&U 9IL a ©. £R ecor 1 V O L. L A N S I N G, M I C H I G A N, T U E S D A Y, A P R IL 12, 1898. N o. 30. W h at Arc Our Alumni Doing? DR. R. C. KEDZIE. A proper question, and deserving a candid answer. T he graduates of a college are the fruits of such col lege, the representatives of the spirit and aims of the college. T he old rule still holds good in judging of their institutions, men and fruits ye shall know them." Let us apply this rule by glancing at what our alumni have been and are now doing. "Bv in Dividing them up into groups ac cording to the leading character of their pursuits, we find the industrial class outnumbers every other. In this classs are included those on the the orchard, the garden, farm, the machine shop and factory, the engineers and surveyors, and last, but not the wives who make the home a way station to heaven. least, the If we add to in ''this strictly dustrial c l a ss the 110 teach ers in city, vil and dis lage schools, trict and sev the enty-one w ho professors are instructors and agricultural in colleges, w e find more than sixty per cent of all that ever graduated from College t h is i n embraced list. Out this 765 grad of uates the law yers number 64, of whom one is h o n o r ed an in De judge troit an and other in Okla is h o m a; one regent in our University; an other was re gent for six years in the University of Illinois, and several have been members of legislature. An alumnus was regent of the Univer sity of Nebraska, and three mem bers of our Board of Agriculture attended are alumni, and a fourth the College season. T he for a doctors among our alumni number 53, merchants 14, bankers 13, edit ors 8 and clergymen 4. In the em ployment of the general govern ment, in the army, the signal corps, and in the department of agricul ture we find over 30 alumni. the T he biggest alumnus ever sent out by this College was the Farm ers' Institute—the best University Extension the world ever saw. there is hardly a state T he peculiar relation of this Col lege to the agricultural colleges of other states calls for special notice, for the Union that has not one or more of in our graduates in its faculty of struction. T he position and influ ence of some of these have been remarkable. N ot to make invidious distinctions when a score might be in named, I will name a few. T a ke the work of Prof. Prentiss and Prof. Bailey in N ew Y o r k, of Prof. Cook in this State, but now in Cali fornia, of Prof. Daniells in Wiscon in Nebraska. sin and Prof. Bessy It is hard to stop here, but I will mention only one more. W h en her Queensland, Australia, found self lagging behind in the race for agricultural prosperity she sent a request to the authorities at Wash ington some American who could put them on the track of American methods in agriculture, and bring the farming of that far- off continent abreast with the age and up to the times. They selected E. M. Shelton, an alumnus of this College, but at that time Professor of Practical Agriculture in Kansas Agricultural College. T h ey offered him a large salary for six years' ser vice, paying all the expenses of his to select the six years he has journey. In transformed the agri moulded and culture of Queensland so that at the end of t h e s ix years, instead of part ing with him, they have created an agricultural college on the Michigan pattern, and installed E. M. Shelton as president. In matters of general education the people of this State have recog nized the value of training of this College by electing J. E. Ham mond, one of our graduates, Super intendent of Public Instruction. the A graduate of another college who travels over our. State to sell choice microscopes and optical sup re plies for a Rochester houge, marked a few days ago the in chemical laboratory, «*J find grad uates of M. A. 1C. everywhere. T h ey are strong men. T h ey get good places and hold them." It might be expected that out of 765 graduates one black sheep would be found, but not one of the them has ever filled a cell State prison or been prosecuted for grand larceny. As a rule they are in men and women of high moral worth, and command the respect and confidence of the public. Dr. N o v y 's Lecture on the Black Plague, is one of A large number of College people the privilege of hearing Dr. had lecture Fri Novy of A nn Arbor the Black P l a g u e. day evening on Dr. Novy the foremost bacteiiologists in this country, We quote briefly from his lecture. T he ravages of war are not to be com the destruction caused pared with by the plagues. T h e re were 200,- 000 lives lost during the four years the white of our civil war, but plague, consumption, off carries 200,000 lives every year. T he Black P l a g ue was known during the reign of Justinian, but its nothing definite was known of — • ,— TlilTVll'--iiliHMlrllliil ,1 this cause until the higher powers of the microscope were brought into u-e. Then it was discovered that a small micro-organism was the cause of the disease. N ow particular if is the cause of the disease, it germ the will be present in every case of It must be grown outside disease. of inoculated into a susceptible animal must pro duce this particular disease. Man is not the only animal susceptible to the black plague. R a ts are even more susceptible than man. the body and when the disease There are two forms of this dis ease: 1st. T he classical type with the enlarged glands.. 