ffiW 911 a ©• fteoorl V O L. 3. 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 19, 1898. , N o. 31. above my head. Looking up I saw in one of the large willows about twenty feet away, a crow peering through the branches at me. It did not seem afraid, even when I stop ped and looked at it; and I think it must have been one of the Gulley crows. Several times that day and the next I saw flying about the campus alone and heard it call anxiously, sadly, it seemed to me, for its mate of former years. W ho shall say that its cry was not a lament for its dead companion? this crow T he Botanical Club. Dr. Clute, '62, gave an entertain ing talk on Florida Plants at the the Botanical weekly meeting of Club on Wednesday evening. He stated that as Director of the Experiment Station there for four years, his duties were confined more to the dissemination and cul tivation of plants having some economic importance than to plants having only a botanical interest. W i th the aid of a large map he pointed out the different parts in the State where semi-tropical fruits and T he Latest Bulletins. T wo publications that have just been issued by the Experiment Sta tion are bulletins N o. 154 and N o. I55-I56- Number 154 is on "Some Experi ments in Corn Raising," by Di rector C. D. Smith. Selection of the seed; Thickness of planting; Cultivation; Value of, and changes in composition of leaves, stalks and ears; W h en corn contains the larg est amount of nutriment; Losses in the silo with corn cut at different stages of g r o w t h; and Best period for cutting, are the topics treated; and the results obtained are shown by tables and diagrams. Bulletins 155-156 are bound to gether and contain the Spraying calendar for 1898, by Prof. L. R. Taft, and a Preliminary report of the State Inspector of Nurseries and Orchards and laws relating to the same, by Prof. Taft and Inspector D. W. Trine. T he spraying calen dar contains a vast amount of valu able for information on remedies diseases and insect pests of the gar den and orchard, including recipes for the various spraying mixtures. T he inspector's report contains, be sides what is indicated in the sub ject, a list of nurserymen and dealers in nursery stock in Michigan. Address to t he Y. M. C. A. by M r. Rose. Last Friday evening M r. H. W. Rose of A nn Arbor addressed the Y. M. C. A. on its work. He placed strong emphasis upon prepa ration for service, especially Chris tian service; appealed for earnest work among students here, and ex horted all to be helpful in all ways, now. He urged, first, the sending of as large a delegation as possible to the L a ke Geneva Summer School, the value of in and emphasized struction second, recommended the keeping of " the morning watch " or a quiet hour of prayer before the day's work has b e g u n; and third, systematic study of the Bible by means of classes. Mr. Rose is a very earnest speaker and those w ho heard him received an inspiration for better work in the future. received p. M. L. there; T wo T a me Crows. true they instincts, however, About five years ago Professor A. G. Gulley caught and tamed t wo young crows that walked and flew and cawed about our campus all summer, ' apparently very well pleased with their civilized surround cold days of ings. W h en the to autumn came, their native flew away to the south with their rela thought tives of the forests. We we had seen the last of our sable friends, but not so. W i th the first " c a w s" of spring they came back and for several days stalked about, in unmis croaking and chuckling takable delight, then went away again. F or three succeeding springs the t wo called on us, but each call was shorter than the one before. Early this spring—it was the fifth of March— just as I was crossing the bridge in front of Abbot Hall, I was startled by a loud " c a w" just flowering grown. plants were successfully He commented at some length on the difficulty of making permanent pasture there, and with some speci mens from the College harbarium he described the grasses grown for fertilizers and forage crops. Ber to do for the muda grass seems farmer of Florida w h at timothy and J u ne grass do for the farmers of Michigan. During the dry, hot months of ninety-three, four and five, the persistent greenness of this grass attracted considerable atten tion here from farmers and others interested in grasses. W h en mixed with J u ne or Kentucky blue grass it has been suggested as adapted to cover dry, sandy places around buildings. T he methods of propagating, cultivating, harvesting and packing the orange, lemon, lime, grape-fruit, guava and pineapple were given in detail. Since the very severe frost in the winter of '93-4, rendering the growing of all the citrus fruits more or less precarious,—especially in the northern portion of the State —a fresh impetus has been given to the growing of pineapples further si>uth where frosts are unknown. 