a nature beautifully gentleand simple.Many physicians are here today to dohonor to his memory. Permit a layman, inthis presence, to say just a word to you. Ofall the professions, perhaps none is so highand holy as yours, unless you will permit theexception of the call to the sacred ministry ofJesus Christ. Your coming into our homes,many times, is as the coining of one of -God's

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Robert K strong angels : Yon come to help us unlooseMaclean the icy grip of Death from the life pulses ofonr loved ones. At such times we are desper-ately human; and there is nothing so comfort-ing to us in such an hour as a little of thehuman touch in you. In Dr. Sutton, gentle-men, we had the embodiment of sympathyand brotherliness. And whatever may be ourprofession it might be well to remember thatthe men whom the ages will never let die havebeen men of great heart and sympathy.

Dr. MacLure, the doctor of the Old School,that great rugged soul whom Ian Maclarenhas immortalized for us, was uncouth on theoutside but every man and woman in Q-lenUrtaeh knew that no winter's storm that everblew across the Scottish Highlands could keepthe old doctor from a poor sick woman's bed-side in the most remote corner of the glen.You remember he walked with a limp in hislatter life, for he had broken his leg one ter-rible winter's night when he fell from theback of his faithful Jess, while they battledthrough the snow-drifts, and just because asick woman's cry had reached him on thewings of the raging storm ! How glad we areto feel that such bigness of heart, and courage,have ever been characteristic of the best tradi-tions of your profession. Those of you whoknew Dr. Sutton know that he glorified yourprofession in just that way. But there was

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no rough exterior to this man, and none of you Robert E.ever had occasion to excuse him to Ms fellows Macleanfor lack of grace or of manners. He was bigenough to be humble and considerate, and atall times the gentleman. None could mistakein emulating hfm in this.When Europe was first deluged in herpresent cataclysm of carnage, and cries forhelp came from all her terrible battlefieldsand hospitals, it was not only a tribute tohis rising fame that men in high authorityturned to Dr. Sutton for help, but it was alsoa fine tribute to his greatness of heart thatthese piteous cries found ready response inhis great nature. Doubtless some of you sus-pect that in this case life may have been givenfor life, but that is the way this old world "isbound by golden chains about the feet ofGrod"; for none of us liveth to himself and noirm-n dieth to himself.

It is good to know that death cannot ar-rest the influence of a great and good life.The good that men do lives after them. Neith-er is that good measured by mere length ofdays. The greatest life the world has everknown died on a Roman cross when He wasabout thirty-three years of age, and among thelast words that fell from His gracious lipswere those that declared that His life was afinished one. And it was. Out from that life

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Robert E. have flowed all the redemptive forces that areMaclean redeeming the world.Let us believe that true of our friendlying peacefully here. His may be a life justas complete, and finished, as he who fills outthe measure of his three-score years and ten;and perhaps much more so. It must be true.God will take the unending ages to perfectthat which he had but begun here. Let us laythat comfort to our hearts; and may it comeas comfort, also, to these our dear friendswhose grief is not of those who have no hope,but just the common human sorrow whichfinds infinite response in the heart of thedivine Christ who so freely and tenderlymingled his tears with those whose heartswere broken with just such loss as is ours,and theirs, today.We confidently believe that to many of uslife will be fuller, and diviner, because of thisgreat life that went out and in amongst us,and was taken away, seemingly, when it hadbut begun. Thus Dr. Walter g. Sutton willhave neither lived nor died in vain.

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Dean of College of Liberal Arts and Sciences,University of Kansas.

^From the day Walter Sutton entered the

University of Kansas he was a marked man.His fellow students, as well as the faculty,who had the privilege of having him in theirclasses, recognized him as unusual in the de-gree he possessed a nnmber of admirabletraits. He had good humor; he had- wit; hewas sincere; he had personal charm; he wascompanionable. These traits shone out on thefirst day as on the last of his career as astudent and they were appreciated by all.But it soon became evident that he pos-sessed much more substantial qualities. Hewas industrious; he shrank from no task; heleft none unfinished ; he was resourceful. Whenthere was no way of doing a thing, he macteone. He loved the truth as such, and mostof all when it lay still in the realm of theundiscovered. He possessed in unlimitedmeasure that most precious of virtues, intel-lectual honesty. He could not think in a

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Olm T&nplin crooked manner, whatever reward might he atthe end of such a course. While he would notdeceive others, he could not ^deceive himself,as many men can do so easily. So, it hap-pened that In the most natural way, the Uni-versity came to regard him as an extraor-dinary student. His University expectedmuch of him, and he never disappointed her.When, therefore, he had been graduated andhad gone away and got the training hecould not get at home, nothing could be moreappropriate than

that the University shouldturn to him for his help in its great task, andIn these later days as teacher, as in the earlierdays as student, he has been competent andfaithful, and no one has been surprised. Itwas always taken as a matter of course thatwhatever the situation and whatever the cir-cumstances, Walter Sutton would prove suf-ficientwould be confident and faithful.Whenever perplexities regarding policyhave arisen, his wisdom and good sense haveoften shown the right way. When there hasl>een division of counsel concerning stand-ards, his voice has been for the better thing.When there have been unpleasant deeds to bedone, he did not shrink from doing muchmore than his share of them. When othershave grown discouraged, his very presence hasbegn an inspiration, and now that he hasgone, men look anxiously into each others

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faces and wonder how tilings can go on with- Olin Tempout him.

Walter Sntton was a rare man as student,as friend, as teacher, as colleague, as leader.He was, I say, a rare man, rare, indeed.

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Samuel W. >#UUston,~plj.~2>.,Professor of Paleontology,

University of Chicago.