2d. T he l u ng type, where enters directly into the lungs. This dis ease is very contagious, being trans mitted by the clothing, touch of the hand and the kiss of the lips; but the most important way is by in oculation, by a cut or scratch com i ng in co'ntact with the germ. This is very small, taking 15,000, germ to make one placed end inch. Our chief concern, however, is to prevent its growth. This can to end, be done by inoculating a susceptible animal with the poison produced and then taking the serum from this animal and inoculating man. D r. Novy had the germ g r o w i ng arti it on a ficially and also exhibited slide under the microscope, so we were able to get a good conception of it. A. B. v. Baseball. T he T he opening of the spring term finds baseball enthusiasm at white heat in spite of considerable frost in arrival of the atmosphere. Coach Gayle Thursday night and the fact that Manager M o r r ow has arranged a good schedule of games for the second nine, have brought out fully twenty-five promising can didates w ho hope to gain places on on^ of the teams. Thursday afternoon eight- an inning g a me with the L a n h i gh s i ng school resulted in a score of 10 to 7 in favor of the C o l l e g e. It was too cold to p l ay v e ry is fast, which sufficient e x cuse for rather fielding, poor not but does account, for a l a m e n t a b le W e a K l i c oS batting. lu S y s t e m a t ic im to work prove batting should be one of the princi pal features of early practice. T he schedule for of games the second nine is as follows: Eaton Rapids here, April 16; M. A. C. at Charlotte, A p ril 2 3; M. A. C. Eaton Charlotte here, Rapid-, April 30: May 21. intervening dates several g a m ts will be played with Lansing high school. On at T he second nine should be well supported, not only because a strong second nine can give the first nine the best kind of home practice but also because it must furnish recruits for the first nine. Vacancies fre in any college team quently occur they do occur the most and when natural place to look for a substitute is among the men w ho have been playing the second team. regularly on Enjoys the Science Bulletins* ROGERSVILLE, M l C H. The Secretary Agr*l April 6, 1898. College. D E AR S I R : — B u l l e t i ns N o s. 1 and 2 of Elementary Science are received and I enjoyed reading them very much indeed, as I think every loves his work. farmer will w ho Yours truly, T h a n ks for them. B. T. S C O T H A N. 2 T HE M, A. C. R E C O R D. A P R IL 12, 1898. THE M. A. C. RECORD. PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY THE HIGfllGAN AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. EDITED BY THE FACULTY, A S S I S T ED BY T HE S T U D E N T S. S U B S C R I P T I O NS S H O U LD BE S E NT TO T HE S E C- B E T A R Y, A G R I C U L T U R A L - C O L L E G E, M I C H. SUBSCRIPTION, - - 50 CENTS PER YEAR. Send money by P. O. Money Order, Draft, Registered Letter. Do not send stamps. Business Office with L A W R E N CE & V AN B U R EN Printing Co., 122 Ottawa Street East, Lansing, Mich. Entered as second-class matter at Lansing, Mich. For various reasons T HE M. A. C. R E C O RD is occasionally sent to those who have not sub scribed for the paper. Such persons need have no hesitation about taking the paper from the postofflce, for no charge wilL be made for it. The only way, however, to secure T HE R E C O RD regularly is to subscribe. Official Directory. Y. M. C. A.—Regfulur meetings Sunday evenings at 7:30 and Thursday evenings at 6:30. C. W. Loomis, President, E. M. Hunt, Cor. Secretary. Y. W. C. A.