Vol. IIZ, No. I.

A U R O R A S P O R E A L I S

February, 1927

A Journal --..-

Therein a r e recorded t h e r e c o l l e c t i o n s , t h e

r u i n a t ions , and the r a s p i r a t ions of those who

have drunk from t h e foaning fount i n t h e Depart-

aent of P lant Pathology of t h e Universi ty of

Ninnesota and who now spout f o r t h i n d i v e r s ways.

Let the fount foam and never run 'dry,

Let the s?out s q u i r t and never l o s e power.

Published by tile Grninar Conunittee, a ided and

by many o thers .

The Committee: Eelen Hart

'rT. C . Sroadfoot

H . A. Rodenhiser [Chairman)

Hurah Rceyi ra t ions

Szlutat ions!! H a i l t o the Chief!!

On receiving's forwarded copy of your b r i l l i a n t shee t I has ten t o f i l e with you my cor rec t address f o r I would not miss a s i n g l e r ay . Although I now work with the f o r e s t s , mine i s not a d e s e r t i o n from P lan t Pathology, r a t h e r an a t t e q t t o apply broadly t h e p r i n c i p l e s v i t h i ~ h i c h I became t l in tox ice ted l l a t the "foaming fount the re i n "The Land of t h e s k i . l1 Rea l to r s c a l l my present c i t y "The land of the sky," so you see t h a t I have c h a n ~ e d only a vowel and not a vow. No, when you f o l k s maqried me t o H e n r i e t t a Sapiens is Science on the eve of my departure from your midst, I was no doubt very much " in tox ica ted , I' but I took the lady f o r b e t t e r o r f o r worse and al though s h e ' s never done much by me 1'11 never give her up now.

One sees by your columns t h e t t h e i n s i d i o u s Globe Tro t t ing Disease t h a t so incapac i t a t ed Stak during 1920-22 has again appaared. I t i s l i k e f o o t and mouth d i sease i n many ways o the r than connotat ive, i t e f f e c t s the sane p a r t e , the cause i s unknov~n, very in fec t ious , d i f f i c u l t t o e r a d i c a t e , and vacc ina t ion and previous i l l n e s s a r e not preventa t ive . Henry's case w i l l soon be under con t ro l , and we hope t h a t Lewh w i l l respond r a p i d l y t o t rec tment . Barker t e l l s me t h a t he has had a severe r e l apse . \Ye hope i t doesn ' t s e t Stak again becausa the J8,panee.e form is t e r r i b l e , and the Argentine form i s even worse. My own case i s now quiescent but I have t o be c a r e f u l and not l e t anything agzra.vate i t .

I n regar' t o t h i s Teise mzn who s?outed i n December, i t seems t h a t Ice man ~vould be more 'ppropriate,- h i s product i s so spa rk l ing yet so dense. But I r e a l l y d i d n ' t in tend t o w r i t e so much, i t s a h a b i t I got i n t o at S t a k ' s seminars, s o r t of s t r i n g i n g th ings out i n d e f i n i t e l y . My purpose wc?s j u t t o e::preas my apprec ia t ion f o r your e f f o r t s i n supplyin8 o ld grads wi th news of t h e department, and t o wish you every success and a very d e l i g h t f u l New Year. Regards t o a l l and g rea t P rosper i ty t o P lan t Pathology at Minnesota. Good Luck.

Long l i v e the Dean!

S incere ly ,

Charles R . Hursh.

P. S. We e.vfsit Ne l l i e wi th open arms, 3,s soon as you can Doctor him up, he has h i s work cu t out f o r him here .

Romance t r ansc r ibed f o r the p l a i n American; no you c a r e aught f o r me? Vegetar ian : Do you c a r r o t f o r me?

