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1 Wherein are recorded the recollections. the ruminations and the raspirations of those who ?+-rI have drunk from the foaming fount of the Dep- SL < artment of Plant Pathology of the University of '1 7 Minnesota and who now spout forth in divers

/' ', ways got tk f#unt foam an%ntbrf run bfy grt tJlo apout squirt an3 nrbr~IOBF pahror OLD TliGRS Fast-moving ex-sec Rosemary McLZOD, civilian employee of the twiny on tem- A Storkgram postcripted the errival of porary duty in England,breezed through 7 lb., 15 ox. John Richard PIUSLEY, at the Twin Cities, telephoned, then flew I University Perk PId., on Septa 2b. Can- beck to the Healm of 10 Downing Street. dy and cigars served the same purpose Also on-the-move were ibrmer Eide-Leach- for 2300-gram Ksthleen HBIZRICK, after potato-boy John VAUGHN, who left Na- she hed noised her way into the world-- tiond Football Chaqpion PIichigan State the Roman world that is. Before the for why-o-why \?yarning; and Frank V. stork restcd, malted-milk-and-barberry STEVENSON, of the G*ni-Stevenson hut expert L.W.l\IEUNDJR had graduated into Duo, from Florida to Milford, Illinois, the Ancient Order cf Grandfathers (Feb. with the Crow Hybrid Seed Co. kddi- 20)--truly befitting a Nursery Inspec- tional examples of Old 'i'imers spinning tor. with the world are llentopathologistlf J. G. LEACH, recently returned from Pranoted.. .n charge of Botany bt Kara- Colombia, S. 1,. , and Forager J. Lewis chi University, in April, was Dr. S.Z. ALLISON--a returnee from Iraq. HASXNk.IN. This lean, le arned Pakis- tanian considers it a stimukting op- Come to Gay Paree, suggests J.PONC;HET, portunity "where e~chworker shan have of Versailles, who writes that he is the fullest opportunity to contribute "always ready to receive all the Old his mite at the altar of botany with Timers in Paris. I have now a small truth, humility, and self-confidence." car like we have in Paris and I am be- coming a driver," It was "Red clover that lestsfl in the Country Gentlemen (Narch) , in which, Some work and much fun in Kji for cane aiiong others, the work of Kentuckian sugar pathologist Chet WISER and wife Lawrence HdNSON was featured. Susia. Says Chet, If.. .seminar (in Ha- waii) still going so say Andy ANDERSON Tachnical Cooperation bpecialist .. .that and Harry IYIURA(ISHI. If Star-short-stop is the impressive ~ssignment of St. Harry, after 5 years at Hawaii U. is Paul-born Olaf S. UJIODT. In this new apparently eligible next year for a capacity, Dr. Aamodt represents the sabbztical, according to A. Grapevine. Bureau of k'l2nt Industry in contacts with agencies reiponsible for U. So new tapestry hangs on the cinder technical assistance progrms 51 foreign blocks of the Seminar Room. Its in- areas wherethe Bureau has research re- scription reads, "Para el seminario de sponsibility. f itopathologfa de Minnesota, Ascuela Superior de Agric~iLtura ' Antonio Narro! To Professor W.L. WATERHOUSE was given Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico. This was a testimonial cheque by miners, bakers, presented by Gabriel Murillo and Lorenzo and scientists upon his retirement after lvlarthez . 33 yems of research at Sydney, on ce- real diseases and plant breeding. New-Doqor Jim if knuckle-headn LYLE gave the 'It emperature range--Xuburn, Alabama, Congratulations to another Piinnesota October 1, 6S0F. to 87O~.' Og October Yh. D, even if not in plant pathology: 19 and 20 at St, Paul jt was 81 F.--with this time ~~Ialcolm,son of O.T. Freeman this difference--that we admit it is 'deiss. too warm! 1410 saw Rockefeller F. J. G. HbRRAR "Prank A. ddPrado , phytopatholoo g en on TY? 2hat was the Itfamous conversa- Letitia H. Robles, geven U kennis van tion" of F .,.O. HUIZRICK' s wife Thelma hun voornemenm het Huwelijk te treden with King Farouk (not an 0. T.)? op Uonderdag 8 October, Para~aribo, (~urinarn). Gelcg~nheidtot gelukwenscn duction of mutations in microorganisms ven 18.5-23.00 uur ten huiae van ~ilevr. by the use of nitrogen mustards evolved tie Weduwe J. Robles-Fernandes, Dr. into a discussion of mutants of Gibber- Nassylaan 17 boven, Paramaribo." ella zeae. The discussion of wetwood in Populus sp. somehow becarne involved The U. S. D. A. sent Chuck LOGSDON as in wood , structure. Dick Nelson1s re- potato pathologist to Alcska this sum- view of Sternphyliwm leaf spot of alfalfa mer; Logsdon sent his furniture; the led to the nature of resistance (with stork sent 52by Onaalic to Minnea2olis; special emphasis on ~.g.t. ) the furniture arrived; and Northwest Lirlines swooped i4amma Lrly, Chucky, The foaming fount is still spewing and Onnu to their new home in Palmcr. forth assorted urediospores, sporidia, Their own plant path. picnic was held conidia, and occasional spor~ngia;and at the proper time in October. from this potent elixer truth,theories, principles, ideas, and hypotheses are FOUR still evolving on Tuesdays at four.

Kasper 3auhin! You mem you hcrve never COPIINGS LND GOINGS heard of Kasper Bauhin? you had :{istory of Plant Pathology? Write that Due to the frequency of lfComings and down for next time, somebody. Well, Goingst1 during the Bst nine months, it whet are the criteria& a true sp~cies? was thought best to consolidate,and of Lnd so began another Tuesday Seminar. course &st consideration should go to tha new Old Ti!?l~rs who have completed During the two h.)urs from 4:OOto 6:OS, at least one stage of the lofig hard 6:10, or 6:15 p.m.--or so--a wide vari- battle. If by chance a name has been ety of subjects can be introduced. omitted, rest assured th2.t it was only The significance of Itsweat roons1I and an oversight, for no one has been for- Itshingle toeu in the deterioration of gotten. We are happyb have had every- storcd nursery stocks were explainedb one of you here and look forward to us by Dick Burgess (an ex-Aaine Icbsta-- your coming back again soon. man). The use of impinging machines in studying m-in the air W~Sklucidated Goings of new Old Timers by Mary ~~nnSwaebly. George Failes took a position with :',GSCO In additionb bringing to us the mean- at Grand Forks, North Dakota, in June. ing of cohzrence in scientific writing, On June 30 iieorge marriad abcal girl, seminar also brings to embryonic phyto- fiargaret Syftestad. Since then he hns pathokgists the science ofckher lands. transferred to the Northwestern IJlilling Ornar rjx@ained how cere4Lsmuts are con- Lo., lVlinneapolis. trolled in Egypt by planting methods. Singh described Synchflrium sp. as a Shosuke Goto, Fh. D., left to take a pathogen of seszne in Indicz,and rao-lo position at Dugway Proving Grounds in Yu t,he breedink work for resistance to Utah. blast of rice in the Orient. Duane LeTourneau, one of the all time While the odor of Heinc's t3lend, London home-run stars of the Plant Path. soft Dock, and five-cent cigars (free ones) ball teain is now Assistant Professor competed with an o~cnsional puff of a of Plant 6 iochemistry at the Univerdby nore z.?cceptable odor from faculty row, of Idaho. 2. grcmir& cofii?etc~d-Ath the principles of U.zeae and Gibberella zeae. ..s all Herb Johnson, Ph.D., is doing research Old Timers know, the original subject for the Green Giant Canning Co. at Le of a paper is fraqu~ntly lost before Sueur, Ninnesota. too long in Tuksday Seminars. The pro- --3- iqinoru Lragakihas returned to his work Peru; Theodore Reiling of St. Paul via at the 1-iawaii Experiment Station. Iowa State; and J. Carvalho Santiago from i'ortugal. Joe i. Keplinger, M. S., returned to his home state, Maryland, to follow a Old T hers came career of teaching. James A.Lyle af Auburn, Alabama, Stewart Aary Ann Swaebly recently joined the Andrews af New lY:exico, Lawrence I .ivliller staff nf Marqustte University in of Tidewater ilxperinent Station, Vir- Wisoonein. ginia, and Edward Andrews of Michigan State all returned to Minnesota just George Papavizas, M.S., returned to his long enough to pick up their Ph.D. de- positiolraa Pathologist in Greece. grees. Philip J. Salisbury, of British Columbia, came for his ffprdim"in April. Charles Logsdon took a job with the U. Bob Klug,currently tcaching biology at S.D.L. in Palmer, Llaska working pri- St. Thomas College, has returned to marily on potato diseases. continue his graduate work in agricul- tural botany. C. S. Venkataram, M. S., returned to India. Dr. J.W. Gibler and Dr. N. E. Borlaug, of the Rockefdkr Foundation at Mexico Frances Haglund accepted a high-school City. teaching position at Northbrook, Ill. Dr. H,C. Young, Jr. of Oklahoma A & iq, Newcomers Stillwater, Oklahoma.