It was in the autnrnn of 1898 that I firslearned to know "Walter Sutton well. We werethen organizing a medical department of theUniversity of Kansas, of which I was thena member, and after many tribulations, hadfounded the department of anatomy. Walterhad been a student for two years in the Uni-versity, and I had heard my colleague andformer student. Professor C. E. McClung,speak of him favorably. Material for dis-section had at last been secured from a neigh-boring city, and I well remember the excitingtime when the students gathered to beginwork upon it in my laboratory. Walter wasamong them. He had been in my class forsome weeks in human anatomy, but I did notknow him really well till we began work inthe laboratory.His zeal, intelligence and interest from thebeginning made him a marked member of mydasses. Through all that winter, in and out

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of the class room, I found that I could count Samuel W.upon him always, he was always dependable. WillistonIn the class room I knew that he would alwaysanswer my questions intelligently. Outsidehe was always a good fellow. My heartwanned to him as to few young men in thoseyears. But I heard many things of him be-side from my colleague, Professor McClung,in whom he had also struck a responsive chordbecause of his love and zeal for science. Hetold me of his deep interest in cytologicalwork, and when, after his graduation he haddeparted out of the immediate circle of mystudents, 'I sympathized in his ambitions. Hehad become so deeply interested in the studyof the cell, with his friend Professor McCIung,that he desired to continue it. There wasbut one place for him to go, Columbia Uni-versity, New York, with Professor E, B. Wil-son. Tears before Professor Wilson and Ihad been fellow students at Tale University.I knew not only his great and just fame as ascientific man, but I knew him also as afriend, and felt free to write him in Walter *sbehalf as I could not have done to a mereacquaintance. I told him that, of all the stu-dents I had ever had in my classes, therewas none who, intellectually and personally,reminded me so forcibly of an old friend ofmine, whose name was E. B. Wilson, and Ifelt sure that lie would be grateful to me for

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Samuel W. introducing Mm. There was nothing I couldWiUiston have said that expressed more forcibly myopinion of him at that time, a yonng man jnstbeginning his career who was destined toachieve a prominent place among scholars.How truthful my opinion was, Professor Wil-son will say for himself. He has told memore than once how glad he was to receivesuch a student. Only a teacher can tell thejoy he has in guiding and advising suchyoung men as Walter Sutton.

It was about this time, however, thatWalter had begun to have doubts as to whatcareer he should follow in life. No young mancan justly, no young man should decide whathis work in life is to be until his visionhas been broadened, until he knows fromexperience for what his natural tastes andtalents are best adapted. By advice he hadstarted to prepare for the profession of en-gineering; his love for pure science had drawnhim toward medicine. Could he find his fu-ture in that profession, or should he restricthimself still further to pure science? He cameto me for advice in his doubts. My sympathieswere with him, for I, too, had had the samedoubts. I, too, had begun my life as a civilengineer; the same doubts had troubled meand I had chosen the profession of medicine,only to relinquish its practice later for scien-tific investigation, I felt my responsibility

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and pandered over It not a little. I was then Samuelambitious to found a medical school which Willistonshould have the ideals of pure science forits base.

Perhaps my vision for the future of medi-cine in our country was a little rosy for thetime, but I thought and think not. I felt con-fident that a new epoch was opening in theprofession of medicine, one in which the realscientist would be in greater demand than hehad been under the methods then fast growingobsolete. I felt sure that in a few yearssuch men as Walter Sutton would be soughtfor, for research in the medical sciences. Ihave always been profoundly glad that Ichoee the profession, at my time almost theonly road to science open to young men. Ihad seen how great was the need for moreinvestigation in the sciences underlying theprofession. How great the need for just suchmen as I felt sure Walter Sutton would be.And so I advised Tnm to go on and finishhis medical studies. I told him I thought hewould find a happier and more useful life asa teacher and investigator in the medicalsciences than in anything else, that the worldwas then awakening to the need and that hisfuture would be assured. Some of my friendshave reproached me for this advice; re-proached me because there was lost to thescience of biology, a man who would have

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Samuel W. been a leader. But I have never regrettedWiUuton that I so advised Mm.My confidence in him has never wav-

ered. Could he have been spared even a fewmore years, I think all would have agreedthat his choice was wise. He was a modelof the men the University of Kansas neededin its medical school, and he would have givento his Alma Mater the loyalty of a true manand investigator. I knew that the papers hepublished in cytology made him a marked man,and full of promise for the future, but I alsoknew that there were just as many fields forcultivation in his immediate profession, andthat he was ploughing them deeply. I havefollowed his career since those days fifteenyears ago with intense interest I stoppedto see him on every occasion that I could,and he told me of his ambitions and his hopes.Of his struggles, but never of discouragements,and it was only a few months ago that he toldme of what he was trying to do.But Walter Sutton had already won anenduring name in his profession and in hisscience. His reputation had already extendedfar beyond the confines of his city. He waslooked upon as a man who was coming, whohad already come. The next ten years wouldhave extended his fame to the furtherest cor-ners of the world. I may be asked what therewas about Walter Sutton that made all his

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friends, and especially all his teachers believe Samuel W.in him so confidently. It is difficult to analyze WUJistonanyone's motives and intimate character butfirst of all I would ascribe to Walter zeal andenthusiasm, together with large ability andconscientiousness. But better yet he was wellbalanced with an underlying sense of thefitness of things. Above all, I would place Mspersonal qualities. I can not say just whywe all liked him, but we did. He was a man,in the best sense a good fellow, tactful, sensi-ble, kindly, considerate, unselfish. A dearfriend has gone, one whom I had confidentlythought would outlive and remember me manyyears as an old friend who loved him.

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of the University of Kansas, which position he Dr. S. J.has held up to the present, filling it with Crumbinegreat credit to himself and honor to the school.How splendidly he served the University,and tarough it the people of the state every-body knows, and today he has a clientelescattered all over this broad state, who, withus, are mourning his early taking off and theabrupt close of his most promising career. Itwas not at all uncommon to hear of late yearsthat this brilliant young man was destined tobe one of the leading members of his profes-sion in surgery and already that place is ac-corded to him in many circles.When the great war broke out in EuropeDoctor Sutton heard the call of service, andthe high character of his distinguished serviceat home was early recognized there, for hewas placed in an important position of honorand trustDoctor Sutton was an ideal type of thealtruistic, scientific American physician andsurgeon, and so recognized among us, hiscollege associates, and he was equally highlyhonored among his colleagues in the profes-sion. We miss you, Doctor Walter, and wemiss you, dear friend, as the days come andgo. We, your colleagues, have assembled heretoday to mingle our grief with that of yourbeloved family and your closest friends. Butyour splendid zeal for scientific attainments,

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Dr. S* J. your intense devotion to the exacting dutiesCrumbine of your chosen profession, yonr loyalty to yourAlma Mater, and, especially and above all,your cheerful, sunny, cordial disposition andpersonality and your abounding good fellow-ship will be cherished remembrances duringthe years that are to come. Q-ood bye, DoctorWalter, Good bye."


