gjW gt a ©. ^Record V O L. 6. L A N S I N G, M I C H I G A N, T U E S D AY A U G U S T, 13, 1901. N o. 39. T he College M an at "Work. DR. R. C. K E D Z I E. It in is often that are brought is hardly natural T he popular idea of what a Col lege man is good for and what he can do perplexing, and sometimes amusing statements often the newspapers which appear would lead us to conclude the that to destroy a effective way most boy's usefulness is to send him to college. We are asked to believe that the more active the brain, the more useless the hands—that mental activity paralyzes w o r k i ng ability. to suppose that the power of mental concentra tion, quickness of perception, and self-control into daily action in the drill and disci in four years of col pline acquired lege life should be of no use in life and business, no matter daily what the new conditions may be. T he boy who goes to college ( no sent ) who will endure hardships, toil, and the many rebuffs of college the sake of knowing will Wte for not thereby be weakened the race of the college boy life. F or the same as every boy there is one thy motto for success " whatsoever hand findeth to do, do it with thy might." the boy w ho goes through college in this spirit, doing the hard things faithfully, enduring the unpleasant cheerfully with a stout heart and honest pur pose, keeping his eye on his future which will so soon be his present training will for him increased powers for every give station and a broad manliness for life. the college things F or for I once heard a man say to a widowed mother, " D o n 't send S. to college and make a poor preacher out of a good haymaker," but the mother's heart had the keener in sight into the capabilities of her son. In the course of a long life I have college men, met a great many this College, and of graduates of other colleges, and it is difficult to recall the names of a dozen who were not made better and more efficient by their college training, while I have known hundreds of graduates w ho have expanded into a broader manhood, and have become more useful and better citizens workers' by reason of such college training. But I bring other testi mony. If there is any class of men, hard-headed, clear-sighted, and with no sentimental nonsense, it the managers of trolley roads in large I quote their opinions from cities. the N. Y. Commercial Advertiser, on " C o l l e ge Men as W o r k e r s ": is " Scores of college men, forced to depend upon their own exertions during the summer vacation if they desire to again take up their studies at the opening of the school terms, in this and other states have sought and found employment this season as motormen, conductors and ma chinists with the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company. T he collegians receive good wages, are well liked by the railroad officials and travel ing public, and have already been found to be thoroughly efficient and honest. Honesty counts for much, too, nowadays with conductors, as the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Com the peculations of pany has lost and is still losing hun dreds of dollars every week by reason of fare collectors, many of whom are from towns and cities, given em distant ployment because of the strenuous to man the thousands need of men of surface cars running from and through the borough of Brooklyn. "Assistant Supt. Sherwood said that he wished he could get a hun dred more college men as conductors during the summer. " ' W e 'd like to keep such men at in our repair shops all the work ' T h ey make excel time,' he said. lent employes. T h ey are courteous, painstaking and efficient. All of the college boys that we have em ployed so far we have found to be trustworthy and scrupulously honest in their dealings with the company.' " M a ny of the college men who are studying electrical engineering are to be found these days working in the machine shops of the railroad company. Others are employed in a clerical capacity. But by far the greater part are to be seen standing on the front and rear platforms of the trolley cars, garbed in the official blue uniforms and visored caps of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit. " President Jacob L. Greatsinger, w ho himself has risen to his high position from the ranks, is pleased that he is able to afford employment to so many deserving men who are striving to secure an education." OUR GRADUATES. Of the graduates of this College I can speak more definitely for I them all personally. have known Of the 836 graduates I cannot name one who has fallen flat in the race take to meet them by of life. As I travel over the country these old it is a pleasure the students and it is a greater pleasure hand; to find them everywhere honored and respected, often filling positions of them at responsibility, and all of work in some useful calling, honor intelligence ing integrity and with uprightness characterize them almost to a man. Of the 836 graduates I have known only one who put on prison stripes. toil. Honesty, life labor by linking of OPINION OF EX-GOV. I.UCE. In a recent conversation with Ex- Gov. Luce he dropped the following remarks: the State I keep an eye out to see what the Agricultural the students from travelling over " In for something I never the find College are doing. street them standing around to corners waiting turn up. T h ey are all at work at something or other, and are doing good work. One reason for this is that labor is honorable at the