DOCTOR HOPKINS, THE TRUE TEACHER OF 

 THE SCIENCE OF AGRICULTURE 



By BROTHER LEO 

 Superintendent of the Farm, University of Notre Dame 



WE, the farmers of the middle western states are in deep 

 mourning-. In the death of Doctor Cyril G. Hopkins we 

 have lost our greatest agricultural teacher and scientist. A 

 great servant of the people has passed away. A man with a 

 noble soul, a broad mind, wholly unselfish, a true friend of the 

 farmers, and a deep thinker, he fearlessly spoke the truth in 

 defiance of opposition. As he once said, "You may trample 

 the truth into the earth but it will rise again." 



I knew Doctor Hopkins personally ; the news of his death 

 is grief to me. I was the recipient of his valuable knowledge 

 relative to building up depleted lands. 



It has been said that from a productive standpoint some 

 men are too scientific to be practical. This was not true of 

 Doctor Hopkins. While he was deeply scientific, his scientific 

 knowledge was applicable to all. His profound simplicity 

 coupled with accuracy was one of his many outstanding vir- 

 tues. A self-sacrificing, untiring worker, he labored to the 

 very end. The state of Illinois, and other states as well, have 

 been made richer in agricultural knowledge brought about by 

 the persistent experiments and study of Doctor Hopkins. 



While Illinois had the first right to the use of the services 

 of Doctor Hopkins, Indiana has also come in for her fair share 

 of the fruits of the practical and workable facts pertaining 

 to soil fertility and crop production, first promulgated by him. 



Doctor Hopkins' life work is ended. We bow our heads in 

 humble submission to the providential decree of God who has 

 called from this life a humble servant of the people. May his 

 soul rest in peace. 



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