1 Prof. Wheeler presented, a list of twenty plants that came into flower during the week ending April 13, and compared them with the date the same plant flowered last year. Mr. Barlow had several branches of apple, pear, plum and cherry that he had forced in his into room, and if flower is any indication of what fruit there is to follow, we shall have apples to sell. flower T. G. Baseball. T wo games of baseball were played by M. A. C. boys Saturday, one at Kalamazoo, in which our first nine lost, and one at home, in which our second nine defeated Eaton Rapids. T he less said about the game at Kalamazoo It was a the better. loosely played game, characterized by hard hitting and costly errors, in which Kalamazoo led in the hit column and M. A. C. in the error column. M. A. C. seemed also to be the victim of misfortune almost from the beginning. In the second inning Gibson had to retire on ac count of a sprain, and in the third that Warren wrenched his knee so he pitched at a great disadvantage during the five innings that he re mained in the box. although Of the new men, Millar made the best showing. He got three hits, played a fairly good game at third, and did not allow a hit in the in ning he pitched, three runs were made on errors. Norton was a little nervous in the first in to good ning, but settled down work after that. At the bat he made two nice singles. Kennedy fielded his position well, except that he was very slow in returning the ball. He made three runs and two hits, one a two-base hit. the older players, Clark, R a n n ey and Gould went after every thing that came their w a y, but were not free from errors; Adams fielded his position well, but could not throw, a fact the Kazoos to steal bases almost at will; Krentel caught everything thrown to him, but shirked one or t wo ground hits; and Warren was not himself at all. that prompted Of first T h r ee singles, three doubles and a bunch of errors netted 12 runs in to win inning, enough the most any g a m e; but at the end of the fifth inning our boys were only the three scores behind.. T h en substituted Calhoun Kazoos for Sergeant in the box, and he proved a puzzle to M. A. C. during the remainder of the game. Follow ing is a summary of the score: I n n i n gs K a l a m a z o o, M. A. C, 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 89 12 o o 2 1 3 5 3 * 18 26 0 0 4 5 4 0 0 00 11 13 H o me run, O'Brien. Three-base T w o- hits, O'Brien, Waterbury. Sergeant, base hits, Waterbury, Smith, Kennedy. out, Krentel, Kennedy 3, Gould, Adams 2, H o a g. Batteries, Sergeant, Cal- noun and S t r i p p; W a r r e n, Millar and Adams. Umpire, M a y o. Struck H R including large crowd, At home it took ten innings to decide the game between E a t on Rapids and our second nine. Quite a several loads from Eaton Rapids, witnessed the game and enjoyed it, too. Eaton Rapids secured a comfortable lead in the early part of the game, but at the end of the ninth inning the score stood 9 to 9. In the first half of the tenth the visitors were shut out, and in the second half the home team scored the winning run. O T H ER C O L L E GE G A M E S. Champaign, 111., April 16.—U. of M. 4, Illinois 3. Albion, April Hillsdale 8. 16.—Albion 14, Chicago, April 16.—Chicago 4, Beloit 3. N ew Haven, Ct., April 16.—Yale 7, Springfield 4. Princeton, April 16.—Princeton 22. Franklin and Marshall 1. Ithaca, April T6.— Cornell Rochester (Eastern L e a g u e) 12. 7, Bethlehem, Pa., April 16.