4 Ikfathematician : Do you care 0 4 me?

Five Generations of Minnesota Pa tho loq i s t s Meet -

I n Giashington recen t ly f i v e d i s t i n c t genera,tions were represent- . ed at a Ninnesota luncheon he ld at the Occidental ( o r was it O ~ l o j l t ~ ~ l ' j Cafe. A t any r a t e , i t was next t o the Wil lard Hotel and was the sort, of p lace at which you s l i d e out on g l a c i a l i c e i f you leave l e s s than a f i f t y cent t i p . The a f f a i r was promoted by Doctors 7?eis9,Stevenson, Br ie r l ey , and Schael. Stakman rode ov3r wi th the r e s t and e t e more than anybody e l s s i n v i m of t h e f s c t t h a t he d i d not have t o pay h i s onn b i l l . Scl18,ol re;3rt2sented the modern e r n i n Xinnesota p lan t pathology, B r i e r l e y the pre-modern e ra , Weiss the medicvcl period, Stevenson the Renaissance, and Stakman t h e Derk Ages. Many th ings were discussed around the t a b l e ; tnese included pethology - p l a n t , animal, hum~n, 2nd ? o l i t i c z l - o s r o l l cs some of the higher phases of a r t , and the x inu te enatomy of a.utomobilcs.

The Phi ladelphia Ncetings

Another c.nn=re-1 Phyt opathologiccl EJleet ing has been held. This year i t m2,s at P h i l a d e l ~ h i a , t h e c i t y of b r o t h e r l y love , s i s t e r l y a f f e c t i o n , enormous menufacturing i n t e r e s t s , a prodig ious ly l a r g e corflnerce, narrow s t r e e t s , and t h e Univers i ty of Pennsylvcnia. Phi ladelphia i s a c i t y r i c h i n h i s t o r i c i n t e r e s t . So were some of the bu i ld ings i n which the meetings wsre held. Nevertheless, t h e m e e t i n g were about as i n t e r e s t i n g es usue l . One forenoon mas devoted t o an i n v i t a t i o n program at which speeches were de l ivered by Professor H . L . Bolley and M. B . MacKay. There were severa l out- s tending f e a t u r e s . One was a round t a b l e d iscuss ion on con t ro l of f r u i t d i seases , another zn af ternoon ~ c s s i o n on the c o n t r o l of c e r e a l smuts. This was orgenized, l e d , and a d t i v a t e d by M r . F . C . Meier, the Extension P lan t Pa thologis t of the Bureau of P lan t Industry, United S t e t ~ s Department of Agr icul ture . P a r t i c i p , ~ ~ n t s i n the discuss- ions included agronomists, g e n e t i c i s t s , p l a n t pa tho log i s t s , both 9f the investigntionixl and demonstrational ve,r ic ty, and some represent&- t i v e s of corn~aerciz~l f i rms . The r u l e s of t h e sznatt: appl ied . Every- body t a lked as l ~ n g as he wanted t o about anythin6 which happened t o come i n t o h i s head. The speakers, e s p e c i ~ l l y , enjoyed the meeting thoroughly. Howevcr, i t was r e a l l y one of t h e b e s t p l a n t pathology meetinas which the w r i t e r has a t tended i n many moons. There a l s o was a confzrence on dus t ing c e r e a l s wi th sulphur t o prevent c a s t s . Whetzel and Stzkman a l t e r n a t e d as p r e s i d i n g o f f i s e r , and about t h e only xay t o keep h'lhetzel from t a l k i n g was t o keep him i n t h e c h a i r . Conseauentlv, i t wns cont r ived t o k e e ~ him the re most of the time. Mr. ~ i g h t l i b g e r , Professor Bolley, an2 D r . Eumphrey took an a c t i v e p a r t i n the d iscuss ions . The ques t ion of the value of c e r e a l d u s t i n g was not s e t t l e d , but a l o t of suggest ions were made.

