9U 9IL a ©. 91 eccr 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, M AY 17, 1898. N o. 35. T he Olivet-M. A, C Field D a y. A large number of students from records Olivet and M. A. C. met at Char lotte Friday for a dual athletic meet. T he events of the day demonstrated very clearly that M. A. C. has ac quired much good athletic material in the clas of 1901, material that will show up well in the J u ne Inter collegiate field day. A rough track and a strong headwind on the home stretch kept down the track events, but in other events some excellent records were made. F or M. A. C. this field day took local the place of the annual spring the contest between classes for the Brackett cup^and in many of between competition events classes was more spirited than be tween the two colleges. T he sharp est contest was between freshmen and sophomores, and if we count three points for the all-around, each class secured 42 points. the in eleven seconds and M. A. C. took sixteen first prizes, nine thirds, while Olivet got but one first, eight thirds. Counting seconds and five three points for firsts, two for sec onds and one for thirds, this gives M. A. C. 77 points to 24 for Olivet. T he base ball game was easily taken by Olivet, the score being 22 to 12 in a five inning g a m e; but it that played was our second team Our against Olivet's team. first first team, having a Saturday fore noon game with Ypsilanti and an the same day with afternoon game the U. of M., could not afford to play an exhibition game on Friday. While the results of the day were really one-sided, the contests were very spirited, and the best of feeling two colleges. existed between the Following is a list of events with winners of first, second and third prizes given in the order that they stood in the results, contestants from M. A. C. being indicated by " M" and from Olivet by " O :" 100-yard dash—Russell, M; Ter- williger, O; Wells, M. Time, i o j^ sec. Half-mile run—Holdsworth, M; N o r t h, O; Edgar, M. Time, 2 min. 14 sec. 220-yard hurdle—Wells, M; Ter- williger, O; Olsen, M. Time, 281^ sec. H a m m er throw—Tompkins, M; 91 feet; Williams, M, 89 feet, 5^ inches; Severance, M, 85 feet, 8 inches. Pole vault—Wells, M, 91^ feet; Lunday, M, 9 feet; Grant, O, 8 feet. Half mile bicycle—Hastings, M; Brown, M; Hickock, M. T i m e, 1 min. H3/£ sec. Quarter mile Tompkins, M; H o w e, O. c c 1/ SPC run—Wells, M; Time, Mile walk—North, O; P a r k s, M; Prentiss, M. T i me 8 min. 28 sec. R u n n i ng broad jump—Tompkins, inches; Wells, M, M; 20 feet, 8^ 19 feet 10 inches; H o w e, O. - R u n n i ng hop, step and Tompkins, M, 44 feet, 2 Wells, M, 41 H o w e, O, 37 feet, 2 inches. feet, 9^ j u m p— inches; inches; R u n n i ng high jump—Russell, M; Olsen, M; Wells, M. Height, 5 feet, 1 inch. 220-yard dash—Russell, M; Wells, M; Green, O. T i m e, 22 2-5 sec. One mile bicycle—Brown, M; Fuller, O; Hickock, M. T i m e, 2 min. 44 sec. 120-yard hurdle—Wells, M; Ol sen, M. Terwilliger, O. Time 1 8^ sec. One mile run—Holdsworth, M; North, O; E d g a r, M. Time, 6 min., 53A sec- Shot put—Tompkins, M; 36 feet, 11 inches; Moore, O, 31 feet 6 inches; Woodworth, M, 31 feet, 3^ inches. Relay race—Won by Tompkins, Wells, Edgar, and Russell, of M. A. C. in 3 min., 50 sec. All-around—Wells, M. Baseball—Both Teams W o n. Two-base hits, Morrow, row. Baker. Struck out, by Beebe 6, by Folks 8. OTHER COLLEGE GAMES. Hillsdale, M ay 9—Albion 22; Hillsdale 5. Olivet, M ay 14—Olivet, 16; Hillsdale 15, ' Kalamazoo, May 14—Kalamazoo 8; Albion 2. M. I. A. A. STANDING. Olivet, 6 Kalamazoo, 5 6 M. A. C, 5 Normal, 6 Albion, 6 Hillsdale, Played. W o n. Per cent. .833 5 .800 4 .667 4 .400 2 .333 2 .000 o Shakespeare's Moral View of Life. that time was Saturday in raised baseball our standing the M. I. A. A., and also gave our reserves another vic tory. In the forenoon our first nine first defeat gave the Normals their on home grounds. M. A. C. pounded out four runs in the first inning, and from in no danger. Millar had the game in hand at every stage, was very ef fective at critical times, and aided materially in the run getting by ex cellent work with the bat. the seventh, with three men on bases, he lined out a three-base hit. But two errors were made by M. A. C, while the Normals made many. Score: Innings—1 2 3 4 5 6 78 9— o—20 M. A. C.