PLAY BALLI
C harlie (Speed. B a ll) Stepanek1s Experiment S tation sluggers and. Robbie (S h orty)
Robinson*s S tate Farm maulers w i l l lin e up f o r the c ru c ia l game o f the season at Ca­
yuga Lake S tate Park next Saturday at 3*00 p, m., when the umpire (poor boob) c a lls ,
"P la y b a l l i " .
How that Captain Stepanek i s out o f the lineup, i t looks l i k e a re a l
contest and rumor has i t th at the game is being e a g e rly awaited by Redbird scouts*
With f a i r skies next Saturday, a record-breaking crowd o f around 200 is a n tic ip a te d
fo r the game and p ic n ic — e s p e c ia lly the p ic n ic .
T en ta tive plans c a ll fo r supper to
be served at 5 * 30, assuming that the b a ll p la y ers w i l l be com pletely fagged out by
then.
Remember to bring that covered dish, w ith something under the cover, and.
serving spoon.
A lso, b rin g your own dishes, cups, silverw a re, and buttered r o lls *
Mrs. Robert P o ster i s Chairman o f the committee on arrangements and w i l l be a ssista d
by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Rutschky, Doctor and Mrs. O tis C u rtis, Mrs. John E in set, and
Doctor Harry Young, the o f f i c i a l c o ffe e maker.
Mrs. Claude H eit and Mrs. Eelson
Shaulis w i l l d ir e c t the games and contests f o r the youngsters.
Miss Eleanor Warren
is in charge o f tra n sp o rta tio n and has ample accommodations f o r those who need rid es*
The p ic n ic goes on RAIW OR SHIES, the la rg e p a v illio n west o f the bath house having
been reserved f o r the S ta tion crowd.
TEMPORARY APPOINT MEET
P ro fe s s o r Rufus H. LaPevre, u n t il r e c e n tly a member o f the fa c u lty o f Sampson
C ollege, has been appointed a ctin g A ssistan t P ro fe s s o r in Entomology u n til e a r ly in
19^9 when Leland R. Brown, a graduate o f the U n iv e rs ity o f C a lifo rn ia , w i l l take
over.
P ro fe s s o r LaFevre i s a graduate o f Lebanon C ollege and has ca rried on gradu­
ate work at the School o f O rien ta l Studios in P eip in g , China, and at C orn ell and the
U n iv e rs ity o f B u ffa lo .
He has also served as n a tu r a lis t fo r the A llegan y State Park,
He w i l l be engaged in the study o f b io lo g ic a l co n tro l problems*
MOBILE LAB
Doctor Anihud Kramer o f the U n iv e rs ity o f Maryland is spending the week at the
Station w ith h is mobile la b o ra to ry f o r determ ining q u a lity o f vegeta b le crops.
He
is e s p e c ia lly in te r e s te d in peas at the present tim e.
His lab is set up near the
old d a iry barn and is open to in sp ectio n by anyone in te re s te d *
?0 FEATURE RESEARCH
Mr. A le x Zehner, c i t y e d ito r o f the P ittsb u rg h Post Telegraph, and Mrs. Zehner
are v i s i t i n g Doctor and Mrs. Reinking,
Mr, Zehner is planning to do a sp ecia l d o ry
on recent fin d in g s in a g r ic u ltu r a l research f o r h is paper.
LARGEST MEETING EVER
P ro fe s s o r Munn and h is p a rty have returned from S p rin g fie ld , 111., where they
attended the annual meeting o f the A sso cia tio n o f O f f i c i a l Seed Analysts la s t week.
They rep ort the la r g e s t meeting that the group has ever held.
A lso, Few York S tate
was c re d ite d w ith more papers than any other s ta te .
Our d elega tio n stopped o f f at
the Michigan Experiment S ta tio n at East Lansing on the way home and c a lle d on Ben
Cl ark, fo rm erly o f the S ta tion s t a f f .
LeRoy Everson, another Geneva "alumnus" and
now at Iowa S tate C ollege, was also in attendance at the meeting, hut was c a lle d away
hy the death o f h is mother.
TOP HONORS
A number o f S tation youngsters were given sp ecia l re c o g n itio n as honor students
o f the I 9A8 cla ss during graduation ex e rc is e s at Geneva High School la s t week.