The Phytopathological banquet mas decidedly d i f f e r e n t t h i s year from those a h i c h h~,ve been he ld during t h e pas t few years . The buffoonery of previous yeers wcs represented by a yauning void. The a f f a i r mes q u i t e sz r ious . I t was & t e s t imonia l dinner t o D r . Erwin F. Smith. Professor L.R. Jones, D r . Telch of Johns Hopkins, and D r . F . V . Rand spoke concerning Docto.rf Smith 's con t r ibu t ion t o p lant pathology, enimal pathology, and t o sbience i n genera l .

The fol lowing c ~ ~ b s c r i b e r s t o Aurora Sporea l i s a t tended the meet- ing: Margeret Nevton, Olaf Aamodt, Reiner Bonde, C . V . Kight l inger , Allen NenEall, F. J. Schnciderhan, R. D.V l l e a u , R . S. Kirby (we c a n ' t claim him e n t i r e l y , but he once was here?, and E. C . Stakman.

V i s i t o r s

The Mzyo Foundation l e c t u r e s sponserad by t h e G r c d ~ a t e Schools of Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Iowa d-ecl, t h i s year, wi th p l a n t pc.thology and physiology i n t h e i r r e l a t i o n t o human o f f a i r s .

A s the f i r s t l e c t u r e r i n t h i s s s r ios ,Dr . L . 0. Kunkel of Boyce Thompson I n s t i t u t e , Yonkers, N . Y . , v i s i t e d the Univers i ty and t h e Divis ion of P lan t Pcthology on J2nucry 13. D r . Kunkel discusszd h i s r c s sa rchzs on a s t c r ysLlows. The outs tanding po in t s of i n t e r e s t brought out mere the midc host rcnge of t h e c e t e r ye l lons v i r u s and the s ~ e c i f i c i t y of t h e v i r u s f o r i t s i n s e c t hos t .

Dr. G. H.-Coons of Michigcn, D r . H. B. 'iihetzal of Cornell , 2nd the Big Chief of 14innesotn a r c scheduled f o r f u t u r e l e c t u r e s i n t h i o s c r i e s .

D r . M. B . LIcEay, p l m t pa tho log i s t at the Oregon Experiment S t a t i o n , Corve.llis, Or!gon, roccn t ly v i s i t e d Yinnesota and addressed n semincr mecting of dxvision rnelilbcrs ~ ~ n d guests. D r . McKcy discussed the rcf iul ts of h i s rescnrchcs on v$estGrn yellow b l i g h t of tomatoes, gointecl , out t h z t t h e r e i s cvid.zncc tinct t h e v i r u s which ccuces westcrn ye l lon b l i g h t i s iden t i c31 \ ~ i t h t h e v i r u s which causes c u r l y top of auger b e e t s .

Loccl Color

D r . 7 e l l e n s i e k gave 6 vcry i n t e r s z t i n g t a l k before the P1m.t Pcth. l i t e r a t u r e seminar, Th~trsdily n i t c , Feb. 3, at ah ich the Plant Pl iyeiologis ts vere our guzs t s . D r . ';?ellensiek spoke on I1Prematurc Tuber Formstion i n Early Po tc toes . " '7c were extended an i n v i t a t i o n t o v i s i t h i s country i n the na?-r f u t u r e , 2nd sce eome of the th ings he spoke about (not t h a t ~e nezdod f u r t h 3 r proof of h i s experiinents) .

Refreshnenta mere servzd by the seminar committee. After a song s e r v i c e i n -.-ihich the lo i tmot i f cons is ted of t b e o f t r e c u r r i n g s t r c i n s of I1Hon Dry I Am, " iviiss Hart pourcc! laixonadc. I t w e s good, but not abundant. It f l o t ~ e d joyously enough do-$~n t h e gu l l e t , bu t , oh, how grudgingly i t triclclcci from t h c l i p s of Florence Flesk. E i t h s r Ir$e must have more Iemons h e r ~ ~ f t e r , o r ne nus t squeeze them harder .