Vincenzo Grasso, a visiting professor Dr. J. Z. 1VIitchell from Canp Lletrick, from E'lorence,Italy, came to study for Frederick, iqaryland. six months. Dr. 1'4. G. Boosalis from the University Paul Gustafson, a newcomer, did his un- of Nebraska. dergraduate work at the University of Minnesota in chemistry. Dr. W, C. Broadfoot of Lsthbridge, Al- berta. Bill Roberts of the "Lone Star St~te" with IUI. S. from Oklahoma ;A & My started Dr. G. B. Sanford and Dr. A. W. Henry his apprenticeship on oat rust in Feb. and son John, from the University of Alberta, Edmonton. ,'atonio Rodriguez arrived from Mexico and WUiam Silverrnan from City College, ~\I.C.Shurtleff of Rhode Island returned N. Y., in 1JIarch. in September to present his Ph.D. the- sis. June brought other new students, Roy Wilcoxson cf Utah, Nagayoshi Oshima from Drs. I.W. Tervet and H. H. Hotson from Japan via Colorado A & %Arthur Elliot Dugway Proving Grounds, Tooele, Utah. from iqinncapdlis,and Alfonso Castronovo from Argentina. Glen A. Hemerick returned from a tour of duty hd.~the FA0 of the UN in Italy. September, being back-to-school-month, fillad office and laboratory space to Dr. W. a. Loegering from Turrialba, overflowing. Thoso who came were Roger Costa Rica. Anderson of kugsburg Cdllege, Ainneapo- lis; dlmcr Hawn from Alborta, Canada; Dr. George Fischer from Pullman, Wash. Clark Lkingston of Colorado; James D. Miller of Haniline University, St. Paul; Dr. pi. W. Cormack from Lethbridge, Al- P. N. Nair from India; C. Ochoa from berta. Dr. E. B. Lambert from Beltsville. TUESDAY NIGHT SENINAR

