The M. A. C. RECORD. MICHIGAN STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. V O L. 7. L A N S I N G, M I C H I G A N, T U E S D A Y, J U NE 17, 1902. _ N o. 38 NOTICES. Travis and Gurney will haul trunks the Lansing depots be ginning Wednesday, J u ne iS. Ship ping tags free. to All students w ho are to return next year should apply for rooms at once. Get a new catalog and a schedule the fall term he- the summer vaca of recitations for fore leaving for tion. BACCALAUREATE SERMON. Commencement exercises for this year began with the baccalaureate sermon Sunday in tr e Armory by the R e v. Dr. Camden M. Cobern of Chicago. His subject was " L e a r n ing of the Ancients "and he spoke in part as follows: " Schools are no new thing on this planet. T h e re were some wise men here even before we came. There were men with good brains in (the days of ages, the tallow-dip) fifty years ago, and equally so five hundred years ago and five thousand years ago. the dark This is peculiarly a generation of brag and nothing will teach us humility better than a glimpse into It will show that m?.n. the far past. ,.us aiways Deen man with man's endowment of human power. Let us, however, guard against the mis apprehension that the past was bet ter than the present. T h e re never has been an age better than ours. In the past milleniums all the com luxuries and knowledge forts and were for the few. T he poor man the poorest was a nobody. Today boy has advantages which no sov ereign could have bought a century ago with his crown; while anyone of they could have had access to the palace of King Solomon, or to the lecture halls of the Seven Wise Men of Greece, would have become a teacher of all. Nevertheless, any today, however brilliant, may be able to look back into the past centuries and find men whose mental power and methods of work may prove stimu lating." these graduates, if student D r. Cobern at this point gave many examples of great men and the last three cent women during uries who had astonished the world by the brilliancy of their scholarship or scientific discoveries. " T he young ladies were particu larly interested in the account of a y o u ng woman, Professor of L aw in a University of the Middle ages, who was so beautiful that when she gave her lectures, she had to hide herself behind a curtain so that the students would not be attracted by her beauty from all thoughts of jurisprudence." From this point he moved back to the Augustine age in R o me and the Golden age in Greece, making the assertion that the finest artists and sculptors the world had ever seen, the were the " o ld masters", while capstone, as well as the foundation of the Philosophical Academy had been laid by Plato and Aristotle. He also contended that our most powerful modern music was mould ed on ancient patterns and that some of our most heart-breaking melodies were sung by the ancient Hebrews and Assyrians, as has only recently been proven. T a k i ng up the matter of science, he affirmed, that the knowledge of the three R's was almost as univer sal in E g y p t, Babylon and Assyria, among the better classes, as in America. thousand years ago three " T he wardrobes and jewelry of the ladies of Abraham's day were as splendid as those of Queen Elizabeth. Our modern novelties in draperies, frescoes and furniture came from the recently uncovered palaces of Asia and Africa; our novelties in glass ware from the ancient Etruscans and Phoenicians, while compared finest with ancient buildings, our palaces look like brick-kilns or stone quarries." Dr. Cobern had, himself, found in E g y pt which he dated 2,000 B. C., recently, D r. Hilprecht but more had found one in Babylonia 4,000 B. C. the key-stone of an arch " E v en our modern Suez canal, which is a triumph of modern engi the line of an old neering, follows canal which was in active operation thirty-five hundred years ago, and a Phccnecian fleet on a voyage of sci entific discovery doubled the cape of circumnavigated Good Hope and Af'ica before Vasco de Gama's celebrated expedi tion. centuries twenty " T he schools and seminaries and universities in Moses' day and much earlier, were important institutions." T he speaker gave arithmetical prob lems from a papyrus, which he had translated, and strange and difficult are geometrical problems, which still used in modern text books, but which were originated in E g y pt before the time of the Exodus. He affirmed that there never was a time in the scope of history when it was not known the earth was a sphere, that it revolved on its axis and that it moved about the sun. Aristotle, three and a half centuries before Christ, proved its revolution with almost all the modern argu ments, including that of the earth's shadow on the moon during an eclipse. that Pythagoras, 700 B. C. taught that the Milky W ay was a collection of Its movement about the sun stars. was taught in the University of E g y pt one thousand years before In one papyrus, writ Copernicus. ten thirty-three hundred years ago, the