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V O L.  6. 

L A N S I N G,  M I C H I G A N,  T U E S D A Y,  J A N.  29,  1901. 

N o.  19. 

Michigan  Political  Science  Associa 
tion. 

(Concluded  from  last  week.) 

T he  most  striking  feature  of 

the 
read  by  H o n.  Harvey  B. 
paper 
impor 
H u r d,  of  Chicago,  was  the 
tance  of  the  modifications  on  theory 
introduced  by  actual  practice.  F or 
theo 
instance,  it  would  seem  that 
assessments 
retically  all  property 
the  full  cash 
should  be  made  at 
value;  but  J u d ge  H u rd  showed  suc 
cessfully  that  a  low  valuation  (uni 
form,  however,  in  its  ratio)  is  under 
existing  conditions  absolutely  essen 
to  prevent  gross  extravagance 
tial 
and  unbearable  extortion. 
Several 
boards  have  the  legai  right  to  spread 
taxes  on  the  same  property  up  to  a 
limit  fixed  usually  at  5  per  cent.,  and 
the  uniform  tendency  of  each  board, 
exaggerating  the  importance  of  the 
functions  over  which 
it  exercises 
control,  is  to  carry  its  exactions  up 
to  the  legal  limit.  Such  a  situation 
would  be  unbearable  were  it  not  for 
a  low  valuation  of  property. 

the 

instance, 

He  took  up,  one  by  one,  many  of 
the  abuses 
that  have  grown  up 
under  the  law,  and  by  careful  analy 
the 
the  weak  place  in 
sis  showed 
law,  the  remedy  to  apply,  and 
the 
actual  results  when  such  remedy  had 
been  applied. 
the 
F or 
go-between  or  "  tax  a g e n t"  was 
a s s e s s or 
considered.  H e re 
would  set  an  abnormally  high  rela 
tive  value  on  a  piece  of  property, 
yet  one  still  below  the  actual  value, 
thus  shutting  off  recourse  before  a 
board  of  review.  T h en  would  come 
to  have 
the  go-between  and  offer 
this  valuation 
two-
thirds,  provided  he  were  given  one-
the  resultant  reduction  of 
half  of 
the 
tax.  T he  owner,  shut  up 
to 
alternatives  of  paying 
the  whole 
difference 
in  tax  or  saving  one-half 
the  difference  by  paying  the  other 
half  to  the  "  agent,"  would  probably 
analysis 
adopt 
to 
showed 
the 
situation 
the 
that 
assessor  was  a  member  of  the  board 
of 
tax 
rolls. 

latter.  Here 
the 
key 
the  fact 

review  and  still  held 

reduced,  say, 

that 
lay 

the 

the 

in 

I  cannot  follow  the  valuable  paper 
any  further,  but  by  a  series  of  care 
ful  and  apparently  flawless  analyses 
J u d ge  H u rd  deduced  the  following 
eminently  practical  laws  relating  to 
local  taxation. 

1.  T he  standard  of  valuation  must 
be  a  practicable  one—one  that  can 
( In  Chicago  it  is 
be 
the  fair 
fixed  by 
cash  value.) 

law  as  one-fifth 

lived  up  to. 

2.  Such  a  standard  will  consider 
the  debt-making  power  of  the  sev 
eral  municipalities  having  jurisdic 
tion  over  the  property,  and  the  pos 
sible  rates  these several  taxing  bodies 
may  levy. 

3.  Some  way  must  be  provided 
of  limiting  the  total  of  all  possible^ 
rates  in  any  one  year. 

4.  T he  tax-payer  must  know  be 
forehand  what 
these 
the 
rates  is  to  be,  and  it  must  not  go 
the 
much  beyond  one  per  cent,  of 
fair  cash  value  of  his  property. 

total  of 

5.  T he  assessor  must  not  be  a 
member  of  the  board  of  review,  and 
should  have  no  control  of  lists  after 
his  duties  are  performed. 

6.  A m p le  time  should  be  given 

for  a  full,  fair  and  patient  hearing 
of  all  objections  to  the  assessment. 
[Quadrennial  a s s e s s m e n ts  were 
recommended 
for  real  estate,  with 
yearly  readjustment  for  additions  or 
losses. J 

7.  Assessments 
lished  by  locality. 

should  be  pub 

T he  next  speaker  was  State  Sen 
ator  J a m es  R.  Garfield,  of  Ohio,  a 
son  of  President  James  A.  Garfield. 
T he  modest  and  yet  perfectly  self-
possessed  and  business-like  bearing 
the  young  man,  together  with 
of 
his  pleasing  address  and 
thorough 
familiarity  with  his  subject,  won 
him  a  ready  and  attentive  hearing. 
He  took  up  peculiar  features  of  ex 
perimentation  in  Ohio  and  showed 
the  degree  of  success  or  failure 
that 
address 
each.  T he 
had 
followed 
was  valuable 
it 
rather 
taught  us  to  avoid  than  for  what  it 
recommended. 

for  what 

this 

that 

to  E n g l a nd 

they  well  know 

is,  however,  an 

Professor  Seligman  was  called 
upon  at  this  point  for  suggestions, 
and  suggested  a  separation  of  state 
and 
the 
local  taxes,  following  out 
line  of  thought  in  his  book  entitled 
"  Essays  in  Taxation,"  published  in 
1S95.  He  argued 
is  no 
longer  a  theory,  since  it  is  success 
fully  practiced  in  several  European 
countries,  notably  England. 
He 
might  have  found,  closer  home,  an 
exact  parallel 
in  our 
national  government.  T he  parallel 
between  England  and  our  individual 
states 
extremely 
faulty  one,  as  no  one  knows  better 
than  Professor  Seligman.  An  excise 
tax  is  known  and  recognized  by  all 
the  people  as  a  tax  on  themselves, 
and 
their  interest 
lies  in  keeping  expenditures  low  in 
order  that  the  excise  may  be  light. 
Such  a 
tax  levied  by  a  sovereign 
government  is  a  very  different  thing 
from  a  tax  levied  by  a  subordinate 
state  on  the  great  corporations  with 
in 
the 
its  borders,  against  which 
average  man  has  vengeful 
feelings. 
Even  so,  however,  since  an  indirect 
tax  does  have  the  advantage  of  hid 
ing  from 
the  tax-payer  -when  and 
how  much  he  pays,  it  renders  the 
close  relation  between  payment  and 
expenditure  less  obvious,  and  lessens 
the  intensity  of  watchfulness  on  the 
part  of 
is 
the  voter.  T he 
shown  in the  recklessness  of  expendi 
ture  characterizing 
the  congress  of 
the  United  States,  the  most  prodigal 
governing  body  in  the  world  today. 
Nothing  but 
youthful 
vigor  of  our  nation  and  our  un-
parallelled  natural  advantages  enable 
us  to  sustain  such  a  drain,  and  no 
individual  state  could  keep  such  a 
relative  pace  for  a  single  year  with 
out  overwhelming  disaster.  Disjoin 
the  expending  body  from 
the  reve 
nue-paying  body  and  you  court  dis 
aster.  No  principle  is  more  firmly 
fixed  in  our  political  philosophy  and 
history. 

the  superb 

result 

re 
At  a  very  pleasant  informal 
ception  at  D r.  Adams's  house  mem 
the  association  met  Mr. 
bers  of 
Gompers,  president  of 
the  Ameri 
can  Federation  of  Labor  Unions. 
is  a  man  of  vigorous,  striking 
He 
personality,  and  after 
talking  with 
him  and  hearing  him  talk  to  others 
earnestly  and  at 
came 
away  feeling  that  it  is  a  great  thing 
that 
for  America  and  for  the  world 
a  man  wielding  such  enormous  in 

length,  I 

fluence  for  good  or  for  evil  should 
be  so  level-headed,  so  fair,  and  so 
conscientious. 

