MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES AND HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS EAST LANSING, MICHIGAN 48824 TO THE ALUMNI OF THE MICHIGAN AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE THIS JUBILEE WOLVERINE IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED 4 BOARD OF EDITORS FLOYD M. BARDEN, Assistant Editor. FRANK H. WADE, Humorous Editor. WALTER SMALL, Athletic Editor.. WALTER A. HOPSON, Illustrator. FANNIE E. BEAL, Society Editor. LETA HYDE, Glass Editor. ROSWELL G. CARR, Editor-in-Chief. FRANK B. WILSON, Assistant Literary Editor. MARY E. PRATT, Assistant Humorous Editor. GLENN DODGE, Advertising Editor. ARTHUR T. BARLEY, Business Manager. MYRON B. ASHLEY, Historian. J. VERNE GONGWER, Literary Editor. PREFACE O FELLOW students, to faculty and friends, and to alumni of the Michigan Agricultural College the class of 1908 gives greeting# Especially to former students and to alumni who are helping to celebrate the Jubilee of our Alma Mater, either in person or in spirit, do we offer all good wishes, for we feel that they are the most eloquent testimonial of the contribution made by M. A. C. to the sciences and the arts, to happy homes and to sterling American citizenship. In the selection of material for “Jubilee Wolverine” the editorial staff have attempted to gather, in short treatises and random jokes, a fund of that natural philosophy and spontaneous wit which characterize the M. A. C. student, and which permit no important occasion to pass without satirical or humorous comment. To the alumni, who perhaps may be unacquainted with the exact application, some of these will surely recall the half-forgotten incidents and “stunts” of their own college days. To the many who in various ways assisted in this publication we owe a debt of gratitude,—to Dr. Blaisdell, who assisted in the culling of the literary matter, to those who submitted sketches and designs, and to those who helped in countless other important ways; and we desire in this matter to thank each and all. Wishing to our friends unbounded happiness and success, and to our college many other jubilee occasions, we leave our readers to the perusal of the “Jubilee Wolverine.” JONATHAN L. SNYDER, A. M., Ph. D., President. The powerless man on the Faculty. HERMAN K. VEDDER, C. E. Professor of Mathematics and Civil Engineering Mild, meek ------------------- !!! WILLIAM J. BEAL, Ph. D., D. Sc. Professor of Botany. The youngest man on the Faculty. GEORGE A. WATERMAN, B. S., M. D. C. Professor of Veterinary Science. A cruel and irreverent man. CLINTON D. SMITH, M. S. Dean of Short Courses. Slow, but sure. WALTER B. BARROWS, S. B. Professor of Zoology and Physiology. Excitable" temperament, due to travel in South America. ADDISON M. BROWN, A. B. Secretary of College. The wrong man in the wrong place. F. S. KEDZIE, M. S. Professor of Chemistry. Godfather to all Freshmen. ELIZABETH JONES. Dean of the Women’s Department. The sworn friend of all “fussers.” ROBERT S. SHAW, B. S. A. Professor of Agriculture. A 'portly, pious, puzzling problem. CHARLES E. MARSHALL, Ph. D. Professor of Bacteriology. An unscientific lump of leanness. S. W. FLETCHER, M. S., Ph. D. Professor of Horticulture. Short, fat and smooth-shaven. WILLIAM S. HOLDSWORTH, M. S. Professor of Drawing. Our inartistic' uncle. JOSEPH A. JEFFREY, B. S. A. Professor of Soil Physics. An agnostic product frojn Wisconsin. THOMAS C. BLAISDELL, A. M„ Ph. D. Professor of English Literature and Modern Languages. An uncouth man, ill versed in art and letters. RUFUS H. PETTIT, B. S. Professor of Entomology. The “Barney Oldfield” of the Faculty. CAPT. F. W. FUGER, S. B., U. S. A. Professor of Military Science. A slovenly, unkempt “dog of war.” MRS. LINDA E. LANDON. Librarian. Our ivit fails, but, you all know her m CHESTER L. BREWER. Director of Physical Culture. A little, puny, insufficient man JAMES B. DANDENO, Ph. D Assistant Professor of Botany. “Vanity, vanity, all is vanity.” E. SYLVESTER KING. • Assistant Professor of English. Cursed with an asthmatic impediment of speech. CHACE NEWMAN, Instructor in Mechanical Drawing. MRS. JENNIE L. K. HANER, Instructor in Domestic Art. CAROLINE L. HOLT Instructor in Drawing. BERTHA M. WELLMAN, B. S., B. Pd., Instructor in English. THOMAS GUN SON, Instructor in Horticulture and Superintend- of Grounds. JESSE J. MYERS, B. S.| Instructor in Zoology. > HARRY S. REED, Instructor in Chemistry. LOUISE FREYHOFER, B, S., Instructor in Music: £ HORACE W. NORTON, B. S., Instructor in Animal Husbandry. HARVEY L. CURTIS, A. M., Instructor in Physics. ARTHUR R. KOHLER, B. S.,„ Instructor in Horticulture. JAMES G. HALPIN, B. S., Instructor in Poultry Husbandry. LOUISE WAUGH, B. S., Instructor, 'in Domestic Science. ERASTUS N. BATES, B. S., Instructor in Physics. LESLIE J. SMITH, B. S., Instncctor in Farm Mechanics. GRACE L. CHAPMAN, A. B., Instructor in Calisthenics. ALBERT E. JONES, A. B., Instructor in Mathematics. CHARLES A. McCUE, B. S., Instructor in Horticulture. SUB-FACULTY LESLIE B. McWETHY, B. S., Instructor in Agriculture. CARL GUNDERSON, A. M.,. Ph. D., Instructor in Mathematics. WALTER G. SACKETT, B. S., Instructor in Bacteriology and Hygiene, FLOYD O. FOSTER, B. S., Instructor in Dairying. ARCHIE R. ALGER, B. S., Instructor- in Mathematics, MARY WETMORE, M. D., Assistant in Bacteriology. E. H. RYDER, M. A., Instructor in History and Economics. BESSIE BEMIS, B. S., Instructor in Domestic Science. NORMA LUCILE GILCHRIST, A. B„ Instructor in English. GLENN JAMES, A. B„ ' Instructor in Mathematics. ARTHUR J. CLARK, B. S., Instructor in Chemistry. HERBERT S. BAILEY, B. S., Instructor in Chemistry. FRED J. KAUFMÀN, B. S., Instructor in Chemistry. A. CROSBY ANDERSON, B. S., Instructor in Animal Husbandry. L, D. BUSHNELL, B. S., ■ Assistant in Bacteriology). S. C. HADDEN, B. S„ Instructor in Civil Engineering. GEORGE LE ROY STEVENS, A. B., Lit. B., Instructor in English and Modern Languages. BESSIE K. PADDOCK, B. S., Instructor in English. , ELMER CASE BAKER, Foreman of Foundry. ANDREW KRENTEL, Foreman of Wood Shop. LEE CHAPELLE, Foreman of Machine Shop. WILLIAM HOLMES, Foreman of Forge Shop< FREDERICK C. KENNEY, Cashier. B. A. FAUNCE, Clerk to President and Editor M. A. C. Record. C. H. McGUGAN, Bookkeeper. LORY FRANCIS NEWELL, Engineer. E. A. BOWD, ' College Architect. BELLE FARRAND, B. S., Assistant in . Bacteriology. JAMES R. KELTON, B. S., Instructor in Zoology. CORA L. FELDKAMP, B. S., Assistant Librarian. ROWENA KETCHAM, In Charge of College Hospital. WILLIAM B. WENDT, B. C. E., Instructor in Civil Engineering. WILLIAM E. LAWRENCE,, B. S., „ • . Instructor in Botany. HENRY F. SCHMIDT, Instructor in Mechanical Engineering. CHARLES BROWN, B. S., Assistant in Bacteriology. FRANK M. GRACEY, Instructor in Drawing. JOSEPH H. TAYLOR, B. S., Instructgr in Civil Engineering A NURSERY RHYME OF ’07 A Stands for Allen, a soldier quite bold, Who is fond of a 'fuss, even though it is cold. B Stands for Beckwith, a handsome young man, Who skips every class whenever he can. Q Stands for Clise who washes: our clothes, And on the co-eds the money he blows. D Stands for Dotv, our heavyweight “full,” Who gets A’s in his classes because of a pull. E Stands for Ellis, with never a bluff, But perhaps this is caused by his backacting chin. Q Stands for quitter, but we haven’t a one; We’re great folks for work and we all like to bone ( ?) , R Stands for Rowe, who looks quite sedate, And who thinks he has much tied up in his pate. S Stands for Stewart, with a fine open face, He can twist his long neck till it’s all out of place. T Stands for Thatcher, a boy with red hair, He gets mad at his teacher and says he ain’t square. He writes down his answer with “I call this good enough.” U Stands for US, that’s the whole of ’07; F Stands for Fowler, from Hanover town, Who after his dinner must always lie down. G Stands for Glazier, who looks very wise, With no hair on his head, only just over his eyes. H Stands for Hitchcock, with initials L- B., He’s strong on the fuss; but, then, so are we. I Stands for Inglis, a maiden so fair, Who has promised a senior his sorrows to share. J Stands for Johnson, the one from the city, He’s too short to be good and we think it a pity. K Stands for Kratz, who thinks while in school, That the man who don’t fuss is surely a fool. L Stands for Lilly, who used to debate, Till he found him a maid to take for a mate. M Stands for Moomaw, who makes a noise, like a. train, And knows just enough to come in from the rain. N Stands for naughty, so here we must pass, For there is nothing like this in the whole senior class. O Stands for Owen, she takes so much space, We’ll drop her in here just to fill up the place. . P Stands for Piper, because he^ pipes in, And here’s hoping some day we’ll all meet in Heaven. V Stands for Van Halteren, with a sweet little voice, And a face that’s well powdered, of which he’s quite choice, w Stands for Weeks, a small little man, Who oft sits at poker and wins what he can. X Stands for Xmas, the time of the year, When the seniors go home with their sweethearts so dear. There are Carpenter, Parsons and Post, don’t you know, With maidens so handsome and money to blow. They’all fuss in earnest for they all want a wife; But they’ll all have their troubles, you just bet your life ! Y Stands for youngsters, and they we’ll not slight, There are Myers, De Lange and Boliver White. They’re young, yet so earnest, and the down on their chin Looks like the.frost on a fence when the winter sets in. z Stands for zenith, just over our head, It has been there for ages and will remain when we’re dead. And the stars that surround it up there in the Heaven, Will continue to shine when we of ’07 Have turned up our toes and paid our last toll; When we’re playing a harp or are shoveling coal. SENIOR OFFICERS President, Scott B. Lirry Vice-President, Keren Andrews Secretary, H. R. Beckwith Treasurer, Crair B. Peck Marshal, Hugh I. Grazier SENIOR CLASS ROLL WILL B. ALLEN, Captain Co. A., ’07 Sophomore President. . GEORGE A. BROWN, President Farmers’ Club, Winter 1907. MYRTLE CRAIG, CHRISTIAN H. GOETZ/ Chief Forester Forestry Club, Winter Term 1907. PERCY C. SCHROYER, RALPH S. HUDSON, G. ARTHUR HEINRICK, Member of Tau Beta Pi.' BURTON B. CLISE, Treasurer Athletic Association 1906- Varsity Track Manager 1907. Class Baseball Team. E. LYNN GROVER, MAURICE F. JOHNSON, ’07 Freshman President. Class Baseball and Football Teams. Editor to “Bent,” Tau Beta Pi, 1906- SENIOR ROLL-—Continued RAY F. MINARD, GORDON C. DUDLEY, ROY C. WAITE, Varsity Trade Captain .1906-7. Class Basketball Captain 1906. LEROY DORLAND, Chief Forester Forestry Club, Winter Term 1906. President Debating Club, Spring Term 1907. FLORENCE ROUNDS, IVAN E. PARSONS, Class Football Team. S. WIRT DOTY, Varsity Football Captain 1906. Varsity Baseball Manager 1907. WALLACE B. LI VER ANCE, Chancellor Alpha Zeta, Spring 1907. President of Dairy Club, Winter 1907. WARREN. W. HITCHCOCK, DAYTON R. GOLDSMITH, SENIOR ROLL—Continued NEAL C. PERRY, Glass Football and Basket Ball Teams. WALTER L. HART, INEZ M. KINNEY, A, CROSSMAN PRATT. /Captain Co. B. President Tau Beta Pi. J. C. BUTTON. Class Baseball Team. FLETCHER A. GOULD, Varsity Tennis. Team. Class Football Captain, 1905. Class Baseball Team. CLAIR B. PECK, Senior Treasurer. Member Tau Beta Pi. . CHRISTOPHER M. GRANGER, Chancellor Alpha Zeta, Winter Term 1907. Chief Forester Forestry Club, Spring 1906, 3. LINDSAY MYERS, Class Baseball Team. LYTTON B. HITCHCOCK, Varsity Football Manager 1905. Class Football Captain 1906. Class Baseball Captain 1904 SENIOR ROLL—Continued ANDREW S. VAN HALTERAN, Member Tau Beta Pi. PHILIP V. GOLDSMITH, Treasurer. Alpha Zeta, Winter Term 1907. President Dairy Club, Fall Term 1906. OTICE C. POST, Captain Co. C, Member Tau Beta Pi. CLIFFORD L. ROWE, Member Tau Beta Pi. WILLIAM E. PIPER, M. A. C. Orator, 1901. M. A. C. Debating Team, 1906. Member Tau Beta Pi. EARL P. ROBINSON, * LEROY C. BRASS, Class Football Team.' IRVING D. SMITH, Class Football Team. PAUL H. SHUTTLEWORTH, Class Basketball Team. EDWIN A. WILLSON, President Debating Club, Spring and Fall 1906. President Farmers’ Club, Spring 1906. SENIOR ROLL—Continued SHELBY E. RACE, EARLE A. TOWNE, WALTER WARDEN, President Farmers’ Club, Fall Term 1900. HAROLD B. WEEKS, Athletic Association Board, 190', RACHEL BENHAM, Varsity Tennis Team. LYLE SMITH, Class Baseball Team. Recording Secretary Tau Beta Pi. JOHN C. WILCOX, Scribe Alpha Zeta, Winter 1907,. CHARLES P. McNAUGHTON, RAY L. PENNELL, EZRA BOULARD, SENIOR ROLL—Continued LOR IN G. RINKLE, FRED C. JENISON, OLIVER K. WHITE, President Y. M. G. A. 1906-7. . Censor Alpha Zeta, Spring 1907. President Horticulture Club, Fall 1905. IVAN E. PARSONS,j Class Football Team. FLORENCE M. BARLOW/»* President Y. W. C. A. 1900-7. . DELTON MOOMAW, LESLIE WESTERMAN, Varsity Basketball Team and Manager, 1907. VarSity Tennis Manager^l9Q6-7. Class Football, Basketball and Baseball Teams. ’ FENT E. N. THATCHER, Varsity Baseball Team 1906. Class Basketball Captain 1907. SCOTT B. LILLY, , Senior President. Corr. Seal T au Beta Pi. Adjutant of Battalion. ; 'j ■ , RUDOLPH SEILER,. SENIOR ROLL—Continued WILMER E. JOHNSON, IRVING G. KOEHLER, Class Baseball and Football Teams. VIOLET MILLER, ALBERT C. DWIGHT, ERNEST H. TAYLOR, HARRY L. BROWN, Varsity Wrestling Team. IRVING D. CHARLTON, Class Football Team. Varsity Wrestling Team. , F. H. McHATTON, Censor Alpha Zeta. ; Captain Co. E. Class Baseball Team. President Horticulture Club, Winter 190 0. ALFRED KRATZ, ’07 Junior President. Varsity Baseball Team 1906. Class Football Captain. Class Baseball Captain, 1905. GEORGE A. BURLEY, Class Baseball Team. SENIOR ROLL—Continued HUGH I. GLAZIER, M. I. A. A., Director 1906-7. Président Athletic; Association Board 1906-7. Member Tau Beta Pi- Glass Football Team. CLAUDE M. CADE, Vice-President Tau Beta Pi 1906-7. JEAN A. INGLIS, ' ' RUSSELL S. CANFIELD, . Varsity Baseball Captain 1907. ORESTES I. GREGG, President Horticulture Club, Spring 1906. LiUE H. WRIGHT, Varsity Wrestling Team. HERBERT R. BECKWITH, Class Football Team. Senior Secretary. BIRUM G. CAMPBELL, Class Baseball Team. . E. J. KRAUSE, Chancellor Alpha Zeta, Fall 1907. WILLIAM W. DE LANGE, Class Football Team. SENIOR ROLL—Continued ARTHUR WILCOX, ARTHUR-W. WILSON, ALONZO H. CHASE, . RUTH E. DELZELL, LEROY N. HAYDEN, Class Baseball Captain 1906. Class Basketball Team. EMIL C. POKORNY, HARRY G. STONE, JULIUS L. BAKER, Captain Co. A. DANIEL H. ELLIS, President Horticulture Club, Fall Term 1906. WILBERT GASSER, Athletic Board 1907. Class Football Team. Member Tau Beta Pi. SENIOR ROLL—Continued GUY W. SMITH, EVA BAILEY, MABEL MOSHER, ALFONZO G. POLACIO, Class Football Team. IDA POKORNY, ALBERT J. CARPENTER, Quartermaster of Battalion. HELEN M. ASHLEY, Presented Oratorical Medals in 1905. CALLA L. KRENTEL, ERNEST C. FOWLER, GRACE OWEN, * KATIE G. CLARK, CLARENCE E. MOAN, G. HENRY ELLIS, IRA D. ANGELL, LOUISA TAYLOR, ERNEST VAN ALSTINE, HAROLD E. SPROSS, OIE W. STEPHENSON, BURT C. STEWART, C. FRANK WELLS, EDITH ROBY, HELEN ANDREWS, Senior Vice-President. GLEN B. HAYES Treasurer Tau Beta Pi. GARFIELD VERRAN, Varsity Track Team. CLYDE BUSHNELL, ANNA M. ANGELL, ALONZO A. TOWNER, TALE OF THE NIGHT SHIRT PARADE (With apologies lines are t:o Tennyson the dedicated to those who lost their homes in Williams Hall after the memorable night of June 11, 1906.) following I. Step after step, step after step, Step after step,. forward Into the president’s office Walked the half hundred. “Come,”, was the call ’twas made- t After the night shirt parade. Into- the president’s office Walked the half hundred. V. Then each did his story tell; Plainly they spoke and well; And each told the truth, while The faculty wondered. What could their motive be, Screening some worse deviltry, By telling part of the truth ? Yes, the faculty wondered. II. “Come!” was the call ’twas made; Was there a man dismayed? Yes, for the fellows knew Some one had blundered. Theirs now to make reply, Theirs now to reason why, Theirs to explain, or “lie.” Into the president’s office Walked the half hundred. IV. Prof.. King to right of them,6 Hedrick to left of them, Babcock in front of them, Volleyed and thundered. This was the board they met. One they will ne’er forget, Each face was stern, and yet It might have been worse for All the half hundred. VI. Then after some debate, Each man knew his fate. And, oh ! how sad to relate Of home ties thus sundered. Gone beyond all recall, Were some rooms in Williams Hall And to theYtimber tall” Went the half hundred. III. ’08 from Williams Hall Summoned by Prexy’s call, Appeared on the. carpet, while all Of them wondered Who told of the flood they made, Who told of the planks they laid, Who told of the swim they made, While the faculty slumbered. VII. But they’ve learned their lesson well, No more the truth they’ll tell, Honest half hundred. “Policy” has had its test, “Honesty” is not always best In extreme cases, quoth the Wiser half hundred. JUNIOR OFFICERS President, Verne Gongwer. Vice-President, Le’Ta Hyde Secretary, Ernest J. Shassberger Treasurer, Herbert E. Marsh Marshal, Ward H. Parker JUNIOR CLASS ROLL CLAUDE WILLIAMS, GRACE W. WARNER, L. L. BURRELL, ROPHA V. PEARSALL, RUTH CARREL, FLÒYD M. BARDEN, WALTER SMALL, EVAN S. MARTIN, RALPH J. CARR, JOHN M. WALKUP, 31515 JUNIOR ROLL—Continued GODFREY Y. COPSON, SAMUEL W. HORTON, ELMER RORK, ROY H. GILBERT, A.L. DARBEE, NINA BRANDSTETTER, WALTER P. BROWN, DOUGLAS C. WARREN, GEORGE H. McVANNEL, NEINÂ F. ANDREWS, JUNIOR ROLL—Continued FRANCIS O’GARA, WILLIAM M. RIDER, HAROLD C. SHERMAN, ROSWELL G. CARR, JOHN WILBER, JESSE BOYLE, CARL ROGERS, EDWY NIES, EDWIN S. BARTLETT, EDWARD C. KREHL, JUNIOR ROLL—Continued JOSEPH A.CAYANAGH, ALBERT RIGTERINK, NEWELL J. HILL, HARRY 0. HICKOK, MARY E PRATT, HERBERT ROUSE, J. VERNON SHEAP, FRANCIS KIEFEr] FRANK H. WADE, RAMON J. ALVEREZ, 5151515 5 51515 5151515151515151515555551M51515I51) MYRON B. ASHLEY, MARSHALL R. ALLEN, JUNIOR ROLL—Continued JAY D. BAKER, KELLEY B. LEMMON, GILBERT S. VALENTINE, BESS COVELL, HARRY H. MUSSELMAN, FRANKLIN V. TENKONOHY, ARTHUR T. BARLEY, SETH F. KNIGHT. 