The M. A. C. RECORD MICHIGAN STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. V O L. 8. L A N S I N G, M I C H I G A N, T U E S D A Y, S E P T. 30, 1902. N< NOTICES. Meeting of all R E C O RD editors tomorrow ( W e d n e s d a y) evening in College Hall, room 7, at 6:45. All students w ho took the R E C ORD last year and desire the paper inform this year are requested the Secretary of their present loca tion. to T he old members of the Faculty Shakespeare Club and others of the College Community interested are requested to meet on Wednesday evening, Oct. 1, at 7:30 p. rri. at No. 6 Faculty R o w. H. E D W A R D S. In renewing subscriptions the R E C O R D, those living at a distance are asked not to send stamps. A ny other form of payment is acceptable. to Found. — A Scott and Denny Composition-Rhetoric. Owner can have same by calling at room 102, Wells Hall. ' F. E. M A N G O L D. M. A. C. vs. Detroit College, Saturday, 3 p. m. on new field. T he question for debate in the de bating club next Thursday evening is: Resolved, T h at the operators of the anthracite coal mine are to be commended for the de mands of the striking miners. refusing T wo unfurnished rooms for rent on Delta. No ladies nor students. Inquire E. E. Bogue. BOARD MEETING. in T he State Board met the St. Clair hotel, Detroit, Sept. 23 and passed upon several routine matters the of business. Every member of Board was in attendance except Mr. Wells. T he members of the Board decid ed to instal the heating, lighting and power plant as designed by Prof. Weil. T he matter of its construc in the hands of a tion was placed Pres. committee of Marston, President and Snyder Secretary Brown. A resolution was passed setting aside $60,000 for the building of a central boiler house with its necessary equipment and the instalment of a water system. consisting After allowing smaller appropriations, the Board adjourned to meet Nov. 11 at 10 o'clock in the College Board rooms. some FOOT BALL. T he football team played its first game of the at South Bend against Notre Dame and was beaten by a score of thirty- two to nothing. season Saturday M. A. C. was out-weighed twenty pounds to a man and considering that Notre Dame is an old and ex perienced team, the showing was a good one for our team. Only once during the first half did M. A". C. get the ball and was then forced to In the second half M. A. C. punt. losing gained thirty yards without it looked like a touch the ball and down. A mistaken signal left the ball in the quarterback's hands who advanced the other side. it and thus lost it to Notre Dame after that never made a punt and the game ended with the ball near the center of the field. T he most of Notre Dame's gains the ends. M. were made around in tack A. C. was extremely weak ling and several times after catching a man behind line, lost him. the T he game showed many weaknesses which time and training will eradi cate. T he line u p: M. A. C Courtwright Kratz Meek Decker M c D e r m id Peters Burrington Childs, D., Childs, H ., Smith A g n ew r. e. r. t. r-g- c. I-g- 1. t. 1. e. 1. r. h. 1. h. f. N O T RE D. L o n e r g en D e s m o nd O'Mally Steiner O ' C o n n or Cullivan N e y e re McGlue M c D e r m o nt Doar S a l m on Timers: Wheeler, M. A. C; Dempsey, Notre Dame. Referee, Brainard. Umpire Mayor Fogarty of South Bend. Linesman, Eaton, M. A. C. FACULTY RECEPTION. T he Faculty Reception to stu dents new and old was held in the Armory Friday evening from i> to 10. This custom has been in vogue at M. A. C. .for several years, and the general purpose needs no ex planation. Most of the faculty were in. the receiving line, a few belated arrivals being excepted. President and Mrs. Snyder were at the head of the line, and students were introduced by Mr. J. G. Moore, '03. Receptions in general are com monly considered to have much of sameness about them, and certainly no novelties were in evidence Fri day evening, which was as it should be. Many students went the rounds it is no the receiving of polite falsehood to say that all had a good time. T he proverbial punch liquid bowl with orange flavored gave relief to the thirsty, and there were also cracker Wafers, the re presided tables being freshment over by Y. W. C. A. girls. line, and Toward the close of the evening, Miss Freyhofer gave some piano selections, and Miss Staley sang. T he audience heard all the musical selections with genuine appreciation though the poor acoustic properties of the A r m o ry were detrimental to the best effects. Miss Staley has a pleasant, well ttained, soprano voice, and her presence before an audience is very fine. CLUB MEETINGS. this last first T he Horticultural Club met the term. Prof. U. P. Hed Wednesday evening for time rick gave a talk on varieties of illustrating with specimens. pears, T he varieties discussed were the White Doyenne, Gray Doyenne, Burre Hardy and Seckle. T he fol lowing officers were elected: P r e s . — S. B. Hartman. Vice P r e s . — F. C. Reimer. Sec R. G- Thomas. Program Comm.