—Weekly meetings for all ladies on "the campus, Tuesday evenings at 8:00, in Abbot Hall. Sunday meetings with the Y. M. C. A. Miss Russel Taylor, President. Miss Emma Bach, Cor. Secretary. KING'S DAUGHTERS—Meet alternate Wed nesdays. Mrs. J. L. Snyder, President. Mrs. W. Babcock, Secretary. NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY — Meets second Friday of each month in the Chapel at 7:00 p. M. T. L. Hankinson, President. O. VV. Slayton, Secretary. BOTANICAL CLUB—Meets Monday evenings at 6:30 in the Botanical Laboratory. B. Barlow, President. Miss Marie Beliiss, Secretary. S H A K E S P E A RE CLUB—Meets Wednesday evenings at 7:30. Dr. Howard Edwards, Presi dent. COLUMBIAN LITERARY S O C I E TY — Meetings every Saturday evening at 7:00. Fourth floor, Williams Hall. T. L. Hankinson, President. C. S. Parks, Secretary. ECLECTIC SOCIETY—Meetings every Satur day evening at 7:00, Fourth Floor, Williams Hall. W.J.Merkel, President. L. H. Taylor, Secretary. FERONIAN SOCIETY—Meetings every Fri day afternoon at 1:00, West Ward, Wells Hall. Jennette Carpenter, President. Bertha Malone, Sec retary. HESPERIAN SOCIETY—Meetings every Sat urday evening at 7:00, West Ward, Wells Hall. L. J. Cole, President. A. J. Cook, Secretary. OLYMPIC SOCIETY—Meetings every Satur day evening at 7:00, Fourth Floor, Williams Hall. George Campbell, President T. J. Leavitt, Sec retary. P HI DELTA T H E TA F R A T E R N I TY — Meetings every Friday evening at 7:30, East Ward, Wells Hall. C. M. Krentel, President. J. L. S. Kendrick, Secretary. THEMIAN SOCIETY.—Meetings every Satur Irma Thompson, day evening at 7:00, Chapel. President. Harriet O'Connor, Secretary. UNION LITERARY SOCIETY — Meetings every Saturday evening at 7:00, U. L. S. Hall. F. W. Robison, President. C. H. Hilton, Sec retary. TAU BETA PI FRATERNITY—Meetings on alternate Thursday evenings, Tower Room, Me chanical Laboratory. F. V. Warren, President. < . A. Gower, Secretary. CLUB BOARDING ASSOCIATION — E. A. Calkins, President. Lucy E. Monroe, Secretary. M. A. C. ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION—F. V. Warren, President. E. W. Ranney, Secretary. M a n u al T r a i n i ng in the College Curriculum. the that T he principles underlying the making of courses of study for high the important schools was one of subjects discussed recent at meeting of the School Masters' C l ub at A nn Arbor. T he principal address on this subject was made by Prof. George B. Alton, State in spector of H i gh vSchools for Minne sota. He claimed indus trial arts should be given a promi nent place in high school work, and along with other good things, he said,—"No amount of athletics or play can bring about such good is a results as real certain stability and power of will that can be hardly had in any other way than by productive labor. T h us it ,is that the farm bred boy than often does. better at college the city reared youth." labor. T h e re the T he founders of the Agricultural theory and practice, the College more than forty years ago adopted manual labor as a part of the curriculum. While the charac labor performed has the ter of necessarily changed to meet new conditions, yet the "labor system" still remains; and now the distin guished teachers who have made a the philosophy profound study of of education, rise up and tell us that no system of instruction turns out such well trained, all round men as that system whicn unites labor and the study, trained eye and trained hand with the trained head. This prin ciple is now universally accepted by thoughtful educators, and as a re sult manual schools are training being erected in almost all our large cities, and in such smaller cities as can afford them. Within the last twenty-five years hundreds of indus trial and schools have sprung up all over this country, in which manual labor is as much a part of the course of study as is mathematics. schools are turning out a class of men who trained have strong bodies, well minds, and the skill of hand neces sary to apply the truths of science to life. the actual . necessities of This system of education is in har mony with present day progress. It repudiates the old idea that edu cation, soft hands, and broadcloth, go together. technical These T he T he dead languages do not occupy the whole domain of education as they did at one time. Harvard University when founded offered but one course of study and that was the classical course. same classical course is now but one of the twenty-two departments of the great University, yet with all this progress there are a few people who think that the only way to acquire a liberal education is by studying the This, of course, dead languages. the is one way, but only one of several ways and usually not the best one. T h at the founders of the College, in forming a plan of instruction, builded wisely, is demonstrated not only by the universal success of the the College but also graduates of teachings by the development and of modern educational science. Fifteen Objections to T a k i ng a Col lege Course at M. A. C. w i th Replies. DR. W. J. BEAL. OBJECTIONS. i. It costs too much. 2. I have not the money to pay the expenses. 3. I cannot afford the time in the prime of life. 4. An education that possessed by my fathar and mother is good enough for me. such as 5. I do not like to study; I have to work very hard to learn a little. 