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also into the work of the University of Wisconsin and to see for your- 

 selves the way in which tlie university has heen translating its knowl- 

 edge into power along tlie lines which President Birge has so kindly 

 pointed out to us in liis very interesting talk. I do not heheve liis 

 talk was at all too "liigli])row" for the friends of the lahoratory, as 

 I am personally acquainted with many of them aud know tliey can 

 grasp it and digest it. I thank you. President Birge. 



We now come to what I might call the third layer of this sand- 

 wich, as President Birge has pointed it out. and it has })een somewhat 

 of a problem for me to know what to say in the way of presenting liim. 

 He does not need any introduction. I have not been able to talk 

 about his work or his institution because he is going to do that; and 

 I cannot talk about him personally because I know him too well for 

 that, and, furthermore, it Mould be rather unfair for me to take ad- 

 vantage of his natural modesty. So, after thinking it over, I have 

 decided I would follow the advice I once saw written on the black- 

 board of our lal)oratory. It said, "When in deep water keep yoiu- 

 mouth shut." 



I am now going to state that we will have the pleasure of listening 

 to the man who has Avorked so loyally and a])ly to make the Forest 

 Products Laboratory the institution you will see today, and, of course, 

 that refers to none otlier tlian C. P. Winslow, best known to all his 

 personal friends as "Cap". 