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President Christian Church Hospital Association,Kansas City, Missouri*

It is such a privilege to have known andto have been associated with Doctor WalterSutton.His life was the realization of "that betterpart" of our being, and only in the pages of"sacred Scripture" may we find words toexpress our thoughts of him in this sacredhour:

"Withhold not good from them towhom it is due, when it is in thepower of thine hands to do it."Proverbs 3:27.This was the living motto of WalterButton.It seems appropriate that I make a state-ment regarding the activities of Dr. Sutton

in connection with the establishment and con-duct of the Christian Church Hospital, whichis the last work of his professional career,he having been on duty within a few hours ofhis last illness.

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JF. W* Perry As beginners in such work, knowing noth-ing of the details or organization or the con-duct of a hospital, the Board of the ChristianChurch Hospital sought counsel and adviceof those whom we felt to be best qualified inthe medical profession, and those in whom wecould most surely place our trust. While inthis work I enjoyed the professional confidenceof Dr. Sutton, yet our feelings toward eachother had grown beyond that of fellow work-ers to that of comradeship and friendship.In seeking advice in our work we were told onevery hand to look to Dr. Sutton as one mostcompetent to guide us and as the one mostwilling to give of his time and talents to theupbuilding of our cause.

Through many years of hard study anddose application, with an ideal in view, hehad become an authority, recognized by theleaders in his profession, and had he beenspared to us longer his usefulness to the worldwould have been universally acknowledged.

In our investigation of the proposedmembership of our hospital staff we foundthat Dr. Sutton was recognized and appreci-ated by his associates. The fellow membersof the medical fraternity, without exception,had a good word to say of his professionalability and character. He was truthful, honest,capable and sincere in all things. No words

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of commendation were longer needed, now that /. W. Perrywe knew the man.Dr. Sntton was also recognized by his

superiors, his teachers, many of whom wellremember him and today count his death adistinct loss to the medical profession. Asevidence of Ms standing among the leadersof his profession were the repeated calls com-ing to him from sources that threw out oppor-tunities far beyond Ms reach here in his homecity, and yet he chose the better part, a homewith Ms parents and with you, his friends.

Dr. Sutton also stood the real test of suc-cess in his profession, that of getting results

results secured in the proper way, and theaccomplished desire to leave something morein the world than he received from it.He left with Ms patients the feeling ofconfidence and trust, of absolute sincerity.Dr. Sutton was hard at work on plans forthe betterment of our work, and we are nowfacing a severe loss by reason of Ms deathbefore the completion of our organization.Our confidence in Ms ability and Ms judgmentand our belief in Ms loyalty to us would havemade his plans our plansDr. Sutton was eminently endowed withthe things that make a man great among Msfellow men, a splendid body, an educated andwell disciplined mind, a resolute will andcharacter. It seems strange that one so full

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/ W* Perry of promise, so useful, so well beloved, shouldbe taken from us in all the bloom of Ms man-hood, and at the threshold of such notableachievement in his life's work. It is hard tounderstand why it should be so, and only ourfaith in an All Wise Providence will reconcileus to this condition. His loss deprives ourhospital of one of our most competent helpersand science of one of its most promising men.Of what he has already accomplished the menof this and future generations will be thebeneficiaries; this is his reward, and the onlycompensation that was prized by him serviceto Ms fellow man.

We should, however, be grateful for hishaving been with us thus far. The exampleof Ms character, Ms kindness and good willfor all, will be helpful to us as long as we live.

Through him I have learned some of themost sacred things of life, and I shall alwayscherish his memory.My experience with Dr. Sutton has beenmany sided: professional, in which I foundhim competent; as a friend he was loyal andtrue; as an associate worker in our hospital,in wMeh I found him well advised and help-ful. We shall miss Ms wise counsel, his sin-aere words of encouragement and advice. Weshall miss his hand clasp and cheerful smile,we shall not soon miss his influence in our

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lives, and we will never cease to cherish Ms J. W. Perrymemory as a sacred trust. This is my tributeto a friend.

Telegrams of condolence and appreciationwere read. Miss Dnval sang "Sometime "We'llUnderstand,'' and the services closed with thebenediction.

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Chancellor University of Kansas.

Walter Stanborough Sutton entered theEngineering School of the University of Kan-sas from Rnssell, Kansas, September 9, 1896.Hip preparatory work was done at the RussellHigh School. His courses at Russell containedbut little science, being limited to physics andphysical geography. The science wort in higjischools at that time was not well developed.In mathematics he finished solid geometryapparently with the idea that he would becomean engineer. Perhaps the fact that there wasno work offered in biological science, in whichhe afterward distinguished himself, deceivedhim as to what should be his chosen field.When he entered the School of Engineer-ing in September, 1896, he chose electricalengineering as the type of work he desired.His scholarship as shown by the records wasexcellent; but evidently experience soonshowed him that the work he was interestedin especially was not engineering. Therefore,after taking one full year in the School ofEngineering he transferred to the College of49


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rani Strong Liberal Arts, then called the School of Arts,in September, 1897, and graduated with thedegree of Bachelor of Arts June 6, 1900.His bent of mind had begun to make itselffelt. The transcript of his grades shows thatcourses in biological science began to appearand grow in number as he advanced in hiscollege work. As an evidence of this it isworthy of note that botany, zoology, histology,embryology, anatomy, toxicology, bacteriology,cytology, entomology, physiology and chemistrywere the basis of his work. That his scholar-ship standing was excellent and that hiscapacity for original research and investiga-tion was recognized is well shown by the factthat he was chosen to the scholarship frater-nity of Phi Beta Kappa and afterwards to thescientific fraternity of Sigma Xi.In September, 1900, Dr. Sutton enteredthe Graduate School and was at the same timeappointed graduate assistant in zoology forone year. He received the degree of Masterof Arts June 5, 1901. From the University ofKansas he went to Columbia University, NewYork, on a fellowship in zoology and did therework of high order, his publications especiallyreceiving large notice and still being quotedas authority. While in Columbia he trans-ferred his allegiance from zoology to medicineand entered the College of Physicians andSurgeons, New York City, from which he re-

