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considerate man that I had met first in Arkansas, always taking an 

 interest in the work of the younger geologists, and encouraging them 

 by good advice and suggestions. It was in these later years that I 

 learned to appreciate his remarkable versatility, which enabled him 

 to apply his strong intellectual powers to widely separated scientific 

 subjects, so that he was a welcome member at all discussions, and a 

 much sought advisor in many an intricate question. 



In the death of Doctor McGee, I feel that the world at large has 

 lost an able scientist, and that those who knew him have, in addition, 

 lost a sincere and sympathetic friend. 



From Mrs. A. E. Ford-Reel, of the United States Forest Service: 



When I promised to send something for the McGee memorial 

 volume it seemed that the preparation of such a paper would be the 

 simplest and easiest thing conceivable; but I find myself, after in- 

 numerable attempts, still utterly unable to crystallize and place on 

 paper in cold, bare words the wealth of fragrant memories which 

 abide with me. You see, Fourth Dimensional things won't go into 

 Third Dimensional words. So I shall just write somewhat freely 

 and informally some of the characteristic little things I recall; 

 leaving to his nearer friends and to his colleagues all record of the 

 Doctor's work, his attainments, and his place in the world of Science. 



There is so much that ought to be said of him just as the man, the 

 friendly, courteous, human self of the man; and to those of us who 

 saw him constantly, day after day, every day, month after month and 

 year after year, that rare and radiant memory must in the last analysis 

 completely overshadow or outshine all other sides of a great and 

 many-sided personality. When the Doctor first came to St. Louis, 

 early in 1903, to take up for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition the 

 stupendous task of organizing and vitalizing a Department of An- 

 thropology, he wrought against seemingly hopeless odds. You know 

 how brilliantly he succeeded in this work, bringing together the most 

 extensive concourse of the world's peoples ever planned, but no one 

 outside his office could know what herculean force it took, during the 

 formative period, to carry out this tremendous undertaking. The 

 marvel of the man was his persistent energy, his untiring patience, his 