speaker had read this phrase, " T he moon which shines by the reflected light of the sun ". in the days of Joseph, the " E v en professors in the great universities had as great celebrity as philologists, philosophers, historians and rhetor icians, as any w ho have lived since." Dr. Cobern had published a trans lation of what he supposed to be a college song written one thousand years before Moses, in which the refrain is, " Give thy heart to letters; love letters as thy mother ". " T he ancients did not teach natural science as we do, indeed Oxford has only had physics in the college course within the memory of men now living, and yet Strabo antici pated many conclusions of modern geology. Aristotle wrote a history of animals in which he anticipated the four great divisions of the animal kingdom demonstrated by Cuvier, and on the walls of ancient temples erected 1500 B. C, are pictures of plants and animals, both foreign and drawn, which native, excellently proves zoology that botany and were subjects of careful study at that time. " Many of our popular medical to be sur recipes are found now vivals of the medical practice of three or four thousand years ago; where they used sugar coated pills and made as many professions of to make hair grow on being able bald heads as today. are made These ancient medical papyri were, like our modern recipes, written in language which the people could not read. Thousands of legal docu ments, loans, wills, deeds and trans fers, etc., have come down from that ancient time, and modern practice has improved little over the ancient methods in these directions. " " T h i nk of the mental grip of a sculptor w ho carved the majestic head of the Sphinx out of a living rock almost as large as a cathedral in the dusk of the first morning of the race. " M an was man in that early his toric day and behind that Sphinx tV~'° outline of rises 111 tne clouds lhos< other Sphinxes caned fire, language, art and tool, weapon, religion. originate any one To of these must have required as great an intellect and genius as would now to write a treatise of be required invent a Darwin or Spencer, or submarine telephonic cable or aerial ship. " Go forth, young scholars of the the Twentieth Century, and may ancients, while the learning of teaching us all humility, also stir us to highest endeavor. Let us re member also, that the best direction in which we can make a distinguish the direction of is in ed moral and spiritual perfection. St. J o hn is even greater than Descartes; St. Peter is greater than St. Peter's Cathedral, Jesus is infinitely greater than Handel's Messiah. success " T he best investment possible for a man who wants to succeed, is to the best forces of his heart invest and life on the same side with St. Peter and St. J o hn and the Christ." BASEBALL. T he seniors beat the faculty in a six-inning game Saturday afternoon, the T he score being 10 to 1. faculty had one bad inning in which 7 runs were scored by the seniors. T he line u p: FACULTY, Reynolds Parrott Holbrook Vedder Reed Locke Severance Barlow Dean P c ib 2b ss 3b rf cf If Umpire— Ray Tower. SENIORS. Stroebel Francisco Millspaugh Crosby Uhl D. Smith Dunford Keeler Geib" ALUMNI. '88. H. E. Harrison, Chemist of in the Liquid Carbonic Acid Co. Milwaukee, has a little daughter. '91. Prof. Wheeler went to Wash ington, Sunday evening, for a short stay. '91. Victor H. L o we has put out a bulletin recently entitled " Miscel laneous Notes on Injurious Insects." He has been a collaborator in getting out the bulletin " Four Lesser Insect Enemies." '93. H. M. Goss spent two days of last week at his old home, Plain- well, Mich. '93. E. M. M c E l r oy visited M. A. C. friends over Sunday. '93. C. E. Holmes, who has been superintendent of the Lansing city schools, is to be the new superin tendent of the School for the Blind. '93. D. J. Crosby is expected home from Washington before long for a short visit. ' 9 3 - 9 5 ^. D w i g ht Randall, who went to Milwaukee in March, has returned to Chicago with his family. He has received and accepted a very flattering offer from a Chicago firm. '94. C. J. Foreman finishes his I ftte ccu*S* HI uie L u i- post- versu, this month. '95. 1'rof. W. C. Stebbins, who has charge of the Science Depart ment, Petoskey H i gh School, is vis iting friends at the College during commencement week. '95. Howard R. Smith, took the Chicago M. A. C. lunch with Alumni, Saturday June 7, at the regular Saturday Lunch. He was on his way to his old home in Som erset, Mich, for his summer vaca is in the Depart tion. M r. Smith ment of Animal Husbandry in the Nebraska State University, having just been advanced to an Associate Professorship. Mr. E. A. Burnett, '87, is Director of the Experiment Station in that Institution. '98. Floyd W. Robison has been through the east part of the State the past few days collecting the last material for the fertilizer bulletin. '99. Roscoe Kedzie will have a in Vicksburg, Mich., as first charge. On Sunday he pastorate his preached in