Dr. K. W. Kreitlow from Beltsville. Way back in January when Minnesota was blanketed with snow,when the wind came Dr. Lawrence Schaal of Colorado d & M. hoding out of the North, when the cold seemed to freeze bones, and half an Dr. C. S. Holton from Pullman. inch of ice covered the windows in the seminar roomjn Phytobrickhaus erectus, Dr. John Vaughn and family from . Xiahi- seminar was still progressing in its gan St~teenroute IDthe new job at the varicd way. iven in the midst of such University of Wyoming. salubrious weather, some visitors found their way to Minnesota. Clyde Shumway from Pine Gity, 1"41nn. H. A. Rodcnhiser and E. B. Lambert of Dr. Jos6 Vallege from Argentina, via tile USDA, iYIalco3.m Shurtleff from bode Italy. Island, Ed Andrews from Michigan, and A. J. Riker from Wisconsin, all gave Dr. Glen KanXnight and family of Fort the seminar a glimpsc: of their work. Valley, Ga. The West was wdrepresented with pht Fornerly of the secretarial staff Nrs. pathologists as far away as Dr. B. H. Gail Covey and daughter Joane , Mrs. Choona of India. George Fischer from (Tooty) Annexstad, lqrs. Helen (Hem- Washington State gave the seminar his stad) Kudak and daughter, and Ars. views onthe taxonomy of smuts. He also Dorothy (~ohnson)Berglund also dropped gave a taxonomy of taxonomists: s~lit- in for short visits. ters, lumpers, and splurnpers (oppor- tunists). New Yiexico send Stewart An- Dr, 1d.D. Thomas and coworkers Reinholt, drew~, Utah Ian Tcrvet and S. Goto, Post, and Faulkner km Colorado A & lvi. &om-ng its head of extension Herman Starr, and iJorth Dakota Irv Schwing- Others who visited for social or busi- harner . ness reasons include both old and new acquaintanc~s, such as: From South of the border, John Gibler and Alfredo Lmpos were here to tell Dr.Jzsse Livingston, Nebraska; Dr.A.M. us about the midwinter rust sitnation. Schlehuber, Agronomist, Oklahoma A & M; Jim (Alabama) Lyle in addition to ex- Dr. C.V.Lowther, 3eltsville; Dr. Jaqes plaining in detail the derivation of G.Dickson, Wisconsin; 14r. r,M. LeRoux, the Alabama Polytechnic Institute 'War Union of South Africa via Wisconsin; Dr. Eagle" football cheer, gave us an in- d. F, Welch, British Columbia; Dr.J.Y. sight into southern agriculture, Ken- ~Jlcincrs,rullmzn; lVir.John E'crguson and tucky Gentlemen,and Scleratium rolfsii. Ar. R. D, durbin of UC'LA, Calif.; Dr. T. 6. Vanterpool, Dr. 2. i% Sinqonds, Lawrence lbiiller of Virginia introduced and Dr.Jones of the University of Sas- us to his favorite nematodes and fungi; katchewan; Dean Kumar from India; Dr. and a transplanted northerner- 14erle Gaorge Lentmeyer, Riverside, Calif.; nichaelson, now of ~~lissomi--broughtus Or. K. S. Quisenberry and Dr. B. B. up to date on stalk rot. Even from Bayles, Beltsville; Dr. Targeson from north of the border came a representa- Boyce Thompson Institute and Dr. Reed tive in the person of Bjdrn Peturson from Chipman Chemical Co.; Dr. Alfred of crown rot fame. Am-nann, Duke University. With pomp and ceremcjny, .minter also ushered in a new seminar committee. "Iron Hand Policy" Logsdon--now sttiver- ing (happily, we hope) in Alaska--was replaced by Dick Nelson, Gene Hayden, The advent of summer brought its liue John Tuite, and F N. Turk, J. J. troubles. Aide warned us that the po- Christensen (in long, flowing, acadsmic iice were watching U.Farm closely. He robes) amid words of wisdom froin E, C. had to e:xplainto the police why he was Stakrnan, swore in (and shortly there- pinching his own tomatoes. Well, if after swore at) the new committee. one is to get into tro~blewith the po- lice about pinching nice looking toma- Reseerch reports were givsn and papers toes, at leest U. Farm is a s2fi: placs reviewed ad infinit~m. Old faithfuls to do so, like rust, smut, end late blight held their own against less cxalted conpe- LOCALS tition such as ~"Iatt1"ioore and his yel- low and blue ciwarf ani red leaf. The Many people have aked where Dr.Stakman grain storagers, the virologists, the has his new office. Doc was ?way most foragers, the forest~rs,the mycolo- of th~month of July on a Up to South gists all kept us up to date in their America as agricultural consultont-b fields. the Rockefdler Foundation. During that time Chris moved out of his office at The week to week progress of ?.g.t. was the head of the stairs on the third carefully rcgorted, bli~htwas followed floor, and carp~ntcrsan6 p~inttrsmoved as it jumped around thb stat^, T. King in. New bookshelves and czbinets wore told us when the apple scab perithtcia built in to acco:lntodate Doc' s volunin- were ready to shoot, Leon Wood told us ous collection of books, scizntific where to find barley diseases, Louise journals, and reports. A fresh coat of -Bedall told us of the depedations of paint was added,material was transfer- Botrytis blight of tulips, and Fred red to the new office, and all was in Frosheiser where to find exotic soybean readiness for lJocls return. diseases. Old Timers frequently a4-c how many grad- The papers reviewed embraced subjects ua6e students there are in the depart- as diverse as the phibsophy of science, m3nt now. At the present time there antibacterial substances from apple are 45 graduate students - 33 are from trees, rice storage probl~ms, serolog- the United States,3 fron India, 2 from ical studies of smuts or "the bunny Pakistan, and one each from Peru, Ar- test," the effect of soil fumigants on gentina, Portugal, Mexico, Guatemala, fungi, and the problems of propagation JapaqCanada, and Zgypt. Nany of those of rubber seedlings. from foreign countries speak little or no English when they first arrive, The Swninar even heard +he mysteries of com- rapidity with which their English im- parative literature explained by grad- proves always amazes those of us who uate student- Jams Lufkin of the Min- have to study so long just to be able neapalis campus. A9parently comparative to read a foreign language for a lan- literature is the comparison of Bera- guage exam. ture on an international scale. Al- though Seminar is a cosmop~tangroup, A fire broke out in the lviachine Shed, few pathologists ventured to exercise on the flats below the Pla.nt Pathology their usually critical faculties in Building. Though little damage was dqne this field. to the building proper, two trucks were almost a complete loss and several Visual education wesdt neglected. The others were damaged extensiv@. In the flora and fauna of Maine bogs were partial loss group was 62gle1s new 3/4 beautifully reproduced before our eyes ton International pick-up truck. All . bgDick Burgess. Minne~otasnow scenes in all, damage was very light relative were shown by 1vIyra Smart, the equatic to the potentisl loss which could have plants of Japan by Oshi-na, Minnesota occurred--but try to tell Eagle that wildflowers by Bob Canpbell and Rhode as he walks to the field house! Island plant diseases by M.C.Shurtleff. ??? RETIREI'LeENT ??? Dr. Stakman continued to shine, in Rules and Regulations being what they various capacities, at a BANQUET TEN- are,a Professor and Head of Department DERED THE: DELEGATES BY THE GOVXFtNNENT works like blazes trying to finish the OF CANAM, After the formal welcome by . year'swork by midnight on the last day Dr,J.G,Taggert,Deputy Minister of hgri- of a fiscal year,goes home for several culture for Canada, and an address, hours of troubled slumber, and wakens ItMilestones in Rust ResearchV,by DreK. next norn a fa-fledged Fmfessor Emer- W~Neatby, "StakH got in his licks. He itus and &-Head, ready to twiddle his spoke of, among other things, problems thumbs, p&kr in a garden,fish for the of research in biology. Problems were big ones, travel in tropic climes, or outnumbered by "other things." The settle down for W entertainment.It is really important part of the evening his privilege to throw his teaching in- program was reached when Dr. J. G, Har- stincts mthe wastebasket and his admin- rar, acting for Dr. Stakman's many stu- istrative abilities to the four winds, dents and colleagues in the United States and to use his mental faculties for in- and Canada, gave a speech paying his formal "Konversationen." tribute to Stakls tremendous abilities and accomplishments in many fields of BUT WHO EXPECTED BIG CHIEF STAM TO endeavor. As a material reminder of tne FOLLOW THIS PATTERN? sentiments expressed in his oration, Dr. Even the 1fRetirement Celebrationsv Harrar presented Stak with a gift cer- didn't quite follow the usual tificate for luggage he would need in patterns and procedures. his new duties. Special greetings, on Celebrations began last January at the behalf of the Canadians, were added by WHEAT RUST 1VLE;ETINGS jn Winnipeg, Canada, Dr. W.F.Hanna, As a mark of the par- and here is Sax's report of affairs: ticularly high esteem in which he is Mephistopheles, in a pithy little held, Dr. Stakman was allowed to make speech in "FaustU, pointed out the re- another speech, before he was surrounded lationship between hinself and the place by all the people who wished to shake where he was to be found. They just his hand and wish him well. can't be separated. A similar inevitable association of place and personality Speech Making can get to be a may exist without any supernatural or Habit, ao what was more nat- unpleasant connotations.8 case in point ural than for Stakmiuz to is a discussion on cereal rust, and E. say "Yes" when he C, Stakman, The newest neophyte in was invited to plant pathology knows that the two are deliver the traditional address inextricably intertwined* They were in- for CAP AND GOWN DAY at the tedtrined that war aB Wianbpeg in Jan- University of Minnesota uary, 1953, at the time of the Inter- in May of 1953. national Wheat Rust Conference* "MINNESOTA HAIL TO THEEIt was a superb Dr. Stakman was Moderator of the orationrSeniors and their families and panel discussion on stea rust. He was friends heard of the vision and foresight co-author of reports presented, He was .in the early days of the state that made the nan who asked rhetorical questions possible the educational opportunities from the speaker1s platform, and from in the university throughout the years, the audience,and answered them, He was of professors whose primary purpose was billed by news reporters as "leader teaching and students whose obligation: of the American delegationn and "the was learning, of generous provisions world's top authority on rust." They for research, of intellectual opportun- also mentioned that he was the man who ities for people of all ages beyond the had taught and inspired an imposing confines of the campuses, of the far- number of the 125 scientists from four flung influences of the university in countries who attended the conference, distant corners of the earth. Shortly after this oration the THE OLD TIivIERS were ready for Plant Path Department joined him when he returned from with Horticulture Depart- 8 weeks in Sor Bmer. ment to entertain MINNESOTA DINNER during the 1- I GB.S . their respective retiring beads, keetings in Madison, Wisconsin, in Dr and IJxs. Sta!un? n and Septenber, was the BIG SHINCIG. We Mr, and PIrs Alc'eman dined in Tripp Comons; Wisconsin AT AN AFTZHNJQN BESEPTJOii CN THE Union, 1b1 strong. There were Old ST, PAUL C&IPUS,. The faculty Timers galore, several guests from wkves of the two r?eparstmcnts were the Rockefeller Foundati~n, and even sqme guiding lights who ~rr~ngcdfor