Col lege. T h ey not only work, but they do good and faithful work in any calling to which they turn their hands." D r. W. J. Beal addressed the T e n th Annual Reunion of the Fer the ris Cooperative Association of Ferris Institute at Big Rapids, on J u ly 19, his subject being " N a t u re Study." T wo former M. A. C. students, Gerrit Masselink, '95, and Bert Scott Travis, with '88 are members of the Ferris faculty. T he wood-shop has added to its equipment a Diamond F o o t - P o w er Mortising Machine made at Seneca Falls, N. Y. ' F r om Michigan to Mexico. T he first of J u ly found Michigan well supplied with rain and as a consequence with crops growing trip across Lake luxuriantly. A Michigan at that time of year gives a refreshing change from the hot and dusty train and so the morning of J u ly 2d found us in Chicago invigorated by a cool delightfully night the " P u r i t a n" which brought us over from Holland at a rate of twenty miles an hour. This boat is a new one and will be heard the fast ones on the from among great lakes. on From Chicago it was stacked or south interesting to N ew Orleans it was to note the greater maturity of the crops as we went southward. At Chicago's suburbs the wheat was just cut. At Champaign the threshers were at work, while in the oats Tennessee and Kentucky too were in the shock. T»he corn was barely knee high in Northern Illinois while in full tassle in Missis sippi and in Texas. the roasting ear in We struck the area of extreme and between Effingham drouth Centralia and from through Kentucky, Tennessee, and Missis sippi the crops were badly pinched for want of rain. there the is now farms are T h r o u gh Mississippi T he very crest of the wave of agricultural prosperity in western Illinois, having moved west ward gradually but surely for many selling decades. Here the higher than any where else in country and here are farms probably paying a h i g h e r' rate of interest than elsewhere, special crops for special purposes excepted. This region is a stock country primarily, with immense fields of corn, smaller ones of oats and rarely a wheat field. T he houses, barns and fences indicated a high state of prosperity. farms were small and seemingly worked by the one-male method. T he cot in small fields of ton was planted that in rows irregular shape and went round the little hills following lines and preventing the contour the cabins were washing. Here for, small and poorly cared few the name, farm houses worthy of no barns and no evidence of thrift negroes were or progress. T he evidently growing cotton as their taught "before ancestors had been fields. the w a r" and on the same T he country was rough and hilly through the western central part of the the eye of a to northerner utterly unpromising. state and the Before reaching N ew Orleans we went round the end of Lake Pont- chartrain over a vast marsh requir ing a trestle something over a mile long to carry us over the mud plain. H e re we saw the kind of foundation N ew Orleans rests upon. Barely above the level of the lake and gulf, the streets of N ew Orleans provide no possibility of a sewer and the to wash away the garbage water flows along the gutters. T he cli mate the is so hot, however, that city must be kept clean at all haz ards, hence there was an abundant stream each side of the streets that continuously. flowing we visited, ( Continued on page two.) RAN WAY FMIIRSIM M T i nN - - J I ME TARIFF fW I ART PARC T H E M. A. C. R E C O R D. A U G U ST 13, 1901. THE M. A. C. RECORD. P U B L I S H ED W E E K LY BY T HE H1GHIGAN AGRICULTURAL GOLLEGE. EDITED BY T HE FACULTY, A S S I S T ED BY T HE S T U D E N T S. S U B S C R I P T I O NS S H O U LD BE S E NT TO T HE S E C R E T A R Y, A G R I C U L T U R AL C O L L E G E, M I C H. SUBSCRIPTION, - - 50 CENTS P E8 YEAR. Send money by P. O. Money Order, Draft, or Registered Letter. Do not send stamps. Business Office with L A W R E N CE & V AN B U R EN Printing Co., 122 Ottawa Street East, Lansing, Mich. Entered as second-class matter at Lansing, Mich. For various reasons T HE M. A. C. R E C O RD IS occasionally sent to those who have not sub scribed for the paper. Such persons need have no hesitation about taking the paper from the postofflce, 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. Record Staff. H O W A RD E D W A R D S. V I C T OR E. B R O W N. August Frey, of the Adelphic Society. W. S. Merick, of the Columbian Society. T. G. Phillips, of the Eclectic Society. Miss Grace Lundy, of the Feronian Society. G. C. Humphrey, of the Hesperian Society. Geo. E. Ransom, of the Olympic Society. D. D. Porter, of the Phi Delta Society. Miss Clare Dean, of the Themian Society. H. E. Young, of the Union Literary Society, George Severance, of the Y. M. C. A. Communications and other matter pertaining to the contents ol the R E C O RD should be sent to Howard Edwards. Editor of the R E C O R D. the botanic department. We publish portraits of Doctors two grand Kedzie and Beal—the former old men of M. A. C. T he has been for thirty-eight years head of the department of chemistry, and the latter for thirty-one years head of Both have seen the growth and develop ment of the institution from humble beginnings to its present proud emi nence; both have been prominent and active in the work of bringing this about. T h ey have given the best part of their lives to this institu tion, and every M. A. C. man and woman feels an affectionate pride in them. interested to which he was institution