The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-08

own purse competent outside help. The
state biologists Of Illinois and Pennsyl-
vania came TO his aid in the study OF
paleontology. He enlisted the services OF
the eminent botanist OF the coal measures,
Professor Lesquereux, of Ohio. who came
to this country from Switzerland in 1888, fol-
lowing the European revolutions. in COM
pany with Agassiz, the greatest OF modern
nature teachers and students. and Guyot.
who, at Princeton College. laid the founda-
ton of physical geography. DIR. Collett was
a great captain. an enthusiast. n good col
lector Had the State treated him gener-
ously he would have no doubt left to it's
museum his great collections. but when he
finally left the service the name collett
suddenly appeared on the cases OF most
valuable collections and he took them with
him to other museums. DR.. CoIiett had the
eminent DR.. Hall. for twenty years the
state geologist of New York. out collecting
in the quarries OF Indiana. and 1t is the
system Professor Hall employed in naming
the silurian strata of New York that has
been extended to all the great rock areas OF
the Ohio and Mississippi valleys.
From the Trenton rocks OF the great
"Ohio uplift7-the island which for ages
stood alone in the great silurian areas ex-
tending from the Allegheny foothills to the
Ozark mountains-we find In Indiana the
same rock layers in New York and the
names given by Professor Hall are applied
to them by Professor Collett and his assoc
ciate biologists.
OF the half-score OF state biologists and
naturalists who have published the twen-
ty-six reports OF the past the names OF
owen. Cox. Collett and Blatchley will stand
out as those most competent and enthu-
siastic and whose reports win be found nee
essary TO complete the natural history OF
the State and the great areas allied to It by
structure and climate.
1t is a remarkable thing-a proof that
genius is the capacity for hard work. for
patience and taking pains-that a man with
so many irons in the fire can excel in GER
tain departments of science. Take. for ex-
ample President Jordan: a leader in ednca-
ton, an executive of the highest order.
preacher. politician and diplomat. lecturer
and author. 81 the same time and within
a period OF twenty-five years he has got
by heart and sight a knowledge OF the 10
600 species OF fishes known In the world,
and OF these 1900 he has himself found,
named and described in over 5000 printed
pages. 1900 And at the present time we
find him with over go new species. collected
personally. on both shores OF the Paciac
ocean. and not yet described. And while
collecting fishes he has also been OF benefit
To the government by his observations and
nOtations upon the peoples Of these regions
the friend and helper OF Governors. Pres
idents and Kings. Such. OF course is an ex-
IRENE instance. but this kind OF largeness
is oftenest met with in scientists. Such
was Agassiz. cuvier. Humboldt. Aristotle,
Darwin. Huxley and virchow. And so
we turn with greatest pleasure TO the part
OF this report in which Professor Biatchley
took the greatest delight and which is really
its most original and valuable part--the