—Le high 15, N ew York University 3. O ur Societies. T HE U N I ON L I T E R A RY S O C I E T Y. P r o g r a m, April 9th, 1898. Roll call, Quotations from Bancroft. President's Address, F. W. R obison. Biography of Bancroft, Declamation, Essay, " H u r on County," S. F. Edwards. Chas. Bale. G. D. W h i t e. Reverie, G. N. Gould. Critic's report, F. L. Woodworth. final N E WS F R OM M E M B E R S. A. E. Wallace, with ' 9 9 ^, passed the for West examination Point, but did not receive an ap pointment. He is now near Den ver, Col. C. V. Fisher, with '00., is planning to return to M. A. C. S. J. Kennedy, with '00, will not be in school this term. He has a position as cartoonist with a Detroit paper. H. S. Pinney, with '94, is cashier the Exchange Bank at Cass of City. L. C. Brooks, '92/^, inquires h ow the Society is prospering and says, —" Give my regards to all pi the boys, especially to the U. L. S. « Shorty " Jones, with '9502, w h o, by the way is six feet t w o, promises to make the Society a visit when he comes again to Lansing. "Your teeth are like the stars," he said, T he maiden's eyes grew bright; "Yes, they are like the stars," he said, "For they come out at jnight." Ex. 2 THE M. A. C. RECORD. PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY THE flIGfllGAN AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. EDITED BY THE FACULTY, ASSISTED BY THE STUDENTS. SUBSCRIPTIONS SHOULD BE SENT TO THE SEC RETARY, A G R I C U L T U R AL C O L L E G E, M I C H. SUBSCRIPTION, 50 CENTS PEB TEAR. Send money by P. O. Money Order, Draft, Registered Letter. Do not send stamps. Business Office with LAWRENCE & VAN BUREN Printing Co., 122 Ottawa Street East, Lansing, Mich. Entered as second-class matter at Lansing, Mich. For various reasons THE M. A. C. RECORD is occasionally sent to those who have not sub scribed for the paper. Such pers6ns need have no hesitation about taking the paper from the postoffice, for no charge will be made for it. The only way, however, to secure THE RECORD regularly is to subscribe. Official Directory. Y. M. C. A.—Regular meetings Sunday evenings at 7:30 and Thursday evenings at 6:30. C. W. Loomis, Presideat. 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 C. M. T. L. Hankinson, President. O. W. Slayton, Secretary. BOTANICAL CLUB—Meets Monday evenings at 6:30 in the Botanical Laboratory. B. Barlow, President. Miss Marie Belliss, Secretary. SHAKESPEARE 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 L I T E R A RY 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. C . 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. Swimming as an Accomplishment. J. B. STEWART, 'OI, UNION LITERARY SOCIETY. T h e re is no accomplishment of equal importance so easily acquired and so greatly neglected as that of swimming. A person thrown into water, unable to swim and without some means of rescue, has no es cape from a watery grave. T he frequency with which persons un expectedly find themselves in the water, through such means as ship wrecks, the capsizing of small boats, falling from ferries and bridges, and the percentage of deaths re sulting from such, is sufficient, we think, to call for a short article on this subject. L et us look at a few instances where men's lives have been saved by the art of swimming. U. S. Grant, when a babe, was saved from a watery grave by his brother's T HE M. A. C. R E C O R D. A P R IL 19, 1898. thrown knowledge of the art; George Washington would no doubt have met his fate when into the Allegheny river had he been unable to swim; and Captain J o hn Smith would never have lived to do the great work he did for the Virginia colony had he not been a proficient swimmer. Learning to swim is considered in some respects a difficult and dan gerous task. To be sure, owing to the shifting of the center of gravitv in a person's body, it is not so nat ural for us to swim as it is for the lower animals; but considering the specific gravity of the human body and the methods of instruction we now have, there should be little sympathy for any person, .having an opportunity, w ho does not know at least how to keep his proboscis above water. T h e re are t wo methods of learn ing to swim; the old, or common method, and the improved, or trolly method. T he common method re quires the trainer to go into the water along with his pupils, and after placing them in the right posi tion, assist them by holding their heads out of the water with his hand. This method is expensive and, for the timid, not very speedy. T he trolly method is less expensive, more reliable, and does not require so much confidence on the part of the student. It consists of a trolley stretched across the pond or bathing pool about three feet above the sur face of the water, and a belt which is fastened around the body just be low the arms. This belt is fastened to a deeply grooved pulley, which runs on the trolley, the connection being such as to allow the head to be above the