in It will be a source of great pleasure to all in the welfare of M. A. C. to learn that Clinton D. Smith, the efficient Director of the Experiment Station and Dean of Short Courses, has refused the offer of the presidency of the N ew Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, recently elected. T h at one should prefer to remain here to being head of another large similar increase vol umes. It is another example of that loyalty and devotion to Alma Mater which has iong been characteristic of the sons, and daughters of M. A. C. Surely, a College which calls forth such unselfish service must indeed be worthy of it. Not only the College, but the State as a whole, is to be congratulated on Professor Smith's decision to remain here, for no one has done more than he for the agricultural interests of Michigan during the last eight years. at speaks salary, a the R E C O RD We are sending this issue of the to a number of y o u ng R E C O RD think, may b* people who, we interested in the work of the College and who might be benefited by a course here. T he primary purpose of the daily happenings of the College and this the doings of way touch with old students, and the old stu dents keep in touch with the Col lege and with each other. T he readers of this paper cannot but be tnpressed by the demand that there the College keeps is to chronicle its alumni. In in It and scientific the varied is for M. A. C. ineu and vvuinei' and responsible character of the positions they are is generally supposed filling. this is a technical college for that t r a i n i ng agriculturists, mechanical engineers, and experts in domestic economy, and yet we see our graduates successful, not only in these lines, but also as doctors, lawyers, preachers, teachers, editors, bankers, manufacturers, merchants, business men — in short every line of our highly developed and highly specialized twentieth-century life. It shows the general culture and disciplinary value of the courses of study given here. It shows, in other words, that it pays to come to M. A. C. v. E. B. in F r om M i c h i g an to Mexico. (Concluded from first page.) T he streets were clean, the side walks wide on the main streets and a mere thread on the narrow lanes to called side streets. describe either the city or its beau- ful parks. I lack time T he forest timber, forest after West of N ew Orleans we were carried almost at once into vast belts for of long-leaf miles upon miles. yellow pine, cypress and various hardwoods made up the bulk of the valuable timber while the live oak, covered as were all the trees for that matter, with moss, added a pictur- esqueness to the woods altogether lacking in our drier climate. West of the forests came the great sugar belt of Louisiana. H e re as far as level the eye could reach ' over the country were cane and corn fields. T he cane was then shoulder high and b}T reason of abundant rains was luxuriant to the last degree. T he two rotation of crops practiced years cane, one year corn with cow peas as a catch crop and plowed under. T he water table is but four to five feet below the surface mak impossi ing a drouth a practical frequent, bility. Cane mills were there being thirty-five of them in the parish through which we went with a daily capacity of a thousand tons of cane each. T he soil was a dark loam of apparently inexhausti ble fertility. Along all the winding water courses were noble trees and about all the plantation mansions were splendid lawns with live oaks to shelter house and quarters from the sun. It is little wonder that the Acadian peasants driven out of Nova Scotia should have settled this fair and fertile region. in is this section Still west of This venture the sugar cane we came to the rice belt of Louisiana and Texas. is a relatively new one yet. There were last year produced in nearly two million*barrels of rice, and more rice was hulled in Crowley than at any other one point in the is a simple world. Growing rice process. T he land is plowed in the fall, well cultivated, sown with rice, using an ordinary grain drill for the purpose, in February and March, allowed to grow to a height of six inches, then flooded an inch or so deep and kept flooded until the crop matures, when the water is drawn off, the land allowed to dry, a self binder put in and the crop gathered in the same way wheat is harvested. It is threshed with a thresher built for the purpose, our own state fur nishing most of the machines. T wo varieties of rice are grown, Japanese and Honduras. T he crop yields on ten barrels per acre, the average prepared by graduates of this Col lege, but this is no more than we have become accustomed to expect from M. A. C. W. J. B. A Brisk D e m a nd for Capable M en a nd W o m e n. for , W h en beef and pork bear a good price and the best of farmers are feeling pretty well, there are more likely to be students ready to try the agricultural course. W h en there is a brisk demand electrical engineers at good wages, the course of this character in college or uni versity is well filled, but if there is the business a little depression and places are mostly filled, students in such a course dwindle in number and seek something else which just then better. Nearly all students on graduation are "dead b r o k e" or worse off and are dependent on employment by others. promise seems in to Never before was the prospect apparently better for a young man or young women w ho a thorough practical education and a had worth thirty