T HE M. A. C. RECORD. VOLUME I. LANSING, MICHIGAN, TUESDAY, MAY 26, 1896. NUMBER 19. THE HESSIAN FLY. G. C. DAVIF. The appearance of injurious insects in the present month has been greater than in many years previous for May. One of this number is the Hessian fly on wheat. Last autumn there were no more indications of an attack than there were a year ago that rime. Last season very little wheat was injured by the fly; this year Prof. Smith, who has visited many fields in this vicinity, estimates a probable loss of between a quar ter and a third of the crop by this insect. The differ ence in climatic conditions between the two seasons must account for this largely. The present season with its even temperature and absence of chilling storms stands in strong contrast with the season be fore, which was quite the opposite. The fly is now in the pupa or "flax seed" stage, and will be found encased inside the lower leaf sheaths. At harvest time the most of these pupae will have transformed to the fly. There are at least two and probably three broods each year, but the brood in May and June is the one that usually does the most harm, as the wheat stem then breaks off near the ground, where the maggot has fed on it, and the grain becomes shrunken or does not develop at all. Mr. Crozier has examined the different varieties of wheat that are being grown on the farm, to see if certain varieties are more exempt from attack by the fly than others. His report on this examination is that all the varieties are injured, and that not one of them is near enough exempt to warrant any conclusions in its favor. Prospects at present appear favorable for an attack on wheat again next fall, although even this prediction is in a measure like forecasting the weather, liable to outside influences. Farmers would do well to post pone sowing wheat as long as possible next fall and still secure a good stand. Late sowing with plenty of fertilizer to hasten the growth when once started, has usually saved the greatest per cent of wheat. Zoological Department. WHAT NOW SHALL BE DONE WITH OUR FORESTS? ARBOR-DAY ADDRESS BY DR. W. J. BEAL. The celebration of Arbor Day did not originate in a state naturally covered with a fine forest, but iu a prairie country. IUstarted in Nebraska, in 1872, twen ty-four years ago, through the efforts of Hon. J. Ster ling Morton, now Secretary of Agriculture; and on that day in the state named over 12,000,000 trees were planted. In the past, two or three or more Arbor Days have been observed at M. A. C. Michigan has a mild climate tempered by the great lakes; and it is natural for trees to grow in such countries. We have just heard of the magnificent virgin forests of the state—trees were so abundant that they were a hindrance to the early settlers. Until very recently, it was next to impossible to find many persons who were willing to admit that Michigan pine was nearly gone. We have also heard a candid statement of the present condition of our forests, to the effect that the state has but little pine left and the hard wood, or more properly speaking, the broad-leaved trees, are going at a more rapid rate than did the pine. As the timber diminishes, the demand increases. Our forests have been treated much as a mine is treated, viz., cut over with the view of exhaustion and extermination. In my opinion, large areas in many portions of the state are better adapted to growing forests trees than any thing else. We do not need to trouble ourselves about replanting much of this land, but only take a little care and kind nature will do the rest. Even this beautiful campus would soon be a dense forest if left to nature. At about twenty institutes and other gatherings the past winter, I have presented this subject and do not purpose letting the matter drop for a good while yet. Our good governor is interested in this important subject and is doing much to educate the people in the needs of forestry. Of all the products of these United States that come ! from the soil, one-third or nearly that, is derived from i the forests where man cuts and removes what no man planted or cultivated. In our own state the relative value of the timber to the farm crops is even greater than the average in the whole United States. Considering its very great importance, Michigan is not doing as much in the interest of forestry as she is in protecting the fishes of the lakes and streams. There is less interest manifested in the proper man agement of our native trees than in the protection of game, birds and beasts. Different portions of our state have suffered enor mously by devastating fires. Perhaps the sooner we have more severe and extensive fires the sooner we shall be aroused to action. In 1S94 the state of Wisconsin estimated her loss by forest fires at $5:000,000, and suffering people were assisted to the extent, of $2,500,000, making .