-4 0 0 5 0 6 32 Normal—o 2 o 1 o 1 3 1 o—8 In Batteries, Millar N01 ris and Broskey. and Krentel; in 'Varsity team, but were After the game at Ypsilanti our to play to A nn Arbor boys went the to© tired to put up a creditable game. Warren's knee was such bad shape that he could not do effective the U. work, and " I k e y" Clarke, of M. coach, was put in. He could not stop the hitting, however, and in the four innings he pitched the score was doubled. Score: Innings Michigan M. A. C 1 2 3 4 56 22 5 3 0 2 5 2 2 2 4 20 1 5 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 Batteries—Michigan, Lehr, Saw yer and Thompson; M. A. C, Warren, Clarke and Krentel. S ruck out—by Lehr 3, by Warren 2. Bases on balls—Off Lehr 2, off Clarke 1, off Warren 2. 7 8 R HE the the sixth the end of in progress While the game at A nn Arbor "Reserves" was in a were winning laurels at home game with Albion's second team. T h e re were many errors and some brilliant plays on both sides, but M. batting. A. C. won by superior At inning Albion was a score ahead, but at that time news came of our victory over the Normals, and the yell that into our went up put new life in came " H o me Guard." Hits twelve scores rapid succession, and two were registered the day innings. T he star play of was made by Lyons at third on a long distance run and catch of a foul Innings—1 M . A . C . -i 0 1 2 0 0 48 *—16 Albion —o 0 22 1 0 02 o—7 2 3 4 5 6 7 89 fly. Score: the next in Batteries—Beebe and Morrow, r u n, Three-base hit, Mor Folks and Rauch. H o me Gunnison. the digested that one has It is not often the pleasure of listening to so thought ful and scholarly a production as the "Shakespeare's Moral paper on V i ew of Life," by Mrs. Cyrus Smith, of Lansing, read before the the College audience at nine o'clock exercises last. Mrs. on Sunday is a serious and diligent Smith student of Shakespeare, and in the handling of her subject presented lucubra not merely tions of the commentators but the matured results of her own research and thought. Many, bewildered by the multiformity of Shakepeare's creations and misled by the univer sality of his sympathy, have declared that he had no philosophy of life,— that in the great deep of his heart there were no constant, majestic currents setting toward an earnest purpose and a steadfast faith, and that the waves of creative imagina tion roared and tossed -only as the gusts of passion around them. This view, however, Mrs. Smith cannot accept, and in this paper she seeks to show what are some of the founda tion principles of morality. dramatic his the after, Mrs. Smith began by emphasiz ing literature, importance of and especially the drama, as a criti cism of life, and insisting upon the finality of such a criterion in deter mining the excellence of a poet's defending work. T h en the fury Shakespeare equally from of hostile fanatics and the zeal of intemperate enthusiasts, she pro ceeded to show that he insists first of all upon activity. Nature lends that man talents and then demands they be used. Life to be spent in the dreamy speculation of a Hamlet, the philosophic abstraction of a Brutus, the idle listlessness of a Richard I I, the luxuriant magnifi- cance of a Timon, or the amorous dalliance of an A n t h o n y. These fail and pass from sight, while the world's business is carried on by action—Bolingbroke, the men of Alcibiades, O c t a v i u s—men of meaner powers but stronger pur pose. is not In the second place Shakespeare intellect and con that points out science must guide and restrain action. Man cannot afford to give himself over to the control of pas sion. that arouses to noblest action, but wisdom and the justice must control, or resultant action becomes hateful and teach this all-im destructive. To is the spring Passion into itself portant lesson Shakespeare gives us trans the ideal' love of a Romeo fury of forming despair, the proud ambition of the victorious general Macbeth becom ing the bloody vengefulness of a ruined tyrant, deceived and betrayed by his own lust for power. the the takes the moral order of Still f u r t h e r — t he m an w ho through lack of reason or conscience life of or self-control thereby forfeits his own another, life; but final action he if before repents, he may be restored to har mony with the world, without having to surrender In Othello, the Moor, his own life. himself noble thoughts the in all and interests of his heart, becomes from over-trustfulness blinded and maddened with jealousy; he kills his innocent wife, and, though repent ant, recognizes and executes his own inexonorable doom. On the other hand, Iago, the incarnation