M« 9IL a ©. Si eccr d V O L. 4. 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 4, 1899. N o. 29 Botanical Club. Marine City, and possibly one in Menominee county. At the last meeting of the Bo tanical Club M r. B. O. Longyear gave a very interesting talk on the " F l o ra of Puerto Rico," exhibiting fifty different seeds grown about upon the island. Mr. H. C. Skeels then spoke upon " T he W o rk in a Herbarium." M r. Skeels also stated that about 1,600 plants had very recently been added to our herbarium. the spring T he following officers were elected for term : President, Miss Marie Belliss; vice-president, G. M. Bradford; secretary, W. S. P a l m e r; janitor, H. C. Skeels. Club meets next Monday, April 10. T he College Herds Tested. T he College herds of 100 animals were tested during vacation week for symptoms of tuberculosis. T he test was made by students under the direction of D r. Marshall, and the re sults were encouraging. Of the tuberculous herd, consisting of a few animals that have been isolated for hygienic treatment, four of the most valuable animals, viz: Rosa Bonheur 5th, College Rosa, College Victoria C., and Cara, were pronounced sound. T he remaining seven of the tuberculous herd, with the exception of Belle Sarcastic, will be killed. Of the regular herd College Belle was the only animal to show any re action, and in her case the symptoms were so slight that she will be spared, together with Belle Sarcastic, for another test next October. One thing is remarkable in our experi ence with tuberculous cattle; in no case has the calf from a tuberculous cow, if taken away at once, shown symptoms of tuberculosis. Michigan A Beet Sugar State. T he success of Bay county farmers in raising sugar beets, and the manu facture by the Bay City factory of several million pounds of first class beet sugar last season, has produced a sugar beet craze among the far mers of southern Michigan. During the past three months Professor Smith has spoken no less than 29 times in 24 different counties to crowds of farmers anxious to know how to grow sugar beets success fully. A nd the end is not yet. He now has appointments to speak at Jackson the 4th of this month, at Battle Creek the 5th, at Richmond the 7th, at Kalamazoo the 8th, at Wayland the 10th, at Sparta the 1 i t h, at Holland the 12th, at Shelby the 13th, at F r e m o nt the 14th; and the people of Benton Harbor and Grand Rapids want him as soon as he can find time to speak to them. the end of the present season eight new factories will be in operation: two in Bay City and one in each of the following towns: Caro, Alma, Rochester, Kalamazoo, Holland, Benton Harbor. Grand Rapids capitalists may also erect a plant this year, the loss of extensive peach orchards in that vicinity hav ing turned the attention of farmers to some other industry than fruit- raising. N e xt year will probably Jackson, Flint, in see factories Before In this connection the College has a duty to perform. Wherever a factory is erected, there will be needed an agriculturist to direct and instruct the farmers in the raising of sugar beets and one or more chem ists to analyze the beets and super vise generally the process of making sugar. So far as we are able we propose to give those seniors w ho desire such work an opportunity to study and experiment on the best methods of raising sugar beets, and also to provide them a course in the chemistry of beets and the manu facture of beet sugar. Good Record for Our Lighting Plant. from the dam T he College Electric L i g h t i ng Plant has made a remarkable run. F r om January 3, '98, to March 25, '99 the power never failed to re instant. T he spond for a single the entire remarkable part is that outfit the lamps was new and untried. On the first Saturday of vacation the lights were off for about one hour, owing to a broken belt. During the year and three months the line has been down three times. T he four wires are so arranged that more than two of i b e w i r es must fall down be fore serviceis^sajspended. to It rs rare that) the young escape all infantile diseases. T he statement is true for most new enterprises and the especially for. tho<=e involving use of machinery. Only the most careful thought in designing together with the best engineering skill can secure continuous operation. In an lighting plant reliability is electric the virtue against which all others count for naught. the current stops the cause may be one of a thousand things. Each one of those thousand things must be anticipated and prevented by the engineer. If Up to date the operation of the electrical equipment has been very satisfactory, not a single transformer has been burned, nor has any of the apparatus been damaged in any way. We hope that it will con tinue to operate like " t h e o n e - h o ss shay." Grand Work For Michigan Women. T he Michigan Agricultural Col things lege is accomplishing grand Its course of for Michigan