•fffre f>R. a ©. ffieoorcl V O L. 5. L A N D I N G, M I C H I G A N, T U E S D A Y, M AY 29, 1900. ' N o. 36 A Trip to Washington. R C K E D Z I E. Having received a courteous invi Industrial the U. S. tation from that to appear before Commission to body to give evidence in regard the raising of sugar beets in Michi gan, and the manufacturing of sugar from the same, I took a trip to the National Capital, leaving Lansing at 1 ?45 p. m., May 11, and reaching the Ebbitt House Saturday at 7:30 p. m. As my appointment to appear before the Industrial Commission was for 10:30 a. rn. on Tuesday, my early arrival gave opportunity the old College to see some of friends, as well as to attend the meetings of the Commission and hear the evidence of other witnesses. I first called on Mrs. Willits, the relict of our old president, whose memory we hold in such honor. I found Mrs. Willits in her old home, N o. 1409 Hopkins St., N. W. She was in usual health and took a deep to the interest in all that College; the old inquiring friends, and especially for Prof. Holdsworth, whose interest in the bust of Pres. Willits that will be un veiled at commencement, was well known to Mrs. Willits. She seemed to be deeply touched by this evi dence of love of her husband, and remembrance of his life of service at M. A. C. relates for I next tried to see Mrs. Louisa H. Davis, the widow of F r a nk P. Davis, '68, who so recently died in Ecuador, S. A. I made two efforts to see Mrs. Davis but without suc cess. I much regretted this because in her early life she lived some years in our family and we loved her as a daughter. I trip of Monday morning I went to the Chemical Laboratory of the Agri cultural Department "to meet Dr. Wiley, Prof. Bigelow, L. S. Mun- son and some companions of my California last J u l y. On Wednesday morning I went with Prof. Smith to the Laboratory of found Plant Diseases, where E r w in Smith, L. J. Briggs, Lillian Wheeler and M. H. Lapham. I found all of them well and happy, and life at the Capital seemed to agree well with them all. It was very gratifying to me to hear the appreciative words spoken of the excellent quality of the work done by our graduates in the various "it departments would be in bad taste for me to re peat in this public way the cordial words of praise spoken about the work done there by graduates of It made me proud of the M. A. C. College and of Michigan. " Well done, good and faithful s e r v a n t s" was the verdict for them all. I was sorry-not to see all our graduates in Washington. in Washington, BEFORE THE INDUSTRIAL COMMIS SION. T he Commission met daily in the Bliss Building at 10:30 a. m. On Monday, May 14th, Dr. H. W . W i l ey appeared before them and gave ex ceedingly valuable evidence on Sugar Beets v. Beet Sugar. It was full of a vast amount of information, well I digested and clearly presented. was not surprised to hear the warm words of thanks of members of the Commission expressed to Dr. Wiley. I that it was worth a journey to Washington to hear his discourse. told him afterward T he Commission contains many very able men. A number of mem bers of Congress are members, but they seldom attend the meetings. T he lay members, if I may so call them, are men of mark. E x - G o v. Harris, of Ohio, is a man of marked ability, has a great store of common sense, or I can best describe him by saying I called him the Gov. Luce of Ohio. E. D. Conger, of Grand is an active and useful Rapids, member, and is wide awake for Michigan interests. I will not expand On Tuesday I went before the Commission and presented my facts this and views. point, but only say I was kindly treated by that body. On Wednesday I heard Prof. Smith the Commission—clear, exact, method ical and convincing. He won gol den opinions from the Commission. read his paper before MICHIGAN IN THE PUBLIC EYE. It was very gratifying to note the esteem in which Michigan was held in all these discussions before the Industrial Commission. She was held up as the model and stand ard for comparison on sugar beet questions for all the states east of the Rockies. like changing our State moXXo," Si qua rts circum- sft ice." -pcninsulam I almost superbam felt Botanical Club. that this product T he meeting this week proved an interesting and instructive one. A paper upon " Real Starch Factories " was given by Miss Kate Nichols, in