To the tune of j ' ingl ing d le igh b e l l s 2nd the b e s t of LXcnccrs impatient hoofs, the annual P lcn t P ~ ~ t h . Chr is txas p a r t y Tas ushered i n . Appropriate g i f t s a c r 2 p i l a d high under the Christmas t r e e , end a f t e r they hcd been d i o t r i b c t e d , evzryonc seemed s a t i s f i e d , e s p e c i e l l y Eadie Frcemcn ; ~ i t h h i s r c f f l e garne, and Roeney Harvey wi th h i s lcdy

"Ethylene. " A group of promising Geraan stixdents rendered ct h e a r t rending

song, and the l i g h t of ~~ccomplishrnent kindled i n t h e eyes of t h e i r tzccher os verse c f t e r vmne rang out . M r . and Mrs. lTellensiek fs,voreci thz group v i t h 2. f e n Dutch songe and were l a t e r ably a s s i s t e d by Dean Freeman and 3r. Sta:rm,?,n. The r e s t of the time w a s divided b&tl:reen e a t i n g a l l kinds of g ~ o d th ings end s inging every song n r i t t e n bet~,veen "Ham and Eggsu end " G u b b ~ Nua.

D r . ' Leach 72s host t o t h e Plznt Pc.th. l i t e r a t u r e seminar rrrou9. Thursd~y , l i s t e n e d t at the Phi

January 27, put h i s home. o 1Gr. Kignt l inger and L l r l c d e l p h i a meeting of t h e

A z

Gntheree around the f i r e p l a c i ? r e anmodt r epor t on the papers glven

dm~ricc?,,n dssoc ic t ion f o r t h e iidva.nc ment of Science, ~ i s c u s s i 6 n s fo l loncd cach pzper, 2nd refreshments fol lo- i~cd t h e d i scuss ions .

-4- Lohengrin Grins Aqain

The ~?,nnouncement of tile mclrricgs of Mr. P h i l i p Br ic r l ey , one time imbiber cdt the Focming Fount, and Miss Myrtle Shirem?,n, v i l l be of greet i n t s r ~ s t t o a l l Aurorn readers . for tun at el;^, a vcry graphic account of the ceremony hns been su'ornitted by a n (eye ) witness , 2nd i s reproeuced below f o r t h e b e n e f i t of B r i e r i e y l s numerous d i s t a n t (no r e f l e c t i o n i s intended on t h e c loseness of h i s near ) f r i e c d s zho ill x n t t o -,:ish him 2nd Nrs. Br ie r l ey 7ira11.

The ceremony ~ s s performed at midnight. An i n a b i l i t y on the p a r t of t h e b r i d e end groom t o a p e e on c p a r t i c u l a r d a t e l e d t o t h i s ingenious compromise. The groom spoke h i s vovrs at 11: 59 p. a. on Dec. 23, the b r i d e f o l l u ~ i n g at 12:01 z . m . the next day n i t h hers . Thus they had each t h e i r r e spec t ive - : ~ ~ y s at the a t a r t . Thz Old Arcedia dance h a l l ~rc~s t h e scene of t h e event, i t be ing conveniently near t h c apartment i n which t h e youn,r people now dwell .

Char l ie Dmes was b e s t rnc.n. An e f f o r t t o secure James J. Tunney i n t h i s capaci ty f z i l e d oning t o the chz-mpion be ing de ta ined on h i s l i t e r c r y assignments i n connection wi th t h e Bunk of t h e Month Club.

LenQre U l r i c vzs t h e bridesmcid. Her plzy, Lulu Bel le , now c u r r e n t i n Nex york Ci ty kept her i n the metropol is dur ing the ceremony, but she broadcast he r p c r t from S t a t i o n M. J. Z . , whence i t ;7ae rc lcyed by '~7.3. B.F. i n *~Zashington and received at the Brcedia on t h s groom's s i x t e s t tube s e t . (;j'e do not knon what a bridesmakd i s supposed t o do, but r e be t t h a t Lenore could do i t . )