women. study for them includes not only cooking, sewing, chemistry, botany, but literature, music and all branches taught in a first class college. T he dean of the woman's department is Miss Maud R. Kellar, a cultured and winsome lady who has many friends in the East. Miss Ellen R. Rush- more, graduate of Drexel and P r a tt Insti tutes. T he outlook for the future of is surely Michigan home makers brightening. God speed the day when the dreary regime of ignorance and incompetency shall have forever passed away. in cooking, is a instructor T he woman's section of the State F a r m e r s' Institute is another agent working in the interest of better home making. T he dean of the woman's work in connection with family these institutes is M r s. Mary A. Mayo, a woman of large experience and motherly heart. T he subjects chosen always relate to the better ment of home and life. Many of the themes selected are along the line of domestic economy. Associated with Mrs. Mayo for the coming winter are Mrs. Belle M. Perry of Charlotte, one of the most able and best known newspaper women of the state, M r s. Ella W. Rock wood, Mrs. Mary A. Kennedy and Mrs. Irma T. Jones. A movement just fairly begun in Lansing is expected to secure the teaching of cooking in the public schools of the city in the near future. T h us there appears noteworthy ad vance all along the line in Michigan. W h en clubs, schools and colleges work together for so worthy an end, progress is assured and the conquest of public sentiment in its favor is at hand. T he reign of waste and indi- gsstion, let us hope, will speedily be Kitchen ended.— The j\'agazine, American Boston. Students' Farmers' Clubs. Subjects pertaining We have our Botanical Club, our National History Society and our Mechanical Fraternity ( T au Beta P i) ; now why not take a suggestion from the students of Kansas Agri cultural College and organize a Farmer's Club? T he agricultural students of that institution have such a club, which has a membership of about 75 names and holds weekly meetings. to tne farm, as- soil, grain, stock, dairy, horticulture, landscape gardening, veterinary science, botany, entomol ogy, chemistry and even domestic science are discussed. These dis cussions bring out points of great value to the young man who expects to return to the farm; and not only that, but the experience he gets by being placed on the program enables him to express to others his own thoughts and give them tne benefit of knowledge and experience. times the club secures the services of some veteran farmer or agriculturist outside of the college subject. to discuss some During the programs were arranged with a view of devoting one evening each farm work. to certain phases of F or instance, one evening was de voted to grain growing, another to beef cattle, others to horticulture, domestic science, chemistry, botany, bacteriology, dairy, etc. This ar is proving rangement of subjects very instructive, satisfactory and and the young man who attends these meetings with eyes and ears open, cannot fail to learn much that will be of lasting benefit to him in after years. the past school special term At Musical Society. T he M. A. C. chorus class organ ized the forepart of last term into a musical society with F. E. W e s t, president; Miss Mary K n a g g s, sec treasurer; retary; William Ball, Mrs. Marshall, director. It now consists of thirty-five active mem bers. T he society will be pleased to welcome those interested in the growth of the organization either as active or honorary members. T he annual dues of the active members is twenty-five cents, of the honorary It is hoped members, two dollars. that this is the beginning of such a chorus as our college needs, and that a few years will find a chorus at M. A. C. equal to those of other colleges; one of which our college may be proud. At the College. Secretary Bird's family will arrive at the College, Thursday. Dr.-Kedzie spent his vacation in Peoria and Champaign, Illinois. Prof. J. D. T o w ar has heen ap pointed local consul of the L. A. W. Miss Jennie Shaddick, of Grand Rapids, visited at the College sev eral days last week. President and Mrs. Snyder will give a banquet to the senior class next Friday evening. Miss Florence Greening, Toledo, spent her vacation with her sister, Mrs. A. L. Westcott. Mrs. Gunson was removed to the She is city hospital rapidly improving in health. last week. N. R. Osborn, who was ill in the taken in Buffalo, N. Y. last hospital several weeks, was to his home week. A week ago the first practice game of baseball was played at the U. of P a. We still have fairly good sleighing. T he Experiment Station has a ton of sugar beet seed for distribution among farmers w ho wish to carry on experiments with sugar beets. in the hands of T he College appropriation bill is now the Senate finance committee, the College com mittee having reported upon it fav orably. Postmaster I. H. Butterfield has