H O W A RD  E D W A R D S. 

T he  Feronians  Return  T h a n k s. 

Monday, 

twenty-first, 
J a n u a ry 
letter  day  for 
was  certainly  a  red 
the  Feronion  society.  A  very 
im 
portant  special  business  meeting  was 
called  for  five  o'clock  at  the  request 
of  Mrs.  Landon.  All  the  girls  won 
dered  what  they  had  done  or  what 
they  had  left  undone  that  Mrs.  Lan 
don  was  to  criticize  them  for. 

At 

between 

in  bearing 

the 
the  appointed  hour  all 
members  went  down  to  the  society 
room  and  waited. 
In  a few  minutes 
Miss  Cimmer  and  Miss  Wheeler 
came 
them 
something  which  resembled  a  chair 
although  it  was so  carefully  wrapped 
up  one  could  hardly  tell.  Behind 
them  came  two  men  carrying  some 
thing  much  more  bulky  and  seem 
ingly  heavier,  which  they  placed  in 
front  near  the  president.  Following 
came  a  number  of  visitors  whom  we 
did  not  recognize  but  who  proved 
to  be  old  Feronian  girls. 

the 

the  meeting 

She  waived 

Miss  Alice  Gunn,  president  of 
to 
the  society,  called 
order. 
regular 
routine  of  business  and  proceeded  at 
once to miscellaneous  business  asking 
Mrs.  Landon  to  speak  to  the  girls. 
Mrs.  Landon,  in  a  few  very  well 
chosen  remarks,  told  the  girls  that 
she  had  taken  this  means  of  bring 
together.  She  said  Miss 
ing 
them 
something  which 
had 
Wellman 
might  interest  them  more  than  any 
thing  she  could  say  and  she  would 
ask  them  to  listen  to  her  for  a  little 
while. 

told  of  a 
talked  of 

little 
Miss  Wellman 
last 
plan  which  had  been 
the  old 
summer  while  a  number  of 
camping. 
Feronians  were 
This 
the  main,  of  a 
in 
plan,  consisted 
way  to  help  the  present  Feronians 
in  their  new  home.  To  carry  this 
out  a  circular  letter  asking  for  help 
in  furnishing 
the  new  rooms,  was 
to  all  the  old  Feronian  girls, 
sent 
by  three  of  our  resident  Feronian 
alumni,  Miss  Wellman,  Miss  Cim 
the 
mer,  and  Miss  Wheeler;  and 
influence  of 
the 
the  society  and 
sterling  qualities  of  the  girls  showed 
itself  in  the  generous  contributions 
which  immediately  followed.  Miss 
Wellman  gave  the  society  some  ex 
cellent  advice  and  advice  which  the 
girls  must  heed  in  order  to  maintain 
the  past.  At  last, 
the  standard  of 
re 
Miss  Wellman  concluded  her 
marks  by  presenting 
society 
twenty-five  dol 
with  a  purse  of 
lars,  then  as  a  gift 
from  Mrs.  E. 
to  us  as 
W.  Ranney,  better  known 
'Tressie,'  a  beautiful  mahogony 
president's  chair  and 
from  Miss 
Lucy  Monroe,  a  solid  mahogony 
table. 

the 

These  gifts  from  the  old  Feron 
ians  are  appreciated  by  the  present 
members  of 
the  society  far  more 
than  the  givers  imagine,  but  above 
this  is  the  thought  that  we  have  the 
hearty  cooperation  and  sympathy  of 
the  girls  who  have  built  up 
the 
society  in  the  past.  This  we  prize 
more  than  all  and  it  stimulates  us  to 
society 
and  a 
better  work 
B. 
spirit. 

truer 

A  Possibility. 
T h ey  were  r.tther  young  and  al 

lonesome,  otherwise 

together 
this 
had  never  been  written.  W i th  the 
open 
frankness  which  comes  only 
from  bachelor  life,  they  had,  night 
after  night,  discussed  divers  sugges 
tions  as  to  how  their  domestic  for 
tunes  might  best  be  improved. 
So 
far,  the  results  had  been  disappoint 
ing.  At  every  turn,  they  were  con 
the  grim  skeleton  of 
fronted  by 
dicontent.  E re  long,  people  saw  a 
reflection  of  it  in  their  facts  that  be 
fore  had  been  as  clear  as  the  limpid 
waters  of  Pine  L a k e;  men  paused 
to  make 
on  the  threshold  of  chapel 
anxious  inquiry.  But  it  was  not  a 
matter  for  the  world  at  large;  trou 
bles  such  as  this  can  best  be  borne 
in  silence. 

of 

the 

T he  dawning 

the  Club  found 

century 
brought  no  relief.  T he  first  meet 
ing  of 
in 
statu  quo,  rather  the  recent  taste  of 
to  magnify 
home  comforts  seemed 
inconven 
many  diameters,  trifling 
iences  before  unnoticed.  Something 
must  be  done  and  that  quickly. 

things 

left 

it  with  all 

lots  should 

A nd  so  it  came  to  pass,  after  a 
deal  of  hard  thinking,  that  from  the 
the  Nine 
grey  matter  of  one  of 
there  emanated 
this  plan.  N i ne 
ballots  were  to  be  placed  in  a  hat, 
eight  marked  X,  one 
blank. 
At  midnight,  under  subdued  lights, 
take 
the  drawing  of 
place:  the  man  who  drew  the  blank 
should  have  until 
the  first  of  Sep 
to  purchase  a  house  and 
tember 
the  comforts  of 
equip 
should 
home.  To  his  fireside  he 
bid  welcome  the  other  eight. 
"Bet 
ter"  said  he  "that  one  should  suffer 
than  that  all  should  remain  miser 
able."  Midnight 
did 
Seven  of  the  N i n e:  one  was  ill;  one 
eight  were 
was  missing: 
together  and  a  proxy  was  chosen 
for  t he  absent  brother.  You  might 
have  heard  a  fly  breathe.  E i g ht 
ghastly  faces  questioned 
like  Peter 
of  old  " Is  it  I"?  Blissful  uncon 
latest 
sciousness  soon  over-took 
arrival;  he  succumbed 
in  graceful 
neglige;  no  one  heeded.  As  the 
fifty  cent  clock  on  the  mantel  an 
nounced  another  day,  the  drawing 
was  done.  And  now  all  the  cur 
the  campus 
iously  inclined  around 
ask  each  other 
the 
Ninth  M a n "?  As  for  him,  his  only 
remark  so  far  has  been 

" W ho  was 

'•'•Kismet." 

finally, 

came, 

the 

so 

F. 