which she showed the importance of starch to the world, for the support of animal life. So dependent is man upon in many places the failure of a single crop means famine. Starch is not manu factured by man, but is a product of nature for the nourishment of plant life. It is manufactured in the eel's of the leaf of the plant, and here, only these the sunshine. leaf cells the starch of the minute world is manufactured, a single corn field, daily, producing tons of it during the bright August weather. In in Mr. B. W e r m u th then described the manner of growth of the starch grain, chart. illustrating with a Every species of plants has its char acteristic form of starch granules, a fact which is often made use of in identifying substances. f Under the discussion it was men tioned that sugar, which is soluble, is formed first, and then converted into insoluble starch for storing in the plant tissue. W h en the stored nourishment is needed by the plant it is reconverted into sugar, trans ported to the growing parts, and here used to nourish and build up the tissue. A beautiful example of fasciation in the apple, was shown that had eight branches united into one, and eight well developed terminal buds. R. L. B. M. I. A. A. Field D a y. T he annual intercollegiate field day will be held in Lansing on the old State Fair grounds on Friday and Saturday of this week, J u ne 1st and 2d, both morning and afternoon of each day. T he wrestling, club swinging and horizontal bar con tests will he held on Friday night at the new armory, Lansing. T he program of athletic events, will be the same as last year with one minor exception. T he M. I. A. A. directors met last Friday1 night in the parlors of the Downey House and made final arrangements. tennis tournament will be held at the College courts with the exception of the finals, which will be played off at the fair grounds. T he On Thursday morning M. A. C. the gents' singles with In gents' doubles M. will play Kalamazoo. A. C. will play the winners on Fri day afternoon. T he ladies' singles will be played on Friday morning with M. A. C. against Albion, and in the afternoon the same two col leges play ladies' doubles. limit on the time T he bicycle race was lengthened 12:30 to 13 minutes without pace. five-mile from Captain Weydemeyer of the track team ran a trial 100yards on Thurs day in 10 1-5, and easily equaled the intercollegiate record of 5 ft. 7 in. on the high jump. T he rest of the team is showing up in proportion. Bring your college color and yells with you on field day. All members of the Athletic Asso ciation are admitted to the grounds without charge. T he other colleges have the same privilege. informal reception will be given the visiting delegations in the armory on Thursday night. An On last Friday the wrestling team tried the mat at the new armory. T he track fair grounds this afternoon the team will go to the to try events. in the different T he baseball game at Olivet May track 28 was canceled by Olivet. On Monday of last week the boys rolled up a score of 34 to 7 against Hillsdale. team were here over Sunday and several members went to Toledo on the excursion and were in no condition to play. T he T he most exciting game of the season was played with Kalamazoo last Saturday on the home grounds, Kazoo winning by 8 to 7. One of the best exhibitions of nervy pitch ing was given by Calhoun of the visitors. In the last half of the last inning when the score was 8 to 7, with the bases full and no outs, he cleaned out the batters one after the other amid the most distracting kind of rooting. team has improved under T he special coach Burnett who has been with us for a month, but the boys were simply outplayed. tennis We have won two out of six games but have no chance to play field day. T he tournament itself down to Lundy has resolved in the doubles, but as and Clark Lundy has withdrawn, the one to take his place has not yet been named. In the singles, Clark and Wheeler have yet to play off the final single. Birds Noted at the M. A. C. Dur ing the Spring Migration for J 900. Common Crow, Feb. 10. Red-headed Woodpecker, Mar. 2. Robin, Mnrcli 22. Bronzed Grackle, March 22. Bluebird, March 23. Song Sparrow, March 23. Cedar W a x w i n g, March 20. Purple Finch, Mnrch 35. Phoebe, March 27. Meadowlark, March 2S. Killdeer, March 31. Mourning Dove, April