rented the George Martin home just west of College, and will oc cupy it about the first of M a y. M r. Martin will move his family to Har bor Point. J o hn Severance and A. T. Swift have been spending their vacation on thesis work. T h ey are prepar ing plats of the Dr. Miles property which they will submit to the new owners for approval. attended the K. L. Butterfield the American annual meeting of Institute Association of F a r m e r s' Managers in Rochester, N. Y ., last Wednesday and Thursday and read a paper on the " V a l ue of the One- day Institute." R. L. Bigelow was taken to his home in Owosso Saturday, March 25, and returned last Friday to close up his school work. His health is much improved but he has con cluded to dropout of College a vear and spend the time on the Lakes as " N y a n z a ." the freighter oiler on He leaves for Milwaukee today. Dr. and Mrs. Beal, Profs. Barrows and Wheeler and M r. Pettit at tended the meeting of the Michigan in Ypsilanti Academy of Science last week. Prof. Barrows was again elected secretary of the acad emy, and Professors Smith and Wheeler were re-elected vice presi dents of the agricultural and botan ical sections, respectively. 2 T HE M. A. C. R E C O R D. A P R IL 4, 1899 THE M. A. C. RECORD. PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY THE MICHIGAN AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. EDITED BY T HE 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 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 money by P. O. Money Order, Draft, or Registered Letter. Do not send stamps. Business Office with L A W R E N CE & V A N 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 evenings at 6:00 and Thursday eveninsrs 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. Edith A. Smith, President; Elizabeth Johns, Cor. Secretary. KING'S DAUGHTERS—Meet alternate Wed nesdays. Mrs. C. L. Weil, Leader. Mrs. M. L. Dean, Secretary. NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY — Meets alternate Wednesday evenings at 6:30 P. M., in the Zoological Lecture Room. W. B. Barrows, President. A. J. Cook, Secretary.! BOTANICAL CLUB—Meets Monday evenings at 6:30 in the Botanical Laboratory. H. C. Skeels, 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. ADELPHIC SOCIETY—Meetings every Satur day evening at 7:00, Class room A., College Hall. O. L. Ayers, President. H. D. Pay, Secretary. COLUMBIAN LITERARY S O C I E TY — Meeting's every Saturday evening at 7:00. Fourth floor, Williams Hall. "C. F. Austin, President. A. H. Hayes, Secretary. ECLECTIC SOCIETY—Meetings every Satur day evening at 7:00, Fourth Floor, Williams Hall. E. D. Gagnier, President. A. C. Williams, Secretary. FERONIAN SOCIETY—Meetings every Fri day afternoon at 1:00. West Ward. Wells Hall. Grace Lovely, Edith A. Smith, President. Secretary. HESPERIAN SOCIETY—Meetings every Sat urday evening at 7:00, West Ward, Wells Hall. F. N. Lowry President. J. H. Skinner, Secretary. OLYMPIC SOCIETY—Meetings every Satur day evening at 7:00, Fourth Floor, Williams Hall. W, K. Brainard, President. H. J. Eustace, 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. Eugene Price, President. M. Hay- Wood, Secretary, THEMIAN SOCIETY.—Meetings every Tues day afternoon at 4:00, Phi Delta Theta Rooms, East Ward, Wells Hall. Ruby Calkins, Presi dent. Mrs. C. fit. Harris, Secretary. UNION LITERARY SOCIETY — Meetings every Saturdav evening at 7:00, U. L. S. Hall. G. N. Gould, President. H. P. Baker, Secretary. TAU BETA PI FRATERNITY—Meetings on alternate Thursday evenings, Tower Room, Me chanical Laboratory. W. H. Flynn, President. P. S. Rose, Secretary. CLUB BOARDING, ASSOCIATION — John Severance, President. H. S. Putney, Secretary. M. A. C. ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION—E. W. Ranney, President. R. M. Norton, Secretary. Class Announcements for Spring Term. A G R I C U L T U R E . — S e n i o r s. Prof. C. D. Smith. Meet Tuesday at o;oo in Agricultural Laboratory. Juniors, Prof. H. W. Mumford. Meet Tuesdays at 8 in Agricul tural Laboratory ( up stairs). C I V IL E N G I N E E R I N G . — M e c h a n i c al Text, Prof. Vedder. seniors. Johnson. Meet daily at 9 a. m. m engineering class-room, 1st floor College Hall. First Lesson, intro ductory chapter. Hours for field work to be arranged later. C O N S T I T U T I O N AL H I S T O R Y .— Seniors. Prof. Hedrick. Text, Hart's Epochs of American His tory. Meet daily at 8 a. m. in class-room B. First Lesson, page 43-50 V o l. I I. D E S C R I P T I VE G E O M E T R Y. — M e chanical freshmen. Prof. Holds- worth. T e x t, Church's Descrip tive Geometry. Meet daily at 9- 10, 11-12 A. M. in D r a w i ng room, Mechanical Laboratory. D I F F E R E N T I AL C A L C U L U S. — M e chanical sophomores. Prof. Bab- cock. T e x t, Taylor's Calculus. Meet daily at 8 A. M. in Room B, College Hall. First lesson, first 7 articles of T e x t. D R A M A T IC I N T E R P R E T A T I O N. — Junior women. Instructor Crosby. Meet Wednesday at 3 in Room A, " . College Hall. D R A W I N G. — Sophomore women. Instructor Holt. Meet Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 3 to 4 p. M. in D r a w i ng room. E N G I N E E R I NG PRACTicE.