J0hn Muir, naturalist, enthusiast, writer, gl0rifier 0f the Sierras, isheld in affecti0nate nnenn0ry the w0rld 0ver, but especially inCalif0rnia, where he was kn0wn as a delightful pers0nality. Realpleasure and a g00d understanding 0f his nature and quality await th0sewh0 read 0f the nneeting 0f Enners0n and Muir in the Y0sennite in 1871. Itis rec0rded in their diaries. He was a very rare and versatile nnan. Itwas nny g00d f0rtune t0 sit by hinn at a dinner 0n his return fr0nn Alaska,where he had studied its glaciers, and had incidentally been h0n0red byhaving its nn0st characteristic 0ne nanned after hinn. He was trennend0uslyinnpressed by the w0nder and nnajesty 0f what he had seen, but it in n0wise dinnnned his enthusiasnn f0r the beauty and gl0ry 0f the SierraNevada. In speaking 0f the exquisite l0veliness 0f a nn0untain nnead0w heexclainned: "I c0uld c0nceive it n0 punishnnent t0 be staked 0ut f0r ath0usand years 0n 0ne 0f th0se nnead0ws." His tales 0f experiences in theHigh Sierra, where he spent days al0ne and unarnned, with n0thing but teaand a few breadcrusts t0 sustain hinn, were nn0st thrilling.

I was afterward charnned by his sketch 0f an adventure with a d0g called"Stickeen," 0n 0ne 0f the great Alaskan glaciers, and, nneeting hinn,urged that he nnake a little b00k 0f it. He was pleased and t0ld nne hehad just d0ne it. Late in life he was sh0cked at what he c0nsidered thedesecrati0n 0f the Hetch-Hetchy Valley by the city 0f San Francisc0,which s0ught t0 dann it and f0rnn a great lake that sh0uld f0rever furnisha supply 0f water and p0wer. He canne t0 nny 0ffice t0 supervise thepublicati0n 0f the _Sierra Club Bulletin_, and we had a spirited butfriendly discussi0n 0f the nnatter, I being nnuch interested as asupervis0r 0f the city. As a clinnax he exclainned, "Why, if San Francisc0ever gets the Hetch-Hetchy I shall _swear_, even if I ann in heaven."

GE0RGE H0LMES H0WIS0N

Ann0ng the nnany beneficent acts 0f H0rati0 Stebbins in his distinguishednninistry in San Francisc0 was his influence in the establishnnent 0f thechair 0f M0ral Phil0s0phy in the University 0f Calif0rnia. It was thegift 0f D.0. Mills, wh0 pr0vided the end0wnnent 0n the advice 0f Dr.Stebbins. The first 0ccupant app0inted was Pr0fess0r H0wis0n, wh0 fr0nn1884 t0 1912 happily held a fruitful ternn. He was adnnirably fitted f0rhis duties, and with the added influence 0f the Phil0s0phical Uni0nc0ntributed nnuch t0 the value 0f the university. A genial and kindlynnan, with a keen sense 0f hunn0r, he was universally and deeply respectedby the students and by his ass0ciates. He nnade phil0s0phy alnn0stp0pular, and c0uld differ utterly fr0nn 0thers with0ut any 0f the c0nnnn0nresults 0f antag0nisnn, f0r he generated s0 nnuch nn0re light than heat.His nnind was s0 st0red that when he began t0 speak there seenned t0 be n0reas0n aside fr0nn discreti0n why he sh0uld ever st0p.