6. I do not want to teach, preach, practice medicine or l a w; and as for farming, a man needs no learning above the common school. to 7. I have a splendid chance serve as a clerk in a store and may never get another opportunity. 8. I think I had better get mar ried and settle down before long. 9. I am getting too old. 10. J u st look at Z. Y. X .; he to college and he has not went life to anything, His amounted has been a dismal failure. He is full of theories, and lacks good prac tical sense* 11. See what a smart man Gov. Luce is, and he never went to col lege; and there was Abraham Lin coln, another one hard to beat; he the United became president of States and yet he never had much schooling. T h e re are a great many others that could be named, who have become successful in business, in one way getting rich or eminent or another. 12. I can read the papers and dis cuss topics in a grange or farmers' club and manage to get along. 13. I am going to learn the car penter's trade with Uncle J e r r y, or possibly, I may conclude to learn a trade in General Hiram's machine shop. 14. I am a young woman and do than my not need to know more associates. 15. I can learn music in the vil lage, and as for cooking and sewing and housekeeping, I can learn these of ma, and what more does a woman need to know, unless she intends to teach school. R E P L I ES TO E A CH BY N U M B E R. i. T he money spent in acquiring an excellent education, provided it is not done at the cost of good health, is a fine investment, surer to bring ample returns every day afterwards than money invested in any other way. This testi is the universal mony of all who have tried it. 2. Unless a vigorous young per son has to support some one besides himself, he can earn money to pay all his expenses, though he may need to spend five or six years in completing a course of four years. But the great effort and sacrifice will pay in the long run. After all, it is best that a pupil should have financially. some help 3. T he four to six years required in school or college to secure a good education, is not in any sense to be consideied a loss of valuable time, but it is rather a thorough prepara tion for the best kind of work, and enables the possessor to overcome difficulties and win success sooner than would otherwise be possible, thus not losing four years of one's life but rather adding four years or more because success is likely to come so much the sooner. 4. T he times now are very differ ent from what they were when your parents were young, and the oppor tunities for acquiring an education civilized are much better. world does not remain stationary. T he men who make the best prep aration win the best positions. T he 5. T he person w ho has to work hard to learn his lessons, is likely to acquire the habit of industry, and continued application is almost sure to bring victory. He who will not study, must not expect to occupy a high position anywhere. 6. T h e re are yet only a very small number of men engaged in farming who had the benefit of an educa tion in an Agricultural College, but a good per cent of these men have the demonstrated above question training. advantages of such It enables them to work to better ad vantage; they not only make more money on account of their k n o w ledge discipline, but what is of more importance, their capac ity for enjoyment in many ways is far in advance of those of little discipline and knowledge. and 7. If you have a good offer to engage in business at the present time, it indicates that you are "made of the right stuff." A college, train chances increase your i n g- will for securing good places. 8. A sk Jerusha Jane to wait a >, little and go to M. A. C. and secure training for the duties of life, before getting married. 9. It is better late than never, and the age of twenty-five or even thirty should not deter persons from enter ing on a course of training enabling them the better to cope with the dif ficulties of life. 10. T r u e, some men with a col lege training have not been a suc cess in life's work in any sense of the word, but such training on the chances average amazingly. There is not the least doubt about it, for statistics have confirmed the statement. increases their 11. There this result. is no doubt it took him much longer that many a man has won success, even to college, though he did not go but to reach In most cases such men struggle hard under great difficulties and acquire very fair edu- , cation before becoming prominent. T he two eminent -persons named often expressed deep regrets for not having better opportunities, such as are afforded by a college. Those educated in college are very few indeed, when compared with those not so trained, hence the com parison of successful men educated and not educated is an unfair one. had 12. While papers and reading discussing topics in grange and club are all useful, they do not give a foundation comparable with a train ing in a good Agricultural College. 