Pilgrim church. '99. Mary H. Lapham's latest bul letin is Capillary Studies and Filtra tion of Clay from Soil Solutions, written in conjunction with Lyman J. Briggs. '00. Louis Appleyard is at home in Lansing from Albany, N. Y. '00. Irma Thompson of Keeler is visiting at Mr. Baker's. ' 0 1. Alice Gunn has returned from Minneapolis, Minnesota where she has a position as dietitian in the Northwestern Hospital. Ex-'o2. Zaidee Vosper is visiting M. A. C. friends. (Continued on page two) T HE M. A. C. RECORD. THE M. A. C. RECORD. r U B L I S H KD EVKIiY T l K S H AY D O T I NG T HE 'OLl.KiiK YK.Vlt l'.V T HE MICHIGAN STATE ACKIITI.TI'HAL COLLEGE EDITORS. ]•. II. STEVENS, MANAGING EDITOIS. ASSOCIATE EDITORS: .1. (i. MOOKE, '03. STANLEY UAKTHE. '(13m. II. ". SMITH, '04. ' Subscription, 50 cents per year, Remit bv P. O. Money Order, Draft or Regis tered Letter. Do not send stamps. Address all subscriptions and advertising mat ter to the College Secretary. Agricultural Col lege, Mich. Address all contributions to the Managing Editor. Business Office with Lawrence & Van Buren Printing Co.. 122 Ottawa St. E., Lansing. Mien. Entered as second-class mail matter, Lansing, Mich. This paper is occasionally sent to non subscrib ers. Such persons need have no hesitation about taking the paper from the post-office, for no charge will be made for it. The only way, however, to secure the paper regularly is to sub scribe. TUESDAY, JUNE 17,1902. T H IS number of T HE R E C O RD is the last one before the close of the year. T he period of T961-02 has been a successful one in every sphere of College life at M. A. C It will be the aim of those having charge of represent this paper to more fully this life next year. To the co-operation of every do is needed. Students, alumni one this in and (acuity WSl please bear mind when the issues of the p ' o er appear next September. this ALUMNI. '03^2. W. J. Ransom, Clinton, Mich., writes an interesting account of his present life. He and his brother are managing their father's farms, and see profit in it. Expects to say hello to the boys on field day. Geneva N. Y. Alumni. While in Geneva, N. Y. recently, Prof. C. D. Smith visited with F. H. Hall, '88, Victor L o w e, '91, H. J. Eustace, '01. the • M. A. C. is well represented in Alma, Mich. W. A. Bahlke, '83, is one of lawyers and leading President of the Alma State Savings Bank. F. E. West, '99, has charge of in the Chemical Department Alma College. A. N. Clark,' sp., is head chemist for the Alma Sugar Co. and E. Z. Wolfe, who was in structor in the beet-sugar course at M. A. C. in 1S99, is Superintendent for the Alma Sugar Co. BIRDS OF THE JACK PINE PLAINS. season the breeding In order to get a better idea of the avifauna of the Jack Pine plains during the writer spent J u ne 6 at Gaylord, in Otsego county, and J u ne 7 and 8 in and about Grayling, Roscommon countv, and in spite of the fact that - more than half the time was rainy, a very fair list of birds was obtained. Fifty-two species were noted about Grayling:, most of which were also seen at Gaylord, while ten additional species, not found at Grayling, were met with at Gaylord. T he latter place lies just outside the Jack Pine plains, and a thorough examination of its fauna doubtless would have the number of species; a doubled heavy rain, however, made it im practicable to penetrate the more in teresting swamps and woodlands and the birds observed were mainly the open countr\r, the ex those of ceptions being two species of thrush, oven-bird and three other warblers, and a single fly-catcher, doubtless the Acadian, though no specimen was obtained. T he country about Grayling is desolate in the extreme and consists mainly of level, sandy plains scantily covered with oak scrub, jack pines, and the stumps and charred corpses of Norway pines and intersected here and clear, swift water along the sides of which alders, willows and poplars form a scanty fringe, with here and there a cedar s w a mp in which black spruce and hemlock also occur. there with streams of T he plains themselves were almost covered at the time of my visit with low blueberry bushes heavy with the green fruit and with fragrant sweet- fern bushes, while in the more open spaces the birds-foot violet ( V. Pedata ) covered the ground with the dis flowers. its beautiful tance low rounded hills were visible, most of which bore only the same stunted growth as the plains, though here and there a slightly heavier growth of pines gave the impression of heavy woods. In T he most characteristic birds of to be only 16 in the region seemed number, and were as follows: T he Carolina dove or mourning dove, nighthawk, chimney swift, kingbird or bee-martin, blue-jay, rrow, grass-finch or vesr""" sr>«rro"", chipping sparrow, sparrow, song tree swallow or white-bellied swal low, cedar-bird or cherry bird, red- eyed vireo, brown thrasher, house wren, robin and bluebird. These are species common to the whole Lower Peninsula and in most places more abundant the Jack Pine plains. than on