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material for a projected Handbook of Aboriginal Remains. The catholicity 
of his taste was indicated by the collection of minerals, fossils, corals, shells, 
ferns and implements in his house and the pile of rare glacial boulders in his 
yard, both of which were well worth going to see. He was most of all 
interested in topography, land forms and the weather. I should classify him 
as primarily a geographer of broad sympathies. He was always at his best 
in the field. ‘“‘His mind,’ says one of his most intimate associates, “was 
essentially analytical and judicial. He was not apt to reach conclusions 
hastily. After having arrived at a tentative conclusion, he was always dis- 
posed to try to discover objections, which he would examine critically and 
modify his conclusions accordingly. He was a keen observer and his com- 
ments on what he saw were always interesting and illuminating. A day 
spent with him in the field was sure to be a day filled with interest and profit.”’ 
‘“‘In disposition,’ says another, ‘She was genial and kindly, and gave freely 
to his companions of the varied store of knowledge which he had accumulated 
during his life time of study of the great out-of-doors.”’ 
He was a charter member of this academy and at its first meeting gave 
a resumé of geographical studies in Indiana. He contributed to the pro- 
grams twenty-two titles, of which ten papers were published in the Proceed- 
ings. 
In 1874 he published Lessons in Geography which were re-written and re- 
issued as a Commercial Geography in 1910, and in 1879, Lessons in Physiology, 
all of which had more than local use as text-books. In 1894, he contributed 
Practical Lessons in Science to the Werner series. In 1912 he prepared an 
account of Fort Harrison in 1812 for the centennial celebration. He was a 
student to the last, making credits at the University of Chicago in 1909. 
Dr. Scovell’s death from pneumonia on May 8, 1915 removes perhaps 
the last survivor of those who could be called pioneers of science in Indiana. 
He was one of the ‘‘old guard,’ whose place can never be filled, but whose 
memory 
“Smells sweet and blossoms in the dust’. 
Bibliography. 
1874. Lessons in Geography. 
1879. Lessons in Physiology. 
1890. An Old Channel of the Niagara River, Proceedings Am. Asse. for 
Advancement of Science, Vol. 39, p. 245. 