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ceived Ms degree of Doctor of Medicine. After Frank Sirhis course in medicine was finished and hehad received his degree he was appointedassistant professor of surgery in the Univer-sity of Kansas to have charge of the surgicalservice at the North End Dispensary, thenunder the control of the School of Medicineof the University of Kansas, the time of theappointment being September 30, 1909. OnJune 16, 1911, he was promoted to an associ-ate professorship of surgery, the term ofservice as associate professor to begin Sep-tember 1 of the same year. In February, 1915,he was granted leave of absence for the re-mainder of the school year in order to acceptservice as a member of the surgical staff anddo advanced work in the American AmbulanceHospital in Juilly, France, and in May, 1915,his leave of absence was still further extended.Dr. Sutton rendered signal service to human-ity in France and his lectures and talks uponhis views of the European war proved to beof great interest to his friends at home.Of very especial value was his work inorthopedic surgery and his intense interestin crippled children. Visits to his dispensaryat the Bell Memorial Hospital, Rosedale, madeit clear to the writer that Dr. Sutton was anunselfish lover of his kind, anxious to do realservice to humanity. His mastery of his pro-fession and his skill as an operator are well

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Frank Strong knnvni to all who have givra attention to hisvrorL "both at the University of Kansas andi-Ispwhere. He continued Ms research workin connection willi his professional duties andhi publications by reason of their great ex-cellence added to his reputation and that ofthe University which he loved.Dr. Button was a man of high character,a gentleman of fine standards of life, an ex-cellent companion and friend, a great pro-moter of good feeling and a stimulator of theambition of others.

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CE.McClung college from the engineering school, and thatMs purpose was to study medicine later. Forthat reason he desired to undertake the workin histology which I was offering alone forthe first time. The gentle dignity and quietvoice of the boy at once attracted me to himand when the ordeal of the lecture was overand the students gone the memory of him re-mained with me. Soon we were friends and,since I was myself a beginner, fellow-workers.Together we worked and played and the fol-lowing four years of my Kansas Universityexperience are largely filled with pictures ofSutton in one activity or another.

Characteristically he could not be contentuntil I had visited hi at home to meet hisfather and mother, of whom he so often spoke,and finally I was able to accept his cordial in-vitation. After that I knew and understoodhim better, for, in the intimacy of the home,which I often invaded, his traits and characterrevealed themselves much more clearly thanelsewhere. On the last of these occasions,during the Christmas season a year ago, oncemore I sat in the family circle and listened tothe same Walter no longer a slender youth,but a man full grown in the image of hisfather; no longer an inexperienced beginner ingeneral biology, but a leader in the humani-tarian field of surgery telling of his stay inwar-torn France and of his efforts to apply

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the alleviations of biological science in those C.E*Mdplaces where the agencies of other scienceswere devoted to destruction.Between the first and last of these visitswith Walter in his home many things hap-pened and it is a pleasant task to make rec-ord of such as came under my notice duringhis stay at Kansas from the years 1897 to1901. Many pictures present themselves tomind when I recall this period of my life, andin them my friend and student plays a largepart. This was a time when the zoologydepartment was undergoing an evolutionthrough a complicated process of eliminationand accretion, of movement from room toroom and from one building to another. I dis-tinctly recall one of these peregrinations whichcarried the department to the old chemistrybuilding, during which move Walter and I car-ried the entire material assets of the depart-ment in two trays. In these quarters weremained during the rest of his stay at Law-rence and here we shared one small room whichwas dignified by the name of "office." Twowindows opened into the room and throughone light was shed upon problems of Brachy-stola and through the other upon the condi-tions in Hippiscus and its kind. We sharedequipment and when that failed we manufac-tured our own. Upon my microscope nowthere is a part which the recent convert from

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the engineering profession manufactured forHie in the shops he had deserted. A failurein the gas supply and pressing need for heatfed the ready and inventive embryo biologistto make use of a convenient incandescent lampfor melting paraffin a means which we havealways since used with great satisfaction.In time there was need for an assistantin the department and, in the most naturalway, Walter became helper as well as friendaad student. His letters, written in the sum-mer preceding his formal employment as amember of the faculty, are full of questionsregarding the proper preparation he shouldmake and of enthusiastic accounts of the col-lections he was accumulating for study anddeiaonstration purposes. We kept in verydose touch during vacations and his lettersare as unconventional and breezy as the west-ern prairies upon which he toiled through thelong summer days. A blotch of ink depositedom the letter head near " Billy McKinley (t),2:23" is -described ms the " solid matter of anentire weep" resulting from some tale of woeI had written and thus condensed by "theweather whieh is so hot and dry that a cryingspei yields but a single drop." A hasty noteis excused on the plea that "Eke the Irish-man *s laugh when being pursued by an infuri-ated bull if I don't get it out now I maynever get it"

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Other things than letters came to me from CJICcZRusselL Excited by the discovery of the"lubber hopper" and in response to my urgentrequest for a sample, Walter mailed me a liveanimal, which, arriving in my absence fromhome, created consternation in the family byknocking off the glass top of the box in whichit was placed and taking possession of thehouse. This specimen I took to Lawrence and,upon the discovery of the excellent characterof the material, I wrote urging him to get asmuch as possible. In response I received aletter from Tiim in which is the followingstatement which proved prophetic: "Fromwhat you say of the 'immensus' I infer thatthe gentleman's cells are about the largestthat have ever been discovered, and if theyare so our department may derive a littlefame from that fact." There is no laboratoryof any size in the world where Brachystola,the "immensus," is not known because ofwhat Walter discovered in his cells. No occa-sion for collecting was lost and our horizonwas greatly widened by the extensive series ofspecimens which he secured, many of thembeing taken while riding the "header box."Even at night he did not neglect to take whatcame to him and in ome of his letters I findan account of the capture of a specimen in'these words: "The last time I reached foran offender it turned out to be a Hippiscus

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C*K$JcClung nymph and it behooves me to save him as theyare scarce. Under the heading of 'Habitat'he will have this entry on the card: 'Lumbar-region of W.S.3. two inches to right of inter-space between first and second vertebrae."School at length began again and "Walterhad Ms first experience as a teacher. Mysuggestion that he exercise some care for thefirst week and not become tired from over-work in the laboratory was scornfully met bythe statement that any one inured to laborin the harvest fields would not mind a littlething like teaching two hours a day. Experi-ence soon taught him a different conceptionof the effort involved in teaching, for he didnot spare himself and the end of the weekfound a very tired but happy boy. He enjoyedteaching and was very successful at it and Inever had better help. There was plenty ofwork to do, but time for play remained andthe game that caught our fancy was basketball, then being introduced4 by its originator,Doctor Naismith. There were faculty classtournaments and we both "made our teams,"some years playing against each other andlater on the same team. With the establish-ment of the 'varsity team Walter, with Will,was chosen as a member and acquitted himselfwith credit. On this team another memberof my first cytology class, Emley, played. He,like Walter, later became a physician, a mem-

