. The Canadian field-naturalist. 1981 OBITUARY: FARRELL E. BANIM 103. Farrell E. Banim, scopes were costly and difficult to come by, sources of basic information, particularly of local biology, were much less extensive than those now available. Stras- burger, Tansley, Godwin, Bower, Seward, Borradaile, and Ward and Whipple held pride of place on the shelves, and Father Banim's own books were always available to student and club member alike. There are still members who will recall his patched laboratory coat ("I do all my own ;). They were the days when straight razors an
. The Canadian field-naturalist. 1981 OBITUARY: FARRELL E. BANIM 103. Farrell E. Banim, scopes were costly and difficult to come by, sources of basic information, particularly of local biology, were much less extensive than those now available. Stras- burger, Tansley, Godwin, Bower, Seward, Borradaile, and Ward and Whipple held pride of place on the shelves, and Father Banim's own books were always available to student and club member alike. There are still members who will recall his patched laboratory coat ("I do all my own ;). They were the days when straight razors and carrots were used to cut sections, and tubs of dogfish preserved in formalde- hyde emitted odors that drifted through the corridors to the disgust of the nonscientific academics. The writerstill recalls the shocked and disapproving looks of Ottawa's elite as Father Banim waited on the front steps of the stately Chateau Laurier Hotel one lovely June day, burdened with the skull, ribs, and leg-bones of a cow which he had found in an old pasture near Pink Lake. They were the days of the club's bus excur- sions, and a member, most likely W. H. Lanceley, had agreed to transport Father Banim and his treasures back to the college. Those bones were part of the collection for many years. The war years were times of great sadness for him as he watched his young students leave the predomi- nantly male college for service overseas, some never to return. In 1936, 1937, and again in 1941, he addressed the club on "Mosses, lichens and algae" (illustrated with his own slides), "How to know the flowers," and "The. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club. Ottawa, Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club
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