1 ||gggH| - JUNIOR ROLL—Continued WARD H. PARKER, LELAH M. HAGGERTY, FRED J. NICHOLS, JAMES CAMPBELL, MARION E. HALL WALTER A. HOPSON, J. R. DICE, J. VERNE GONGWER, CLYDE E. MERWIN, CHARLES W. EDWARDS, JUNIOR ROLL—Continued LEWIS !. FULLER, PHILIP J. BAKER, HENRY M. CONNOLLY, FLOYD T. HART, FRANK B. WILSON, LORA M. HYDE, ERNEST J. SHASSBERGER, HERBERT E. MARSH, CHARLES B. NORTON, ARCHIE W. BREWSTER, Æ JUNIOR ROLL—Continued WALTER E. ZIMMER. GLENN DODGE, BEN JEROME, FANNIE E. BEAL, AMY D. HURLBURT, HARRY W. HAGAMAN, ZENAS E. COLBY, LETA HYDE, EARL F. RILEY, EUGENE WILCOX, H. H. CURTISS, HAZLE A. BEARD, GLENN BOYLE, JOSEPHINE MAVEETY, LUDOVICO HYDROSOLLO, JUNIOR ROLL—Continued IRENE WAY, ROXIE PALMER, MARGUERITE WALLER, GEORGE W. LINDSLEY, FORD J. TWAITS, MYRON DIKEMAN, LOUISE RADEMACHER, ' ' 1 MAUD E. FERGUSON, JUDSON E. PRATT, CHAS . C. COBB, FRANK PARKER, FRANK G. BORN, § ü CLASS OF 1908. A retrospective view of the career of the class of 1908 brings to our minds many and various memories. Visions of success are mifiglecl with those of defeat, thoughts of gladness with those of sorrow, and periods of trial and tribulation are thickly interspersed with the care-free, happy-go-lucky moments of our college days. From our advent as unsophisticated “Preps” the hand of fate has fallen heavily upon us, till from two hundred loyal souls we have been reduced to four score, with our loyalty, however, still unquestioned. As a class we have been unassum­ ing, and for this we have been generously criticised. True it is that our athletic victories have been somewhat though While somewhat deficient in class athletics, we cannot less frequent than our defeats, it cannot be said that we did not fight to the last ditch, and when defeat was inevitable that we help thinking that in furnishing the nucleus for the ’vqrsity football team for three years, a captain for a three years’ cham­ have not accepted it in the graceful manner which is almost pion basketball team, the battery for the baseball team for three as honorable as victory itself. years, and individual stars on the track and hockey teams, we have done our share in upholding the standard of M. A. C-. athletics. Admitting that we may have been surpassed by others in class athletics, there will always be one achievement to which we can look back with just pride, the “J. Hop” of old Naughty Eight. Although the success of the event was assured from the beginning, the promise by both Senior and Sophomore that there would be nothing done to interfere with the hop, enabled many an anxious Junior to dance with a lighter heart and a happier smile. On the night of February 22, 1907, at eight o’clock, Juniors and their friends from M. A. C. and abroad gathered at the Woman’s building, and after a delightful reception, proceeded to the dining room above, where we were served with a dainty banquet, the charm of the feast being greatly furnished by augmented by the many beautiful selections Einzel’s orchestra. Then, after a few introductory remarks, Verne Gongwer, our class president and toastmaster, called upon several members of the class to respond to toasts. We looked backward into the past with Mr. Edwards and Miss Lora Hyde> realized the joys of the present with Miss Pratt and Roswell Carr, and glanced into the future under the rules of Mr. O’Gara. Heeding the warning of the many impatient feet, we then bravely attacked the -grim abode of the M. A. C. God of War, to be greeted with ecstatic “Ohs” and “Ahs” from our fair friends, as they witnessed the transformation which had taken place. The interior of the once bleak and gloomy cavern was now a woodland bower; festoons of mountain ivy, overhanging boughs of pines, twinkling stars of varied colors, all united in making of the old armory a place of beauty which will be ever remembered by those who saw it. The Grand March was led by Verne Gongwer and Miss Edna Stevens, assisted by Miss Leta Hyde and H. H. Harrison, the many beautiful figures ending with the forma­ tion of the class numerals and the giving of the class yell. The patrons of the evening were President and Mrs. J. L. Snyder, Prof, and Mrs. H. K. Vedder and Dr. and Mrs. Thos. C. Blaisdell. In all histories the great events tend to overshadow the less and such is the case, I fear, in this short history of 1908. But athletics and “J. Hops” do not make up the whole of college life, nor is the Junior developed along athletic and In the class room, social lines to the exclusion of other things. studious and attentive, and dignified when necessary, having always in mind the great end for which he is striving, he shapes his college career, till in the spring of 1908 there will graduate a class, loyal ever to their Alma Mater, who will in after years point with pride and pleasure to the red and blue of 1908. SOPHOMORE OFFICERS President, Frank -Sweeney Vice-President, Lucius Carney Secretary, E. McGrath Treasurer, Frank Webb SOPHOMORE ROSTER Forest H. Akers Gerald Allen Mary G. Allen E" J. Allett Ben. H. Anibal Wm. J. Baumgrass Leon V. Belknap Jacob Bell Jobn N. Bidwell G. A. Bignell Miles H. Bleech Floyd Bohn Myron R. Bowerman Lee Boyd Coyne Bullis Charles G. Burroughs F. F. Burroughs Bertha C. Cameron Harry L. Cantrick Lucille E. Carney Clarence H. Carter Alfred A. Chambe Wm. C. Chapman Briggs L. Clark Remie Cools Amos H. Crosby Charles D. Curtis Frank H. Dains Maurice Dewey Robert E. Dickson Charles Dunlap Ethel Dunstan Charles H. Edwards Richard J. Edwards Bertrand G. Egerton Ben C. Ellis Clyde L. Emery . Oscar W. Fairbanks Stacey S. Fisher Edna L. Foote Ruth Foster William D. Frazer Alfonso Garcinava Shirley M. Gardner Gldn O. Gilbert M. Theo. Goodwin Clyde Gorton Olive E. Graham Claude Greenhoe Florence L. Hall Charles A. Hamilton H. H. Harrison Will H. Hartman Carl J. Hatfield Ralph P. Heald Matie C. Hendee Fr6d J. Hewson Edward B. Hodges Oray C. Halcomb William Hookway Thos. M. Hooper Roy G. Hoopingarner Carl E. Hopphan George F. Hubbard Nelson B. Hubbard Edwin B. Hulett Myron C. Hutchings Allen J. Hutchins R. Harold Hyde Harlow D. Ingall Clarence E. Jacobs G. Bernard Kamps Lutie B. Keep Harry L. Kempster Frank H. Kierstead J. R. Kimball Justin H. Cline Max Knolls Catherine Koch Raymond L. Kurtz Roy W. La Du Charles W. Lapworth Alice L. Latson Ella M. Lentz J. Oliver Linton Bertha Lunn Roy Lyon James McCadie Frank J. McClung M. Zoe McConnell Bessie McCormick Jean E. McCoy Nelson McCullough Justin McDevitt Mabel C. McDowell Earl M. McGrath Albert M. Marsh Grace I. Martin Charles W. Mason Don A. Meeker J. Alfred Mitchell Walter N. Moss Russell A. Murdock Claude L. Nash Charles J. Oviatt La Verne L. Perkins Ralph I. Phippeny Otto A. Pokorney Walter Postiff Burr B. Pratt Hubert C. Pratt Alleen Raynor Robert M. Reynolds Benjamin H. Roberts James E. Robertson Eli Rodegeb D. C. Rymer Robert Rudzinski Geneva F. Salisbury Arthur H. Sargeant Perry Schad Don Shannon Leroy C. Smith Albert Sobey " Milton W. Sprague Winfield C. Spratt Herbert E. Silcox, Myrta Severance Anthony F. Snyder Glenn H. Stephen A. Bruce Stirling Clara' Stolte Frank R. Sweeney Howard A. Taft Chandler C. Taylor Floyd C. Taylor Reese W. Taylor Max L. Tower James H. Trebilcock Winford C. Trout Floyd H. Valentine George C. Wagner Frank K. Webb J. Sloat Welles J. Logan Whitney James E. Wilcox J. Garfield Winsor Frank E. Wood Arthur J. Youngs FRESHMAN OFFICERS President, A. L. Campbell Vice-President, Esma Allen Secretary, Bert Shedd Treasurer, E. Eakin Brown FRESHMAN ROSTER Bsma P. Allen Louise M. Allen Oscar G. Anderson McLean M. Babcock Paul O. Bacon Mary B. Bair Frank B. Baker Ernest W. Baldwin Nellie Bangs Wilhelmina R. Bates Glenn A. Bancroft Prank L. Barrows Royal G. Baur Thaddeus C. Beach Ray Beardsley Harry N. Beck Le Roy L. Benedict Katherine P. Benham Marjory L. Bird J. Parks Blodgett Lloyd P. Blunden Arthur Boettcher Prank E. Bostedar Chester A. Bowman Eugene H. Brown E. Lakin Brown Edward M. Burd Glen P. Burkhart Leonard T. Burritt Elwood P. Bushnell Thomas Burt Arthur L. Campbell George S. Campbell Dwight C. Carpenter Benton Cataline Gordon Cavanaugh Edna Chamberlain Julius W. Chapin Clare C. Chase Wright Clark Oliver H. Cleveland Clarence G. Clippert Roy L. Colby George P. Conway Florence E. Copson Ray G. Crane Chase Crissey Elmer R. Dail J. Chester Danforth Prank W. Darling J. Conely DeCamp Bernard E. Dersnah Murre E. Dikeman Harley O. Dorman Lloyd W. Dougherty Howard H. Douglass Ray C. Edwards Earl W. Ellis Warren P. Ellison Helen Emery Max D. Parmer Eva B. Pelker Mildred G. Ferguson Glenn W. Perris Wm. A. Forsyth Glenn L. Foskit G. Raymond Pox Sevilla Fowler Harry R. Fraser D. E. FTazier Guy O. Fuller Lois M. Garber Albert R. Geismar Irving Gilson Maurice Glicman Richard Goetz J. L. Graybill M. C. Greenleaf Chester A. Griffin Carl J. Grinnel Roy C. Gulley Samuel C. Hagenbuch Paul B. Hale Claris H. Hall Eugene A. Hallock Claude C. Hanish David N. Hanson John J. Harris Florence Harrison Walter L. Hathaway Don R. Hewitt Nina B. Hewitt George W. Hobbs Claude L. Hodgeman Ernest G. Hoffman Robert P. Holdswortli Arthur H. Holly Ralph Hopkins Mabel Howarth Glen W. Hughes Carac M. Hume Arthur E. Hurd Albert L. Hurd Henry B. Ihnken Hazel Kelsey Hazel J. Kellogg Earl H. King Wallace W. Knapp ' John W. Knecht E. H. Kolb Francis J. Koopman Edward E. Kurtz Edward T. Labodie Georgiana R. Lambert Edith Langenbacher Herbert Lash Fred S. Lawrence Oliver C. Lawrence Louise P. Lindsley Ruby Loomis Cyrus L. Luce Hugh E. Lynch Cyril J. McCarthy Margaret A. McClung William G. McCormick Luther B. McEwing Lodiwic A. McGillivray Joseph McIntosh Parnell G. McKenna Ira D. McLachlan Clifford S. McLouth Duncan McMillen.. P. Benjamin McMullen Prank W. Marks Robert E. Marsh Clark D. Mason Charles E. Mathieson William G. May Ross W. Meyer Lynn D. Mead Ernest P. Meyer Alonzo M. Miller John P. Miller Harry H. Milbourne FRESHMAN ROSTER—Continued Herbert W. Mills Clyde D. Moore ' Ruth Moore Earl H. Morehouse James A. Mumford Jesse F. Newell Louis A. Offer Harry Olin Wm. C. Palm Glenna Pancoast Wm. H. Parsons James W. Pemberton Arthur H. Perrine Carl V. Perry Philip H. Piper Charles H. Ponitz Arthur P. Prelling Rex Roberts Mabel C. Rogers Newman G. Root C. Lovell Rose Robert N. Sanderson Albert R. Shuart John C. Shapton James E. Shaw James L. Shaw Bert Shedd A. G. Smith Claude E. Smith Howard J. Smith John A. Schmidt Oren L. Snow Harry A. Spaulding Damon A. Spencer Ralph A. Stephenson Romaine W. Stone Rey B. Stuart Mabel Sweet Hazel C. Taft Vernon N. Taggett Robert L. Taylor Wm. J. Thome George Thompson Robert E. Thompson Anna C. Thompson Howard Traphagen Carl Tucker Glenn L. Turner Arthur G. Tyler Wm. C. Utley Barbara Van Heulen Russel F. Valleau Norma Vedder Roy W. Vondette Ray G. Voorhorst Chester S. Wagner James A. Waldron Howard C. Walker Chas E. Waterman Walter W. Weber Clyde E. Weed Anna B. West Roy S. Wheeler Wm. E. White J. L. Whitney Ray B. Wiggins Arthur B. Winchell J. Garfield Winsor Charles W. Wood Claude R. Wright Burton W. Yorker Arthur J. Youngs Riley O. Zerbe SUB-FRESHMAN OFFICERS President, V. G. Anderson Vice-President, Leona N. Lee Secretary, W. F. Raithee. Treasurer, W. B. Orr SUB-FRESHMAN ROSTER Grant G. Allen Vivian G. Anderson Lee J. Ashley Flora B. Bates Thomas B. Benham Mary B. Bennett August Blust • Fred B. Brockway Valentine Buckham Howard D. Bush Walter A. Bernstein Monroe P. Carlton Caryl E. Chaney Robert S. Clarke G. Harris Collingwood Cornelius F. Cook John H. Cooper Ray J. Corrigan L. Burton Crawford Kingsley, Crosbie - - Harold T. Goughian Louis A. Dahl Frank Dayharsh Fred E. Dean Jacob De Koning Fred J. Dingier Robert C. Dreisbach Herbert I. Duthie Aldis M. Elliott Floyd P. Felt Winnifred B. Felton A. H. Fluemer Ray S. Folk John H. Forrer Charles D. Forster Charles H. French Charles M. Frey Albert Frutig Inez M. Gilbert Robert H. GiLam Elmer A. Gillett Sherman S. Hale Henry L. Hallam John M. Haller Carl L. Hamilton Fred H. Hansler E. Harris Haven Don C. Heeson Leslie C. Helm Alfred Henrickson Charles E. Henry Ralph G, Hewitt, George Hooper Haymond J. Hutton Fred C. Jeffrey Lyle Jennings John A. Haufman Malcolm K. Kedzie Margaret Kedzie Bert W. Keith Frank P. Kempf Lloyd F. Kenworthy Stanley Knowles ' Peter E. Kohn Leona N.. Lee Edward Lindemann Moses E. Long Clarence C. McCurdy Joseph H. McNeil Arie R. McRay Alexander McVittie Robert MacFärlane Wm; S. Marshall Vera M. Mattison George R. Merrill Elmer H. Merz Frank C. Meyers Edward P. Mifflin Edward N„ Morgan / Wm. C. Morris Kenneth A. Morrison Robert M. Morse Lloyd D. Mulhdlland Laura Mundon Lelah M. Munson Jitz T. Murakami E. Howard Murphy Charles O’Kada W. Ray Olmstead Walter N. Olsen Wesley B. Orr Frank R. Palmer Conrad L. Peck Stanley Perham Irvin T. Pickford Leo S. Pond Wells Pratchner Herbert W. Predmore Lawrence R. Queal Wm. F. Raithel Wayne W. Reeks Fred J. Richards Frank T. Riddell Clarence S. Roe James E. Rork Harry E. Saier Edwin C. Suave Edward C. Schubach Stephen L. Severance Wm. C.' Severance Carl P. Shubel Cecil W. Simpson Dora L. Sloan- Sidney S. Smith Harry G. Snow Rush Snow Ernest E. Steele Donald R. Stilson Lawrence Sugar Carl H. Taylor Keith E. Terry Fred H. Titsworth James Tobias Arthur T. Underhill Wm. H. Urquhart^ Merle E. Valleau Neil Van Horn Orren S. Varner Edwin Watts Llewellyn B. Williams Albert M. Whittle Thomas C. White Iva A. Wilson Nettie Wilson Arthur B. Winslow Ruth E. Wood Erwin B. Yuill THE TEST OF LOVE Oh, Puppy L,ove—oh, Puppy Eove! Oh, foolish hearts that .touch— When things that mean so little Seem things that mean so much.” At last James knew what true love meant. In all his thir­ teen years ,of existence no one had ever caused such perturba­ in his heart as did the curly-haired daughter of the tion minister, who had just, moved in across the road. The house had long stood idle, and James had been much interested in the process of moving in. As he watched the magnificent carelessness with which the men handled barrels of china, and the tender care they bestowed on feather beds, he resolved to be a driver of a moving van. But when he saw her,' all ambition was lost except to win favor in her eyes. She was standing in the 'doorway, a gray kitten in her arms, the sun shining on her yellow curls. James put his hands in his pockets and began to whistle. Then he arose and turned a beautiful cartwheel^ landing squarely on'his feet. But even that did not seerii to impress this girl; so he sauntered carelessly across the,street, wishing that the horses on the moving van would suddenly make a wild rush across the yard, so that he could rescue the girl from beneath their trampling feet, and be killed himself—perhaps die with his head oil her lap. But Fate was unkind or the horses were too mild; and nothing happened whereby James could prove his heroic qualities. From that hour his heart was not his own. That was almost a month ago, and now he and May were very intimate F friends. James had discovered that there was no place in town so cool and delightful on a warm summer evening as a corner of the big porch which ran across the front of her house. He had entirely forgotten the grocer’s daughter, on whom he had lavished his attentions previously, and she told a friend that she had never been so deceived before in all her life by any boy, and that if her heart wasn’t broken and her life But James cared no more ruined, it wasn’t- Jamie’s fault. for grocers’ daughters. He devoted himself entirely to May. They had a postoffice now, in a corner of the picket fence which ran around her house, under a stone, and the hours of James would write delivery of mail were frequent indeed. a fervent epistle, cautiously steal across the road and place it under the stone. Then May came, in answer to his whistle, and of course the letter was answered immediately. Then when James found her answer, there was so much of importance to be said in return that the postoffice soon contained anothei note. Extreme caution was necessary, as her father was a minister and his study window afforded a splendid view of the postoffice. Of the rapture of those days James endured all the splendid anguish of jealousy if he saw May little can be said. smile upon another—all the wonderful torments of despair if more than ten minutes passed after he had deposited a If he heard letter in the office and no answer had come. her mother call her to come and wash the dishes, he wondered how they could' ask so angelic a being to do such things, and he almost envied the dishes. Once he saw her elder brother pull her hair and he marvelled that the lightning did not at the instant strike him dead. .One morning as Jamie pushed the lawn mower across the grass he saw May out by the woodshed back of her house. H'e ran out into the road to see what she was doing, then She was—yes, she was trying to chop a stopped, petrified. stick of wood. Her brother—villain!