— Prof. U. P. Hedrick, J. G. Moore, Mr. Hogan- son. T he next meeting will be held Wednesday evening, Oct. S. T he debating club met Thursday following evening and elected the officers: P r e s . — A. C. Miller. Vice P r e s . — R. G. Thomas. Sec. and Treas.—S. B. Hartman. Critic—Thomas Gunson. Program Committee — Howard Severance, Dr. E d w a r d s, Prof. W. O. Hedrick. It was voted to hold the first pre liminary debate the fourth week of this term. Y. M. C. A. NEWS. T he Thursday evening prayer Topic, " T he Parting of meeting was led by Mr. A. B. R o g ers. W a y s ." T he spirit of was excellent and good. the the meeting the attendance last Chapel exercises Sunday morning were conducted by R e v. W. H. the P l y m o u th Pound, pastor of church, Lansing. Congregational Text, Acts clause, 28:15, " W h en Paul saw, he thanked God, and took courage." In our age of the world we have every reason to take courage; we live in a land of Bibles, where every man is at liberty the dictates of his own to follow conscience, besides we do not have to stand alone for there is a host that finds its pleasure in serving God, thus having companionship all along take the way. Therefore heart and be of good cheer. let us T he union meeting of the Y. M. and Y. \V. C. A. Sunday evening, was conducted bv E. A. Seelye in interests of Bible study. Mr. the C. C. Wood, of Lansing, addressed the student body on the value and importance of Bible study work. As the spiritual and moral qualities of man are of even more value than the mental or physical, so it is a greater folly to neglect their devel opment than to neglect the develop intellect, however ment the the folly of doing great may be that. of Abraham Lincoln was master of the Bible; he could quote it as few men can. This came of earnest, the hard, long continued study of Bible, for you remember that Lin coln had only three, books to study until he became a young man. These three books were the Bible, These Shakespeare, and Milton. he mastered. Much of Lincoln's success as a public speaker came through his ability to accurately quote the Bible at the right moment. the Besides Bible in moral and spiritual training it has a great value as a work of literature, ranking with the highest standards we have, in fact being the highest standard itself and from this point of view alone it is culpable negligence on the part of anyone to be ignorant of what is in the Bible. intrinsic value of the '02. Miss Clare Dean, who has a position as in sewing instructor and cooking at Knoxville College, Tenn., passed a few days at M. A. C. while on her way South. ALUMNI. A L U M NI V I S I T O RS D U R I NG T HE S U M M E R. T h e re is given below an incom plete list of alumni who visited M. A. C. during the past vacation: W i th '99, W. E. Mills was at the College one day excursion week. Mr. Mills has been in the Philippine Islands for some time as a private to and has now second lieutenant. His regiment is stationed at Madison, N. Y. .been promoted '89, L. A. Clinton, late of Cornell University, now professor of agri culture in the Connecticut Agricul tural College. A more extended notice of his appointment will be given in a later issue. '01, V. M. Shoesmith was at M. A. C. excursion week. Mr.' Shoe- smith teaches in the Kansas Agri cultural College for his second vear. '93. M r. and Mrs. Dick J. Cros by, '93, are now at home at 223 R. St., N. E., Washington, D. C. '01. T he following letter received from George Severance, Pullman, Washington, is of interest: the country. While the " I am rather pleased with possibilities here, and with the char acter of fcr miles and miles there isn't an acre of really level land almost every foot of the ground is tillable. There is practically no difference between the crops on the steepest hillside and those in the hollows. An im portant feature of our rainfall is that it comes so slow that it soaks in right where it falls, then the soil has such a remarkable power to retain moist ure that it doesn't drain away from the side hills to any great extent, but remain there until it is used up by the crop or evaporated away. " T he stock of hogs here would the folks eyes hang out at make M. A. C. T h ey have something over 100 here, and they are first class animals. T h ey have some good cattle, but are not up to M. A. .C. by a long ways. Prof. Elliott is an enthusiast over live stock, and the college is looked to by the farmers improvement as the great source of for Washington T h ey make a big business of selling hogs to the farmers, and could sell many more than they raise. farmers. laboratories for a school of " T he buildings are all good ones are well and the its size. equipped There is no agricultural laboratory building. T he agricultural depart ment occupies three rooms on the first floor of Science Hall. Things are moving along