prilcti- new grad students. Clyde Allj.son; caily all of the U~iversityFarm steff Eric Sharvelle (in absentia), Eari.e to enjoy a brief relzration and rcighty Hanscn, and Hank Darling were the good refresknents in the Student Union steering committee, and Frank Greansy wkik they chatted with guests of honor. emcee? the affair. A pyramid of Egypt a-t, each place announced the Days in June were rare, but we per- O1,D TLWG CEMI??L'AROF 1953 and toid suaded the Big Chief to set aside us this talet Minnesotars Tqtterlng the 20th for Si FUILY PLRTY Tower saic! to the Sphinx, said hs, IN THE C&IWS CLTJB. And "You stand all alone as a fine pile by family we mean departmental faculty, of stone, but you haven't a thing on secretaries, federal collaborators, rne. Sand, wind, storms of the desert, barberry Ken, grad students, have failed to tumble you down, True, Old Time~shere on vaca- I may totter in winds even hotter, tions, and a few old fr-iands, 3ne hun- but I yield not so much as a frown, dred twenty of us ate roast beef Brick, nails, mortar, and plaster, all together, had fun and a few will be 'Tllbble,T~m su=.e,but the notion short speeches, rolled in behind, in an Old Timer' s mind, remains a new TV for Mrs. Staman, hau--ed ~ut active, constructi~e, secure~n a couple of new pipes for E.C.S., The program was tentative, flex- and then tresented hIm with ible, dynamic, sparked by Greaney as four bound volumes of all only Grreaney can spark. Henry Darling sorts of l&te rs and family photographs did the ''Hi Folks1' part and tcld a couple from several hundred Old Timers, of good jokes to curdle the coffee cream* Scientific Associates end The?e were many interruptions from the Educations1 Colleagues, floor, as is usual when any Plant Path and Old Friendsoonce again Dr. Stakman Seminar begins, but Greaney effectively wanted to make a speech. It was a subdued the ~bstreperousones to start darn good one too, all about the ball rolling uith research reports, the grivileges he had that is, after the vocal cords were enjoyed teaching and working in the limbered up with a bit c~fmusic under University with a11 of us who had direction of Don Fletcher and Walt heeded ths call of Minerva Thomas and had tried to studyo That deep bass voice of Ralph ON TKE LAST DAY OF THE FISCAL YEAR (~indy)Lindgren needed no micrcphcne STAKMAN LEFT TYE OFr'ICE AT NOOW TO to get across to thf3 seminarthe IMP%V- USE A COUPLE OF HOURS ANNUAL LEAVE PIENTS IN SOFTBkLL.From the tape record- FLYING TO SOUTH ~'RICA. It was the er we pass on his report to you: first time he is kncwn to have dis- I come from Sweden where we have missed a case early. We surmise that many famous men,you bet you,but I have he hadnl t been able to postgone the never heard the beat of this man,Dr, Eo July 2 xeeting in Colombia. CeStakman. The first time someone told me about him,I said to myself that such stories could or& come from California, For instance, he would crowd and bend Texas, or Norway -- if you know what over the plate, fooling the pitcher tc I mean.But when I learned he came from throw the ball outside, Then, to con- that fine state of Minnesota -- and fuse the pitcher more, HE WOULD SThm that his name was Eric Karl Stakman, I WAY RACK, EXPitND HIS CI-IEST OVER TKE knew all the fantastic tales must be PUTE i.ND LET HIS CHEST FALL JUST AS true. THE BALL ChYIE, Of course, these balls You Americans have a saying "If came inside the plate. Only one other you can1t beat them, join them." Dr. man on the team was able to use this Stakman was still a young man when the last technic and that was a tremendous Joiners started coming, and they have Canadian named Broadfoat, But Eric never stepped coming. They came from taught some variations of it te one countries in all directions; yah, I other fellnw -- a fine Swedish man must admiii they even came from Sweden. named Melander whose chest was big but They dso started coming from differ- kind of low. Even with all these tala ent parts of the United States,includ- ents and technics, the games would ing the South in those days when even sometimes be to:, close for comfort. upstanding Swedish people there were For these occasions, Eric developed a called "Da q.yankees Some of those talent that was later to be calla southern fellows stayed so long that the "raspberry" from the sideline& they star+ed wearing union suits. The AFTER ONE INNING OF THIS LSPBERRY, Joiners also came from many kinds of the other pitcher usually would be work -- at first pathologists most- throwing the ball over the backstop, ly, but soon agronomists, geneticists, the catcher mumbling, fielders bump- foresters, and even a salesman with a ing into each other, and the umpire Dutch first name* keeping track of things on a black- I first heard about Eric St~kman board. Many of these technics, I from a Minnesota fellow who visited my understand, became part of softball, country some years ago. He had been a but by that time, I bet you, they al- forester and a pitcher in a game he ready were old-fashioned for the called softball. Like so many others, Stakman team. he had joined Dr. Stakman and his dept. One more talent should be men- because the foresters could not equal tioned becaused it often is the one them in softball. For 3 years after that separates the champion from the that, he tried to strike out Eric, for- others. To have many talents and to getting all about his degree. But he use them fully is not quite enough ; failed and in many ways was left a de- a champion must have a driving force, feated rnan. supported by a reserve,that can always After this fellow left, I wondered bring him and his team into the le ad.In what it was that made men like Stakman ore close game, for instance, Eric and what they are. I came to the conclu- two others had just hit home runs when a sion that such a rnan must have many more fellew named adenhiser came to bat.He talents to start with, must always use was a tricky hatter but not a long one. those talents very intelligently, and It was a surprize when he hit a triple, must keep developing new t~ilentswhen- the first one in his life, and he was ever they are needed. As an example, I feeling mighty good as he stood on third will use this softball game I heard so base, where Eric was now coaching. He about. Eric Stakman started out turned to his coach with a big grin and = with exceptional softball talents -- a this is what he heard:ffRody, you need big chest, fine lungs, a quick eye, more batting practice, you just broke up oturdy legs, fine coordination, gosd a good rally.flWell, what do you thiA?k endurance and plenty of intelligence happened?The next time at bat this slim and experience in sports. He used the feU9w hit a home run over a big ice talents fully, but, when a game was house. So you see, for that moment he close, he developed and used new ones. was given that SPARK AND RESERVE FORCE that Dr. Stakman must be able to call There are echoes of his teaching u~onwhenever he needs it. from way back in his student days! A I am sad to say that in America, as fian who lived next door to us in Ohio in Sweden and everywhere &% there are had previously run a boarding house always soine who try to make the great for students in St. Paul, After read- men seem smailer. For instance, you ing so much about Dr. Stakman in the sometimes hear tnzt Gustavus ~dolphus newspapers recently, this man recalled had close Norwegian friends, Franklin the day their hired.gir1 had come to Iico~velt&ways sang "Hone on the Ranget1 his wife in the kitchen, EYES hLL BIG, but never mentioned that it had a nor%- and told her that the new student gage on it, and Ike Eisenhower's two boarder, Elvin Stakman, had been talk- best golf shots are his practice drive ing to her about her religion and and 4th putt, In Eric Stakman1s case, RHIr3ING QUESTIONS WHICH SHE C3ULD NOT I have heard it said that this pitcher ;,NSWER, The girl asked, "Is he a I was telling p about often threw the priest?" ball eajy for tk third strike. This was LATE ONE NIGHT there was a fire supposed to make the catcher, a f2llow on the caqpus -- this I heard from named Christensen,so mad that he would my Aunt Phyllis, whose second husband tbdown his glove,stam? nis felt arAd was go2r'ather to a baby born to one even throw the ball at the pitcher when of the forner plant path secretaries- he wasn't looking, I can tell you this and because of the fire they were isn't, true, because my information came looking for the night watchman. By from the pitcher himelf. Anyway, this checking his stations, they finally fellow Christenseii,who I must ad-ilit is trailed him to the plant path building, said to be a trenendous catcher, was a where they found him in the head off- DANE -- so you can draw your cwn con- ice with 3r. Stahan, who was giving clusions , him GERULN LESSONS ! Blank S2ack Another important point in favor of reserved for Minnesota WAS the fact that your Pro- Missing Link - - fessor Stakman is niore open-minded Phah Vell s than most about women in science. I account of r membered t'nat my Aunt Mary Anne Life History of Elvinia stahani Swaebly took graduate work at Minnesota But and asked her why she chose this De- Emcee Frankly Grean called for partment, She said they studied RE- New Student Impressions from UTICNSHIPS here. That reminded me El May Ham that I had met one of the former (sweet Girl Grad Student) laboratory helpers, who said that Dr. People ask why I caqe to dinnesota to Staknan had been auite successful in do graduate work when all mY f mil- finding husnands for most of the thought ObState, right m home, was women graduate students and even some the logical place to go. Persuading of the secretaries, At many places them that Minnesota was the best place thev think it is a lrJAST3 OF TIME to to study plant pathdbgy has t&en time train women in scientific work be- and explains why my graduate study was cause they of ten do get narried and so LONG ~~LAYED!I had heard so much, do not use their training....He aJm from so many different sources, mat was always in favor of his men gradu- your Dr. Stakman was so stimulating a ate students getting married AS EARLY teacher and so very broadly inforxed-- ASPOSSIBLE! . he would teach anywhere at any lqy brother Alonzo was in Japan time of day or night, on any subject-- during the occupation, acting as aid that it appeared impossible for students . to General uscArthur at the time a not to absorb9 evenwith eyes half group of scientists fron this country closed and ears only half o3en. I was were there -- including, as you may SU*thatI wouldnotbeableto put guess, yourDr.Stakman.Afterlunch, wheart into my work if 1 went to Ohio. at which?4cdrthur was host, he snd Dr. Staknan tzlked on and on, so dccp in OLD TINER their discussion that they were ob- JOSE VALLEGA livious of anything and anybody. Ny From down Argentine way brother wondered what they were dis- was rather brief cussing until he was asked to bring in what he had to say: to them a reference book on the Na- On behalf of all the South American poleonic wars. From the way the argu- students, Dr. Stakman, I shake your ment developed, it was my brother's hand. private opinion that the General might A BIG BRAZO for not now be FATING AWAY if he had taken VALLEGA AND STAKIVIAN the advice of the Professor. ...,As followed this speech the group was leaving, my brother and added