Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-05
GATHERED BY THE WAYsIDE
1Rx Ora Williams

Des Moines, Dec. Silt was decid-
eddy pleasing variation to the set pro-
gram that wa sarranged for the vlsl-
tors to the state college at Ames on
Wednesday, anent the convention OF
the Greater Iowa Association, when
at the dinner table they had the for
NAL christening Of one of the results
the their plant propa cation work. the
, tables were decorated with handsome
carnations--a medium sized flower,
very full and perfect and of an unusu-
ally deep red color. The party mad
been taken to the dining room III
alumni hail. A fine feast had been con-
sumed, President pearson told about
the carnation. 1t is q new variety. de-
veloped in their plant propagation
work. illustrative Of the work they plan
to do on a much larger scale and with
grains, grasses and fruits. He spoke
properly of this work and similar work
OF the college as being In line with the
Greater Iowa idea, the making OF
things more beautiful. more useful. He
anticipated a great development when
they get busy in their new plant prop
agation department.. Then he said 1T
had been agreed to have Governor
Clark at that time name the new flow
err, product of their experiments. The
governor responded, of course in felici-
tous manner, and gave it the name
agreed upon-the Keokuk. 1t was fit
ting to thus compliment the city thru
whose gateway the pioneers Of Iowa
came to engage in development Of a
state. 1t was proper to name the
, flower for great Indian chief who
| Sat-
governor said that another carnation
was being developed. very large one,
which they We're going to name the
; Greater Iowa in due time. The COVER
nor also spoke a Very pretty little SER
mon carrying out the thought that man
found the world to be world of pos
sibilities and it has ever been up to
him to make things as they should be.
, Never a carnation but that one may
be made better, never an apple so fine
but that some one is planning for a
finer, never splendid COW but that a
better one may be developed-so. also.
Iowa is a state of great possibilities,
a field for development, the making OF
| the real Greater Iowa.
| The expression of sincere pleasure
!, shown over the carnation incident
proved clearly that those who were
present are not wholly carried away
with the thought that the sole aim
of the activities of life should be to
acquire more of this worlds goods than
somebody else. There was encourag
ing response to thoughts concerning
| the beautiful. 1t did not stop there. how
, ever, for Governor Clarke. in his char
acteristic, forceful manner, brought out
the idea that it Is quite as much to the
credit of one to develop a beautiful
flower as to invent new machine
! There is a great field for work in
! planning for beautiful homes for com
| Portable life, for larger crops with less
labor. and all that sort of thing In
fact he came right to the heart of the
matter in declaring that the real prob
lem of the day Is not SO much in max
ing this a more populous Iowa as ia
| make it q better place in which to live
not merely a place where one may
make money but a place where one
| may spend it and gain the comforts OF
life. Later in the day the same essen
tial thought was brought out by Mayor
/, Hanna. who presented the view that
a great and good work can be done Ii,
showing the people how to live well
and how to get the most out of the OPP