of intel lect divorced from conscience, the destroyer of Roderigo, Emilia, Des- demona, and Othello, receives also the doom of death, but of no more than death. Shakespeare's Can it be that the great dramatist would make no difference in punish ment between these two murderers? Just this question leads to the sub- lessons. limest of in He would say to us that death itself is neither an evil nor a good., blessing nor a curse. neither a is to us' what our actions Death make of it. is an evil or not, according to whether men meet it cursed or loved; thwarted in their base aims, or attaining lofty ones; with noble consciousness, or with stinging conscience; in heavenly serenity or in hellish despair." "Death "Speaking generally, Shakespeare always keeps our moral sympathies in the right place. He makes us detest hypocrisy, selfishness, want falsehood, of sincerity, affectation, and deception, for base ends. He shows that nothing can be amiable which religion and reason alike teach us to detest; he never entraps our the misfortunes of sympathy by vice; never uses what is faulty, for a faulty purpose." Mexicans for " Cuba Libre." An interesting letter comes from G. E. Kedzie, '73, w ho resigned the office of American Consul at Du- rango, Mexico, some two months ago, but has not yet been relieved of the duties of his position. He con siders the work of an American consul in Mexico as unenviable, and resigned to assume management of the Promontorio mine, one of the largest and richest in Mexico, one that has already produced several million dollars net profit. He reports the birth of a fine eight-pound boy on the 8th of April, is, of course, and adds: " S p a n i sh the only spoken here. language T h e re are a few Germans, but they cannot speak English. T he chil dren attend the Mexican schools, and can already. speak Spanish better than I. By the way, now that the war with the Spaniards is practically on, it is a pleasure to note the glee the Mexicans, w ho now k n ow of that the Spanish will be swept from Cuba and we will have ' Cuba L i b r e . '" 2 T HE M. A. C. R E C O R D. M AY 17, 1898. THE M. A. C. RECORD. PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY THE MICHIGAN 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 SEC R E T A R Y, 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 PER TEAR. Send nioney 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 postoffice, 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.—Regular meetings Sunday evening's at 7:30 and Thursday evenings at 6:30. F. N. Lowry, President. C. H. Parker, 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 J>. M. T. L. Hankinson, President. O. W. Slay ton, Secretary. BOTANICAL CLUB—Meets Monday evenings at 6:30 in the Botanical Laboratory. B. Barlow, President. Miss Marie Belliss, 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. W. T. 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 aflemoon 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. and hands that have left their dis coveries and handiwork for our ben efit and for the common good of this noble state, with its two mil lions of people. Educational advantages in Michi gan do not consist alone of the Uni versity, Agricultural College, Nor mal College, and other colleges scattered throughout the state. T he foundation of all these lies in the rural and high schools. Colleges fall back to these schools for ma terial. A state with a poor system of common schools is in no better circumstances than a brickmaker who has complete machinery but lacks the quality of clay. His bricks will not be number one; neither can our colleges send forth number one men and women without good material with which to work. institutions. improvements Every improvement made in our primary and grammar schools reaches the beyond and makes itself felt in And higher again, most are brought about by college men, thus advanc ing as a progression. W ho can question the assertion that improve ment in rural schools means an im provement in colleges and universi ties? As figures show progress or lack they are in business, of progress useful in indicating educational sta tistics. In 1836 there were 55 school districts, with an average school year of 70 days. Figures for 1896 the number of districts at placed 7167 with an average school year of 172 days. T he number of districts have increased with the growth of population, but the average number than school days have more of doubled. In reckoning the educational in terests, the Sunday schools and churches, though influencing only a portion of the people, are extremely important factors. You remember our forefathers incorporated religion with the other factors of education. the word, W e i g ht was given first. Religion, the Lowell's poem Mason and Slidell affair has a stanza that reads: to placing bearing on by it 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, J. L. S. Wells Hall. C. M. Krentel, President. 