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which the President could not add something of genuine 

 interest and vahie. Frequently his summing up of the discus- 

 sion would give the very substance of the whole matter, and 

 usually he would give, in his lucid way, the true bearings and 

 the relationship of the presented matter to other subjects. In 

 no circumstance did the range of his knowledge appear to better 

 advantage than in the weekh' Academy meetings. 



It was very rarely that he presented a paper in writing, it 

 being his habit to extemporize. This habit of extemporizing 

 in public speech, and hesitating for the right word, gave to his 

 utterance a drawling tone, which, to strangers, was very marked 

 and unpleasant, but it was forgotten when they came to appre- 

 ciate the man and his mattei". 



Dr. Newberry was chiefly responsible for the removal of the 

 Academy Library first to the American Museum of Natural 

 History, and then to Columbia College, and also for changing 

 the meeting-place from the Mott Memorial Hall to the Academy 

 of Medicine, and later to Columbia College. 



The Torrey Botanical Club, for the decade 1880 to 1890, had 

 Dr. Newberry as its President. He was a member of the 

 Century Club, and of the New York Yacht Club. 



HIS INFLUENCE. 



With his attractive personality, rich experience, vast knowl- 

 edge, and his social, generous nature, Dr. Newberry, more than 

 any other geologist of America, was a " Nestor " to the younger 

 generation of workers in geolog}'. Many had worked under 

 his direction ; in later j'ears many young men had been his 

 students in the School of Mines, and a host of men had profited 

 by his assistance or fatherly advice. 



His high rank in the scientific world and his convenient 

 location in the metropolis naturally brought to his rooms many 

 visitors. No geologist on the continent had a wider acquaint- 

 ance among scientific men, or was so affectionately regarded as 

 a friend and counsellor by the younger geologists. For the 

 youngest and the hvimblest he always had a cheery, cordial 

 greeting. He was never too busy to drop his work for a caller, 

 who was always made to feel that he was more than welcome. 

 There was an unaffected cordiality andcheeriness in his manner 

 which won instant confidence. No young man ever left his 

 presence without encouragement and stimulus. His greatest 

 influence, unseen but gracious and enduring, was in the personal 

 contact with students and friends, and the impress of his marked 

 individuality upon the younger men. 