-Seniors. Prof. Weil. Lecture. Meet Mon days and Fridays at 11 in recita tion-room. ( N o te books required). E N G L I SH H I S T O R Y. — F r e s h m en a g r i c u l t u r al and women. Meet daily in class room B, as follows: Section I, with Mrs. Blunt, at 10 a. m. Text, Guest's English History. Lesson, 1st chapter. Section I I, with Prof. Hedrick, at 11 a. m. Text, Montgomery's English History. Lesson, pages 18-26. Section I I I, with M r s. Blunt, at 1 p. m. Text, Guest's English History. Lesson, 1st chapter. Section I V, with M r s. Blunt, at 3 p. m. Text, Guest's English History. Lesson, 1st chapter. E N G L I SH M A S T E R P I E C E S . — S e n i or Mechanicals. Prof. G. C. Blunt. Meet, daily at 8, in room D., College Hall. E N T O M O L O G Y. — Sophomore agri c u l t u r a l. Prof. Barrows. Text, Comstock's M anual. Meet Wed nesday at 9 in Zoological lecture room. E N T O M O L O G I C AL L A B O R A T O R Y .— agricultural. Prof. First Sophomore Barrows and Instr. Pettit. half of class (A to L) meet Tues day at 9 in Zoological lecture room. Bring 3H or 4H drawing pencil and eraser. E N T O M O L O G Y — S e n i or agricultur a l. Prof. Barrows and Instr. Pettit. T e x t, Comstock's Man ual. Meet Tuesday at 4 in Zoo logical lecture room. F A RM W O R K . — S e n i o r s. Prof. C. D. Smith. Meet Tuesday at 1 p. m. in Agricultural Laboratory. Juniors. Prof. C. D. Smith. Meet Tuesday at 1 p. in. in Agricultural Laboratory. G E N E R AL H I S T O R Y . — S o p h o m o re W o m e n. Prof. Hedrick. Text, Meyer's Modern and Medieval History. Meet daily at 9 a. m. in class-room B. G E R M A N . — J u n i or Mechanicals and Prof. G. C. Blunt. W o m e n. Meet daily at 9 in Room D, Col lege Hall. H I S T O RY OF A R T . — T u n i or women. Prof. Holdsworth. Text, Good- year's " History of A r t ." Meet daily at 8 a. m. in Free-hand D r a w i ng room. First lesson, first nine pages. IN S T R E N G TH OF L A B O R A T O RY M A T E R I A L S. Juniors. Instructor Westcott. 2% hours per week. T he class will be divided into a number of sections; arrangement sections will be announced of later. M A C H I NE D E S I G N. — Sophomores. Instructor Smith. T e x t, M. A. C. notes. Meet — Section I, Tues days and Thursdays, 1 to 3 p. m .; section I I, Tuesdays and T h u r s days, 9 to 11 a. m., in drawing- room. ( A r r a n g e m e nt of sections will be the same as last t e r m ). M E C H A N I CS OF E N G I N E E R I N G .— Mechanical juniors. Prof. Ved der. Text, Church. Meet daily at 10 a. m. in Engineering class room, floor College Hall. First lesson, review first six pages of chapter on dynamics of rigid bodies. first M E T A LS A ND M I N E R A L S .— M e Prof. F. chanical sophomores. Text, Moses and S. Kedzie. Parson's Mineralogy. Meet Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thurs days; section I from 9 to 11, sec tion II from 1 to 3, in Qualitative room, Chemical Laboratory. O R I G I N AL D E S I G N .— Seniors. Prof. Weil. Meet, Tuesdays, Wednesdays andThursdays from room. to 12 10 in drawing (Class will continue work in advanced designing, under M r. Leonard, for first two weeks.) P L A NE G E O M E T R Y. — F r e s h m e n. In A g r i c u l t u r al and W o m e n. structors Beal and W a r r e n. Text, W e n t w o r t h. F or t he present come to sections as assigned for the algebra of last term. Meet daily, section 1 at 11 a. m. in class-room B, on 2d floor of College H a l l; section I I, at 10 a. m. in class room C, on 3d floor of College H a l l; section I I I, at 9 a. m. in same room; section I V, at 9 a. m. meet Tuesday morning in engineering class-room, 1st floor College Hall. First lesson, first 6 pages of text. P L A NT H I S T O L O G Y. — S o p h o m o re W o m e n. Dr. Beal and Instructor Longyear. Meet in Botanical Laboratory at 1 p. m. Section I, Tuesdays, Thursdays and F r i d a y s; Section I I, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. R H E T O R I C — M e c h a n i c al F r e s h m e n. I n s t r u c t or Prof. Keller and Text, Composition- C r o s b y. Rhetoric. Meet daily; section I at 10 in room to be announced; section II at 11 in Room A. R H E T O R I C A LS — Sophomore M e Crosby. chanicals. Meet Wednesday at 3 in class room A. Instructor S E C O ND G E O M E T RY — Mechanical Freshmen. Prof. Babcock. T e x t, W e n t w o r t h. Meet daily, section I at 9, section II at 10 a. m, in R o om B, College Hall. First lesson, pages 209, 210 and 211. S H OP P R A C T I C E . — J u n i o r s. Instruc tor Leonard. Meet Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, from 1 to 4:20 p. m. in machine shop. Sophomores. Instructors Leon ard, Theadore and Baker. Meet Mondays and Fridays from 9 to 12 and 