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her of the medical faculty and the victim of a C.E.McCldisease from which he protected others butcould not save himself.There came a time also when a decision

had to be made whether Walter was to join afraternity or not. Fortunately it came late inhis stay at the University and although hejoined the distraction did not affect his workor change his attitude toward his fellows inthe laboratory.Walter's last year at Kansas Universitywas spent as a graduate student and he wasmy first. We were very busy investigatingthe many specimens collected during the sum-mers and I finally suggested a division of thework in order that we might more rapidlyacquaint ourselves with the process we werestudying. His contribution later appearedunder the title, "The spermatogonial divisionsin Brachystola magna," an excellent and care-ful study which served as his Master *s thesisand recommended him to Professor Wilson ofColumbia the following year for a fellowship.It is a characteristic piece of work, showingexactness, breadth and daring and stands to-day without material change as our fulleststudy of these stages in the Orthoptera.

While this particular contribution is allthat appeared in print during his stay in Law-rence the rest of his studies on Orthopteranspermatogenesis are a part of the general

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CE.McClung series wliich we undertook together. Separatedas we were in later days, it was not feasibleto maintain the division of the work, and hisstudies at Columbia in preparation of his doc-tor's thesis led him over the whole field.Fortunately at this time the visit of Bateson,with his insistent cry for recognition of Men-del's work, brought the broad principles ofalternative inheritance strongly to Walter'sattention. This was all that was needed tofix in his mind the relation between themechanism of the germ cell and the exhibitionof body characters, and led him almost atonce to the conception of the theory whichappears in his paper, "The chromosomes inheredity," 1903, the basis for which was laidin Ms earlier paper, "On the morphology ofthe chromosome group on Brachystolamagna," 1902. This important generalization,one of the few really significant ones of thelast two decades, appears all the more firmlygrounded with the subsequent accumulationof new facts. It alone would be sufficient toestablish the reputation of its originator as abiologist of the first rank. While the stimulusof new surroundings and diverse viewpointshad much to do with the formulation of thistheory it is of interest, as showing his readygrasp of essentials, to note that, in a lettergiving an account of his work at this time, hestates that the germ of the conception was in


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his mind fully a year before it was hastened C.E.McClurto development by the recital of Mendel'sresults.

Although this list of papers is not largeits brevity is more than compensated for bythe quality of the contributions. Each is adistinct and permanent addition to our knowl-edge and bears the evidence of care, discrimi-nation and a constructive imagination of highcharacter. With but few changes the deter-mination of facts will stand as he recordedthem, and the guiding principle of a parallel-ism between the movements of the germ cellchromosomes and the development of bodycharacters which he drew from the observedcondition seems destined to take its place asone of the very limited number of valid hypo-theses in this field. Such work, accomplishedin the few brief years which he devoted to it,speaks in unmistakable terms of the high char-acter of his mentality and the soundness ofhis methods. And indeed these qualities dis-tinguished all his work.At length the time came for us to breakour long and pleasant companionship. Wideropportunities beckoned from the east andwe all urged him to accept them. His lastnight in Lawrence I will never forget. Therewere so many things to do and it was so diff-icult to decide upon what was to be taken andwhat left that the night wore rapidly away as


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C*B.McGlung we worked. When nothing remained for me todo I sought sleep on a laboratory table andspent the rest of the night there while Walterfinished his packing. In the early morning,with a heavy heart, I said good-by and sa,whim pass from nnder my halting and immatureguidance into that of the best men the countryafforded and the pleasure was near as greatat his good fortune as if it had been my own.

Until Walter returned again as an associ-ate on the faculty of the Medical School someeight years passed, and of these years andtheir labors others will write. To me theybrought many letters, telling of new experi-ences, rejoicing in the rapid development ofideas under fresh stimuli, voicing hopes andfears of success, first in biology then in medi-cine, and finally the triumph of appointmentto a much desired internship. For a whilethere was a conflict of interest between theold field of investigation, in which early suc-cess had been achieved, and the new andcompelling discipline of the medical work,but before long biology was forced aside andthe letters became full of "cases" or "ridingthe bus," of examinations, and all the hurry-ing incidents of the medical course. Duringthis later period of his New York stay I hadan opportunity to visit him for a few days andto be shown with compelling enthusiasm themany activities of the intern's life. Although

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the scenes were widely different from those C.E.McCluof our quiet laboratory they evoked fromWalter the same display of high spirit andoptimism, although to me the wrecks ofhumanity were most depressing.On this occasion his welcome of me toNew York was characteristic of his kindlynature and genuine hospitality. Owing to thelong hours and imperative character of hisduties he feared that he would not be able tomeet me on my arrival by boat from Norfolk,and so he had sent minute directions, accom-panied by a diagram of the streets aboutColumbus Circle, for finding his room andplace of work. A storm delayed our passageand the boat was many hours late, arrivingat the dock in the early morning hours, Ientertained no thought of leaving my berthuntil daylight should make my appearance asa visitor a proper matter. But I had reckonedwithout my host, indeed, for no sooner wasthe boat made fast than I heard Walter's voicecalling before my door. He had made ar-rangements, despite his hospital duties, to beinformed when the boat would be in and wasthere with plans for a lunch and other sugges-tions for the comfort of the storm tossed vis-itor. After seeing me installed in bed he wentoff again to uncertain hours of hospital duties.Such a service was most natural to him.Many times, after his return to Kansas City,

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CiEiikClung he would be at the station or house with Msautomobile to make my coming or going com-fortable and pleasant. Even the distance toLawrence was no hindrance to his plan forgiving ns a Sunday afternoon ride, and a pic-ture which I took of the party, and which Ishall now always cherish, shows him smilingand happy at the end of the ride. Betterthan any high sounding encomiums these simpleincidents display the true character of onrfriend. Many of them crowd to my mind andnone do I recall of which I would change thememory.

