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who came to Cuyahoga FallS; Ohio, and owned some coal mines and stone 

 quarries. The Doctor is recorded as having prepared for college at 

 Hudson. He had been there before we entered college in 1842, in the 

 Preparatory Department. As to this geological collection I am not 

 geologist enough to describe it. His father's house was a large one, of 

 sawed brown stone. In one wing was an office, containing surveying 

 instruments and the lilce. Back of this was a room, perhaps 15x18 feet, 

 and my recollection is that it was so full that it was difficult to get around 

 in it. My recollection is that the collection consisted largely of slabs of 

 slaty coal, on which were impressions of large fern leaves. 



He was a good scholar. He was sometimes interrupted by the fact 

 that he was onlj^ eight miles from home. But I should say he was in the 

 highest third of his class. He was a good singer, and played some on 

 the violin. He was a very genial companion. 



His father's family was composed of parents, and one brother and 

 three sisters, as I remember them. They were cultivated and very 

 delightful people. His mother remains, in my recollection, as a saintly 

 lady, always to be revered. . Yours truly, 



E. BUSHNELL, 

 Treasurer of Adelbert College. 



NO. III. 



Letter from Professor J. H. Yax Amringe, of tlie School of 



Mines, regarding Dr. Newberry's early connection with Columbia 



College : 



New York, March 27, 1893. 

 Professor J. F. Kemp. 



My dear Sir — My acquaintance with Dr. John S. Newberry began 

 in 1866 on his entrance upon his duties as Professor of Geology and 

 Palaeontology in the School of Mines. 



The School had been opened just two years before. Prior to its 

 establishment there was scarcely any such thing as the science of mining 

 adapted to American conditions. This school was intended to supply it. 

 It was further designed as a step in the direction of a School of Science 

 as part of the University system to be developed at Columbia. During 

 the first two years much had been done in arranging and conducting 

 courses in raining and metallurgy, and in beginning the solid foundations 

 on which the institution was to be based. The presence in the faculty of 

 a trained geologist was felt to be a constantly growing necessity, and 

 most happily for the immediate need and future development of the 

 school Dr. Newberry was secui'ed. His accession was liailed with delight. 

 Possessed of great physical endurance and untiring industry, with an 