1 to 4 in machine shop, blacksmith foundry. ( A r r a n g e m e nt of sections same as last t e r m ). shop and Freshmen. Instructors Brad ford and Baker. Meet daily; section I from 1 to 3; section II from 3 to 5. S T E AM E N G I NE — Sophomores. Instructor Smith. T e x t, Holmes. Meet, Tuesday at 11 in recitation room. ( It may be necessary to divide this class into t wo sections; regular hours of meeting will be announced later.) S O IL P H Y S I C S . — F r e s h m e n. Prof. C. D. Smith. N o te books. Meet in sections at 8 and 10 in Agricul tural Laboratory Tuesday morn ing. OF M A T E R I A L S. — S T R E N G TH Juniors. Instructor Westcott. T e x t, Church. Meet daily at 8 lesson, in recitation room. First first five pages of C h a p. 1, P a rt I I I. sopho S U R V E Y I N G . — A g r i c u l t u r al mores. T e x t, Prof. Vedder. Hodgman's Manual. Meet T h u r s days and Fridays at 8 a. m. in engineering class-room 1st floor College Hall. First lesson, first ten pages of Provide a text. book for class notes besides t he . regulation field note-book. Sec tions for fie'd work will be an nounced at first meeting of class. T H E S IS W O R K. — Seniors. Prof. Weil. T en hours per week. Students will arrange individually with the instructor for program of work. T R E ES A ND S H R U B S .— J u n i or A g r i c u l t u r al and W o m e n. Pro fessor Wheeler. Meet in Botan ical Laboratory at 11 a. m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fri days. T i me for field work to be arranged. T e x t, T R I G O N O M E TR Y .— Agricultural Sophomores. Prof. Vedder and Instructor Beal. Jones. All members of the class will meet at 8 a. m. Wednesday in engineering class-room, 1st floor College Hall, when the class will be divided t wo sections. First lesson, first three pages of text. into Helene. READ BEFORE THE OLYMPIC SOCIETY BY L. G. MICHAEL ' o i. I. T i m e : —A trees cast bright, w a r m, sun shiny day in M a y. P l a c e: — A green meadow through which flows a broad, deep river. H e re and there, along the banks of the stream, widely spreading their shadows over the surface of t he water. A boat, its prow drawn up to t he bank, floats in the shade of one of these trees. Near the boat sits a girl and beside her lies a young man, w ho idly turns the pages of a reading aloud. book he has been After the reading had been finished, a long, earnest conversation had fol lowed ; that is, earnest on his part, though she had turned his words lightly away. At last he cried o u t: romantic, " Y ou Helene. that you really felt what you have said, I fear I should g r ow desperate. A.s it is, I shall have to wait." are far If I too thought " Y ou are far too sober, H a r v e y. Of course I like you, after a fashion. But, then, we've grown up here to it would be gether and I think rather poky and slow to marry a man life," I've known all my answered the girl. "I may be romantic, but I'll never marry a man simply because he's well off, finely educated, and papa approves of him. N o! I'm tired of this hum-drum matchmaking." She had risen and n ow walked toward the boat. " A re you com i n g" she asked as she seated herself in t he stern. He got u p; picked up the book, put it in his pocket, and stood for a moment looking at the flushed face of the girl. T h en he smiled and without a word, took his place at the oars. A P R IL 4, 1899. T HE M. A. C. R E C O RD they were to go to the river and row down to the little village a mile below. Here the minister would be waiting and soon she would be the wife of her fathei's gardener. H ow romantic it all seemed. It was so difficult to act naturally during these last few hours at home. T he least noise startled her. At supper time she was absent-minded and ate little. She looked ill, her father insisted said. H er mother upon her going to her room. the girl an hour Mrs. Hamlin In half to Helene's room. She went up found seemingly asleep. F or some time she stood looking at Helene, and, as she turned to go, she sighed to herself,—"I hope she will be satisfied when all is over." H A VE J U ST R E C E I V ED A N EW L I NE OF TIES J2L.EASTER Some Yery Handsome Effects. Four- in-hands seem to be the best for Spring wear. V I. A complete line of H A TS Including DUNLAP'S, MERTON'S and YOUNG'S. Also the swell things in Golf Caps and Hose* 3 s IMONS Dry Goods Co. We announce the opening of our SPRING LINES IN. Dress Goods, Silks, White Goods, Wash Goods, Gloves, Etc. OUR READY MADE WEAR DEPARTMENT. You will find New Jackets, Skirts, Shirt Waists, House Jackets, etc. ...OUR... Carpet Department is displaying new lines of II. "I have discharged the gardener," said Mr. Hamlin, one morning. " He •was getting too old to do the heavy w o r k. In his place I have engaged a young G e r m a n ." Helene looked up. 