$7,500,000. In the same year the state of Minnesota estimated her loss by forest fires at not less than $12,000,000. In both these states it is safe to double the amounts named as more nearly the actual loss, because the fires destroyed immense groves of young trees with a great prospective value; besides no estimate was made for the fearful loss of vegetable matter which was burned, in many places leaving the soil in poor condition. The people of Wisconsin and Minnesota have suf fered long enough these fearful inroads by forest fires, and over a year ago set us a good example by appro priating money to carry out provisions of wise legis lation. [To be continued ] THE EDUCATION OF THE INDIAN. D D. McARTHUR, '94. Never before in the history of mankind has a con quered people been fed, clothed, and educated by its conquerors. The U. S. government, stirred to action by the hu mane feelings of our countrymen, has at a great ex pense, been laboring for many years, to ameliorate the condition of the remnants of the once powerful tribes who at one time held unlimited sway over this entire country. "The ultimate aim of our government is to break up tribal life, do away with reservations, dispense with military posts and agencies among the Indians—in short, to make the Indans respectable citizens, earning for themselves an independent, honest livelihood." It is slow, "up-hill" work. It means the transforma tion of this people's nature. Ever since the settlement of our country there has been more or less missionary work done among the Indians. Of late, it has wisely been deemed best to withhold public moneys from the use of sectarian scbools, and in two years more it will be done away with completely. Our country began to legislate concerning the In dians in 1775. Eight different policies have been tried on the In dians, viz.: First. The tribes were treated as separate and in dependent states, and treaties were made with them by the War Department. Second. A general superintendent regulated trade with the Indians and the United States. Third. They were under a civic commission of the WTar Department. Fourth. Under civil control, commissioners made treaties with them. Fifth. The Indians were organized within a state or territory under a superintendency. The agencies and reservations were under an agent who reported di rectly to the superintendent. This system gave great opportunity for plunder and was soon abandoned. Sixth. The experiment was tried of assigning the several reservations to denominations. The churches selected the agents, President Grant appointed them. Seventh. Under the policy of 1886-1887, all Indians were to be placed on reservations and rations issued. Industrial pursuits being considered necessary, farm ing implements, tools, cattle, etc., were given to the Indians. Schools were provided. Eighth. After the act of 1887 allotments became a policy. There are now about 134,000 Indians on reserva tions. They are located in 20 states and territories. In all they form 147 tribes or parts of tribes. The res ervations are embraced within agencies, 54 in number. These agencies are controlled by agents, appointed by the President. The educational policy began 1819 with an appro priation of $10,000; in 1876 it was increased to $20,000. This policy now contemplates the education annually of about 18,000 children. On many reservations there are Indian schools con ducted by denominations who receive $150 per annum for each Indian pupil in attendance. But the greater part of the Indian education is car ried on through Reservation Day Schools and Reserva tion Boarding Schools. Reservation Day Schools are conducted similarly in some respects to our common district schools. At these schools a man and his wife are usually employed (salary $600 and $300 respectively). They are provided with quarters, and teach industrial pursuits as well as the rudiments of an English education. I will give a brief description of the Omaha Board ing School. It is a more extenisve plant than some Reservation Boarding Schools and not so extensive as others. It is located in the eastern pai-t of Nebraska, county of Thurston, on the Omaha Reservation. The school owns one section of land. On this land is the Indian traders' store, stables, slaughter house, and dwell ing. He is also postmaster. The Presbyterian