dollars. Naturally rice is impossible without irrigation and a level country. West still of the rice region come the dry prairies of Texas. One to travel over the Southern needs Pacific railroad once to appreciate the magnitude of the empire we call two nights Texas. T wo days and to go across it from east to west on an express train. T r u e, where the Southern Pacific crosses the state it is a desert, a realm of desolation un broken by oases, a succession of cac tus, mesquite and soto, with scattered flocks of cattle and sheep wherever the for stock. Both north and south of this fertile dry area are vast land, growing immense crops of corn, cotton, and even wheat and barley. river makes life possible tracts or the T h e re J u ly with fact, is no denying however, that a ride t h r o u gh Texas in thermometer the scarcely below ninety, day or night, and running up to a hundred and twenty by day, is not- altogether It is the perpetual breeze pleasant. alone that makes life endurable. the the so-called Our journey through Texas found its end at El Paso on the Mexican border. T he city has little claim to notice except the fact that it is on line the border. Across in city of Mexico is Juarez where whitewashed adobe houses, one story high, line the nar row unkempt streets and where the stores offer you doubtful relics of past ages and two-priced laces of the present day said to be be made by Mexican women but undoubtedly the product of looms made in N ew England. T he Noble Rio Grande is a dry bed which you can cross anywhere dry shod. N ew Mexico struck me as Texas continued. T h e re are splendid agri in definite sec cultural possibilities tions where is possible irrigation and still more enticing possibilities in her mines yet undeveloped but the vast region embraced within her territorial boundaries is for the most part an irreclaimable desert. C. D. S M I T H. W. J BEAL, A. M.. Sc M , PH D. M. A. C. A u g. 5, 1901. Agricultural Department Book. Year I have just received a copy of the magnificent year book of the U. S. Department of Agriculture for 1900, a well illustrated volume of nearly 900 pages containing papers of great value. It beats the old patent office reports of the sixties out of sight. Besides editorials and state ments of the work of the depart thirty articles of ment, especial line of in some agriculture prepared by some ex pert, especially fitted for the work. C. B. Smith, a graduate at M. A. C. in 1894, writes of "Agricultural Education in France." L y m an J. Briggs '93, writes on "Objects and Methods of Investigat ing Certain Physical Properties of Soils." there are interest W. W. Tracy, J r ., '93, writes on " T e s t i ng Commercial Varieties of Vegetables." W. A. Taylor '88, writes on " T he Influence of Refrigeration on the Fruit Industry." J. D. Stannard '76, writes with another, not an M. A. C. man, on "Practical Irrigation." Giving M r. Stannard credit for half of the work of the last essay, we have here four and one-half of thirty, or a these articles out of little over one-seventh of the whole good stock of snap and gumption. T he students of the last graduating class in all three departments, agri culture, mechanical engineering, and domestic science and art have quickly- been sought for at good wages. N or does it defeat the argument be cause every one does not find such a place promptly. T he reasons for such failure need not be given here. In domestic science—the course for women, there were only five grad uates this year, but had the .number been very much larger, there is little doubt that they would soon have secured positions far preferable to those of the common school teacher, who teaches English, mathematics, history or the foreign languages. J. B E A L. W. An Enjoyable Corn-Roast. T he Misses Grace and Lilian Taft entertained the students w ho are here during the vacation at an old- fashioned corn-roast. A monster bonfire had been built on the lawn between Professor Taft's and Pro fessor Smith's, and the guests sat around this roasting corn and " swap ping stories." Later in the evening watermelon and ice cream and cake were passed. T h e re was just the right number for a sociable time, and as several of those present are among our famous wits, the affair was a great success. A U G U ST 13, 1901. T HE M. A. C R E C O R D. 3 About the Campus. Professor Vedder and family are at Pine Lake. Professor Barrows and family took a cottage for ten days in J u ly at Pine Lake. Mrs. Landon, the librarian, left J u ly 31 for a short visit to her old home in Niles, Mich. Prof. J. D. T o w ar will address the Farmers' Institute at Ossineke, Alpena county, August 14. Professor W. O. Hedrick spent six weeks in advanced in history and political economy at the University of Chicago. study Professors Holdsworth and U. P. Hedrick and families are at their cottages in Northern Michigan. D r. and Mrs. Waterman are spending the vacation at their old home in Salem, Washtenaw county. President Snyder, M r s. Snyder, and children left J u ly 24 for a three weeks' visit to the P an American and their old home in Pennsylvania. Miss Mabel Bristol, ' 0 3, spent Sunday, J u ly 28, at the College. S he was on her way home from a visit to her sister M r s. E. W. R a n n e y, '99, at Belding. Mrs. Mumford has been spending the vacation at Moscow, where the Professor owns a fine stock farm. Professor Mumford has alternated between there and M. A. C. Professor and M r s. Babcock arrived home August 1, after a