pileated, red-headed, T he junco or snowbird and the white-throated sparrow, which do not nest in southern Michigan, oc curred sparingly but were to be found after a little search. Five species of woodpecker, the downy, hairy, and golden-winged, were noted, but no one of them appeared to be abund ant. Much to my surprise the great pileated wood pecker or log-cock, the largest woodpecker but one in the United States, seemed very un suspicious, and one individual al to approach within a lowed me dozen yards or less, and to follow him from log to log and watch his rotten vigorous attacks on stumps for half an hour or so. the A l o ng the streams the kingfisher was seen at frequent intervals, as also the blue heron, while .the red- winged blackbird and crow black bird haunted marshy spots and the overflowed region above the dam on the Au Sable river. Wherever the the stream expanded flood-plain of the bobolink was into a meadow found bubbling over with song, and along the edges of such meadows the Maryland and yellow warbler were singing con absence of entiie stantly. T he thrushes was a surprise, but I heard no thrush song and saw but one individual, a or Wilson's tawny thrush. yellow-throat Equally surprising was the entire absence of the field sparrow pusilla), region would seem suited. (spizella the to be perfectly a species for which to find escaped in numbers I was much pleased the bluebird abundant everywhere. This species narrowly extinc tion during its winter sojourn at the South a few years ago, but has been steadily increasing for three years and we may the last hope to see it reach its former num bers before long. T he winter wren which should have been present in suitable locations, was nowhere seen, but the house wren was heard and seen everywhere,: out in the desolate burnings as well as about the farms and clearings. Doubtless a month's residence in Roscommon county would increase this list by a score or more of species, yet it would be un safe them to predict what all of would be. On the return trip, while passing through Bay county, I was startled to see two bald eagles sitting quietly on neighboring trees within a couple of hundred yards of railroad, and their nest was placed close at from hand, not more than 40 feet the ground in the triple fork of a large tree. the T h ey paid no attention to the train as it rushed past, and I was informed they had by reared the same nest for several years in succession. that their young from the conductor W A L T ER B. B A R R O W S. S C R E E CH O W LS ON T HE C A M P U S. T h r o u gh the doorway of In one of the oak trees between the Chemical laboratory and College Hall for the past two yesrs, at /east, a pair of screech owls have lived s-nd reared young. the fall and winter the birds could very often be seen, especially on bright days and late in the afternoon, sitting their secluded in home. they would leave the tree and venture out to get their daily meal which usually con sists of mice, judging from the bones and fur found in pellets under the they probably trees. Occasionally feathered feast on some of is not uncommon to neighbors. find dead mice and English sparrows in the vicinity of the tree. Just at dusk their It Last spring on the third of J u ne a young bird nearly large enough to fly was taken from the tree. This year four young were raised, one of which tree J u ne 7. left the T he other three came out J u ne 12 and were to be seen in the neighbor ing trees nearly all day. Consider produced able disturbance was among the robins in the vicinity by one of the old owls catching one of the young robins which was just learning to fly. T h r o u gh the fall and winter an this other owl or perhaps one of pair was frequently seen in one of the oaks northeast of Williams Hall. T he plaintive whistle of these birds can often be heard in the evenings and as they are doubtless our friends they should in no way be molested. N EW B O O K S. though recently, A number of new, valuable and entertaining books have come to the library they can not be given out yet as they are not catalogued. Some of these books are: Old T i me Gardens; T he Building of a Nation, Gannett; Social Salvation, Gladden; School, College and Char acter; Animals of the P a s t; Demo cratic and Social Ethics; Harriman Alaska Expedition ; T he Making of an American. in color. T he Harriman Alaska Expedi tion is in two volumes, beautifully illustrated, some of the illustrations being in It large, clear type and is of value as a literary achievement as well as a scientific treatise, being written by the popular nature writers, J o hn Burroughs, J o hn Bird Grinnell, and J o hn Muir. is printed T he Making of an American, by Jacob A. Riis, is entertaining, as is the It his books generally are. story of his own life simply and frankly told, full of anecdote and adventure. Democratic and Social Ethics, by J a ne Addams, is an expression of the autnor's ripest judgment. AU who heard Mr. Melendy and appre ciated him will be able to get deeply