'A German, father? Does he know e n o u gh English to take our orders?" she asked. " He speaks but answered her father. •what's up with young M c K i r k? that H a r ry hear lor an extended r o p e ." little English," " By the way, I this morning left trip through Eu It was eight o'clock. Breakfast had just been eaten. Mr. Hamlin still sat at the table. Helene was at t he window. As her father spoke, she turned to look at him, but now her attention seemed absorbed by she something out of doors, for the toward quickly window. Her father was unable to tell whether it was the light through the curtain that colored her cheeks, or whether she really blushed. turned again " H e l e n e ! " — It was her mother the hall. Glad of an escape. Helene to H er the looked after her and smiled to himself. T h en he calling from opportunity hastened father knowingly w e nt into his study. room. from the that about gardener times she improvements the beds and I I I. As the weeks went by, Helene noticed took special interest in those flower beds which she called her own. She often worked here on mild days, taking almost entire care of her flowers. At such fre quently had occasion to consult the in G e r m an arranging flowers. S he found him very pleasant and polite. His attentive way of listen ing to her orders, the promptness with which he executed them, the taste and skill which he displayed in all his work pleased Helene. In spite of herself she found that she was taking an interest in him. As for the gardener, he seemed to obey her slightest wish as though she had ordered him to do this or to do that. This to her romantic turn of mind was rather flattering. I V. Summer had passed and there was a great deal to be done. T he trees had to be shrubs and tender made ready for winter. T he gar dener worked hard all day. Some times he stayed far into the evening covering up flower beds that they might not be injured by the frost. One moonlight evening Helene stood on the porch watching there among him going here and t he flower beds. Suddenly he left his work and came up to where she was. the "Miss Helene, can you come with me a minute?" he asked. Somewhat surprised she followed him down the path. Pausing at a bend in the way, he turned to her and said: "Miss Helene my work here is I am going away and nearly done. may never see you again." She looked at him questioningly. Tust then the moon slipped behind a "cloud and when it again made its appearance the garden was e*mpty. V. All the necessary arrangements for the elopement had been made. Helene was to wait till both father and mother were asleep and then leaving the house by the back way m e et him in the garden. Together It was but the work of a few seconds to get into her mackintosh. T he house had been quiet for an hour. She stole down stairs and was soon in the garden. A muffled for her. He figure was waiting together spoke in a low the rapidly they walked river. T h us far all had gone well. the stream. T h en time her com panion seemed to hesitate. T u r n ing to her he laid his hand upon her arm. they reached the first tone and toward Soon for s " H e l e n e ," he said, "I have done you a great wrong." " W h at wrong have you done in her she asked gaily, but meV mind her thoughts were anything but gay. Without answering her he went on. " If you knew that I had deceived you would your affections for me be any the less?" After a moment's answered, " N o, it would be same as now." thought she the While he was talking he removed in which he had been the scarf muffled. Stooping he dipped his handker chief in the water and pressed it several times over his face. False mustache and eyebrows were quick ly removed and before her stood Harvey McKirk. " Do not be angry, Helene, I could not help but do as I have done. Everything is ready, shall we go o n ?" F or a moment she hesitated, then the turned and walked slowly to boat. " A re you coming?" she asked. He stood looking at her for a moment then smiled and without a word took his place at the oars. H i gh School Excursions. About 150 Howell high school stu dents visited the College last week. A mammoth excursion from Muske gon, Grand Haven, Holland and in termediate points will be here to Grand morrow. from Rapids will visit us some in May. Students time O t h er Colleges. Miss Caroline Hazard of Peace Dale, R. I., has been elected presi dent of Wellesley College. It is estimated that the gifts made to educational and by Americans the charitable past year amounted to $45,000,000. institutions during Beginning this term, Cornell will publish a new paper, Alumni News, in the interest of her 4,000 graduates. local It alumnus. is to be managed by a Students patronage solicited. ORIENTAL RUGS ELGIN MIFFLIN. AIJL M E A T S . . .. May look alike to you, but there is a very great difference in the quality we han dle and that sold by some other markets. We handle none but the very best. Like the pudding, the proof of good meats is in the eating. A trial will convince you that you ought to trade with us. BOTH P H O N E S. Careful attention given to phone