To the Experiment Station Building. _ 25 ` - ‘
stood closest to him in his great life work. As we gaze upon the picture - _ A
we can almost hear his kindly voice and catch the twinkle of his friendly ,
eye—we can almost stand in his immediate presence and feel the mag-
_ netism of his generous nature, and we who knew him best and loved him . `
most can thank God that it was our privilege to come within the sphere ~
of his noble influence and that we are able to speak of him as our friend.
. He is, indeed, gone from us, but his fame is secure, for ·  ,
"Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil i ·
Nor in the glittering foil ; A
Set off to the world, nor in broad rumour lies, l ~
But lives and spreads aloft by those pure eyes, l l
And perfect witness of all judging Jove; l  
As he pronounces lastly on each deed, . . l
Of so much fame in Heaven expect thy meed." l 4/  
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A Following the acceptance of the Scovell portrait, the Direc- I   i
tor named the Experiment Station building Scovell Hall and l ` { l
i formally turned over the new building to the Chairman of [ { ,
the Board of Control, the Hon. R. C. Stoll, who, for and on [  
behalf of the Board of Control, accepted the building in { { .
the following words:   Z _’
· Llmiss AND GENTLEMEN: I l
i· As Chairman of the Board of Control of the Kentucky Agricultural l i
Experiment Station, it becomes my duty to accept this building for and Z ,   l
Y on behalf of the University and of the Commonweath of Kentucky.    
Congress builded wiser than it knew when the first appropriations Y 2;.,
. were made bringing into existence the Experiment Stations as a part,   . lp
in fact, of the Agricultural and Mechanical Colleges.   G  
From a comparatively small beginning, the Experiment Stations    
` have grown until they have become one of the greatest inHuences for [ fl
good not only in the Nation but in Kentucky. Not only does- your   ‘
_ Experiment Station perform the functions for which it was originally I   j
`· established, but it is charged with the duty of enforcing the Fertilizer ,  
 . Law, the Stock Feed Law, the Pure Food Law, the Pure Drug Law—all  
 ' of vital importance to our health and industrial development.  ll.
, The great problem which confronts all Nations is its food supply.  
Q Fortunately in America, we have had broad acres and fertile land, but  
 _ as time goes on and as our population increases these acres must be  
, made more productive.  
l When man first learned the art of tilling the soil, it was his custom p  
to Sow in one place until the land became exhausted, then he would move  ifi
  OH to fresh land. Somebody discovered that by rotation of crops and by i  
~ ` the use of fertilizers that the same land could be made productive for  
 l all times. Then man began to build permanent habitations and Commun- ' iji.
. ities were formed, and with the foundation of communities came the et?
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