V O ~ . ' XVII, No. 6

Only those who

i n such h i s t o r i c even t s as the Johns-

Mosco-~ can apprec ia te the a c t u a l process of

statement- t h a t "In ~ovember.- 1941, the Division. of P l a n t Pathology took over t h e i r nea qua r t e r s f t i s about a s inadequate h i s t o r i c a l l y as saying '*In ;-the 7 t h century the Arabs took over northern

J Africa". I t omits a l l the blood and swat and the ind iv idua l and genera l a c t s of g l o r y and -

i n such an event. The p l a n s f o r invssion were b r i l l i a n t and thorough.

Pre l iminsry reconnaismce by o f f i c i s l , s e n i - o f f i c i a l , and t o t a l l y u n o f f i c i a l scouting p a r t i e s revealed sll d e t a i l s of the t e r r a i n over which the t r o o ~ s aou'd zdvance, m d the posi- ,I t i o n every he o r she mould o c c ~ p y . In a democratic organiza-

t i o n such as ours t h i s entapled no small amount of work. A l l through October the To t t e r ing Tower rumbled m d shook wi th pre- parat ions. The Chief t s old r o l l top desk, i n which manuscripts used t o be l a i d away t o ripen': ms hauled out , the r o l l t op re-

the desk i t s e l f re furbished md re f in i shed , u n t i l i t f i n a l l y emerged a s a nea t bilt not gaudy piece of executive

nt.. Books, b o t t l e s , j a r s , cans of fungic ides , old c o l l e c t i o n s of smutty rain e tc . mere packed i n t o f a11 shapes and s i z e s md kinds. P i c t u r e s mere tdcen

from the malls , mith many a sigh and t e a r , lesv ing r e l a t i v e l y clean ps t ches th7 t p a i n t o r p a t i n a even tua l ly m i l l conceal;

autoclaves, chemical benches, and cabinets through mhich untold genera t ions of cockroqche s had happi ly scu r r i ed s ince the time of the o ldes t O l d Timer vere t o r n by b ru te force ,from t h e i r r e ipec t ive f a s t en ings and shoved out i n t o hsllways. Dust, debr i s , m d a f e e l i n g of z n t i c i ~ a t i o n and f e a r f i l l e d the a '

95i&/ F i n s l l y , building. c m e d i r e c t i n g on Eight November occupation o'clock 1, the on of order the nen

V/j morning of November 3rd. -as s e t as the zero hour. The

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i e f , m d Lieutenants /' s r v e l l e , Moore, m d

Kzrt, inspected the troops. A 1 1 -7s in d isorder . Promptly st 8 o 'c lock on Monday morning rocke t s m e r e sent up, Very l i g h t s .. ,

- 2- br ightened the dark November sky, a might3

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r o a r went out from Q.C.F. and t h e mOve ~ z s on. $ And what a move! Fu rn i tu re and equiplnent of i

" a l l a E i h $ s flowed i n an un in t e r rup ted stream *

f r o m ' a l l t he mindbTs m d doors of a l l f l o o r s , lomered by rope, ladder , and human chain: huge 8 r e f r i g e r a t o r s swing p i r i l o u s l y back and f o r t h 1

i n t h e . s t a i r wel ls . $outs qnd c u r s e s f i l l e d I t he air., Alidost every conceivable conveyance at in te l l igence , -could invent o r ingenui ty o r

Matt Xoore devise ?rras requis i t ioned . 'By t ruck , vagon, wheelbarrow, b i cyc l e , uld b e a s t s of burden both tmo and fmr

foo ted the migrat ion stormed up Home Economics Ee igh t s m d over t he t reacherous Mud F l a t s made even more t reacherous by the f a l l r a in s . The shouts m d c r i e s of men *ho had f a l l e n o r who vere hope le s s ly mired i n t he mud - e r e dromned by the g e n e r a l d in of t he f o r c e s moving e v e r fornard. Desk dramers, c h a i r l egs , jars l a b e l l e d "Ammita rube scens, Coll. E. MI Freeman., 1910" and now conta in ing noth ing but a muddy pulp, broken p o t s , and graduate s t u d e n t s l i t t e r e d t h e may. I t -as each man f o r h i a s e l f m3 l e t the weak pe r i sh . Th i s as not ul occasion mhen the i n t e l l e c t u a l g i m t s s cu r r i ed around making nervous n o i s e s i n t h e i r stomachs f o r f e a r t he ab le morkmen mould s c r a t c h o r mar t h e heavy f u r n i t u r e . No indeed. Each juggled h i s o r h e r omn goods c a t c h as ca t ch can.

With, of course, one except ion. Believe it o r no t , t he Big Chief, -ho l a t e r o f f e red t o r a s s l e any t ~ o men, at once o r race , on foot, a team of ho r ses i n t o t o m t o prove h i s s t r e n g t h , and found no ' tdxers , did I& have t o c a r r y h i s

o m desk. The o t h e r s did. Eide even c a r r i e d u . t ~ o graduate a s s i s t a n t s one morning under t h e impression t h s t they -ere immo-

s, then smoked a c i g a r e t t e and mas i n c a p a c i t ~ t e d the r e s t of t h e day. Chris tensen t h e Younger t r i e d t o avoid the heavy mork by p leading the excuse of a 1 m e b.tck, but by t h q t time everyone s bsck m s s l m e uld some heads --ere sore. Lieutenant Shar- ~ e l l e m a s e v e r p h e r e at once, pockets bulging q i t h p l ans , s p e c i f i c a t i o n s , samples of f l o o r i n g and c i g a r s from the cont rac tors . Moore qu ick ly locked up z l l equipment m d supp l i e s and disappesred. He

- h s s been seen only once s ince , i n the gadget depart- ment of Montgomery Tardf s r e t a i l s t o re , t r y i n g t o

b u i l d an automatic . d i s h - s h i n g machine v i t h an e r e c t o r s e t . The p roces s descr ibed 2bove i n only the b a r e s t o u t l i n e ~ e n t on f o r m e k s , dzy

and n ight . It w a s h e l l . Although at f i r s t the h a l l s and o f f i c e s of the nev bu i ld ing took on the appe s r m c e of s l o n c l a s s second hand f u r n i t u r e s t o r e dur ing a f i r e s a l e , o ~ t - i s coming out of t he chaos, people z r e ~ x i n g e t t i n g t h e i r f e e t on the ground on t h e i r desks, a s of o l d , uld t h e ney l i f e on s h ighe r p l v l e seems t o be p r e t t y -11 e -; ;,--5lished. Grm t e d t h q t the q u a l i t y of r e s e s r c h i s no t n e c e s s a r i l y condit ioned by r ;l; q u a l i t y of one s p h y s i c a l surroundings, our ne.r q u a r t e r s hzve lntuny advmtages over the o ld , i n comfort, conv&ience, and o r g m i z s t i o n . I t i s our hope t h z t t h i s

r e f l e c t e d i n our nork. LII,

7 Came t o u s a s a Christmas p re sen t a CODY of ~ o l t o n q.nd Hea ld t s volume on "Bunt o r S t ink ing Smut of '@heat,." Burgess Publishing.. Co., Minneapolis.

