Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-14
f0RR' Won Lime
Celebration of 2OOth Anniver-
sary of Swedish Scien-
tist Held at College.
NOTED NATURAllSTS SPEAK
Addresses Made by E. X. Putnam, Dr.
Bessey, Or. LindahI, and DR..
Rydberg at Augustana.

| The two hundredth anniversary of
the birth of the great naturalist Carl
Won Lime was most fittingly observed
at Augustana college last evening
In attendance at the celebration and
lamOng those who made addresses
were scientists of national repute and
men who hold some of the highest p0-
sitions in the world of botany from
different parts of this country.
The celebration of the birth of this
great naturalist one of the greatest
the world has ever produced, is beineI
observed throughout the scientific
world in almost every civilized cour.
try. In Upsala, Sweden, a monster
celebration will be held the 23rd and
Gath of this month. To this gathering
will assemble the leading educators OF
the world. In this notable assembly
of the worlds educators Augustana
has a representative in the person OF
DR.. S. G. Youngert who left for Sweden
the first part of this month At the
celebration which was held today AT
Bethany college, Lindsborg, Kansas,
Prof. Jules Mauritzon instructor in
Swedish and Swedish literature, at
Augustana is one of the principle
speakers.
The speakers at the festival held A.
AuguStana. were, Dr. J. A. Udden ia.
structOr in natural sciences at Angus
tana; DR.. Charles E. Bessey, head d
the Botany department of the Univer-
ISity of Nebraska; Professor L. K. Put
Of 10 oF
Sciences; DR.. Josua Lindahl of the
Cincinnati Museum of Natural Hist
tory; DR.. p. A. Rydberg, of the new
York Botanical Garden of New York
City.
The large rOstrum upon which the
speakers were seated was tastily dee
GRATED for the occasion with a bank OF
foliage, cut flowers and potted plants.
y large bust of the naturalist, Won
Lime adorned one side of the speaG.
crs stand. In the background were
the American and the Swedish flags
neatly draped together.
Biographical Sketch of Naturalist.
t The first number on the program
was a song by the Wennerberg
Chorus. Song on Walpurgis-Nig ;"
". Kapfelman). The first speaker
was DR.. Udden who gave an interest,
ing biography of Lime. DR.. Uddel
spoke of the youth and early educl-
ton of the naturalist; his great love
for the sciences and his untiring ef
: forts for knowledge of the sciences
in spite of the will of his parents who
wanted him to study for the ministry
and despite the numerous reverses he
encountered because of the poor Cir
I cumstances of his parents; his caree
as a student of natural history and as
= a student of medicine; his introduc-
ton to the world of botany by a paper
which he prepared while at Upsala in
which he exhibited the first outlines
of the sexual system of botany, with
- which his name has ever been Goa
y nected. DR.. Udden spoke of his mum
erous works which he published N
the plants which he had studied in fol
eign countries. He was appointcd
royal botanist and president of th5
/ Stockholm Academy, then he was ap
u pointed professor of medicine and la
: er professor of botany at the Univer
q sity of Upsala. In conclusion he said
'Linne became in a very short time
the associate of some of the most emf
E nent scientific men of his time am
won for himself a high position as {
,f naturalist. developing original views
which attracted world wide attention
2 while he eagerly prosecuted his re
e searches in all departments of natura
| hn cln IF l. i- If
L were spent in the greatest activity o
e scientific study and authorship. HI
is died Jan. 10. 177S, the last few year
of his life having been spent in grel
mental and bodily infirmity. Linn
was not only naturalist of most &C
curate observation, but of most philu
sophical mind, and upon this depende'
in great degree the almost unparalle
r influence which he exercised up)
every branch of natural history"
His Place i'm Science.
DR.. Bessey of the University of NJ
braska spoke of the place which Linn
holds in the scientific world. He spok
= at length upon the numerous work
which had been published by the bo
anist on the subject of botany and {
the great work which he accomplish
ed which SO completely revolutionize
the world of science. 1t was Linn
= who classified and systematized all tn
members of the animal vegetable an
mineral kingdom then known to mai
- We are appalled, at the enormity {
such a great work. The whole worl
recognizes him not only as a gre;
he scientist but the greatest of all bota
ty lists BY his classification of botan
~ he advanced this branch of science a
es, entire century. He found biology
Is. chaos he left it cosmos. The grouI
ro- which he indicated and named. ha,
VI in a great majority of instances, bee
tot oil