the dramatic said, he heard the General tell Dr. touch to Seminar. Stakrnan not to forget to send him the Along came a big fat cigar and behind book he promised on Jesse James and it was Mike Boosalis, straight the Younger Brothers....Here defi- from Nebraska prairies, nitely was ONE member of my family ready to step up to the mike and to who favored my coming to Minnesota1 expound on numerous and sundry And what this amazing scientist QUESTIONABLES thus: can do with words is just out of this I felt honored when asked to say a world. On a train out of Dublin, a few words to this distinguished group geologist from New Zealand encountered of Old Timers for my teacher and my 3r. Stahan--he remembered meeting friend Dr. Stahan* When 1 was first him at the Pan Pacific Science Con- asked to make this talk I was greatly . gress in Australia--this fellow is my surprised and also somewhat puzzled as botany adviser's brother-in-law--and to the reason the committee had they got to talking about names. The selected a person such as "little old geologist said he had always disliked me." After a period of astute rea- his name; it was Harry Ziegei~beinopolis. soning on my part, however, I realized Thereupon your Professor proceeded to that the reason forJtliis selection is tell him that the name indicated he that Doc and I have so much in comont was of Portuguese stock but that We are both plant pathologists; we are probably his family had lived in a both paid-up members of Phytopath---at city (from the opolis) on a peninsula least I hope you are, Doc; we both enjoy in the interior of China shaped like smoking a good cigar; and although Doc a leg (from the bein) of a goat (from) may not admit this, morphologically the Ziegen). Sure enough, this was speaking we are both built closely to all true, and thereafter the geologist the ground; and above 211 both believe said he felt better aboct his name and in the CONCEPT OF PHYSIOLOGIC RACES. loved to tell people about the town his With your patient indulgence I family came from,on a peninsula shaped would like to take a few minutes to re- like a hairy goat's leg....It really late some anecdotes concerning the is amazing what your Professor can do lighter side of Doc that my fellow stu- with words, as you know: give him dents and I noted during our graduate Lebensraum to start with and he will days at Minnesota from 1945 to 1951. *I end up with -claustrophobia. Gad, just think of it--six years as a The deciding vote in favor of my graduate student at Minnesota! coming to Minnesota, however, was cast This tpk of 1945 to 1951 I loosely . by my uncle St. John, who had vhat he refer to as the "DECLINE OF THE SOFT- considered a big farm in Rhode Island BALL EVIP1R.E". The real old timers until he read in CORDNST iYIAGAZINE this among us this evening recall that the May a5out the 35,000 acres which Dr. king of sports in the department of plant Stakman operated in Minneso tam Any pathology from about 1518 to about 1945 man, said he, who can manage 35,000 was soft ball under the able tutelage acres must really be something! of Dr. El C. "5'00 plus, minus batting average " Stahan. With the return of restaurant family which had to work the hardened soldier boys following 16 HOUfts A DAY with little or no pay, World War 11, this old man's sport of Doc apologized to me -- well he did soft ball was overtnrown and replaced not exactly apologize but said some- by such rugged athletic events as golf, thing about llsticking to the premiseH* picnic outings, reading, bowling and I believe it was after our little talk fishing. These new endurance sports that Doc mended his ways and started did not replace soft ball, however, to put in 19 hours of work each day without a bitter struggle from the old instead of his customary 17&, guard--Stahan, Christ e nsen, et aL. As all of you know, during coffee The old timers continually cast disc- hours at Minnesota Doc would frequently paraging remarks concerning all of the lead the discussions involving a multi- newer sports and were constantly under- ple of subjects of great, little, or no mining the efforts of the new guard to importance. It11 never forget the first 'replace softball. time I heard Doc expounding at one of For example, one means by which the these coffee hours. I distinctly remem- OLD GUARD attempted to overthrow the ber that the topic being discussed con- new regime was to ask the participating ccrned the attributes of the Republican athletes of golf to give the scientific and Democratic Parties. This was indeed name of all species of grasses grown a red letter day, a most thrilling mom- on golf courses and to list in alpha- ent for me and one that I will never betical order the parasites attacking forget as long as I live. It was at these grasses. Because such diseases this time that I was made aware of the were not listed in 130c1s paper "Plant fact that there WAS a political party Diseases are Shifty Enemies," the golf- besides the Democratic party. But what ing athletes could not answer; where- was even more amazing was the fact that fore they were sevtrely castigated and the Republican party had admirable and inforned that they had no business par- desirable attributes and even had strong ticipating in thesz new sports they knew hopes of someday coming into power. I little or nothing about. The new era can remember secretly laughing at the of sports was not to be overthrown so time at such a possibflity. But, as easily, however, for its proponents you all know, ANOTHER OF DOC'S PRE- studied inte-y and soon learned all DICTIONS has come to pass. about all of the present and potential As a new graduate student I was shifty enernies of golf, fishing, bowl- briefed by the older and wiser grads ing, etc, Ever since this the new era that one of the toughest subaects in of sports has been allowed to rule with- plat path was SEMINAR. I was informed out further co,nments from the old guard. that one had to be alert in this class During these years, also, one of the at all times and had to be prepared to first questions that Doc would ask all answer without hesitation questions new graduate students aspiring to be- pertaining to all subjects of great, come great plant pathologists was, "For little, or no importance. As I remem- heaven sakes, WHY UO YOU WANT TO BECOME ber it, I was on the verge of throwing A PLANT PATHOLOGIST?U I well remember in the towel after the first seminar, that such a question took me by sur- for the questions asked by Doc and his prise and looking Doc straight in the staff had livsd up to all the rumors. eye -- for I have already alluded to %he One of the first lessons that we learned fact that Doc and I are about the same in anmering Doc's questions was that height, I answered "Sir, I want to go in- one had to refrain from giving COGMATIC to the field of plant pathology because ANSWERS, further that one would do well of the short hours and the good pay."To to ask for clarification of the question my consternation Doc did not like this before answering, In this connection I answer and was about to adnonisn me for recall the time Doc asked a student how such an attitude. But after explaining many bacteria there are in one ml. of to him that I came from a tired, old milk. The student did not want to answer the question because he did a pipe. In addition to the claim made not know the exact number -- as you by Doc that smoking a pipe is more know, ladies and gentlemen, this type healthful, &)ipesmoking had another ad- of answer was always considered an vantage $or the graduate students* excellent means of avoiding questions After my first 4 years at Minnesota I of this type. But as was usually the observed that tne students who smoked case, this particular student did not pipes were not asked as many questions beg off so easily, for Doc continued: in Doc's classes as the non-smokers, 'Well, a. k. for heaven sakes, take a the cigarette or cigar snokers, The guess as to the number of bacteria reason for this became obvious after there are in one ml. of milk -- are careful scrutiny. For everytime a there 2, 4, lo, 20, 36, 46 or pipe smoker anticipated that Doc was 85 million? Come on say something!" about to ask a question he would After 20 minutes of spasmodic guessing immediately become involved in the the student was nonchalantly informed ritualistic process of lighting his that he was way off in his guesses, for or her pipe. I swear, ladies and the question did not specify whether gentlemen, that many of these students the milk was sterile or unsterile. took as long as two hours TO GET THEIR After much hair pulllng and wild PIPES LIT. In the meantime, of course, gyrations the student finally admitted Doc would never be so discourteous or defeat; and, in addition, ladies and indiscreet as to ask a question when gentlemen, he gave up milk. But all one was in thz process of lighting a was not in vain, for this student pipe. Recently many of the old timers learned a great lesson from all this. have stated that all this was at times During his prelims, when a committee a distinct disadvantage. You would be member asked him how rust overwinters, amazed at the number of pipe smokers the student casually lighted a cigar, who, having retained this habit after leaned back, expelled several rings ~raduating, GO THROUGH LIFE without of smoke and retorted: "Sir, are you answering a single, solitary question. referring to stem rust of wheat or to I know that all of you, and par- rust on metals, and if you are refer- ticularly Dr. Stahan, realize these ring to stem rust of wheat, which of tales were told in jest and that they the 230~hysiologicraces or as many were exaggerated beyond recognition in races as you want to look for would some instances* It all @st proves you like to have me discuss?" that along with our hard work we plant It is an obvious platitude (you pathologists like a little fun -- or, don't mind if I borrow this phrase do as Doc has so frequently stated, I1When you, Doc?) it is an obvious platitude you work, work hard; and when you play, that bc is a grest champion and advo- play hard. l1 cate of PIPE S1'4OKIiJGw He had made it In a serious vein now, on behalf perfectly clear that a scientist, efi- of all the old timers, I wish to con- pecially plant pathologists, should gratulate Dr. Stakman on the immeasur- not smoke cigarettes because the smoke able success he has attained as an in- given off by this method of smoking spiring teacher, an indefatigable interferes with the worker's eyes when- scientist, as a wise and diplomatic ad- ever he attempts microscopic work. This ministrator, as a faithful civil ser- is of course no problem for the pipe vant, and as a helpful friend. We wish smoker because he can't get close you, Dr. Staknan, continued success and enough to the microscope with a pipe happiness in whatever the future holds. sticking out of his face; consequently You have been and will continue to be he dispenses with all microscopic work. an inspiration to all of us. We are While at Minnesota I noted that many indeed, sir, HdNORED TO HAVE KNOWN YOU. of the cisarette smoking graduate stu- dents were converted by Doc to smoking From the top of the Western Hemisphere and from the lang-gone days in Ye Old Tottering Tower came the inimitable Dixon Lloyd Bailey with words for sone of the thoughts in the minds of all of ust