surface of the water. By this method a person can stay in the water as long as he pleases with little danger of being exhausted and drowned. There are many positions which the body may take while swimming, but space permits us to mention only the most simple and important. T he oldest and perhaps the most grace ful position, is the horizontal, pro pelled, with the breast stroke. T he side position, propelled with the side stroke is practiced more for speed than for grace of movement. T h en swimming on the back is a pleasant and useful branch of the art. T he chief requisite for its acquirement is confidence. accidental immersion, But the only department of the branch which is at all natural and of which something should be known by everybody, is that of treading. If treading were resorted to in cases of three- fourths of the resulting deaths would be prevented. T he essential condi tion of treading is that of keeping the hands under water. W h en a person falls into water, the legs sink and the body assumes its natural po sition; but generally water splashes over the face, and when the eyes be come filled or the mouth covered, it is the inclination of those unable to swim to throw up their hands and make an effort as if to creep on the surface. This effort only increases the danger of the situation. On becoming submerged one should keep perfectly inactive for a brief time. T he head will soon rise; then treading should be commenced with both hands alternately, care being taken not to break the surface of the water. At the same time the head should be thrown back so that only the nose and mouth remain above the [water. If this be remem bered and\put into practice, there is little need under normal conditions and ordinary circumstances, of any losing their lives by drowning. T he art of swimming is as charm i ng a recreation for women and girls as it is for men and boys, and gives a twofold use to its possessor. As a hygienic agency it occupies a high place in physical culture. While the body is being cleansed, the varied movements impart strength and elas ticity to the muscles; and as has been stated above, it often amounts to a a life-saving expedient. T he Washington M. A . C. Reunion. Old M. A. C. was born again last month in the hearts of her students w ho are sojourning in Washington. A reunion and banquet was held March 30, and cordial were the handshakes and pleasant the greet ings among many w ho had not met for years. A wide scope of years were represented, the patriarch of the meeting being M r. F r a nk P. Davis, of Greytown, Nicaragua, temporarily here, w ho stopping graduated "from the College in 1868, but is withal as young looking and keen of eye as though ten years his junior. T he meeting was well attended and remarkably pleasant, and the viands were of the best—first class, what there were of them, and in the greatest abundance, such as they were. M r. Donald McPherson, of the class of 1874, gr a ced the head of the table as toastmaster, and called first upon M r. Davis to respond to a toast, " T he College in the Woods." Mr. Davis described but four build ings in his day. T he year of his graduation was a banner year for the College, the number of grad uates reaching the enormous num ber of ten. T he previous year- there had been but three, and the year preceding that, t w o. telling Mr. J a m es H. Tibbitts, of the class of 1873, responded to the toast, "Ancient History of the Col incidents and anec lege," dotes of more than passing interest to those able to look back to such ( M r. Tibbitts is one of old days. the youngest looking men I ever saw.) Professor Charles C. Georgeson had as a subject, " T he future of Agriculture" and his remarks com bined wit and sense. He told of the habits of promptitude acquired at the College. T he hours of college work ceased at four o'clock and he had noticed with what promptitude the students observed this rule. He had observed too, that the same habit there inculcated had followed many of those w ho were employed in the government departments in (Government de Washington. partments close at four.) "Agricul ture," he continued, "is bound of the United course to extend in States. As the population increases the home demand will increase, and no other country on the globe af fords the opportunities for success that the ful practical agriculture United States does. Forty-four per cent of the breadwinners of the country are now