—had neglected to fill the woodbox. Before he could collect his senses and rush to her aid, she had gathered up the pieces of wood and gone into the house. The grocery wagon drove by and the delivery boy had to yell twice to James to “Git out the way.” He went back to his house and upstairs to his room. There were paper and pencil on his table, and he sat down to write his opinion In his anger he forgot his customary caution of such conduct. and stalked majestically across the road to the postoffice. in his Wrath blinded his eyes so he saw not the minister study window watching with mild curiosity the queer behavior Jamie whistled, and fled to the shelter of an oak of this youth. tree in the next yard. In response to his summons, instead of his lady fair, out came her father. He kicked away the stone and picked up James longed to rush on him and the note which lay there. compel him to yield this letter of his, but he could not make his legs go, and he only wondered stupidly if the minister never combed his hair, or if he was accustomed to tear it while he wrote his' sermons. He watched him walk back to the house reading the note. Then he heard him call, “May, come here to me,” and heard her answer, “Yes, papa.” Ah, she little knew of the blow that was to fall! He sat down under the tree and ' watched an ant making vain efforts to drag a large crumb over a blade of grass. He could feel his heart going thump, thump, and then through the open window he heard the minister reading the to May. letter Dearest May—I have just seen you getting kindling. Your brother is a darned chump not to split it for you. If he wasn’t your brother, I’d call him names worsern a darned chump. I know a lot I could call him. forever than have you ever do I’d rather split wood for you I’ve writ this with a it. indelibul pencil and that makes the darned chump all the worse. Anser soon. Jim. He listened with bated breath. “H’m,” said the minister, “you have a very devoted admirer, haven’t you?” sir,” said May. “Yes, “Call him—I want to see him.” Then he saw May come out on the porch. wants to see you.” “Jamie, oh, Jamie-e-e-e—papa He shivered. Should he go, or should he take refuge in flight? No. He would bear the brunt of it—face the music. He rose, set his cap jauntily on one side, thrust his hands into his pockets, and walked through the gate up onto the porch. “Hurry up, Jamie. Just see what you’ve done. Why weren't you carefuller, any how?” Ah, nothing worse could befall him now. She had re­ proached him for carelessness, when she knew his love for her had made him reckless. Aw, I don’t care,” he growled as he followed her into the house. Thé minister stood in the hall, the fateful letter in his hand. So-o-o” he said slowly, “so you’re Jimmie? And you’d chop wood forever? Well, I’ll let you prove your love. “Please, sir, I’ve got to go. That’s my father whistling.” Come and fill the woodbox.” Jamie gasped, but he followed the minister. As they passed The minister tell him that you are chopping wood for us—.” from his book. looked up “Oh, I’ll go and James writhed, through the kitchen th& latter said to his wife, who was rolling little boy has kindly volunteered to out a pie crust, “This chop our wood.” Jamie winced, but die marched bravely on to but he managed to answer, "Dinner’ll be ready, and I’ve got to cut our grass.” The minister smiled reflectively as he looked at the wood; then Then he dropped the axe and fled. the woodshed. There the minister pulled a book from his pocket, and sat down on a box to read, and oversee the pro­ ceedings. James saw no chance for escape; so he grasped the axe and set to work. How the chips did fly! He heard the boys whist­ ling for him across the way. They were going swimming he went in to his dinner. James couldn’t explain to his father why the grass was uncut, nor could he appease the wrath of the boys because he had broken his promise. He spent a most unhappy afternoon, running the lawn mower in the hot August sunlight, thinking bitter thoughts on the inconsistency of women, and the folly and he had promised to go. The thought of the deep pool and the cool water made him seven times hotter, but he set of love. “For at three o’clock, all clad in blue gingham, May had gone down the street in the company of a boy named his teeth grimly, and chopped on. And how his back did ache! George, who had long been worshiping her from afar. Jamie knew they were going to the ball game. May had promised Once he thought he heard May in the kitchen, laughing at to go with him, and now his rival bore her away under his him, but he dismissed that idea as too terrible. brother came home. Then her Jamie heard him coming through the house. How he hated him! He came to the woodshed door and looked in with a chuckle of amusement. hired man, eh father? “Got a new I’m duly grateful, Jamie. May told It saves me a lot of work.” me 1 you’re doing- it for love. Then he went back into the house, and as he opened the door very eyes. But the grass was cut at length and Jamie went in to clean up for supper. As he stood by his table buttoning the cuffs of his clean waist, a brilliant idea flashed upon him. He would write to his false mistress and empty the vials of his wrath upon her. He had heard his mother speak of a woman who remembered something to her dying day, and he would make Jamie heard May say, “Doesn’t he look too funny? it’s the best joke!” I think this letter one like that. James learned early that ridiculousness in the object of one’s devotion is a sure cure for love. He felt dumb despair chilling his heart, but he kept on chopping. Finally he saw his father coming from the office, and then he heard his welcome whistle. He sat down and began to write. He didn’t hear the supper bell, nor his mother calling him, but when his father whistled, he did hear that. He had just finished the letter, so he thrust it into his pocket and went down to supper. “What have you been doing, James?” demanded his father. James intended to say “Nothing-,” but to his own surprise be burst out, “Writing a letter.” “To May.” “Lemme see it?” So James handed it over, and for the second “Who to?” James turned back to the house, and as he did so he saw, in blue. in the corner of the fence across the road, a girl She was looking toward him, and when she saw he had seen time that day, had to endure the humiliation of hearing his her she came running out through the gate and across the letter read by someone for whom it had not been intended, road. “Jimmie, I didn’t go to the ball game with George at and to an appreciative audience. For his father read it aloud: “If I hadn’t seen it myself I wouldn’t have believed you I just went over all. He wanted me to and I wouldn’t do it. town and I’m sorry you couldn’t go, and papa says you’re could be so mean. I guess it runs in your family, don’t it? a great boy and he likes you.” Some day you’ll know what it is to break a trusting heart. Your brother would be a darned chump if he did chop wood for you. Why don’t you tell your father to comb his hair? What boy could stand isuch flattery unmoved. James felt his anger slipping from him; he tried to restrain it, but he couldn’t. So he held out the dime and said, “Come on up town Adoo,' forever. James.” and get an ice cream sody.” James’ father rebuked the unseemly mirth of the family. Then he looked over his spectacles at the boy who was trying to look indifferent, and succeeding in looking angry and morti­ fied. “Well, now, Jimmy, I guess I wouldn’t send a girl a letter like that; you’d be sorry. Go put it in the stove, and come and eat your supper.” James obeyed, and ate his supper in sullen silence. He didn’t believe any boy ever was so wretched. After supper his father started down town, and before he left the yard he called James* who came with reluctant feet. “You did a good job on the grass, Jimmy; here’s your wages. Go get your girl and give her an ice cream soda.” “Can’t,” was James’ laconic answer, although the wages was a shiny dime. “Well, take this anyhow,” said his father, “and I’ll bet she’ll go if you ask her.” PHI DELTA SOCIETY OFFICERS President, T. Hooper. Warden, M. E. Haee. Secretary, B. C. Rogers. Treasurer, A. L. Snyder Marshal, W. C. Morris Record Editor, D. Moomaw. ' ROLL ■ T. Hooper C. C. Cobb S. F. Knight B. Jerome A. L- Snyder C. G. Burroughs F. H. Dains H. O. Hickok L. C. Smith To E. P. Bushnell G. S. Campbell R. M. Sanderson E. S. Tucker .. W. E. White Ti O. Varner W. C. Morris Resident Alumni Prof. F. S. Kedzie L. Bushnell Ray Stannard Baker ’o7 D. Moomaw F. . E. Thatcher W. W. De Lange G. A. Burley I. G. Koehler G. A. Heinrich ’08 E. S. Bartlett C. V. Williams M. E. Hall F. G. Born J. R. Campbell B. C. Rogers PHI SOCIETY The beginning of this society dates back more than a third in various places, and an organization was preserved, and of a century to that day in November, 1873, when the cere­ finally the State Board granted the society the rooms in new monies creating the Michigan Beta of the Phi Delta Theta Wells, in which the meetings are now held. Fraternity were held in the open air near Faculty Row. Though the society has changed its name as. well as its The minutes of the proceedings show us that the first reg­ abode, the spirit of good fellowship has not changed, and at the coming jubilee our old alumni and new Phis will mingle as in common brotherhood. ular meeting was held on November 3, 1873, with Charles W. Sheldon, ’75, as president, and Frank J. Annis, ’75, as secretary, while the names of Thos. F. Rogers^ ’74, and Grant M. Sheldon, were connected with the fraternity as men who were also instrumental in obtaining the charter for the Mich­ igan Beta Chapter. This chapter was a very prosperous and influential organ­ ization from the time of its founding, as a result of the care­ ful selection of members. After the charter was given up to the general council in 1898, the members immediately reorganized as the Phi Delta Society, still preserving the dignity of the previous organ­ ization. Literary work was resumed with even more enthu­ siasm than before. Lip to the time of the destruction of old Wells Hall,’ Feb­ ruary, 1905, meetings were held in the east ward ;of the base­ ment rooms which had been fitted up by the members as a home for the fraternity. After the fire, meetings were held UNION LITERARY SOCIETY On March 31, 1876, a dozen men met in Room 7, Williams which gave the society a home of its own. These were com­ Hall, and founded the Union Riterary Society, the purpose fortably furnished, making a pleasant college home where the of the association being the literary, moral, and social culture of its members. It was the first attempt to establish an open members could entertain their friends as well as derive the In 1891 the society building benefits of a literary training. society at the college and received the ridicule of the fraternity was erected with the assistance of the alumni, who were glad to show their loyalty to the old society. The “Tits” have always maintained a high standing, and The success of taken a prominent part in college affairs. the society has been due to hard work and close adherence to the policy established by the members of ’76 and ”77, and upholding the principles symbolized by U. T. and S.—Unity, Royalty, and Sincerity. ‘ ’ E. A. Willson, ’07. men, but in spite of many reverses the society grew slowly but steadily. The charter menibers were W. C-. Latta, ’77, president; James Brassington, ’76, vice-president R W- K. Prudden, ’78, secretary, and R. A. Clark, W. B. Jakways, and Don H. Ke^zie of ’76; IT. F. Buskirk, C. C. Georgeson, F. W. Hastings, F. F. Skeels, and James Troop of ’78, and J. Q. this Thomas of the men, who made up “Though ’79. little company of U. R. S. Puritans’were men of energy,'full of resolute purpose and confident of the success of their under­ taking', little did they think as they separated after that first formal meeting how far reaching and how lasting would be the results of their initial step. Tittle dreamed the four who were appointed to draw up the-constitutionRhow that consti­ tution, with a few material changes, would be the, fundamental law of a society which grows in vigor as it grows, in years, a society which has influenced for good the lives of hundreds of young men, a society whose years no man as yet can num­ ber.” Meetings of the society were first held in College Hall, but later rooms in the west basement of Wells Hall were secured, UNION LITERARY SOCIETY OFFICERS President, M. F. Johnson. Vice President, G. B. Norton'; Secretary, J. S. Welles. ■ Treasuref, R. J. Carr. Janitor, H. I. Glazier. ROLL ’09 C. C. Taylor C. J. Oviatt J. S. Welles E. G. Hulse H. H. Harrison Howard Taft Claude Greenhoe Tio R. P. Holdsworth R. W. Vondette M. M. Babcock Glenn Burkhart Wright Clark F. L. Barrows Joe L. McIntosh L. W. Dougherty J. W. Knecht H. H. Milbourne R. L. Colby Ti W. S. Marshall W. C. Severance HONORARY MEMBERS. Mrs. Linda E. Landon Mrs. Ella Kedzie Mrs. Warren Babcock Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Gunsoi Prof. Walter B. Barrows Mr .and Mrs. M. L. Dean RESIDENT ALUMNI Prof. Wilbur O. Hedrick Prof. Warren Babcock Chace Newman Floyd W. Robinson Horace W. Norton ’°7 M. F. Johnson O. K. White H. I. Glazier O. A. Kratz E. A. Willson F. A. Gould ’08 J. V. Gongwer C. B. Norton E. E. Nies R. G. Carr R. J. Carr Glenn Boyle F. H. Wade Jesse Boyle Ludovico Hidrosollo ECLECTIC SOCIETY OFFICERS President, G. C. Dudrey Vice-President, G. B. Hayes Secretary, A. T. Barrey T reasurer, B. B. Pratt Marshal, R. E. Tayror Librarian, W. G. Parm ROLL O. C.'Post A. C. Pratt A. T. Barley G. W. Dodge S. E. Race A. S. Van Halteren 1908. F. J. Nichols A. E- Rigterink E. J. Rork. H. R. Beckwith G. C. Dudley G. B. Hayes F. C. Jenison I9°7- G. Verran 1909. E. J. Allet D. R. Boyd B. L. Clark H. C. Pratt B. B. Pratt W. N. Moss T. C. Beach L. F. Blunden I. C. Danforth W. N. Olson 1911. I. E. Rork F. R. Palmer 1910. W. C. Utley W. G. Palm E. A. McGillivray R. E. Taylor ECLECTIC SOCIETY The Eclectic Society numbers itself among the first of the Seeing a definite place literary organizations at M. A. C. to be filled by a society consisting of energetic men, on March During the past year a new society house has been under labor, construction. Although entailing much sacrifice and the project has met with the utmost loyal support from the 12, 1877, a number of the most active students at that time alumni and active members, who have contributed generously, met in College Hall, and temporarily organized. A committee both of time and means, to make the “Tic” home what it was at once appointed who submitted the constitution after­ should be. Under the able leadership of A. C. Bird and F. C. ward adopted, the preamble of which best sets forth what the objects of the society have been during the thirty years Kenney, the building has been brought to successful com­ pletion. of its existence: We declare ourselves an association for May the strong feeling of brotherhood now existing among mutual improvement in literary, moral, and social culture, Eclectics continue to bind them in years to come. and to enlarge our fund of general intelligence; in pursuit of which objects we desire to establish and promote sajfriendly interest in each other, and to exhibit a due consideration for the opinions and feelings of others. j * /. As could be expected, there were many difficulties to $v|iX come before gaining recognition, but these were ably met as they came up, and in due time the society assumed its place among its sister societies at the college. For a short time 1878 per­ meetings were held mission was secured from the State Board to equip the rooms in College Hall, but during which, until recently, were occupied in Williams Hall. The larger part of this work was done by the members themselves, which is further evidence of their determined purpose to place the society upon a lasting foundation. OLYMPIC SOCIETY The Olympic Society was organized in September of 1885,, in Room 105, Wells Hall, then occupied by A.. L. Marhoff, ’87, who did more, toward the primary steps of its organization than did any other student. He, with F. L. Wrigglesworth, the first president of the society, and Everhart of ’86, O. C. Wheeler, '87, G. L. Teller, '88, and one or two others,;-were the charter. members and formed the nucleus from which the present Olympic society has grown. Until the organization of this society there were but two open literary societies at the college, the Eclectic and the Union Literary Societies. At this time these two were filled to their constitutional limit, which at best accommodated but a small proportion of the students then in attendance at the college. It had been ten years since a society was formed, and it had now become apparent that another society was needed, as the remainder of the students were denied the privilege and train­ It was to fill this want that the ing of a literary society. Olympic Society was organized in the hope that other students The men who organized the society were not alone in their struggle for its existence, for, were it not for the invaluable aid rendered by President Willits, the Olympic Society would It was he who christened the not be in existence to-day. influence that the pleasant society, and it was through his rooms which it now occupies were secured. This was in the spring of 1887, at which time O. C. Wheeler, ’87, was chosen chairman of the building committee that was to finish the rooms, located 011 the fourth floor of the south wiing of Will­ iams Hsfll. The work was completed in time for commence­ ment of that year, the commencement program and banquet being the first exercises held in the new quarters. The emblem of the society is a Grecian lyre, designed by Mr. Wheeler and adopted by the society in ’86. The original as designed by him differed somewhat from the present pin. It consisted of a lyre with the reeds omitted and the Parthenon resting upon the lower cross-bar, with O. S. engraved upon It was also much smaller than the present the upper one. might benefit by the literary and social privileges extended pin and had no base. ' through the society. ' The early history, of this society is a record of hard work and thought, which the first members will not readily forget. like They, ihe others, started with comparatively nothing, but struggled along aS best they might, holding their meetings in class rooms or in the rooms' of students, wherever they found it convenient. Their literary work was conducted along the same lines as at the present time, but with fewer members. From time to time more members were added to its roll until it became as strong and influential as its sister societies. The oratorical contest held each winter term originated with the Olympic Society. The first'contest was held in the fall of ’88, and was won by Mr. David Anderson, who represented the society.' The general work of the society has been along literary lines, but, in addition to the literary training, our aim has been to train all members morally and socially as well. How well this work has been done and the success that has been attained are known by all those acquainted with college affairs. Neap C. Perry. OLYMPIC SOCIETY OFFICERS President’ A. H. Chase ■ Vice President, C. E. Merwin Secretary, F. K. Webb Treasurer, J. J. M.cDevitt Marshall, M. H. Beeech ROLL I9°9 Bleech, M. H. Hewson, F. J. McDevittj.J. J. McGrath, E. ,M. - Phippeny, R. I. Rudzinski, R. E. C, Webb, F. K., Griffin, C. A. Hitchcock, E. C. Mac Lachlan, I. D. Rose, C. L., Stephenson, R, 1911 Cook, C. F. Haller, J. M. Raithel, W Honorary Hadden, S. C- 190 7 Chase, A. H. Clise, B. B. Hitchcock, L. B. Parsons, I. E. Perry, N. C. Shuttleworth,. P. II 1908 Merwin, C. E. Parker, W. H. Small, W. H. Valentine, G. S. Wilber, J. W. HESPERIAN SOCIETY OFFICERS President, T. H. McHatton, Vice President, R. S. Can field. Secretary, F. F. Wood, Treasurer, C. H. Dun dap. Registrar, A. Boettcher. Marshal, R. J. Hutton.' Record Editor, A. Garcinava. ROLL F. Kiefer R. V. Pearsall E. J. Shassberger Class of 1909 J. N. Bidwell A. A, Chambe C. W. Dunlap .. B. C. Ellis if D. E. Fraizier A. Garcinava 1 N, B. Hubbard J. A. Mitchell H. E. Silcox F. Sweeney F. E. Wood Class of 1910 A. Boettcher L. Brown D. N. Hanson