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when He said to that servant who had ten talents and by putting 

 them to proper use gained another ten talents "Well done, thou 

 good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, 

 I will make thee ruler over many things; enter thou into the joy of 

 thy Lord!" 



The next speaker was Mr. Henry Gannett. 



His tribute to Doctor McGee was that of an intimate personal 

 friend of many years. The Committee deeply regrets that what 

 he said has been lost. 



The next speaker was Mr. N. H. Darton. 



Mr. Darton said: 



When I came to the Geological Survey some years ago, Doctor 

 McGee was in charge of one of the divisions, and for awhile I worked 

 under his direction. The field of investigation was the Atlantic 

 Coastal Plain, and for several years I studied the geology of part of 

 that province. My experience in this association with him was most 

 pleasing, and it developed an appreciation of the man and a feeling 

 of affection and tenderness for him that very few could have without 

 such an intimate acquaintance. 



We were studying in an area that had not been investigated in de- 

 tail before, and most of the current ideas in regard to it were errone- 

 ous. A new system of classification had to be applied, and the genet- 

 ic system developed by Doctor McGee proved invaluable. In the 

 course of the work he was constantly giving helpful suggestions and 

 useful data from his great store of information regarding the geologi- 

 cal features in our area and in other regions. We were together often, 

 and although the field work was my own the results obtained were 

 greatly enhanced by McGee's assistance. The principal tribute I 

 want to make here is to his very great generosity to those working 

 with him. This was one of his strongest characteristics. All who 

 came in contact with him received advice, suggestions, and valuable 

 facts, and these were placed at their disposal without thought of 

 credit to himself. He had not only a vast amount of experience and 