engaged in agri culture. W i th the increase in pop ulation the farmer will get more for his products." Mr. F r a nk Benton of the class of '79 had the toast, "Bees." Mr. W. A. Kinnan of '86 re sponded very ably to the toast, " T he College Bred M a n ." M r. Lyster H. Dewey, of '88, paid a high tribute to the late E d w in Willitts, speaking in feeling" terms of the kind-hearted President w ho took such deep personal interest in the boys, "his boys," as he always spoke of them, and w ho never for got a student's name or face. M r. W. A. Taylor, of '88, was given the toast, " Our Alumni in Institutions," but most un Other fortunately for the said alumni in those institutions, M r. Taylor, w ho by the way was accompanied by his wife and a Taylor junior—future student at M. A. C, had to catch the last car to his home and was thus compelled to cut his address very short. Mrs. L. J. Briggs had the topic, " T he Co-eds—the Value of the College Course for Women in Practical Life." Numbers of others were called upon for remarks, until finally the lateness of the hour, the extreme disappearance of everything edible, and the fear light current would be shut off, drove the members of their homes, bearing most respective pleasant remembrances. that the electric the party to T he following students of the College were present: T. P. Davis, '68; J. H. Tibbitts, ' 7 3; Donald McPherson, '74; C. C. Georgeson, '78; F r a nk Benton, ' 7 9; W. A. Kinnan, ' 8 6; Coie L. Himebaugh, '87; L. H. Dewey, W. F. Staley, and W. A. Taylor, ' 8 8; W. D. Groesbeck and G. H. Hicks, ' 9 2; W. W. Tracy, L. J. Briggs, and Mrs. Kate Briggs, ' 9 3; C. B. Smith, '94; G uy E. Mitchell, with ' 9 3; F. A. Hutchins, with ' 9 4; A. N. Irwin and A. R. Speare, with '98. T he invited- guests were M r s. E d w in Willits; David Fairchild, w ho was born at the College and spent most of his childhood t h e r e; the wives of many of the and alumni. G UY E. M I T C H E L L. Yale Frolics. than Of the many customs held in rev erence by Yale undergraduates none is more popular at this season of the that of spinning tops. year Every fine afternoon during the the last week in February and t he first two in March, the upper class men can be seen spinning tops on the College campus or on the cor ner in front of the Osborn Hall, the site of the old fence. T he students do not appear in public as top spin ners until they have perfected the trick. T h ey practice in the dormi tory hall-ways, in the campus, in their own rooms, and in other out of the w av places on the university grounds until they are able to make the top spin every time they throw It is no unusual sight to see it. twenty-five to fifty students, from big, strapping fellows, many of them seniors, in front of Osborn Hall, with their tops and strings, for an hour or t wo at a time. T h ey draw a circle, and in that circle place a top or t wo that they peg away at with the greatest hiiarity. At this season of t he year also another craze among the students is rolling hoops. T he fun of hoop rolling generally lasts only during the first t wo weeks in March, and scores of students can be seen pleas tearing through the ant afternoons campus, chasing like street urchins. their hoops Another diversion in which some of the Yale students indulge is in playing marbles. T he sedate old professors, w ho in their early days had as mpch fun with their hoops A P R IL 19, 1898. T HE M. A. C. R E C O R D. tops as do and marbles and the youthful generation now under their guardianship, watch the boys during these afternoons and thoroughly en joy the spectacle. introduce a course in do ious to mestic science the schools of into that city, visited our College and looked over very carefully the w o rk in our domestic science department. A few of the more venturesome Yale boys two or three years ago undertook to introduce kite flying as It an added amusement for March. was a great sport for those w ho en g a g ed in it, and it was thought that it would soon become popular with the Yale boys, but somehow or other this sort of amusement failed to become popular, and the flying of kites has been dropped from the list of that •can be charged to the Yale men. —N ew York traditional horseplays Times. At College. M r. E. S. Good spent Sunday in Flint. May 20 is the date set for the annual meeting of College societies, T he Seniors on the farm are doing research work upon selected themes. Miss A my V a u g hn some