A. E. Hurd ' G. Johnson P. G. McKenna B. Shedd G. Thompson E. yaughn Class ’ of 1911 F. P. Felt R. J. Hutton , J. Pemberton F, H. Titsworth Class of I907 W. B. Allen J. L. Baker R. S. Canfield A. J- Carpenter S. W. Doty, P. V. Gqldsmith C. M. Granger' S. B. Lilly T. H. McHatton A. G, Palacio I. D. Smith Class of 1908. W. A. Hopson S. W. Horton I ear Phoío Co. FERONIAN SOCIETY OFFICERS President, Loreta Boies Vice-President, Ruby Newman Secretary, Mary Baedwin Treasurer, Marjorie Kedzie Marshal, Nettie Wilson O 7- Eva Bailey Florence Rounds Louise Taylor ’08. Maude Ferguson Josephine Maveety ’09. Loreta Boies Ruby Newman ROLL To. Louise Allen Esme Allen Helen Emery Mildred Ferguson Florence Harrison Ruby Lpomis : Norma Vedder Ti. Marjorie Kedzie Minnie Felton Nettie Wilson To specials. Thora Brandburg Mary Baldwin Marjorie Day Gertrude Howes Georgiana Lambert Marguerite Van Vratik Helen Albertus Hazel Kelsey Hazel Kellogg ' Gertrude Hellenthal Belle Leslie Katherine Upton La Clear Phata Cä. FERONIAN SOCIETY The Feronian Society was organized seventeen years ago, There were several sessions at the homes of members who on the 20th of March. There seemed to be much need of a girls’ literary society, although there were but twenty girls in college. After important meetings and animated discussions the society was organized, and the name Feronian adopted, lived upon the campus, and the entire afternoon was devoted to social and literary work. Later the meetings were held in the Union Literary building, and still later in the Hesperian rooms. which is derived from the Italian goddess Feronia. Seven years ago the long-cherished hope for rooms in the The early history of the society is much the same as that of others of a similar kind, one of hard work and earnest thought, not to be forgotten by the early members. There was total lack of experience, and, in the first two terms the member­ ship was so small that there were scarcely officers enough to manage the society. No regular or suitable place of meeting could be found. Women’s Building was realized, and today the Feronians enjoy a membership of twenty-eight girls, who feel that their society demands the best of which they are capable. As members of the oldest and largest women’s literary society on the grounds, we believe that the word Feronian stands for the highest and noblest ideals. Maud Ferguson, ’08. COLUMBIAN LITERARY SOCIETY iams Hall. Additions and improvements have been made in the society home until now it compares favorably with those of other societies. A member of the C. L. S. is not forgotten when he leaves college. His is our endeavor to keep in touch with him, that our knowledge of the affairs interests are ours, and it of one with the other may be mutual. Our alumni and former members are always welcome, and we are glad to have them with us at any time. This strong fraternal feeling exists, and its friendships are everlasting. B. G. Campbeix, ’07. It is a well recognized fact that he who puts the most into a thing is sure to get the most out of it. Not only does he do that, but in the years to come he looks back on that for which he strove so hard, perhaps not without sacrifice, with a glow of satisfaction, and feels that he has been faithful unto at least a few things. It. has been said, and I believe truly, that one-half of a college training is received outside of the realm of books. A college education in itself is not the end, but rather a means It is the capital, the stock in trade, the equipment to an end. for life which promotes and builds up a future for him alone who is willing to work for its advantages. It was with this idea in mind—to balance the curriculum of study in the making of manhood through the development of the moral, intellectual and social nature of man—that fifteen men met on March 19, 1892, W. M. Fulton being chairman, for the purpose of forming a literary society. A constitution was adopted, and the “Columbian Literary Society” awoke only to be confronted by the many perils and contentions which so characterize the history and growth of such an order. How well the society has succeeded in overcoming these obstacles and winning for itself a place on a level with the other societies on the campus, can best be judged by the reader. The first year, through the kindness of the English depart­ ment, was spent in a class room. The society then moved in 1894 to its new home in Wells Hall, where it remained until 1:897, when it was again moved to its present location in Will­ COLUMBIAN LITERARY SOCIETY OFFICERS President, W. E. Pi pur. Vice President, C. W. Edwards. Secretary, R. W. Tayeor. Treasurer, R. H. Gidbrrt. Marshall, W. B. Orr. Secretary of Records, J. R. Dice. ROLL ’08 M. B. Ashley J. R. Dice C. W. Edwards R. H. Gilbert N. J. Hill E. C. Krehl J. V. Sheap ’09 G. H. Allen B. G. Edgerton W. D, Frazer G. Gilbert R. J. Hutchins R. L. Kurtz C. W. Lapworth R. H. Sargeant G. H. Stephens R. W. Taylor ’io O. G. Anderson A. E. Campbell J. C. DeCamp T. A. Jordan L. A. Offer W. H. Parsons P: H. Piper H. C. Walker '11 F. C. Meyers W. B. Orr ’07 I. D. Angell J. C. Button . B. G. Campbell W. W. Gasser O. I. Gregg E. J. Kraus W. B. Liverance C. P. McNaughton W. E. Piper R. W. Wilson THEMIAN SOCIETY OFFICERS President, Inez Kinney Vice President, Mable McDowell Secretary, Amy Hurlburt Treasurer, Wilhelmina Bates Marshal, Florence Probart Record Editor, Ethel Curtis MEMBERS ’08 Neina Andrews Amy Hurlburt Besse Covell ' Mary Pratt ’09 Margaret Merrill Bell Hubbard Lucile Carney Grace Perry Florence Hall Alma Kenyon Mable McDowell To Hazel Taft Wilhelmina Bates Ethel Curtis Alda Bean Blossom Adah Bean Blossom Florence Probart Glenna Pancoast 7 Helen Andrews Violet, Miller Inez Kinney , Ruth Delzell THEMIAN SOCIETY On the eighth of January, 1898, eleven enthusiastic and deter­ mined girls met for their first regular literary meeting. The name, Themian, finally selected as a name for the new society. from Themis, the goddess of justice, was The meetings were first held in the Y. M. C. A. rooms and later in the chapel. Then the use of the Phi Delta Theta Frater­ nity rooms were offered to the girls. The State Board rooms in the Agricultural Laboratory were used until the fall of 1900,' when the present rooms were first occupied. Although the first years were full of hardships and discour­ agements, even failures, the true spirit of comradeship and determination to hold together kept the society a unit and increased the membership. Besides the purely educational benefit, the society has another worthy object—that of social fellowship and the development of true loyalty and friendship. May the society continue to live up- to the standard set by those eleven charter members, and may its members be worthy followers of our revered goddess of justice. Grace Taft. SORORIAN SOCIETY The Sororian Literary Society was organized at the begin­ ning of the school year, 1902, with a charter membership of twelve. Since that time the growth has been gradual, both in numbers and in strength. The members have always endeavored to be well rounded in their development, that is, not to sacrifice any faculty for the advancement of others. While the primary purpose of the Sororian Literary Society might be said to be the development of higher literary tastes, as great an object is the formation of a. sisterhood, as is signified by the name,—a sisterhood that will last not only through college, but one that will be beneficial throughout life. M. Zon McConnkll, ’09. SORORIAN SOCIETY OFFICERS President, Thdo Goodwin Vice-President, Hazde Beard Secretary, Heden Esseestyn Treasurer, Branch'd Bair ROLL ’06 Alexander, Alida Angeli, Harriet Northrup, Zae Taylor, Jennie ’o? Angeli, Anna Krentel, Calla Morris, Lena ’09 Casterline, Emma Cortright, Inez Esselstyn, Helen Goodwin, Theo Kelley, Alice McCormick, Bess. McConnell, Zoe McCoy, Jean McWethy, Edna Smith, Lenora Stolte, Clara ’08 Beal, Fannie Beard, Hazle Carrel, Ruth Hendee, Matie Kirby, Bess MacManus, Ella Mosher, Mabel Warner, Grace Way, Irene To Bair, Blanche Bangs, Nellie Chamberlain, Edna Cop son, Florence Hall, Lula Langenbacher, Edith Pettit, Alice Smith, Luella Thompson, Anna H E. P. Robinson E. A. Towne C. B.. Peck E. B. Westerman O. W. Stephenson E. N. Boulard A. R. Wilcox C. L. Rowe EUNOMIAN LITERARY SOCIETY OFFICERS President, E. A, Towne. Vice President, E. E Wilcox. Secretary, H. E. Cantrick;. Treasurer, O. W. Stephenson. Marshal, S. C. Hagenbuch, Record Editor, H. H. Musselman. ROLL ’°9 H. E. Cantrick C. D. Curtiss W. Postiff A. Sobey To E. M. Burd , O. H. Cleveland S. C. Hagenbuch E..E. Kurtz H. E- Lynch A. M. Miller H. W. Mills C. H. Ponitz ■ D. A. Spencer C. C. Waterman ’o8 E. I. Wilcox M. R., Allen A. E. Darbee F. M. Barden H. H. Musselman • F. B. Wilson ; ’ 11 R. S. Clark C. H. Taylor T. C. Whyte Special P. M. Grover EUNOMIAN SOCIETY, The only warrant for the existence of a thing is the need has come to be a strong society and numbers among its alumni for it. The need for literary societies has been felt at M. A. C. members men who are an inspiration to the Eunomians at from time to time in the history of the institution and it has M. A. C. and a credit to their Alma Mater. been satisfied by the organization of societies that have filled We feel that there are a few first principles upon which their part well and have added to the strength of the college. The growth of M. A. C. seemed to warrant the establishment the growth of the society has depended, and upon which its The society must contribute further progress will depend. of another society in 1903. to the development of the individual member, and it must Accordingly, a few men met in the Y. M, C. A. rooms in seek to promote the interests of the whole college. Williams Hall, on Oct. 10, and with the help of Burt Wermuth and Clem Ford, both honored members of old societies, effected the organization of what was then known as the Sigma Mu In accord with the first principle, the society seeks to provide a good moral atmosphere, requires thorough work along lit­ erary lines, and provides social advantages, In fulfillment Beta Literary Society. Its first president was John Decker. of the second principle mentioned, the society encourages its In the spring of 1903, the name Sigma Mu Beta was changed members to participate in all the best college activities. to Eunomian. Having recently secured a society home in Williams Hall, The society, having no rooms of its own, rented the Y. M. the Eunomians expect even a greater measure of prosperity C. A. rooms for three years. In the fall of 1906 it took up its in the future than has attended their efforts in the past. home in New Wells Hall. Despite the disadvantages it has experienced from the lack of a satisfactory society home, it Earu P. Robinson, ’07. ERO ALPHIAN SOCIETY Why is the college girl so different from other girls? Is it her wonderful learning that impresses one? No; nor is It is the natural, unaffected life which she it the lack of it. leads that makes her the college girl. And nowhere is the spirit of friendship closer than at college. So, to develop the “all around” girl, the Ero Alphian Society came into existence. In the winter of 1904, various meetings were held, and, on March 15, with a nucleus of fourteen girls, the Ero Alphian Society was formally organized. Although we are still young, we are proud of what we have accomplished. As a society we are able to compete to our advantage. Ero Alphian means to us, love of the first, the highest, the best. With this in view, with every thought for the common good, and for the welfare of our Alma Mater, we are seeking the way to the better life. Catherine; E. Koch. ERO ALPHIAN SOCIETY OFFICERS President, Helen Ashley Vice-President, Aeeeen Raynor Secretary, Irma Himmeeberger Treasurer, Minnie Johnson Marshal, / Kathryn Clark ROLL .’09 Shirley Gardner Ruth Foster Olive Graham Irma Hemmelberger Catherine Koch Aleen Raynor Myrta Severance To. Catherine Benham Lois Garber Minnie Johnson Jennie Rigterink Ada Shilson Barbara Van Heulen Ti. Mary Bennett Leona Lee Dora Sloan Iva Wilson ’07 Helen Ashley Rachel Benham Jean Inglis Grace Owen Edith Roby ’08 Nina Brandstetter Kathryn Clark Leta Hyde Lora Hyde AURORE AN LITERARY SOCIETY OFFICERS President, J. Linsday Myers. Vice-President, Ramon J. Alvarez. Secretary, Leon V. Belknap. Treasurer, John M. Walkup. Sergeant-at-Arms, Monroe P. Carlton. Leroy C. Brass Geo. A. Brown Harry L. Brown LeRoy Dorland Albert C. Dwight Daniel H. Ellis Leroy N. Hayden 8 Wm. M. Rider John M. Walkup 9 Roy G. Hoopingarner J. Oliver Linton Claude L. Nash EH Rodegeb Max L. Tower Ramon J. Alvarez Archie W. Brewster Leon V. Belknap F. F. Burroughs Maurice J. Dewey Robert E. Dixson Clyde L. Emery ROLL ■ Ralph S. Hudson J. Linsday Myers. . Ray L- Fennel Lorin G. Rinkle Guy W. Smith Harry G. Stone Ernest Van Alstine Le and to foster a spirit of liberal culture in the techni­ cal schools'of America. It has as charter members the eligible men from the class of 1885 and several alumni who were in Lor the first seven years after sympathy with the scheme. organization only the one chapter existed, but it kept gaining In in strength until it became evident that it had come to stay. 1892 the Alpha of Michigan was installed at our own Alma Mater and since that time the number of chapters has been steadily increasing. At present there are seventeen chapters in existence representing eleven states, Michigan being the only state claiming three. .Eligibility to membership is based upon scholarship, mem­ bers of the engineering classes having the highest grades after the sophomore year being elegible to election in the order of their grade. While the records are depended upon for the grades, one is not necessarily elected even after having obtained It is always understood that the grades the required standard. must have been obtained by honest work. Congeniality is also expected of the members, and although the association is not a social organization, the fraternal spirit is growing, and we may expect it to become still stronger with the increasing growth of the association. Ppck, °7- THE COLLEGE MAN The college man is of many days And full of cons. He spendeth his shekels in the purchase of Much trouble. He cometh as a horse or ox, and Doeth the bidding of the Mechanical Department. He receiveth a check From home in the morning, and In the evening behold it is Gone, And no man. knoweth Whither it goeth. He riseth, clothed in the chilly garments of the night, And seeketh the somnolent paragoric Wherewith to soothe . The turbulent ragings of the Lansing Free Lunch, But for naught. His dollars fade one by one into the hungry maw of the Special Exam. Yet he himself Is seen At the gates of the Post Office With one suspender. Yea, he is altogether wretched. THE BALLAD OF THE MODERN HIGHWAY­ MAN Oh, Kenney is a pirate grim, A robber dread is he; He does not sail on the Spanish main, Nor yet on the bright blue sea. He does not seize you in the dark Nor in an alley deep; He does not break in at the door, Nor through your window creep. Within his cage of barbed wire He sits in stern array, To part you from your precious wad Whene’er you pass that way. He robs ye roomers in Wells Hall, And those in Abbot, too; Compassion never stirs his soul, A villain through and through. IN THE SEWING ROOM “Nope; we don’t go any more.” “They’ve reached the stage where they prefer to stay Time—10-12 (any morning in the week). Place—Southeast corner of the sewing-room. Dramatis personae—Ruth, Inez, Vi, Myrtle, Flo, Eva, Grace and Eoreta. Scene opens showing several girls industriously sewing by the window. About two minutes after roll call Grace and Eva rush madly in, gasping in stage whispers, “Has she called the roll, girls?” Upon being assured that such is the case, they drop weakly into chairs, and for the space of forty-five seconds, an atmosphere of calm pervades the room. Gradually a gentle murmur, like the drowsy hum of bees on a warm Myrtle. Inez. at home.” Eva. Ruth. “Pins, pins-—give me a needle, Ruth?” “I won’t. I’ve already given you twenty and I’m going to keep the only one that’s left.” Flo. Eoreta. “How are you going to make your new hat, Reta?’ “Oh, I’m going to get a frame, put an Alsatian bow in front, a rosette on the left side, an ear of velvet on the right, and let some tubing hang gracefully clown the back— and then I’ll finish trimming it with the rest of my samplers; June day, is felt rather than heard, and this gathers force and won’t I be stunning ?’ is volume until the only way to escape being borne under to join in the general conversation, taking care to raise the voice one key higher than the others.. Gradually from the babble may be distinguished the despairing voice of Grace: I can’t do this stitch and I just “Girls, I wish I could die. hate sewing anyway.” Myrtle. “Well, now,. I'm going to make4'over the same hat I’ve worn for the last six years. Before it came to me my grandmother wore it handed down to- her from several generations back. for a Sunday bonnet and it was In fact, I’ve been told it was Mrs. Eve’s first piece of head-gear.” Vi. “Girls, did you know Grace has been pinned Union Eoreta. “Oh, cheer up, Gracie. Talk about the weather.” Lit?” Eva. Grace. “Well, I just wish I were married.” “Good for you, Eva. I do too, and so do the others, only they’re afraid to say so.” Ruth. “Oh, twee-dle-de-um-dum! There isn’t a man good enough for us.” Flo. “Yes, I heard they invited her over for a business meeting the other day. Congratulations, Grace.” Vi. General scramble “Oh, girls, see who’s going by. If he’d only look.” in which workbaskets are overturned, spools roll about the floor and above the din Eva’s voice is Myrtle. “You ought to see my Chawncy and you’d change heard saying, “Git right out of here.” your mind.” Vi. “They say Chawncy takes her to the Bijou once a week. Is it so, Myrtle?” lthe psalm of love Tell me not in mournful numbers, “Love is but an empty dream !” For the lover has his trials, And things are not what they seem. Love is real! Love is earnest! And its course is not all smiles, Though around this pretty campus You may travel many miles. There’s the Dean with love of duty; There the rules with stringent clause, With which cupid has to baffle, Ere succeeds his fruitful cause. But the man who flies his banner Is the man who wins the day; And I’m sure that ere you finish You will find that it will pay. If that winsome lassie loves you, And you love her more than life, Be not like dumb, driven cattle; Be a hero in the strife! Lives of lovers all remind us We can make our love divine; And we’ll still be standing by her In the good old summer time. So, dear friend, be not despondent, Soon this bondage you will leave ; Then ! Oh, then ! will life be happy, ' As you your lives together weave. im AN AG’S DREAM Mr. Finkler having retired from plain wort without any sterigma being attached to his optical character, had a coli communis with his colony concerning the stolen broth. The chief of the giant colony, just prior to the violacens of the law, had said to the thief, “Aur-ant-ia sary-ceein-ya received an agar stab in your bacterium.” The thief, who had a potato streak in his blood serum, grabbed an (thr) ax and said, I-stolonifera,” and then proceeded to lacerate the plumose chin of the chief. The chief became cretaceous and erticulated, “In-fun-di-bully-form of fighting is all right,” then placed his right amorphous hand on his raised opalescent brow and ex­ claimed, “Oh, mycelium,” and took a napiform. FRESHMAN’S CLUB SANDWICH I met a freshman friend some days ago; I noticed in his eye a glistening tear. Said he, “I have a tale of bitter woe To pour into your, sympathetic ear.” Said I facetiously, “A tail to pour? Why, tails must wag, as does the dog’s, you know,” He sadly said, “You are an awful bore— You are too waggish. If it please you so, Then let me say, T shall a tale unfold,’ ” And as he paused awhile to softly weep, “My friend,” said I, “if I may be so bold, I guess that tale will be a tale of sheep, For sheep are folded, tails and all, I know, To keep them safe and warm from storm and cold. What has been done may be undone, and so, The sheep’s tale, folded, you may now unfold.” ' I felt quite sheepish ’neath his scornful glance, And saw my interruptions made things worse, While he, still sorrowful, as in a trance, Did doggedly recite this doggerel verse : “I visited, the other night, the kitchen of the club, And as I tried to make a light, alighted on a tub That rose and struck me with a bar of music from its staves, And called me many curious names, such as the ‘King of Knaves.’ “Then some one coughed behind my back, ‘He’s crazy, I suppose’— I turned and saw a coffee-pot standing upon its nose. A flatiron hissed and said that he could do that if he chose— Alas, when he essayed the feat, he tumbled on my toes! “Then when I ventured to remark I’d known that he would fail, A bright tea-kettle from the shelf turned down his shining bail, And cast on me a baleful glance that made me fairly quail, While mice were doing fancy dives into the water-pail. “The hammer tried to crack some jokes, but quickly lost his head, And when he dared to make a pun, they punished him instead, By clipping his dependent clause, and putting him to bed. But then he would not close his eye, which they thought quite ill-bred. “A pack of cards dropped from a shelf and hit me on the “Then sidled up to me a hoe, who tried to tell me how back; When he got started in a row, he ended in a row, A carving knife leaped from his place and tried to cut the But bent his handle in a bow and made a graceful bow pack. When I politely told him ‘No, I cannot listen now.” He got the king and queen of clubs, but failed to take the Jack, ■ Who quickly turned himself on edge and slid into a crack. “I really had not dared to stir, for all things seemed so queer, But now a loud familiar whirr resounded in my ear, The kitchen vanished in a blur, and as my brain grew clear I heard my room-mate say, ‘Well, sir, you goin’ to sleep a “The plates began to break the news of what the knife had year ?’ ” done, The forks and spoons forsook their drawers in time to see the fun. The kitchen clock put up his hands and almost tried to run. When two ticks tried to make him go, he viciously struck one. “The matches formed a union, and their chairman scratched his head When called upon to make a speech, and in matchless language said, ‘Let all of us go on a strike, of working we are tired/ But every union match that struck was very promptly fired. And though they all had time to burn, they struck for shorter hours Till Copper Sprinkler put them out with well directed showers. Piper, ’oy. C. H. Goetz. TENNIS A net—a maid— -1 The sun above— Two sets we played; Result—two love. Again we played; This time she won. I won the maid; Result—two, one. YOUNG WOMAN’S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION CABINET FOR 1906-1907 President, Florence Barlow Vice-President, Mary Pratt SecretaryMabel McDoweli Treasurer, Zoe McConnell COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN Devotional Membership Missionary Bible Study Binane e . Intercollegiate Social Theo Goodwin Mary Pratt • Mary Allen Irene Way Zoe McConnell Margaret Waller Catherine Koch . Y. W. C. A. Soon after the Women’s Course was installed at this college, a Young Women’s Christian Association was organ­ it has The early membership was very small, but ized, increased year by year until now almost every girl is either an active or associate member. Prayer meetings are held every Thursday evening, and on Sunday evenings a union meeting is held with the Young Men’s Christian Association. Several of the members of the association have formed a practical Bible Study Class, which uses as a text Howard A. Johnston’s “Studies are for Personal Workers.!’ These lessons interesting and will be of great assistance to the girl-s­ in their religious work after leaving college, as well as during college days. The most helpful part of the class work is the discussion of practical problems in personal work and the way in which they may be successfully met. The ‘Association was represented by eleven delegates at the State Convention in Kalamazoo last November. Two dele­ gates were sent to the National Convention at Nashville, Tenn., in 1906, OFFICERS FOR 1907 AND 1908 President, Fannie E. Beap Vice-President, Mary Pratt Secretary, M. Zoe McConnepp Treasurer, Anna Thompson DROP OF DRINKING WATER HIGHLY MAGNIFIED YOUNG MEN’S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION Y. M. C. A. CABINET FOR 1906-7 President, O. K. White. Vice-President, B. G. Campbeee. Recording Secretary, I. E. Parsons. Corresponding* Secretary, W. Gasser.- Treasurer, E. P./Robinson. Generäl Secretary, J. E. Webber. Chairman Devotional Committee, W. Warden. Chairman Membership Committee, J. C. Button. Chairman Missionary Committee, D. H. Ellis. Chairman Social Committee, L. B. Westerman. Chairman Bible Study Committee, B. G. Campbell.- Chairman Music Committee, J. V. Sheap. Member of Advisory Board, E. A. Towne. Member of Advisory Board, E. B. Westerman. Since the very birth of the Michigan Agricultural College there has been in it some form of religious organization, hav­ The association believes that because it is a body whose only purpose is to develop a spirit of Christian manhood ing as its object the adding of a clean moral influence to the among the students of M. A. C., it is the duty of every man advantages of the liberal courses of study offered. to give it his support,, both for what it will mean to himself, Y. M. C. A. The Young Men’s Christian Association was formed about 20 years ago, and has exerted a powerful uplifting influence upon the students, though it has not as yet attained its great­ est degree of effectiveness. As the number of students increased, larger opportunities and responsibilities were opened for the Y. M. C. A., and it was deemed wise a few years ago, to secure a man who could devote his entire time to furthering the work of the associa­ tion. The means of reaching the individual student are various. The Thursday and Sunday evening meetings are such as to be of profit and interest to all who may attend. A practical knowledge of the Bible being desirable, the association is active in promoting Bible study among the students. About two. hundred twenty-five have enrolled in Bible classes during the year. By study and giving, is also created an interest in the work that is being carried on in other lands,. and for what it will do for his fellows. Y. M. C. A. CABINET FOR 1907-8 President, F. M. Barden. Vice-President, W. D. Frazer. Recording Secretary, R. J. Carr. Corresponding Secretary, M. B. Ashley. Treasurer, J. G. Cavanaugh. General Secretary, J. E. Webber. Chairman Devotional Committee, E. I. Wilcox. Chairman Membership Committee, W. D. Frazer. The Y. M. C. A. is an organization of students for students. Chairman Missionary Committee, B. B. Pratt. It aims to be cosmopolitan. Its policy has ever been to have as its leaders men representative of all of the foremost inter- terests of the college. It studiously avoids creating the im­ pression that it is an exclusive organization; it intends to help all students. Chairman Social Committee, R. G. Carr. Chairman Bible Study Committee, IT. H. Musselman. Chairman Music Committee, J. M. Walkup. Member of Advisory Board, L. B. Westerman. Member of Advisory Board, J. R. Dice. The M. A. C. Farmers’ Club was organized in the fall of 1:899 under the auspices of the State Association of Farmers’ Clubs. Meetings are held every Tuesday evening in the Agri­ cultural Laboratory. The object of the Club is to obtain a broader insight into the methods of practical agriculture, from the experience of successful farmers and by means of talks by members of the of which is held in Chicago at the time of the International Live Stock Exposition. The M. A. C. Club has charge of the next meeting and if it is carried out successfully it will reflect much credit to the college. E. A. Willson, ’07. OFFICERS FOR THE PRESENT TERM: faculty. A working knowledge of the organization and man­ President, J. M. Walkup agement of Farmers’ Clubs is also secured, as well as ease in speaking and in leading discussions. The Club is the.Michigan chapter of the American Federa­ tion of Agricultural Students, the annual meeting and banquet Vice-President, E. Rodlglb Secretary, C. L. Nash Treasurer, R. G. IToopingarnlr Record Editor, M. R. Allln The “Hort.” Club is neither the “Grafters’ ” Club nor the nearly all the speakers at present are men outside the student “Lazy” Club, but .simply the “Hort.” Club. The first meeting' body. took place November 5, 1901, and other meetings were held every alternate Wednesday evening until the interest and attend­ ance made it possible to have it a weekly affair. Its objects are to promote a more practical and interesting study of the up-to-date questions on horticulture than can be had by listen­ ing to the daily class-room lectures. The speakers are some of the leading horticulturists of the day, dealing with practical object lessons. Formerly the leader of the meeting was a student or mem­ ber of the teaching force, but as the interest in these meetings increased more proficient and practical men were chosen until The meetings are made more satisfying possibly by having at thè close of each program a laboratory exercise on some fruit. This closes the evening by leaving the body as well as the mind satisfied, so that everyone generally comes away with a Beally feeling, -“That was werth ten dollars tew ye.” O. I. Gregg, ’07. OFFICERS FOR SPRING TREM, 1907 President, F. M. Barden. Vice-President, H. M. Con noddy. Secretary, L. L. Burredd. The Forestry Club, organized in the fall of 1903, has steadily Give fools their gold and knaves their power, grown in both membership and popularity. Let fortune’s bubbles rise and fall; Meetings have been held regularly every two weeks from Who sows a field or trains a flower, 6:30 to 7:30 P. M. Or plants a tree, is more than all, The Club has ever held to its object of promoting the “For he who blesses most is blest, interest and knowledge in forestry among the students at M. A. C. Work is assigned to: its members in much the same way as in the literary societies of the college, with now and then a line of lecture or talk by some prominent man along the forestry. The motto of the Foresters has ever been:—To lend nature a helping hand in growing and maintaining the crown­ And God and man shall own his worth, Who toils to leave as his bequest An added beauty to the earth.” C. H. G. OFFICERS FOR SPRING TERM, 1907 ing work of the vegetable kingdom, the grand, maj estic forest; Chief Forester, A. R. Wipcox to look not for present reward, but to help bless future gener­ ations ; to provide for posterity the comfort that can only come from this one thing “Forests”. Asst. Chief Forester, R. J. Aeverez Chief of Records and Accounts, J. H. Mitcheee Forest Ranger, W. F. Raithee DAIRY CLUB OFFICERS President, W. B, LiveranCE' Vice-President, Wm. M. Rider Secretary and Treasurer, J. R. Dice Because of the increasing interest in dairying manifested by many agricultural students at our college, it was conceived by a few seniors, during the fall of 1906, that a club devoted solely to dairy matters would be of benefit to a greater or less num­ ber of students. Accordingly, an effort was made to. interest as many as possible in the project, which resulted in a meeting being called for Wednesday evening, Oct. 24th, at which time a constitution and by-laws were adopted and the following offi­ cers were elected for the remainder of the term: President, P. V. Goldsmith; vice president, W. B. Ldverance; secretary and treasurer, J. D. Baker. At our meetings, which are held every Wednesday evening, matters of dairy interest are discussed, new methods of testing the various dairy products are demonstrated, reports are given of dairy meetings throughout the state that any of our members may have attended, and talks are given by professors and in­ structors upon some phase of the subject which comes within their line. Considering the newness of the organization, much interest has been manifested by our members and the attendance has been fair. We are looking forward to a large increase in both of these, and to the day when the Dairy Club will have out­ grown its infancy and become one of the most prosperous clubs on our campus. W. B. Liverance. '' SCIENTIFIC DAIRYING Persons about to enter the dairy business may find the following instructions of some value: First, select good pasture lands. let us consider the herd as a whole. It should 'not be too' large and should contain mostly females, as they are usually con­ sidered better milkers. No woman help should be allowed in Second, build suitable quarters, for without good quarters your cattle will be poor cattle indeed. The hind quarters are In the most important, because the milk comes from them. building the stable be careful to put the manger at the same end that the cow’s head will be. the barn, because milk-maids (or cow-bells, as they are often called) are too noisy and are apt to frighten the animals. Never put a pair of green goggles on a cow and then feed her excelsior, because she is very apt to yield wooden shoe pegs instead of milk. Then comes the, selecting of the cattle. They should be When preparing milk for the market, wash it thoroughly good feeders, and should have good coats, in order that they may easily withstand the terrible winters. They should be good with warm water and soap. Then rinse two or three times with clear cool water to remove the taste of the soap. beef types, good breeders, and good milkers. The very best way to obtain cream is to go with a friend The best breeder that I can call to mind at present is the Poland-China. The Shropshire has a beautiful shaggy coat, and the best beef type is the Percheron. Buff Cochins are to the dairy in the still, small hours of the night and open the rear window about six inches. Then slip through with your pitcher, pail or wash boiler, as the case may be, and tip-toe excellent breeders and the Duroc-Jersey cannot be beaten as a If good butter is desired, a small amount of milk producer. quietly to the cream vats; help yourself, and try to escape by diving through the window, if you are startled by a sudden goat’s blood might be injected into each animal. The tail should be well to the rear of the animal and quite near the brisket, as it adds to the appearance when situated in that position. The animal would weigh much heavier if it had noise. If you land on the ground six feet below with no other bones than those ,of the pitcher broken, make a wide detour the parade around grounds, and into your box, to sit and sweat in abject terror, through Collegeville, up “Coop,” the hind legs both in front and in back; but it would be less apt to kick the milk pail over if the front legs only were placed in until you are finally brought out of it by the loud laughter of your friend, who cheerfully proceeds to inform you that you back. have been the unfortunate victim of a practical joke. Enough has been said of the type of animal desired; now DEBATING CLUB and economic questions of the day, and to give skill in debating and public speaking. In part, at least, this purpose has been accomplished, for already M. A. C. has been represented by strong and able speakers in the annual intercollegiate debates with the Ypsi- lanti Normal College. Although defeated in three out of the four contests held, it was not entirely the fault of the debaters. The undesired result of these competitive debates was perhaps partly due to the lack of interest shown by the student body and partly due to the nature of the training at M. A. C.. it being along more technical lines, while the course of the Nor­ malités have strong literary tendencies. The attendance of the Debating Club, like all other organi­ zations, has fluctuated, but on the whole, no complaint can be made for there are a number of students who are very desirous to get hold of the practical questions of the day. Great good is derived from these meetings because of the fact that practical and live questions are usually under discus­ sion, which are of interest to everybody. L. R. Do'rrand, ’07. OFFICERS The M. A. C. Debating Club was called into existence on the 14th day of January, 1901, when a constitution was' for­ mulated and adopted by the charter members. The object of this organization is to promote good citizen­ ship through the honest and impartial discussion of the social President, L. R. Doreand. ; Vice-President, E. J. Shassberger. Secretary and Treasurer, R. G. Hoopingarner- Critic, Prop. W. O. Hedrick. A STUDENT’S SOLILOQUY