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9141 L mammm 11231 William a. IBuckbuut, 59$, 23.15:. Enembzr 26th. 1846 Dutmhrr 311, 1912 a Eiograpbttal sketch Hy Exwm W. Rt'xxus 1'11i choicest fruits of university and college are the kind of ehxtrzteters they form, tlte type of men they send nut. Nu nthet' ztint will hear the searching light of truth. Public service is nohle. commercial and industrial success is laudable, information and scholarship zu'e praiseworthy. but the forming of character Christian manhood. alone. will perpetuate an institution. Front such 21 vztntztge point. the life and l:thors of Dr. W'illiztm X. Knekhuut nsstnne peculiar interest and import. A Christian gentleman. :1 painstaking scholar. :1n etlieient teacher. :1 faithful friend. such are the sentiments thztt Cl'OH'd the heart fur expression. us we contemplate the lung yeum of service to the college and to the eonnntntity. When Dr. llttekhout enrolled :15 :t sttnlent in the :Xiniettlturnl College at Pennsyl- vania in February, 1866. the 1.:11111-Gr11nt Institutions and the kintl of trainingr for wltieh they Stand were lmtlt in their infancy Our college shares with those Of Michigan and Maryland. the honor of being...r :1 pioneer in the new intlnstriztl training. As early :15 1853, the foundations were lilltl liy the Agricultural Snciety of Pennsylvania. and 21 char- ter wzts granted by the Cnnnnunweztltlt in 1855. Owingr to the intelligent :tntl energetic labors of Dr. Evan Pugh. the lirst President. knmvletlge ml the new experiment wz1s heralded outside of the State. The ClHTCSDUlltlt'tlcc 111 Dr. Pugh still preserved shows that many inquiries were received antl much interest awakened in the new institution 11'0111 Maine to Culifurnin. Thus it cattle that young llttekhnnt. anxious :thtwe :111 things for :1 knowledge of Nature. her forms 11ml laws. feeling snntethinq of the impetus which these institutions were to give to the education of nnr n:nimL eume frnnt :1 neigltlmring State tn this College. which was 10 he the scene 01. his life wm'l;. Dr. Buekhout wzts horn :1t Oswego. New Ym'k, December 26111. 1846. His father Wits :1 successful halter Illltl furrier. :1ntl :1rtlently desired that his sun pursue :1 lmsiness training :1ntl eureert His tastes and purposes. however. srmght other expressinn. Of :1 studious dispmitiun. he curly sltnwetl :1 hent toward nature 11ml science. rather th:1n commerce and trade. After :1 preliminary cnttrse 111 trainingr in his home city. he entered :15 :nt atlxunced student. the Agricultural College of Pennsylvania. He graduated in 1808. receivingr the degree of llztehelot' 11f Science in Agriculture. His record at college is an index 01 his whole life. One rezttls with interest in the Catalogue 11f 1867 tin which the grades are printed for the last timel. that on :1 scale of 10 Dr. Hnekhuut rztnked 0,6 in sehulurship; 10 in conduct; 10 in industry. The two years itttntetlizttely following grzttlttzttinn were spent in practical wnrk. and in gaining heztlth :md vigor fur :1 period 01 grzulnnte xitully :1t Harvard Li'nivet'sity. lle slutlietl with Professor Asa Gray in order to ntnre thm'onghly prepare himself for :1 eureer of teaching. in 1871. he wats :1ppnintetl instrnemr in the Natural Scienceau illltl 7