State  Analyst. 

throughout 

T he  faculty  and  students  of 

the 
College  are  gratified  by  the  action 
of  Gov.  Bliss  in  re-appointing  R. 
E.  Doolittle  ('96)  State  Analyst  in 
the  Dairy  and  Food  Department  of 
the  State.  T he  friends  of  pure  and 
unadulterated  food 
the 
State  are  to  be  congratulated  over 
the  appointment  of  so  efficient  and 
trustworthy  a  chemist.  T he  work 
he  has  done  in  detecting  or  expos 
ing  frauds  and  adulterations  in  food 
in  most  common  use,  is  of  a  very 
satisfactory  character.  His 
recent 
work 
in  exposing  , the  dangerous 
character  of  the  milk  offered  for  sale 
in  Detroit  is  an 
illustration.  T he 
addition  of  poisonous  preservatives 
to 
so 
the  milk  which  constitutes 
infants 
large  a  part  of  the  food  of 
to  be 
and  young  children,  is  not 
tolerated  in  our  State. 

R. C. K. 

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T he  General  T e a c h e r s'  Meeting. 

teachers 

Twice  during  each  term  all the 
teachers  of  the  College  come  to 
gether  for  the  presentation  and  dis 
cussion  of  subjects  and  methods  in 
It  is,  prob 
our  courses  of  study. 
ably,  the  general  opinion  among 
our 
these  meetings 
that 
have  been  of  increasing  interest and 
of  general  utility  in  informing  the 
whole  body  concerning  the  scope 
and  method  of  work  in each  of  the 
various  departments, and in  strength 
ening  the  mutuality  of  interest and 
respect  among  us.  It  is  good,  also, 
for  him  who  has  been  accustomed 
to  consider  the  student  only  as  af 
fected  by the work  and discipline of 
his  own  subject,  to  be  brought 
squarely  face  to  face  with  the  fact 
that  this  same  student  is being  influ 
enced  and  moulded  by  other  men 
and  other  work,  that  his  own  is 
after  all onlv  a  part  of  the  training 
the  student  is receiving,  and  that  we 
are  all working  toward  one common 
end — the  formation  of  a  rounded 
manhood  and  womanhood. 

conversation 

By  the public  it is sometimes  for 
gotten  that  the less  showy  and noisy 
subjects,  like  mathematics  and  his 
tory  and  English,  are  taught  here 
and  play  a large  part  in the  shaping 
of  the  finished  product.  N ot  long 
ago  a stranger  on the grounds,  after 
asked: 
considerable 
" A nd  what  department  do you  have 
h e r e ?"  N ow if  I  could  only  have 
announced  myself  as  professor  of 
hydrography  or  palingenesis  or 
something,  my  friend  would  have 
been  duly  impressed  and happy, but 
when  I 
truthfully  and  modestly 
said  that  I  taught  English, he looked 
at  me  for  a  moment  with  mingled 
pity  and  condescention  and  replied: 
" W e l l,  I  guess  after  all  that  is of 
some  use,  too."  In  a  recent  ad 
dress  to  a  large  gathering  at  the 
College,  in the course  of  a  lengthy 
review  of  our  curriculum  for  girls, 
the  speaker  took  the  trouble  to  re 
mark 
this 
that  " a l o ng  with  all 
[domestic  science,  botany,  etc.], the 
girl  received  a little training  in  E n g 
lish,  some  history,  a  good  deal  of 
literature" 
mathematics,  economics, 
and  possibly  other  miscellaneous 
matters, 
is  quoted 
from  m e m o r y .] 
In  view  of  facts 
like  these,  it  seems  especially  proper 
to  give  considerable  emphasis  to the 
statement  that  these  studies  form  a 
large,  important  and  effective  part 
of  the  training  imparted  here. 

[ t he  remark 

T he  meeting  of  last  week  con 
sidered  the  work  and  methods  of 
the  mathematical  department.  T he 
following  extracts  from  Prof. V e d-
der's 
especially 
valuable. 

remarks 

seemed 

» In  dealing  with  the  algebra  of 

taught 

these  courses  we  try  to  work  from 
the  special  case  to  the  general  one, 
which  all  agree  is  the  right w a y. 
this 
T he  average  student  entering 
taught  to 
college  has  never  been 
make  generalizations.  He  doesn't 
know  that  algebra  is  general  arith 
In  fact,  he  has, more  often 
metic. 
than  not,  never  been 
to 
to  the  extent  of 
generalize  even 
deducing  the  rules  of  arithmetic. 
So  while  our  first,  term  of  algebra 
nominally  covers  a  certain  section 
of  text  book,  a  major  part  of  the 
in  dispelling 
teacher's  work 
vicious  ideas  of  algebraic  mystery 
and  in  substituting  a  facility  of  pass 
ing  from  the  numerical  expression 
to  the  literal  one,  from  the  special 
to  the general, in changing  a  labored 
fearsome  process  named  algebra  to 
a  natural 
time-saving  one.  It  fre 
quently  takes  as  much  as t wo terms 
to  do  this  with  the  crude  material 
we  have  to  begin  with—and  then, 
the  candidate  is  through  with  alge 
It  is much  to be deplored  that 
bra. 
a  longer 
time  cannot  be  given  to 
this  work. 

is 

the  much 

Fortunately  for  the 

teacher  of 
geometry,  the  capacity  of  student 
brain  for that  subject  is greater  than 
for  algebra.  Imagination,  the  image-
making  faculty  directly  dealt  with in 
geometry,  is  particularly  susceptible 
to geometric  truths  and is  easily de 
veloped  by  studying  them.  B ut  it 
should  be  added 
that  a  peculiarly 
troublesome  situation  always  arises 
in  classes  doing  work  in  geometry  ; 
namely  a  separation  into  two parts, 
one  of  which 
learns  the  subject 
without  much  effort  while  the  other 
part,  usually 
smaller 
portion  of  the  class,  seems  almost 
incapable  of 
it  at  all. 
is,  while  as  I  said  before, 
T h at 
the  general  run 
the  capacity  of 
is  high, 
of  students  for  geometry 
the  measure  of 
individual 
the 
is  very  variable.  Mani 
capacity 
festly  it is demoralizing,  at  least  dis 
couraging  to the poorer  members  to 
have  part  of  a  class  make  progress 
without  effort  — sometimes  reaction 
has  a bad effect  on the easy  learners 
themselves.  Of  course 
the  only 
safeguard  against 
this  situation  is 
attention  to  the individual,  which is 
next 
classes 
impossible  when 
thirty  or  more  and  the 
number 
ground  to  be  covered  is both  plane 
and  solid  geometry  in  two  of  our 
terms. 

learning 

to 

We  strive  in  all  our  work 

in 
geometry  to  stimulate 
independent 
thought,  both  in  taking  apart  and 
putting  together.  Besides, we try to 
give  a  fair  practical  knowledge  of 
the  relations  between  the boundaries 
of  limited  portions  of space, of  those 
forms 
that  appear  in the arts  which 
are  commonly  known  as  bread 
winners.  These  considerations  shut 
out  absolutely  anything  in  the  Way 
of  parrot-like  recitation,  and of  sim 
ply  " g o i ng  thro'  the b o o k" —  a too 
common  mode  of  expressing 
the 
amount  of  geometry  covered  in our 
secondary  schools. 