orders. GOTTLIEB REUTTER. Washington Ave. South. Students are invited to see our line of Carpets, Mattings, etc., for Spring. Alsdorf & Son... THE DRUGGISTS. Everything First Class, Fresh and Up to Date. Lawrence & VanBuren PRINTING CO., Ottawa St. E. L a n s i n g, M i c h. R. B. S h a nk & Co., Leading Grocers and Confectioners. ,'!''f'>i'^'^'\i'^^',i,u'\i'\.'V'.i'ki,^'^>\,'\,>\.n,i'ki,u'^^ The Celebrated ROYAL S H O ES j of Men's Fine Shoes for Lansing. s We have secured the exclusive sale of this celebrated line ? ? These shoes are made in all styles and all colors at the ? •? uniform price of Three Dollars and Fifty Cents. > They are without doubt one of the best special lines of shoes made and are crowding out many of the Five-Dollar lines wherever introduced. NOTICE. These shoes are now coming in and we will soon have a complete line in all styles. C. D. W. CD. '$ N EW SHOE 5 T 0 R E, HOLLISTER BLOCK. 5 5 4 News from Graduates and Students. Jerome K. Stock with '97 is a flor ist at 333 A v e ry avenue, Detroit. H . J ay Hayes with '90 manages the Cleveland branch store for the Grand Rapids Cycle C o. R. B. Buck '96 has accepted a posi tion as business manager of the Chronicle, Burlingame, Kansas. R oy B. F u g a te with '97 fires on a locomotive for the A. T. & S. F. railway at Albuquerque, N ew M e x ico. Lee Chapman with '97 was mar ried March 25 to a Miss W r i g h t. M r. Chapman is teaching near L a ke Odessa. E. L. F u g a te with '95 is manager and partner in the furniture company of Born & F u g a t e, Raton, N ew Mexico. F. N. Bierce with ' 9 7^ is em ployed as erecting engineer by the Stilwell-Bierce & Smith-Vaile Co., Dayton, Ohio. C. H. Spencer with '92 is assis tant engineer forces for Railway. in charge of office Indiana the Southern Popular T he April Science Monthly contains an excellent por trait and biographical sketch of the late D r. Manly Miles. Ex-President Oscar Clute '62 is again engaged in the ministry at Pomona, California, where he preached several years ago. Mrs. E va J. Gray with ' 0 1, steno grapher for A k r on Rubber W o r k s, A k r o n, Ohio, writes: " M. A. C. is one of the pleasantest places in the world to attend school." H o n. C. J. Monroe with '61 is president of an organization of Kala mazoo, V an Buren, Cass, Branch, St. Joseph and Calhoun county ban kers, organized last month. W m. Petrie '90 has secured a farm in northwestern Pennsylvania, and expects to make his home there permanently. His address will be Conneaut Lake, Pennsylvania. T he Defender Photo Paper Co., Rochester, N. Y. in which Fred W. Kramer with '97 was interested, has been "frozen out" by the Eastman trust, and M r. Kramer has returned to his home in Grand Rapids. H. R. Smith '95, instructor in chemistry and physics in the Rock Island, (111.,) high school was this year provided with new laboratories to his own plans. built according Prof. J. E. McGilvrey, high school the State University, visitor from recently made the statement that Rock Island now has the best laboratory facilities in the state of Illinois, not including the universities of the state. Important Meeting of Record Editors. All society members of the R E C O RD staff are requested to meet in Class-room A, College Hall, this evening ( T u e s d a y) at 6:30, to ar range work for the spring term. H o gs Like Alfalfa H a y. T he F a rm Department at the Kansas Experiment Station has re cently been buying hogs to repeat the Kaffir feeding experiment. " T en head arrived one evening," says J. H. H a n ey Farm " a nd were turned into the Journal, in the National T HE M. A. C. R E C O RD A P R IL 4, 1899. paved barnyard. About a bushel of whole Kaffir was thrown on the pavement for them and close by an fine alfalfa hay. T he armful of hogs began eating the Kaffir very greedily, and in moving about one by one came in contact with the hay. T h ey did not spit out the their Kaffir actions showed that the hay suited them better; and the next morning there was less alfalfa than Kaffir left where the hogs were fed." the hay,, but to eat WE ARE IN OUR NEW HOWE.. . 103 Washington Ave. S. All the new things in Men's, youtirs and Boy's (jKOTHlNQ Important to Science. Furnishings and Hats. this similarity extended F or more than fifty years it has been known that the fertilization or impregnation of cryptogamous or flowerless plants was similar to that of animals, but it was not known that to phanerogamous or flowering plants. N ow comes the announcement that Mrs. Margaret C. Furguson, an undergraduate student in Cornell, has discovered that the white pine is thus discovery, which has been characterized by Professor Atkinson, head of the botanical department in Cornell, as of importance, is but another link in the chain of evolu tion. the greatest fertilized. This COME IN AND SEE U S. DAVIS CLOTHING CO. Furniture Headquarters. - - Gotsat Wire Springs at Mattresses from - Tables, Rockers, Bureaus, Iron Beds. $1.25, $1.50, $2.00 and $2.50 $J.50 and $2.00 $2.00 up - - - - Marathon Race- AH goods delivered free to College. fl. J. & B. fl. Buck. DIRECTORY LANSING BUSINESS and PROFESSIONAL MEN ** FURNITURE DEALERS. M J. & B. M. BUCK.