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thus turning our floods from a menace into a blessing. No greater 

 domestic question is before the country today for its consideration, and 

 it is a great misfortune that we have not the advantage of his energetic 

 cooperation and of his strong and lovable qualities. 



From Governor E. F. Noel, of Mississippi: 



During my term of four years as Governor of Mississippi, 1908-12, 

 and to some extent before and afterwards, I participated in a number 

 of gatherings in which the investigation, development, and conserva- 

 tion of our national resources were among the leading themes. On 

 many of these occasions, Doctor McGee was present as an honored, 

 useful, and exceedingly efficient member. When absent, his indus- 

 trious researches and reports constituted one of the valuable and 

 frequently utilized resources for data and argument. 



In 1910, upon invitation of the legislature and Governor of Missis- 

 sippi, Doctor McGee delivered in the Legislative Hall of our State a 

 very able and interesting address as to the character and utilization of 

 our State's natural resources, doubtless the strongest and clearest dis- 

 cussion of that subject ever made. His treatment, masterly and prac- 

 tical, proved his thorough knowledge of all of its phases, and his 

 ability to picture it in an instructive and convincing manner. There 

 and everywhere his services ranked him high among our Nation's 

 patriotic and effective workers, entitling him to lasting and grateful 

 remembrance. 



In behalf of Mississippi and of Mississippians, we gladly join in 

 acknowledgment of his high worth and of our being his appreciative 

 debtor. 



From Mr. M. W. Patterson, Secretary to Doctor McGee: 



Having been intimately associated with Doctor McGee in the ca- 

 pacity of private secretary during the last five years of his life, I was 

 afforded an opportunity to observe certain personal characteristics, 

 evidenced in his habits and methods in every-day life and work, a 

 reference to which may not be without interest. Doctor McGee was 

 a hard, persistent worker, and while the work was trying and difficult 

 at times, I look back to my experience with him with no little satis- 



