1915] 



ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION BANQUET 15 



The Toastmaster next called upon Professor N. Wille, of the University of 

 Christiania, Christiania, Norway, as follows: > 



We have also a friend and botanist from Norway, who, I 

 understand, had a rather peculiar experience in this country. 

 He told me that he had for forty-eight hours or more lost his 

 better half by having the tickets and she starting without any 

 Pullman accommodations. I know he can talk to us interest- 

 ingly, and we will be glad to hear from Professor N. Wille, of 

 Christiania. 



PROFESSOR N. WILLE 



The Members of the Board of Trustees, Fellow Scientists, 

 Ladies and Gentlemen: I am deeply grateful to the members 

 of the Board of Trustees of the Missouri Botanical Garden 

 for the kind invitation to participate in this celebration. Had 

 it not been for this I should perhaps never have known 

 America. In the short time that I have been here I have 

 learned much, and I only regret that it is not possible for me 

 to remain in your country longer. When I see the splendid 

 botanical equipment of the Missouri Botanical Garden, I can 

 only lament that it has not been possible for me to prosecute 

 my work under such unusually favorable circumstances. My 

 best wishes for the continued scientific development of the 

 Missouri Botanical Garden. 



In introducing Captain Henry King, the Toastmaster spoke as follows: 



We have now reached one of the very many interesting sub- 

 jects of the evening, namely the press. Who is there among us 

 who has not, at some time and some place, received flattering 

 notices at its hand, while again, hard knocks, administered 

 without warning and at the most unexpected moment. If I 

 may be permitted to make a suggestion to 1 the speaker who 

 is to follow me, it is that he go easy with us scientists and 

 delvers in the soil, and in the language of a son of Erin's 

 Isle. "If vou can't aro easy, go as easy as you can." 



It 



my privilege to introduce Captain Henry King, Editor of the 



'St. Louis Globe-Democrat 



CAPTAIN HENRY KING 



It is the paramount duty of the newspaper editor to tell 

 the truth. I do not mean literally and completely, but approxi- 