r. Cowbird, April 5. Red-winged Blackbird, April 7. Kingfisher, April 16. Chipping Sparrow, April 16. T u r k ey Buzzard, April 15. Flicker, April 15. Vesper Sparrow, April 14. Sapsucker, April 15. T o w h e e, April 20. Field Sparrow, April 31. Brown Thrasher, April 21. Purple Martin, April 22. Chimney Swift, April 23. Kingbird, April 26. American Woodcock, April 28. Carolina Rail, April 38. Yellow Warbler, April 28. Rose-breasted Grosbeak, April 2S. Catbird, April 28. American Bittern', April 28. Oven-bird, April 30. Baltimore Oriole, April 39. Scarlet Tanager, April 30. White-throated Sparrow May 3. House W r e n, May 4. Baru Swallow, May 5. T r ee Swallow, May 5. Spotted Sandpiper, May 5. Warbling Vireo, May 5. Marsh W r e n, May 5. Wood T h r u s h, May 5. Bobolink, May 6. Black-throated Blue Warbler, N May 8. Chestnut-sided Warbler, May S. Least Flycatcher, May 8. Great-crested Flycatcher, May 8. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, May 8. Maryland Yellow-throat, M ay 8. Whip-poor-will, May 8. Black and white Warbler, May S. Solitary Vireo, May 10. American Redstart, M ay 10. Yellow-throated Vireo, M ay 10. W o od P e w e e, M ay 11. Indigo Finch, May 11. Solitary Sandpiper, May 12. White-crowned Sparrow, M ay 12. Magnolia Warbler, May 12. Canadian Warbler, -May 15. Black-poll Warbler, May 12. Orchard Oriole, May 13. N i g h t h a w k, May 16. Cuckoo, May 17. Ruby-throated Hummingbird May 18. Wilson's Warbler, M ay 18. Olive-backed Thrush, May 19. Wilson's T h r u s h, May 19. Red-eyed Vireo, May 19. Golden-winged Warbler, May 23. THOSE SEEN DURING THE WINTER, Crossbill. Golden-crowned Kinglet. Tree Sparrow. Prairie Horned L a r k. Cardinal. J u n c o. White-breasted Nuthatch. c. o. B. ( Concluded on page 4.) T HE M. A. C. R E C O R D. M AY 29, 1900. THE M. A. C. RECORD. PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY THE HIGfllGAN AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. EDITED BY THE FACULTY, A S S I S T ED BY T HE S T U D E N T S. S U B S C R I P T I O NS S H O U LD BE S E NT TO T HE S EC B E T A K Y, A G R I C U L T U R AL C O L L E G E, M I C H. UBSCBIPTIOS, 50 CENTS PER TEAK. Send money by P. O. Money Order, Dratt, or 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 the no hesitation about taking the paper from 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 7:00 and Thursday evenings at 6:30. Geo. Severance, President. John Dunford, Cor. Secre tary. Y. W. C. A.—'Weekly meetings for all ladies on the campus, Thursdav evenings at 6:20, in Abbot Hall. Sunday meetings with the Y. M. C. A. Hettie B. "Wright, President; Mabel C. Severance, Cor. Secretary. KING'S DAUGHTERS—Meet alternate Wed nesdays, Mrs. W, Babcock, President. Mrs. W. J. Beal, Secretary. N A T U R AL HISTORY SOCIETY — Meets alternate Wednesday evenings at 6:30 P. M., in the Zoological Lecture Room. B. Barlow, Pres ident. W. K. Wonders, Secretary. BOTANICAL CLUB—Meets Tuesday evenings at 6:30 in the Botanical Laboratory. R. L. Brown, President. Emma Miller, Secretary. ADELPHIC SOCIETY—Meetings every Satur day evening at 7:00, Class room A., College Hall. H. L. Brunger, President. Geo. McMullen, Secre tary. COLUMBIAN L I T E R A RY S O C I E TY — Meetings every Saturday evening at 7:00. Fourth floor, Williams Hall. A. H. Hayes, President. D. S. Bullock, Secretary. ECLECTIC SOCIETY—Meetings every Satur day evening at 7:00, Fourth Floor, Williams Ilall. E. S. Good, President. W. S, Palmer, Secretary. FERONIAN SOCIETY-Meetings every Thurs day afternoon at 4:00. U. L. S. Rooms, Bertha Malone, President, Ella Phelps, Secretary. HESPERIAN SOCIETY-Meetings every Sat urday evening at 7:00, West Ward, Wells Hall. A.J.Cook, President. C.Johnston, Secretary. OLYMPIC SOCIETY-Meetings every Satur day evening at 7:00, Fourth Floor, Williams Hall. G. M. Odium, President. C. P. Revnolds, Sec'y. P HI DELTA SOCIETY-Meetings every Sat urday evening at 7:30, East Ward, Wells Hall. H. B. Clark, President. H. M. Eaton, Secretary. THEMIAN SOCIETY.—Meetings every Fri day afternoon from 5 to 6, Agricultural Laboratory, second Irma G. Thompson. President. Maude C. Armstrong, Secretary. floor. UNION LITERARY S O C I E T Y - M e e t i n gs every Saturday evening at 7:00, U. L. S. Hall. C. H. Hilton, President. H. P. Weydemeyer, Secretary. TAU BETA PI FRATERNITY—Meetings on alternate Thursday evenings, Tower Room, Me chanical Laboratory. William Ball, President. C. W. Bale, Secretary. CLUB BOARDING ASSOCIATION — Geo. Severance, President. R. M. Norton, Secretary. M. A. C. ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION—W. T. Parks, President. H. P. Weydemeyer, Secretary, FARMERS' CLUB -Meets alternate Wednes day evenings at 6:30 in the Agricultural Labora tory. J. H. Skinner, President. A. G. Bodourian, Cor. Secretary. M. A. C. CHORUS meets in the Chapel every Monday evening at 6:30. C. H. Parker, President. Gertrude Van Loo, Secretary. Mrs. C. E. Mar shall, Director. T he Southern Copper Mining; Region. T H O RN S M I T H, '95. ( F r om a letter to a friend at.M. A. C.) is This the globe. T he the most forsaken and desolate country within the borders of the United States, and in some particulars, the equal of the worst place on " Bad L a n d s" of the West are entirely In other ways I like it outclassed. fully as well as the west. To begin with the people, ninety per cent., they say, cannot read nor write. T h ey care for nothing; build schools their children at home. and keep T h e re are boys of twelve at work here who have never been inside a school-house and will never write their names. T he " natives," as they look on a Northerner are called, with much contempt and avoid him to the best of their ability; but let that same Northerner get within range of a moonshiner's gun and he will never see home again. T h e re large numbers of moonshiners are back in the mountains and quite fre quently they bring in their products. This portion of the State is local- optioned to death and they are a little careful. unadapted for acid making. T he Tennessee Mining Company is mak ing big preparations near here. W h en completed they will have an immense plant. some rain terrible We have territory is a rich one storms. T he for lightning rod agent. Be the tween here and Knoxville I saw one small house equipped with five rods. T h e re are many with three. in Every in my there are two others colored man saw so many territory. H o g s! It is very difficult T he ordinary man earns ninety cents a day of eleven hours, while one a little more skilled gets a dollar twenty-five cents. T h ey have and look and in a the most hang-dog I have not seen a cheerful week them. We have no face among negroes. to get a colored cook even. This house has an old colored mammy cook the and vicinity. is driven out at the point of a gun the moment he shows his head within I the proscribed life. never T h ey are all around the laboratory but from divers experiences with strong ammonia, in the past, they do the smelters not enter. Over at they are very numerous. T h ey even crawl up beside a chunk of hot matte to keep warm. I kick two or three out of the path every time I go over there. These same hogs are peculiar. I do not know whether they are the " razor-back- famous " or not, but I do know that the they are vastly different the northern beast. wattled variety which actually has wattles hanging jowl. This is said to be a sign of degener ation. I should say so. E n o u gh of hogs. from T h ey have from the T he " h o r s e s" are, of course, all It mules and big ones at that. * * to in is a part of my work spect the matte every morning and the decide if it shall be loaded on cars. the It is greatly desired that matte assay about 45 per cent, cop per, and anything much under that must be resmelted. W h en a car is loaded I seal it and weigh it, then make out a certificate of its gross and net weight and the copper con tents. is a very I have two assistants all the time I and can have another whenever desire him. One fair chemist, " n a t i v e" of course, while the other is a common roustabout. T he officers are all English or trib utary country (Iiish or Scotch), but a finer combination I never saw. Every man is boss of his own sur vey. T he company employs, when they can get them 1000 men, but this is " c r a p '" time and the natives "reckon on putting in a right smart the season is lot of c r a p s" before " d o ne gor.e." " r e c k o n" everything;, and it has been a " r i g ht three smart hot day." There are smelters in constant operation, smelt ing 500 tons of ore a day. T h ey propose putting up a combined roaster and smelter. T h ey its own There are five yard engines busy all the time drawing slag out, or ore in. T he