' . Jack WESTERN sen$ h i s book on "Diseases of B r i t i s h Grasses a d Herbage hgumesfl by Cambridge Un ive r s i t y P ~ e s s .

Mycoloffia, Sept .-Oct. , presented FISCHER and ROLTOE on inhe r i t ance of sorus cha rac t e r s i n Ustil .rgo hybrids . LCISKARIS* %?neared in Oct. Bul. Torrey Bot. Club on red-blotch of Hippeastrum and FMR i n Oct. Jour . Agr. Res. on inhe r i t ance of r u s t r eac t ion i n a f l a x cross. P h y t o ~ l t h a l s o has been p r e s e n t b g o l d Timers, as you a l l know, inc luding , i n September, BONDE on d i s i n f e c t i n g p o t a t o , BRIERLEY on t u l i p v i r u s , FLOR on f l s r u s t hybr id i za t ion : i n October, BAFhBERG on dwarf bunt: i n November, WSING m d UlTE3VRE on smut s o r i i n gr.rss t i s s u e s , COWERS on willow b l i g h t , BROADFOOT u l d CORMACK on s k i l l i n g Bssidiomycete; and i n December, P.: D. PETERSON on e'valuat ing fung ic ides 'and Johh T. PRESLEY on V e r t i c i l liw and i t s sal- t an t s . In P1. D i s . Reporter of Oct. 1, KET\TKKIGIEC spouts on va terne lon d i seases .

. . Here on t h e home ' f r o n t , EIm* appeqrs i n Jour. Agr. Re s. on p o t a t o scab, while i n 'phytopath. t h e *following ugive "-- HAXSON* on .carcul ionid ?uld a barnyard-grass r o t , LOEGERING on u r e d b p a r e germinst ion, DARLEY on Selenophoma g e m i n a t ion, .and KEBIKAMP and MARTIN on U s t i l % o haolohds. .

Vahe e dud d i n ,

Lois uld Sax Sackston

The Yozhees

Babe and To

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The Erwin L. LeClergs P r e s l e y

, Olaf, Monica, Phy . l l i s , and ' M r . and Mrs. K. P. Jean Amodt M r , and Mrs. P. D.

* - - Kfe it lo-nr Pe terson

. - Helen, Fred, m d P h i l i p Davies

*Vith Others

OLD TIMERS COLYUM f

Harry white-pine-bl is ter rust L A C ~ D reported r e c e n t l y on the favorable re- s u l t b of a ' r e s t , mhen taken i n C a l i f o r n i a immediately fo l lod ing a t h 6 s i s examination. *

This w a s before December 7, t h e day of t he Hawaim B l i t z . *$I********

Direc t news from H s w a i i i s as f o l l o s s : October 29, Haina, H a w a i i

*.."I w a s r e l ea sed from a c t i v e nrmy se rv i ce on October 17 a f t e r t r a n s f e r t o the e n l i s t e d mens reserve. I w a s o f f e red a job as a g r i c u l t u r i s t by t h e Honokaa Sugar Company vhich I accepted.. . have charge of t he experimental work m i t h sugarcane, but my b i g job at the p r e s e n t is wi th Macadamia nuts.. . . vhich s e l l f o r $1.50 a pound here i n Ha~aii .

."Havai i , the l a r g e s t of t he i s l ands , is most i n t e r e s t i n g and q u i t e scenic. I presume t h a t everyone i s aware t h a t i t has two mountains over 13,000 f e e t . One of these , if n o t bo th now a r e covered with snow. Waipio va l l ey , at one end of our p l a n t a t i o n , i s one o f t he most b e a u t i f u l i n t he is lands.

v i s i t e d tohe Andersons r a t h e r f r e q u e n t l y while I -as i n Honolulu, it be ing n i c e t o drop i n f o r s good meal no- m d then while I w a s i n t he srmy.

"I s h a l l always have memories of time -11 spent i n Minnesots m d f r i e n d s I s h a l l never forge t . "

My b e s t r egs rds t o a l l Chester A. WISMER

********** br. BPad S. W C B has a nev address: Department of Bacter iology, MacDonald

College, Quebec, mhere he w i l l be Lec turer beginning wi th the new yesr. .Thatcher s en t "best wishes t o the Mouldy k g t f from Ottoma, vhere, he has been under a p ~ o i n t - ment v i t h t he -Department of Agr icu l ture . ********** .:

The Minnesota f o o t b s l l t'eam g e t s p u b l i c i t y i n the Lafzye t te (La.) Da i lg Adver- t i s e r according + t o PETTY; m d J. J. CHRI STENSEX : . a d F.. R. DAVIES appear i n t he F t . Col l in s (Cola. ) Express-Courier, t o the d e l i g h t o f 'Temporsry old Timer E l l i s F. DARLEY. Re Colorsdo vs. Minnesots, s a y ~ . ~ q d d y Darley, "1 do not want t o make you f e e l bad by t z l k i n g about how n i c e i t i s out he r e , but I cznl t r e f r s i n from s e i z i n g the oppor tuni ty , f o r st t h i s d i s t m c e . I c.m complete my statement mithout being booed down by an i g n o r m t and ill-mannered seminar."

********** Tescher Tommy KING; 'now .at Auburn, A l ~ ~ b m s , descr ibed himself on November 28 as

"humpingtf t o keep ahesd of h i s s tudents . To t h e Seminar -- .nhich he f i n d s hard t o imagine i n the new bu i ld ing -- he ex tends regards.

********** On ~ o v e m b ~ r 12, K. E. SACKSTON of t he Vinnipeg Laborstory, r epo r t ed t h q t he had

been doing rou t ine tzsks . . . . . . On November 21 he announced h i s m r z r r i ~ e I Judging from t h e ..ray t h e bachelors a r e d isappear ing , t ak ing a wife i s q u i t e t h e order of t h e day. A t i s k e t , a t s s k e t , a red and y e l l o i basket -- hov long will i t be before he grumbles about ca r ry ing the market basket? But t o be s e r i o u s aga in -- h i s S t m l e y , who a l s o went t o school at !v¶cGill, i s now'Mrs. Sax, and -e.have seen h e r p i c t u r e md we approve. _ ..