here nicely toward a well equipped institution. T h ey are putting up a big chemical labor atory this summer. Last summer a good gymnasium and armory was constructed. Next summer it is ex pected to construct a dairy building. T he looks bright now. future of school the "I had a splendid trip coming out. (Continued on page four) THE M. A. C. RECORD. PTJBLI&HED KVKRY TUKSDAY IMHIXG THE r n l . I . K ' iK YK VB I'Y T HK MICHIGAN M A TE AGBIC^LTUKAL COLLEGE E i i n o i i s. 1'. II. STEVENS, MAXAUINC EDITOR . AssorlATE EDITOSS: \V. ft. HOUIUI, 'or.i/i. F. H. NICKLE. '03m. KATE COAl), '05. MAIiV SMITH, '03. J. <;. MOORE, 'OS. W. ]'. WILSON. (K;I/I. M. P. WILLKT, sp. 11. T. STEVENS, '04. E. S. (iOOI), '(13. H. N. HOItXHKCK, '04. Subscription, 50 cents per year, Remit by 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. Midi. Address all contributions to the Managing Editor. Business Office with Lawrence & Van Buren Printing Co., 122 Ottawa St. E., Lansing. Mich. 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. TUBS DAT, SEPT. jo, 1902. THE intercolle second annual teams giate debate between representing M. A. C. and the State Normal School takes place during the spring term at Ypsilanti. M. A. C. will defend the negative side of the question, Resolved, That gov ernment ownership and operation of railroads is desirable in the United States. seriously about It is high time that all who desire to get on the M. A. C. team should the thinking be matter. Some of the recent new books hearing 01 the ques'ion and to bs had in tile library arej Thomas Curtis Clark and others, T he Amer ican Railway, being a series of essays; Green, Corporation Finance; Eaton, Railroad Operation ; Pendle ton, Our Railways; Haines, Ameri can Railway Management. These books will prove highly interesting to anv one, whether or not he be in terested in the coming debate. At the present time the railroads in the United States are merged in five systems namely; T he Vander- bilt, Pennsylvania, Morgan, Harri- terri- man, and Hill systems. T he torialization of the railroads and identity of interest of all systems tend to make a monoply of the rail the United States, road systems in and with rapid rise in rates together with the exces sive re-capitalization within recent years make it exigent for the public to know how these roads are to be controlled. As to whether we should look to private ownership or government control for the solution is of the railroad problem, opinion about equally divided among those w ho have given most thought to the subject. tendency, the this To go back to the beginning, the M. A. C. team should be chosen months before inter-collegiate the debate and previous to that debate should discuss every possible phase of the question, that the whole may be entirely in hand. T he question for debate is largely a this year technical one and the winning team team, having will doubtless be the the greatest mastery of the techni calities. T HE M. A. C. R E C O R D. JUDGE CARPENTER. of of on the justice judges judicial for many T he Detroit the office of nomination for the vacancy on Free Press last this to say regarding an week had the comment M. A. C. graduate, aftei the first paragraph being by D r. Beal: T he nomination of J u d ge William L. Carpenter, of Detroit, for the Supreme Court is in all respects a worthy one. J u d ge Carpenter has been on the circuit bench of W a y ne county years, and his record as a judge will bear the most is not only minute scrutiny. He well informed in the law, but he has the temperament, and a large measure of moral courage. He has long been recognized as one of the ablest the circuit the Republican party bench, and could not have made a happier justice of choice of a candidate for J u d ge the Supreme Court. If Carpenter is elected to the higher office, he will prove a most worthy addition to the supreme bench. As Judge to Carpenter the Supreme bsnch caused by the death of Judge Long, that was simply a matter of form, the bright Detroit jurist being nominated unanimously. William Leland Carpenter gradu ated at this College in 1S75 and at the University the Law School of of Michigan in 1878. He was the son of the late Hon. C. K. Carpenter a id was brought up on a farm at Orion, Oakland county. He was most fortunate in being the son of a father and mother of fine ability who possessed an unusual amount of energy and good common sense. Besides William, two brothers and two sisters, five in all, completed the course at M. A. C; Rolla C, '73, now professor of experimental en gineering in Cornell University; Lewis G., '79, professor of civil and irrigating engineering and director of the experiment station in Colo rado Agricultural College; Mary L., '88, the wife of N. S. Mays, '88, professor of veterinary science at Kansas Agricultural College; J e n- nette C, '98, now the accomplished instructor in cookery of this institu tion. While a student for