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I2 THE KENTUCKY ALUMNUS
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PORTRAIT OF LITTLE JOE.
The following paragraphs descriptive of a gift from the Alumni to the
University of Kentucky are from an article which appeared in the Lexington
Herald of March 7, 1916. The idea is a most laudable one and one which
could well be extended. There were many of the old faculty whose counte-
nances are still dear to us, in honoring whom in some such way the Alumni
would honor themselves, as well as help to preserve those traditions which
mean so much in any institution:
i ".~\fter sittings covering a period of two weeks, Ferdinand Graham
\\"alker, of l,ouisville_ the eminent artist, completed Monday morning and
turned over for inspection a three—quarter length portrait of Dr. ]o. H. Kastle,
Director of the Kentucky .·\gricultural Experiment Station and scientist of
international reputation. _
"The work was done at the instance of the .~\lumni Association of State
University and is intended not only as an expression of affectionate regard
for Dr, l{astle, but is to be a gift to the University with which he has been
so long prominently connected, both as an instructor and as an alumnus. It
will he hung later at some suitable vantage, yet to be decided upon.
"The honor is a very unusual one, and shows the very high standing
which Dr. lxastle occupies with those who have gone to school with hun or
under him at the State University. This is the hrst instance where the aluenni
and old students have contributed to the University a painting of a member
of the faculty. The painting is pronounced by critics to be a very excellent
likeness of the popular Experiment Station Director.
"'I`he method chosen by the Alumni of State University to honor Dr.
lxastle is an exceedingly happy one. as it puts in the keeping of the University
the likeness of one of the most eminent men ever graduated from its historic
halls. A scientist whose fame is not limited to this continent, a scholar of
wide versatility, a student of profound research, a writer of rare nnish and
ornate and engaging style, a native of Lexington and a man possessing so deep
loyalty to_the institution that now seeks thus to honor him that he has de-
clined positions of more impressive dignity and vastly greater emolument in
order to serve_ his state in the big, broad, useful field in which he is now en-
gaged. Dr. Ixastles likeness is justly entitled to take place of honor among
those of the ablest and most consecrated men who have dedicated their lives
to the instruction and leadership of men.
The Business Manager of the 1916 Kentuckian (the University Annual
published by the senior class) has addressed a circular letter dated February
21, to a number of the alumni, offering them the opportunity to subscribe for
the 1\nnual.
lt has often been truthfully said that a very excellent way to build up
an effective alumni organization is to interest the students in the alumni and
the i·\lumm Association before they leave the University. If a large number
ot graduates and old students would subscribe for the Animal it would show