Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington (Volume 13-14) (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1911. Excerpt: ... cept to emphasize his universal good nature and his willingness to aid everybody in any way and he never seemed to be too busy to do so. Doctor Hopkins made the following remarks: To my personal knowledge I first had correspondence with Doctor Smith immediately after taking up work in the West Virginia Experiment Station in 1890. Directly after Doctor Smith had been appointed to New Jersey, I had been studying some insects, especially those found on hackberry, mulberry, and raspberry. I had made some drawings that I thought were very good, but after seeing some drawings made by Doctor Smith, I sent them to him for his criticisms, and he was very severe in his criticism. He said they were not worth reproduction and they were very poor, and his exceedingly frank expression attracted me, and I may say that it had some influence, because I made up my mind then that I would make as good drawings as Doctor Smith. It was my pleasure some four or five years after that, at one of the annex meetings, I think at New York, of the association in 1894, at which Doctor Smith was exhibiting some of his drawings of the clerid that I introduced from Germany, and after he had exhibited his drawings, I passed mine around, and he complimented me especially on the excellent work, and I called his attention to the fact that this was one time that he did not criticize my drawing, so that sometimes one does good by having his work criticized, and I think that his criticism did a great deal towards my attitude to do some good drawing. This is, I think, one of the instances which might be worth mentioning. At our meetings of the American Association, Drs. Smith and Fletcher and a few others were always the remaining members of the annex meeting, and will always be remembered with g...