Board of Home Missions has a lease of a few acres, and on this land are located the Presbyterian parson age and church—both very neat structures. Then there is our school plant. Tbis consists of the main building, which contains rooms for employes, dining rooms and kitchens for employes and pupils, bath, play rooms and dormitories for 100 pupils, sewing room, closets, basement for storing goods, etc.; the school building containing three rooms, laundry, wood house, ice house, ware house (resembling a country store), physician's office, barns, hen house, wragon and blacksmith shop (com bined), and two cottages. These buildings are all in good repair, well painted, and present a very pleasing effect when viewed from one of the surrounding hills. Upon our school grounds there are a great many trees which are particularly attractive in this prairie country. Girls, when not in the school room, work in the laundry, kitchen, sewing room, and at general house work. Boys work on the farm, garden, in the laundry, shops, barn, etc. All are kept busy. There are many features of the Indian school work that are very pleasant. To one interested in psycholo gy the Indian affords a very interesting study. The shyness of the children is pleasing. One makes many good friends among them. Some possess very admir able traits. There is much novelty in the whole situa tion and many surprises. Supt. Omaha Boarding School. SOCIETY NOTES. The Hesperians had an enjoyable evening the last Saturday before the end of the term. A special liter ary program was given, after which dancing was in dulged in to a late hour. Several members of the local Chapter of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity attended the convention of the northern division of that fraternity in Hillsdale last week. At the term-end party of the Union Literary Society their alumni furnished the literary program, which included a comparison of the society now and ten years ago, by Prof. Babcock; a recitation by Mrs. Wood worth; Benefits of Societies, by C. J. Foreman; and a College paper by W. L. Cummings, which was illustrated by the stereopticon from drawings fur nished by E. N. Thayer, '93. Bristol's orchestra fur nished music for the dance which followed. Several members of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity, with their ladies, made a bicycle run to the College one evening last week and enjoyed a social evening in their frat. rooms. 2 T HE M. A. C. E E C O E D. MAY 26, 1896. The M. A. C. Reeord. Chemical Physics.—Elective for Agricultural seniors* Prof. Woodworth. H o u rs to be a r r a n g e d. engineering class room. F or T u e s d ay prepare t he first four articles in Rigid Dynamics. PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY THE MICHIGAN AGKICULTURAL COLLEGE E D I T ED BY" T HE F A C U L T Y, ASSISTED BY T HE STUDENTS. A D D R E SS A LL M A IL TO L O CK B OX 262, L A N S I N G, M I C H. S U B S C R I P T I O N, 50 CENTS P ER Y E A R. Business Office with D A R I US D. T H O RP & SON, Printers and Binders, 108-120 Michigan Ave. West, Lansing, Mich. 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We w a nt frequent a nd short notes regarding t he w o rk of our alumni a nd others w ho have been in at t e n d a n c e. We especially request short reminiscences •from those who were s t u d e n ts in t he early clays of t he College, b ut we do not w a nt a ny accounts of petty tricks, even those of a boyish n a t u r e. SUMMER TERM ANNOUNCEMENTS. Agriculture.—Agricultural seniors, Prof. Smith. Meet in lecture room of t he Agricultural Laboratory at a t i me to be a r r a n g e d. A g r i c u l t u r al E n g i n e e r i n g .— Elective for seniors, Professor Vedder. No text. Engineering class room, College hall; hours a nd work a r r a n g ed later. Botany.—Agricultural freshmen, Instructor Longyear. JMeet in t wo sections, section A at 9 a. m. a nd section B at 10 a. m., on Wednesday, in room 8 on first floor of t he Botanical Laboratory, Chemistry.— Sophomore mechanicals, Metallurgy and Minerals, F. S. Kedzie. Assay room, Chemical labora tory, Monday, Tuesday, T h u r s d ay a nd F r i d ay 1 to 5 p. ro. Class divided into t wo divisions. See bulletin board in mechanical building for divisions. T e xt book, Moses a nd P a r s o n s' Minerology. lecture room. L a b o r a t o ry work Chemistry.—Sophomore a g r i c u l t u r a l, Chemistry of t he Carbon compounds. T h r ee lectures per week by Dr. Kedzie, Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 11 to 12 a. m., Chemical four hours per week. Divisions of t he class a nd time will be posted on bulletin board in t he laboratory. Orn- dorff's Laboratory Manual required as guide in lab oratory work. This neck t he class will meet every d ay at 11 o'clock in Chemical lecture room. Civil Engineering.