********** Sidney DICKINSON of Cambr6i- mas reminded by something of the f m o u s Mexican

oranges, apparent ly , and perhaps f o r t h a t re'ason' wished he could be. .it Seminar, f o r he had h i s last orange sometime last ktumn. Dickinson i s working hard and s t i l l i s f u l l of t he o ld f i g h t . He a sks t o be remembered t o a l l a t the T.T.

Alan R. GEMMELL, of Glasgov, r e p o r t s t h s t t hey can have an egg a week and t h a t he has h i s on Sunday! On o t h e r days he s t u d i e s e e l ~ o r m s .

********** -Good wishes a l s o .come from .Jack WESTEm at Manchester, mho has ~ o r k e d a g r e a t

d e a l ~ i t h tomatoes t h i s p a s t year , si'nce Itthe w s r . n e c e s s i t a t e d the conversion of f lower and o the r houses t o tomato .cul t , ivat ion, not always with v e r y happy r e s u l t s . Because of ou r moving t o new q u a r t e r s , TEWEXlJ mourns the pas s ing of the "Bet te r Ole!''

- ********** Did me t e l l you t h a t O l d Timer, l e d WRIGHT came up North &gain i n Nwernber? He

snatched Gladys Sa l ine from t h e of f ice , she s lung on the -h i te s a t i n g o m she was keeping f o r j u s t such an emergency, t h e y made vows Lutheranmise i n Minneapolis -- t h i s m a s on November 15 -- and a ~ a y they pranced headlong d o ~ south again. We haven ' t heard from them s ince , a l though kccording t o Dr . Kerny they got 3s far as Meridiaq Miss i s s ipp i , on Ndvember '21. '

********** Dr. "Kerny, Milton H. KERNKAMP of Merid i m , Miss i s s ipp i , i s g e t t i n g acquainted

v i t h h i s new sorghum work i n the gouth mhile he p a i t s t h e e r e c t i o n of a bui ld ing , -- sugar mork at Hourns, surve.y through t h e s t s t e , and a day at Louisiana Un ive r s i t y ~ i t h o t h e r ex-Minne so t m.s. Ex t r a -cu r r i cu l s r ly , he repor ted , We have l i s t e n e d t o almost a l l of t he Minnesota foo tb , a l l g a m s -- A i n ' t it monderkul t o have such a famous A l m a Mater?It -****a,*****

. - The VAUGHANS, Ed-ard K. e t f k i l l e , are na- s e t t l e d at Blacksburg,' V i rg in i a , snd a r e nen thus i a s t i c about t he b e s u t i f u l campus and the mountain scenery;" When Vs.@hm comes t o Minnesota. next summer he must come prepared t o defend h i s nountains a g a i n s t some of ou r o t h e r p e t s , such as the - l a t e J. 'J. Chris tensen farm ~ o u n t a i n s t h a t can be seen from the new Sea insr Room !

********** Joe RUPERT, as reade r s m a y knotl by t h i s time, i s 9, gradus te r e s e s r c h a s s i s t a n t

i n D r . Leach's Department at Morgantom, Test V i rg in i a , a d i s i n v e s t i g a t i n g black canker of ~ i l l o a . **********

D r . J u l i a n G. LEACH, himself , has been heard from, bu t he d i d n ' t t e l l u s any news about himself. **********

And the VAUGHNS s r e s i l e n t as the h i l l s zbout theq -hen the miners s t r i k e . Te heard, though, t h s t John gave s speech at White Sulphur $rings, where Dorothy nent a l s o i n o r d e r t o smell the applause, and t h a t t hey hrcve furn ished a house i n vhich they d v e l l -- when John i s n ' t o u t of town. On the 20th of December they ce l eb ra t ed t h e i r f i rs t year of marriage ! **********

An Insurgent i n our r u l k s , according t o t h e long-not-hesrd-from D r . Reiner BONDE, now st Orono, Maine: "You should see my l i t t l e daughter , 'I s ays he. "She i s some g i r l no7. I t o l d he r she should a t t e n d co l l ege at Minnesotz, but she informs me i t v i l l be C01by .~ BONDE sends regsrds.

********** Bernard SHEMA, the 'Itpapern boy at Appleton, Tiscons in , dropped in f o r s moment

the S a t u r d w morning of the Northme s t e r n Game, mhile -re -rere i n the p roces s of veep- i ng over S a l i n e ' s depsr ture . ******+***

P a u l PETERSON, s u l f u r tycoon, -ss on hand t o sdd h i s b l e s s i n g s t h z t morning a l so . From out h i s no t , incons iderable experience wi th 3 g i r l s and 1 boy, Pe t e r son t s advice on "HOT t o B u r p a Baby" Tas so eloquent a s t o move u s a11 t o te.irs.

********** Dick VORHEES, -ay bzck i n August, -as ho t st Alfred, F lor ida . But he enjoyed

Aurora, he sa id , Itand en joydd i t as much as usua l , which is p len ty . We st Minnesota endoyed the fo l lowing i ssue of Aurors, t h a t s c i n t i l l a t i n g , w i t t y , imzginat ive md i l l u s t r a t e d number from Edmonton. Didn ' t it n e e you -vmt t o rush r i g h t up there--- no t t o see the f i s h , but t o renev s c q u s i n t m c e - i t h the Minnesota orphans vho f a the r - ed the i s s u e ? **********

On September 27, L. J3T.ANG ind ic s t ed h i s cont inued i n t e r e s t i n P l a n t P%thologY l i t e r a t u r e , mhich -3s g e t t i n g through t o him o n l y i r r egu lq r ly .

-6- Lee HINES, Assoc is te F s t h o l o g i s t ~ i t h the U.S.D.A,, s n d . u n t i l r e c e n t l y s t a t i o n e d

at Bog3100s%, Louisiana, 0.n tung i n v e s t i g z t i o n s , announced on September-12. t h z t he f ass f a t h e r t o John Thomas Hines. Since t h s t time, RIHl3S Sr. h i s s e t sai l f o r rubber work in South America, vhere f o r 6 months o r longer he w i l l survey in d e t a i l poten- t i a l rubber a r e a s of Ecundor. Readers w i l l r e c a l l t h a t Lee has had experience with rubber i n Liberia , ****t***~*

Our o m s p e c i a l nevs s e r v i c e from C a l i f ~ e i a : t tCa l i fo rn i a i s till on the map, a l t h o I can i m ~ i n e headl ines back t h e r e , judging from p a s t experiences, p a i n t a s o r r y p i c tu re . J. J. C. had some p u b l i c i t y i n l o c a l paper s eve r s1 aeeks ago. Your fame spreads wide, P l a n t Path. , and w a r m s t he h e a r t of m O l d Timer."

Gladys H. XEILMAE3 and family, O&land **********

"Greetings from Dixie t o my f r i e n d s in, t he T o t t e r i n g House, oh heck that' s r i g h t , I fo r& about t he new Phytobrickhaus. Bet a l l the l i t t l e spores had t o c lean up a l i t t l e vhen they moved i n t o t h e new building.