very successful for Dr. Kedzie. is making flour tests of Miss Katherine Clute spent Satur day and Sunday with Miss Mabel Bohn at Charlotte. William Ayres of Elbridge and M r. Holmes of Potterville called at M. A. C. Wednesday. Percy Holdsworth of A nn Arbor, visited over Sunday with his brother Bvron Holdsworth, '00- Miss Marion Clute, w ho has to her room for sev been confined eral days, is again in classes. R e v. J. J. Cooper, Bellevue, and J. W. Merwin, Lansing, were callers at the College, Friday. Miss Grace N e w m a n, Portland, called on her brother Chace N e w man, on Monday of last week. i Mrs. Jones, a Mrs. Maynard, Portland, and teacher from Ken tucky, visited the College, Wednes day. Prof. A. B. Noble went to Pent- water Friday, where he spoke at a teachers' association Saturday, on grammar in our public schools. Advertised letters.—April 11, let ters for Miss Hilda Kleinfeldt and George B. Gardner, remained in the Agricultural College postoffice un called for. Miss Spencer, teacher of botany in the Yysilanti high school, spent part of her vacation last week here, looking over our facilities for teach ing botany. T he old benches in the Chapel have been removed. In their stead we have folding chairs in sections of three, much more comfortable than the old seats. Miss Carey, State Secretary of the Y. W. C. A ., will be at the College the Wednesday and will conduct association meeting on at 6:30. All Wednesday women on the campus are cordially invited to attend. the night of Freshmen student labor for April two series of lectures consists of the season's work. to preparatory O ne series is devoted to the soil and methods of the other to a preliminary discussion of the farm crops. its management, is devoted On Wednesday last Mrs. Camp bell of the Grand Rapids Ladies' Literary Club, which is very anx- S u n d ay M o r n i ng Service. T he talk in the Chapel Sunday morning by Supt. Laird of Lansing, was one of the most interesting and helpful we have had. is M r. Laird read a part of the 119th it his theme, Psalm and took from " T he entrance of thy word giveth light." He spoke of what the word of God to various people and of w h at good it has done. He con siders the Bible as the source of all good literature, and the means of building all churches, colleges, and schools—the parent of advancement, education and reform. T he word giveth light to see God moving in and through nature. If He can do so much through the lower forms of of nature, what can He not do through nature in its highest form— man. T he Bible gives us light to see the value of an education, the esthetic and moral value, that which is aside from the commercial value. " E d u c a tion is life itself, and it should have a grand foundation, laid with care." Education shows us how to make the the emphasis most of to should be p u t; follow measure our ambitions, to those which are w o r t h y; it teaches us to succeed—success is usefulness. Finally, the word of God gives us the very best preparation the work of this century. life—where teaches us for it Fire C o m p a ny Drill. in An effort is being made to increase the efficiency of our fire protection. T he plan which went into operation last week is to detail eight students from the battalion of cadets, who will drill two squads three times a week. T he College engineer, Mr. Newell, will be chief of the fire de partment, and Messrs. Gunson and T r ue will each have charge of a squad. These squads, each with hose-cart, hose, and other necessary apparatus, will drill to acquire pro ficiency in handling this apparatus and will also familiarize themselves with the location of hydrants. In case of fire only these squads will handle carts and hose, but, of course, the other students will lend what aid they can in other ways. Those who drill in the fire squads are excused from military duty. Commencement Address. secretary of Prof. F. H. Hutton, professor of mechanical engineering at Columbia the University and American Society of Mechanical Engineers, has been chosen to de liver address the commencement this year. His subject has not yet been announced, but as this is the year for an address along mechani cal lines, his subject will be some thing of interest to the mechanical student. T he following is a sign upon a western teaching: " F r e e m an & H u g g s, school teachers. the boys and Freeman academy teaches for H u g gs the girls,"—Crucible. Old Veteran.