—Furniture. Cor. Wash ington Ayenue and Ionia Stree See ad. GROCERS. R B. SHANK & CO., 200 Washington Ave. S. The leading grocers. Both phones. Daily delivery to the college. 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 students will take pains to patronize those who patronize us. HACK AND BAGGAGE LINES. M A. C. STUDENTS —Don't forget W. H. PORTER, the Hack and Liveryman. Rubber tires a specialty. 300 Capitol Ave. S. Both Phones. HARDWARE, STOVES AND TINWARE. It T he Cornell Cross Country Club has announced its intention of holding a race which promises to be be an in novation in American college ath twenty-five letics. is to be a mile road race, thus initiating the ancient Marathon race, which was a feature of the Grecian games. This idea has been suggested by the revi val of the annual Olympic games in Europe, and is looked upon with favor by the cross-country much runners of the University, many of whom have expressed their intention of entering. It is probable that the winner, if he makes a good showing, the will be entered Olympic games to be held in Paris. in 1900 in Wesleyan is making another cru sade against co-education. At a mass meeting of the students body it has been decided that it is for the best interest of the university that women be excluded and co-educa tion abolished. We have no objections to curls for a boy, provided the boy hates them. CHAS. A. PIELLA, D E A L ER IN DIAMONDS, WATCHES, JEWELRY, Clocks, Silverware, Art Goods. 121 Washington Ave. N., LANSING, MICE. Employes of M. A. C . —— to build Desiring ARCHITECTS. M EAD & WHITE—Architects, Lansing, Mich.» 115 Washington Ave. N., and Harbor Springs' Mich., Clark Block. BARBERS. J H. WOOD—Barber. 106 Michigan Avenue E. College work especially solicited. BOOKS AND STATIONERY. T ANSING BOOK AND P A P ER COMPANY. J_y Books, Stationery, Wall Paper, Engravings and Frames. 120 Washington Ave. N. BOOTS AND SHOES. D. WOODBURY.— Boots and Shoes. We shoe the students. See ad. BICYCLES AND MUSIC. PIANOS, Organs, Sheet Music, Guitars, Banjos, Violins, etc. Bicycles, new or second hand, for sale or rent. Repair shop complete. Bicycles and Guns to rent. Holmes Music and Cycle Co. GEO. H. RICHMOND. Pierce Cycles. Full line of sundries. Repairing and renting at reasonable rates. 200 N. Washington Ave. CLOTHING. Hats and Caps. 112 Washington Ave. North. LOUIS BECK.—Clothier. Gents' Furnishings, A E. DAVIS.—Clothing and Gentlemen's Fur-, nishings. See ad. CROCKERY AND GLASSWARE. should H H. EARNED.—China, Glass and Lamps. 105 Washington Ave. S. not purchase their material be DENTISTS. fore consulting with Hiram Rikerd, Lansing, Mich. R W. MORSE, D . D . S. DR. DAWLEY, M. D , D. D. S. Office over Postal Telegraph Co., Michigan and Washing Hollister Block, Room 517. ton aves. DRUGGISTS. C J.ROUSER—Capital Drug Store. 123 Wash ington Avenue South. Lumber of all kinds. Interior Finishing a specialty. DRY GOODS. PRICES RIGHT. Office and Factory, Mill St. Both Phones. SIMONS DRY GOODS COMPANY. — Dry Goods and Carpets. See ad. FURNISHING GOODS. ELGIN MIFFLIN.—Ladies' and Gentlemen's Furnishing Goods. See ad. 213 Washington Avenue North. tail Hardware and House Furnishings. 211 and J ACOB STAHL & SON.—Wholesale and Re N ORTON'S HARD WARE—General Hardware, Stoves, Tinware, Graniteware, Cutlery, etc. I ll Washington Ave. South. * HOTELS. THE N EW GRAND—R. M. Renner, Proprie tor. Special rates to students. Washington Avenue S. INSURANCE. THE DYER-JENISON-BARRT CO., LTD., (Incorporated) 108 Michigan Ave. West. A\i kinds of the best insurance. Strongest agency in the city. JEWELERS. B P. RICHMOND—Watchmaker, Jeweler and Engraver. 200-202 Washington Avenue N. LAUNDRIES. THE VAN GORDER PALACE L A U N D R Y. C. H. Hilton, Agt., Wells Hall, Room 97. Irving Gingrich, Agt., Room 47, Williams' Hall. S. P. Lantz, Prop. LUMBER DEALERS. H W. RIKERD.—Lumber Dealer. Mill Street. See ad. MERCHANT TAILORS. trade solicited. Opposite Hotel Downey, North. W OODBURY & SAVAGE.—Tailori. Student J OHN H E R R M A N N 'S SONS. Fine Tailoring. 218 Washington Avenue N. MILLINERY. M RS. L. S. HUDSON, Hudson Block, where you can find the best styles in simple as well as elaborate Hats at lowest prices. OCULISTS. J OSEPH FOSTER, M. D.—Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat. Hours 9 to 12 A. M., 2 to 4 P. M. Sun days, 12tol. City National Bank Building, Lan sing- PHYSICIANS. A D. HAGADORN, M. D.—Office hours, 11 la 12 A. M., 2 to 4 and 7 to 8 P. M. Office at 212 Washington Avenue S.; home 419 Seymour St. PHOTOGRAPHERS. SP E C I AL PRICES to M. A. C. Students. Hatton, Photographer, over State Savings Bank. RESTAURANTS. GILBERT M. HASTY.—Proprietor Hasty's Gem Lunch. Best meals and lunches in the city. 113 Washington Avenue S.