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m l TEEEQALAOVE I J 17$ Inter. 1'rnt'enur nf 'mtztny :tnt1 Hurtieultnre at his Ahnzt Mater. 1301' 41 years Dr. Buck- hunt emitinnetl. with ever inereming; etiieieney, his lztlmrs fur the College. He wit- IILWSL'ti :nnl participated in its gruwth frrnn :1 31112111. mtruggliner institutinn of Iifty-nine w'tnt1ettts tn UHC nf m er two thunsuntl eilltlclllsz from :t faculty 01 ten to ime 0f two hnn- t1rCt1 meniheh He 11:15 given at life 111' 5LTYiCL' and devotion to :t eztnse he 1nt'et1. :mt1 hzls thus heemne One Of the spiritual pillars upnn which the real State Cullege rests. Xth shall say, hnw much the Cu11ege nwes its present unthmk tn the tenueity 0i pnr- ptue IHH1 innrzt1 steutlfztstness of such men as Dr. linekhnut when the very life of the imtitntiun wzts in the huhmee? 111'. 'xnekhnnt served the Cu11ege in Vitl'inth ways. He was its lirst librarian frmn 1874 to 1878. He was Secretary of the Fuenhy t'rmn 1378 to 1889; Aetinganenn of the Sehnul Hf Agriculture from 1003 to 19116. and in substance. Vice President Of the Cu11ege fur a periml of ten yiurs. 1n the council L'11211111JCI' and upon committees. S1UVV :tnd t1C- lihemte in making up hix niintl, Dr. hiekhunt was clear ztntl wise in expres. inn. As pre- siding ut'tieer of college or school faculties. he carried the duties with fairness to his e01- leagues and with hmmr tu himse1f. Hie relutinns with the Ahnnni were pecn1iztr1y intimate. As ehztirmnn Hi the Com- mittee tm Advanced Degrees, his 1:11mrs were nmrketl. He helped to nrgitnize the Alumni Assneiutinn, :tntl us its historian. he edited and published the Alumni Record irunt 1880 to 19061 .13 :1 teacher. Dr. ,xtlckhtitu wzts at his hest. Thuse who knew him hingest. :tppi'w cirite huw deep and vital were his se1m1ur1y huhits. how regular and persistent was his study of his snhjeet and of his pupi1s. A teacher whn eztn say :tfter forty years. of class- rnnm work. that ezteh eiztss is' :1 new study. :1 new grunp uf devehmnient prnh1e1ns. sueh an instructor needs no :trtitieizll stimulus uf methods. whether of pedagogies, new or uhl. In Dr, hiekhnut's ease the method was the mun. and if he wrote 1ess in hooks. he wrute the inure in the lives of his students. Ilis published work inehttles important papers nn .Xn listiniute nt' tienlogicztl 'liime'f' 1Mrnintimt of the Annnzt1 Rings of tVtmtl in Iinrnpeun Lnreh :tntl XVhite Pinez The Chestnut as hood and Fruitz nThe Effect mt. Snmke :tm1 tins 0n Veget:ttinn; linrest hires. etc. He is the :tnthm'. 11150. mi 111111etins. Nnniheiw .33. 36 and 58 in the series at Puhlieatinns 01 The Pennsylvania State Civlleg'e lixperinient Stntiun. He was Secretary 01 the State Forestry Commission in 1888. ztmminted by the Gmernm' of the Cmnnmnw wilth. in which pioneer work was nut1inetl nn the eunservutinn ml the, forests. The report t0 the Legislature in his own hztnil-writinu .xhuws with what enre he had worked nut the Cummissionis recommenda- timu, ninny nf which have heen enacted into law. and heeonie a part of forestry prac- tiee. He wztn' fur many years litutanist :md Horticulturist Hi the State Hoard 0f Agricul- ture. and his reports to that hmly :tlwuys enntninetl helpful suggestions to the Agricul- tt;r:11 interests of the State His characteristic nimlesty prevented him from reaping Some of the puhlic rewards nf his nwn intestig'ntiuns. instances might he cited in which his discoveries in Botany, furmulzttul 11y his own labors. preceded their publication by others. wlm achieved. there- by. reztl distinction. One of his seientilie colleagues writes: nBefore Hellriegel and XXih'nrth puhlixhetl their startlingr discovery of the nitrogen-eztthering bacteria as pur- x'eynrs tn the 1eg'nininnns hnst plant. Professor inekhnnt hzul inllepenllenHy developed 8
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