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 t a r y. 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. Educational Interests in Michigan. W. R. WRIGHT, '01, OLYMPIC SOCIETY. " Religion, morality and knowl edge being necessary to good gov ernment and the happiness of man kind, schools and the means of edu cation shall forever be encouraged." H e re are expressed the sentiments of our the pioneers of Michigan. T he words expressing these pioneer views of education are found in the mouths of teachers and pupils from the shores of Superior to the southern limit of Michigan soil. forefathers, T he study and work required to bring educational advantages to their present advanced stage can never be fully appreciated by us. We read and hear of the works and workings of our various state institutions with no small amount of pride, but very to the hearts rarely cast a thought " We ain't so w e ak a nd poor, J o hn W i th twenty million people, A n' close to every door, John, A school house a nd a s t e e p l e ." Michigan houses and steeples. is dotted with school asserted T he State's prison warden, Mr. Chamberlain, that has Y o u ng Men's and Y o u ng Women's Christian Associations and the Sun day schools were doing much to les sen the State taxes by making good and useful citizens of many who would otherwise be paupers or criminals. T wo classes of citizens exist: Those w ho are using their to build up a influence and power state by carrying forward some good honest pursuit, and those who im pose expense upon a state by doing dishonest work or no work at all. W i th few exceptions the latter class are ignorant. Men have concluded that the welfare of a state is en dangered by the uneducated. As our government is " by the people," the people and for the people must be thinkers. T he cen sus of 1890 gave a large number of illiterates, but indicated a decreased since 1870 and 1880. percentage compulsory Under it school-law impossible for a child to reach manhood or womanhood without getting at leasS a meagre education. Our rural dis tricts are feeling the effects of trav elling libraries. Books formerly oi: present is almost the no practical benefit are crowding out the cheap unwholesome novels and detective stories. A wide gulf often exists between employer and employee, or between the capitalist and industrial the classes. Ignorance is the source of the trouble. T he laborer does not understand his employer's position or that capital is necessary to bur nish him employment. W h at can either accomplish without the other? One is dependent upon the other as much as lives depend upon food. Harmony can certainly be established by education. their in large percentage of Our industrial schools are doing a noble w o r k: nipping evil the bud by removing wrong notions that have crept into youthful hearts. As proved by investigation, an ex ceedingly the inmates found in the two industrial schools come from illiterate districts and the slums of large cities. T h at jails, prisons, and is not all, our poor-houses are swelled with the lowly class and all these state insti tutions add to the taxes of our up right citizens. Our state must help her citizens to help themselves. is the tide Education will never reach per fection, but flowing strongly in that direction. Educa tional advantages are with us, let us do all improve them, not alone for personal benefits but for the benefit of our brother and sister Wolverines. in our power to One of Uncle Sam's Secrets. C H. SMITH 'OI, HESPERIAN SOCIETY." T h o u gh the coinage of money, which is carried on in various cities of our country, is not necessarily an iron-clad secret,yet so little is known in general about these things, and in other of Uncle Sam's wonderful stitutions that it is, in fact, as good as a secret to all except those who are more or less interested. In order to study the manner of coining money, it will be necessary to begin with the metal in its crude state. T h en some gold ore as it