—Something on that girl's face reminds me of the war. Did you"see it? Friend.—I did not see any battle scars there. Old Veteran.—It was the powder. —Ex. Simons Dry Goods 60. Opening Display N EW 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 $1.00 1.25 to 2.00 per yd. New Line of S i l ks for W a i s ts $1.00 yd. Agents for P r i e s t l y 's Black Dress Goods. New S p r i ng Designs Carpets a nd R u g s. in McCall's P a t t e r ns for April 10 a nd 15c each. SIMONS DRY GOODS CO. Phone 192. New Phone 76 J. G. R E U T T ER 322 WASHINGTON AVE. S. F r e sh a nd Salt Meats Fine Chicago Beef a Specialty. Headquarters for All Kinds Home Made Sausage, Alsdorf & Son... T HE DRUGGISTS 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 the lowest prices ever made on good qualities. Can save you money if you want a spring overcoat. ** Elgin Mifflin. Are You ftboot to Build? If so, you should Build Right. By consulting HIRAM RIKERD, Everything First Class, Fresh and Up to Date. Y ou m ay learn h o w, w h e re and w h e n. LUMBER OF ALL, KINDS. Interior Finish a Specialty. A trifle vain Lawrence & VanBuren PRINTING CO., Ottawa St. E. Lansing, Mich. BYCYCLE AND OUTING SHOES. but commendable, is pride in looking well and nothing adds so much to a man's appearance as comfortable, stylish shoes. Our $3.50 and $3.00 Russet and Black Shoes are particularly desirable this season. Made in fine soft Kid and Russia Calf, all the latest styles. The M. A. C. Shoe Store. G. D. WOODBURY. 103 Washington five. §o. 4 N e ws from Graduates and Students. C. K. Chapin, with at the College Saturday. 'Q7#Z, called I. N. Boyer, with '99, has a good position in a Detroit greenhouse. Maurice P. Carnev, with '94W, is in a draughting office at A k r on Ohio. E. B. Wallace, with '98, is work father's grocery in his in ing Detroit. J o hn G. H o w e, with '98, is a col lector and clerk for the Michigan Leather Co., Detroit. Mrs. Jessie Beal Baker and daughter arrived at M* A. C. Friday to spend the summer. W. J. Glasgow, with '00, is work ing in Kalamazoo and expects to f ^ ^ r e t u rn to M. A. C. next fall. E. D. A. T r u e, '78, resides at 158 Harrison street, Detroit. He is w o r k i ng in a machine shop in that city. During the past few months J o hn Goodrich, '97, has been work- i ne in the P a r k er & Burton l aw office, Detroit. R. B. A. Buck, '96, will spend the next three months at pruning 4000 fruit trees on the Stanton farm at Rockford, Michigan. Supt. and M r s. Keeler are plan ning to conduct a summer school in Portland durino* the vacation and will also enlist Prof. Clay Tallman, ["'94], of Saranac, in the work.— Portland Review. L. H. Baker, '93, has been com pelled to clo^e his school at Galien on account of an epidemic of diph Just now he is teaching1 in theria. Kalamazoo high school as substitute for M r. Leonard who is ill. J o hn W. Perrigo p ' 9 7 ^] writes that he has gone from Tucson, Ariz., state. to Nogales, line, Nogales is on the boundarv the main street marking the line between t wo states.—Portland Re view. same At Battle Creek Saturday we saw Gilbert Nichols, with '95*72, w ho is doing- a flourishing real estate and insurance business in that citv; H. K. Haak, with '93W, w ho has a lumber yard there, and C. H. Briggs, '96, on his w ay home from A nn Arbor. Quite a number of M. A. C. graduates and former students wit nessed the baseball game in Kala mazoo Saturdav. A m o ng the num ber were Leander Burnett, '92, our old time pitcher and athlete; S. J. Blake, '93m; J. A. Elliot, '97; W. J. Glasgow, with '00, and W. G. Merritt, with '93, w ho is hustling the farmers all over Kalamazoo county in the interests of the sugar beet industry. that Prof. E. M. Shelton, [ ' 7 1] w ho was professor of Agriculture at this college from 1874 to 1890, writes to the local editor from Queensland, Australia, w h e re he is organizing "I am an Agricultural College: this new school determined shall be an Agricultural school. I can plainly see that the world needs today than useful men, rather learned ones, and I for one am dis posed to sacrifice the theoretical and scientific for the practical and directly useful, wherever necessary. All this, I have no doubt, will shock college people, but it is the only system that it is practicable here."