—Mechanical seniors, Professor Vedder. Text, Johnson's Theory a nd Practice of Sur veying. The class will meet in engineering class room, College hall, at 9 a. m. T u e s d a y 's lesson will be t he introductory chapter. Descriptive Geometry.—Mechanical freshmen. Prof. It is probable t h at there will be twTo di Holdsworth. visions, one from 9 to 10 a nd one from 11 to 12. T he divisions will be m a de by t he m a t h e m a t i c al depart ment. Differential Calculus.—Mechanical sophomores, Pro fessor Babcock. Rice & Johnson's Differential Calcu lus will be used as text book, b ut p a rt of t he subject will be given by lectures. Class will meet T u e s d ay at 8 a. m. on second floor, College hall, south side. No lesson assigned for first meeting. E n g l i sh Masterpieces.—Mechanical seniors, Prof. E d w a r d s. P a n c o a s t 's Introduction to English Litera ture. Class meets at 8 a. m.. daily in class room A, Col lege hall. E l e m e n ts of M a c h i ne Design.—Sophomore class, In structor Westcott. Text book, Klein. Mondays a nd F r i d a ys 9 to 11 a. m. W e d n e s d a ys 1 to 3 p.'m. D r a w ing room. E n g i n e e r i ng Practice.—Senior class, Prof. Weil. Lectures. Tuesday a nd T h u r s d a ys 10 to 11 a. m. Re citation room. Entomology-—Professor Barrows. Agricultural jun iors will meet in t he zoological lecture room at 10 a. m. Tuesday. T e xt book, Comstock's Manual for the Study of Insects. See instructor before purchasing. E x a m i n a t i o ns in Mathematics.—An opportunity to m a ke up back work a nd to t a ke examinations for ad vanced standing will be given Monday, M ay 25. F i e ld Day.—The attention of those training for field day is invited to t he bulletin board. Several changes have been made in t he list of those excused from drill. French.—Mechanical juniors, Prof. Edwards. V an Dael's Introduction to t he F r e n ch L a n g u a g e. Class meets at 5 p. m. daily in class room A, College hall. F r e e - h a nd Drawing.—Prof. Holdsworth. There will be no regular class in this work, b ut t he d r a w i ng room will be open during the forenoon, a nd instruction will be given in t he t wo hours not filled by t he classes in Descriptive Geometry. T he work will be chiefly in charcoal from t he cast. G e n e r al Physics.—Freshmen, Prof. Woodworth. Text, Atkinson's Ganot (Sound and Light). Meet in Physical lecture room at 8 a. m., except Mondays. German.—Mechanical juniors, Prof. Edwards. H a r- riss's German Lessons. Class meets at 11 a. m. daily in class room A on second floor of College hall. Grasses.—Agricultural juniors, Dr. Beal. Meet on second floor of t he Botanical L a b o r a t o ry in room 12 at 8 a. m., Tuesday.- H o r t i c u l t u re (Pomology).—Agricultural juniors, Professor Taft. Meet in t he H o r t i c u l t u r al L a b o r a t o ry at 9 a. m. Tuesday. Lesson, pages 289-306 of chapter 28 of t he text book. L a b or in t he Horticultural Department will begin on Tuesday at 1 p. m. Seniors electing labor ou t he F a rm D e p a r t m e nt will report at t he lecture room of t he Agricultural Labora tory at 1 p. m. Tuesday. Sophomores will report for labor on t he farm at t he u s u al place at 1 p. m. on Tuesday. F r e s h m en who worked on t he farm last term will report for work at t he usual place at 1 p. m. on Tues day. L a b o r a t o ry in S t r e n g th of Materials.—Junior class, Instructor Westcott. Two a nd a half hours p er week. Students will m a ke a r r a n g e m e n ts in regard to hours with t he instructor. M i l i t a ry Drill.—Lieut. Lewis. All students classi fied for drill will report for d u ty at 6:30 p. m. on W e d n e s d a y. T he b a nd will meet regularly on t he first four nights of t he school wTeek. Those interested will b e ar in mind t h at all excuses from drill a re valid only for t he t e rm during which t h ey a re granted. Milton.—Agricultural seniors. Prof. Edwards. Mac- millan's I a nd II books of P a r a d i se Lost. Class meets at 4 p. m. on Tuesdays in class room A, College hall. O r i g i n al Design.—Senior class, Prof. Chamberlain. Mondays, W e d n e s d a ys a nd F r i d a y s, 10 to 12 a. m. D r a w i ng room. • P h y s i c al L a b o r a t o ry Work.—Mechanical freshmen. Meet in Physical L a b o r a t o ry at 1 p. m., W e d n e s d a y. P h y s i o l o gy a nd Anatomy.