comes from the earth, we will it comes out of the U. S. Mint a coin, and the people. through until starting with is eagerly received trace by it If T he gold as it comes from "mother earth" is never entirely pure. it is mined it is in the form of ore, that is united with minerals and other metals. Sometimes it is found nearly free in nugget form. Even then it is mixed with silver. Gold and silver are always found together. Necessarily when brought the mint for coinage it must go through numerous processes, in order to be come fit for making into coins. to T he ore is first taken to the assay ing department. H e re all baser metals and impurities are removed, by numerous operations. First the ore is placed in a crucible and is covered with a quantity of oxide of lead and a small amount of carbonate of soda and salt. This is then placed in a furnace. After the metals and other substances have melted and is are at a white heat, the entire removed T he the substance which looked so much like gold in the beginning has now the appearance of lead. If now heated to a very high temperature, with air passing over it, the baser metals are oxidized, that is they unite with the oxygen of the air. To accomplish this the lump of mixed metals is put into a dish made of fire clay and placed into a tube-like affair of clay, flat on furnace. from the one side and rounded on the other with small holes on the curved sur face for the passage of air. This is It is put called a "muffle furnace." carefully furnace larger into covered with coals, leaving the holes open. After a time the oxidizing is completed, and nothing is left but a mass of lead, gold, silver. T he next process the gold and silver of the lead. T he lump is placed upon a block of bone ash, which has the peculiar property of absorbing oxides of metals. T h is is put into the muffle furnace as be fore and then by neating, the lead is oxidized and absorbed by the bone ash, thus leaving nothing but the gold and silver. is to rid then losely and placed the gold. T he action T he gold and silver combined are not in the form desired, however, and so must be separated. T he metals are hammered into as thin a sheet as possible and rolled thinner by machinery. This is put in this form to give more surface for the action of acids in the next process. T he sheet is now rolled into a glass up the tube, the size depending upon amount of metal. Into the tube is now poured a quantity of nitric acid which will dissolve the silver but not is made more rapid by heating, and in time a reddish-brown gas a short arises, proving taking place. After action has gone on for a time, the metal is removed and washed, and pure gold is the result. P u re gold, however, is not hard enough It is for use as money. therefore re-melted with a certain proportion of copper and silver, which give it hardness and durabil ity. While in the molten state it is run into molds and made into gold bars of standard fineness. Gold of this fineness is spoken of as 900 fine, there being 900 parts of pure gold It is now of and 100 parts alloy. the fineness fixed by the govern ment of the United States. action is All of the above processes, except the alloying belong to the assaying department. All to be done is to make the bar of gold into a form convenient for a med ium of exchange. that remains it to the proper the is annealed, that T he bar of gold is now passed through a rolling machine, which presses it to thickness. But in this process the metal be the pressure. comes hardened by right In order to make it of hardness is, it is put in the furnace, heated and al lowed to cool slowly. It is now at the proper thickness and hardness. To be sure, however, of the thick ness it is forced between two fixed plates, at the proper distance apart, and it comes through of uniform thickness. N ow the sheet of coin gold is taken the cutting machine, a machine having a platform similar to a sewing machine but of solid steel. In the center of this platform is a hole just a little larger than the is to be made. T he coin which sheet of gold the is placed over hole, and when the machine is set in motion a heavy piece of steel the aperture is exactly the size of forced downward and in passing through the opening a circular piece of the sheet of gold is also forced through. This piece of gold cut from the thin sheet is called a plan- chet. E v e ry one of these must be of the same weight. To assure this they are taken to another depart ment, where