Trigonometry  as  taught  here  is 
almost  exclusively  utilitarian,  the 
main  purpose  being  the  solution  of 
the  plane  triangle.  T he  foundation 
of  the  subject  is the  geometry  of  a 
particular  figure  — its  treatment  is 
more  largely  algebraic.  There  is a 
traditional  fear  of  the subject  among 
college  students  here  and  elsewhere; 
but 
for  the 
show 
learner  w ho  has  s a t i s f a c t o r i ly 
grasped  his  algebra  and  geometry, 
there  need  be little  to  fear  in  trigo 
nometry.  T he  percentage  of  fail 
ure  is  very  low.  Trigonometry  is 
of  practical  application  in a  multi 

statistics 

that 

tude  of  ways,  and  besides,  its  study 
is  admirably  adapted  to  fixing  by 
practice  many  algebraic  principles 
and  some  of  geometry. 
In  passing, 
I  may  deprecate  the  fact  that  the 
women's  course  ends  without 
trigo 
I  can't  understand  how 
nometry. 
future  work 
lines  ( say 
physics  )  can go on without  it.  Be 
sides,  considering  only  its  value  in 
fixing  earlier  algebra  and  geometry, 
it  seems  the  women's  course  must 
be  gaining  one-fifth  in time  at a  loss 
of  at  least  one-half  of  knowledge 
gained. 

in  some 

teach 

Analytic  geometry  (or  general 
geometry)  and  the  t wo  terms  of 
calculus  may be considered  together. 
We 
they  are 
these  because 
necessary  tools  for  the  young  men 
we  are  sending  out.  All that  has 
been  said  as to  methods  of  teaching 
algebra  and  geometry  apply  here, 
except  that  the  student's  mind, the 
ground  we  have  to  work  upon, is 
now  a  little  better  prepared. 

Structural  engineers  need  analytic 
constantly. 

geometry  and  calculus 
No  beam  can  be  rightly  propor 
their  help.  R o u gh 
tioned  without 
empirical  formulae  and  even  scien 
tifically  perfect  ones  improperly  ap 
plied  sometimes  are  substituted  and 
time. 
serve  as  makeshifts 
for  a 
fails, 
T h ey  serve  until  the structure 
until  the  roof  caves  in  or  the sills 
under  the barn  begin  to crack.  T he 
hydraulic  engineer  needs  the  sub 
jects  to design  his conduits  and  build 
his  dams.  T he  electrical  engineer 
to 
the  distribution  of 
potential,  the  mechanical  engineer 
for  many  purposes. 

discover 

rather 

than  with 

So  far as possible, in all the classes 
in  mathematics  we  deal  with  the 
individual 
the 
group.  This  is  of  the  greatest  im 
portance  with  the  class  of  students 
attending  this  College.  Perhaps  it 
would  not  be  necessary  to  follow 
this  principle  if  we dealt  with  older 
men  and  women,  but  I  am  con 
that  there  must  be  little  if 
vinced 
the 
any  deviation 
to 
average  age  is  from 
few  young  men 
twenty. 
under 
inherit 
habits  of  application  and  absorption, 
economical  methods  of  study  and 
ability 
attention. 
concentrate 
Unfortunately  the  majority  are not 
things  unaided, 
capable  of 
these 
hence  a  certain  amount  of 
their 
teachers'  energy  must  be directed  to 
the  development  of 
lacking 
powers. 

acquire  or 

it  when 

sixteen 

twenty 

Some 

from 

the 

to 

To  deal  with  the  individual  does 
not  mean  that  a teacher  must  direct 
each  separate  principle  and  truth  at 
each  member  of  a  class  and  repeat 
the  process  as  many  times  as  there 
are  students;  but  there  must  be 
used  devices  to  make  it  seem 
that 
everything  is so  directed. 

If  any  success  follows  our  w o rk 
in early  mathematics, it comes  mainly 
from  adhering  to three  main  points 
in  conducting  the class  exercises. 
I 
do  not mean  to say that  these  alone 
would  be  sufficient,  but  they  are 
most  important.  T he  three  points 
are  individual 
frequent 
written 
recitations  and  numerous 
practical  problems. 

instruction, 

Of  the  three  reasons  for  mathe 
study,  utility,  disciplinary 
matical 
value,  and  pure  knowledge,  only 
to  any 
the  first  is really  considered 
extent  in  determining 
the  continu 
ance  of  a  subject  in  the  courses. 
could  not  be 
Disciplinary  value 
avoided  if  we would  avoid  it.  O ur 
methods  of  teaching  are  frequently 
directed  to making  the most  of  men 
tal  discipline.  But the fact  remains 
that  when  any portion  of  a  subject 

can  be shown  unnecessary  from  the 
utilitarian  point  of  view,  even  a  sin 
gle  formula  or  rule,  its  exclusion 
from  the  course  almost 
invariably 
follows.  My own  connection  with 
the  courses  of  study  in the  College 
began  with  a  recommendation 
to 
throw  out a certain  branch  of  math 
ematics  and the process  of  elimina 
to  the  present 
tion  has  continued 
time." 

(Professor  Babcock's  paper 

fol 

lows  next  w e e k . — H. E .) 

Athletic  N o t e s. 

Basket  ball  is now by far the most 
popular  sport  of  the hour. 
Several 
teams  have  been  organized  and daily 
practice  has begun  in  earnest.  T he 
first  official  game 
to  be  played, 
occurred  last Friday  evening  between 
the  senior  team  and that  of  the  sub-
faculty.  T he seniors  possessed  some 
good  material  but the teachers  were 
too  much  for  them  and  the  final 
score  stood  14  to  6  against ' 0 1 .— 
T he  teams— 

S E N I O RS 

POSITIONS 

SUB-FACULTY. 

T o w e r,  G. E.  C e n t e r. 

Bemies. 

Capl. 

J e w e ll 
Norton 
W h i te 

Right  F o r w a rd  Reed,  H. S. 
Left 
Right  G u a rd 

L o c k e. 
Parrot, 

" 

Capl. 

R«ed,  C. P. 

Left  G u a rd 

R e y n o l d s. 

A m o ng  the  seniors,  T o w er  did 
some  exceptionally  good 
playing, 
while  Parrot  and  Reynolds  did  the 
star  work  for the faculty  team. 

At  a recent meeting  of the  Athletic 
Association  it  was  decided  that  the 
track  team  should  begin  light 
train 
ing  in  the  armory  at  once.  All 
candidates  for the team  are requested 
to  report  as early  in the term  as pos 
sible.  J.  B. Stewart,  ' 0 1, has  been 
elected  captain  of  the  team. 