delightful t wo weeks at the P an American. T h ey left M r. and M r s. Dean still doing the fair. Professor C. F. Wheeler, M r s. Wheeler and the Misses Wheeler left Monday, J u ly 29 for a month's vacation. T h ey will visit Detroit, Buffalo, and their old home, Mexico, N. Y. R e v. J. J. Dunlop, of R o x b u r y, Mass., w ho is visiting Professor and Mrs. T o w a r, preached last Sunday at the Congregational church. He will deliver a second sermon A u g u st iS. 1 Adrian Nagelvoort, '04, visited the College Sunday, J u ly 28, coming from Detroit on the excursion. He is assisting in the horticultural work at Elmwood cemetery during the vacation. T he chemical laboratory has added to its equipment a Tareman's Per centage Scale which calculates the per cent, of tare in beets automatic ally. T he scale is manufactured by Chatillon & Sons, N. Y. T he following mechanical stu dents worked during the summer in the shops: G. A. Morley, F. V. Townsend, A Strong, L. H. Tay lor, George Krentel, A. H. Hayes, T. B. Chase, W . J. Bailev, W. W. Wells, and L. B. Littell. force and editor of Dick J. Crosby, '93, w ho was for a number of years a member of the teaching the R E C O R D, and is now in the Depart ment of Agriculture at Washington, spent his month's vacation here at the home of his mother. Professors Marshall and Atkins have been doing research work in bacteriology and physics respectively the University of Michigan. at M r. A. H. Taylor, in physics and M r. H. S. R e e d, in structor in chemistry have also been studying in A nn Arbor. instructor Messrs. Ferguson and Reynolds to left on August 1 for a visit Toronto and Buffalo, after which the former will go to his home at Smith's Falls, Ont., and the latter t will spend the rest of his vacation in N ew Y o r k, Atlantic City, and Philadelphia. H o n. J. B. W a r e, with '79, was the so successful as secretary of Company, Citizens' the Detroit Grand Rapids, Citizens' Company has secured his services as manager. Telephone that Mr. J o hn Michels, instructor in dairying, returned August 1 from a month's vacation at his home in F on du Lac county, Wis. He made a thorough inspection of the creameries and cheese-factories of Cheboygan, F on du Lac, Manito- wac, and Calumet counties. In an interview D r. A. C. T r u e, Director of Experiment Stations, Washington, D. C, stated that his experience with M. A. C. graduates in the Agricultural Department at Washington led him to say unhesi tatingly that our students were well- trained ; not the least valuable char acteristic of our men being their capacity and willingness to perform hard work. Old Students. J. F. Coates, ' 0 1, is with Hill & Co.( Kalamazoo. W . J. Bailey, '01, is with the P a ge W o v e n - W i re Fence Co., Monessen, P a. R. M. Lickly, ' 0 1, is doing draughting for the Brooks Locomo tive W o r k s, Dunkirk, N. Y. Miss Celia Harrison, '01, is super intendent of the diet kitchen at the University Hospital, A nn Arbor. N. A. McCune, ' 0 1, entered upon his duties as instructor of biology in Berea College, Berea, K y ., J u ly 1. Miss Alice Gunn, ' 0 1, has been filling a temporary vacancy at the H a r p er Hospital, Detroit, as super intendent of the diet kitchen. Professor E u g e ne Davenport, '78, dean of the College of Agriculture, University of Illinois spent a few days here last week as the guest of Doctor Beal. W. C. Latta, '77, professor of agriculture at Purdue, University has secured $60,000 from the State legislature for a new building for his department. H o m er C. Skeels, '98, was mar ried J u ly 31 to Miss J e n n ie Shat- tuck at Grand Rapids. T h ey are spending their honeymoon here at Mrs. Crosby's. assistant Miss Alice Cimmer, '00, for the past year librarian, has accepted a position in the Battle Creek public schools as instructor of sewing and cooking. Miss Harriette I. Robson, '00, of Lansing, returns next year to her position as instructor of sewing in the Detroit public schools with a substantial increase in salary. Prof. F. B. Mumford, '90, M. S. returns to his work as pro '93, fessor of agriculture, University of Missouri, September 1, having spent a year in study at German uni versities. Professor H. R. Smith, '95, last year Acting Professor of Agricul ture at University of Missouri, has been appointed Assistant Professor of Animal Husbandry in University of Nebraska. Clarence B. Smith, '94, horticul the editor of tural Experiment Record, in the U. S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, has been spending his vacation at the Col lege. yournal American of The Forestry is publishing a series of very fine, illustrated articles by C. S. Crandall, pro fessor of horticulture and botany, at Colorado State Agricultural Col lege. formerly ' 7 3, W. M. Munson, '88, professor of horticulture, University of Maine, this year received the degree of P h. D., at Cornell University, with a thesis on " T he Horticultural Status of the Genus Vaccinium." W. W. Wells, ' 0 1, is filling a position with the Western Electric Company, Chicago, which he will resign at the reopening of College to accept an instructorship in me chanical engineering. Professor E. A. Burnett, '87, for two years professor of animal hus far bandry and superintendent of mer's institutes in the University of Nebraska has been promoted to the directorship of the same institution. T he Governor of South Dakota has appointed Richard M. Slocum, '71, a member of the Board of Regents of the State educational institutions. M r. Slocum is