"At p r e sen t I m t r y i n g t o f i n d the cause of m en&% knomn as the l i t t l e - l e d d i sease of southern p ines , p s r t i w l a r l y s h o r t l e a f , un l e s s t h e r ed bugs o r t u r n i p t o p s knock me out. We have grand q q a r t e r s i n a brand new F o r e s t r y bui ld ing . Coming up nex t fal l t o see the Gophers p l a y f o o t b a l l . Is Smith as good as Sink..ichPt'

********** Lyle JSCKSON . Dr. Jose VAUEGA, st L l z v a l l o l , Argent ina , vro.te on November 4, ''1 have. . . . .

today.. . . , spent wi th my wife hours t a l k i n g szbout our good Minne so t.t f r i ends . Per- haps you c m understqnd my f e e l i n g i f I t e l l yo11 t h s t my b e s t and happy dqys %re vhen I rece ive the Aurora S p o r e s l i s .md I c u l read where t h e New qnd O l d Timers a r e and hat they a re doing. tt

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The not-quite-so-far-east has donated another member t o our esteemed group, namely John kvell. He h a i l s from B o d e I s l and here he completed h i s undergraduate s t u d i e s and has been working mith Dr . Hors-fall and o t h e r s on chemical t h e r a ~ y f o r a s h o r t time. Quite a f i s h i n g e n t h u s i a s t , John had not been here t h r e e weeks before he had hauled some specimens of unbel ievable dirllensions from, be l i eve it o r no t , Lake Johanna. The v r i t e r .till vouch f o r t h e i r l ength , m d a l s o t h e i r s'llell. Aside from h i s s c i e n t i f i c knowledge, John ' s me11 t r a i n e d p i t c h i n g arm may be of vs lue too, come spring.

Rae Ann Domie nom has a l i t t l e b r o t h e r , and from the sound of h i s name (Bruce) i t seems he, i s des t ined t o be one of Minnesota 's g r e a t s i n the l i n e of f o o t b a l l . Bruce, weighing somewhat over 7 pounds, a r r i v e d November 29.

Ted Wright, no- a noted O l d Timer- of the South, increased by one ?lore t he ranks of t he Old Timers when he and Gladys Sa l ine of our o f f i c e f o r c e mere marr ied t h i s fall. The x d d i n g took p lace i n Minneapolis, a f t e r ~ h i c h they r e tu rned t o t h e South- Irnd. Last ..orit rece ived from t h e Vr ights m a s z baske t of S.&wna Ormges sen t t o u s by Ted and Toxlnly King.

Miss Rosemary Mi l t i ch a l s o l e f t dur ing the e s r l y f s l l f o r a hew p o s i t i o n , so t h a t t h e - o f f i c e w a s i n s e r i o u s straits f o r awhile. Ho-ever, o rde r has aga in been re- s t o r e d under t h e capable hands of Misses Hazel S t rege and Corrine Anderson.

Several of t he members at tended the D a l l a s meetings. Among those ? re sen t mere; t he Big Chief, 'Phe L i t t l e Chief, Moore, Loegering, Hansnn, Martin, Mi tche l l , and Rowell. A l l have re turned d e s p i t e the b i t t e r cold except tmo. It seeTs ou r Chief j u s t can ' t s t a y away f r o b Mexico and h a s t h i s tilne taken Cohort Loegering along. They have been c o l l e c t i n g r u s t specimens, b u t z r e expected bqkk most any dzy nom. . 5

Three- J m g u ~ e . ex;%%. ..ere hurdled d u r i n g the p a s t qua r t e r . They me r e r Dqve Go t t l i eb , French: M a , x Schuster and Harry, Yomg, Ge.m=. .

? John T. P r e s l e y r e tu rnea once:more t o the lsir i n o rde r t o cont inue .nor1 wi th co t ton r u s t m d V e r t i c i 3 l i m m i l t , and t o s tudy German. ~e has nom re turned t o Arizona f o r the win te r md it i s understood he -ill be wi th US again i n the s ~ r i n g .

Af te r spending the sumner s tudying the c u l t u r s l hab i t s . and d i s e a s e s of tobacco i n Kentucky m d North Carol ina, C. T. T s i m g m d Mrs. have re turned t o Minneso t~ . Chen-Tong r e c e n t l y passed h i s Iong-a-sited prel im, with c o l o r s f l y i n g , -e unders t a d .

Norm Borlaug has rzlso t&en h i s pre l im a d i s nom s l s v i n g away c?n h i s t h e s i s i n p repa ra t ion f o r ' h i s depar ture t o D e l a ~ s r e on Februsry 1st. He hzs a job t h e r e 7 i t h t he Dupont Company you knov.

VISITORS

Old-Timers *

J. Lewis A l l i son - Wisconsin ~ a u l Pe terson - New York Axel Anderson - ISlichigan , Milt. P e t t y and wife - L o u i s i m a Bob Atkinson - North Dakota R. A. Rodenhiser - Washington, D.9,. H a n k Dar l ing - Wiscomin - Joe Rupert - Vest V i r g i n i a H. H. F l o r - North D&ota Berny Shema - Wisconsin F. J. Greanhy - t i n n i p e g A. Sherf - Nebraska Herbert Johnson - Ohio C. P. Shumvay - Cambridge, Minn. E. L. LeClerg - Louisiana Don S t e a q r t m d v i f e - Duluth, Rosemary McLeod t. I l l i n o i s J. M. Wallace - C a l i f o r n i a (Minn.

Ted. Wright - Alabama

Other V i s i t o r s

A. H. Reginald Bu l l e r - Winnipeg K. Parris - Columbia, Missouri H. G. Guy - Pennsylvania W. L. Popham - Tashington, D. C. Henry Haasen - Michigan C. S. Reddy - I o ~ a R. J. Hnskel l - Tashington, a. C. g, C. P k e r - L o u i s i m a M. B. Linford - H a w a i i T. B. T i sds l e - Delavare

A. A. N i k i t i n , Copperhi l l , Tenn.

M IhTNE SOTA SPORT S

Undaunted ~ i t h f e r v o r unabated because of prev ious poor p r e d i c t i o n s t h e s p o r t s e d i t o r w i l l continue t o p re sen t cold f a c t s and f i g u r e s d e d i n g drith s p o r t s at Minnesota.

bee. more the f o o t b a l l team h a s lucked through t o a p e r f e c t sesson wi th the a i d of an e a s y schedule. One sometimes wonders .rhy Minnesota does not p l a y 311 the o the r teams i n t he le%ue on a "home and ho#eif bas i s . Ce r t a in ly the team enjoyed a d i s - t i n c t advantage t h i s season s ince only th ree of i t s g m e s Tere played avay from home. The t e r n m a s j u s t p l a i n lucky i n t h ree of i t s encounters t h i s f a l l , being a ided by s e v e r a l good breaks.