—Professor Barrows. Agricultural Sophomores wdll meet in t he zoological lecture room at 9 a. m. Tuesday. T e xt book, F o s t er a nd Shore's Physiology for Beginners. P l a ne Geometry. —Agricultural freshmen, Instructor, P a s h b y. Meet daily on third floor, College hall, Sec. A at 10 a. m.; Sec. B at 11 a. m. T u e s d a y 's lesson, first t h r ee pages of B e m an a nd Smith's Geometry. Rhetoric.—Freshmen, Prof. Noble. Text, Genung's Outlines of Rhetoric. Lesson, to bottom of page 12, Meet on third floor of College hall at hours indicated in t he catalog. Rhetoricals.—Sophomores, Instructor Crosby. Meet as per schedule in catalog in English class-room on second floor of College hall. Agricultural F r e s h m e n. Text, Hainill's Mew Science of Elocution. Meet in t he Chapel on T h u r s d ay at hours indicated in t he catalog. Shakespeare.—Agricultural juniors, Prof. Edwards. Midsummer Night's Dream, Rolfe's edition. Class meets at 4 p. m. on T h u r s d a ys in class room A on sec ond floor of College hall. Shop P r a c t i c e . — J u n i or class, Instructor Newell. Mondays, T u e s d a y s, W e d n e s d a ys a nd T h u r s d a ys 1 to 4:20 p. m. (Except d ay in Testing Laboratory.) Ma chine shop. Shop Practice.—Sophomore class, Instructors Newell, Hoyt, a nd Theodore. Machine shop, Foundry a nd Blacksmith shop. (See Mech'l Dept's bulletin board.) Shop P r a c t i c e . — F r e s h m an class, Instructor Hoyt. Mondays, T u e s d a ys a nd W e d n e s d a ys 1 to 4:20 p. m. P a t t e rn shop. Soils.—Agricultural juniors, Instructor Crozier. Meet in t he lecture room of t he Agricultural L a b o r a t o ry at 4 p. m. on Tuesday. Solid Geometry.—Mechanical freshmen, Profs. Bab cock a nd P a s h b y. T h is course is a continuation of the geometry of the spring term for the same students. Text book, t he same as before, B e m an a nd Smith. Class will meet T u e s d ay at 9 a. m. on second floor, south side of College hall for registration a nd division. No lesson for first meeting. Steam Engine.—Sophomore class, Prof. Weil. Text book, Holmes. Mondays a nd F r i d a y s, 11 to 12 a. m., W e d n e s d a ys 4 to 5 p. m. Recitation room. S t r e n g th of Materials.—Junior Instructor Westcott. T e xt book, Church. F i ve days, 8 to 9 a. m. Recitation room. class, Surveying.—Agricultural sophomores, Professor Ved der. Text, H o d g m a n 's Surveying. Class will meet twice per week in engineering class room at 8 a. m. Details as to days of meeting, field work, a nd lesson- will be a r r a n g ed later. Thesis Work.—Senior class, Prof. Weil. Ten hours per week. Students will m a ke a r r a n g e m e n ts in re g a rd to hours w i th t he instructor. Trees a nd Shrubs.—Agricultural sophomores, In structor Wheelei\ Meet on second floor of t he Bo- tanical Laboratory in room 12 at 10 a. m. Wednesday. Trigonometry.—Agricultural sophomores, Instructor Pashby. Text, Jones' Drill Book. Meet three times p er week in engineering class room, first floor, College hall, at 8 a. m. First meeting T u e s d a y; lesson will be announced on t he bulletin board in College hall. NEWS FROM GRADUATES AND STUDENTS. D. G. Smith, with '94, Portland, spent Sunday at the M. A. C. L. H. V an Wormer, '95, is assisting Thorn Smith in Mechanics of Engineering.—Mechanical juniors, the analysis of fertilizers. Professor Vedder. A continuation of t he same sub ject of last term. Class will meet at 10 a. m. daily, in O. P. Gulley, '79, Dearborn, Mich., is one of t he su pervisors of W a y ne county. MAY 26, 18^6. T HE M. A. C. E E C O R D. * 3 W. J. Goodenough, '95 m, is reported to have secured a position on t he s t e a m er Northwest. George L. Chase. '89, leaves Detroit on a three m o n t h s' vacation t o ur about J u ne 1st. C. J. Strang, '78, recently p u r c h a s ed t he interest of M. L. P h a r es in t he Sunfield Sun, a nd is now sole pro prietor. C. G. W a t s o n, with '96 m. is in t he railroad mail ser vice. He h as a r un from Detroit to Saginaw on t he F. & P. M. R. R. A few days since, Dr. J. E. Hinkson, '92, was seen l e a v i ng Lansing with a new buggy and a wagon load of 'household utensils. George N. Case, with '66, w as elected city clerk of Cheboygan at the last election with a large majority a nd for t he eighth time. G. E. Kedzie, '73, is prospecting with a mining com p a ny in Old Mexico, sixty-five miles from a railroad. Mail once in t wo weeks. W. L. Porter, w i th '76, is an extensive apiarist at Denver, Col. He h as over 1,000 s w a r ms distributed about t he vicinity of Denver. H e n ry X. .Tenner, '84, h as sold his interest in t he d r ug firm of Rule & Jenner, Goshen, Ind., a nd ex pects soon to e m b a rk in business