editor Picayune, Mound of City, S. D. the Prairie T he R E C O RD is in receipt of an invitation to attend the wedding of Miss Florence McLean Winger and D r. William Chandler Bagley, '95, August 14, at Lincoln, N e b. While regretting our inability to be pres ent, we extend to the happy couple ovr best wishes. G. C. Lawrence, '85, resigned his position at the Industrial School, August 1, to accept a position in the Government Indian Schools at Rosebud, S. D. M r. Lawrence will be principal of one of the schools, and Mrs. Lawrence will teach house-keeping and sewing in the same school. L. J. Briggs, ' 9 3, assistant chief of division of soils in the U. S. De partment of Agriculture, this year received the degree of P h. D. at J o h ns Hopkins University, with a thesis on " T he Absorption of W a t er Vapor, Carbon Dioxide and Certain Substances in Aqueous Solution by Finely Divided Quartz." first C. A. McCue, Gordon T o w e r, and H u gh Baker, all ' 0 1, have been working since graduation with the United States Forestry Commission; in the Adirondacks, the the second the last in Idaho, and Nebraska. Baker has accepted an instructorship in botany and forestry at the N o r th Dakota Agricultural College for next year. in Macy H. L a p h a m, '99, writes to the R E C O RD that his present address is Hanford, Cal. He says that his work as scientific aid in the division of soils of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, of which by the way L y m an J. Briggs, '93 is assistant chief, keeps him moving about a great deal. says: In a recent letter to the M. A. C. ( with R E C O R D, W. A. Ansorge '95»*) "Possibly some of your readers may be interested to know ' t r u s t' was formed June 5th at the home of M r. and M r s. C. L. Root, 4023 Prairie avenue, Chicago, when their daugh that a new ter Miss E m ma Root consolidated her life. interests with mine for We will have our headquarters formally established at N e w a y go after October 1 when we shall be glad to receive our friends. In the meantime we will spend the warm summer months at our cottage at is Brooks L a k e ." M r. Ansorge connected with N e w a y go Portland Cement Company. in In Bulleti n 1S9, Cornell Univers ity Agricultural Experiment Station, entitled " An Account of Experi ment with Fertilizers, and Records of Strawberry Growing, the Oswego District," appears the name of C. B. Cook, an M. A. C. grad uate of '88. He reports on experi ment N o. 11, grown on one acre of land, soil from gravelly to garden loam. Season very dry. T en plats were tried with different fertilizers in 1899-1900. M r. Cook is grow ing strawberries for marketing verv late in formerlv the season. He lived on a farm near Owosso. He bought a place at Oswego Center, N. Y ., married a Michigan girl, Miss Addie McGillvra, with '99, and emigrated eastward instead of westward. G r a nd Excursions to M. A. C. T he electric street car line On August 20, 21, 22, 23, and 24 various railroads will run excursions to the Michigan Agricul directly tural College. This is the fifth year that these excursions have been tried, and they have proved uni formly popular and enjoyable. Last year over 7,000 visited the grounds. runs in stations from all the College Lansing grounds. F a re 5 cents. Guides will be furnished, and every oppor tunity will be offered for visitors to see the institution. Members of the faculty, in all departments, will be present, and will take special pains to show the work in their depart ments. railroad into the right All excursion trains will be run directly to the College grounds. If you come, bring your lunch and eat it under the splendid shade trees that adorn the College campus. We publish, in full below, the trains time tables of the excursion and the rates. If you do not live near one of these routes, can you not make it a point to reach some of these stations the night before the excursion, and so take advantage of this low rate? TO YOUNG M EN A ND W O M E N. If you are thinking of entering the College, and have not quite de cided, do not fail to come on one of these excursions. We feel certain that if you will come here and look about the grounds, you will march right into the president's office and have him save a room for you. Tuesday, August 20, 1901. LAKE SHORE & MICHIGAN SOUTHERN- RAILWAY. Leave White Pigeon " Klinger Lake " Sturgis " Burr Oak " Bronson " Batavia " Coldwater " Quincy " Allen Round trip {2 40 2 25 2 15 2 05 1 90 1 80 1 70 1 55 1 45 A. M. 6 06 6.14 6.24 6.34 6.43 6.50 7.00 7.10 7.20 Arrive Jonesville . . .. 7.30 " Hillsdale " Jonesville " Litchfield 6.35 .7.30 7.42 1 40 1 30 t 20 4 T HE M. A. C. R E C O R D. A U G U ST 1 3, 1 9 0 1. C. S. & M. Division. PERE MARQUETTE RAILROAD. L e a ve T r o w b r i d ge 7.55 a . m. $1 05 90 8,15 L e a ve H o m er " Albion . " D e v e r e ux . . " S p r i n g p o rt " C h a r l e s w o r th " E a t on R a p i ds " D i m o n d a le . . . . . . . . .. 8.28 .. 8.38 8.48 9.01 9.18 A r r i ve L a n s i ng 9.35 " Agricultural College . 9 50 75 70 55 50 35 a b o ve T i me given t he R e g u l ar T r a in No. 44, from W h i te P i g e on to J o n e s- ville, a nd Special T r a in from to Agricultural College. is for t h e re R e t u r n i ng Special T r a in will leave Agri cultural College, 6.30 p. m., L a n s i n g, 6.45 p. m. P a s s e n g e rs for Main L i ne points to connect at J o n e s v i l le with No. 47. . . . . F o s t e rs L e a ve W e st Bay City " G e n e s ee Avenue S a g i n aw " " Orville . " '.