Walter's loyalty to his Alma Mater wasgreat and the opportunity to aid in the up-building of the new medical school at Hose-dale was eagerly welcomed. Others will tellof his services to this struggling institution,but it may be permitted me to bear testimonyto his unselfish devotion to its interests inthe face of all discouragements. Many timeshe sought me out for a hearing of his plansfor the betterment of his own work and forthe advancement of the school. When theseseemed too urgent for delay until a meetingcould be arranged, a letter would come witha request for candid advice. In none of thesedo I find displayed a selfish spirit. What hedesired above all was a chance to do for theschool and for his science. In this way hewould return some measure of the benefit de-

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rived from his benign mother and would serve CE.Mcdursuffering humanity through his chosenmedium. And now, in full pursuit of theseaims, with the evidences of success in hischosen calling steadily accumulating, he iscalled upon to lay aside his. tools f mercyand to depart from us into a strange land.We are bereft and wondering and would haveit otherwise but may not. Consolation, atfirst quite wanting, conies with the thoughtthat our memories, some of which are hereset down, we have always with us and howpleasant they are, and full of satisfaction witha life well and honestly lived and with acomrade and friend in whose association thereis nothing to regret or to extenuate. As forme I can say quite simply and sincerely that,if I might, I would not change in any waythese memories, so full of pleasure and satis-faction are ihey, so devoid of regret anddoubt.


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&. Wilson,Da Cota Professor of Zoology, Columbian University,New York.

In looking back upon my long and intimateacquaintance with Walter Button I find idifficult to say whether I recall most vividlythe irresistible attraction of his personality,the keenness and power of his mind, or theartistic quality of his work. All these areblended in the treasured memory of a man whofrom first to last, commanded my admiration,respect and affection; and I can say withoutreservation that in the course of a long careeras a teacher of science it has never been myfortune to meet with his equal in this rarecombination of qualities. But if I valued Msexceptional endowment as a student, I prizedstill more his friendship ; for Sutton was everyinch a man, and one whom it was a privilegeand an honor to know.

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Kansas ; and in 1902 he was successful In the Edmund B.eagerly contested competition for appointment Wttsonto a University Fellowship at Columbia. Inspite of his unassuming and quiet manner hisunusual abilities soon became evident, and itwas not long before he naturally took his placeas a central figure among the investigatorsand students in the laboratory. He hadbrought with him from McClung's laboratoryhis cytological preparations of Orthoptrea,particularly those of the great " lubber grass-hopper" (Brachystola), one of the finest ob-jects thus far discovered for the investigationof the minutest details of cell-structure andone on which he had already published (1900)the results of an earlier investigation. Hiswork in my laboratory was largely devoted toextending those observations. They will oc-cupy a permanent place in the history ofbiology because they led him, step by step, toa discovery of the first rank, namely, the iden-tification of the cytological mechanism of Men-del *s law of heredity.This discovery was made known in twopapers one, published in the Biological Bul-letin in December, 1902, entitled, "On theMorphology of the Chromosome Group inBrachy&tola Magna," the other in April, 1903,entitled "The Chromosomes in Heredity. " Thefirst of these set forth his main observationswith only a brief indication of their theoretical

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Edmund B. bearing; the second developed their wider im-WiUon plications with truly admirable brevity andskill.

In itself the discovery would have beenenough to make his name known in scientificcircles throughout the world; but the impres-sion that it made was heightened by the re-markable clearness, completeness and logicalpenetration with which it was developed andset forth. It would be oat of place to enterhere upon the technicalities of the subject , andI will only say a few words concerning itsgeneral aspects. If we may judge by itsfruits, the discovery of Mendel's taw probablyshould be regarded as the greatest advancein biology since Darwin's Origin of Speciesfounded the modern theory of evolution. Formany years the data for a physical explantionof that law had slowly been accumulatingthrough the labors of a group of leadingeytologists, among whom the most prominent,peAaps, were Van Beneden, Boveri and Mont-gomery. Only a year or two before Sutton,the work of Guyer, Montgomery and Boverihad led them almost to the verge of such anexplanation. Sutton, however, was the firstclearly to pereeive and make it known ; and Idesire here to bear witness to the fact, afterhaving followed every step of his work on thesubject, that the conception was his own,wholly uninfluenced by the work or the ideas


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of others excepting insofar as every important Edmund Bdiscovery has been built upon a foundation laid Wihonby earlier investigators; and it may also bepointed out that in the opening words of hisfirst paper Sutton makes due acknowledgmentto the work of his predecessors.

I well remember when, in the early springof 1902, Sutton first brought his main conclu-sions to my attention, saying that he believedhe had really discovered "why the yellow dogis yellow. " I also clearly recall that at thattime I did not at once fully comprehend hisconception or realize its entire weightWe passed the following summer togetherin zoological study at the sea side, first atBeaufort, N. C., later at South Harpswell, Me.,and it was only then, in the course of our manydiscussions, that I first saw the full sweep andthe fundamental significance of his discovery.Today the cytological basis of Mendel's law,as worked out by him, forms the basis of ourinterpretation of many of the most intricatephenomena of heredity, including the splittingup and recombination of characters in succes-sive generations of hybrids, the phenomena ofcorrelation and linkage, of sex and sex-linkedheredity and a vast series of kindred processesthat were wholly mysterious before their solu-tion was found through Mendel's law. Sub-sequent to the appearance of Sutton>s papers,Boveri stated, 19


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Edmund B. published he had himself already reached theWilson same general result. This does not, however,

in the smallest degree detract from Button'sfine achievement, which will take its place inthe history of biology as one of the most im-portant advances of our time. He made an in-delible mark on scientific progress, and hisname is known wherever biology is studied.