for himself. R. C. Bristol, '93. a nd M. F. Loomis with '94 m, a re exercising a t a n d em bicycle on Lansing's boulevards. W h a t e v er happens Mr. Bristol will "get there first." W. D. Barry, '84, having completed t he plans for a $25,000 steel bridge across river at Clarksdale, Miss., is now superintending its construc tion. the Svnflower The m a ny friends of A. D. Baker, '89, and L. H. Baker, '93, will be sorry to learn of the death of their father, Lieut. L. B. Baker. For several months he has been slowly failing, but last week he commenced rapidly •breaking down and died on Saturday evening. C. C. Georgeson, '83, Professor of Agriculture, Kan sas Agricultural College, owns a farm located among t he Ozark m o u n t a i ns of Missouri. T he M a n h a t t an I n d u s t r i a l i st s a y s: "Many of t he s t r a w b e r r i es on t he M a n h a t t an m a r k et a re from Prof. Georgeson's f a rm in t he Ozarks." PROGKAM OP EXERCISES AT M. A. C. M E M O R I AL DAY, MAY 30th. At 10 o'clock a. m. Military P a r a de a nd Review of Battalion by the Orator of. t he D ay a nd Col. S. H. Avery of t he Governor's staff. T he exercises will be held in t he chapel at 10:30 a. m. Music by t he band. Music by t he choir. P r a y e r. Responsive music. Reading—Lincoln's Dedication Speech at Gettysburg, by Miss Wellman. Music, Choir. Address—Hon. George A. F a r r, G r a nd H a v e n. Music, Choir. A tribute to t he students of 1861 w ho enlisted in t he war. Closing music, "Marching through Georgia." All g r a d u a t es a nd ex-students who took part in the w ar of t he rebellion, living in Michigan, have been in vited to a t t e nd these exercises. VACATION BALL GAMES. T he ball t e am spent t he first three d a ys of its vaca tion playing w i th Albion, Olivet and Orchard Lake. A d a m s, w ho h as been playing second base, could not go with t he team, so several of t he players had to oc cupy new positions. As a result t ne g a me with Al bion w as a very loose g a m e; b ut the boys steadily im proved a nd t he g a me w i th Orchard L a ke w as t he best of t he season. A n ew man, Gould, w as t a k en on the trip a nd m a de a good showing at t he b at a nd in t he field, getting a total of t wo runs, four hits, four put- o u ts a nd no errors. The g a me at Albion w as called in t he seventh in n i ng to allow our team to catch a train. Score: M. A. C, . . Albion 1 23 45 67 RH 0 0 0 0 10 0 —1 4 3 2 0 0 3 0—12 13 E 9 7 4 E a r n ed runs—Albion 6; two-base hits, A. B. K r e n t e l; home run, Narrin; bases on balls, by W a r r en 3, by J a cobs 1; struck out, by W a r r en 2, by J a c o bs 8. B a t t e r i es —M. A. G, W a r r en a nd K r e n t e l; Albion, Jacobs, H a m- blin a nd J a c o b s. At Olivet it w as a batting game. Bunched hits by M. A. C. a nd costly errors by Olivet won t he g a me for M. A. C, Score: M. A. C Olivet 7 8 9 R HE 1 2 3 45 3 0 7 2 1 12 0 *—16 17 9 0 0 2 0 4 0 16 0—13 17 8 E a r n ed runs,- M. A. C. 10, Olivet 9; two-base hits, 6 Gould, Moore; bases stolen, M. A. C. 3, Olivet 2; bases on balls, by Osborn 2, by Hinkley 2; struck out, by Osborn 1. W a r r en 1, Hinkley 9. Campbell. Mr. Tallman comes with the very best of recommendations; he is a graduate of the Agricultural College.—The Advertiser, Saranac. The g a me at Orchard L a ke w as more of a pitchers' battle. In this g a me t he boys did t he best up-hill playing of t he season a nd showed their ability to hold together throughout a game. Score: Orchard Lake. . Goodrich, p Conner, lb Ray, If Morton, c Davidson, 3b Crooks, cf L a h m, ss Wright, 2b E c k h a r t, rf 4 5 5 4 5 4 41 4 4 14 AB R H O A E 2 0 2 10 1 1 19 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 0 3 0 1 0 9 27 11 4 1 1 9 Totals .39 '. M. A. C. Clark, cf . .. Crosbv, 2b Krentel, A. C, c Kling, ss McLouth. 3b W a r r e n, p Osborn, If Krentel, A. B., lb Gould, rf . 0 3 4 1 2 0 1 1 6 AB R H O A E 0 0 0 1 2 0 4 12 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 11 10 1 4 3 5 . 50 4 4 4 4 .4 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 ...37 Totals 3 E a r n ed runs, Orchard L a ke 6, M. A. C. 1; two-base hit, L a h m; home'run, Goodrich; stolen bases, Orchard L a ke 1, M. A. C. 11; bases on balls, by Goodrich 6. by W a r r en 1; struck out, by Goodrich 7, by W a r r en 5. 7 24 12 7 AT THE COLLEGE. H. M. H o we visited friends in Olivet a nd F l i nt dur ing vacation. Mrs. G. C. Davis a nd Baby, Linda, h a ve returned from California. B. A. Bowditch, '96, was called home last week by the death of his sister. P. S. Rose, with complete the course. '96 m, has returned to College to B. O. Longyear was on our streets Wednesday.