interested in Democratic and Sscial Ethics. There are other books that might be mentioned were there the incli nation. T he present addition to the library will probably prove the most accessible to all readers who go to the large preponderance of the popular style in the writing of the books. library because of the T he M, S. U. Independent, the University of Missouri college paper, prints a very artistic commencement number. There are cuts of several its new buildings besides cuts of of commencement the guests, Mark Secretary Wilson, Dr. Henry Van Dyke and others. Reviews of athletics and debating appear in the literary make up of the paper. distinguished Twain, Your Attention Ladies! We are catering to the wants of those who are intrinsic 1 oking for high grade goods at their value. We are headquarters for . . . BRAINERD & ARMSTRONG'S SILKS—The Best. Filo Floss, Roman Floss, Wash Twist, Rope Silk. Purse Twist, Knitting Silk, Peniey Embroidery Twist. COLUMBIA YARNS T he Best. Shetland Floss, Shetland Wool, Germantown and Saxony. Mountings for Purses—Steel Beads, Gold Beads, Jet Beads, Turquois Beads. Our line of Chattelaine Steel and Metal Bags is the finest. Do not be satisfied until you see them. Send your orders to the Donsereaux Giotnino & Grocery Go. Our big wagon passes your door daily. Your orders carefully filled. T HE M. A. C. RECORD. <£ A B O UT T HE C A M P U S. *g Harvey Hahn, ex-'o3, visited M. A. C. Sunday. E. S. Good entertained Grand Mr. Faunce is receiving a visit Rapids friends Sunday. from his father and mother. Prof. C. D. Smith gave an ad dress in Watervliet last week. Major Vernou was in Detroit Miss Avery has gone home to over Sunday. Oberlin for the summer. Mrs. C. D. Smith is home from Mrs. C. R. Reynolds, of Kansas her trip to N ew Y o r k. City, is visiting Miss Kerr. Burt W e r m u th will do post grad in the University next uate work year. Miss Kendrick, sister of E. C. Kendrick, '97-'99, is visiting with College friends. Miss Clare Dean, '02, has a little sister visiting her during commence ment. It is rumored instructors are to be married summer vacation. that some of the this It is safe at last to announce that each one can get a new catalog before leaving College. T he Feronians held their annual commencement party on Saturday evening in the armory. Prof. Pettit's knee is still troub ling him and he contemplates going to the University hospital for treat ment. T he College people have been furnished with green peas from the College grounds for a week or more. T he officers of the Union Literary Society gave the other members a spread as a fitting close to the year's w c r k. George Baldwin, '05, received a visit from his mother several days last week. M r s. Baldwin took the opportunity while here to do some Nature study work. J o hn R a n k i n, '02, spent Saturday and Sunday at M. A. C. He is in foreman charge of the beet fields of the Detroit Sugar Co. and is located at Wyandotte. term: President, T he following officers were elect ed by the Themian Society for the Edna V. fall S m i t h; Vict E m ma Barrett; Secretary, Elva Davis; Treasurer, Harriett Moore: Society Editor, Kate Coad. President, J oe Haftenkamp will correspond for the Detroit Tribune next year. E. G. Hall will correspond for the Lansing Journal. A recent number of the Jackson Patriot has a very complimentary notice of the College, the article having reference to the recent meet ing of the Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society which held one of its sessions at the College. Miss Zoe Benton, of Washington, D. C. who has had charge of the junior French class since the depart ure of Miss Davis, has received a proposal which she will probably accept. from her father, Air. F r a nk Benton, class of '79, for her to spend the summer in study and in France and Germany. 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T he Themian Society gave their the Ar Commencement party mory Friday evening. D r. and Mrs. Waterman were chaperones. in Professor R. C. Carpenter, the predecessor of Prof. Vedder in the Department of Mathematics, visited the College recently. T he following young ladies at tended the Themian commencement party in the Armory Friday night and will remain at College through exercises: — the Misses Mabel Downey with '04, Clara Dey with '04, Grace Elliott with '02. commencement T he board as audited for the var ious clubs is as follows, Club Y not being given: Club A, $2.22; Club B, $2.60; Club C, $1.60; Club D, $2.50; Club E, $ 2 . 