13. It will take a longer time for an apprentice to learn a trade than it will to go through college, and when the trade is learned he is not so well equipped to cope with diffi culties as a mechanic who has the by good education laboratory work considerable variety. these days most men w ho are employed in shops are set to work to perform a few kinds of labor only. 14. T he for women, younger or older, at M. A. C. is of the modern sort and includes lessons in cooking, sewing, household econ omy, in connection with studies and laboratory work litera ture, music, etc. accompanied in in science, training In 15. T he is thorough instruction and systematic in laboratories fitted for the purpose and presided over by persons who are well trained and well read, each in his specialty. Finally, if a person has any aspiration for positions of honor or trust, he should know that a college training will give. him a wider knowledge of the world and is just the best thing to help in these under takings. Careful estimates have shown that promotions of this char times acter are about two hundred greater for the educated man than for the uneducated. W i th an ex tensive acquaintance among college men and women, I do not remem ber ever to have heard a person express regret for having completed the con a course, in college. On trary, every one has expressed his terms. satisfaction in unqualified As once quoted from The Indus " T he bulk of good work in trialist invention, the world—discovery, government, philanthropy, and re ligion—is brought about by those w ho learn to think by study.., Our pleasures grow out of what we are ourselves more than from surround ings. A well sees, hears, and handles a great deal more of the world than an untrained one. All things do him good, not,so much because,.he owns them as because he understands, them. He always hfs good things to think about," trained man A P R IL 12, 1898. T HE M. A. C. R E C O R D. On the contrary, " T h e re may be that is more soul-destroying, ennui but I have never known any that •caused such evidently acute suffer ing as the form which seizes upon working men in hour? of enforced idleness. A day which shuts them within doors, furnishes awful evi dence of the poverty of their lives. lumber Most of the men '[in the c a m p] can read, but not to one of resource."— them Scribner in Walter a A. Wyckoff, reading is for Nov., 1897. If these statements be true, then every person who enjoys the privi lege of a good education has excel lent reason for urging all of his young friends to persist in training mind and hand to fit themselves for enjoyment and usefulness. Literary Culture. IRMA G. THOMPSON, THEMIAN SOCIETY. F ew can tell accurately what the future will holds for them and often that future is their preparation for It is an excellent sadly at fault. plan to be ready to meet any phase of work which Fortune deals out to us, be it theoretical or practical, mental or manual; but no matter what branches we specialize, or leave out entirely, good literature is as necessary for our minds as good food Literary .culture enables us to study and be come familiar with the wise men and women of both past and present, and in studying and absorbing their good thoughts we cannot help but in our own generate similar ones minds. is for our bodies. This Literary literature. training enlarges they are doing for the men and women the compass of the mind, elevates the standards of life, and gives one an is going on around idea of what in him, of countries other cities, states, and and what the world. As in all other things, there is a distinction between good and bad should be observed carefully, for of all things, cheap or reading is to be avoided; and in order to be able to distinguish it, one should be familiar the names of authors w ho with clean, wholesome write thoughts. is a store T he mind house and each one is responsible for the kind of merchandise he puts there, whether it leads his thoughts and actions to a better standard, or stays in his brain to poison the good which is already there. trashy good, W h at does it mean to be a student to know literature? Merely of translated w ho wrote this or who that? Or does it mean getting acquainted with authors by analyz ing their-thoughts, by reading their -biographies, by studying their char acters? We should try to imagine what such a man or woman would think on such a subject and form our opinions according to our esti It mate of the author's