It was during the summer of 1902, whichwe passed together at the sea side, that Ifirst came to know Sutton in a more intimateand personal way and learned better to ap-preciate the fine traits of his character. Theexperiences of that delightful summer are to-day as fresh in my memory as they werefifteen years ago. The life of the sleepy oldseaport town of Beaufort was to him a whollynew experience, one into which he entered withendless interest and delight. There, as every-where, he made friends on every side, from the"quality" of Southern society down to thenegro boatmen or the little darkies who usedto sing and dance for us in the moonlight onthe wharf in front of "Miss SarahV board-ing house. I am very proud of having beenone of Sutton 's teachers in biology, but notless proud of the distinction of having beenthe first to teach him how to sail a boat.Quickly mastering this difficult art, he soonfar outstripped his instructor; and I shall notforget the amusement and delight with which

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I once saw him make a difficult landing in Edmund Emasterly fashion to the discomfiture of a Wilsongroup of native boatmen lined up on the wharfin confident expectation of seeing him come todisaster. Day by day we worked and playedtogether, digging specimens in the mud flats,dredging the waters of the bay, making dissec-tions and drawings, sailing, swimming, tramp-ing in the pine woods; and day by day myadmiration and affection for him grew as littleincidents and adventures revealed more andmore of his rare character and personality.We passed the latter part of the summer atCasco Bay, on the coast of Maine, whichseemed like another world after the semi-tropical landscape of the South ; and here Sut-ton made a new circle of warm friends andfound new appreciation for the quality of hiswork.During this summer Sutton had fullyworked out his theory of the chromosomes in

relation to MendePs law and upon his returnto New York he immediately set about thepreparations for its publication. His firstpaper, as already stated, appeared late in 1902,the second early in the spring of the followingyear. These two brief papers were intended tobe of a preliminary nature, a fuller presenta-tion of his conclusions, together with a largenumber of beautiful drawings, already finishedat that time, being reserved for a later work

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Edmund B. which he had expected to offer as a disserta-Wttson tion for the PhD. degree at Columbia. Itwas a somroe of profound regret to us thatdrOTmataaees prevented the realisation of that

plaa aad brought his cytological investigationsto a close. In spite of his brilliant talents asan investigator it would perhaps be moreaocmrate to say because of them the career ofa teacher did not tempt him. Could he havebeen assured of a reasonable means of supportfrom a life devoted to pure research, he wouldnot, I believe, have hesitated. But he had hisown way to make in the world and from thefirst had a strong inclination towards thestudy of medicine. The combination of cir-cumstances proved irresistible; and after ayear or two spent in business he returned toColumbia, entered the Medical School, andgraduated with the highest honors two yearslaier. Others can speak with a greater com-petence than I concerning his brilliant careeras a physician and surgeon; but I can testifyto the strong impression which, as a. studentof medicine, he made upon the faculty of theCollege of Physicians and Surgeons at Colum-bia. He was generally recognized as one ofthe ablest medical students of his time, and atthe end of Ms medical course was awardedoiie of the most coveted hospital positions inthe City of New York, where the fiml prepara-


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tion for Ms professional practice was com- Edmund B.pleted. WihonIn these later busy years his zoologicalfriends saw less of him; but keenly as we re-gretted to see his work of research swallowedup in the imperative demands of professionaltraining no one could fail to respect the un-swerving tenacity and concentration of effortwith which he gave himself to the mastery ofhis subject. Walter Button's life was devotedto a noble profession with a conspicuous suc-cess that gave every promise of greater thingsto come; but those familiar with his briefscientific career must deplore the great lossthat biological science suffered through thetermination of his work of research in thatfield. Yet however deeply we may feel this,our sense of loss becomes even greater whenmemory recalls the nobility of his characterand the winning and endearing quality ofhis personality. As I recall his characteristictraits of mind and of heart, that which isuppermost in my memory is his quiet stead-fastness and force and a certain quality ofserenity that gave forth a kind of radiance tolight and warm the way of life for all whocame within its kindly and steadying influence.This rare quality, one of fortune's greatestgifts, Sutton possessed beyond most men whomI have known. His clear, direct gaze, his self-possessed and tranquil manner were the out-

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Edmund B. ward signs both of mental poise and of loftyWUson and steadfast character; and herein, as itseems to me, we find one of the secrets notonly of his personal charm, but also of thatquality of leadership that inevitably led himforward towards the first rank of achieve-ment. The world has too few such men; itcan ill afford to lose them. Button's life wasall too short, it left much unfinished, but itwas fruitful in overflowing measure; and ourgrief at his untimely loss may find some com-fort in the thought of how much he gave tous, and of the indelible impress that his lifemade alike on science and on the hearts of hisfriends.

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3fenqp "Jfelvie,Peru, Kansas.

Being entirely without literary skill ortraining I realize that it is absolutely impossi-ble for me to say any words in memory ofWalter Sutton that would come any way neardoing justice to him, but as I was personallyacquainted with him for about thirteen yearsand closely associated with him for two yearsI can not help saying a word or two.Our acquaintance began on December 1,'1903, in the oil fields of Chautauqua County,Kansas, where he was looking after the inter-ests of The Chautauqua Oil and Gas Com-pany. I went to work for that company underhis orders. Although the oil business was allnew to hi-m he handled his work in a way thatwould have done credit to a man who had hadyears of oil field experience. He had a thor-ough grasp of the mechanical principles in-volved in the work in the oil fields and hetested all proposed work by the principlesrather than by the length of time any par-ticular device had been in use.About the first radical change that I

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JJmryHelvie remember of his making in oil field prac-tice after our acquaintance began was in per-fecting a device for starting large gas engineswith high pressure gas. From the beginningof the use of gas engines in the oil countryit was the custom to start them by pullingand tramping the fly wheels, but that waywas so hard and dangerous, too, that it didnot look good to Walter and as there wasplenty of high pressure gas in the field heconceived the idea of harnessing it up to dothe engine starting. Many of the oil men oflong experience assured him of the impractic-ability of his idea but their objections did notseem well founded and he went ahead withhis experiment. It was a complete success andsoon was in general use throughout the entireMid-continent field wherever there was highgas pressure.Soon afterwards he started to work outa wire line pumping and pulling device, inwhich the idea was to use the same powerto pull the well as was used in pumping it.It is necessary to put new cups on the valvesin an oil well wherever the old ones are wornoff by rubbing in the working barrel or cylin-dar and as the valves are in the bottom of thewell they have to be pulled out to make thechange. This is usually done with a team ajidtwo men, but with Walter's device all that wasnecessary was to put it in gear and tiie same

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power that pumped the well pulled it out In RemwyBelta couple of hours and when the valves cameout the machine was automatically thrownout of gear, enabling the pumper to changecups and run the valves back to bottom on abrake without extra help and in a few minutestime. The new principle involved was thesubstitution of a flexible wire line for solidiron rods to carry and operate the vatomJust before he left the oil field he wasworking on an application of electricity to thedrilling of oil wells which would do awaywith the use of boilers and engines, and hadhe stayed in the oil field I have no doubt ofhis doing it as he was a man of rare ability.In less than two years time he was generallyrecognized as an expert in the equipment andoperation of oil leases.