* V e r ne " Burt . . " Montrose " Brent Creek " F l u s h i ng " L e n n on . . . Arr. College G r o u n ds . . , . . . ' . 7.25 . 7.54 8.00 ' ; f 8.14 f8.20 f 8 25 8.30 8.39 8.46 . . 8.56 .. 9.08 . 10.50 $ 1 65 1 40 1 40 1 40 1 35 1 30 1 30 1 20 1 10 1 05 90 . . R e t u r n i ng Special T r a in will leave College G r o u n ds at 5.05 p. m. Children over 5 a nd u n d er 12 half of the Special t r a in will r un direct to a nd from above r a t e s. g r o u n ds of the Agricultural College. "Wednesday,*August 2 1, J90J. T HE GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY. G. T. W. Division. R o u nd t r ip A. M. R a te $2 40 6.50 2 15 . 7-07 2 00 7.15 1 90 7-28 J 75 7-44 l 65 7.54 1 50 8.10 1 40 8.24 . . . .. 8 33 1 30 I m l ay City L e a ve Port H u r on " Goodells " E m m e tt " C a p ac " " A t t i ca •* L a p e er " E l ba " Davison " Belsay L e a ve F l i nt .. . " O t t e r b u rn " S w a r tz C r e ek " Duffield " D u r a nd " Bancroft " Morrice " P e r ry " Shaftsburg " H a s l e tt P a rk 1 20 . 1 10 1 00 95 S5 80 70 55 50 40 35 . R e t u r n i ng Special T r a in will leave College f8.4t 8.54 9.05 9 09 9.18 9.40 9.52 10.03 10.08 10.17 10.30 10.50 Arr. College G r o u n ds . . G r o u n ds at 5.05 p. m. L e a ve Cassopolis .. . " P e nn " W a k e l ee " Marcellus " C h a m b e r l a i ns " Schoolcraft " V i c k s b u rg " Pavillion " Scotts " Climax " Renton . " Battle Creek " Nichols " Penfield " Bellevue " Olivet " C h a r l o t te " " Millett Potterville . . . . . .. . 5.20 5.28 5.35 5.44 5.52 6.05 $2 00 1 90 1 80 ' 7° 1 65 1 50 . . .. 6.15 1 40 6.22 6.27 6.35 6.42 1 30 1 25 1 15 1 05 . . . . .. 7.00 1 00 7.06 f 717 7.30 7.40 . ". . . . . 7 . 55 .. 8.07 1 00 90 75 65 5° 40 Arr. L a n s i ng Arr. C o l l e g e ' G r o u n ds 35 . . R e t u r n i ng on R e g u l ar T r a in No. 11, leaving L a n s i ng at 7.50 p . [ m. a nd r u n n i ng t h r o u gh to Cassopolis. 8.22 8.35 8.45 . . D. &'JV1. Division. Leave Detroit " Gratiot Avenue " Milwaukee Junction . " Royal Oak " Birmingham Pontiac " " D r a y t on Plains " Waterford 11 C l a r k s t on " Davisburg " Holly " F e n t on " L i n d en " Gaines A r r. College G r o u n ds . " St. J o h ns " Ovid " Owosso " C o r u n na " V e r n on . Round T r ip A. M. R a te $1 80 7.00 1 80 7 08 1 80 . 7 20 1 75 7.35 1 65 7.45 1 60 8.07 1 50 8.22 1 45 8.27 1 40 8.31 1 30 S.43 1 20 8.56 1 10 9.05 1 00 9.14 90 9.27 . . 10.50 . 1 20 8.28 8 . 4 2 ^ ^ -1 10 80 9.05 80 9 12 80 . 9.22 . . 10.50 . Arr. College G r o u n ds . R e t u r n i ng Special T r a in will leave College G r o u n ds at'5.05 p. m. T h u r s d a y, August 22, 190J. MICHIGAN C E N T R AL RAILROAD. R o u nd T r ip Rates A. M. A d u l ts Child'n $0 90 90 80 $1 70 1 70 1 50 L e a ve Bay City . . . . . . St. C h a r l es . " P a i n es . 6.30* . . 6.36 " W e st Bay City . 6.52 . " Z i l w a u k ee " Mershon 6.55 .. . " S a g i n a w . G e n. Av. 7.00 Court St. 7.10 " 7.19 " . 7.24 " S w an Creek . 7.28 .. " Garfield . 7.39 " . " F e r g us 7.43 . 7.52 '" CheSaning " O a k l e ys . . 8.09 " H e n d e r s on " O w o s so 8.15 " Owosso J u n c t i on 8.20 . 8.30 " Bennington . 8.40 " L a i n g s b u rg 8.52 '* Bath . 9.10 . .. 8.01 . . . . . . 1 45 1 40 1 40 1 30 1 25 1 20 1 10 1 05 95 90 80 65 65 55 45 30 . 80 75 75 70 70 65 60 60 55 50 45 40 40 35 . 30 20 . A r r i ve L a n s i ng . . . R e t u r n i n g, special train will l e a ve Agri c u l t u r al College, L a n s i n g, 5:30 p. m. s a me d a y. . R o u nd T r ip R a t es A. M. A d u l ts Child'n L e a ve J a c k s on . . .. 7.30 So 85 $0 50 . . . " Rives J u n c t i on *' Leslie " E d en " Mason " H o lt . 7 50 .. 8.00 8:10 8.20 8.32 .8.45 . Arrive L a n s i ng . . 65 55 45 40 25 40 35 30 25 20 R e t u r n i n g, special train will leave Agri cultural College, L a n s i n g, 6:00 p. m., s a me d a y. Special g r o u n d s. train will r un direct to College F r i d a y, A u g u st 2 3, 1901. ANN AREOR RAILROAD AND MICHIGAN- CENTRAL RAILROAD. .. . L e a ve Cadillac " L u c as . " McBain " P a rk L a ke . " Marion " P e n n o c ks " T e m p le " Clarence "' L a ke George F a r w e ll " . " Clare " R o s e b u sh " Mt. P l e a s a nt " S h e p h e rd " " Alma " I t h a ca " N o r th S t ar " Ashley " Bannister " Elsie " C a r l a nd F o r e st Hill . . A. M. 4.45 , 4 59 5 08 5.16 ROUND T R IP $2 95 2 80 2 ?5 2 65 . . .. . 5 26 2 60 5.36 5 41 5 57 5.55 6.12 6.22 6.39 7.05 7.19 7 29 7 39 7.54 8.04 8 14 2 45 2 45 2 35 2 30 2 10 2 00 1 90 1 80 1 65 1 50 1 40 1 25 1 20 1 05 . . . .. 8.24 1 00 8.32 8 41 1 00 90 Owosso J u n c t i on I A rr { Lev 9 03 8's6 I • . . L a n s i ng .. Arrive 10.05 R e t u r n i n g, special • • train will leave L a n sing 5-30 p. m., connecting at Owosso J u n c tion with r e g u l ar train for Cadillac at 7.25 p. m. Coaches will r un t h r o u gh to Agricultural College G r o u n d s. Children u n d er 12 y e a rs of age, one-hatf a b o ve r a t e s. L e a ve G r a nd Blanc $1 00 1 00 A. M. RATES 6 35 . 6.45 6.55 7.05 7.13 . 7.20 . 7.28 . 7.40 . 7.50 . 8.00 8.10 1 00 1 00 1 00 1 00 1 00 1 00 1 00 1 00 . . . . .. .. '•' Belford " Holly •'.' Rose C e n t re " C l y de " H i g h l a nd " Milford " W i x om " Novi " Northville i» ... P l y m o u th Agricultural College Ar 10.55 . . f Arrive . { L e a ye • . . g 2Q . . . . . . . . , OQ • • L e a ve E r ie . . " W i n c h e s t er " Monroe . " Carleton . . " W a l tz " N ew Boston . . " R o m u l us . . " W a y ne . . . . *7-4o *7-49 8.00 8.25 *8.25 .. . . . . . .. *8.34 8.42 8,49 . . . .. Arrive L e a ve P l y m o u th 9.05 9.22 . Arrive * I I . I5 T r o w b r i d ge . Agricultural College Ar 11.30 * S t op on s i g n a l. R e t u r n i ng train will leave L a n s i ng at 5.15 p. m. Agricultural College at 5.40 p. m. C o n n e c t i ng at P l y m o u th for G r a nd Blanc a nd E r i e. A. M. 7.30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . .. 