a few years, remember William as a I well rather quiet, and even-tempered good-humored young man of robust health. He was always in the first rank as a student. As a member of my botany class in 1S73, he was the best of a class of twenty-four, rank ing as perfect. He was a good investigator, observer and reasoner, unsurpassed in his ability to get all the meat out of the text books and to state the contents correctly. His memory was remarkable. In those days on Saturday mornings it was customary for the different members of the faculty to each meet a class of students for an hour to drill them in composition and declamation, and if Mr. Carpenter has not proved to be noted as a fiery and eloquent pleader at the bar, it may be charged to the the fact to that he was allotted rhetorical class conducted by the writer. w. j. B. COLLEGE EXHIBIT. T he College made a fine exhibit at the Pontiac Fair last week in one of the wings of the main building, and the display attracted a great deal of attention from visitors be sides being eminently satisfactory to the College. Perhaps the best feature of the that of College exhibit was the mechanical department in charge of Mr. Cochrane. Blue prints and pho tographs made by students the in in evidence department were much as well as parts of machines and samples of woodwork. T he whole attracted a great deal of attention— especially the attention of young men. T he farm department had a dis play of corn and oats, photographs of stock and a number of prizes the Chicago International taken at In live stock and other structor Michels gave daily demon strations of the art of butter and cheese making. shows. T he experiment station made an exhibit principally of legumes, show ing living varieties and seeds and roots. Certain varieties of wheat successive years were shown, for the difference by in reason of change of seasons being apparent. the wheat T he Upper Peninsula experi ment station made an exhibit of grain in straw and in bottles, also vegetables of all sorts. T wo salient features of this display were the two exhibits of potatoes, one exhibit showing the effects of fall and spring planting, in two rows of parallel plates, the potatoes planted in the fall being much the larger and fully ripe, whereas the spring potatoes were unripe, the other potato ex hibit showing the effects of spraying with Bordeaux mixture for different forms of blight. - T he horticultural department dis played one hundred varieties of po tomatoes, tatoes, thirty varieties of fifty varieties of one hundred and fruit, and a miscellaneous collection of vegetables, the whole being in charge of Mr. M. L. Dean. principal T he exhibit of live stock was, ac to Prof. S h a w, quite satis cording breeds of the factory, cattle, sheep and beef and dairy swine being displayed. T he rain during the week kept many visitors away, and besides prevented the best display of the live stock. THE NEW FIVE-YEAR COURSES. the It is early as yet to say with cer tainty what are going to be the benefits resulting from the new five- year courses, and following to ex comments are made chiefly plain what these courses are, in a be lief that comparatively few interest ed in the College have definite ideas as to their significance. for five-vear agricultural students and for women T he new courses place the requirements for gradua tion for all students, as nearly as can be, on an equal footing. T he en trance examinations for all five-year courses cover the following subjects: Arithmetic, geography, grammar, reading, spelling, penmanship, and history of the United States. For admission to the four-year courses, students must hold diplomas from high schools on the accredited list of the College, or must, in addition to requirements the to the five-year courses named above, pass examinations in algebra through quadratic equations, in plane geome try, in elementary physics, and in English. for entrance As has been stated in other words, the student completing a five-vear course completes no more work than does the student who, having completed more work in the second ary school, takes a four-year course. T he chief advantage which the stu dent taking the five-year course has over one taking the four-year course is in the thoroughness of prepara the four years of the real tion for for by common College course; consent facilities, general equipment, experience of teachers and general environment of the college of necessity surpass the things respectively corresponding in the best of the secondary schools. laboratory the the T he last two years of all four- year and five-year courses at M. A. C. are the same. T he sophomore five-year mechanical year of course is the same as the sophomore year of the four year course, except that a less amount of shop practice is required during this year in the five-year course. A comparison of the studies pursued in the fall term of the sub-freshman and freshman