mines are some distance the regular line railroad and from the company has tracks. There are two pyrite mines in oper ation and a hundred, more or less, of roast heaps sending their fragrance into the surrounding It is delicious when it blows this way, T h ey also which operate a big iron " bank " and are preparing to open an abandoned sul phur deposit. It is not native sul phur but a marketable pyrite free latter being from pyrrhotite, it does often. territory. the left but T wo or three miles from here, where the trees g r o w, there is some of the most beautiful territory I have ever seen. Here, of course, the roast heaps have taken care of the scenery. Nothing iron banks and rocks. We always have a breeze and no hot nights. T he people plow with an old hand-made wooden plow attached to a mule or steer and steered by a rope. is mighty poor plowing I think. A window in the house is a rarity. T he only society the officers of the company. There is not a native in the district who lives in a place fit to receive callers. T he ordinary man will say "yes, sir" to an officer's wife if spoken to. It is a queer country and yet it is in the United States. is among It Isabella, T e r m ., May 8, 1900. Mr. Allen at the U. of M. Art Gallery. suit of One of the most interesting fea tures of large the university is its collection of valuable paintings and pieces of sculpture. There are three large galleries lined with beautiful it was paintings and statues, and . while wandering about from one to another, that we formed the ac quaintance of Mr. Allen. He was a man of about seventy years, a trifle stooped, but otherwise strong looking. He had a pleasant old face, whose characteristics chief were, a pair of large expressionless curving blue eyes, an upturned, chin mouth, and scraggly gray in an whiskers. He was dressed gray indescribable loose effect clothes, whose ' picturesque was completed by a Kentucky gen eral's felt hat drawn well down to his ears. He seemed to realize that we had no catalogue, and noticing our looks of admiration and interest, offered very kindly to explain the different pictures to us. "Excuse me, but that's Mysser, that there picture; a n ' t h is one here's Both expensive pictures. Helen. T h at one there's the Italians fightin' the Spanish, but I say, what do we care about that, now we've whipped 'em? T h at one up the corner's a Madonna, left here by a class, an' its worth about four hun dred dollars; an' you see that big one, next to it there, that's the same thing only that's worth about twenty In answer to our question- dollars." as to the reason for such a wide dif ference exclaimed, value, he " W h y, because one's a poor copy an' the other's a good one. T h at big one there's H a g ar in the wilder ness, that's a very expensive picture; an' that one next to it is Christ and M a r y ." there in in hundred " T h en over there on from E g y p t, five the other side, vou see that one in the corner ? " " T h a t 's the expulsion of a Greek that's worth Prince about dollars." " A b o ve there is Oliver Cromwell." in 1660, in his prime " He was considering (somewhat startling, that Cromwell died in 1658) an' next to him there is F o x, he was in "See that pic his prime in 1564." that's ture way up there?" " W e ll L a F a y e t te an' Madame Roland, planning out -the the French Republic," an' that big one there's T he Sleeping Beauty." future of " N ow I'm just callin' your atten tion to the more expensive pictures; of course there's lots more here that you can admire, an' would be nice for a parlor but most anybody could buy 'em." is there ( A e g e a n) " T h at big picture the ' T w i n s' by Boogero (Bouguereau) an' that's worth two thousand dol lars." " T h at there's a Greek scene; there's only three in the gallery, an' " T h a t 's the E g- that's one of em." gean sea out beyond there, an' if I was a mind to take the time I could tell you what all them figures in the fore ground was doin'." " T h at scene there's worth about sixty or seventy dollars, an' it represents a French garden: its all hand work, " T h at every bit." there's Lincoln readin' by firelight, an' its worth about six hundred dol- ars." " T h at big one there's Rooga- bos' ( R o u g e b e a u) Breakfast; don't get that mixed up with Boogeros' Twins, an' its worth about a thous " T h e r e 's a picture of and