D r . Clarence True Vilson, Secre tcry of the Methodist Bomd of Publ ic Morels, vrzs the off ic i2. t i n s clersymsn. Inadver tent ly he hcd n3glected t o b r i n g h i s copy of th3 C 2 . s ~ f o r P roh ib i t ion , which he i s aoaustomed t o use cs a s e r v i c e book on auch occasions, so read i n l i m of the s e r v i c e a few l i n e s from Tile knerican Txa~edy. "KO one cc res ebout the d o t z i l s of 2 ~ a r r i a g e s c r v i c c any;12uy,X he s e i d i n explnnction, Ifthe objec t be ing only tr, use up sometime. I t (The book r e f e r r e d t o i s sdrnircbl;~ a d q t e d t o t h i s purpose.'!

The b r i d a l g c r t y w c s arccedef- by Chsrles Drechsler as Cupid, d a i n t i l y gsrbed. i n a pink saah, and stze-;iing popcorn along the a i s l e ovor -.-rhich t h e S r i d e a ~ ~ r o e c i l e d . L'iiss S1xixen1~,r? nore a pantalon bouffant of i r i d e s c e n t * cre;?e, an3 F, h z t of spun glass i n a luminous shzde of b l e u oc6an, thus a n t i c i p ~ ~ t i n ; t h e fzshions of 1457 nc fore- seen by Pcul P o i r e t . Tho groom Jora cn apple-green gnndourah and a white l abora to ry coat , borrowed f o r the occasion from h i s col league E . A r t n c h ~ ~ a g e r .

After the ceremony thc youns couple r e t i r e d t o t h e i r new apar t - ment i n Foggj Bottom, mhere they ncit ;d on the doorstep u n t i l 3 a.m. vhen t h e milk man de l ive red t h e i r f i r s t quar t of m~ilk.

On January 3 t h e groom servcd refreshments of t h e usual order .

( N . B . The r e p o r t e r of the Aurora -;ms not e c t u n l l y present at t h i s mnrriage, and nits unable t o intervie17 any one e l s e who 7:ias t h e r e except t h e tno p r i n c i p a l s . AS both of them a r e l i k e l y t o prove b iased ' ~ i t n e s s e s , he r e j e c t s t h e i r testimony s s u n r e l i z b l e and has chosen t o supply t h e nacessary d c t c i l s from h i s imagination. He b e l i e v e s t h a t l i c e n s e should be grcnted him t o do t h i s as he hes, l i k e Uark T-~ain, never on any previous occe;ion devia ted from gcrpendicular f a c t . )

Excerpts irom Gerxan Class.

E . C . S . - 'mat i s t h e meaning of Gefahr, Thornberry? ~ H . T . - oh ----------- kj ---------- :7lijr -------- I don ' t know.

(Two minutes l a t e r ) E.C.S. - What i s t h e meaning of Gefahr, ~ h o r n b e r r ~ l E . H . T , - uh ------ ----- Lexme s e e ---------- Oh ------ Uh - - - - - - -

(Four minutes l a t e r ) E.C.S. - S a ~ e q ~ e s t i o n again . H . H . T . - Ah --------- Why, we had t h a t xord j u s t a while ago--Ah-- Uh-

( ~ t i n t e r v a l s of two minutes f o r t h e next t e n n i n u t e s ) E. C.S. - What i s t h e meaning of Gefahr, Thornberry? H.H. T. - (Gives var ious vers ions of t h e above answers, but f i n a l l y

s u r g r i s e s e v x y o n e wi th t h e fo l lowing r s p l y . ) Ah ------- Oh ------ Uh ----------- DANGER.

Doctor Stakman has r ecen t ly r e t u r n e d from a very p leasan t vaca- t i o n a t Washingto9, D. C. Besides r ece iv ing about 200 c a l l e r s and a t t e n d i n g 50 af ternoon t e a s , Doctor Staknlan wrote a complete r e p o r t of Rust E p i d e r i o l o g , a t t ended the Phi ladelphia meetings, and confer red wi th t h e Cyanaxid Company a t New York. Some vacat ion!

