Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-06-28

| L. Ross of Littleton was the "Creat;o,s
of American Genius" the subject of tho
| sketch being Luther Burbank. The bor-
ticulturist. Mr.. Ross said in part.
In Il Ii;tlr Vine-mantled cottapo in
Santa Rosa, California, lives a ren3ark-
able man. known 10 experts tbrouob-
cut the country and beyond yct ana
of the least known to the general n,b-
lie. Mr.. Luther Burbank has oyolv.,I
more extraordinary ferns Of nIant Iir.
than any other man. Without tha
training; of the COLLEGE or the university
he leads in one of the most subtle AMI
iliusiFe. one of the most complex and
battling departments of modern rn.
search. Scarcely decade ago, Luther
Burbank was virtually unknown 10
the world. He was held in derision bv
his relatives, in pity by his friends,
and i'll scorn by his enemies.
lie was denounced by scientific men
us little less than Charlatan, 4 pro
ducer of spectacular effects. Il seni5,1.
for the abnormal and enemy to a true
scientific progress a misleading though
powerful prophet of things that could
never come to pass.
To-day horticulturi%ts ana :cieu-
lists the world over. regard Mr. Sur
bank as the foremost man. in tho WorII
IN N" production Of new amd interest
ing forms Of fruit, trees. flowers. vcge-
tables, grasses and nuts. on 4 wind
swept SPOT he fin IDS wild nowcY of some
native beauty, but magnificent i'll Sia,
and in the main uncomcly. He takes
this flower ana gives it a now life. in
creases its size, doubles It's vigor, has
tens its SprinGtim" appearing. or, il il
suits him, he transforms it utterly.
producing flower unlike anything
which he has Yet bloSSom"d. He finds
two trees, neither one iii his mind
filling its true place in the world: he
joins them and produces q tree pos
scSsinG the best qualities Of both. He
has made the cactus thnrnrST, taking
from its leaves the hard, Won.iy sub
stance the &piculCs 50 dang "ruus to ami
NAL l:fe. Molo than this he has made
it adaptable to any climate
"Eut this is not all the marvel. He
has bred the dreaded SCourge of the
desert until it has become the pro1uc-
er of a delight ful and nutritious food
for men and beasts, until it is safe to
say that considering the unused areas
of the world where it will thrive, it
will afford enough food for twice The
people now upon the earth. We may
believe that through the efforts Of
Luther Burbank q day Will come when
the ear tn will be transformed ana man
shall offer to his brother man not hrIl-
let's nor bayonets. but rather grain,
better fruits and faircr flowers"
one IF tt" clevcreet oeSays of the
program WAS the article ny Arthur
Greenwood Rohil~on of WatorVill". His
utjoct was "TIe Purpose and Value
Of q Liberal I:.lucatjon.' Mr.. Robin
Sor Srok" in part rs follows:
"N.'ithin ti" last 10 or t. y"ari there
cprIn% up the college, and universities
Of the country great demand for
.;n-ralled 'p:. cti"1F a1sdncation," the
tendency Of which hgW LcrU To develop
tho mouey-mdLiIg "cara"ity Of the
lnnn. Thus college students III recent
years have been largely "nde1v"ring to
clt2iu not Il broad. lih"ral education,
bat rat'Inr trGi7iEc ainnc some specific
line. IS a lih"' d.. cArCltinn is meant
that comprehensive course Of coiic-
giatc study leading ~ th" degree Of
vachcIor of-nrt.s, Hfnidh gives a man all
rol;liH Gi:cirlhl" and a gouer,i &c
quaintancc VITA thu ""veial branches
of litnratl:re rhil""dnhy, history. sci
enc. and cducati"n That Il. that lays
emphasis upon y" h:anch If learning
in particular, but includes all tnat arc
essential to symmetrical development
and to tic highest culture" TIL" Gle
mcnt% that 81 to rajfio u liberal cdu-
catinn arc naturally iitnny and varied,
serving as many and as varied ends.
call studies. but particularly math-