The b a s k e t b a l l season i s under way and, as usua l , t he t e m s t a r t e d out l i k e a "house . a f i r e n , bowling through .five "set ' ups. " Momentum and some f i n e p l ay ing car- r2ed them through the f i r s t con te s t mith Ohio S t q t e ~ Hornever, Northmestern pro- ceeded t o dump them on t h e i r e 'ars and hopes f o r an undefeated season mere the reby b l a s t ed . A s u sua l the s p o r t s writer.; of the Tvin C i t i e s gave Minnesota the conference c r o m before a s i n g l e game had been played. NO- i t appears t h a t such a p r e d i c t i o n .Pas. j u s t a .see b i t premature.

The P l a n t Path. bow3ing team i s holding down the c e l l s r p o s i t i o n f o r t he second s t r a i g h t year. Downie has almost given ug h i s r e c r e a t i o n a l 9pproach a d seldom ~ t - ! t e r s a b s l l , except a f t e r s t r i l i e s m d spares. A b r i e f sq.nnary of averages f o l l o v s :

Young - - - - -19 Schuster - - -123 h

Pres ton - - - -135 Eide-- - - - -121 F r e s l e y - - - -135 S i lve rbe rg - -120 Martin - - - -124'; Domie - - - -117 Loegering - - -124 Rome11 - - - -100

The co ld b l a s t s of minter a r e f r o s t i n g the pme,s of the new bul ld ing , but neve r the l e s s the inmates a r e looking ahesd t o k i t t e n b a l l time. Various members a r e

I keeping t h e i r sms limbered up, i f ' n ve o n l y dared t o p r a c t i c e i n the hal lways! Te w i l l be out i n f u l l fo rce t o avenge a l l defezbs of lsst year. Even nov our Chief scout is searching the b y a y s of Mexico f o r an outs tanding p i t che r .

SIGNS AhiD SYMPTOMS '

,. If some of the s t r a t e g y and t x c t i c s ad- vmced at the r e g u l a r cof fee se s s ions could be tzken over a d d iges t ed by t h e m i l i t a r y , t h i s m q r aould be over i n no t i n e . Sharvel le has l o s t s i x wr inkles m d t-o f r o q s s inde he completed the ne- bui lding.

Advice t o people who lock themselves out of t h e i r o f f i c e s : t i e your key wound your w r i s t .

DALLAS DOPE

Minnesotz O l d Timers -ere -ell represented at the D s l l ' s s meetings, with 23 pape r s ( i nvo lv ing 19 indiv idua ls ) . p resented -- 21 i n the American Phytops thologica l Soc ie ty and 2 i n the Aner icm Mycologioal Society. Three of these papers were of a demonstrat ion type (a e x h i b i t m d s dernons t rs ta m h m d f o r an af te rnoon) .

The Minnesota group a l s o played m important p a r t i n v s r i o u s conferences: psr- t i c u l s r l y those on Cooper3tive Seed Treatment E q e r i m e n t s , m d Ns t iona l Defense. To top it a l l o f f , Old Timers Stakman and Leach a long wi th D r . R. F. m i t e were appointed on the pr incip-a1 comait tee, a Nat iona l Defense Board. The United S t s t e s ..ill be d iv ided i n t o r eg iona l d i v i s i o n s , the v a r i g u s d i v i s i o n s being governed by the c e n t r a l committee.

Dr. C. C. A l l i son w a s appointed Sec re t a ry of the Phytopathologica l soc i e ty , v h i l e Rodenhi s e r lras e l e c t e d Councilor. Pre s i d e n t Le s.ch pres ided at the Phytopatho- l o g i c a l d inne r and d id a mighty n i ce job of it. Although t h e group at the d inner appeared smal le r than usua l , the e n t i r e Minnesota g m g m a s t he re w d gave the 'Presi- dent a b i g hand.

Midst shaking of hands, shouted g r e e t i n g s , and inuch reminiscence, the o l d m d present-Timers of Phytobrickhaus t remuloides and Phytoblockhaus concre tus r e spec t ive ly , ga the red f o r the 14 th v l n u s l Minnesota d inner i n Dal las . Fo r ty sorne-odd peoele , cap ta ined by Old-Timer Chil tqn, of L o u i s i m a , wi th able s s s i s t a n c e of B i l l Loegering, crowded i n t o the coffee shop of the Sou th lmd Hotel t o par take of t he v e r y e d i b l e n s t&e l t dinner. When a l l p r e s e n t mere s a t i a t e d mith v i c t u a l s and re laxed m i t h ' c i g a r s a - f i r e , Toastmaster Chil ton, i n high s p i r i t s m d i n r a r e form, introduced everyone p r e s e n t 6 t h a s h o r t b iog raph ica l ske tch of t h e i r p a s t achievements, some of which Fere unique m d almost i nc red ib l e . 1.1uly of the Old-Timers p re sen t c r w e d the oppor- t u n i t y of in t roducing Chilton: t h e t a s k f e l l t o D r . I. L. Forbes, vho minced no words i n so doing.

- - t Unfar$unately, bedsuse meetings mere scheduled e a r l y i n the evening, there w a s * no time t o hear .from any of bhe Old-Tirriers and g u e s t s t h a t were p r e s ~ n t , and the so l e

speech of t he evening w a s made' by Big Chief S t b a n . C . . -

Those p r e s e n t st the banquet mere: . .

Al l i son , Clyde C. Kenkn i g h t , G. Anderson', C. George- 'ItBi'g. Andyn Kernkrunp, M. F. . Bulger, Ray King, Tonmy Chil ton, St. J. P. - tlRudytt Leach, J. G. - Chris tensen, J. J. LeClerg, E. L. , *

D%rle,y, E l l i s , F. , . Loegering, B i l l De cke r , Fhare s . Manke, C. Edgerton, C. W. Martin, ttTestl

- . Ezekie l , . Walter .. . , :. r -.. . . .- Msrtlurd, J. "Stoop" F le t che r , Don Mitche l l , Jack F lo r , Harold md wife - Moore, Matt Forbes, I. L. and * i fe Oltmm, Frsmpton, V. P e t t y , M., wife; and mother-in- Gremey, F. J. Ro-re 11, Jack lav Hansfng, E s r l a n d wife Shems, Berriy Hanson, E s r l e Sherf, Arden R a r r s r , J. G. - "Dutchn stahan,, E. C. - "Big Chief t t

* Hen son, flYan Mount z in It Thornbe'rry, H. H. J e h l e , R. Vzl lezu, W. D.