Mr. Ralph Nelson s2ent t h e f i r s t t h r e e weeks of January with Doctor Colley EL^ t h e Fores t P r o d - ~ c t s Laboratory, Madison, VJisconsin, working o n c u l t u r a l i d e n t i f i c a t i o n of d i f f e r e n t types of wood r o t s .

Mr. Ray Bulger, i n charge of Barberry Eradica t ion i n South Dakota, i s he lp ing wi th r u s t epidemiology work and doing a l i t t l a graduate i-iork out of hours t n i s quar t e r . Bulger says t h a t he enjoys l i f e with t h e gang in t h e "To t t e r in ' Tower".

V I T A L STATISTICS

On January 2$ t h e department r ece ived a box of c i g a r s and a huge box 02 candy frorc Doctor and kirs. Henry. A c a r d a r r i v e d at t h e same time and these a r e t h e words thereor,:

John Alexander Campbell e igh t pounds Jan, 2 , 1927

On February 4 Er. ar.d X r s . Lecnard Melander sen t candy and c i g a r s around i n honor of t h e i r you.rig son, Harlan.

Expression of Pa thologica l Ju ices .

Pub l i ca t ions during 1926 in t h e Department at Minnesota, as ever , have been prepared only under duress , a ~ Z 0 ~ ~ z n i e d by prolonged 2nd r e c u r r i n g pa ins - r e c u r r i n g a t each r e v i s i s n . Our Chris , ~ o s t pained of a l l when in t h e agonies of authorship, survived an a r t i c l e on Sorosporium reil ianurg and a t e c h n i c a l b u l l e t i n on phys io logic s p e c i a l i z a t i o n of Helmintho sporium, but c m e out of it 1imy;ing s e n t a l l y and had t o be a s s i s t s d by t h e S i g Chief through h i s too e n t h u s i a s t i c descriptj .ons of some mutations of Us%ilaffo zaaa and i n p r e d i c t i o n s 8,s t o t h s f u t u r e of corn i f 2, zeae and G i n i a sorp'hi continued to s p e c i a l i z e , I t sG3ma t h a t 20 out of 21 p l a n t s d ied , and t h i s proved sow.at5ing very important.

Tables coxpi lcd 'by Ero~,&oot - sori.3 fancy and o t h e r s j u s t p l a i n k i tchen v a r i z t y - were supposed t o show t b a l Fussxiurn l i n i a l s o h a d physio1o~:ic forms. Thay %ore s u b s i t t 3 d to Phjrtopathology because he knew t C e e d i t o r had a cornples on phys io logic forms, so i t got in to p r i n t , 3roadfoot i s now ill.

Rodmhiser ~ h o u g h t he would ge t i n good, too, so he da l lve red h i x s a l f , w i t h efforC ar:d a t t h e l o s s of s e v e r a l heavy da tes , of an a r t i c l e on physiologic s p e c i a l i z a t i o n of U s t i l a , ~ o nuda and U . t r i t i c i . Phytopat'nology nss glad t o get even t h i s . -

N ~ l a m s o r a l i n i got an a r t i c l e out of voluble Miss Hart, and a t e c h n i c a l and popular b u l l e t i n out o f Doctor Eenry. Right a f t e r he f i n i s h e d t h e last +no, though, he went t o England f o r a y e a r ' s vacat ion.

Urs. Sarokin wrote up an a b s t r a c t on gha t she had seen i n a mossic tomato thrcugh t h e ~ i~ ic roscopa , I t s e e m she looked so long t h a t ahe began t o sea th ings move.

