MEMORIAL OF G. C. BROADHEAD 19 



On my part^ fresh from Johns Hopkins University, with the soul im- 

 press of the great WilUams still on me, I related to an ever-increasing 

 fire of questions the characteristics and bearings of the new geology: 

 The rock mosaic revealed by the microscope, which startles ns with new 

 beauties; the determination of minerals at a glance in thin slices sub- 

 jected to microscopical examination, when they may be told at a glance 

 as easily as horses and cattle in a meadow; and the then novel concep- 

 tion that minerals and rocks have a life history quite analogous to that 

 of animals, the former distinction between which must now be set aside, 

 seemed to fill him with wonder, of which, however, his acute mind was 

 quick to grasp the philosophic meaning. It was a field which he had never 

 before entered. Conversation lagged not on leadened wings. In the 

 arguments and questions which followed the hours vanished. Time flew 

 on so hghtly that the first interruption in the flow of discussion was the 

 sudden appearance at the door of Mrs. Broadhead with the announce- 

 ment that breakfast was served. Rosy-fingered morn already stood tiptoe 

 on the misty hilltops. 



After early repast, with hammer in hand and sandwich in pocket, the 

 old man of seventy and the young man of thirty went rapidly down into 

 the deep labyrinth bounded by high canyon walls. Sunset found them 

 at the end under the beetling cliffs of the Missouri Eiver, with bag and 

 pocket bulging with 50 pounds of treasure. In the little lodging-house 

 at old Eocheport that night we retired early. Although I bade the Pro- 

 fessor "Goodnight, sweet Prince, and fiights of angels sing thee to thy 

 rest,^' I fully expected to find him in the morning so stiff and foot-sore 

 and tired out that he should have to be carried home. But no; there 

 was another labyrinth even more enticing than that of the day before. 

 So we returned to Columbia afoot, garnering plentifully of fossils by the 

 way and arriving just in time for a fine chicken dinner a la Southern. 



The time spent on the Sw^allow and Shumard collections was fully 

 occupied. Copious notes on identifications and comparisons were taken 

 with the main theme in mind of later making complete descriptions and 

 illustrations. Before this could be accomplished the central building of 

 the university, which contained the collections, was completely destroyed 

 by fire. I know of no other notes ever being taken on these unique col- 

 lections, and the opportunity satisfactorily to straighten out the moot 

 questions concerning the original unfigured descriptions was lost for all 

 time. 



The diverse character and wide range of Professor Broadhead's efforts 

 in geology are best indicated by the titles of his publications. 