—Industrialist. T HE M. A. C. R E C O R D. A P R IL 19, 189S. Agriculturist of the Experimental Station. Professor James D. T o w a r, '85, has been appointed Agriculturist of the Experiment Station. M r. T o w ar comes to us from R h o de Island where, for a number of years, he has been assistant Agriculturist of the Experiment Station and Associate Professor of Agriculture in the R h o de Island Agricultural College. C. H. Alvord, '95, has been appointed foreman of the farm in place of Mr. Wittstock. Athletic Regulations. T he Universities of Indian Terri tory, Arizona, Honolulu and Saca- rappa have adopted the following regulations: We can run ourselves without these little colleges and high schools interfering. like Harvard and Yale No man shall play on the same team with his grandson. Children under five shall not be eligible for college foot-ball teams. Games in which we are licked shall be called practice games. Summer ice-polo shall be discour aged. R o u gh foot-ball shall be stopped ruling out any player w ho by touches another. —H a r v a rd Lampoon. Married men do not live longer seems single men—it only than l o n g e r . —E x. 3^2S&33E22ffi33E3SE3222SS2SESSIS A L W A YS ON TOP. DAVIS-THE CLOTHIER Fine Clothing Furnishings and Hats Football Pants Sweaters, Supporters T he K i ng Pant * We are Up to Date on Men's Wear. ONE PRICE—THE RIGHT PRICE. 104 Washington Avenue North. BOYS BUCK sens F u r n i t u re Right. All Goods Delivered to the 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 SELL EVERYTHING. M. J. & B. M. BUCK, Open Evenings. DIRECTORY LANSING BUSINESS and HACK AND BAGGAGE LINES. M A. C. STUDENTS—Don't forget W. H. PORTER, the Hack and Liveryman. Rubber tires a specialty. Office 300 Capitol Avenue South, Bell Phone 65, Lansing Phone 133. The Wandering; Singer His Songs. and '62, of Climax, O ne of t he h a n d s o m e st College souvenirs is t he b o ok of p o e ms by e v er p u b l i s h ed F r a nk H o d g e m a n, entitled " T he W a n d e r i ng Singer a nd H is Songs a nd O t h er P o e m s ." T he book is b o u nd in p e b trim bled w h i te cloth with blue a nd gilt m i n g s, contains 185 p a g e s, a nd is p r i n t ed on excellent p a p er with full gilt e d g e s. It is illustrated with half-tones of beautifully s k e t c h es College a nd other scenes a nd with by Prof. W. S. Holdsworth, '78. a nd E. N. T h a y e r, '93. In that p a rt of t he book d e t h e re is hardly*a voted to College p o e ms p a ge t h at d o es n ot suggest sweet m e m o r i es of d a ys gone by, not only for t he s t u d e nt o the sixties b ut for t he s t u d e nt of the nineties as well. E v e r y b o dy who h as seen t he w o rk is delighted with it.—M. A. C. R E C O R D, F e b. 8, 1898. Price $1. If ordering by mail a dd 6 cents p er copy for postage. F. H O D G M A N. Publisher. Climax, Mich. GIVE YOUR ORDERS TO TRAGER BROS. THE MEAT MEN. PROFESSIONAL M E N — "^ T he n a m es in this Directory, as well as those of all o ur other a d v e r t i s e r s, a re of reli able parties. We h o pe t h at t he faculty a nd s t u d e n ts will t a ke p a i ns to p a t r o n i ze those who p a t r o n i ze u s. ARCHITECTS. ARL H. MEAD.—Architect. 115 Washington Avenue N. E 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. H. LARNED.—China, Glass and Lamps. 105 Washington Ave. S. B. SIMON.—Fine China, Crockery, Lamps, Tinware, etc. I ll Washington Avenue N. H J 509 MICHIGAN AVENUE EAST. DENTISTS. Drawing Instruments.. NOTE BOOKS, FINE STATIONERY AND BOOKS. TABLETS, Lansina Book & Paper 60., 120 Washington Avenue N. FOR ANYTHING IN —- 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. ington Avenue South. C J. ROUSER.—Capital Drug Store. 123 Wash DO W N EY HOUSE DRUG STORE — H. J. Eilenburg. Headquarters Ice Cream Soda. Hardware, S t o v e s, Tinware, Graniteware, Cutlery, Etc. DRY GOODS. SIMONS D RY GOODS COMPANY. —Dry Goods and Carpets. See ad. TRY NORTON'S HARDWARE 111 Washington Avenue S. FURNISHING GOODS. ELGIN MIFFLIN.—Ladies' and Gentlemen's Furnishing Goods. See ad. 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. BICHMOND—Watchmaker, Jeweler and W R A P L E E - W a t c h e s. Clocks. Jewelry, etc. . Fine Watch Repairing1. 119 Washington Avenue. CHAS. A. PTELLA.—Practical Watchmaker and Jeweler. Bepairing of Fine Watches a Spec ialty. 121 Washington Avenue N. LAUNDRIES. THE VAN GOBDER PALACE LAUNDRY S. P. Laniz. Pron'r. Sage & Westcott. Asts Sage & Westcott, Agts. Room 11, Williams Hall. *TAR L A U N D R Y. 208 Michigan Avenue East. LUMBER DEALERS. H W. BTKEBD.—Lumber Dealer. Mill Street. See ad. MERCHANT TAILORS. WOODBURY