' .Johnson, E. M. 3 Tql lace , J. M. - t tPeewe" . .. . .

" . P ~ ~ L I C @WVICIIIS

A Conference ,of Extension P ? t h o l o g i s t s , Agronomists, Entomologists, and Soils- men from Minnesota a d North rlnd South Dakota m a s h e l d at the N i c o l l e t Hote l i g Minneapolis on December 5-6, 1941, wi th 0. S. F i she r , ex tens ion agronomist; and R. J. Haskel l , ex tens ion p l s n t ps thologis t , from T.ishinrrton., 3. C. ?vlinnesotat s R. C. Roge r e p o r t s t h a t a committee drev up the fol loming recommendations concerning ex tens ion work along p l a n t d i sease , agronomical, . and entomological l i n e s :

( I ) Give more pubTic i ty t o t he r e l a t i o n of c r o w r u s t of o a t s m d buckthorn.

(2 ) Test f u r t h e r the r e s i s t a n t o a t v a r i e t i e s showing promise. ( 3 ) .P lace emphasis on thorough t r e a t n e n t of seed g r a i n s t o improve

s t ands and y i e lds . . ( 4 ) Suggest t h a t the Federa l government i n , a l lo t ing * r i o r i t i $ s . o n chem-

i c a l s , keep i n mind t h a t c e r t a i n mercury and copper compounds a r e q u i t e e s s e n t i a l t o w r i c u l t u r e s program of food nroduction.

E. C. St&man gave a t a l k at the Annual Minnesota &ten:sion' Conferenoe t h s t was at tended by county agents and ex tens ion ps.thologist .s, Dec. 15-19,1941, at . .

Unive rsi.t y Farm. , . .-

J. J. Chris tensen, C. J. Eide,. .I.. Te rve t . uld M. .B: Moore. spoke .at the Adult Farmers ,Shor t Course sponsored. b z the Se3rs m d Roebuck Company, Nov. 25. .'to g c . . 20.

J. J. Chris tensen journeyed t o Aust in, Xinnesots , Dec. 15, 1941, tl? a t t e n d the Farmers Short Course there. Chr is1 tslli: d e d t v i t h scab i n r e l s t i o n t o thi f e e d va lue of g r a i n and i ts cont ro l . The meeting d e s l t wi th swine a d crop improvement.

Tervet and Shanre l le r ep re sen ted t h i s d i v i s i o n at the' Upper M i s s i s s i p ' ~ i 'Vqlley P a t h o l o g i s t s meetings on NATIONAL DEZ'IQTS, h e l d a t McGegor, Iowa, on the 19 th of Dee.

The Crop P r o t e c t ion Assoc ia t ion , which i s . a group of bus iness men i n t e r e s t e d i n crop improvement, had a g e t t oge the r i n ou r seminar room December 17. Big' Chief im- f pres sed upon them the importance of b a r h r r y eradic 'a t ion i n stem ' r u s t c o n t r o l wi th s l i d e s and a c t u a l r u s t e x h i b i t s t o d r i v e the n a i l home. Madam Grapevine says the + group vas q u i t e impressed m d s a t i s f i e d . .

The F lax I n s t i t u t e of t h e United S t a t e s met st Hate-1 N i c o l l e t , Minneapolis, on November 21, 1941. Attending were Stakman, J, J. Chris tensen, Terve t , Borlaug, and Schuster. The mee'ting covered f l a x improvement, i t s relat . ion t o the AAA, paper, l i ne -e l eva to r s , commission men, and n a t i o n a l defense (-l inseed o i l i n the p a i n t indus- t r y ) Increases in' f l a x acreage m r e c a l l e d f o r . A r ep resen ta t ive of the p a i n t and v a r n i s h group expressed f e a r t h a t t he re may be a shor tage .of l i n s e e d o i l should the s m p manufacturers t i s h t o use t h i s unss tu rz t ed o i l , Of the drying o i l s used in the p a i n t m d v a r n i s h indus t ry , 60-75% i s l inseed . . . ,

MORE FLAX . MOEF, L'DTSEED OIL ' YOBE IU*NT QORE BATTUSHIPS P??????

MINNESOTA SEMIXARS

,.& --. -.; . . . (Tuesday 4 - 6 )

Topics d iscussed i n the c l a s s seminar dur ing the f i r s t q u s r t e r ranged from my- coses of humans t o vacc ina t ion of t r e e s . Supplementary information included, mong o t h e r t h ings , d i scuss ions on r i n g and d i f fuse porous. wood, s t s b i l i t y of c h a r a c t e r s used i n c l a s s i f i c a t i o n ' o f i n s e c t s , m d the p l ace of the b a c t e r i a i n t he p l m t kingdom.

Lead o f f man $as Ed Andrebs with s d i scuss ion of nSome Fungous D i s e ~ s e s of Hu- mans.'" The f r e e .use of such terms a s l laleurospores, n Hspindle spores , " and If a l l e r g y of i n f e c t i o n n w s v e r y e f f e c t i v e in d e f l s t i n g the ego o f hos t of those present . No one expressed disappointment on l e s r n i n g t h s t , f o r t he p re sen t , these d i s e a s e s a r e i n the f i e l d of medical biology r z t h e r than p h y t o p s t h o l o g ~ ,

"The p r e s e n t S t a t u s of Taxonomy i n the Phytopsthogenic m c t e r i s " ass discussed by D. A. Fres ton . The e x i s t i n g confusion -3s no t completely cleqred w a y . P re s ton

. presented evidence t o prove t h a t the system of Domson i s supe r io r t o t h a t of Migulat Smith,' o r the S. A. B. bu t E. C. S. "3s not convinced. Time ended the ve rbs1 combat v i t h both Pres ton m d the Chief s tqnding pat .

l f ~ e r c o s ~ o r e l l b Foot Rot of Winter Cerea lsn i s s disease of cons iderable impor- tance on win te r c e r e s l s i n c e r t a i n p r a i r i e reg ions of Vsshington, Oregon, znd Idrzho, according t o G. A. Rogler of Agronomy. Maybe G. A. rnss a b s o l u t e l y r i g h t on t h e major- i t y of h i s sta-temenf s o r maybe the class pas s t i l l r ecupe r s t ing from the previous

. veek , bu t f o r some reason most of h i s s tqtements - e n t by unchallenged.

