Page's address on this occasion was entirely extemporaneous; no record of it was ever made, but those who heard it still carry the memory of an eloquent and fiery outburst that placed Knapp's work in its proper relation to American history and gave an unforgettable picture of a patient, idealistic, achieving man whose name will loom large in the future.
During this same period Page, always on the outlook for the exceptional man, made another discovery which has had world-wide consequences.

As a member of President Roosevelt's Country Life Commission Page became one of the committee assigned to investigate conditions in the Southern States.

The sanitarian of this commission was Dr.Charles W.Stiles, a man who held high rank as a zooelogist, and who, as such, had for many years done important work with the Department of Agriculture.

Page had hardly formed Dr.Stiles's acquaintance before he discovered that, at that time, he was a man of one idea.

And this one idea had for years brought upon his head much good-natured ridicule.