they are weighed. If under weight, they are thrown aside to be re-melted. If over weight, they are filed down to the correct M AY 17, 1898. T HE M. A. C. R E C O R D. 3 size. T h ey are very careful in this department, not only in regard to t he weight of the coins, but in re filings. T he floors g a rd to the gold they are are very smooth so that «asily swept, and all refuse from is burned and the ashes the floor tested for gold. In this way about twenty thousand dollars are saved •every year. After the planchets are weighed they are taken to the milling ma chines where that one sees on all coins, to protect the iace from wear, is put on. the raised rim These pieces are still called plan chets, and in order to become coins must go through one more process, that of the coining press. T he ma chine which does this is similar to the one which cut the gold sheet into planchets, except that just be neath the opening there is a steel •die and the edge of the aperture is teethed like a saw, this producing t he saw-like edge of a coin, called the reeding, which coin cut. from filed W h en the machine is in action, a die from above moves down, presses the coin through the hole down up on the die below; here the coin is held for a second by the pressure of t wo hundred and seventy-five tons, the dies part and the coin is then completed. In this manner all the coins are made, the methods only differing with different metals in the extraction from ore. is to prevent and being T he United States mint is located at Philadelphia, although there are others at Denver, N ew Orleans, San Francisco, and Carson, Nevada. T he Philadelphia mint produces coins of all kinds; the others, only gold and silver. One might well ask, does the government make anything by the coinage of money? It does. T he coinage of a cent costs Uncle Sam but 1-7 of a cent. T he nickel costs him only y2 a cent. T h e re is not the as much profit, however, on coins of higher value, hence the smaller or subsidiary coins are legal tender only for small amounts, while the silver dollar and gold coins are legal tender for all amounts. Much more of interest and value could be said upon this secret of Uncle Sam's, and also upon others, such as the postal, naval and military service, and upon the paper money of our country, which would make interesting studies for all of us. At t he College. Dr. Kedzie was out on a fertilizer trip last week. At A nn Arbor Saturday, M r. Norton dislocated an ankle. Miss Van Loo's mother and sister visited her a part of last week. Mrs. Patriarche, of Saginaw, visited her sons at College Satur day. the F i ve and one-half acres on farm have been sown to sugar beet seed. to Prof. W. O. Hedrick went South Bend, Ind., Friday to visit relatives. H o n. C. J. Monroe was at the College Thursday night and Friday forenoon. T he new walk from to College Hall the street is terminus car completed. T he Union entertained Thursday John Severance. Literary Society in honor of Misses Husted, Bach, Taylor and Phelps attended the M ay Festival in A nn Arbor last week. Prof. Woodworth assisted the H o n. F r a nk L. Dean in an illus trated lecture at Charlotte Wednes day evening. T he F r e n ch Club finishes reading It is probable reorgan Colomba this week. that the club will not be ized until next fall. T he Horticultural Department several and has set thousand other ornamental trees. in nursery young rows evergreens " D o c" Belknap is driving on the " H o r t" a fine span of six-year-old team recently pur bay mares, the chased in Illinois for that depart ment. 500 About evergreens—white pines and arbor vitas—have been set out the College woods and along the west side of the farm. this spring in Saturday, May 14, letters to Miss (or D o h n e n) and Lizzie Dolmen M r. C. D. Sheldon remained un called for in the Agricultural Col lege postoffice. J o hn Severance, '99, left for his to last Thursday evening, is in poor in home assist his father, who health. He expects to return J u ne for his examinations. Prof. C. F. Wheeler went to Grayling last week to put things in shape at the substation, sow some grass seed, and make observations on the trees and grasses put out by the College. the seniors by Wednesday evening Pres. Snyder entertained taking them to hear Keane in Richard I I I. T h e re were loads of students and faculty who heard Keane. in all three car T he F a rm Department has re ceived from the Moline P l ow Co. a four-row beet seeder and a