May I first of all offer a word of consolation and of hope to the "New-timersfi in our midst, who nust be feeling neglected if not discouraged. Perhaps you will never be able to stage a SEMINAR such as we have experienced tonight but, I promise you, if you will just sit back and relax, unfortunately you will, almost without knowing it, one day find you have achieved the com- fortable complacent status, comnonly designated as "the Old-timerff. To those younger Minnesotans who havt appeared on our current scientific programmes I would offer my sincere tribnte; they hare been eaglr, purposefulJ keen and imaginative and I have been proud of every one of them, But, about this senilnar episode, in spite of its hilarity, I seem to have detected a rninor overtone, not at all related to our efforts at com- munity singing. I tnink it was because the semirfar was reminiscent of some that occurred when Stake was not there and thst brou6ht us under the cloud of realization that all the seminars henceforth are going to be like that-- Stake is not going to be thero, While I have no doubt they will still be excellent, they can never be the same as they were when Stake was there. Talk to any Minnesota graduate you like about his Minnesota experience and without exception you ,;et th$ sat; assessmcnt - highlighting much that was excellent, IT WAS T:IE CONTACT WITH STAKIVhN THAT IJAS UNIGYJC, First and fore- most, of course, was his utterly unique mental endowment that spawned basic period-making contributions to phytopathology and brought such magnificent returns to his own and tvely othtr cereal growing country in the world, To none more so than to Canada. Some 25 years ago when Canadians were being d~speratelyhard-pressed by stcm rust, Stahan did auch to convince them that thd case was not hopeless, advised them as to what could and should be done, and when, in no small measure because of his influence, the Winnipeg rust research laboratory was cxtablish~d,it was staffed initially so ex- clusively with lvIinnesota-trained pathologists and geneticists that it was dubbed for many years "Little ~JIinnesota"~Moreover, during the years that have intervened since then, he has returned to us a succession of trained Canadian cereal pathologists in whose hands our cereal disease investigations have to a large extent rested. While we modestly admit we sent him good men, we gladly proclaim that he sent them back to us far better m~n,not merely well trained, but inspired with scientific idLals and ideals of service that made them productiv~scibntists and leaders in the field of cdreal pathology. Associated happily and unusually with his mental prowess Stakman had a marvellous facility of expression which made it easy for him to con- vey his second-mile vision to men of lesser xinds, without it losing its power to inspire them too. His experience also has b~enunique and he is very much a part of all that he has mzt. Yet, here again he has a singular gift for letting the inexperienced see a problem through the arch of that experience, as though it were his own. To do so was a stimulating experience; it helped you grow, Finally, he remains the only really brilliant man I have known who is genuinely interested in average men. How ~loddingand slow ~venhis brighter students must often have setmed to him and yet how gladly he suffered all of us! He gave us generously of his time; he became irtt,ristfd in us as individuals; we came to know the intellect~slgiant as a .:Ian who did not even bothor to hide his feet of clay; and throu~hthe ytars we have thought of hin first of all as a fFiend. That then is the Stakman I salute tonight - a real intellectual giant who has done more than any other individual to make phytopathology as scientific as it is today; who has made effective and inspired contri- butions Seyond that field in biology, agriculture and education; who has contributed a rcal spark of his inspiration to more students than even he will ever realize; and who has nevertheless not lost the common touch but demmstrated a capacity for friendship that ignores everything but the in- dividual, Now he changes his emphasis and leaves us more than a little desolate, aware for the first tims just how nuch we have depended on him and h2w much we are going to miss him in his accustomed place. However, if, as I Fray, the years will just keep on being kind to him, I know that decades hence we will recognize this less as a closing of one chapter than - as the opening of a new one, with still fint;r more broadly sweeping con- tributions yet to come. Keep one eye cocked for the future Is good Yankee philosophy; so I-ERMAN (~lonzo~odenhiser) a revealer of

