. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. did great things for electricity and Dr. Franklin has done great things for cranberries. I hope a cranberry variety will be named after him some ; Franklin's Early Life Mr. Brett sketched in some of the details of Dr. Franklin's early life. He said Dr. Franklin led his class at then Massachusetts Agri- cultural School at Amherst, was elected as a member of Phi Kappa Phi, and was editor of "Index," a school publication. He played varsity football for three years as left guard. He led his class in ora- tory. He sai
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. did great things for electricity and Dr. Franklin has done great things for cranberries. I hope a cranberry variety will be named after him some ; Franklin's Early Life Mr. Brett sketched in some of the details of Dr. Franklin's early life. He said Dr. Franklin led his class at then Massachusetts Agri- cultural School at Amherst, was elected as a member of Phi Kappa Phi, and was editor of "Index," a school publication. He played varsity football for three years as left guard. He led his class in ora- tory. He said he wrote his master's thesis upon the bumblebee and this is still regarded as a monumental work. He said Dr. Franklin first came to the Cape to studv insects in 1906 and 1907. In 1909" he took charge of the Station consisting of two small buildings. In 1913 a state bog was built and this has produced more than a million dol- lars in ; Dr. Frank- lin in his own remarks, later said that for seven years he lived as a bachelor in a room at the sta- tion. Dr. Sieling said Dr. Franklin through all the years has been an inspiration, and had made monu- mental contributions. In response Dr. Franklin re- plied, in part "I shall always re- gard this day as sacred. I hope I shall be able to make such use of the room that you (growers) will never regret the ; He said it was with humility and spiritual searching that he came that beautiful afternoon in the afternoon of his life. "I find it difficult to give adequate expres- sion to my deep ; Dr. C. E. Cross Callinn- in Dr. Cross, and clasp- ing his hand he told his successor "If you fail to do a better job than I have, I shall be ; "Dr. Franklin has been my boss since 1937 and my good friend," replied Dr. Cross. 'My first duty and one of the most pleasant of all is to do my best to see that Dr. Franklin is doing what work he pleases in the new room you
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