T he  regular  College  Basket  Ball 
team  was  organized 
last  Tuesday 
night  with  C. M. Blanchard,  '03, as 
captain. 
promising  n ew 
material  is showing  itself  among  the 
ranks  of  the  freshman  class  and the 
prospects  for a  good  team  are  very 
encouraging. 

Some 

A.  H.  Case,  '02,  has  been  elected 

foot-ball  captain  for  next  fall. 

Manager  C.  A.  McCue,  ' 0 1, of 
the  base  ball  team  has arranged  the 
following  schedule  of  games  for 
next  spring: 

April  27—M.  A. C. at  Albion. 
May  4 — M.  A. C.  at  Ypsilanti. 
May  11—M. A. C. at  Alma. 
May  13—Olivet  at  M. A. C. 
May  18—Ypsilanti  at  M.  A.  C. 
May  25—M.  A. C. at  Olivet. 
A  large  number  of  students,  both 
old  and  new,  have  already  signified 
their 
for  the 
team.  Capt.  Decker  is  assured  of 
the  worth  of  his men and  promises 
us  a  winning  team. 

intention  of  trying 

H. E.  Y. 

Do  not  forget 

to  come  to  the 
armory  next  Friday  evening,  at  8 
p.  m.  and  hear  Benjamin  Chapin 
interpret  " T he  R e i gn  of  the  Rail-
splitter."  T he  lecture  promises  to 
be  an entertaining  one  not only  for 
the  reason  that  Benjamin  Chapin  is 
a  noted  dramatic 
interpreter,  but 
because 
there  is  no  one w ho  will 
not  enjoy  seeing  the  actions,  looks, 
and  speech  of  the  greatest  of  the 
interpreted. 
American 
presidents 
This  is  the  third  number 
in  the 
course, and  tickets  for the  remainder 
of  the season  are  on  sale  at  reduced 
rates  with  the  librarian. 

Prof.  Barrows  gave  a talk  before 
the  Farmers'  Club  last  Wednesday 
evening  on  "Better  Protection  for 
Birds  Useful  to the  F a r m e r ." 

J AN  29,  190J. 

T HE  M.  A.  C 

R E C O R D. 

3 

yards  studying  animal  forms.  T h en 
comes  an  hour 
in  the  library,  and 
finally  an  hour  on  soils  and  crops. 
Every  moment  of  every  day  is  thus 
given  up  to  just  the  work  which 
young  men  from  the  farm  need. 

comes  from  W i x o m,  in  Oakland 
county.  To  get  it  at  all  it  was  nee- 
essary  to  take  the  entire  supply  of 
the  cheese  factory.  This  furnishes 
more  milk  than  is  needed,  and  adds 

both  to  the  cost  and  the  business  of 
the  course,  but  at 
time 
gives  more  abundant 
opportunity 
for  practice  in  dairy  work, 

the  same 

C.  D.  S\fiTH,  Dean. 

About  Campus. 

A  pair  of  gloves  are  awaiting  an 

owner  at  the  librarian's  desk. 

T he  College  carpenters  are  build 
ing  several  large  cases  for  the  mu 
seum.  These  cases  have  been  sorely 
needed 
the  proper  display  of 
new  specimens. 

for 

Nearly  two  hundred  lambs  are  be 
ing  fed  by  students.  Each  student 
has  a  certain  experiment  he  is  con 
ducting  under  direction  of  Professor 
Mumford. 

T h e re  will  be  a  meeting  of 
the 
Natural  History  Society  in  the  zoo 
logical 
room  Wednesday 
evening  J a n.  30, at  6:30  p. m.  T he 
whole  time  will  be  given  to  the  dis 
cussion  of  sugar  beets. 

E.  A. S. 

lecture 

the  skim  milk 

Eighty-three  pigs  have  been  pur 
chased  by  the  F a rm  Department 
to 
consume 
the 
to 
dairy  school.  Mr.  McCune 
use  the  same  in  an  experiment  to 
determine 
the  value  of  skim  milk 
for  feeding  pigs. 

from 

is 

T he  dedication  of 

the  new  dairy 
building  under  the  auspices  of  the 
State  Dairymen's  Association  will 
take  place  February  7,  when  Secre 
tary  of  State  Warner,  who  is  also 
the  association  will 
president  of 
-deliver  an  address. 

T he  Special  Courses. 

the  work  of 

T he  close  of  last  week  marked 
the  middle  of 
the 
special  courses  in  live  stock,  cream 
ery  management  and  fruit  culture. 
T he  attendance  has been  in  the  high 
est  degree  satisfactory  and  demon 
the  good  will  of  the  people 
strates 
of 
the  state  towards  these  compara 
tively  new  departures  of  the  Col 
lege.  By  courses,  the  attendance  is 
as  follows: 

Live  Stock  Course 
Creamery 
Beet  Sugar 
Fruit 

" 
" 
" 

27 
22 
16 
5 

from 

these 

Total  attendance. 

-7° 
T h e re  has  been  a  fear  on  the  part 
special 
lest 
the  College 
of 
courses 
the 
draw 
should 
regular  College  courses.  This  fear 
is  evidently  groundless  as  there  is 
at  present  no  evidence  of  an  inclina 
tion  on  the  part  of  students  now  in 
College  to  accept  the  training  of  the 
special  course  in  place  of  the  educa 
tion  given  by 
full  College 
the 
course;  nor  is  there  any  evidence  of 
a 
the  part  of  young 
people  who  could  by  any  possibility 
take  the  full  course towards  content 
ing 
special 
courses. 

themselves  with 

tendency  on 

the 

from  home  for 

T he  demand  for  special  training 
along  definite 
is,  however, 
lines 
growing  in  the  state,  and  young  men 
and  women  who  for  any  reason  can 
not  be  away 
the 
four  years  required  by  the  College 
courses,  are  coming 
in  larger  num 
bers  every  vear  to  the  special  courses. 
in 
T he  "  b o o m" 
live  stock  mani 
fests 
the  increased  attend 
itself  in 
ance  upon 
the  course  devoted  en 
tirely  to  training  men  for  the  care  of 
cattle,  sheep,  swine  and  horses.  T he 
work  in  that  course  has  been  intensi 
fied  and 
this  class. 
improved  for 
F r om  the  first  hour  in  the  morning, 
when  Professor  Marshall 
instructs 
in  stable  hygiene  through  the  vet 
erinary  work  of  the  next  hour,  the 
stock  feeding  at  ten  and  stock  breed 
ing  at  eleven,  the  forenoon  is  given 
to 
up 
lectures. 
the  afternoon,  for  a  couple  of 
In 
hours,  the  men  are  in  the  barns  and 

intensely  practical 

SIMONS  DRY  GOODS  CO. 

...January 

Remnant  Sale 

R E M N A N TS  of  S I L K S,  D R E SS  G O O D S,  L I N I N G S,  C O T T O N, 

L A C E S,  E M B R O I D E R I E S,  R I B B O N S,  W A SH  G O O D S, 

F L A N N E L S,  L I N E N S,  C A R P E T S,  Etc., 

— 

AT  H A LF  PRICE. 

