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intense and infectious enthusiasm ; with a mind original, singularly- 

 active, and well stored; with a judgment trained by wide experience in 

 travel and observation, and in the management of men ; accustomed to 

 refined and exact scientific inquirj-, he was a great acquisition to Columbia 

 College, and could not but become, as he did, an important factor in its 

 orderly expansion. He was always loyally devoted to the best interests 

 of the school with which he connected himself. His influence was 

 strongly felt in the enlai-gement and enrichment of its courses of study, 

 in the formation and extension of its scope. His counsel was wise, and 

 he had the confidence and the profound esteem of his colleagues. His 

 pupils held him in most affectionate regard, and many of them he 

 inspired with an enduring love of learning and research. In his large, 

 unique and admirably arranged collections, he was incomparable. His 

 especial field as a teacher was in the higher regions of his science, and 

 with advanced students. He was rarely qualified by nature and accom- 

 plishment to be, as he was, a great university professor. 



Very truly yours, 



J. H. VAN AMRINGE. 



NO. IV 



Letter from Professor Edward Orton, the present State 

 Geologist of Ohio, especially with reference to Dr. Newberry's 

 connection with the earlier Ohio Survey : 



Columbus, O., February 17, 1893. 



My dear Professor Kemp— I am glad to join with the members of 

 the New York Academy of Science in paying a tribute of affection and 

 respect to the memory of Dr. Newberry. I knew him well, and was 

 closely associated with him for a number of years in a work which lay 

 near his heart, viz. : the Geological Survey of Ohio. 



A geological survey of Ohio was begun under favorable auspices in 

 1837, but it was brought to an abrupt termination in 1839, mainly because 

 of the financial condition of the State at that time. 



From this date forward, all the friends of the science in the State 

 looked to a resumption of the work of the Survey, and many efforts to 

 bring about such a result were made which proved fruitless. It was left 

 to Dr. Newberry to draft a bill in 18G9, which was passed by the Legisla- 

 ture, providing for a geological and natural history survey of the State. 

 Governor Hayes appointed Dr. Newberry Chief of the Survey. In July 

 of that year he entered upon the work. He brought to it the results of 

 years of study in almost every section of the State, but particularly in 

 the coal fields. He attacked the problems of correlation with enthusiasm 

 and success. By the and of the season a good beginning had been made. 

 The "Cliff Limestone" of the first survey had been resolved into its four 



