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Caption: Booklet - Memorial of Cyril George Hopkins (1919 Selections)
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH of permanent agriculture, holding himself at any time ready to meet any sacrifice in the line of duty, and no m a r t y r t r journeyed where duty led more cheerfully than did he. It was this spirit that took him to (Ire tee in an effort to d something that might help to heal the w o u n d s of a war that he bitterly deplored and whose methods of combat he vigorously resented. It was during this year's service that he contracted the ailment that cost his life and deprived the world of one of its most valuable scientists and benefactors in the v e r zenith of his powers. H e worked cruelly hard in Greece, in company with his old friend and student, Dr. George Bouyoucos, of Michigan. H e collected and analyzed hundreds of samples of soil, d r e w his conclusions, made complete reports, was decorated by the K i n g with the rarely bestowed Order of O u r Saviour, and sailed for home in w h a t seemed to be a perfect state of health, only to be stricken four days later with an attack of malaria, from which he died at the British Military Hospital at Gibraltar on October 6, 1919. Memorial exercises were held at the University of Illinois on January 22, 1920, of which this little volume is the record So closed the career of one of the noblest characters the world has ever k n o w n ; a scientist of the highest order and a benefactor to mankind ; a firm friend and a courteous Christian gentleman. EUGENE DAVENPORT '
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