5 3; Club G, somewhat $1.94. is higner this term owing to the ad vance in the price of food-stuffs. T he board T he parade annual nightshirt took place last evening on schedule time. There were seven red devils, " raven in tooth and claw," among the others. T he rounds of faculty the usual row were made and speeches followed. Fireworks aided in the general jollification. Professor Taft visited the South Haven Station two days last week. A. G. Craig, '02, will work for the Chautauqua Desk Co. in the northern part of the State. T he strawberry crop was short ened somewhat by the early frosts, but the quality is extremely good. T he Physics laboratory was struck by lightning during the storm of Thursday afternoon. A relay in the master clock was burned out. T he officers of the Botanical Club are; President, Glen S e v e y; vice president, F. C. Reimer; secretary and treasurer, J. E. Schaefer, H o m er Burton w ho has been for the driver of the sometime past Donsereaux wagon is to open a store at M. A. C. He has rented the " W h i te E l e p h a n t" and the land adjoining it. His goods have begun to arrive already though the stock will not be completed for a few weeks yet. T he football schedule, which has not been approved yet by the fac ulty, is considered an extremely good one. There are prospective games with De P a u w( Notre Dame, U. of M., Beloit, Albion, Olivet, and U. team. T he U. of M. all Freshman of M. game, if the schedule goes into operation, will be played at A nn Arbor. T he U. of M. all Freshman team will play here, most the other big games also being of at M. A. C. T he Beloit game will be the Thanksgiving game. This cut represents the IMPERIAL HAT, one of the best three-dollar hats made. Carry complete lines of Spalding's Sweaters, Supporters, Sleeve less Shirts, R u n n i ng Pants, Military Gloves. Students patronage Solicited. Elgin flifflin. i ...Men's-Oxfords... ? We have all the new styles. \ In patent leather, vici kid or and the light, medium > box calf. Made in > \ S heavy soles at i u n i f o rm Price $3.50 a pair. \ C- D. W OO D B U R Y, MOLLISTER BLOCK. ABOUT THE CAMPUS. T he T au B e ta Pi f r a t e r n i ty e n d ed t he y e ar w i th a b a n q u et last T h u r s f o l l o w i ng officers d ay n i g h t. T he P r e s i t he y e a r: for w e re elected d e n t, R. L. Y a t e s; V i ce P r e s ., W. R. B r o w n; C o r r e s p o n d i ng S e c r e t a r y, B u rr W h e e l e r; R e c o r d i ng S e c ' y, S. G a r t h e; T r e a s u r e r, F. K. B r a i n a r d. in t he f r om l a r ge p o nd M r. B a k er r e c e n t ly t o ok t wo b l a ck bass t he b o t a n ic g a r d e n, t h e ir p r e s e n ce in t he p o nd b e i ng s o m e t h i ng of a m y s t e r y. T he bass w e re p r o v i ng d e s t r u c t i ve to t h e s u n f i sh w h i ch eat t he m o s q u i to a nd o t h er a q u a t ic larvae. B e f o re t he i n to sunfish w e re t he p o nd it w as to g r ow t he w i ld rice b e c a u se of t he l a r v a. i n t r o d u c ed i m p o s s i b le t he C o l l e ge T he m e m b e rs of at last w e e k. t he B o a rd or C o n t r o l, O h io E x p e r i m e nt S t a t i o n, t he E x p e r i W o o s t e r, O h i o, visited t he m e nt S t a t i on m i d d le of c a me to M. A. C. after h a v i ng visited t he s t a t i o ns at G e n e v a, N. Y ., and C o r nell U n i v e r s i t y, a nd G u e l p h, O n t a r i o, T he m e m b e rs of t he B o a rd a re P r e s i d e nt A l va A g e e, S e n a t or W h i t t l e s e y, M e s s r s. S i m p s on a nd W h i t e, a nd D i r e c t or C. E. T h o r n e. T h ey of t he t he t he S c r i p t u re T he K i n g 's D a u g h t e rs h e ld t he season at last m e e t i ng of h o me of M r s. J. L. S n y d e r, W e d n e s d ay a f t e r n o o n. T he m e e t i ng o p e n ed w i th s o n g, f o l l o w ed by roll call, a nd r e a d i ng lesson. l e a d e r, and after M r s. B a r r o ws w as p r a y e r, g a ve a s h o rt t a lk on t he life t he apostle P e t e r. and c h a r a c t er of M r s. W. J. B e al t he from S i l v er C r o s s. D u r i ng t he a f t e r n o o n, t h r ee musical t he C i r c le e n j o y ed s e l e c t i o n s —a solo by M r s. U. P. H e d r i c k, a d u et by M r s. H e d r i ck a nd M r s. A t k i n s, a..u u suit oy M i s. t he m e e t i n g, t he visit B i r d. A f t er t he i ng friends a nd t he m e m b e rs of C i r c le to t h r ow t he L i l i an W h e e l e r. L i g ht r e f r e s h m e n ts w e re s e r v e d. a k i t c h en h o n o r, M i ss g a ve g u e st of r e ad THE LAST DRILL. T he final drill of t he b a t t a l i on It w as h e ld T h u r s d ay a f t e r n o o n. consisted of o r d er drill e x t e n d ed a nd b a t t a l i on p a r a d e, after w h i ch t he n ew a p p o i n t m e n ts y e ar w e re p u b l i s h e d, t he g u ns not b e i ng t u r n ed in till F r i d a y. for n e xt from to see, and success so its n a t u r e, a d e p a r t u re t he city, w ho h ad h e a rd of T he y e ar of 1901-'02 h as b e en a far as m i l i t a ry m a r k ed m a t t e rs a re c o n c e r n e d. T he drill T h u r s d ay e v e n i ng w as w o r th g o in fact it w as i ng miles s p e c t a t o rs w i t n e s s ed by n u m e r o us from it on brief notice. T he v o l l e y i ng w a s, by t he usual e v e n i ng drill, b ut w as n e v e r theless e x e c u t ed w i th no v e ry n o th£ p r a i se ticeable b l u n d e r s. T h at to of t he t he drill is n ot confined t he let c a m p us alone is p r o v ed by t e rs a nd f r om t h o