To
gain th is rec o g n itio n meant that the in d iv id u a l had maintained an average o f 90$.
The l i s t included S y lv ia Hand, Vera K ortesz, Mary Hervey, Harrison John, and Emily.
Wheeler whom we s t i l l claim as one o f our own.
And speaking o f S ta tio n young peo­
p le — past and present— word comes to us o f a remarkable record set by Miss L o is Walsh,
daughter o f Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Walsh ( B i l l was form erly a S ta tion chem ist), in a
Syracuse High School.
L o is was v a le d ic to r ia n o f her class la s t week and. a ttain ed
an a l l —tin e high f o r the four years o f her high school ca reer.
She also iron a fo u ryear scholarship to LaMoyne C ollege in Syracuse on the basis o f her record*
BERNARD BLANCH
We re g re t to note the unexpected death la s t week o f Bernard Blanch, h o r tic u l­
tu ra l in sp ector f o r the State Department o f A g ricu ltu re and Markets at h is home on
Washington S tr e e t.
’’Barney” as he was known to many here at the S ta tion was in
clo se touch w ith much o f the work under way here in connection w ith h is o f f i c i a l du­
t ie s .
He was employed at the S ta tion fo r several years b efo re en terin g the s e rv ic e
o f the Department o f A g ric u ltu re and Markets.
AMONG THE VISITORS
Mrs. Mary W illa rd S ch oltz, form erly o f the D iv is io n o f Seed In v e s tig a tio n s , and
Doctor and Mrs. F. W. Hayward and ch ild ren , Robert and Ruth, were recent v is ito r 's in
Geneva.
Doctor Hayward is now w ith the In d u s tria l Research In s t it u t e , U n iv e rs ity
o f Chattanooga.
A lso , v i s i t i n g Doctor K ortesz the past week, wore Doctor J. H. dc
Boer, D ire c to r o f Food Research f o r Lever Brothers and U n ilever, L td ., Sharonbrook,.
England, and Doctor A. J. Harrison o f Hoboken, N. J . , D ire c to r o f Research of Conti­
nental Foods, Inc.
WERE GRATIFIED
O ffic e r s and members a lik e o f the New York S tate A s s o c ia tio n o f Teachers o f
A g ric u ltu re expressed th e ir thanks and ap p recia tion fo r the demonstrations and d is cussions o f the S t a t io n s research program presented to the te anhors la s t Thursday.'
S p ecial thanks go to the fou r guides, Messrs. Axinn, Brooks, Curtis, and McColloch,
fen the p r e c is io n w ith which they conducted the tours, and to a l l members o f the S t a ff
who p a r tic ip a te d in the program.
The S tation is also in re c e ip t o f a communication
from the Rochester Garden Center which sponsored a tour o f the S tation by twentyseven o f i t s members la s t Wednesday which says, among other th in gs, "We in How York
S tate are v e ry lucky to have the Geneva Experiment S ta tio n s ta ffe d by such competent
men and women. ”
THESE ARE NEW
The fo llo w in g have r e c e n tly been acqu ired by the L ib ra ry :
Crocker.
Growth of p la n ts.
H an tell*
The w ater-solu b le gums.
annual review o f m icrob iology.
Vol. 1, 19^7*
Spossard.
The tanks are coming.
Entona, 7th cd ., 19^8.
Ogborg.
Machinery1s handbook.
Pignan & Wolfrom*
Advances in carbohydrate chemistry.
Vol. 3, 19^8.
Curran.
Fam ilies end genera o f North American D iptera.
M in istry o f A g ric u ltu re & F is h e rie s , Gt. B r ita in . B u lle tin 133: Apples and pears.
M in istry o f A g ric u ltu re & F is h e rie s , Gt. B r ita in . B u lle tin 135: F ru it tre e ra is in g *
Hopkins.
Chemicals, humus end the s o il.
Tenney.
C olor photogrephy f o r the amateur.
R ile y .
In tro d u ctio n to g e n e tic s and c yto gen etics.
Dorce.
Methods o f c e llu lo s e chemistry.
Sykes.
Humus and the farm er.
HOW TRUEl
As the NEWS marks another m ilestone in i t s career ( ? ) , we pause to contemplate
the adage, "There i s no m erit in being a year o ld er unless one is a year w is e r !’’