four- row beet cultivator, which will be used on the farm and exhibited around the State. Miss McDermott entertained at in whist Thursday evening. T he vited guests were Lieut, and Mrs. Bandholtz, Prof, and Mrs. Noble, Prof, and Mrs. Holdsworth, Prof, and Mrs. Pettit, Mrs. Kedzie, Mrs. Bacon and Mr. Crosby. Mrs. Kedzie won first prize, a dainty book. Delicious refreshments were served during the evening. " We regret to learn that Mary Lewis, daughter of Lieut. Lewis, of the 18th ( I n f a n t r y ), met with quite a painful accident during the trip to foot N ew Orleans by having her It was crushed between two cars. that amputation thought first at would be later but necessary, decided that it might be saved."— ^Journal. Army & Navy Schedule of R e m a i n i ng M. I. A. A* Baseball Games. Monday morning, May 16, there remained to be played the follow ing M. I. A. A. baseball games: M ay 16.—Hillsdale at M. A. C. Albion at Ypsilanti. M ay 20.—Ypsilanti at Kalamazoo. Albion at M. A. C. May 21.—Ypsilanti at Albion. Kalamazoo at Olivet. M ay 23.—Olivet at M. A . ' C. M ay 28.—Olivet at Albion. Kalamazoo at M. A. C. Ypsilanti at Hillsdale. May 30.—Olivet at Kalamazoo. Hillsdale at Ypsilanti. Simons Dry Goods Co. Headquarters for WHITE GOODS. 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, Our line of white P i q u e s, N a i n durable and medium in price. sooks, Dimities, I n d ia L i n e n s, Come in and see them while the assortment is complete. Nice line of golf stockings, B a t i s t es and F r e n ch O r g a n d i es is complete in quality and price. N ew line of F a n cy Ribbons for bicycle suits. Just received a Sashes or Ties, 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. . . .. At 25c a nd 35c per y a r d. Special Values in our Ladies' 25c Leather Belts. Carpet Department, 3d F l o o r . . .. L a r ge line of R u g s, A rt Squares, and Mattings. ^** Elgin Mifflin. Special S a le in R u g s. 30 x 60 inch, for - $1.19 each. Value, $1.50 to $1.75. Are You f\Dout to Build? If so, you should Build Right. Phone 192. New Phone 76 J. G. R E U T T ER 322 WASHINGTON A V E. S. F r e sh a nd S a lt Meats Fine Chicago Beef a Specialty. Headquarters for All Kinds Home Made Sausage. Alsdorf & Son... By consulting THE DRUGGISTS HIRAM RIKERD, Everything First Class, Fresh and Up to Date. Y ou m ay learn h o w, w h e re a nd w h e n. LUMBER OF ALL, KINDS. Interior Finish a Specialty. Lawrence & VanDuren PRINTING CO., Ottawa St. E. Lansing, Mich. College Men^e College Girls ^ While cultivating your head don't forget your feet. THAT'S AN AXIOM: Correct College Shoes look well, fit well and [wear well— that is the kind we sell at $2.50, $3.00 and „ $3.50 black or russet, vesting tops or all leather. - 1 0 3- Washington Ave. South. 6. D. WOODBURY. 4 N e ws from Graduates a nd Students. C. A. Jewell, '96, spent Thurs day night at M. A. C. R. L. Clute, '96, called at the College Thursday evening. Prof. E. J. E w a n, formerly pro fessor of English here, is retained at the Utah Agricultural College at an increase that makes his present salary $2,000. Carl H o p p o u g h, with '99, was one of t he M. A. C. boys at Char lotte Friday. W. G. Merritt, with ' 9 3, goes to Detroit as chemist for the Detroit City Gas W o r k s. Prof. A. A. Crozier, '79 sailed from Hawaii April 20 on a sailing vessel for San Francisco. Capt. R. S. Welsh, '94, w as rejected by the medical examining board at Island Lake. E. C. G r e e n , ' 9 7, returned T h u r s from day Illinois, where he has been employed in exterminating the San Jose scale. He reports three months of very pleasant work, and will probably remain here for study during the summer and autumn. R ay S. Baker, '89, w ho was in Northern Wisconsin writing up the lumbering industry for McClure'si was recalled about the first of M ay to prepare t wo articles for a w ar number of that magazine. O ne article is to be on the method and expense of collecting war news for the cosmopolitan papers, the other on the workings of the commissary department. A Successful X - R ay Experiment* Last week M r. and M r s. James M. Skinner, of Lansing, brought to the College their little son, w ho was supposed to have swallowed a silver half dollar, to see if the coin could be discovered by means of the x-ray. Prof. Woodworth* succeeded in taking a radiograph that showed quite clearly the bones of the spine, and demonstrated beyond a doubt the absence of anything metallic in the stomach of the child. T he N