—The Local-Republican, G. N. Eastman, Leslie. '96 m, returned from his vacation with a new Tribune wheel. Prof. Hedrick spent his vacation in A nn Arbor. He a t t e n d ed t he May festival. Prof. Weil made a visit to t he Mechanical Depart ment of the University of Michigan last W e d n e s d a y. Wanted—Copies of T HE M. A. C. RECOED, fourth number, F e b. 4, 1896. Please be prompt, if you can help us. L. C. Brooks, '92 m, h as finished his w o rk for t he year in t he Stronach schools a nd is now at t he College for the summer. . Dr. Kedzie returned four days' trip through southeastern Michigan, collecting superphosphates. last T h u r s d ay from a T h o m as Gunson, florist, h as been appointed a mem ber of t he nomenclature committee of t he Society of American Florists. Prof. P a ul Chamberlain attended t he meeting of t he American Society of Mechanical Engineers at St. Louis, Mo., last week. C. F. Wheeler went T h u r s d ay to G r a nd Rapids to assist some members of the K e nt Scientific I n s t i t u te in starting a botanical club. Members of the faculty and their wives and children, to the number of about forty, enjoyed a picnic at the north end of Pine Lake last Saturday. Prof. Woodworth went to Grand Ledge one d ay last week to m a ke a report for an electrical company on t he workings of t he municipal electric lighting p l a nt at t h at place. On Saturday evening, Dr. Beal lectured to an appre ciative audience at Capital Grange, Lansing, on Forage Plants, illustrated by twenty species of fresh plants from the college. In t he shops vacation time w as improved by p u t t i ng in cement floors a r o u nd t he grinding machines, reset ting several machines so as to m a ke room for pro posed additions, a nd erecting a gate at t he e n t r a n ce to the testing room. A half-dozen co-eds and as many young men, chaper oned by Prof, and Mrs. Woodworth, spent Saturday pic nicking on the banks of the Red Cedar in No. 7 woods. The day's outing was followed by an informal party in the U. L. S rooms. Prof. Clay Tallman, '95, of Smyrna, has been engaged as principal of the Saranac schools, to succeed Prof. Prof. W o o d w o r th spent most of vacation week in stalling a nickel-plating outfit in t he P h y s i c al Labor atory. T he dimensions of the plating t a nk a re V/2 feet by iy2 feet by 4 feet. T he p l a nt will be in operation next week. T he Try a nd T r u st Circle of t he King's D a u g h t e rs wish to announce their desire to do plain sewing at moderate t e r m s. F u r t h er information can be h ad by inquiring of Mrs. B a r r o w s, No. 3 F a c u l ty Row. T he next meeting of t he Circle will be held tomorrow af ternoon at t he residence of Mrs. B a r r o w s. It is pleasing to note t h at t he report of t he Board of Visitors for this College, endorses most of t he rec ommendations m a de in t he report of t he faculty inves tigating committee appointed by t he Board of Agri culture. It includes a m o ng other things a sugges tion t h at T HE RECOED be sent to every district school in t he state. Prof. Clarence E. D e P u y, w ho w as mentioned in our issue of April 28, after visiting m a ny College mechani cal d e p a r t m e n t s, writes Prof. Weil, asking for blue prints of our a p p a r a t u s, a nd w a n ts to know if we could construct t he forge shops for t he n ew Lewis T r a i n i ng School, which will be opened in Chicago n e xt September. trees One of our choicest o r n a m e n t al is yellow- tinctoria Raf.), a native tree of small wood {Cladrastis size from Tennessee a nd vicinity. Our largest speci men s t a n ds a few rods northeast of the hall of t he Union L i t e r a ry Society, a nd is nearly t h r o u gh for this y e ar with its splendid display of long drooping pan icles of white flowers s o m e w h at t he shape of those ol the common locust. to represent At t he close of last t e rm t he following s t u d e n ts were t he various societies on T HE elected RECOED staff: J. M. Barnay, Delta T au Delta; C. E. Meyers, Union L i t e r a r y; C. F. H e r r m a n n, P hi Delta T h e t a; W. E. Mills, Eclectic; W. M. Backus, Olympic; D. A. Seeley, H e s p e r i a n; Ellen V a u g h a n, F e r o n i a n; a nd H. B. Gunnison, Columbian. Of these Messrs. B a r n ay a nd Meyers a re m e m b e rs of t he Board ot Editors. During t he strong winds which prevailed on Sunday the 17th, t he leaves of silver maples a nd white oaks appear to h a ve suffered more t h an those of a ny other species. T he tops were injured most on t he southwest • side, consequently t