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Mr. Chas. F. Cox in the chair, find about 110 persons 

 present. 



Professor Hermann L. FAiKcnrLD, of Rochester University, 

 delivered the following address : 



A MEMOIE OF 

 PROFESSOR JOHN STRONG NEWBERRY. 



BY HERMANN LE ROY FAIRCHILD. 



As the bright declining sun is suddenly' eclipsed bj' clouds 

 and so sinks slowly into night, so passed from earth our 

 glorious friend. But in the memor}' and hearts of those who 

 knew him he still lives, as a noble personality, impressive in 

 appearance, charming in com^ianionship, wise in counsel, him- 

 self greater than any work that he has done. To review his life 

 will be both a profit and a delight. He was great enough to 

 demand our reverence, good enough to claim our affection and 

 human enough to win our sympathy. It is the highest tribute 

 that those who knew him best loved him the best. 



Dr. Newberry was, taking him all in all, a truly great man. 

 To a remarkably fine intellectual and moral endowment there 

 had been added an unusually wide experience and a large 

 degree of scholarly attainment. His abilities were such that he 

 could have taken a high place in almost any profession. In his 

 chosen field of natural science he was a master, and everwhere, 

 whether in society, the university or scientific circles, he was a 

 conspicuous figure, admired and honored. 



By gifts of birth Dr. Newberry was a naturalist, and his 

 inborn inclination toward geologic science triumphed despite 

 the fact of his early selection of another profession. He was 

 born before the days of scientific schools, and lacked the advan- 

 tages of special instruction and scientific association. In his 

 scientific work he was largely a self-trained observer and an 

 independent worker, one of the few great "naturalists" by 

 impulse. His range was not limited nor his independence 

 checked by undue regard for authority of predecessors or 

 teachers. His relation to schools of science was creative, not 

 receptive. 



HIS LIFE— CHRONOLOGY. 



Dr. Newberry's life was not particularly eventful or romantic 

 Its history is "the story of an active leader in his chosen fielc 



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