dollars." " T a lk about D e w e y !" F a r r a g u t ." " He aint it with F a r r a g u t !" " He had himself chained to the rig- gin' of his ship, so his body wouldn't fall, an' they passed two forts with their guns all pointed at him." " T h at man up there above the door, is Lewis, the one w ho bought an, give 'em all to the University." Here our stood with one hand on his back, and with the other pointed indicated, while the corner of his mouth curved upward in a smile of perfectly childish delight. the picture friend in to ' ' D o wn there at the other end, with them portraits, is Tappan, the first president of the University; an' that young one down there is Ma of son, Michigan. He was my mother's cousin, an' whiskey killed him!" governor youngest the " T he man that put all these statoos in here, I used to run around barefoot with, seven years before the University was staked out, so I was here when A nn Arbor only had a hunderd an' fifty inhabitants before the University was here, an' I've growed right up with it." " T h at fellow's name was R a n dolph Rodgers, an' he got a better the than position chance bakery to drive Blisses wagon, but I didn't, an' I'll always remember it." I did: he got " O h, I haven't lived here always. I went to Saginaw, an' manufac tured salt an' lumber, an' made all I needed, an' the worldly goods then came back to A nn Arbor. I was the first mayor of Saginaw. I know all about the University, an' can tell as much about any part of it, as I can about the art gallery." 1. G. T ., ' 00 w. H i gh Schools and Colleges. in " T he secondary school has been largely dominated by the col too lege; and that domination been other than unfor tunate. Over 60 per cent, of these graduates do not go on to a higher educational institution. few cases has the secondary schools " It is neither proper nor dignified for to con tinue in this condition of dependence upon college entrance examinations. The)' independent and self-centred." — Nicholas Murray Butler, in The Meaning of Educa tion. should be M AY 29, 1900. T HE M. A. C R E C O R D. 3 At the College. No one quarantined at Abbot Hall. Board meeting tonight ( M o n d a y) at Hotel Downey. J. H. Skinner ' 0 1, entertained his mother over Sunday. H. B. Clark, 'OOTTC, received a visit from his father last week. Miss E. M. Rich entertained her father and mother over Sunday. Miss Jessie Palmer spent Satur day and Sunday in Grand Rapids. Miss Belle Foster, '03, received a visit from her mother and sister last week. Prof. Holdsworth and family are again at liberty after a three weeks' quarantine. T he F a rm Department finished planting seventy-one acres of corn last Friday. Prof. Smith went to Albion Satur the to address a meeting of day dairymen of that locality. Miss Mabel English has gone to in Lucas. She expects her home to return to College next year. F o u n d . —A purse containing a small sum of money. Owner can obtain it at the secretary's office. R e v. E. W. H u n t, rector of St. Paul's Episcopal church conducted chapel services Sunday morning. Miss Blunt addressed the Y. W. C. A., at their Thursday evening meeting, last week, on St. Augustine. Miss Bertha Gordon and her little brother of Battle Creek, visited their brother J. H. Gordon, '02, last Saturday. Mrs. Bird is suffering from an attack of typhoid fever. At present she is doing as nicely as could be expected. A special course in beet sugar pro duction closed Friday. T wo stu in dents remain for practical work g r o w i ng beets. Miss Mabel Smith has lost a cuff button, made from a Spanish army button, which she would be pleased to have the finder return. T he King's Daughters will meet Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. Blair; lesson from the 4th chapter of L u k e, text word, " R e j e c t; " this is pound week. E. W. R a n n e y, C. B. Lundy and Miss Ella Phelps have been ap pointed to arrange for a reception to visiting students next Thursday evening. Mr. E. R. Blair was called to Rapid City last week to attend the funeral of his sister who died from injuries received by being run down by a train. Friday afternoon the baseball team played a five-inning practice game the Lansing K. of P. nine, with which resulted in a score 17 to 6 in favor of the College. T he orchards have been sprayed with Bordeaux mixture and arsenic. full crop is promised