LEXTMORDIItARY? &OWIDdNTIAL? TOP SECRET had these words to say: DR. STfiWN-- This banquet is one more in the chain of many held in your honor during the past several months. It is true that it has been more or less informal, but certainly there is no lack of sincerity on the part of the "Old TimerslI and friends here tonight in expressing to you their apprecia- tion for all you have done for them as a friend and teacher over these many years. On a number of these occasions you have received various tokens of appreciation for your many contributions to plant pathology and science, and world acgiculture in general, There have been others si~lilarlyhonored and for some there have been established prizes and awards in their names, such as the Jacob Erickson prize for odtstanding rust research and the Emil Christian Hanssn medal and prize. It has been the wish of your students, tfOld Timerst1, and friends in science and industry that a similar suitable memorial be set np in your nme. It is our pleasure to announce tonight that this group has con- tributed funds which will make possible thu establishment of the

and monetary award, to be presented annually to the scientist making the most outstanding contribution in research in the field of cereal diseases.g

The details of administration have not been completed, except that the head- )I quarters for the sward and fund will remain at the University of PIinnesota, and that a nationally known committee of five, which will include yourself and the Head of the Department of Plant Pathology and Botany at Ninnesota, will be responsible for the administration of the fulid. For those who receive this award in future years it is our hope it will be an inspiration to be of service to all mankind as you have been.

IfB~t~ll~~~th~field has not been definitely delimited: it may I-. ~~-:-ro.~edor broadeneci, depending on the judgment of the ah,, ,vi-~~I,?. We think the BIG CHIEF STAKE4AN was gctting twenty winks , about this time, but wakened enough to ask and demand the OPEN SPOT on the program, which was definitely, irrevocably liqited to 10 minutes unless there was a vote of confidence. He got it.

Premier Grcaney, Old Timers, future Old Timers, and all those who have or will associate, familialy or otherwise, with Old Timers1 There is within me a sense of unreality and a feeling of disorien- tation. I enjoyed thoroughly the clever and fine things that have been said and the eloquence with which they weru saidr it has been A WOD SEMINAR, and I enjoyed it as I enjoy all good seminars. But until someone whispered "Get up and say something, YOU; thayl ve bcen talking about you, " I didn' t quite realize that it was really me about whom you wore talking. I enjoyed your cleverness and wit, and I appreciate the kind, generous, and charitable things that you said. I hope some of them are true; I wish they all were. Allusions have been made to my sthletic record, my attitude toward matrimony, and my ignorance of labor legislation* '11% #ECi)RD IS ENTITLED TO THE TRUTH. My best batting av:;rage in soft ball was 625: pius or minus a little; and it was never lower than 360. For three cor,secutj.vi: years I never struck

. out, either in ga,nes or in practice. And I dS.dntt have much practice bccause the coach always said, I1IJet someone else bat; you di>n1tneed the practice.ll What are they laughing at, ~k.Premier? They want corroborating evidance? A11 right, did you ever strike me out, Ylor; did you,&d gren; did you, Rodenhiser? Therk you are: Harold .says lrnope"; Ralph says, "1 never didff; and Rody says, "No, but I didn't have to, because you never hit the ball out of tb infie1d.lf A11 right, Rody, I didn't have to hit the ball out of the infield. The way you fielded your position I could always g~tto second base on en infield tape Well, now, rnaybe that isn't strictly true, but if you had been a slower field6r than you were, it could have been true. Anyhow these three honorable men testify that they nev~rstruck me out. And just think about what grelt pitchers they ware! Idhat are they laughing about now, I4r. Prdmier; I didn't say anything about my fielding! May I kxtend my remarks in the record? Wall, wealU have to CONSIDER that; maybe, if they are TWJE and not TOO LONG.'! OF COURSE they will bo true, and just why this Iftoo longw business? What are they laughing at, Gruaney--I mean I*. Premier? For the.rccord, and not to boast, here is the PFUMISE. It is the last half of the 9th inning in a championship game. We are ahead by one run and our enemies have the bases loaded with one out, Bill Broadfoot, a converted outfielder, is pitching, anu 1, a converted batter, an playing right short. Bill says to me, "Now play this ball right.!' He pitches, the batter hits a long, high foul to the bank to the right of and uaj beyond 1st base, I run, at an angle of 300, with 2nd base as the apex of th~triangle* I climb the bank, with my back to the ball, I describe a helicoid spiral, stick out my hands in supplication, and there the ball sticks in the fielder's mitt that we didn't wear in those days, Every runner could have scored after this spectacular catch because I was so surprised that I couldn't have thrf~ll th~ball if the runniJrs had run, but the runners were so surprised that Cthey couldnlt run, so I modestly rbturned to my position, kissed the ball and tossed it to outfielder-pitcher Bill. Two out, bases full, and we are still one run ahead. Pitcher Bill pitches, side arm, but the situatien is so tense that nobody but me notiees it. The batter swings and hits the ball 55 feet high back of the pitcher's mound. It's Bill's ball, but he folds his arms, looks straight at me and says, IfYou take it; you did pretty well on that last one; you've got plenty of timet this ball won't get back to earth for, well, let's see, I'd say about 2 seconds. That ball never did reach earth; I cradled it to my bosom until the umpire raised both hands and yelled, I1BATTERZOUT, GAVIEZOVER!ll We win, 14 to 13, Sounds like a football score, but in those days softball and football sometimes got sort of mixed up+ ~"lybe I'm a little mixed up too; maybe both of those plays were not in the same game, but it is only by piecing together all pieces of information that we get the whole truth. Somebody intimated something about UMPIRE BAITING. I never did1 All I evcr tried to do was to help the umpire improve his powers of perception and decision--in the right direction. The teaching habit, and respect for prin- ciples--that' s all! Anyhow, we had some great softball tezm. It was fun to play for fun and it was fun to play every play and every game to the limit. It took a better team to beat you Old Timers, and sometimes you beat better teams. You were never autfought. And maybe there is som virtue in the llgood old college tryel', whether in athletics or in science, or in any sther worth- while activity. It has been intimated that ir MALIGNED IVLCITRIMONY, but I never did. The institution is well established and should not be abolished; it evep has its XES. But when and with whom to enter into the institution is a serious question, especially for scientists and other creative intellectuals It can be a make or break contract. Had my advice ever been asked, I would have said, I1Just be sure you are not in the emotional state where every goose looks like a swan and every lass like a queen, to paraphrase a couplet from 'When all the world was young lad and all the grass was green.! The danger is not in the greenness of the grass but of the prospective contracting