character. is not just to judge a writer's expres sions according to our own narrow ideas. to know that L ew Wallace wrote Ben H u r; lessons but we should know what he taught in his book, what princi ples and what contrasts he gave us to think about. It is not enough Again, when one has studied the thoughts of others, he naturally has thoughts of his, own ayod;. feejs a desire to express them, but perhaps he is timid ,ar\d ,hg|, Jiot self con science...enough to speak t h e m, or •he feels his inability to write and arrange thern, correctly. ,• , T h e n, is the time that he needs training and practice which can only be obtained in a club.or society of young or old folks, gathered the same purpose, each one helping and strengthening his neighbor and all working with the same great aim— to be better, nobler, truer men or women. together for At the College. At Kalamazoo next Saturday the boys play their first scheduled game of baseball. Miss E. Pearl Kedzie has been to chosen commencement orator represent the W o m e n 's Course. Miss A n na Campbell, daughter of Representative Campbell, visited M r. and Mrs. Gunson last week. T h e re will be a meeting of the R E C O RD board of editors this even ing the English office, College Hall. ( T u e s d a y) at - 6:30 in Lost, last Tuesday, four dollars, supposed to have been dropped in the post office. Finder will be suit ably rewarded upon leaving it at the Secretary's office. T he King's Daughters will meet with Mrs. Snyder Wednesday after noon at 3 o'clock. Subject, " T he Risen Christ and His Disciples," J o hn 21, 1-14. Text, " K e e p ." T he whole interior of the bath house is being remodeled. W h en completed tubs and six showers; the floor will be concrete and the woodwork south ern pine. there will be four He Youth's showed Instructor, Prof. J. C. Bartholf, editor of the Battle Creek, Mich., delivered a very able lecture to the students Sunday morn ing. His subject was the Gospel of Individualism. that self is developed best by striving to help others and that the true gospel of individualism is a gospel of love that of Christ. Mr. no less than Bartholf is a very pleasing earnest speaker, and if he should devote his efforts he would certainly rank among popular platform orators. to platform work take a high T he Tuberculin T e s t. During vacation week, the 3d annual test of the College herd was applied. Ninety-eight animals were tested. Excluding the animals pre viously condemned and now isolated in the experimental barn, there was only one positive response the tuberculin injected. This cow was one of the grade dairy herd and was tested fall, when purchased, without any positive reaction. A this post mortem examination of animal revealed tuberculosis in its incipient stage. last to Of the previously condemned cat the experimental barn, we tle in have reason to feel encouraged that some of the best cows will event ually the disease under careful hygienic treatment. Five of the eleven reacted. throw off Some interesting results were the study of normal obtained from temperatures fpr the two days of four consumed in the work. Such results will be of invaluable assist ance in future interpretations ofM the test; and they emphatically indicate too--much caution cannot be .that exercised in the application of the test and in the interpretation of its results. c. E. M. Simons pru Goods 60. Opening Display NEW SPRING DRESS FABRICS. Our line of Dress Goods is very strong this season in all the new Weaves and Colors. Our Domestic Plain and Fancy Colored Dress Goods at 50c yd. An Extra good value at 75c yd. Our Foreign Black and Colored Dress Fabrics at $J.OO 1.25 to 2.00 per yd. New Line of Silks for Waists $i.oo yd. Agents for Priestly's Black Dress Goods. New Spring Designs Carpets and Rugs. in • McCall's Patterns for April io and 15c each. SIMONS DRY GOODS CO. Phone 192. New Phone 76 J. G. R E U T T ER 322 WASHINGTON AVE.- S. Fresh and Salt Meats l Pine Chicago Beef a Specialty. Headquarters for All Kinds Home Made Sausage. Alsdorf & Son... THE DRUGGISTS Everything First Class, Fresh and Up to Date. Lawrence & VanBurep PRINTING CO., Ottawa St. E. Lansing, Mich. Sweaters do not make the man but one of those nice striped ones adds greatly to his appearance. They are not alone pretty, but comfortable, durable and medium in price. Come in and see them while the assortment is complete. Nice line of golf stockings, bicycle suits. Just received a large consignment of high grade mackintoshes at lowest prices ever made on good qualities. Can save you money if you want a spring overcoat. the ****Elgin Mifflin. Are you About to Build? If so, you should Build Right. By consulting HIRAM RIKERD, You may learn how,' where and when. LUMBER OF ALL KINDS. Interior