Odd  lots  of  Kid  Gloves,  Hosiery,  Underwear,  Etc.,  at  Half  Price. 

Entire  Stock  of  Ladies'  and  Misses'  Jackets  at  Half  Price. 

SIMONS  DRY  GOODS  CO. 

Furniture  Headquarters. 

C O f l P L E TE  LINE  OF  FURNITURE  FOR  S T U D E N T S'  ROOMS 

Woven  Wire Springs  at 
Woven  Wire  Cots  at 
Mattresses  at 
Chairs  at 
Arm  Chairs  at 
Students  Tables  at 

$1.50,  §2.00 and  $2.50 
$1.50, $2.00 and  $2.50 
$1.75, $2.00, $2.50 up 
50c,  60c,  75c up 
$1.50, $1.75, $2.00 up 
$1.50, $1.75,  $2.00 

fl.  J. & B. fl.  Buck. 

to 

those 

found 

appliances  as  are 

T he  same  practical  nature  distin 
in  the  creamery 
guishes  the  work 
the  afternoons  are 
course.  H e re 
separators, 
running 
given  up 
churning,  testing  milk,  or  studying 
boilers,  engines,  and  such  mechan 
ical 
in 
creameries,  while  the  forenoons  are 
given  up  to  courses  of  lectures  par 
allel  with 
live  stock 
course.  T he  instruction  at  this  Col 
lege  in  the  creamery  course  differs 
from  that  given  at  some  other  insti 
tutions  in  one  respect;  here  the  stu 
dent  both 
and 
churns  more 
than  once  per  week, 
while  elsewhere,  where  the  classes 
are  large,  the  opportunity  to  do  the 
practical  work  which  he  will  have 
to  do  later  in  actual  creamery  prac 
tice  comes  much  more  seldom. 

runs  a  separator 

the 

in 

In  the  fruit  course  the  students 
spend  a  large  proportion  of  the  time 
in  horticultural  manipulations.  Be 
sides  the  lectures  in  pure  horticul 
ture  they  get  a  good  drill  in  botany 
for  an  hour  and  a  half  a  day  and  in 
entomology  for  the  same  length  of 
time. 

T he  work  in  the  beet  sugar  course 
for  this  term  is  purely  elementary 
chemistry  and  physics.  T he  time  is 
so  limited  that,  to  cover  the  ground 
to  work 
necessary,  the  boys  have 
very  hard. 
It  is  absolutely  neces 
sary,  however,  that  whoever  under 
takes  to  maintain  a  chemical  control 
of  a  sugar  factory  shall  have  a  full 
knowledge  of  elementary  chemistry. 
F or  this  reason  thoroughness  cannot 
be  sacrificed  to  haste. 

I  am  glad  to  report  that  the  work 
is  going  on  fairly  smoothly  in  all 
the  courses.  T he  equipment  of  the 
dairy  building  is  still  far  from  com 
plete, causing no inconsiderable  hard 
the  class 
ship 
the  members  of 
which  uses  it.  This 
is  especially 
intake,  which  must  be 
true  of  the 
improved  before 
the  beginning  of 
the  course  next  year.  T he  milk 

to 

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latest  Styles—Lowest Prices 

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TO  S A VE  Y OU  M O N EY  ON 

Overcoats 

And  at  the  same  time  give  you  a  gar 

ment  unsurpassed  for  Fine  Tailoring 

and  Correct  Styles. 

Elgin  Hifflin. 

Royal  Shoes 

We  have  the  exclusive  sale  of  this  celebrated 
line  of  men's  shoes  for  Lansing.  Made  in  all 
light,  medium  and  heavy 
styles  and  colors, 
weight  at  the  one  uniform  price  of 

a  pair 

T h ey  are  without  doubt  the  best  fixed  price 
line  of  shoes  and  have  crowded  out  many  of 
the  F I VE  D O L L AR  shoes  wherever  introduced. 

C.  D.  WOODBURY, 

j 

HOLLISTER  BLOCK.  S 

LAWRENCE 

&  VAN 

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PRINTING  CO'S. 

FULL  MEASURE  AND 
GOOD  GRADES. 

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2 

CALL  AND  SEE  THEM. 

i t i r V W W S AM 

T he  m a in  item  in  Stoves  is 

to 
get 
the  best  for  the  least  m o n e y. 
We  h a ve  t he  nicest  assortment  ever 
in  t he  city.  Steel  R a n g es  $18.00 
to  $40.00;  Cast  Cook  Stoves  w i th 
to  $25.00;  Base 
Reservoir  $16.00 
Burner  Coal  Stoves 
to 
$25.00 
$40.00;  Soft  Coal  A i r - T i g ht  Stoves 
$12.00  to  $18.00;  A i r - T i g ht  "Wood 
Stoves  $5.00 
to  $9.00;  Nice  Oil 
Heaters  $3.25  to  $4.00.  Everyone 
of  t h em  folly  guaranteed.  A  nice 
line  of  Pocket  Cutlery  Razors. 
Shears,  in  fact  a n y t h i ng  needed  in 
the  H a r d w a re  Line  y ou  will  find  it 
a nd  at  prices  to  suit  y o u,  at 

NORTON'S  HARDWARE. 

4 

T HE  M.  A.  C. 

R E C O R D. 

J A N.  29^  1901-

Former  Students  a nd  Graduates. 

Henry  A.  Haigh,  '74,  has  been 
appointed  by  Governor  Bliss  as  a 
the  State  Board  of 
member  of 
Health. 

Orel  L.  Hershiser,  '84,  is  super 
intendent  of  the  N ew  York  State 
Apiarian  Exhibit  at  the  Pan-Ameri 
can  Exposition,  Buffalo, 

On  J a n.  19,  P.  B.  Woodworth, 
'86,  delivered  a  lecture  in  Chicago 
on  " An  Artificial  Climate."  H ow 
on  earth  did  he  find  out  about  it ? 

Next  week  I  have  a  paper  before 
the  West  Virginia  State  Horticul 
tural  Society  at  Charleston—So  you 
see  I  am  having  some  agricultural 
work  after  all. 

I  have  heard  that  Williams,  '98, 
If 

is  somewhere  in  W e st  Virginia. 
so,  I  should  like  to  know  where? 
W i th  kind  regards  to  all— 

Sincerely, 

G UY  L.  S T E W A R T. 

[ F.  T.  Williams,  '98,  is  no  longer 

in  W e st  Virginia.—H. E  ] 

come 

THE  STUDENTS'  RETURN  AT  THE  M.  A.  C. 

It  gives  new  life  to  the  Capital  City.  We  cordially  invite  all  to  m a ke 
their  home  at  our  store.  M r.  H o m er  Burton  and  M r.  A r t h ur  H a rt  will 
make  daily  trips  to  every  one  w ho  desires  to  see  them  on  the  M.  A.  C. 
grounds  or  in"  the  vicinity. 
If  you  are  not  called  upon  drop  us  a  postal 
and  we  will  call.  Samples  sent  on  application. 

A b o ut  t he  C a m p u s. 

We  Guarantee  Satisfaction. 

