To tlie Experiment Station Building. 23 · , ·
of the more basic and sterling of the human virtues, served to endear `
him to those about him. On the occasion of his untimely death, there l
was not one among our number but felt-that he or she had lost a friend. V
We wished in our humble way to perpetuate his memory. Our wishes ,
and loving thoughts in this connection took the form of a portrait, V ._ ·
_ which has been painted by Mr. Charles Hooven, and which was contrib- ~
4 uted to by every single man and woman in the employ of the Experi- .
ment Station and College of Agriculture. 4
I have asked Miss Ginochio, for several years his secretary, and one '
who stood to him in a most helpful relation, to unveil this portrait, and . V
while the portrait is being unveiled, Ihave asked one of our most tal- i   i
ented musicians among the students of the University, to play for us l
Traumerei as a violin solo. It will interfere with the continuity of our l
exercises to have Mr. Watts respond to an encore immediately after ·* I  
this selection, but I promise you the pleasure of hearing him again. i
VIOLIN SOLO7T7`G7L71L€T€’t ' l ‘
- Mr. President, it is my happy privilege, for and on behalf of my I   1
colleagues and associates in the Experiment Station and in the College  
of Agriculture, to present this portrait to the University, with the l,
request that it be allowed to adorn the walls of the Experiment Station l .§
building. I have a feeling that the strong, healthful, and kindly Y ri
features portrayed upon this canvas will, barring unforseen and l V
` unavoidable accidents and catastrophes, long prove a source of inspira-  
tion to the many generations of young men that shall come to this  
institution.  i
During the unveiling of the portrait by Miss O. L. Ginochio, _"*
Secretary to the Director, Mr. Tyler Watts, one of the stu- L  
dents of the University, and a talented musician, rendered a ,  
most beautiful and touching violin solo. On behalf of the ;_}‘
University, the portrait of Dr. Scovell was accepted by the I  
President of the University in the following words:  
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN:  
· All who knew Professor Scovell loved him, and it seems to me that 3]},,
When this is said the best that can be said of one whose life work is closed,  
has been said. We have met here today to do honor to the memory of 3  
. good and great man, and to do what we can to perpetuate his fame in  
l the Commonwealth which he loved and served so well. It is natural that . _ 
‘ we should shrink from oblivion. The thought of being forgotten sends I 
I ii chill to the most callous heart. The earliest records show that man , 
; Wlion he started on his road to conquer and take possession of the earth ` °  
‘ Déiused to build the tower of Babel to commemorate his presence in the  
 -» Plain of Shinar, Kings from time immemorial have sacrificed their  QQ.
V people and wasted their treasuries to build statues and mausoleums, Q