It was only a few days after he was talk-ing to me about his electric drill that he calledme by phone from Peru and said, "Well,Henry, I guess I will have to tell you good byefor a while as I am leaving this afternoon forhome, and from there I will go to New Yorkto take up my medical studies. 7 ' And whenI asked him why he had decided so suddenlyhe said, "I have just received a letter fromfather telling me to go back and complete mywork in school, and as I have always mindedfather I will not change now."

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Henry Helvie leave the oil field I was glad to see him taketip his medical work for I knew he was boundto succeed and medicine and surgery gave hima far greater field in which to distinguishhimself. That he did succeed, although thetime was short, no one can doubt, and by thedeath of Walter Sutton the country loses aman of supreme usefulness and singulargenius.

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n Colin Vatican,New York City.

Early in the fall of 1902 Professor Wilsonof Columbia was to give a lecture on cytologyto the College of Physicians and Surgeons.Gathered outside the lecture hall stood agroup of second year students discussingwhether it would pay to spend the time takingin the lecture, as those were busy days andwe were jealous of every hour. Among thegroup was a stranger who had just enteredthe second year class. He argued that thesubject was interesting and had a good dealto do with medicine, and that we should notmiss the lecture. As nobody else knew muchabout the subject the stranger won and weattended the lecture. It was interesting, andwe soon began to think that the single cellcould put it all over the higher organismswhen it came to complicated acts. At theclose of his lecture Professor Wilson saidthat a good deal of the late work on the cellhad been done during the previous year by afirst year medical student in the Universityof Kansas, who had become a member of our

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John Colin second year class, then he asked if WaltorVaughan Sutton would please stand up. In this mannerSutton was introduced to P. and S.

During that year Sutton worked hardand although I saw as much of him as of anymember of the class our hours together out-side the classroom were few. He spent mostof the time he could spare from the college inProfessor Wilson >s laboratory working up histhesis for his Ph. D. In the classroom weall soon grew to respect his judgment and toadmire his power of analysis. The detail withwhich he answered the questions put to himnever ceased to fill us with wonder as itseemed impossible that anyone could cover thevarious subjects with such thoroughness inthe time at our disposal.In the end of the term in the spring of1903 I shook hands with Sutton, told him toremember me to God's country, and expressedmy regret that I should not see him in thefall when he would return, as I was going intothe Arctic for a year. The year in the Arcticlengthened into two and it was the autumnof 1905 when I came back to New York. Iwent immediately to see the secretary of thecollege to enquire about the prospect of con-tinuing my medical course. I found Suttonthere on a similar errand, his absence havingmatched my own. We were told that manyof the subjects had been dropped back a year


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while we had been away and it seemed as John Cointhough we should not be permitted to enter Vaughanthe third year class without conditions. Wediscussed this with the secretary for sometime and finally our combined arguments wonthe day and we were entered as though wehad not been away. The whole circumstance,in addition to the friendliness we had feltbefore brought us closer so that we decided toroom together. After a search we took pos-session of a big old-fashioned back parlor andprepared for a year of hard work.Sutton learned easily and put in very littletime on the study of any one subject ; he couldread a book through quickly and grasp all theimportant points. We took in every lecture onmedical and other scientific subjects that wepossibly could find time for. Sutton receivedreprints from most of the cytologists of tieworld; he would read them over aloud, nowand then stopping to say "Note that point";he would get out the unpublished thesis whichhe had written in 1902 and would show mehow he had worked out the same point, thenwould cross it out of his thesis. It mademe sore to see so much of Ms research beingaccomplished by others and the honors goingto them, and I urged him to publish his thesiseven if he did not go up for his Ph. D. Hesaid that he did not have time, that later hewould take it up again and round it out as

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JWw* CoUn there were several big things in it that hadVaughan not been duplicated.About the middle of the winter he became

interested in oil well machinery and from thattime on the room overflowed with drawingsfor all Mnds of pumps and for electric drillingtools of many types, and with letters from thePatent Office delivered in every mail. Mostof the things planned and drafted were notcarried out but were put away with his thesisto be finished later.On Sundays we would visit my people inNew Jersey, taking long walks in woods andfields, and there the simpler side of Walter'snature would come out and we would talk, planand play like boys. At the house he alwaysliked to help with anything and made himselfso useful in such a pleasant and merry waythat my mother used to say he was like an-other son.A great many * friends from the westcaine to see Walter in New York. They allhad the greatest admiration for him and hewould do anything in his power for them; hisfriendships were close and sincere, and hisliberal heart and generous hand helped outmany boys who were hard pressed to makeboth ends meet.In the final year at college Walter and Ipromised each other that we would settle downto hard work and make the year count for a

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good deal. Sutton substituted for several John Cottimonths at various hospitals where his ability Vaughtmand practical worth began to be noticed. Histalent for inventions and for improving theform of implements began to exert itselfagain, and when everyone else in the classwas plugging up for hospital examinations hewonld be spending his evenings planning newinstruments. Still he always had his workready and would be able to answer all ques-tions to the smallest details, proving that Hshabit of a few minntes complete concentrationis worth hours of the usual style of study.

I remember the morning of the day of theEoosevelt Hospital examinations. Walter wasabsorbed in rigging up a skull which he hadfastened to the head of the bed; he ran athread down behind the bed and across thefloor to the window where we sat to study,and while apparently engaged with his bookhe could pull open the jaw of the skull andlet it snap together again with a clash of theteeth. A fat old negress used to make up ourroom and she had always looked askance atthis skull, but this morning when she wassmoothing the bed she heard the snap of theteeth and glancing up saw the jaws slowlyopening. With one leap and one yell she wasout of the room and never could be persuadedto make up our bed again.That afternoon Walter made the place he

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Colin wanted on the Eoosevelt Hospital staff. IVaugkan went on the service of the Presbyterian Hos-

pital and we both deeply regretted the separa-tion. We talked over the three years in whichwe had worked together and of our plans forthe future. We had reached a goal in onrlives and each felt safe for the time.

Since those days we have met rarely, butthe affection has not waned. Everyone whohas worked w

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