To learn, or not to learn, that is the question. Whether ’tis better in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous ignorance, Or take arms against a host of. school books And by studying learn them? To cook, to sew No more: and by a strike to say we end All fitted waists, and yards of bias bands That stretch and pucker,—’tis a consummation Devoutly to be wished. To dig, to bone,— To bone perchance, all night—ay, there’s the rub; For from that boning what reward will come When we have shuffled off this mortal coil Must give us pause. There’s the dignity That makes our teachers show so little life, Who would bear ten hours a week to stitch; The dreaded Analytical: The schedule’s mix; the special’s awful doom the Bact; The pangs of F’s and D’s; the ceaseless spurns That patient students of their teachers take, Who students were themselves long years aback With feelings keen? Who would these troubles bear To work and toil under a weary life, But that the dread of something—maybe worse— The undiscovered land where ignorance Most basely reigns supreme, puzzles the will, And makes us rather bear those ills we have Than fly to others that we know not of? Thus fear does make close students of us all. And the attractions of loved Campustry Are driven out by thought of wisdom’s joys, And dates of greatest pith and moment are With this regard qast ruthlessly away, - To win the Dean’s approving smile and nod. Lrnora Smith. WE OUGHT TO TELL PREXY THE MAIL MAN The Freshmen appeared in those awful gray caps; Who is it that has got a job We ought to tell Prexy about it! Of going to and fro The Sophomores planned they would give them some r Between the P. O. and Wells Hall We ought to tell Prexy about it! At fifteen cents a go? They met oh the campus by shining moonlight; Their noise seemed to mean an uproarious fight; But the whole thing turned out to be only a fright; We ought to tell Prexy about it! ‘Tis cold fried potatoes each morn at the club; We ought to tell Prexy about' it! They tell us the stuff is the best kind of grub; We ought to tell Prexy about it! But when for our boarding we put up good “mon’,” And on victuals like these are, each day is begun, Why, then it is time to start out 911 a run— For, We ought to tell Prexy about it! The Seniors, old “fussers,” are ready to. quit; We ought to tell Prexy about it! The Juniors at “Campustry” brace'up a bit; But We musn’t tell Prexy about it! The Faculty say we must keep at our work, But co-eds on campus so kindly do lurk, That classes and lectures, and labs, we all shirk; Say, Let’s NEVER tell Prexy about it!!! Who is it when he brings us mail Is loved and praised by all? We shake with him and smile, with him, As he journeys down the hall? But when at our door he does not stop, Or leaveth nothing there, That is when our passions rise And grief-howls cleave the air. Then who is it passes through the hall With curses in his wake ? ' Who is it that is damned by all From early morn till late? Who is it that in fear of death From some forgotten one, Holdeth back his trembling breath Until his work is done? I would not be the mail man For any sort of sum. About one day of such a job Would put me on the bum. T> ar«1? ° j Wo/ o (Ooloo 1 O © ■ Am Cadet Second Lieutenant, Fred J. Niceiors, Co. E. Cadet First Lieutenant, Wirriam M. Rider, Co. D. Cadet Second Lieiitenant, Eemer Rork, Co. D. MILITARY OFFICERS Cadet Second Lieiitenant, Samuer W. Horton, Co. B. Cadet Second Lieu t a tan t,j$ ET 11 F. Knight, Co. A. Cadet First Lieutenant,1 Eugene Wircôx, Co. A. Cadet First Lieutenant, Archie W. Brewster, Co. C. Cadet First Lieutenant, Gordon C. Dudrey, Co. B. Cadet First Lieutenant, Ramon J. Arvarez, Co. E. Cadet Adjutant, Scott B. Eieey. Cadet Captain, A. Crossman Pratt, Co. B. Cadet Captain, Wire B. Arren, Co. A. Commandant Captain, F. W. Fueger, Thirteenth U. Cadet Captain, Otice C. Post, Co. C. S. Infantry . Cadet Captain, Juriùs L. Baker, Co. D. Cadet Quartermaster, Arbert J. Carpenter CADET CORPS BAND B. G. Egerton, Director. R. H. Giebert,Drum Major, The College Band was formed with the; Military Depart­ ment, when'that department was installed by the United States Since that time its instrumental equip­ government in 1884. ment has increased in value by the assistance of the department and of the State Board until now it is such as the college may well be proud of. As a musical organization it is surpassed by no strictly college band in Michigan, and by but few in the country. Two successful concerts were given in the last two school years, in which some of the best standard compositions were presented with very creditable execution. The band is always on hand with the right college spirit, and it gladly gives its services for occasions of college interest. F. H. W. CORNETS. Sergi. F. H. Wade. . . . . .....................Solo Johnson...........................................Solo E. G. J. A. Cavanagh..................................... Solo R. G. Falle.....................................................ist J. L. Shaw . J. . . ; ......................................ist .....................................2nd B. W. Keith CEARINETS. C. E. Weed....................... .2nd T. A. Jordan...............................................2nd G. R,. Fox....................................................2nd TROMBONES. Sergi. M. J. Dewey............ . rst Tenor 1st Tenor C. G. Clippert...................... G. Cavanagh...............................2nd Tenor R. D. Beardsley. . ......... .3rd Tenor O. C. Holcomb..............................2nd Alto R. Cools. ............................................3rd Alto BASSES. D. C. Heeson Sergt. N. J. Hill DRUMS. E. E- Kurtz.................... .........................Bass E. R. Palmer...........................................Snare Sergi. Karl Hopphan............................Solo FT. E. Saier. . . . ........................................Solo HORNS. C. E. Hodgeman...................Solo Alto EUPHONIUM. Sergt. E. A. Hallock. RUBAIYAT OF A FRESHMAN By OMAR KHAYYAM, Jr. Wake! For the college bell within the tower With brazen peal doth tell that ’tis the hour For me to hustle once more to,the club, And get my grub if’t lies within my power. When I first entered dear old M.. A. C., I hiked unto the chapel faithfully ; But now I use the time for quiet strolls; For fussing’s more than chapel is to me. Much of my time at Fansing inns I spent,. And quaffed Anheuser to my heart’s content, And tried to look and act like a spinort, Until I parted with my final cent, On autumn evenings oft I’d take a stroll; • For walking ’neath the stars exalts the soul. But, hark! I met a band of roving Sophs, And spent the evening barking up some pole. Frenzied appeals to father I would send For money when no one to me would lend; And if my luck was good I’d get a check, With much advice as where and how to spend. Capt. Fiiger in his uniform of brindle, r In me a martial fire did strive to kindle ; But I got sick of drilling by the hour; such Martial enthusiasm did quickly dwindle. In me the Soph does not inspire a fear; I m diplomatic though when he is near; So I content myself with the fond hope I’ll be a Sophomore, perhaps,/next year. QUERIES. School life is short; So why bewail The term exams On which we fail ? - School love is short;. : Fook out! Go slow! Do not co-eds Oft tell one “No ?” School funds are short For most' of us-; Should bankrupt lads Pretend to “fuss?” School rhymes are short, Or they should be; And so I quit. : Don’t you thank me \ /.. JUNIOR PHILOSOPHY My senior year, There is so much that I will do To blot out faults that now I rue With many a tear. I’ll never cut, but always go Where’er the streams of knowledge flow— Oh, virtuous conduct will I show! My senior year. My .senior year, The profs, shall never mark me down, No cause will I give them for frown, No need to fear. My recitations shall express The lofty aims that I’ll profess, No one past flunks shall ever guess— My senior year. My senior year, I’ll go to chapel every day, Nor turn my thoughts from church away With carping sneer; But good resolves I’ll make anew And leave the sins that now I rue; There is so much that I will do— My senior year. NOTES ON SERMON TAKEN BY SAMMIE FOR KINGOLOGY Arrived at chuich at 6:50 p. m. Waited ten minutes for services to commence. In the 'meantime I looked at the pretty girls to pass the time. The bell tolled quite a ..while before the services began. It had an oritund tone of voice, but it was rother mon­ otonous, because it did not change its pitch. The Methodist church must be a great one for grass wid­ ows, or else the women don’t have very good luck getting their husbands to. come to church. There is much evidence of race suicide. A couple of pretty girls just came in and sat down beside I heard me. The seat is too blamed big. They are pipins. them tell the usher where to take them. They, are game. The music has begun. They think I am daffy writing so fast. They dare each other to sit over nearer me. Oh, I wish they would. I am afraid ! The choir and minister have come in. There is a Salva­ tion Army fellow on each side of the minister. He looks sober and dignified and wears glasses. The people in the choir are Song, 180, omit gazing every where. The music is ceasing. second verse. “Bring forth the royal diadem.” The girls sing to beat the band. Cajj ——:—- leads in prayer. He does not use quite deep enough oritund quality. Song. They did not announce the name, darn Them. “Onward, Christian Soldier,” by the way it sounded. The girls are quite interested in my writing. A fellow just came in and I slid over next to the girls. Glary, Hallie Lulea! The ushers secure my money. Tuff! Hey? The girls will not read this, but they look at the pictures. Solo by a red haired girl, while the ushers take up the money. Gooch ^ The minister gets up and uses the explosive tone of voice. Solo by the two Salvation Army Cornet solo by Adj. Keller. men. He reads a few verses from the Bible. I never had short hand or I would take it down. One of the girls tore up I gave one girl a note, but all of the conti ibution envelopes. she is afraid to read it. tears it up. paper and I was a-going to publish the sermon. She I only told her that I was editor of a Chicago She reads the note and smiles. A girl sneezes and a boy follows suit. Sing “Rock of Ages, Cleft for me.” Benediction. S. C. H. TO THE CHARMING CO-ED If you have a sweet smile, Oh, my! • And would be without guile, Be shy! If you have a sweet smile and don’t wish a new ring, Avoid taking “Campus” when the year is at spring; Avoid taking “Campus*,”? Say I! i M FOOTBALL RECORDS LAST THREE YEARS 1904 M. A. C. <¡ . ■* “ “ . 3 66 : • • . . • Flint 47> 28, Ohio 29, Port Huron . . . 0, 104 Albion Hillsdale All Fresh 39, 35. Olivet Alma . 40, Kazoo , . . . . • • 0 6 0 4 0 b 6 Ò 0 M. A. C. “ 6 6 : B111H ■ “ 66 66 • 33; Depauw Notre Dame Albion 0, • 37; 5; Albion 12, Alma 35;* Hillsdale . . . 6, 6, Olivet D. A. C. . . 0 5 0 0 0 9 8 6 Total 195 Opponents . . 28 Grand- total for three years Grand total for Opponents . . . . . . 855 97 Total 380 Opponents . . 16 1905 . M. A. C. 6 6 “ 6 6 “ “ D 1 ■ 1 ■ 42, ■ Flint Port Huron All Fresh • • 43, 24, 30, Olivet 18, Hillsdale 18, Armour 30; • 46, II, Kazoo Albion . Northwestern . . . . l8, Alma . . . . . • . 6 0 0 .0 0 0 0 10 37 . 0 Total . . M. A. C. “ “ K2 280 I506 23, Olivet, 0, Alma • 38, Kazoo Opponents . • 53 . • ; . : 0 0 0 “VETERANS" BASE BALL RECORDS • LAST THREE YEARS 1906 TEAM 1904 10, Howell H H. of M. Detroit C. 12, 3, I, 5* Kazoo • 3, Detroit ' . Albion Kazoo . U. of Wis. Hillsdale Olivet 11, 10, • Alma 16, 3, 3, 14 11, 3, 2, Alma Olivet Olds Motor Works Albion . . . . . . . . . 8, Toronto U. of M. U, of M. Intercollegiate Champions. 1905 6, 2 s’ Detroit 7, Olivet 6, Hillsdale 2, Albion ' • • . 2, Detroit B. U. 0,. Albion A. C. \ - . ‘V u « £( (C iC ‘‘ • : ■ • ■ Flint • Alma Hillsdale Kazoo Albion 13, 14, 0 . 20, . 6, 1 1906 o, Ypsi i, u. of m. Hillsdale : • M. A. C. . . . . . • . . . • • I 2 7 0 2 6 0 2 i 7 9 11 0 i 2 12 i i i 5 T 4 2 2 i v 0 0 3, Olivet Albion 0, 4, Olivet 5» Olivet 4> Albion 5. Olivet 2 3, 2, O. Lake De Pauw De Pauw Hillsdale 5j Alma i9, 9>Kazoo Kazoo i, Albion i, 3- Olivet 8, Hillsdale Armour 4, •• . . .. . . . .. . ■ . • ' • • 0 2 7 ■ 2 0 0 7 i 5 2 I 8 G 4 4 i 9 CHESTER L. BREWER Chester L- Brewer, who has held the position of Athletic Director of M. A. C. athletics for the past four years, is a grad­ uate of the University of Wisconsin, class ’ 97. During his college career he was one of the best all-around athletes in the west. Walter Camp selected him for the All­ western baseball team in ’96 and ’97. Mr. Brewer knows baseball from every point of view, having played in every position, both infield and outfield.- During ’97, Walter Camp chose Mr. Brewer as right the same years, ’96 and end on the All-western football eleven. He played on the Wisconsin eleven the year Wisconsin went east and played Yale the few 6-0 game, Yale scoring in the last moments, a substitute from the fourth team doing the trick. On the cinder track Mr. Brewer has the Pole vault, 10 feet, 6 following records: inches; shot put, 38 feet, 7 inches; broad jump, 21 feet; high jump, 5 feet 6 inches; 100-yd. dash, 10 2-5 seconds. This is Mr. Brewer’s tenth year as a coach, we may say a successful coach, for he has turned out winning teams wherever he went. The records of our teams will speak for themselves as to his success here. friend of every man is the He college. in the BASKET BALL RECORDS 1904 . . M. A.C. . “ u “ u (( u M. A.C. u . u u u iC (( (( . ... M. A.C. (( “ - “ - 13. • 52, 22, 14, 14, . 62, 41, • Chicago Y. M. Alma Ypsi Grand Rapids ■ \ Alma Ypsi Grand Rapids 1905 • 47, • 47, Bay City Jackson • 30, D. A. C, . -93, • 30, 62, . 22, 30, Battle Creek Bay City . Saginaw Grand Rapids Hope College 1906 43, Adrian • 76, Owosso 37, Mt. Pleasant Grand Rapids Ann Arbor • 25, 20, ' • “ u (( (( u (( Ann Arbor . . 21, Mt. Pleasant Albion 44, • 25, • 47, 52, 46, Olivet Albion Alma . 44 7 29 io 9 3 The team that holds the ML L A. A. Relay Record TRACK RECORDS FOR LAST THREE YEARS M. A. C. Albion . Olivet . . . . . . . 1904 FIELD DAY 64 Hillsdale . . .20 Alma . 16 Kazoo DUAL MEETS . . . -14 13 3 M. A. C. . . . 50, Alma . .38 M. A. C. . . 563^, Alma . . . 2834- 1905 FIELD DAY M. A. C. Olivet Albion . . . . , . . 69^/0 Kazoo 233^ Hillsdale,; . 19 Alma DUAL MEETS . . M. A..C. . . 84, Armour . . 66, 75, Olivet . Notre Dame . 643^2, Albion . . . . . . . . . . . 10 9 4 . , 39 -50 51 . 323^ 1906 FIELD DAY M. A. C. ' . Olivet Hillsdale • ■ 49 • 33» 263^ Kazoo Albion Alma • . • . !7 9 0 M. A. C. . DUAL MEETS 66, 76, Armour Kazoo RELAY WON IN 1903 19OT 1905 1906 STATE RECORD D 1905, 3 :34 ■ O. B. Burrill, J. Tryon, R. C. Graham, H. E. Moon, ] j>TEAM I J Q MONOGRAM HOLDERS IN COLLEGE F. H. Akers, baseball. H. B. Shaffer, baseball G. H. Allen, track. .. . R. H. Gilbert, track.. . R. J. Carr, track.......... G. H. Bignell, track. . M. H. Bleech, indoor. H. L. Brown, indoor. . C. Hanish, basketball. H. Mills, basketball. .. J. V. Gongwer, track. W. H. Small, football................................................................................... Track ........................................................................................................ S. W. Doty, football...................................................................................... Glen Boyle, football..................................................................................... Baseball ....................................................................................... C. G. Bourroughs, football................................................................... Track.............................................................................................................. R. S. Canfield, baseball........................................................................ R. H. Waite, track....................................................................................... E. C. Krehl, basketball......................................................... R. V. Pearsall, track..................................................................................... E. B. McKenna, football........................................................................... Basketball .................................................................................................... R. E. Dickson, baseball................................................................... Basketball .........................................................................;. Burt Shedd, football.............................................................................. E. Nies, baseball............................................................................................. Gar Verran, track......................................................................................... L. V. Belknap, indoor.......................................................................... L. S. Westerman, basketball...................................................................... R. Vondette, basketball........................................................................ . • “Octy” Moore, football.............................................................................. B. E. Dersnah, football...................................................................... W. D. Frazier, football............................................................................. O. B. Campbell, football............................................................................. W. H. Parker, football...................................................................... Chas. Dunlap, football................................................................................ Ed. Thatcher, baseball. .............. . ... . . ........................ Al. Kratz, baseball..................................................,............................ D. C. Ellis, baseball..................................................................................... 4 3 4 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 I I I I I I I I I 1906 WRESTLING TEAM M. A. C. RECORDS EVENT. HQLDER. ....................................1........................ .............................................................. H. E. Moon .............................................. \ H. E. Moon .............................................. } Russel ....................................................... H. E. Moon .............................................. ................................................................. Meek............................................................ 100-yard dash ............................................................... 220 yard dash ............................................................... 440-yard dash .............................................................. 880-yard run One mile run Two-mile run ............................................. 120-yard hurdle 220-yard hurdle ........................................................... Running broad jump ................................................. Running high jump ................................................ Shot put , .. .................................................................... Hammer throw.............■............................................. Discus ......................................... 1.................. Pole vault ....................................................................... W. F Millar.......................................... -|1H. E. Moon- ...........................................1 ! J. Tryon i.............................................. [ 1 0. B. Burrill . ........................................ f [ R. C. Graham ......................................J R. H Waite R. H Waite W. H. Small ... E. B. McKenna . .. .................................. .............................................. H. E. Moon Nichoson ............................. Cl O. Burroughs E. Kra.t.z C. G Burroughs One mile relay ........................... ....................... ........... . .. * Also State Record. YEAR. 1904 1904 ) 1899 \ 1905 1903 1905 1905 1906 1905 1904 1905 1906 1904 1906 1904 TIME OR niSTANCE. *10 sec .......... *22 1-5 sec 53 sec 9, min 5 9,-5 sec 4 min 55 1-5 sec. 10 min 41 sec 17 sec............................... 27 1-2 sec............................................... ......... *22 ft........................................... *5 ft. 7 1-4 . 36 ft 2 in Ill ft ................. 105 ft 7 1-2 in in............ *10 ft. 6 in ............... 3:34 3-5....................................................... TO GLEN AND NINA May ye pleasures of your livelong days Be read of him what runs! May all ye cares what touch your life Be loves own little ones! CAMPUS DICTIONARY Ag. Course—-A convenient escape for engineers threatened with failure. Armory—A place where one spends the pleasantest and unhappiest hours of his course. Alumnus—One who regales you with the daring deeds of his youth. Band—A bunch of musicians who make up in energy what they lack in harmony. Boarding Club—A dyspepsia factory. Campus—Cupid’s drill ground. Chilblain—A rube who gets a college education in six weeks. Co-ed—A veteran of many campaigns. “D.’s”—Source of income of our sub-faculty. Debt—Result of Junior Hop. Editor—A person who has nothing to do. Exam.—An ordeal occurring semi-occasionally; a guessing contest. Knocker—A lemon passer. Kiss—The product of cozy corners. Kingology—Making a “holler” for an “A.” Lemon—The half term report. Library—The fusser’s laboratory. Lecture Course—A yellow fruit with an acid, sour taste. Mazuma—Substance of letters home. Military Hop—A get-rich-quick scheme of the Cadet officers. Newslf-The date on the M. A. C. Record. Non-Com.—An abbreviated officer. Oration—An essay with gestures and lots of noi§e. Outing—A privilege given our faculty; generally called “A One Day Institute.” Prep.—A delicate species of collegian, scarcely one-third of which survive the winter. Prexy—A person who will not establish a precedent. Poverty—State of your friends when you want to borrow Excitement—Condition prevailing at M. A. C. when a car money. arrives on time. Faculty—A relic of the dark ages. Fussing—A germ of a breach of promise suit. Freshman—An expanse of neck surrounded by a rubber. Girl—One of the principal parts of the verb “fussing.” Graft—Stung. Grub-Organic matter served at boarding clubs at $1.75 to $2.25 per week. The catalogue says so. Home— A hazy recollection of a full meal. Hash—Review of Reviews. Inspector—An individual who can be bribed with a cigarette. Imbecile—A person who dislikes football. Institute—The gathering of the Rubus Rusticana. Junior Hop—A mixture of dancings, lovings and debts. Joke—See “Beany.” Queen—The freshman’s girl after his first call. Quart—Budweiser 35c, Amber cream 20c. Quinine—An excuse for taking whisky. Record (M. A. C.)—A rival of the Hickeyville Harpoon. Rush—A game similar to ping pong; played before the admiring faculty. Rumey—A star when he makes a bum play. Street Car—A portable refrigerator. Sub-faculty—The best we could do for the money. Tutor—An instructor who is paid for not flunking you. Turban—A brimless felt hat, worn by the ultra fashionable. Thesis—A subject which does not interfere with fussing. Selected by seniors. Uniform—The original straight front corset. Up—The call of the bleachers. Vigilance Committee—Sherlock Snyder; Nick Carter Ked- ADVICE TO FRESHMAN So live that when Faunce thy summons brings zie; Vidoq Vedder; Hawkshaw Beal. To join that committee of the Faculty Veterinarian—No overcoat, a spotted dog, and always at Which meets upon that carpeted floor chapel. Van Dyke—A brindle hirsute appendage of a commandant. Water—A liquid oozing from the' (pours) pores of Williams’ Hall. Where each shall stroke your character In a way that will break your heart, Thou go not like the innocent lamb Ted to the slaughter ; but sustained and soothed Wildgarden—A matrimonial playground. Walk—The result of missing the last car. “X”—The 24th letter and the 19th consonant sign of the By a lame lot of lies, approach that body Like one who wraps a rope and a rock About his neck and jumps off the ship at sea. English alphabet. Yell-master—A person who gets “pinched” annually. Yap—One who tells his troubles to Prof. Smith. A devotee of the rubber collar. Yawn—A method by which students convey the impression that they are still partially awake. Zero—Temperature of a Collegeville rooming house. K J. S. C. W. C. A SENIOR’S l CONCOCTION Freshman : illusions. Sophomore : Junior: delusions. collusions. Senior : Alumni: solutions. allusions. IN THE WINTER TERM We work a bit, We sigh a bit, • We sing a college song, And we have our bits of anguish day by day. We flirt a bit, We “fuss” a bit, We do our problems wrong; But we know the joys of spring are on the way. BAKER A blingef in Foundry was Baker. Some wet sand he’d get and he’d shake ’er; If you stepped in his knowel He’d set up a howl, This rusty old, dusty old, fakir. A FEW ONES SOPH. O. MORE , WORK The Freshman peered out of the closet. “Did I understand you to say,” he asked of Miss Maltsarsh, “that an old friend of mine named More, wanted to see me? “They say he is going to work his way through college.” ‘All right, old man. I’ll see that he doesn’t work me.” “Yes, sir,” was the reply. “What is his first name?” “Well, Uncle Eph, speaking about colleges,” said O. K. ONE ON HIM “Soph, I think, sir,” replied the landlady. White, “did you ever hear a college yell?” Whereupon the Freshman shook his head thoughtfully and “No, my boy, but did you ever see a barn dance?” crawled under the bed for the fifth time. BEAUTIFUL The other day, in his class in rhetorical analysis, Prof. King ran across a selection from one of Bryant’s poems, and accord-^ ing to his well-known custom, he immediately recited the whole poem to the class. Then, with a sigh, he began thus: “Every time I say that noble poem, my soul seems to expand; I seem to be bettered within myself; I feel one step nearer the everlasting goal; every time I say it I seem to have a deeper sympathy for you all—” Hoarse voice from rear of class: “For the love of Heaven, say it again!” BY THE STEWARD “President Snyder requested me not to announce the Junior- fqotball game this afternoon at 4:15, because he is Senior afraid the fellows will jump classes; so I won’t say anything about it.” “Senator” Hogue. AN ENCORE “Say, Short, how did you get through that exam?” “Oh, fine! Glorious. The Profs, are enthusiastic. They demand an encore!” PER DIEM Goldie: sleep a day.” “I see that Sackett says a man should get six hours’ Pat: “Sure, and that is all right. Oi get six during the day roight enough, but how much does he say a man should have at noight?” AWFUL (Conversation overheard between student intending to leave school the following day and’ President Snyder.) “Yes, sir, that fellow just rubbed it into you horribly. He I said you Were an old fool. But you bet I stood by you. defended you all right.” “Did you? Well, good for you. What did you say?” “Oh, I said you weren’t so horribly old.” TOO BAD Everybody works but Capt. Fiiger, But he ’sits ’round all day, Feet upon the table, Drawing the government pay. I have to drill like thunder, And so do all of us. Everybody works but-Fiiger When they want to fuss. NOT A MEMBER OF THE “POLLY” SCIENCE CLASS EITHER ■‘Hello, ’ Beach; say, I heard your landlady say that you are behind in your rent.” “Well, she’s dead wrong. I’m ahead. I owe her $8.” MISTA KEN " IDENTITY Mason : “Well, I heard Mr. Curtis say in lecture today, ‘We Physicists’ when he knows very well that I’m no phy­ sicist.” HOW TO^TELL^A MAN FROM M. A. C. N. B. Don’t try; you can’t tell him anything. IN KINGOLOGY Warren in Kingology was a star. His oratory would re­ form a bad egg. One day he was reciting Congressman Bluff’s oration on the “Evils of a Standing Army.” “A stand­ ing army is not a good thing,” said Warren, “a standing army in the long run—(pause)-—A standing army in the long run — (long pause)—-A standing army in the long run—” “Gets tired,” quietly suggested Prof. King. UNION SHOP: NOT A BAKERY COMMON SENSE The foreman of the foundry kept out. mighty sure of the common sense,” says Prof. Babcock.- “Common sense is a mighty good thing, but you want to be HIGHER MATHEMATICS OVERHEARD Mr. Gunderson (in differential calculus) : “Well, Mr. “Cannot I have just one kiss?” . Shassberger, you are again one-half minute late. Of course “Yes, but you will have to hurry, the 7 :oo p. m. bell will it is not very much, but there are 16 of us here and 16 times Yi is 8 minutes and—■” (Enter four students, two minutes late.) Wade . (getting out slide-rule) : “Here comes the rest of ring in half an hour.” AND WHY NOT? Pierce (carrying dinner pail)—“Yes, us faculty, we all takes the hour. You ought to excuse the class.” our dinner out to the college.” HE HEARD SOME ONE. NO? YES? SIMPLE It is reported that Dr. Gunderson was returning home late Prof. Barrows says that the levelness of the west is not due one night from a scientific meeting, still pondering deeply over the subject discussed. He reached his home in safety, when, passing through the kitchen, he heard a noise which seemed to come from under the table. “Is someone there?” he asked. “No, Professor,” was the reply. to geological phenomena, but because the sun sets on it. JUST ONE Dean, to an innocent Freshman—“You were out after ten last night?” Freshman—‘No, ma’am, I was only after one.” “Well, well,” said the learned man. “I was positive I heard some one under that table.” EVEN SO BABCOCK TEST Prof. Smith—“Every time I open my mouth, some dunce There go the Mechs with face forlorn, And ponies in their vests. Tho Ags and Ag plans both they scorn, They know the Babcock Test. I HAD TWO begins to talk.” THE IDEAR! Prof. Babcock was demonstrating to the class an involved and original proof in Mechanics of Engineering, and was hav­ ing his own troubles with it. At every turn new difficulties Baker (in Math class)—“I don’t see how you get sec2k into were encountered. Finally he paused and ruminated. tan y cot. m.” “You haven’t got the idear!” came floating in through the Prof. Babcock—Look it up in your Trig!” window, as one chance passerby hailed another. Baker—“I sold it.” “I guess that’s about right,” said Bab. And the howls Prof. Babcock (disgustedly throwing down chalk)—“Any of the class were heard from College Hall to the Hen-coop. engineer that will deliberately sell his Trig ought to be,” etc., etc. Baker (meekly)—“I had two.” “FRESH” NO MORE No more we go to town, you know, To quaff the foaming beer, Freshman, to proprietor of Lansing dry goods store, “Say, We all grow sad with pen and pad,— is this where they sew M. A. C. monograms on sweaters?” The mid term draweth near! WAR! Capt. huger—“Mr. Campbell, you may tell us what you know about infantry drill.” Jim—“Not being a married man, I give up.” ONE CONSULTATION Jimmie McCadie (coming from analytic geometry exam.) — “Well, if I got flunked you can bet that some of the others did, too. That’s one consultation, by jimminy cracky!” CORRECT Prof. Hedrick (in English history)—“Mr. MacVannel, where was the Magna Charta signed?” Shorty—“Gee, I dunno ; at the bottom^ I guess.” THE REASON WHY Instructor Stevens (to Schroyer)—-“Now, Percy, you always say too much. You say a good thing and then go to work and spoil it all. I can show you a great number of examples from history to illustrate the fact that it is better, after you have said a good thing, to stop talking entirely rather than to-------” Schroyer—“Is that the reason why you have never stopped talking?” GOETZ A most wonderful poet was Goetz; See! There on a sand-bank he soetz,. • With his note-book in hand, * MARKED DOWN “Alfred, how is it that you stood so much lower in the win­ ter term than in the fall?” “T don’t know, father, but I guess it is because everything And his eye on the land, is marked down after the holidays.” While o’er beauties of Nature he froetz. SMILES “Fools sometimes ask questions that wise men cannot answer/' says Prof. Vedder. (So?. Perhaps that explains why so many of us get flunked ■ in examinations. ) Prof. Hedrick—^“When I was in Germany my landlady said that in all her experience at keeping boarders she never had found one who would drink water.” This is rather hard on Hedrick. Miss Wellman—“Does the. word 'bride' suggest anything to you, Mr. Dershnah?” Dershnah—“I never had any experience, I dunno.” Student—“I see Modieska is to be at the opera house next week?” Beach—“Is it? Who is going to play it?” Doty—“What is it? Drama or a comic opera?” Stephenson (at half-term exam.)—s-“Well, are you going to kill us all off today ?” Wade (to Perkins)—“Wie kommst du, Herr?” Perkins—“Nobody. I comb it myself.” Chilblain—“Where do you come from?” Alvarez—“From the Philippine Islands.” Chilblain—“Oh, yes, that is near Florida.” PREXY A funny old Prexy was Snyder • He caught him a mons-ter-ous spyder. Then with salt and with pepper For want of a better With a pail for a skillet he fryd 'er. QUESTION OF STARS Mr. D.—•“Ever study astronomy ?” Mr. H.—“Yes:” Mr. D.—“Well, how many stars does it take to make a roof garden ?” DRAW YOUR OWN CONCLUSIONS Bell H.—“Have.any of you girls an alarm clock? My sister has to take the eight o’clock car tomorrow morning.” Dr. Gunderson—“Well, Mr. Stephenson, if there are going MUCH DISTRESSED to be any deaths, it will be a case of suicide.” “Oh, dear! Those girls are making so much noise I can’t tell whether that’s Merwin or somebody else whistling. Schmidt.—“More heat should be developed by placing a coiled spring in acid than the same weight of ordinary steel.” CERTAINLY GONE Piper.—“Well, according to that I should think it would Alda B. gets three letters a week and pours tea in saucers pay people to burn crooked wood.” instead of cups. CARBUNCLES FOUND AT LAST F. B.—“Do the carbuncles that grow on wharfs and bottoms “YVar is hell.” The author of this statement is now gener­ of ships belong to the coral family?” Dr. B.—“You mean barnacles.” ally considered to be a graduate of M. A. C., who, some time or other, had been flunked in “drill-regs.” Miss Freyhofer (in chorus class)—“Open your mouth and sing as if your heart were in it.” A NEW ONE Rogers (who has just told a regular side-splitter)-—“Why don’t you laugh ? That was sprung down to the house last Myers (in anatomy lab.>—-“I.f any of you girls want any “Well, I told that to you day-before-yesterday and you didn’t A FRESH SUPPLY . night for the first time. It’s perfectly original.” more brains come over here to the sink.” laugh.” KNIGHT We all know the youngster named Knight. How he hikes to the town for a kbight; But the last time when there He was “stung” hard for fair, For he made the last car, not kquight. DID HE? Miss Paddock (instructing German class )’-SaMr. Cava­ naugh, will you decline ‘My Hand’?” And Joe blushed. A SUGGESTION It has been suggested that Prof. Vedder have his office hours posted on the office door. We think the following would do: OFFICE HOURS The Fir it Wednesday following the succeeding Monday, Leap vears. from 9:45 to 10:03 A. M. Instructor Curtis—“I’m a scientist, pure and simple.” INDEED! QUITE A PROBLEM Miss Wellman—“We now want a synonym for fear.” Welles—“Cold feet.” , Collapse of instructor. One question that puzzles the horticultural department is, how they can keep pears on the laboratory steps and not in the cold storage building. Prof. Barrows—“In tracing the development of geological formation, we will stand on our heads and work backwards. “Hello, Curtis, I’m glad to see you out. Is it your collar bone that’s broken?” THE WISE AG “Now in order to subtract,” explained Alger to his agri­ cultural class in mathematics, “things always have to be of the same denomination. apples from four pears, or six horses from nine dogs.” For instance, we couldn’t take three Shaggy haired pupil—“Can’t you take two gallons of milk Curtis—“Well, I guess it’s mine.” from three cows ?” FUGER Canfield to Haddon.—-“Will you please tell us what the There was a young captain named Fuger; He to teach the young soldiers was uger. On exams oft he found When the questions went ’round exam will cover?” From back of room—“About six sheets of faculty tab.” Kedzie.—“Now, Burley,, you will tell us where you were when the lights went out.” That their knowledge of war was quite miiger. Pres. Snyder.