except of A peaches, which are a total failure and sweet cherries which will give, but a light crop. Prof. Mumford has received an invitation from Prof. Eugene Daven port, '78, of the Illinois Agricultural College to visit that institution early next year to lecture to their classes on sheep, mutton and wool. W. A. Boland of Grass Lake has invited Prof. Mumford any number of students to visit his place J u ne 1st and 2nd. Unfortunately the field day will probably interfere with the accepting of the invitation. and Mr. J. J. Fergwson visited the farm of Ira O. Johnson, Grand Rapids, and A. M. Welch of Ionia, , last week, for the purpose of study their practical dairy methods, the handling of cream ing especially and milk for a city trade. to the He M r. Locke Etheridge, of Chicago, representing Evans, Almirall & Co., senior mechanicals talked recently. heating spoke of systems, devoting his attention prin cipally to " T he Evans Exhaust H ot Water Heating System," in which the above firm are interested. T he class enjoyed the talk, which proved to be very timely, as three of the students have theses on heating and the department as a whole is much interested in the subject. a THE WOLVERINE" BEST ANNUAL EVER PUBLISHED AT Al. A. G. Nearly 500 copies sold, and only 600 copies in the edition. Price $1.00. Address, J. G. ALDRICH, Agricultural College, Mich. WHEN YOU BUY SIMONS DRY GOODS GO. Gymnasium G o o d s. •• Opening Spring Sale... you want the best. WE SELL Spalding's... Of CARPETS, RUGS, MATTING, LINOLEUMS, CURTAINS, and DRAPERIES, THIS W E E K. SHIRTS and TIGHTS No need to tell you of their merits. Making very low prices on entire line of F L A N N E L E T TE N I G HT R O B E S. LARGE LINE OF Cloth for Graduating Dresses C A R P ET D E P A R T H E N T, THIRD FLOOR. Simons Dry Goods 60. r n p rr ( 1st—Dry Goods. -< 2d—Cloaks, v\ aists. FLOORS I 3 d_Carpets ELEVATOR. VISITING CARDS... La est Styles—Lowest Prices Students' Patronage Solicited. ELGIN MIFFLIN. Furniture Headquarters. - - ' Cots at Wire Springs at - Mattresses from Tables, Rockers, Bureaus, Iron Beds. $1.25, $1.50, $2.00 and $2.50 $1.50 and $2.00 $2.00 up - AH goods delivered free to College. fl. J. & B. fl. Buck. R. B. S h a nk & Co., Leading Grocers and Confectioners. t Prices on Tennis and Gymnasium N O T I PF i i vf 1 I L /L .Shoes have been advanced about 10 per cent, but we will continue furnishing M. A. C. STUDENTS these goods at prices agreed upon as long as our present stock lasts. C. D. WOODBURY, HOLLISTER BLOCK. LAWRENCE <£ VAN BUREN PRINTING CO'S. LOTS FOR SALE IN "OAKWOOD" On Ea y Terms—Low Prices. Buy a lot and we will lend you the money with which to mild a house. CITY ADVANTAGES, including elect! ic lights, sewerage and reg ular street car service with COUNTRY T A X E S. Buy now while prices are low. Rent of rooms alone wil' pav TEN PER CENT.' NET on the inve; ment. Enquirt of either )R. J. W. HAGADORN, EDWARD C AH ILL, 1'. D. WOODBURY, or A C. BIRD. IF ;T IS I HARDWARE you can get it at... NORTON'S in W a s h i n g t on A v e. S. COLLEGE BL'S HEADQUARTERS. 4 T HE M. A. C. R E C O RD M AY 29, 1900. N e ws from Graduates a nd Former Students. Birds N o t ed at M. A .1 C. ( Continued from page 1.) M. Bliss Dewey, with '99, is a farmer at Concord, Mich. Miss Ina Keillor, with '99W, is teaching at Bear Lake, Mich. James Satterlee, '69, and wife will attend the alumni reunion. Oscar Angstman, '75, is a lawyer at 35 Moffat BUIg., Detroit, Mich. Thomas J. Hayden, with '99, is a commercial traveler. 231-Sth Ave., Grand Rapids, Mich. Fred C. Kendall, with '99, is with the B. A. & P . R. R. Address 212 Cherry St., Anaconda, Mont. J o hn E. Mayes, with '99W, is a draughtsman and commercial travel er with the McBarney Granite W o r ks of Carson City, Mich. Jay D. Stannard, '76, is assistant in the department of Civil and Irri gation Engineering in the Colorado Agricultural College, at Fort Col lins, Colo. Ervin D. Brooks, '76, who re ceived M. D. from the University of Michigan in 1SS5 is an oculist and aurist at 200 S. Main St., A nn Arbor, Mich. J o hn C. Butler, sp. '91 and '92, of Danby, has been honored by Gov ernor Pingree with a commission as delegate to the Farmers' National Congress, to be held at Colorado Springs, Col., A u g. 21 to 31. Hiram S. Hampton, '76, who was a member of the Legislature of Idaho in 1S96 and who practiced