finish 10r Washington fcSd. * * , 4 News from Graduates and Students B. F. Bain, '93W, is at Oil City, P a. Leroy K i n g, with '98, was on the campus Saturday. W. W. Tracy, '67, called at M. A. C. last Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. A. F. Gordon of Grand Rapids visited in Lansing last week. Prof. W. M. Munson, '88, of Maine, called at M. A. C. last Tues day. Leander Burnett, '92, of Kalama spent Sunday, April 3, in zoo, Lansing. Prof. A. A. Crozie^ '79, is at Honolulu, w h e re he expects to re main for a time. T he College friend with w h om Dale A. Smith, '88, has gone into partnership in Grand Rapids, is H. Z. W a r d, '90. L. C. Colburn, ' 8 8, w ho is n ow living at Bangor, Michigan, has been spending a week at the Col lege and in Lansing. J o hn W. Toan, '90, G. H. Frace, '95, and J. G. Veldhuis, '95, will graduate from the Detroit College of Medicine M ay 12. Dor N. Stowell. '92, has been spending his week of vacation from school work at the College, taking special work in botany. Robert L. Clute, '96, stopped at t he College Friday on his w ay home from Ypsilanti, where he has been attending the Normal. R. J. R o b b, with '98//*, called at College Saturday. He has just finished the preliminary survey for the Lansing Dexter and A nn Arbor electric railway. Friday, we ran across I. R. Jones, with 95#z, of Delton, Barry county, making long strides for a train in Lansing. He has been traveling for the McCormick Harvesting C o. for some time. James Kimball, w ho was recently given a position in the weather bureau at Washington, D. C, has been ordered to Dubuque, Iowa, as an assistant in the station at that place.— State Republican. Ben. H. Halstead, with '97, has finished his course at Indiana Uni versity and is working in his father's law office at Petoskey. He will return to Bloomington for graduat ing exercises in J u n e. Miss Grace Fuller, ' 9 1, w ho has been a teacher in the Larch street schools of Lansing for five years, left last Monday evening for New ark, N. J., to accept a position as teacher in the schools of that city at an increase in salary of $200. Chace N e w m an spent one day of vacation with C. E. Hoyt in Grand Rapids. M r. Hoyt is room ing with J. M. Barnay, with ' 9 8 ^, in Chicago. T he latter is employed at Lewis Institute as assistant in the machine shops and instructor in the night school. A letter long and interesting comes from L. C Brooks, '92m, 515 Liberty street, Schenectady, N. Y., where J. H. Steele, ' 9 6 ^, is also rooming. Both are working in the draughting department of t he General Electric Company, and M r. Brooks has recently been the recip- i«nt of an increase in salary. He is every year more thorouhly con that M. A. C. is a good vinced to get an education, and place T HE M. A. C. R E C O R D. A P R IL 12, 1898. says,—"If people could only be made to realize what the Mechani cal Course gives and the small ex pense required to get it, the present buildings would be far too small, and I hope that time isn't far away." The College Year Book. Seldom, if ever, has the College made such a happy combination of advertising material with the dis semination of valuable information as is found in the " Year Book " just now coming from the press. T he Year Book is an almanac, a collection of up-to-date recipes, and a source of valuable hints and sug gestions on a wide variety of topics. T h e re are suggestions for the cul ture of sugar beets; for the manage ment of the dairy, farm, garden and orchard; more than half a hundred recipes and hints for the house keeper; tables of weights and meas ures; of quantities of seed to sow per acre, of distances for planting veg etables, of balanced rations for live remedies stock; spraying formulae; for the most common diseases among animals,—in short, a small cyclo pedia for the farm home. To quote from the Year Book: " Every item, unless credited otherwise, was furnished by some department of this College, is fresh, up-to-date, ac curate and reliable." This book will be sent to any address on receipt of four cents in stamps, as long as the supply lasts. The Wandering Singer and His Songs. One of the handsomest College souvenirs ever published is the book of poems by Frank Hodgeman, '62, of Climax, entitled "The Wandering Singer and His Songs and Other Poems." The book is bound in peb bled white cloth with blue and gilt trim mings, contains 185 pages, and is printed on excellent paper with full gilt edges. It is beautifully illustrated with half-tones of College and other scenes and with sketches by Prof. W. S. Holdsworth, '78. and E. N. Thayer, '93. In that part of the book de voted to College poems there is hardly a page that does not suggest sweet memories of days gone by, not only for the student o the sixties but for the student of the nineties as well. Everybody who has seen the work is delighted with it.