Chas. L. Hovey of Entomology folio-d w i t h ' a paper on flYello-. Dcrarf of potatoes," Some t i a e m a s requi red t o convince those of t h e "Doubting Thomssfl type t h a t the f i r s t symptoms-to shov on the p l z n t i n the f i e l d a r e secondsry s.%toms m d t h a t the p r i - mary symptoms a r e those of the d i se s sed t u b e r t h a t produced the p l an t . I t appears t h a t t he re may be phys io logic r a c e s of the v i r u s and t h s t the apparent con t r9d ic t ion of d i f f e r e n t i n v e s t i g a t o r s a s t o the i d e n t i t y of t he in sec t v e c t o r m a y be due t o the f a c t t h z t they -ere +orkirig mith d i f f e r e n t s t r a i n s of the v i r u s i

The t h e o r i e s ~ h i c h have been 3dvwced t o sccount f o r w i l t i n g of p l m t s i n f e c t e d wi th p a r a s i t i c v z s c u l ~ r fung i -ere r e v i e ~ e d . b y David 'Go t t l i eb i n a d i scuss ion of "Tomstto W i l t t f . . D,ve presented some of h i s r e s u l t s proving t h s t a tox in i s produced in s ide the dise?sed p l m t but re fused t o .m&e dogmstic s t i t e q e n t s sbout . the r e l a t i o n of t he tox in t o t h e i n j u r y of t he d isessed p l en t . H i s r e s u l t s %re t o be publ i shed soon and a r e both i n t e r e s t i n g m d enl ighten ing .

J. W. Hendrix, one of t h e p o t s t o boys, cqme up wi th 9 d i s s e r t a t i o n on ItPhysio- l o g i c S t r a i n s of Rhizoctoni?". Chqrts qnd d i v r m s shoving d i f f e r e n c e s i n p.ttho-

- g e n i c i t y , physiology, %rid c u l t u r a l ch?lra,cters of pure c lones of d i f f e r e n t i s o l a t i o n s mere used t o prove t h a t phys io logic s t r a i n s &o e x i s t .

'J. B. Rowell ended the q u a r t e r -ith.&-i i l l u s t r s t e d l e c t u r e on " In te rnkl , Chemi- b ' c a l The rapyof Trees.11 Rome11 quoted r e s u l t s obtained l a s t summer a t Connecticct t o

-prove t h s t the va lue of i n j e c t i o n s i n t o p l a n t s a s a con t ro l measure f o r c e r t a i n di- r seases is not' y e t d e f i n i t e l y knom, Maybe the s c e p t i c s m i l l be convinced ye t .

( L i t e r a t u r e Seminar) . .

The b i g news s ince seminar was last mentioned i n Aurora i s the occupation of the nepr ltLawdge H a l l . ' * The o l d room, scene of many a solemn pre l im uld of numerous seminars, was n o t l e f t without ceremony. Here on t c t o b e r 16, 1941, under the benign gaze of Sorauer, De Bary, Bul le r , m d Freeman (photds) , fQinnesota p a t h o l o g i s t s as3embled f o r the l a s t time, t g do honor t o 911 whose e f f o r t s made i t a ~ l z c e of in- t e l l e c t u a l f e a s t i n g and fellowship. Because of the importance of t h e occasion, t he minutes of t h i s meeking a r e reproduced herewith i n f u l l .

TOTTERING TOmR % , . *

. . October 16, 1941

"The meeting vas opened i n the at;xlosphi*ie of a wke . Anbands of b l sck vere worn by a l l present . With a m i g h t ~ . r i ng ing of the b e l l t he door -as opened m d each person f i l e d in , signed 'the r o l l f o r the last ti-me by c m d l e l i g h t , and took h i s s e a t f a c i n g the m a l l .

llundert'&er C. J. Eide, i n charge of , the remains, c z l l e d on the Right Reverend Deacon Ian Tervet t o invoke the d e v i l i n the,se surroundings. S c o t t i s h gentlemul re- c a l l e d the g l o r i e s of t h i s h a l l in ' the p a s t , arid prayed t h z t t he S p i r i t of the Tot- t e r i n g Tover be incorpora ted i n t o P h y t o b 1 o c k h . r ~ ~ concre t u s v a r e r ec tus , P. tremu- lo ide s has passed on: long l i v e Phytoblockhaus concre tus var e rec tus . Much -ail5ng, coughing, and nose-blowing took p l s c e throughout t he ceremony.

f!Testimonials ..ere given by s e v e r a l , beginning mith The Big Chief- -ho t r aced t h e evo lu t ion of t h e Old Tower from an srmory t h r o ~ y h z Gymnzsiuq t o i t s n re sen t venerable d i l a p i d s t i o n and the enumeration of the g r e s t f e s t s of E. C. S. and a fern others . Miss Dosds l l gave the h i s t o r y of the l i b r s r y ond herbqrium, p r a i s i n g especi- 3 l l y J. J. Chris tensen! s voluminous c o l l e c t ion ' s l though she z l s o in t ims ted t h s t some of h i s t a c t i c s involved poor t a s t p (Tsk! Tsk!, -h.tt does t h s t mean?) D r . Melander spoke on the p a s t h i s t o r y of the p repa ra t ion l abo ra to ry , g iv ing s e v e r a l important suggest ions. f o r the est3bl ishment of z museum f o r the p re se rva t ion of v s r i o u s forms of equipment from s a i d 1abPratory. He a l s o dev ia t ed s l i g h t l y from the main t o p i c of h i s speech, as i s h i s custom, and r e l s t e d some v e r y i n t e r e s t i n g t a l e s about the Chief, J. J. Chris tensen unvei led the mystery of Q. C.F., g i v i n g the p o l i c i e s m d the h i s t o r y of t h i s g r e a t o r g m i z a t i o n from the time ~f i t s i n c e p t i o n S t o the present .

"Following the horseplay Dr . Kaufer t introduced Dr. S t m l e y Buckman t t o t h e neo- phytes. Dr. &clanan gave a s h o r t talk on ~ o o d ~ r e s e r v s t i v e s .

"The last motion f o r odjournment w a s made st 11:05 p.m. by Willim Q. Loegering and w a s seconded by Teston J. Martin. This motion c a r r i e d unmimously.

I t seems f i t t i n g t h a t t h i s last meeting, though devoted t o o b i t u a r i e s m d mourning, ended on a s c i e n t i f i c note w i t h a 'short tqlk on wood p r e s e r v a t i v e s by Dr . S tan ley Buckman. The last echoes i n the o l d room t h a t n i g h t were n o t of weeping, bu t of s c i e n t i f i c d i scuss ion .