ew F o r e m a n. T he Horticultural Department has secured the service of Charles A. Wood, of Napoleon, as foreman. Mr. Wood is an uncle of Mr. M. L. Dean's and has been a successful farmer and fruit grower. He is also an expert handler of fruit, having superintended the packing and ship ping of large quantities of fruit for southern markets for several years. He will probably move his family here as soon as quarters can be secured. Our Societies. H E S P E R I AN S O C I E T Y. T he Feronian Society was enter tained at our rooms Saturday even ing, April 23. After an informal reception the following progam was given: Paper—Construction of Pipe Or gan, Allan H. Stone. S t o r y — " W a n t e d —A M a n ," writ ten by L. Christensen, read by D. J. Hale. Declamation—M. Hance H a m mond. T HE M. A. C. RE C O R D. M AY 17, 1898. T he remainder of the evening was spent with games and dancing. L i g ht refreshments were served. W o rd has been received of the death of Bert E. T h o m a s, with '96. J. Hackley Skinner, ' 0 1, spent Sunday at his home in Cooper. C. H. P a r k er and F. N. Lowery took advantage of last week's vaca tion to visit friends in A nn Arbor, incidently intending to attend t he May Festival. A L L AN H. S T O N E. Colleges a nd Exchanges. President McKinley will deliver the commencement addrass at Iowa college. Helen Gould has just given Rut gers $20,000 as a memorial to her parents. jgaygawKKsaggs^^ . . A L W A YS ON T O P. DAVIS-THE CLOTHIER F i ne C l o t h i ng F u r n i s h i n gs a nd H a ts F o o t b a ll P a n ts S w e a t e r s, S u p p o r t e rs T he K i ng P a nt v J ~ #^ \ * 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. T he new president of West Vir 8&&S&S& ginia University started Chicago newsboy. life as a At the University of Michigan there is an anti-saloon league with over 300 members. Yale's track team has 190 men in training and 60 candidates for the freshman ball team. Company A. M. N. G., largely composed of U. of M. students, was the first company to be mustered in at Island Lake. President Andrews, of Brown University, offers a prize of $ 50 to the member of the Brown baseball team standing highest at the end of the season in fidelity and punctuality in training, gentlemanliness of con duct, team play, and excellence in batting, fielding and base running. 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 TRAGER BROS. THE MEAT MEN. 509 MICHIGAN AVENUE EAST. 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. BOYS BUCK Sells pu rn j 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, Open Evenings, DIRECTORY LANSING BUSINESS and PROFESSIONAL MEN + The names in this Directory, as well as those of all our other advertisers, are of relu able parties. We hope that the faculty and students will take pains to patronize those 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. LARNED.—China, Glass and Lamps. J B. SIMON.—Fine China, Crockery, Lamps, Tinware, etc. I ll Washington Avenue N. DENTISTS. 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. 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. 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. D Y E R, 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. CHAS. A. PIELLA.—Practical Watchmaker and Jeweler. Repairing of Fine Watches a Spec ialty. 121 Washington Avenue N. LAUNDRIES. Room 11, Williams Hall. S. P.Lantz, Pron'r. Sage & Westcott, Agts. THE VAN GORDER PALACE L A U N D R Y. STAR L A U N D R Y. 208 Michigan Avenue East. LUMBER DEALERS. H W. RTKERD.—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. PHOTOGRAPHERS. O W N EY HOUSE DRUG S T O R E — H. J. Eilenburg. Headquarters Ice Cream Soda. F B. LECLEAR—Photographer. Hollister Block. DRY GOODS. LMONS D RY GOODS COMPANY. —Dry I Goods and Carpets. See ad. FURNISHING GOODS. ELGIN MIFFLIN.—Ladies' and Gentlemen's Furnishing Goods. See ad. FURNITURE DEALERS. 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. HARDWARE, STOVES AND TINWARE. JACOB STAHL & SON.—Wholesale and Re tail Hardware and House Furnishings. 211 and 213 Washington Avenue North. PHYSICIANS. 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. OCULIST. 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 RESTAURANTS. GILBERT M. HASTY.—Proprietor Hasty's Gem Lunch. Best meals and Lunches in the city. 117 Washington Avenue S •. John fterrmann R e a d i n g — "A Pint 's a Pound," H a r ry J. Westcott. Critic's Report—Chas. W.Loomis. Fine Tailoring. 2 18 WASHINGTON AVENUE N.