L.  H.  Bailey,  '82,  M.  S.  '86,  pro 
fessor  of  horticulture  at  Cornell 
since  1888  has  recently  publishtd  a 
"  Text-Book  on  Botany,"  which 
has  met  with  such  instant  and  great 
success 
first  edition  of 
4,000 
is  already  exhausted  and  a 
second  is  being  prepared  to  supply 
the  demand. 

that 

the 

Professor  Wheeler  is  in  receipt  of 
'SSa, 
letter  from  L.  H.  Dewey, 
a 
assistant  botanist 
in  the  U.  S.  de 
partment  of  agriculture,  Washing 
ton,  stating  that  the  good  will  and 
Gray 
subscription 
Bulletin 
to 
It  will  be  re 
the  Plant  World. 
the  Bulletin  was 
membered 
late 
founded 
Gilbert  H.  Hicks,  '92a. 

has  "been  turned  over 

and  edited  by 

the  Asa 

list  of 

that 

the 

the 

T he  last 

issue  of  the  Michigan 
7radesman  contains  an 
interesting 
and  instructive  sketch  of  the  life  of 
C.  W.  Garfield,  '70,  of  Grand  R a p 
ids. 
T he  opening  paragraph  ex 
presses  a  philosophy  of  life  so  much 
needed  and  so  true  that  we  repro 
duce  it. 
"  If  there  is  one  comfort 
the  better 
larger  and 
which 
part  of  humanity  delights  in,  more 
than  another,  it  is  the  hand  grasp  of 
a  business  man  who  does  not  think 
it  is  ' all  of  life  to  live,  nor  all  of 
death  to  die.'  Work  is  wholesome. 
Toil  is necessary.  Devotion  to  busi 
ness  should  be  cheerfully  given;  but 
to  wear  out  one's  body  and  soul 
the  first  half  of  life  for  the  sake  of 
slowly  and  painfully  dying  the  last 
half  is  not  the  Divine  intention  nor 
the  part  of  good  sound  common 
sense.  A  creed  like  that,  early  be 
lieved  in  and  practiced,  may  not  end 
in  the  accumulation  of  millions;  but 
it  does  insure  almost  to  a  certainty  a 
life  free  from  fret  and  anxiety  and 
worry,  wilh  time  enough  to  do  all 
that  was  expected  to  be  done,  when 
the  struggle  for  existence  began." 

I  see  Smith, 

T he  fol'owing  from  Guy  Stewart 
possesses  interest  for  several  reasons. 
My  dear  Dr.  E d w a r d s : — P e r h a ps 
vou  mav  wish  to  know  what  a  few 
of  the  M.  A.  C.  fellows  are  at. 
'94,  Lawson, 

'95, 
Y o u n g,  '96,  W.  F.  W i g h t,  '94  and 
Whiteley,  with  '02,  once  in  a  while, 
not  oftener.  T h ey  all  seem  to  be 
as  bnsy  as  government  clerks  .find 
agreeable  with  their  health.  Briggs, 
'93,  I  met  one  morning  going  to 
J o h ns  Hopkins  for  work. 

N ow  just  a  word  about  some  more 
M.  A.  C.  m e n — At 
the  Maryland 
State  Horticultural  Society  we  were 
well  represented.  Of  the  nine  reg 
ular  articles  on  the  program  M.  A. 
C.  was  represented  by  Prof.  B,tiley, 
W.  A.  Taylor,  Assistant  Pomologist, 
and  myself—beside  having  Roland 
Morrill  as one of  the  chief  attractions. 
I 
speaks  well  for  M. 
A.  C. 

think 

this 

I  have  this  year 

lectured  before 
F a r m e r 's  Institutes in Garrett  county, 
Maryland,  Alleghany 
at 
Cumberland,  in  Washington  county 
at  Hagerstown—also  at  Philippi  in 
county,  W e st  Virginia. 
Barbour 

county 

T h at 

the  College 

T h r ee  fine  steers  were 

is  constantly 
growing  in  the  esteem  of  the  people 
of  the  State  is  proved  by  the  fact 
that  the  enrollment  on  J a n.  24  was 
56  more  than  on  the  corresponding 
date  last  year.  Of 
this  increase  19 
are  due  to  the  special  short  courses. 
recently 
the  East  Buffalo 
purchased 
market.  Professor  Mumford  hopes 
to  make  something  fancy  of 
them 
by  spring.  These  steers  are  to  be 
used 
to 
regular  and  special  course  students 
the  type  of  steers  demanded  by  the 
market. 

this  winter 

illustrate 

in 

to 

just 

T he  museum  has 

secured 
'04 
from  M r.  Bliss  S.  Brown 
Indian  arrow 
a  nice  collection  of 
stone  axes, 
heads,  two  or 
and 
implements,  mainly 
found  in  the  neighborhood  of  his 
home  at  Monterey,  Mich.  T he  col 
lection  numbers  about  100  speci 
mens. 

other 

three 

It  may  be  of  interest  to  note  that 
18  cons  of  soft  coal  and  3  tons  of 
hard  coal  are  consumed  daily  on  the 
campus in  heating  College  buildings. 
T he  College  has  a  storage  capacity 
of  700  tons  soft  and  100  tons  hard 
coal.  At  this  time  of  year  all  avail 
able  storage  room  is  filled  to  its  ut 
most  capacity  for  fear 
the  supply 
may  be  cut  off 
through  strikes  or 
other  unforeseen  misfortunes. 

Prof.  Munson  has  sent 

to  Dr. 
Kedzie  an  old  Book  on  Beet  Sugar 
which  he  found  in  his  grandfather's 
library. 
It  was  written  by  Edward 
Church,  of  Northampton,  and  pub 
lished 
is  a  rare  and 
curious  little  volume,  and  it  is  inter 
the  methods  of 
esting 
extracting  sugar  from 
the  beet  then 
in  use,  with  the  methods  in  use  in 
the  sugar  factories  of  this  day. 

to  compare 

in  1837. 

It 

T he  Agricultural  College  Com 
mittee  of  the  state  senate  is  composed 
of  Senators  Palmer,  H i g h,  and 
Helme.  T he  House  committee 
is 
made  up  of  Representatives  Nevins, 
J.  H.  Read,  Osborn,  Perkins,  and 
H a r d y.  T he  College  is  fortunate  in 
these  committees. 
the  selection  of 
Chairman  Bartlett  A.  Nevins  of 
the 
is  an  M.  A.  C. 
House  committee 
graduate  (class  of  '75)  and  he  may 
to  see  that  his 
be  depended  upon 
alma  mater's 
taken 
care  of. 

interests  are 

Both  Dean  Keller  and  Instructor 
Crowe  of  the  Women's  Department 
themselves  unable 
have  found 
to 
their  proposed  Farmers' 
continue 
Institute  work  owing  to  illness. 
It 
is  with  sincere  regret  that  they  have 
been  compelled 
to  give  their  insti 
tutes  into  other  hands.  Other  mem 
bers  of  the  teaching  force  have  been 
victims 
epidemic. 
the  grippe 
Hardly  a  department  on  the  campus 
has  not  had  one  or  more  of  its  staff 
indisposed 
two 
weeks.  Among: 
unfortunates 
are  Professors  Wheeler  and  Blunt, 
and  Instructors  Ferguson,  Reynolds, 
Michaels,  and  S.  F.  E d w a r d s. 

the  past 

during 

the 

to 

Visit  Donsereaux's Department store. 

and Me  Donsereaux  61otnina  and  Grocery.  Store. 