se a b r o a d, such as we p u b l i s h ed last w e ek as t a k en from t he Jack son Patriot. E v e ry o ne has s h o wn t he r i g ht sort of p r i de and e n t h u s i asm this y e a r, and as a t h e re h a ve b e en g o od c o n s e q u e n ce r e s u l t s. T he b a nd as at p r e s e nt or g a n i z e d, has had no little p a rt in t he e x c e l l e n ce of t he m i l i t a ry d e p a r t m e n t, a nd it is a p l e a s u re to a n n o u n ce its o r g a n i z a t i on will be m u ch t h at t he s a me for t he e n s u i ng y e a r. T he list of n ew officers is g i v en b e l ow : and' staff — S i g n al S e r g t. c o m m e n ts c o m i ng in t he drill F i e ld C. B. R o se to be 1st L i e u t, a nd T HE ML A. C. RECORD. to be a nd L i e u t, Q u a r t e r m a s t e r; to be A d j .; S e r g t. G. R. F o r b es 2d S e r g t. G. A. M o r l ey 2d L i e u t, and S i g n al Officer; C o r p o r al G . N. C a r d o zo to be S e r g t. M a j o r; C a d et A. A. R o s e n b e r ry to be S i g n al S e r g t .; C o r p o r al P. F. D r ew to be C o l or S e r g t .; C h i ef M u s i c i an J. H. P r o st to be B a nd M a s t e r. " A" C o m p a n y — F i r st S e r g t. H. to be C a p t a i n; C o r p o r al to be 1st L i e u t .; C o r to be 2d L i e u t .; addi D. F a r go C . A . L i l ly p o r al E. S. G o od S e r g t. M. W. T a b er t i o n al 2d L i e u t .; C o r p o r al H. D. S w e et to be 1st S e r g t. to be " B" C o m p a ny — F i r st S e r g t. J. H. H e d g es S e r g t. to be C a p t a i n; H. W. D ey to be 1st L i e u t .; S e r g t. to be 2d L i e u t .; J. M. C h u r c h i ll be a d d i S e r g t. A. C. D o d ge tional 2d L i e u t .; C o r p o r al T. P. C h a se to be 1st S e r g t. to " C " C o m p a ny — S e r g t. M a j or B u rr W h e e l er to be C a p t a in ; S e r g t. L. G a r t he to be 1st L i e u t .; C o r p o r al W. M. B a r r o ws to be 2d L i e u t .; S e r g t. A. A d e l m an to be a d d i t i o n al 2d L i e u t .; S e r g t. W. S. M e r i ck to be 1st S e r g t. C o m p a n y — S e r g t. R. L. " D" to be C a p t a i n; C o r p o r al B. Y a t es to be 1st L i e u t .; D r um T. H e s se to be 2d M a j or H. R. K i n g s l ey L i e u t .; C o r p o r al F. H. S a n f o rd to be a d d i t i o n al 2d L i e u t .; C o r p o r al M. H. W i l l e tt to be 1st S e r g t. NEW AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL. in of t he is of Journal i n s t i t u t i o ns life m et at i n t e r e st p e r h a ps T he f o l l o w i ng is clipped from t he of J u ne C h i c a go Drover's n t h, and to R E C O RD r e a d e r s, s h o w i n g, as it d o e s, t he g r o w th of a g r i c u l t u r al c o l l e g e s: T he s i g n i ng of c o n t r a c ts w i t h in a f ew d a ys for t he purchase t he S c h o ol of f r a u d ' c al A g r i c u l t u re of 4 15 acres of l a nd n e ar P o u g h k e e p s ie m a r ks t he b e g i n n i ng of a m o v e m e nt for t he p e r m a n e nt e s t a b l i s h m e nt n e ar N ew Y o rk of w h at t he p r o m o t e rs call o ne of t he m o st u n i q ue e d u c a t i o n al c o u n t r y. t wo y e a rs a go a n u m b er L e ss t h an of citizens p r o m i n e nt in political and social t he r e s i d e n ce of A b r am S. H e w i tt a nd R. F u l t on C u t t i ng a nd f o r m ed t h e m s e l v es i n to for e s t a b l i s h i ng e x an o r g a n i z a t i on t he p e r i m e n t a l l y, a t h e o ry of p r a c t i ce P r o f e s s or f a r m i ng could be t a u g h t. r e c o g n i z ed G e o r ge T. P o w e l l, a a g r i c u l t u r e, scientific a u t h o r i ty on t he u n d e r t o ok ladies a nd s c h o o l, a nd a n u m b er of t he g e n t l e m en p r o j e ct s t a g e. in T he o r i g i n al c o m m i t t ee of p r o m o t i o n, of w h i ch M r. H e w i tt w as c h a i r m a n, i n c l u d ed R. F u l t on C u t t i n g, J a c ob H. Schiff, J o hn G. C a r lisle, M r s. S e th L o w, M r s. J o s e p h i ne S h aw L o w e l l, W a l t er W. L aw a nd W i l l i am E. D o d g e. T he o r i g i n al s c h o ol e s t a b l i s h m e nt w as at B r i ar Cliff M a n o r, p r o v i d ed by t he g e n e r osity of M r. L o w, w ho also f u r n i s h ed a b u i l d i ng to a c c o m m o d a te thirty-five s t u d e n ts a nd t he n e c e s s a ry staff. a g r e ed its e x p e r i m e n t al t he o r g a n i z a t i on of school w h e re as w e ll as finance t he to T he success of t he school w as i m t h en m e d i a te c o n c l u d ed to e x t e nd t he facilities. t he o r i g i n a t o rs a nd T he S u n d ay Detroit h ad a cut of W a r d, t he H i l l s d a le a t h l e t e. Tribune T he Almanian, t he c o l l e ge p a p er of A l ma c o l l e g e, h as a c o m m e n c e m e nt n u m b er this w e e k. F i ne illus t r a t i o ns of t he t r a ck t e a m, t he b a s e ball t e am and t he fraternities a re en closed w i th t he p a p e r. THE JEWETT & KNAPP STORE Lansmo's Low Priced Reliable store E v e ry D e p a r t m e nt full of N ew S p r i ng a nd S u m m