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needed his services in the broader field of helping to stimulate the produc- 

 tion in British Columbia of all minerals required for munitions and other 

 war purposes^ he declined the offer. 



In December, 1916, he was elected a Fellow of the Geological Society 

 of America. He was also a member of the Canadian Mining Institute 

 and of the Canadian Club at Ottawa. 



In Ma}^, 1912, he married Plessah Beryl Ogilvie, eldest daughter of 

 P. E. Ogilvie, ex-Mayor of Glace Bay, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, and to 

 this union two daughters and a son were born. 



Shortly after Doctor Drysdale's death, an article written by Mr. E. 

 Jacobs, secretary of the Western Branch of the Canadian Mining Insti- 

 tute, appeared in a newspaper in Victoria, British Columbia, which brings 

 a review of his work to a conclusion in the following appropriate sen- 

 tences : 



"Of all the men who in recent years have done field-work in British Colum- 

 bia in connection with economic geologj', the opinion may be expressed that he 

 was distinctly in the lead. Highly efficient, untiring, assiduous in his investi- 

 gation, and diligent in preparing for publication the results of his work, he set 

 an example that it would be to public advantage to have emulated by others. 

 Added to these high qualifications for his important work were kindliness and 

 courtesy that freely and generously responded to inquiry concerning problems 

 and difficulties met with in mining, so that all who came in contact with him 

 in the field or underground appreciated his pleasing personality." 



Doctor Drysdale has thus left a splendid record of much valuable work 

 well done. In addition to his scientific attainments, he possessed those 

 qualities of heart and mind which made him beloved by those who were 

 fortunate enough to know him. His spirit should live long as a stimulus 

 to the maintenance of high ideals in geological work in Canada. 



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