Repository: UIHistories Project: Booklet - Citizenship at UI (1929) [PAGE 7]

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Prof, Kopkiti discover} oi <licnm.il element No. 61 was flashed to the world by cable. It is the only chemical element evei discovered in the \\< tern hemisphere, To the end ol reorded iime mankind \\ ill have to take a i ount of it. < Knowing that, Pr< ident Kinle) also knew he could afford to be bi iei. Mi« naming oi the discover} was as characteristic of Smith Ilopkin the manner oi recording it was characterise oi Dr, Kinley, rhe discoverei did not tag chemical element No. 61 with the label hopkinsite, He named it illinium in honor oi the Uni\« ii\ which i"i sixteen years has honored him with its confi leno and in making foi the current "Who's Who" a record oi

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