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their turn the influence that here inflated their 

 hopes; and their own students, now turned 

 teachers too, have sent the echos of the Emer- 

 sonian days flying — an endless course, like the 

 pursuit of the truth. The footprints in the 

 Connecticut Eiver sandstones were to Long- 

 fellow the theme of the Psalm of Life; to 

 Hitchcock they were more than footprints on 

 the sands of time; he saw in the varying depth 

 of these impressions, made heavier on one side 

 than on another as the creature changed its 

 course or turned a corner, the play of a differ- 

 ent muscle and the nerve message from the 

 brain which compelled the muscular motion. 

 There he found, registered in the immortal 

 rocks the very purpose and impulse of life. 

 And thus too, the great teacher. While about 

 these tables, there are some who owe Profes- 

 sor Emerson a direct allegiance, probably 

 there are none who have not been reached by 

 the ever widening rings of his influence or been 

 guided by his imprints on the science. We are 

 here tonight to heap upon him our pledges 

 and congratulations, to establish thus a mile- 

 post to mark here the passage of the years. 

 Every rock in the fields of Old Hampshire 

 County claps its hands and the mountains of 

 the Commonwealth break forth into singing, 

 for they are his by a peculiar right and by an 

 emphasis of interest. To him who has sound- 

 ed their depths and touched their heights, 

 whose eyes have looked in upon the record 

 written in their hearts, whose inspired hammer 

 has loosened their tongues that their tales may 

 be a part of human knowledge and their 

 secrets turned to the advantage of the state 

 — it is to him we make our pledge of admira- 

 tion and regard. When Edward Hitchcock 

 retired from the presidency of Amherst Col- 

 lege, the trustees not knowing, perhaps, how 

 else to espress their substantial regard, pre- 

 sented him with silver plate. So too we, in 

 best of heart and with keener sense of our act, 

 ask you to believe this gift which comes from 

 all of us, is but the miniature symbol of the 

 measure of our regard. 



John M. Clarke 



SCIENTIFIC EVENTS 



DR. WHITE'S GIFT TO MORGANTOWN AND 



THE UNIVERSITY OF WEST VIRGINIA 



Dr. I. C. White, since 1897 state geologist 

 of West Virginia, distinguished for his con- 

 tributions to the geology of coal and petroleum, 

 and Mrs. White have given to the University 

 of West Virginia and the city of Morgantown 

 1,911 acres of Sewickley coal, situated on 

 Helen's Eun, in Marion County. Officers of 

 the geological survey estimate that the tonnage 

 of the acreage will approximate 15,000,000 and 

 on a conservative royalty basis should jdeld at 

 least $4,000,000 over a period of years, 

 $2,000,000 to the city and $2,000,000 to the 

 university. 



Dr. F. B. Trotter, president of the university, 

 and City Manager Sutherland have issued the 

 following statement: 



The funds arising from the sale or lease be- 

 longing to the West Virginia TTniversity are to 

 be used as follows : 



The income from the proceeds of said coal is 

 to be used in assisting the State of West Virginia 

 to equip and maintain a geological department of 

 the State University at Morgantown, West Vir- 

 ginia, after the state shall have constructed an 

 adequate fire-proof building, including museuKi 

 space for minerals, fossils, working laboratories, 

 lecture rooms, etc., the only restriction upon the 

 expenditure of the income being that it shall be 

 devoted solely to the use and benefit of the 

 geological department of the State University 

 in the city of Morgantown, W. Va. 



The income from the moiety belonging to the 

 city of Morgantown is to be used in equal pro- 

 portions under the following two heads, viz. : 



First: For assisting the city of Morgantown 

 in the purchase, improvement and maintenance 

 of a public park in or near said city, for the 

 pleasure and enjoyment of all its people. 



Second: For assisting the city of Morgan- 

 town in securing, equipping and maintaining a 

 public hospital of ample size and facilities in 

 which the citizens of Morgantown, West Virginia, 

 and especially all those of limited financial 

 resources, can secure proper medical and surgical 

 attention at a minimum cost, and in case of the 

 very poor, free of all cost for such medical, sur- 

 gical and hospital care as is necessary for their 

 restoration to health. 