—“In the dark probably.” ON THE SIDE The water falls from red brick walls, Of dormitories old in story ; The freshman quakes; his ducking takes; The sophomore: seeks for further glory. Senior (to Chilblain coming from Prof. Smith’s class out into a wintry blizzard-)—“Isn’t this an awful wind?” Chilblain—“Aw, this is only a gentle zephyr beside what I just came from.” BOETCHER A maiden enamored young Boetcher; At once he decided to coetch’er; He donned a new “tile” With his usual smile, Said he to himself, “That will foetch’er.” HE KNEW “Did you ever,” asked Miss S. earnestly, “did you ever meet a person whose very presence filled you with unutterable feel­ ings, whose lightest touch seemed to thrill every fiber in your being?” “Oh, yes,” responded Mr. O., “you mean the dentist. SAWYER A wordy Professor was Sawyer, - Whose antics in shop would annawyer; - His expressions of rage Would fill up a page, When for chewing tobacco he’d jawyer. See, there they go; why act they so? Their heads are swelled, their hats from under They have no care, ’tis hardly fair, I o-uess they seniors are, by thunder. If all the tin soldiers who have jumped drill on a hot day in the spring term could be lined up at the Downey House bar, it would take the total membership of the Lansing Bar­ tenders’ association serving “Otto’s” largest glass at the rate of forty per minute per barkeep.’ one eight-hour day to intox­ icate the bunch, and North Lansing Brewery stock would go up 3j4 points in the next twenty-four hours. M. A. C. STATISTICIAN If all the instructors in M. A. C. who are at this moment talking of things about which they know nothing at all, would turn their hot-air blast into a machine which could collect and store this hot air for heating and lighting purposes, it has been ascertained that the new power plant could shut down until March 16, 1909. If all the lead pencils carried in the upper right vest pocket of Math. Instructor Jones during his sojourn at this insti­ tution were amalgated into one mighty pencil, the giant of proportionate size to wield this pencil could figure out a table of ten place logarithms in 8 minutes, 19% seconds, standard time, and the flea of sufficient size to make this giant pause long enough to scratch his head would have to be as large as the' Capitol at Lansing. If all the “face cream” used in one year by the co-eds in 18% net weight by an addition the “coop” were increased of standard glue from the wood shop, it would stick burlap fast to every building on the campus from the Cold Storage plant to the Astronomical Observatory. If all the lines drawn by Dr. Gunderson in his classes in Analytical Geometry to represent graphically the length of a curve extending to infinity could be joined together as one long line, it would be so long that, in order for the Doctor to draw it, he would have to travel around Room 7, College Hall, for 7 1-3 hours at the rate of 31 miles per hour, and the boxes of chalk used up, if placed end on end, would be higher than the chimney of the new power house. M A TRUTHFUL STORY Professor Vedder, our eminent statistician and astrologer, and Author of “Vedder’s Notes on Surveying,” once returned to his native wilds and decided to try his hand at the old sport of quail shooting. Having armed himself to the teeth with an ancient relic of a shotgun and a few pounds of fine bird shot, he set out. Soon he was far from any human habitation and while peering eagerly through the bushes for his feathered quarry he heard loud and terrific screams enough for all practical purposes.” immediately above him and “near Looking up he beheld an immense and ferocious eagle swooping down upon him. He instantly thought of his lack for coping with the eagle, having of suitable ammunition nothing but bird shot; but nevertheless he threw himself into a posture of defense and awaited the onslaught. The eagle was a monstrous bird, measuring fully twelve It neared links from tip to tip, with strength in proportion. the Professor, but he did not flinch; instead, he concentrated all his terrific mental power in the gaze of his fearless eyes, and by his silent, courageous attitude, and bristling moustache he made the eagle quail! He then shot the quail! There is a Professor named Beal, Who would “con” you if flowers you steal; BEAL When with Botany dry, He assails each poor guy, O Lord! How unhappy they feal. “A CO-ED’S DESCRIPTION OF THE BUILDING OF A STEAM ENGINE” “You pour a lot of sand into a box and throw a lot of old stones and things into a fire and empty the molten stream into a hole in the sand, and the men all yell and it’s awfully dirty and smoky. Then you pour it out and let it cool and pound it, and then you put it in a thing that goes round and try to break it; then you screw it to a thing that goes back and forth that you can ride on and that scrapes it, and it squeaks} then you put it in a thing that turns it round and you take a chisel and cut it; then you put it in a thing that bores holes in it. Then you screw it together and paint it and put steam in it and it goes awfully, and they take it up in the draughting room and draw a picture of it and make one of wood just like it. And’— oh, I forgot—they have to make a boiler. One man gets inside and one man gets outside and they just pound terribly, and then they tie it to the other thing—and, oh, you just ought to see it go!” A LETTER FROM HOME Podunk, Feb. 28, 1907. Mr. So and So, ’08, M. A. C. Dear Son: Am glad you had a nice time at “J. Hop.” I received the item of its expense with considerable complacency and re­ flected on how, when I was your age, I had to sell old bottles to get enough money to get my hair cut. Father. A FRAGMENT OF THE WOMAN’S BUILDING DICTIONARY Dean.—i. The moulder of our fates and fortunes. 2. (Obsolete) The most dignified member of a corporation. /‘The dean asked if she were engaged; She smiled and glibly said, ‘Altho’ my prospects look so slim,: My hopes are not all dead.’ ” Rising bell.—A sweet toned songster which says, “Hurry up for hash.” Syn.—Hurry—hurry—hurry— “Oh ! Is that the rising bell? Wake me in fifteen minutes.” Quiet hours.—The only peaceful moment of a hurried week. An institution which locks you in or out. 2. A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands in rest. “If you do not care to rest during quiet hour, young ladies, please consider the rest of the house.” Callers.—Freshmen and fussers. Room 51. -“Oh, girls! do I look all right? I have a caller.” House Meeting—A collective police call (see police call be­ low). A reminder of what has happened and a forecast of what is to come. “There will be a house meeting directly after dinner, in the parlor.” Police call.— (Obsolete.) A summons to court. 2. A polite request to have a friendly chat with the dean, instituting a frantic search in one’s memory for past mis­ deeds. A disease breaking out periodically among the femi­ nine students of M. A. C. Symptoms: A trembling in the knees, a blanching of the. countenance, a wild desire to know what she’s found out now. Syn.—A heart to hearter; a call. “When least I expect to be called for my sin, Right under ipy door a police call’s slipped in.” There is an old Barber named Sias, Who cuts off your hair on the bias; He skins you on Monday, But goes to church Sunday, And tries to make out that he’s pias. AN AUTHENTIC SAMPLE OF BOARDING CLUB TABLE TALK “Hullo!” “Drive the cow down this way.” “Hullo, yourself and see how you like it. Bow! “What’s that?” Wrow!!” “What! Dog-again tonight? How did it escape last week’s hash? Say, bring those Murphies along down here before you sit down.” “Sure! You’ll wait until I get through, though, won’t you?” “Have to, I guess. Kindly slip me the cow grease, there.” “Hi! You! When you get through chinnin’, PASS THAT salver “Did you hear about Sawyer’s firing a sophomore from I wonder if he didn’t shop for chewing tobacco?” “Yeah! dare to tie a can to some of those Seniors.” “Please pass the hash.” “You’re no pig, are you?” “Why ? What’s the matter with you ?” “What makes you ask for everything at once, then ?” “Twist the cow’s tail.” “Geben Sie mir das Brot.” “Aw ! talk United States !” “Please pass the Review of Reviews.” “Say, who’s the poor freshman that empties the cake plate and sets it down?” “Shove it down to; the other end, so’s we’ll get the full one when it comes back.” - “Hey! don’t put that ‘wienie’ back; you’ve bitten it all out of shape.” * Tr—r—r—r—r—!!! “Shut up and listen to the. steward, freshman.” Steward: !—!—! “Y. M. C. A. at 6:20 tonight. Hort. Club :T * “No, I don’t care for any of,the slop-gobble, thank you. Just push the neck of that ketchup bottle this way please.” meets at 7 o’clock; McWethie talks on ‘Extermination of the water melon thief.’ ” “Sav, I’ll bet you a week’s pie on the game tomorrow.” “Sorry! We’d like to go to both places.” “How do you want the bet?” “On M. A. C.”; “See me cornin’, do you? week’s sauce.” “Let me have any pie I want?” “Y—e—s—s.” “All right, it’s a go.” I’ll put up a pie against a morning?” “Did you see ‘Dutch’ Heinrich slide down the walk this “No, but you’d have expired if you had seen that girl over in front of College Hall.” “Hey! wait for me, I ain’t anywhere’s near through yet. - , 1 01 ¡CHILBLAIN QUERIES “What nationality,—I mean where did you come from?” “Go on, you ain’t no Filipino,—are you really?” “Is it cold enough for you?” “How do you like this country?” “Do you dance, play or sing?” “What train do you'take to go home?” “Your people are all Catholics aren’t they? Do you go to church on Sunday?” “Can you swim?” “Are you going back to the Philippines?” “Do you smoke?” “What are your girls doing at home now ?” “Are they cute?” “What are you going to do when you get home?” R. J. Alvarez. Fr-opounthny exculpatory motinzation cf cut thro air’ competition ~ In junior political economy At times they consider astronomy By occasional turn As with ardor they burn, They delve into old Deuteronomy. Sawyer.— (Referring senior electrical class to a book in MYERS library) “You will find that book good.”' Student.—“That book isn’t in the library.” Sawyer.—“That’s, funny, I have.been referring my classes to that book for the last three years.” There.is an instructor named Myers, v W ho teaches a class - of young lyers ; He’s genial and.breezy And really .quite easy, And that’s what .the student desyers. Schwayer.—“The state sometimes pays four dollars a day to ro and a half men.” Haddon.-^SWell, that isn’t me.” AN INCIDENT OF A SENIOR SLEIGH-RIDE Throughout the pleasant afternoon one of our most promi­ nent junior athletes had been one of the noisiest, most careless,' of all that noisy throng. But on the return ride his sudden quietness was remarked of by all, and was the subject of many anxious questions. Packed in the sleigh as if he were trying to give a very correct imitation of a sardine, and feeling about as Small, he still seemed to be one of the happiest of them all, though his happiness was not of his former strenuous kind. But how were his companions to know of the delicious thrills of pleasure that sped through him as he held the dainty little hand of the fair maid at his left? And his delight was all the greater because it was the hand of another fellow’s companion. And to think that he alone, of all that gay throng, could know that delight! But alas! Where ignorance is sticlnexquisite bliss, ’tis worse than folly to be wise! In fact,: so great was the shock bf dis­ covery that he was suddenly seen to collapse, and grow. Small (er) than ever, though he' spoke not a word until the perpe­ trator of the heinous joke asked, “How do you like to hold my hand, Walter ?” Then he sadly made answer, “Not so well as I thofight I did, Pete.” . N. C. P. FINE TAILORING FINE TAILORING IF NOT, WHY NOT BUYYOUR CLOTHES FROM S E D I N A MAKER OF GOOD CLOTHES HE COULD NOT CATCH THE SPIRIT OF THE GREAT GAME OF THE FALL; NOR COULD HE SWING A RACKET TO MAKE IT FORTY ALL; HE COULD NOT CATCH A FISH, HE COULD NOT STOP A BALL, SO HIED HIM FORTH TO LARABEE’S AND NOW HAS CAUGHT THEM ALL. NIFTY, STYLISH, UP-TO-DATE STUFF 231 WASHINGTON AVE. S. AT 325 WASHINGTON AVE. S. FINE TAILORING FINE TAILORING The Howard Furniture Co. 321 Washington Avenue S. LANSING, MICHIGAN COMPLETE HOME FURNISHERS FURNITURE, CARPETS, RUGS, LINOLEUM, OIL CLOTH, MAT­ TINGS, DRAPERIES, CURTAINS, SHADES, CHINA, GLASS­ WARE, SILVER, TABLE CUTLERY, STOVES AND RANGES FOR GAS, GASOLINE OR COAL. HIGH GRADE KITCHEN FURNISHINGS Our mail order department will give you prompt attention. We deliver all orders over $10.00 to your nearest railroad station, absolutely free of charge for cartage, packing or freight. Write us when needing any house furnishings- WE HANDLE THE FAMOUS HAND-TAILORED LINE OF CLOTHES MADE BY H1RSH-WICKWIRE & COMPANY AND WORN BY WELL-DRESSED MEN EVERYWHERE ALSO THE JAMES MEANS SHOE FOR MEN AT $3.00 AND $3.50 AND CRAWFORD SHOES FOR MEN AT $4.00 AND $5.00 CAMERON & ARBAUGH CO WASHINGTON AVE. SOUTH HOTEL BUTLER ------------ 1. M. BROWN, Prop.--------------- RATES, $1.25 PER DAY ELECTRIC CARS TO ALL DEPOTS STEAM HEAT THROUGHOUT Washington Avenue and Kalamazoo Sts. LANSING, MICHIGAN A Lunar item:—The following from one of the west­ ern papers is worth putting in the almanac: “A fellow by the name of Moon, living near Bay Shore, was presented by his wife with a daughter. That was a new moon. Sunday, he went on an ex­ cursion and got drunk for joy. That was a full moon. twenty-five When he sobered up he had only cents. That was the last quarter. When he got home his mother-in-law met him with a rolling-pin, and then there was a total eclipse, and he saw stars besides. Uncle Bill’s breath came short and hard. Sudden­ ly his lips parted. The relatives bent forward to catch his words. “I—am—going—to—heaven,” he gasped. They all wept, all save Dotty, seven years old. She stepped nearer to him and whispered softly, “When you get there, Uncle Bill, please send me back some souvenir post cards.” He breathed his last with a smile. ■HE above is an illustration of a Seal made of the finest quality of bronze, 9 inches in diameter, highly polished and mounted on quartered oak. These make handsome and lasting wall decorations. PRICE, $5.00 I ALSO SELL THE WATERMAN IDEAL FOUNTAIN PEN STATIONERY And can frame that picture of yours promptly and in appropriate mouldings A. M. EMERY 116 Washington Ave. N. THAT shoe is best that is most satisfactory. We are recom­ mended by satisfied. patrons. CARL J. WATROUS HANAN SHOES UP-TO-DATE REPAIR DEPARTMENT : : : : I PERFECT EYESIGHT Is possessed by few people. Weak or imperfect eyesight does not imply that the eyes are sore. Many persons whose eyes are healthy are in need of glasses to overcome other eye defects. OTTO ZIEGLER CIGARS TOBACCO % PIPES adjust to the most delicate vision a properly fitted pair of glasses. My experience enables me to A. H. TOWLE, Optician ---------------WHERE THE EYES ARE ALWAYS MOVING --------------- HART, SCHAFFNER & MARX ------=^=CLOTH ES=j------ FOR YOUNG MEN HATS FURNISHINGS AND SMOKERS’ ARTICLES. LARGEST STOCK IN MICHIGAN 103 WASHINGTON AVE. S. LANSING, MICHIGAN TRY BELL PHONE 67 NEW PHONE 158 “LADY ALICE” PERFUME J. A. CARR 8c SON The Latest Hit HACK LINE AND LIVERY The Mapes Company 207-209 SOUTH WASHINGTON AVE. LANSING, MICH. ROUSER’S CAPITAL DRUG STORE, 123 Washington Ave S. OFFICE 410 WASHINGTON AVENUE N. BUY THE NEW ANNUAL DIVIDEND POLICY AS WRITTEN By THE NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE CO. ----------------------------------------GIVES ABSOLUTE PROTECTION. PROVIDES A COMPETENCY FOR OLD AGE ------------------------------------— Office 105 Hollister Blk., Lansing, Mich. L. F. JEN ISON, Agent EVERYTHING UP-TO-DATE OPEN UNTIL 12 P. M. 0 The Hotel Downey Cafe 0 THE IDEAL PLACE TO ENTERTAIN A PARTY OF FRIENDS SEA FOOD AND ALL THE DELICACIES OF THE SEASON There was a young man of Japan, Whose name on a Tuesday began, It lasted till Sunday And through the next Monday, And sounded like stones in a can. A jolly young chemistry tough Was mixing some chemistry stough He touched a match to a vial And after a whial They found a front tooth and a cough. WILSON’S SUGAR BOWL CHOICE SWEETS FRANK TAYLOR -------------------------------H - SH B----------------------------! --------------------------------------- GENTS’ FURNISHINGS EVERYTHING FOR THE COLLEGE MAN STRAW HATS, NEGLIGEE SHIRTS ----------------AND BELTS----------------1 ARE IN ORDER NOW, AND BEFORE YOU MAKE ANY PURCHASES IN THE WAY OF HOT WEATHER SUPPLIES WE WOULD BE PLEASED TO SHOW YOU OUR OFFERINGS IN THAT LINE. NOTHING BUT THE LAT­ EST STYLES FIND PLACE HERE STUDENT PATRONAGE SOLICITED ELGIN MIFFLIN THE May Always Count ' ON COURTEOUS TREATMENT DONSEREAUX’S 312 AND 314 WASHINGTON AVE. S. ONE DOOR SOUTH OF HOTEL DOWNEY BELL PHONE 476 BANNER PATTERNS bank stamps IN THIS BOOK WERE MADE BY THE Hectric (ljr Engraving (o. BUFFALO,N .V. COME AND SEE COLLEGE BRAND CLOTHES FOR SPRING, AND KNOW WHAT’S PROPER THE COLLEGE MAN, you know, really sets the styles. His inclinations, income, instincts and environment demand a closer study of dress than any other individual. Of course he is a practical fellow, and likes decided things, but he wants proper clothes. He knows what’s proper. The fact that College Brand Clothes are worn almost exclusively by College Chaps, by men who don't have to buy ready-mades on account of their pnce-advantage, is plain evidence of the style rightness of these garments. No other store in this city can sell them. They are not like any other ready-to-wears in America. They’re merchant-tailored clothes with all the annoyances and bothers and hang-ups and delays of the custom shop eliminated^-with the merchant-tailoring profit extracted, and all the things that are worth while left in. SOLE AGENT FOR LANSING O’CONNOR SOLE AGENT FOR LANSING LECLEAR= THE “ANNUAL” PHOTOGRAPHER HOLLISTER BLOCK . . . . LANSING, MICHIGAN SECRETS OF SUCCESS The Clothes Shop “What is the secret of success?” asked the Sphinx. “Push,” said the button. “Never be led,” said the Pencil. “Take pains,” said the Window. “Always keep cool,” said the Ice. “Be up to date,” said the Calendar. \ “Never lose your head,” said the Barrel. “Make light of everything,” said the Fire. “Aspire to greater things,” said the Nutmeg. “Do a driving business,” said the Hammer. “Be sharp in all your dealings,” said the Knife. “Find a good thing and stick to it,” said the Glue. FOR ANYTHING IN HARDWARE STOVES, TIN OR GRANITE WARE, KNIVES, RAZORS, IN FACT ANYTHING YOU NEED =■■■ ■' -/ ' , . = TRyJ^^^j ¿1 ^ ' NORTON’S HARDWARE I H EVERYTHING FOR THE TRAVELER THE LARGEST AND BEST LINE OF TRUNKS AND TRAVELERS’ GOODS IN CENTRAL MICHIGAN Special Discount To Students J. W. EDMOND’S SONS 107 WASHINGTON AVE. SOUTH LANSING, MICH. FIFTY-TWO YEARS IN BUSINESS EVERYTHING FOR THE HOUSE $