- - - - - - - - The f i r s t l i t e r a t u r e seminsr i n t he neT q u a r t e r s w3s e q u a l l y zuspicious. A

new committee w s s du ly i n s t a l l e d m d the seve r s1 members t he reo f p re sen ted wi th the symbols of t h e i r o f f i c e s , ss folloms:

Norm. Borlzug, Chairman --- Gqve 1 znd B e l l T a l t Hendrix, Chef --- Coffee Pot Harry Young, Scribe --- The Ro l l Bock. B i l l Loegering, Tress.- Money Box

Tvo papers .of some not&.rere reviewed, t o i n i t i a t e the nev roqm proper ly . One, c a l l e 3 nSpore Germination i n Sene Cereal Smutsv by an E. C. ~t&m&, m a s r e v i e a d by D r . J. J. .Christensen. Dr. Chris tensen, while po in t ing out some we* p o i n t s . a d er- r o r s i n the paper , was generous in h i s p r a i s e and pred ik t ed that the y o h g man pould go f a r .

t I ,

By coincidence, Dr. Hart had picked up a paper on r u s t by the same author , pub- l i s h e d i n 1916. Her r eac t ion t o h i s ao rk on rust ~ 9 s thzt he had b e t t e r s t i c k t o smuts r a t h e r than t r y t o be s u red ino log i s t .

The refreshments f o r the evening mere furn ished by t h e Chief, and included t ~ o hams a s the p i ece de r e s i s t m c e . ----------

The ney seminar room h s s s l r e s d y becone the r e t r e s t md s o c i z l c e n t e r f o r grqd- u a t e s tuden t s t h a t Stqk has p l a n e d fo.r 20 y e w s . Although i t now c o n t s i n s only one ove r s tu f f ed rocking c h a i r (2nd 'or 3 r d hand, z n d rigi in unknomn), arid t he o t h e r c h a i r s and t a b l e s now p resen t c m e from t h e o l d YUrlion Cafe te r ia , time m d the Old Timers w i l l remedy t h i s . Even so the room i s the scene of d a i l y "cdffee hourstt at 4 and 10 p.m. ,at which wr, f o o t b z l l znd occzs ions l ly science a r e d iscussed i n vigorous terms, During o f f hours it i s no t uncownon t o f i n d one o r two s tuden t s en l igh ten ing o r mus- i ng themselves st the lend-lezse l i b r a r y of books m d mqaz ines .

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The f a c i l i t i e s b f the ne-r sanctum s r e open t o any Old Tiner o r V i s i t i n g Scien- t i s t , ~ h o ai l1 be shorn i ts g l o r i e s and then asked t'o speak. A f e y i n d i v i d u s l s mho have thus honored u s a r e a s folio-s:

Oct. 7. Dr . E, L. LeClerg -3s the lsst v i s i t o r a t a r e g u l a r seminar i n t he o ld bui ld ing . He t a l k e d about po ta toes , s t s r t e d a good argument about the m e r i t s o f the tfqhot-guntt t e s t . inbreeding . for d i sease r e s i s t ance .

Nov, 3,- ( .special) Dr. P. D. Pe te rson spoke on s u l f u r as a fung ic ide m d in- .seat i c ide . Su l fu r p u t s the c o c c i d i u ~ i n chickeis t o s l eep u l d -hen he a-akes the chicken is gone. I t t s -simple as ' t h a t , P e t e . szys,

Nov. 5. , ( s p e c i a l ) Dr. M, B. Linford, i n charge of pzthology f o r t he Pineapple Canners1 Assfn. i n Hawaii 'gave one of the b e s t s c i e n t i f i c t a l k s i n recent y e a r s on h i s work on nematodes.

Nov. 6. ( L i t . ) D r . T.C.Ryker, L.S.U., gave a very i n s t r u c t i v e t a l k about h i s work on r i c e d i seases , ss " e l l ss a fe-r renarks %bout o t h e r p l w t d i s e s s e s i n - , *

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Nov. 13. . (Li t . ) M r . D. Grussendorf, County Agent i n St; Louis Co., sho-ed u s p i c t u r e s of f i s h i n g ~ n d b9,thing b e a u t i e s from Minnesotat s f saed n o r t h l a d . He says the women Tere imported from Chicwo,

The sane evening Dr . H, A. ( ~ o d ~ ) Rodenhiser, en l igh tened us zbout h i s recerlt ~ o r k on s t i n k i n g smut znd M e Bartelma, - r e s t l i n g cosch, made a few remarks about t he chances of Minnesotat s f o o t b a l l team -inst fu tu re opponents. Tslk about a v a r i e d p r o g r m ! Add a f e 7 p h i l o s o p h i c s l reqkrks by E. C. S. , food by Coyt Wilson (41%. ), ~ h o cw a l s o aake rn e n t e r t s i n i n g b i r thdxy speech, uld you have a f u l l evening -- f r ee . . -

Dec. 4. it. ) D r . R. J. Haskel l , whom --e 'have the p l ezsu re of hes r ing about once a year , gsve u s some of the l z t e s t dope on p l a n t d i s e s s e s a d d i s e s s e c o n t r o l throughollt the count ry , m d opened the ques t ion of -hat p a t h o l o g i s t s might do i n w a r time t o assist n a t i o n a l defense.

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OLD TIMERS SURPRISE S T A W

SOAP BOXES FOR SEMINAR

I t was the morning of November 22 that Hank Darling and I e w Allison saun8ered

in to Phytoblockhaus, ostensibly t o mortify foot- b a l l fans at the Wisconsin-Minnesota game, but secret ly

t o spring surprises on the unsuspecting Stakman and Seminar satel- l i t e s . TWO conference tab les and a speaker! s table ( a l l in miniature)

were ceremoniously presented to Sig Chief ECS, and to the myriads of Present and Future Timers. OLD TIUERS of a l l the past w e s apparently sent out t h e i r s p i r i t s and t h e i r shekels to rekindle the conference f i r e s in the new tepee, t o stimulate the noble a r t s of argumentation and discussion, and t o forge s t i l l more l inks in the chain that t i e s us a l l t o the constant search f o r truth.

A simple "Thank youN i s en t i r e ly inadequate t o express the grat i tude of the present and future occupants of PBytoblockhaus magnificus to those vhose f e r t i l e brains conceived the idea and contributed the funds f o r the Seminar desk and tables. John L. Sullivan couldnl t have been more surprised when Corbett smacked him on the jow1,nor more pleasqd than Corbett when J a m L1s knees sagged. What a surprise partyk And m%s a t least one par ty sur- prised! ! No ac t of the Old Timers could have been more eloquent of t h e i r real izat ion tha t Seminars are a cooperative enterprise in i n t e l l ec tua l and s p i r i t u a l development. No g i f t could hare been more symbolic of the continuity of group e f fo r t t o acquire hoop; ledge and develop wisdom; nothing could have been more grat i fying than t h i s evidence of desire on the pa r t of those who have been here t o help those mho are now here and the others vho may come. And horn did the e s the t i c apprecint.ion insinuate i t s e l f into the minds of those vho sat in the d r a f t s md c h i l l s and smells of the Old Seminar Room? Anyhow, Old Timers, "Thank youff i s a sample of hopeless inadequacy, but it i s not the f i r s t time. ~ k % l ! !