parties. I would have said, '!Don't jump. - too fast and too far from one love to another; you said you 1o;ed Ninerva and now yqu want to love Venus too! just don't let them pull each other's hair!" But my advice regarding either marriages or mirages was never asked. Sure soine of you asked me whether you could see me LATE AT NIGHT when no one else was around and when you thought my resistance was low. But, with varying degrees of diplomatic circumlocution, you always betrayed your in- tent to get married, even when you tried to hide your intent in a questioRe Anyhow I learned a lot from you abo~tthe indirect approach, and it was fun watching you maneuver. You didn't fool me and I guess I didn't fool you, I appreciated your courtesy in telling me, and it was interesting getting a vicarious preview of some of you wives who are here tonight, Sometime 1'11 tell you what a wonderful plea sone of the boys made for you. Some of you certainly were determined to land your man, as I heard it. Even 2 mas and pas pressured some of these boys so hard that the boys couldn't bear to dis- appoint them. What filial devotion is represented here tonight& Although my advice was never really asked, I gave the stereotyped summary: "Just be sure that you and she and her ma and pa and your ma and pa are all sure that ''insffai-r was arranged in heaven." And the stereotyped answer was "Yes, indeed (occasionally llyes, sirn). They all know it." Then sometines followed a list of brothers, sister, cousins, and a varied assortment of 11i.n l-is.cfl vho k~ewit tool Evidently nothing was left to chance; it was all lib* an exp~rirmntso well planned that the desired result was knombefore- hand. But look at the RESULT; could anyone beat this group of wives? Better not; wife beating is bad. Despite that fact that some of you boys caused conwrn by butterflying around, you chose well when you chose for KEEPS. And this I have often said when you were not around, Labor laws to limit hours of work and age of workers? If any of you wives here ever told that it was my fault seminars lasted so long and that it was officially necessary to work in the laboratory late at night, lets get the record straight. Attendance at seminars never was obligatory, only strongly AL)VISABLEe All of the staff tried to make thsm short, but what could we do when your husbands asked.us a lot of questions that took a long time to answer? And, as concerns late night work, it was always my conten- tion that a person could accomplish more by working from 4 to 8 in the morning than from 8 to 12 at night* Really though, research is not a per- functory operation. To accomplish much requires much time and effort. Research is for the ZEALOUS, not the apathetic. And many people here tonight, men and women, deserve credit for having fostered the spirit of zealous re- search in thc Old Tottering Tower and in flPhytobrickhnuse erectus.ll Well, you don't want me to talk all night. This is one time when I should keep still. But I want to make a confession; you surprised me. For at least once I had no inkling of your intentions, so my remarks are too long because they are not precogitated. But several sentiments I do really want to convey. No one could listen to what you have said about me without amusement, pride, and humility, Whcther or not you really meant all of the kind things I appreciate your saying them. They put wine into my head and a funny feeling into my chest. The Department of Plant Pathology and Agricultural Botany of the University of lYinnesota is a great institution, but no man made it great. It is a synthesis, a synergistic organism, It has unity in diversity. All of you, and the Old Timers not here, have helped make it what it is. And you are all different. You have different interests, different aptitudes, different skills, different abilities, and different personalities. You are individuals and some are individualists. I hope your individuality has been and always will be respected. Creative thinkers, resourctif.ul investigators, and good teachers cannot be patterned in a standard mold. There are many kinds of things to be done in a Department like ours. And it is an obli- gation to try to find out what each individual can do best and then give him a chance to do it. Dean Freeman acted on that principle when he founded and guided the Department. And everyone on the Staff has tried to keep and carry out that policy. But the unity is attained through COiYIMON IDEALS: the highest possible ideals of sound, basic, and useful research; the ideal of doing the best possible teaching and learning; the ideal of serving hmanity; the ideal of fairness and helpfulness to the Institution and to everyone in it. But this is no valedictory. I no longer have certain responsibilities, but I certainly hope I still have certain privileges. At any rate I111 in- sist on them unless someone can insist harderthan I can. And the greatest privilege will be to continue to learn with you and r'rom you. But I111 tell you a secret. When the school bells start ringing next fall, 1'11 realize that I no longjr have the obligation to go to class and try to help learners to learn. That will probably sometimes hurt a little. But it will be a grand experiment to find out how people in the Department act when they can tell me, Ytt's none of your bu~iness,~l This is not retirement; it is a change of duties, 1'11 miss the duties that I have had, but I am happy that they have been transferred cc4'inially to the Grezt Dpne, J. J. Christensen, because he and others on ~.ILStcd'f have already been discharging many of them for a long time. The Department is in GOOD hands. No man could have had a greater privilege than that of working with all of you and the many who are not here. I learned more from you than you .. did from me. And I want you to know that I appreciate it in the deepest deeps of my chest, Thank you for tonight and for the many nights and days through the many years. I love you all; God bless yous

Well! Well! Welll Flabbergastedf We had always thought Big Chief was so wide-awake1 But, then came the Rebuttal!

Mr. Premier, may I speak again? I'm sorry, but I made no mention of the ltStakman Award" -- or whatever it was that Dr. Rodenhiser, of Nova Scotia, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Minnesota, and Washington, D. C. said* I thought you were pulling my short leg; I thought you were fooling, until the lady beside me said, "You're ASLEEP, you didn't say anything about the AWAmI" Well, what could be expected? First, I'm a so-and-so and a stupid, I still thought you sere spoofing until Helen Hart frowned -- as only the former Editor of Phytopath. can frown -- looked me sternly in the eye, and said "They meant it; it's true; SAY somethingl" All I can say is that I ex- pected the award would be a kid's baseball bat, a large bucket to catch pop flies in, or an alarn clock to remind me that I once kept a class over- time. If, though, you are serious about associating my name with some sort of encouragement for productive scholarship, I am pleased beyond expressione Heaven knows that the world needs scholarship and th~leadership that should go with it. I'm proud of you for wanting to encourage it, and my chest is pressing my ribs with swelling pride to think that you want to associate my namc with anything connected with scholarship or research$ Can I contrlSute, even if my nhre is attached? How could anyone HELP loving a bunch like yo21

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