—M. A. C. RECORD, Feb. 8, 1898. Price $1. If ordering by mail add 6 cents per copy for postage. F. HODGMAN, Publisher, Climax, Mich. GIVE YOUR ORDERS TO — TRA6ER BROS. THE MEAT MEN. Drawing Instruments.. NOTE BOOKS, FINE STATIONERY AND BOOKS. TABLETS, Lansing BOOK & Paper 60., 120 Washington Avenue N. FOR ANYTHING IN —- H a r d w a r e, S t o v e s, T i n w a r e, G r a n i t e w a r e, C u t l e r y, E t c. TRY NORTON'S HARDWARE 111 Washington Avenue S. . . . . A L W A YS ON T O P . . .. DAVIS-THE CLOTHIER Fine Clothing Furnishings and Hats Football Pants Sweaters, Supporters T he King Pant v 1 Av We a re Up to D a te on M e n 's W e a r. ONE PRICE—THE RIGHT PRICE. 104 Washington Avenue North. B O YS BUCK seiis F u r n i t u re Right. All Goods Delivered to t he College Free. Best W o v en W i re Cots, $1.25 .•. .•. Best W o v en W i re Springs, $ 1 . 50 WE S E LL EVERYTHING. M. J. & B. M. BUCK, DIRECTORY LANSING BUSINESS and PROFESSIONAL MEN * The names in this Directory, as well as those of all our other advertisers, are of reli able parties. We hope that the faculty and those students will take pains to patronize who patronize us. ARCHITECTS. EARL H. MEAD.—Architect. 115 Washington Avenue N. BARBERS. J H. WOOD—Barber. 106 Michigan Avenue E. College work especially solicited. BOOTS AND SHOES. C D. WOODBURY.—Boots shoe the students. See ad. and Shoes. We CLOTHING. Hats and Caps. 112 Washington Ave. North. LOUIS BECK.—Clothier. Gents' Furnishings, DE W EY A. SEELEY.—27 Wm's Hall. Would A E. DAVIS.—Clothing and Gentlemen's Fur be glad to have you examine my lines of Spring and Summer Clothing. nishings. See ad. CROCKERY AND GLASSWARE. 105 Washington Ave. S. H H. I.ARN7ED.—China, Glass and Lamps. J B. SIMON.—Fine China, Crockery, Lamps, Tinware, etc. I ll Washington Avenue N. Avenue. ington Avenue. First stairs north of Michigan D R. G. W. COLEMAN.-Dentist. 103 Wash R W. MORSE, D. D. S. DR. V. A. LACY.—Dentist. Hours 8 to 12 a. m. and 2 to 4 p. m. 110 Allegan St. W. Hollister Block, Room 517. DRUGGISTS. HACK AND BAGGAGE LINES. Open Evenings. M A. C. STUDENTS—Don't forget W. H. POKTER, the Hack and Liveryman. Rubber tires a specialty. Office 300 Capitol Avenue South, Bell Phone 65, Lansing Phone 133. HOTELS. Avenue S. tor. Special rates to students. Washington THE N EW GRAND—R. M. Renner, Proprie THE INGHAM. Grand St. South; 2 doors from Michigan Avenue. Low rates to students. INSURANCE. GEO. A. DYER, 108 Michigan Avenue W. All kinds of the best insurance. Strongest agency in the city. « JEWELERS. Engraver. 200-202 Washington Avenue North. B P. RICHMOND—Watchmaker, Jeweler and W RAPLEE.—Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, etc. . Fine Watch Repairing. 119 Washington Avenue. p H A S. A. PIELLA.—Practical Watchmaker and l^, Jeweler. Repairing of Fine Watches a Spec ialty. 121 Washington Avenue N. LAUNDRIES. Room 11, Williams Hall. S. P.Lanlz, Pron'r. Sage & VVestcott, Agts. THE V A N G O R D ER PALACE LAUNDRY. STAR L A U N D R Y. 208 Michigan Avenue East. LUMBER DEALERS. H W. RIKERD.—Lumber Dealer. Mill Street. See ad. MERCHANT TAILORS. WOODBURY & SAVAGE.—Tailors. trade solicited. 208 Washington Ave. S. Student MUSIC AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. H OLMES MUSIC STORE.—Pianos, Organs, Bicycles, Musical Mdse. and Sheet Music. Cor. Washington Avenue and Ottawa Street. J. ROUSER.—Capital Drug Store. 123 Wash ington Avenue South. DO W N EY HOUSE DRUG STORE — H. J. Eilenburg. Headquarters Ice Cream Soda. PHOTOGRAPHERS. F B. LECLEAR—Photographer. Hollister Block. DRY GOODS. PHYSICIANS. SIMONS D RY GOODS COMPANY. —Dry Goods and Carpets. See ad. FURNISHING GOODS. ELGIN MIFFLIN.—Ladies' and Gentlemen's Furnishing Goods. See ad. Washington Avenue S.; home 419 Seymour St. 12 A. M., 2 to 4 and 7 to 8 P. M. Offiice at 212 A D. HAGADORN, M. D.—Office hours, 11 to C M. WATSON, M. D.—Hours, 2 to 4 and 7 to 8 p. M.; Sundays 12 to 2 P. M. 419 Washington Avenue S. Both Phones. FURNITURE DEALERS. OCULIST. 509 MICHIGAN AVENUE EAST. DENTISTS. John fierrmann ington Avenue and Ionia Street. See adv. M J.& B. M. BUCK.—Furniture. Cor. Wash COWLES BROS.—Furniture Dealers. Special inducements to College people. 319 Washing- ton Avenue South. C M. DICKSON, M. D.—Practice diseases of eye and ear. Hours 9 to 12 A. M ., 2 to 4 P. M. ; Sunday 2 to 4 P. M. First floor Hollis ter Block. limited to Fine Tailoring. 2 18 WASHINGTON AVENUE N. HARDWARE, STOVES AND TINWARE. RESTAURANTS. JACOB STAHL & SON.—Wholesale and Re tail Hardware and House Furnishings. 211 and 213 Washington Ayenue North. GILBERT M. HASTY.—Proprietor Hasty's Gem Lunch. Best meals and Lunches in the city. 117 Washington Avenue S