h at side will m a ke less g r o w th this y e ar t h an t he other p a r ts of t he top. Storms of this kind more or less severe from the direction of the pre vailing w i nd help us to u n d e r s t a nd how it happens t h at tree-tops t h at a re much exposed a re broadest on the east or northeast side. • W i th these a re mingled m a ny Specimens of all trees native in Michigan a re now growing on t he grounds of t he Michigan Agricultural College. interesting trees from other portions of our own country a"nd also from Europe a nd Asia. F or t he benefit of visitors, stu dents a nd tree-lovers generally, it seems best t h at some of t he finer individual trees be labeled. T he Horticul t u r al a nd Botanical D e p a r t m e n ts co-operating h a ve just finished p u t t i ng on such labels, m a r k ed in plain Eng lish, besides giving t he botanical n a me in L a t in by which t he tree is k n o wn to students a r o u nd t he world. T he scientific n a m es adopted a re those u s e d by Prof.C. S. Sargent in his magnificent work, "Silva of North America," now in course of publication a nd in our library. If this n a me differs from t h at used in G r a y 's M a n u al of Botany, Sixth Edition, t he l a t t er name, a synonym, also a p p e a rs Sixty-six species a nd varieties of native trees a re found growing in our Michigan forests. T he p a r t i c u l ar trees labeled a re mostly n e ar t he buildings a nd t he walks. in parenthesis. Once more t he consequences of destroying Michigan forests a nd t he necessity of in part restoring them, have been m a de plain t h r o u gh an able discussion of the m a t t er during t he Arbor D ay exercises at t he Agri cultural college. It is time to deal with this important question t h r o u gh practical legislation, as several other states have been doing.—Detroit Free Press, May 3,1896. The M. A. 0. Record has a weekly cir culation of 3,000. For advertising rates address B. A. Bowditch or H. H. TanNor- man, Agricultural College, Mich. 4 T HE M. A. C. R E C O R D. MAY 26, 1896. STRICTLY FIRST-CLASS P H O T O G R A P HY AT L E C L E A R ' S. TEACHERS The Farm ... Department Offers for sale the following head of live stock : A Yearling Shorthorn Bull, out of Mysie 3rd, and by the prize winning Volunteer, 10*1205, a pure Cruikshank. The Thoroughbred Jersey Bull, Eettas Averrhoes, - 35119, bred by G. A. Watkins, Detroit, solid color, 4 years old. This bull is by Averroes who was a son of Matilda 4th and by Ida's Rioter of St. Lambert. His dam was Retta of Bloomfield (29520) who was by the famous bull Ramapo. No better bred Jersey bull exists today in the state. Three Holstein bull calves, three months old or younger, all by Maurice Clothilde and out of the selected cows Oatka 3rcPs Wayne, College Houwtje and College Pauline Wayne. W h at w i ll y ou do t h is S u m m er to i m p r o ve y o ur w o rk n e xt y e a r? M. A. C. Owing to t he crowded conditions of t he stables these animals will be sold cheap. Nine Yearling Shropshire Rams out of thorough bred ewes and by a prize Shropshire ram. Poland China and Duroc Jersey Pigs of both sexes. These Animals will be registered, transferred and placed on board cars at Lansing on receipt of price, which will be given on application to CLINTON D. SMITH, Director and Superintendent of Farm, AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, MICH. THE MAPES CLOTHING CO. with its spacious, shady lawns, and its pleasant class rooms and laboratories, has been for years a favorite summer resort for teachers who wish to make their work progressive. The summer term opens T O D AY and closes August 14, but you can come at A NY T I ME and find work suited to your needs. T H R O U G H O UT T HE S U M M ER classes will be running in English Masterpieces, Milton, Shakespeare, Constitutional U. S. History, Rhetoric, Elocution, Debating and Oratory, German, French, Physics, Civil Engineering, Agricultural En gineering, Mechanical Engineering, Calculus, Trigonometry, Geometry, Descriptive Geometry, Surveying, Entomology, Anatomy and Physi ology, Botany, Chemistry, Veterinary Science, Bacteriology, Agricul ture, and Horticulture. 207 & 209 WASHINGTON AVE. S. Admission Reasonable. Expenses Moderate. lightly When young man's fancy trousers, turns to thoughts of duck vacation^ and all that sort of sunshiny loveliness^ he should direct his steps towards our store, where we make a specialty of MID-SIMMER CLOTHING AND BICYCLE SUITS. N E XT C O L L E GE Y E AR B E G I NS S E P T. 1 4 TH For Catalog or particulars regarding the Summer School, A d d r e ss T HE P R E S I D E N T.