er G o o d s. N ew D r e ss G o o d s, S i l k s, L a c e s, G l o v e s, H o s i e r y, U n d e r w e a r, S i lk a nd C o t t on S h i rt W a i s t s, M u s l in U n d e r w e a r, D r e ss a nd W a l k i ng S k i r t s, T a i l or M a de S u i t s, a nd J a c k e t s. We also c a r ry a C o m p l e te S t o ck of L a ce C u r t a i ns a nd D r a p e r i e s. 2 2 2, 2 24 W a s h i n g t on A v e. S. Jewett & Knapp, L a n s i n g, M i c h. When in need of_ F I NE STATIONERY, INVITATIONS or C A R D 5 CALL ON Lawrence & Yan Buren Printing Co. 122 Ottawa St. E. Lansing Mich. DIRECTORY LANSING BUSINESS and PROFESSIONAL MEN *& The names in this Directory, as well as those of all our other advertisers, are of reli able parties. We hope that the faculty and students will take pains to patronize those who patronize us. BARBERS. 106 Michigan Avenue E. College work especially solicited. J H. WOOD—Barber. M A. C. BARBER SHOP, Room 44 Williams . Hall. E. E. Reynolds, Propr. BOOKS AND STATIONERY. A M. EMKRY. 116 Wash. Ave. N, Books, Fine Stationery, Engraved Calling Cards, store. Fotintain. Pens. Pictures, Frames. New New Stock. CITY BOOK STORE, Fountain Pens, Drafting Tools, Stationery, Card-, Engraved, Pictures and Picture Framing. Tennis, F"ootball and Base ball goods. Crotty Bros., 206 Wash. Ave. N. 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 dailv trips to the College. BOTH PHONES. Careful attention given to 'phone orders. GOTTLIEB REUTTER. Washington Ave. South. FURNISHING GOODS. j»LGIN MIFFLIN.— Ladies' and Gentlemen's j Furnishing Goods. See ad. FURNITURE DEALERS. M J. A B. M. BUCK.—Furniture. Cor. Wash- ington Avenue and Ionia Street. 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. tail Hardware and House Furnishings. 211 and 213 Washington Avenue North. J ACOB STAHL & SON,—Wholesale and Re N ORTON'S HARDWARE—General Hardware, Stoves, Tinware, Graniteware, Cutlery, etc. I ll Washington Ave. South. See ad. INSURANCE. THE DYER-JENISON-BARRY CO.. LTD., Incorporated) Hollister Block. All kinds of. the best insurance. Strongest agency in city. BOOK Binoeaa jEWELEns. GEO. G. Bl.UDEAU i CO , Book-binding of everv description clone r.e^tly and promptly. 109 Wash. Ave. N. BOOTS AND SHOES. Jeweler and Optician. 121 Washington Ave. N., Lansing, Mich. CHAS. A. P I E L L A. B P. RICHMOND—Watchmaker, Jeweler and Engraver. 200-202 Washington Avenue N. p D. WOODBURY.— Boots and Shoes. We L shoe the students. See ad. MANICURE AND HAIRDRESSING. CONFECTIONERY. ONLY the best candies at the "Sugar Bowl." Cor. Washington Ave. and Allegan. M RS. O. T. CASE—Manicure and Hairdressing Parlors. Masquerade wigs for rent. Switches made of cut hair or combings. New 'phone 118. 222*4 Washington Avenue S., up stairs. CLOTHING. MERCHANT TAILORS. Ave. S. . Goods. 113 Wash. Ave. N. H KOSITCHEK & BRO.—Clothing and Dry LOUIS BECK.—Clothier. Gents' Furnishings, Hats and Caps. 112 Washington Ave. North. 210 Wash. Student trade solicited. Opposite Hotel Downey, North. WOODBURY & SAVAGE.—Tailors. J OHN H E R R M A N N 'S SONS. 218 Washington Avenue N. CROCKERY AND GLASSWARE. MUSIC, PIANOS, ETC. H H. LARNED.— China, Glass and Lamps. 105 Washington Ave. S. THE POST MUSIC CO. Pianos, Organs and in the line of music. 219 Wash everything ington Ave, N. DENTJSTS. OCULISTS. Lansing. Building, corner \V;ish» and Mich. Aves., E. PARMELEE—Dentist. 218 Washington Ave. S. Phones, Bell 520 office, residence 732. L PARKER GEORGE, D. D. S. Whitney D J E. STOFFER, A. B., D. D. S. Office 109 R W. MORSE, D. D. S. Washington Ave. S. Former M. A. C. student. Hollister Block, Room 517. J OSEPH FOSTER, M. D.—Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat. Hours 9 to 12 A. M. City National Bank Building, Lansing, PHOTOGRAPHS. C E. WALTER, M. A. C. I make Photographs; Landscapes, Buildings, Interiors, Flash-lights, Lantern Slides, Transparencies, Medallions and Stereoscopic Views. Developing and Printing for Amateurs. Views for sale. DRUGGISTS. PHYSICIANS. date. Corner store. Opposite Hollister Block. R OUSER'S CAPITAL DRUG STORE. Up to R OBINSON DRUG CO.. successors to Alsdorf & Son, Drugs and Druggists' Sundries, 102 Washington Ave. N. DRY GOODS. CIMONS DRY GOODS COMPANY. — Dry O Goods and Carpets. See ad. 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. ' - T HE JEWF.TT & K N A PP STORE. Dry 1 Goods. 222-224 Washington Ave. S. ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES. CAPITOL E L S C T R I C C O. Electrical Supplies. 321 Wash. Ave., S. 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. 12 A. M., 2 to 4 and 7 to 8 P. M. Office at 212 Washington Avenue S.; home 219 Capitol Ave. J W. HAGADORN. M. D.—Office hours, 11 to P A. T Y L ER M. D. Phvsician and Surgeon. Calls attended night or dav. Office 121 Wash ington Ave. N. New Phone No. 160. PLUMBERS. SHIELDS & LEADLEY. Plumbing and Heat ing. 300 Wash. Ave. N., Lansing. Both Phones. SPORTING GOODS. J H. L A R R A B E E. Base . Ball Goods, Foot Ball Goods, Tennis, Golf, Guns, Ammunition and Fishing Tackle. 325 Wash. Ave. S.