312  to  320  Washington  Ave.  South. 

One  door  south  of  Hotel  Downey--

CHAS.  A.  PIELLA  .  . 
JEWELER  A ND  O P T I C I A N. 

DIAMONDS,  WATCHES, JEWELRY, GLOGKS, 
SILVERWARE, ART GOODS. 

Repairing  Nneatly Done. 

121  Washington Ave.  N.,  Lansing, Mich. 

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  P H O N E S.  Careful  attention  given  to 

'phone orders. 

Washington  Ave. South. 

GOTTLIEB  REUTTER* 

DIRECTORY  I 

FURNITURE  DEALERS. 

J.  &  B.  M.  BUCK.—Furniture.  Cor.  Wash 
ington  Avenue and Ionia Street.  See ad. 

LANSING  BUSINESS  and 
PROFESSIONAL  MEN_—«i 

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 

ARCHITECTS. 

W JUDD  CUMINGS—Architect.  Sparta, Mich. 

Rural  architecture a  specialty.  Patronage of 

M.  A. C. men  solicited. 

BARBERS. 

J H.  WOOD—Barber.  106  Michigan  Avenue E. 

College work especially solicited. 

BOOKS  AND  STATIONERY. 

CITY  BOOK  STOKE.  Kountain Pens, Drafting 

Tools,  stationery,  Cards  Engraved,  Pictures 
and  Picture Framing.  Tennis, Football and Base 
ball goods.  Crotty Bros., 206 Wash. Ave. N. 

I ANMNG  BOOK A ND P A P ER  CO.  Water-

j  man  and  Sterling  Fountain  Pens, Stationery, 
Pictures  Fran es. Wall  Paper.  120 Wash. Ave. N. 

BICYCLES  AND  ELECTRICAL 

SUPPLIES. 

(^APITOL  ELECTRIC  CO. 

BOOTS  AND  SHOES. 

C D.  WOODBURY.—Boots  and  Shoes.  We 

shoe the students.  See  ad. 

CLOTHING. 

Hats  and Caps.  112 Washington Ave. North. 

LOUIS  BECK.—Clothier.  Gents' Furnishings, 
H KOSITCHEK  &  BRO.—Clothing  and  Dry 

.  Goods.  113  Wash.  Ave.  N. 

210  Wash. 

Ave.  S. 

CROCKERY  AND  GLASSWARE. 

H  H.  LARN'ED.—China,  Glass  and  Lamps. 

105  Washington Ave. S. 

DENTISTS. 

R W.  MORSE, D. D. S. 
D E.  PARMELEE—Dt 

E.  PARMELEE—Dentist.  218 Washington 
Ave.  S., Lansing, Mic 

'  lich. 

Hollister  Block, Room 517. 

DEPARTMENT 

STORE. 

DONSEREAUX'S  D E P A R T M E NT  STORE 

is  the  place  to  trade.  You  can  get  a  warm 

lunch  in  our  cafe  for  10c.  See ad. 

DRUGGISTS. 

R OUSER'S  CAPITAL DRUGSTORE.  Up to 

date.  Corner store.  Opposite Hollister Block. 

DRY  GOODS. 

MMONS  DRY  GOODS  COMPANY. 
}  Goods and Carpets.  See ad. 

•Dry 

FURNISHING  GOODS. 

»LGIN  MIFFLIN.—Ladies'  and  Gentlemen's 
,  Furnishing Goods.  See  ad. 

HACK  AND  BAGGAGE  LINES. 

O RDER  your  hacks  for  parties  at  Carr's  Hack 

Line.  Livery in connection.  410 Washington 

Ave.  N. 

HARDWARE,  STOVES  AND  TINWARE. 

111  Washington Ave. South.  See  ad. 

Stoves,  Tinware,  Graniteware,  Cutlery,  etc-

N ORTON'S HARDWARE—General Hardware, 
J ACOB  STAHL  A  SOX,-Wholesale  and  Re-

tail  Hardware  and  House  Furnishings.  211 
and  213  Washington Avenue North. 

HARNESS,  TRUNKS,  ETC. 

J W.  EDMOND'S  SONS—Keep the  finest stock 

of  Trunks, Traveling  Bags, Pocket  Books  and 
Leather  Goods  in  the  city.  Also  a  full  line  o£ 

harness and horse goods.  Repair shop in connec 
tion.  107 Washington Ave. south. 

INSURANCE. 

THE  DYER-JENISON-BARRY  CO.,  L T D ., 

Incorporated)  Hollister Block.  AH kinds of the-

best insurance.  Strongest agency in city. 

JEWELERS. 

B  P.  RICHMOND—Watchmaker, Jeweler  and 

Engraver.  200-202 Washington Avenue N. 

LAUNDRIES. 

THE  VANGORDER  PALACE LAUNDRY. Col 

lege  agents, Rudolph  and  Mills.  S. P. Lantz, 

Prop. 

T A K V O R I AN  & JEWELL.—Agents for  STAR 
1 
LAUNDRY.  We return  your  work  on  Thurs 
day  p.  m.  Either  high  polish  or  dull  finish.  No 
saw-edge collars. 

MANICURE  AND  HAIRDRESSING. 

M RS.  O.  T.  CASE—Mauicure and Hairdressing 

Parlors.  Masquerade  wigs  for  rent.  All 
styles of  hair  goods  in  stock  or  manufactured  on 
short  notice.  New  'phone  118.  222V,  Washington 
Avenue S.,  up stairs. 

MERCHANT  TAILORS. 

trade solicited.  Opposite Hotel Downey, North. 

WOODBURY  or  SAVAGE.—Tailors.  Student 
JOHN  H E R R M A N N 'S SONS.  Fine Tailoring. 

218  Washington  Avenue  N. 

MUSIC,  PIANOS,  ETC. 

HE  POST &  BRISTOL CO.  Pianos and every-
thing  in  the  line  of  music  and  musical  instru 
ments.  219  Washington  Ave.  N., Lansing, Mich. 

OCULISTS. 

J OSEPH  FOSTER,  M. D.—Eye, Ear, Nose and 

Throat.  Hours  9  to  12 A.  M.  City  National 

Bank  Building, Lansing. 

PHYSICIANS. 

A D.  HAGADORN, M. D.—Office  hours,  11  to 

12  A. M.,  2 to  4  and 7 to 8 P.  M.  Office  at  212 

Washington  Avenue S.;  home 419  Seymour St. 

RESTAURANTS. 

GILBERT  M.  HASTY,  Proprietor  nasty's 

Gem  Lunch.  Best  meals  and  lunches  in  the 

city.  Quiet place for  adies.  113  Wash. Ave. S.