8.32 .. 8.42 .. 7.40 .. 8.00 *8.03 8.08 8.20 I s l a nd L a ke . L e a ve Detroit " D e l r ay . " Beech . " E lm " S t a rk " P l y m o u th " Salem . " South Lyon . *8-55 " .. 9 05 " Brighton *9.20 '' A n n p e re " H o w e ll .. 9.25 . . " Fowlerville (Pass N o. 2) 9.48 .. 10.00 . " W e b b e r v i l le " Williamston " Meridian . . " O k e m os " T r o w b r i d ge 10.35 10.45 Agricultural College, Ar. 10.55 .110.25 10.15 .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RATES $1 75 1 60 1 35 1 25 1 15 1 00 1 00 1 00 9° 85 76 65 50 40 40 25 '5 10 • • * Stop on signal. C h i l d r en u n d er 12, half fare. R e t u r n i ng train will at 5.15 p. m. a nd Agricultural College at 5.40 p. m. leave L a n s i ng A. M. 6.45 7.00 RATES $2.00 2 00 . . . . . . . . .. L e a ve Big R a p i ds " R o d n ey . . " Mecosta " R e m us .. . " Millbrook " Blanchard . " W y m an . " E d m o re . " McBrides " S t a n t on fPass. No. 21) . . " S h e r i d an " F e n w i ck . " Shiloh . S t r o ng " " Ionia " L y o ns " Collins . Portland " " E a g le . . " G r a nd L e d ge . .. .. . . . . . .. . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . •" L a n s i ng (Pass No. 3) .. 7.13 .. 7.23 7.33 7.40 7.50 8.10 8.20 . 8.36 .. 8.49 .. 8.59 .. 9.08 9.25 9.40 9.53 10.15 1030 .. 10.00 . . 10.45 .. 11.22 1 80 1 75 1 65 1 60 1 45 1 40 1 35 1 25 1 15 1 00 95 85 75 65 60 50 40 35 " T r o w b r i d ge 11.30 Agricultural College, Ar. 11.40' . . . . L e a ve E d m o re . . . . . . .. .. 7.05 7.20 7.35 .. 7.45 . " Six L a k es . . " L a k e v i ew " A m b le . . . " H o w a rd City " Coral . . 7.55 " Trufant " Gowan 8.05 " Greenville (Pass No. 32) 8.30 7.47 " Lowell 7.57 " Moseley 8.06 " S m y r na . . 8.14 Belding, Arrive . , . . . . . . A. M. RATES $1 40 6.45 1 40 6.55 1 40 1 40 1 40 1 35 1 25 1 15 1 00 1 00 1 00 1 00 1 00 $1 00 1 00 90 11.30 a. m . . . . Agricultural College, Ar. 11.40 Children u n d er 12, half fare. R e t u r n i ng train will leave A g r i c u l t u r al College at 5.15 p. m. a nd L a n s i ng at 5.40 p. m. Connection at Belding with r e g u l ar train at 8.21 p. m. for Lowell. S a t u r d ay A u g u st 24, 1901. P E RE MARQUETTE RAILROAD. A. M. L e a ve St. J o s e ph (Sp. T r a i n) . 5.30 .. 5.40 . . . " Benton H a r b or '' Riverside " Colotna " W a t e r v l i et " Hartford " M c D o n a ld " Bangor " Breedsville " G r a nd J u n c t i on . " L ee " H o p p e r t o wn " Bravo " P e a r le " F e n n v i l le " N ew R i c h m o nd " E a st S a u g a t u ck " H o l l a nd (Pass No. 2) . . . . . . 5.50 5.57 6.05 6.15 *6.23 6.33 6.40 .. 6.50 . . *6.57 *7.02 7.08 *7-i3 7.22 . *7-32 . R A TE $2 00 2 00 2 00 1 00 2 00 2 00 1 90 1 75 1 75 1 75 1 75 1 75 1 75 1 65 1 50 1 50 1 50 .. * 7 4o . . 8.00 1 50 . . .. . . " M u s k e g on . " M u s k e g on H e i g h ts . " F e r r y s b u rg " G r a nd H a v en " Agnew " W e st Olive W a v e r ly . 6.30 . *6.38 . 7.00 7.04 *7.i8 *7-24 Arrive 7.45 " Allegan " Mill G r o ve " D u n n i ng . " H a m i l t on " F i l m o re H o l l a nd . . . . . . . . . . 7.00 *7.o6 *j. 14 .. 7.24 .. . 7.32 Arrive 7.50 . " H o l l a nd " W a v e r ly " Z e e l a nd " V r i e s l a nd " H u d s o n v i l le " J e n i s on •" G r a n d v i l le 8.00 8.10 8.18 *8.26 8.35 . *8.45 8.48 . G r a nd R a p i d s. {^ ^ " L a n s i ng " T r o w b r i d ge 11.25 " . 35 Agricultural College A rr 11.45 2 00 2 00 2 00 2 00 1 75 1 60 . . 1 50 1 50 1 50 1 50 1 50 1 50 1 50 1 50 1 45 1 45 1 40 1 35 1 30 ^ . . '. . . . * Stop on s i g n a l. Children u n d er 12, half fare. R e t u r n i ng train will leave A g r i c u l t u r al College at 5.30 p. m.; L a n s i ng at 5.45 p. m. T r a in will connect at W a v e r ly with S p e c i al for Allegan, a nd with Regular at io.oo p. m. for M u s k e g o n. L e a ve F r e m o nt A. M. 6 45 7.20 7.40 7-55 8.05 8.13 8.20 . 8.33 *8.38 . *8.47 8.55 9.00 9.08 9.25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.00 . . 11.25 11.35 11.45 . . • " W h i te Cloud " N e w a y go . " G r a nt " Bailey " Casnovia " K e nt City " S p a r ta (Pass No. 1) . " Englishville .. " Alpine " Mill C r e ek . . . . . . . . . . 8.37 . .. . A. M. 7.30 " F u l l er . 7.40 . " Bridge Street . 8.00 . " G r a nd R a p i ds . " E a st Paris . * 8 . is " McCords .. 8.30 " Alto . " F r e e p o rt . " E l m d a le . . . " Clarksville " L a ke O d e s sa " W o o d b u ry . " Sunfield " Mulliken . " G r a nd L e d ge " Delta " L a n s i ng . " T r o w b r i d ge Arr. College *Stop on signal. Children u n d er 12, half fare. R e t u r n i ng T r a in will .. 8.20 .. 8.45 . 8.55 . . . 9.10 .. 9.17 .. 10.30 . . . 10.05 * i o . i5 . 10.40 . 10.50 .. 9.45 9.30 . . R a t e. f 2 00 2 00 2 00 1 75 1 70 1 60 1 50 1 50 1 40 1 35 1 30 1 25 1 25 1 25 1 00 1 00 95 85 85 80 70 60 50 50 35 25 . . • • L e a ve Belding " C h a d w i ck . " O r l e a ns . . " S t r o ng . Ionia " " L a n s i ng . . 8.50 9 00 . . . . . .. 9.05 9.15 9.40 . . . . .. 11.22 . . leave Agricultural College at 5.00 p. m. for G r a nd R a p i d s, a nd 5.30 p. m. for F r e m o n t. 85 • 75 . L e a ve L a n s i ng 5.15 a nd 5:45 p. m. Connection at E l m d a le for F r e e p o rt from last train.