law for twelve years, is now instruct or in Science aud Civics in the State Normal School at Albion, Idaho. Eugene Davenport, '78, formerly professor of agriculture at M. A. C, is now Dean of the College of A g riculture, Director of the Experi ment Station, and Professor of Ani mal Husbandry at the University of Illinois, Urbana, 111. Military Hop. T he military hop, which was held in the College armory last Fri day evening, was one of the most successfully conducted social events that has been held at the College for some time. It was the last of a series of five that have been given during the college year, under the direction of the officers of the cadet battalion. T he armory was tastefully deco rated with flags, red, white and blue bunting, and a number of potted plants. T he two cannon belonging to the'military department, together with side arms and other military the equipments were placed armory and greatly assisted the mil itary effect for the evening. in T he program commenced at 8:15 with a grand march, followed by eighteen dance numbers. Bristol's orchestra of nine pieces, which has always given the best of satisfaction at similar College functions, fur nished excellent music. A few vis itors from Lansing were present, but the ninety couples in attendance were mostly students and members of It is to be hoped that the next series of military hops, —which will probably be given next year,—will be well attended by College people, and be one means of bringing faculty and stu dents more closely together on a social basis. the faculty. A. j. c. Red-breasted Nuthatch. Black-capped Chickadee. Brown Creeper. Hairy Woodpecker. Downy Woodpecker. Goldfinch. Pine Finch. Redpoll. Blue Jay. House Sparrow. w. T. s. M. A. C. at Chicago. As was expected by his friends P. B. Woodworth, '86, professor of electrical engineering at Lewis In stitute, is taking a prominent place in electrical circles at Chicago. He is a member of the Chicago Elec trical Association, which holds semi monthly meetings for the discussion of electrical and allied topics, and at the meeting on May 4, presented a paper on a " Road Test on Street Railway Motors." At the annual banquet of the society, M ay 18, he was down for the first toast " H i gh Potentials." T he American P a rk and Out Door A rt Association meets in Chi cago J u ne 5, 6 and fa and S. M. Mil lard, '65, Highland P a r k, will read a paper on " R u r al Embellishment." Dr. Beal will present the report of the committee on " Prizes for De s i g n s" of which he is chairman. D&\?is f lothing Co. COME ON BOYS— We have all the latest up-to-date styles and patterns in 103 Washington Ave. S. CLOTHING, FURNISHING GOODS AND HATS. We also keep Sweaters, Supporters, Foot Ball Pants and Jackets. We are glad to see the old men back and will be pleased to have the new men call. Make our store your headquarters while down town, it is a handy place to leave your packages. WE A RE O NE P R I C E. WE S E LL FOR CASH ONLY. DAVIS CLOTHING CO. ¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥ RICYCLE — * -* ELECTRICAL S U P P L I E S. Alsojthe largest Repair Shop in Lansing fully equipped with power machinery. We pay all transportation on wheels to and from College when repairs amount to one dollar or more. Capitol Electric Engineering Go. 321 Washington Ave. S. ALL MEATS.... 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. We make daily trips to the College. BOTH PHONES. Careful attention given to phone orders. GOTTLIEB;. REUTTER. Washing-ton Ave. South. Why Not ? DIRECTORY DRY GOODS. "IMONS DRY GOODS COMPANY. — Dry ) Goods and Carpets. See ad. LANSING BUSINESS and PROFESSIONAL MEN_-*& The names in this Directory, as well as those of all our other advertisers, are of reli able parties. We hope that the faculty and students will take pains to patronize those who patronize us. FURNISHING GOODS. ELGIN MIFFLIN.—Ladies' and Gentlemen's Furnishing Goods, See ad. FURNITURE DEALERS. M J. & B. M. BUCK.—Furniture. Cor. Wash ington Avenue and Ionia Street. See ad. GROCERS. BARBERS. / H. WOOD—Barber. 106 Michig:« Avenue E, College work especially solicited. J BOOKS AND STATIONERY. T ANSING BOOK A ND PAPER CO. Water- \_j man and Sterling Fountain Puis, Stationery, Pictures. Frames, Wall Paper. 120 tVash. Ave. N.. CITY BOOK STORE. Fountain Pens. Drafting Tools, Stationery, Cards E-