Lanbert, aody anci F lo r con t r ibu ted rec ipes on t h e use of fungic ides f o r srr.ut t a t h e home-bren s e c t i o n of Phytopatb: Pe te co l l abora ted on a spri;.y progran f o r our S t a t a ; Rose cont r ived t o i s s u c t ~ f o l c a f i e t a on c e l e r y and cucu~?:b$~ d iseases ; S a ~ f o r d expla ins i n an a r t i c l e aSou2 !.ctinonivces scab izs t h a t the s o i l seerm to h a v ~ sozething t o do with i t ; St;siman r e s t r i c t e d h i s tlndying enthusiasm f o r PuccinJg >o;raxinis t3 z few .7';~0rd3 on t h e sf ,a tus of t h e ~ i t u a t i o n znC a f c v nore t o r u s t prevention; Hynes descr ibed t h e a c t i v i t i e s of tile s a x e pop l~ la r Eur.gus on Federat ion and Knapli; i t took s e v e r a l to g e t out an ctbetract oz? s u l f u r dus t ing f o r r u s t on wheat; and a c i r c u l a r i s sued fron v!zs:iington on s u s c e p t i b i l i t y of sp r ing wheats t o r u s t bears t h e rime of E . C . S t a h a n - incon- spicuously, to be su rc , but i t i s the re .

Leach, a f t u r p laying f o r a long time wi th pota to bugs o r some- t h i n g l i k e t h a t ( t h a y t r e c z l l a d Phorbia f u l s c i c e ~ s and rfiust be c z a r l y 3s important a.s Se1rnins;hos~or iun;) , brought out a p a r t i c u l a r l y d a r ~ skele ton froix t h e i r po t s to c e l l a r . A s a reward f o r exposing t h 2 s r e r & t , 3 s i s bz inz s m t t o Eurore t o i n v e s t i g a t e black l e g s t h e r e , I n t h e ;.r.ezntirxe, f o r r e c r e z t i o n , he had t o 'Idrop1l t o l e t t u c e with 8 k . Gi lbe r t .

Next yea r , cccording t o t h e e d i t o r of Phytopsth. , we hope t o Write "sore and b e t t e r papers . "

TRUE CONFESSIONS

Doc Freeman admits t h a t he can s k a t e although hs Kay not be a ,bls t o do enother th ing . Shades of f igure -e igh t s and bk~lt26.3 c rosses and t h e l i k a on t h a t l i t t l z o l d frozen f i s h pond!

R i l l Rrozdfoot admits t h z t he can fol low Lambertt s complicated mathexat i c a l f ornulae a k i l s s o s s i b l y Doc Leach and t h e r e s t of us cannot .

suspect t h a t Eulger has z conf zssion t o make a f t e r what happexed at L i t . Ssz. t h e o ther n igh t . A t t h s soxsn t Lindgren mentioned g e t t i n g some & ~ e frorr. tbc: " O f f i c i a l Record" Bulger1s Bet took f l i g h t , k n d i n g hin on t h e f l o o r airiicist a bevy o f u p t w n a d c h a i r s . A t l e a s t a t t e n t i o n a z s d i s t r a c t e d fro^: t h e " O f f i c i a l 2 2 ~ o r d ~ ~ ,

I f any of our s tenos a r e caught aqueszing the hands of n i c e young gmt1ez.m i n t h e h a l l - ;-;ell, soxabody ?:{ill have a ccnfession t o r ake .

Laura Haxilton a h i t s t h a t she had a goood time i n Washington, D. C. Our correspondsnts were unable to cover t h e assignment.

C h r i s has confessed t o being a Dane.

YEAH

a I HE IX>N'T The t a b i e c o r t a i n s all t h i s &ta i n t h e t a b i e . This i s n ' t :he saw one he r e p o r t e d I don ' t :hink. The croeping b a r b e r r i e s t s o ~ biueberr'es. (From a Botm-ical Gsze:te a r t i c l e ) - 1 obta ined the

specinens from the p l a n t patholorn labora tory of t h e Univers i ty of Mi~neso;a, f r o x a t r ~ , v m y " - (8ho could have been respons ib le?) rn l h e apeai ter has consanted t o ask a l l t h e quest ions ;-ie

i i s h t o ans7:ier hir,. Who s gonna go z i t h?

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