CYRIL GEORGE HOPKINS 



"I think it is not too much to say that among his contemporaries 

 Dr. Hopkins was the greatest exponent of the science and practice 

 of soil conservation in America. His reliance upon the importance 

 of fundamental research, his remarkable judgment in applying dis- 

 coveries of science to the practice of soil improvement, is a glowing 

 example of the opportunity which awaits every young man of imagina- 

 tion who devotes himself with a single-minded purpose to the de- 

 velopment of agriculture through scientific research." 



F. B. Mum ford 

 Dean of the Missouri College of Agriculture and 

 Director of the Agricultural Experiment Station 



"This, I feel, is a blow not only to the University of Illinois but 

 to the agricultural world as well. Just before he left Greece he sent 

 me some publications covering the work of his year in that ancient 

 home of a classic people. He was acting and working in the interests 

 of others even to the last and contracted the disease which caused 

 his death because of his intense interest in science. Dr. Hopkins will 

 long be remembered for his saneness in agricultural matters during 

 an age when speculation and theorization seemed to run wild, and he 

 has held us all along safe lines. 



"I shall always look back with pleasure upon the very happy and 

 profitable year that I had the pleasure of spending at the University 

 of Illinois under the direction of this great teacher." 



Henry G. Knight 

 Dean of the Oklahoma School of Agriculture and 

 Director of the Agricultural Experiment Station 



"He has rendered to the people of the United States a peculiar 

 service which makes him a truly national figure. I have no doubt 

 the work he has done in Greece will also have large results." 



E. A. Burnett 

 Dean of the Nebraska College of Agriculture and 

 Director of the Agricultural Experiment Station 



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