THE CAEVIN PORTRAIT 
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ADDRESS OF PROFESSOR AREY ON BEHAEF OF 
THE COMMITTEE 
Mr. President: 
Since Professor Pammel has spoken so satisfactorily in behalf of the 
\ Committee I will confine myself to a brief characterization of Professor 
\^Calvin as a man. My acquaintance with him began about the time at 
Which he became connected with the State University and fortunately 
for me I was quite intimately associated with him at times in field work 
in geology under circumstances that bring out the real nature of the 
man. I feel therefore that I can say in all sincerity that he was one of 
God^s noblemen, great souled, high minded, a true friend and efficient 
in whatever line of work he chose to engage. An incident will illustrate 
at least two traits of his character. We were engaged in a survey of 
Winneshiek county which has more geology to the square foot than any 
other county in the state. It is equally superior in its botany. I knew 
that for a time he taught botany as well as geology at the University 
and was still interested in that subject. I was teaching botany as well 
as geology at the State Normal School at that time and naturally noted 
much in the vegetation about us that appealed strongly to me. One 
day as we were passing from one point of investigation to another some 
trees rare in Iowa attracted my attention and I spoke to him about them. 
The only notice he gave to the matter was a remark to the effect that 
we were now studying the geology of the county and we could not afford 
to divide our observation or thought with any other subject. The rebuke 
was given in such a kindly spirit that my feelings could not be said to 
have been hurt and I proceeded to profit at once by it. His habit evidently 
was to give himself wholly to the subject in hand, one reason why he 
succeeded so well in his work. 
Among all the capable men who have given themselves in any degree to 
the pursuit of some phase of Iowa’s geology, he stands preeminent so 
that when the subject is mentioned we naturally think of him. The 
richness of the Pleistocene in Iowa particularly interested him and his 
work is everywhere to be seen in the differentiation of its five ice sheets, 
yet his field notes on Taylor county which he had made preparatory to 
a report of that county, but which he did not live to complete, show that 
he had found a new problem that strongly appealed to him, namely the 
origin and nature of a certain superficial or near superficial phase of the 
Kansan, later to be known as the gumbotil of Kay. But I promised to be 
brief that others may have their opportunity to present their tribute of 
appreciation and respect. , ^ „ 
M. F. Arey. 
ADDRESS OF PROFESSOR SHIMEK ON BEHALF OF 
THE ACADEMY 
Mr. President: 
Rising to move the acceptance of the beautiful gift here presented, 
I do so with much hesitancy, for two reasons. 
It was not until a little while ago that I learned just what was expected 
of me on this occasion, and there has been no time for even the orderly 
arrangement of the thoughts which should here find expression. 