years of the agricultural courses will perhaps give a general indication of the difference between the four-year T he and in four-year agricultural the fall term studies stock judging, general elementary chemistry, voice culture, algebra (advanced), botany, fruits and seeds, personal hygiene, besides having drill. sub- freshman has agriculture, grammar, composition, algebra (beginning), free-hand drawing,personal hygiene, structural botany and drill. freshman five-year courses. T he the '02. Miss Elma Bowerman, '02, gave her friends at M. A. C. a flying visit as she passed through on her to Chicago, w h e r e. she will way take a course and in English at the Northwestern Uni versity. languages 'oom, H. B. Gunnison is with the Edison Electric Company, Detroit. THE DONSEREAUX CLOTHING & GROCERY CO'S . fl. G. SPECIAL Is now being distributed for the Opening Sale of DRY GOODS, CLOTHING AND GROCERIES. — A special sale exclusively for the College and CoIlege= ville. Be sure and get one of our circulars. A. M. DONSEREAUX. THE M. A. C. RECORD. *£ A B O UT T HE C A M P U S. «£ Mrs. W. E. Ward of Milan, Mich., is visiting her daughter, Mrs. F. W. Robison. T h e re are two hundred and forty- five new students in general chem istry. T he College will experiment with smokeless coal this year wherever hard coal was used last year. F. D. Linkletter writes will be in College during ter and spring terms. that he the win President Roosevelt, it is worth noting, ate the M. A. C. butter while stopping at the Hotel Cadil lac on his Detroit visit. T h r ee of are employed their spare specimens. the women students in the herbarium all in mounting time Prof. Barrow's house is being re paired. P. M. Lyman is at the college again after having spent some time at the Pontiac fair. Miss Mary Smith, with the class of '03, is teaching kindergarten at Iron Mountain, Upper Peninsula. T he seniors in horticulture go to the with Prof. U. P. Hedrick Western Michigan Fair at Grand Rapids this week. President Snyder gave the new students advice some wholesome long ago, his remarks being not somewhat explanatory of the ways of College life. Miss Baldwin, who has been stenographer in the Secretary's of fice for some time, will be stenogra pher in the bacteriological depart ment hereafter, and Miss Earle will be the Secretary's stenographer. T h e re has been no green scum on the pond back of the Woman's building for a month. T he Horti cultural department has found that spraying with Bordeaux mixture is effective in removing the nuisance. T he new military curriculum which has been talked about in the papers the past week calls for five hours of drill each week in institu tions of the second class to which M. A. C. belongs. Guard mount is times per week also called for five (weather permitting) during the school vear. Several other changes also appear in the new curriculum which was put out A u g. 9, '02. NORTON'S HARDWARE Have you a MARQUART S T E EL RANQE? If not, you certainly have not got the best. Y o ur neighbor has one, ask her about the quality. We have sold a large amount of them and all give satisfaction. Would be pleased to show them to you. CHAS. M. NORTON, JU Washington Ave. S. Prof. Sargent of Harvard has sent to the Botanical department for - t he fruit of certain marked species of hawthorn for study. Some of the species at M. A. C. being new. O w i ng to complications which have arisen in the past, it has been deemed necessary by the faculty to require the M. A. C. laundry agents to do a strictly cash business in the future. Students are not only at College to receive technical education but to learn business methods and princi ples as well, and under the old sys tem, in which they were allowed to run their bills, principles directly opposed were encouraged. in the larger cities. T he system which has received the approbation of those in authority and which has been considered the best solution of the problem is the check system, which is used exten sively T he patron purchases a certain amount of credit, receives a receipt of the agent, is given credit for the amount by him, and credited until his de posit is used up. T he patron has his bills on his returned bundles to check his agent, thus insuring him self against possible mistakes. Furniture... Headquarters C O H P L E TE LINE OF FURNITURE FOR S T U D E N T S' ROOMS Canvas Cots at 05c. Woven W i re Cots at $1.50. Woven W i re Springs at $1.50, $2.00, and $2.50. Mattresses at $2.00, $2.50 and $3.00. Tables at $1.50 and $1.35. Chairs at 50c up. AH goods delivered to y o ur room free. M. J. & B. M. Buck. Simons Dry Goods Co's SPECIAL FALL SALES OF WASH GOODS, EMBROIDERIES, WHITE GOODS, LACES, AND MUSLIN UNDERWEAR, New Fall Line of CARPETS AND RUGS Simons Dry Goods Co. Miss Beebe has returned from her visit to Jackson. W. J. W r i g ht assisted M r. Dean the Horticultural looking after in exhibit at Pontiac last week. T he new equipment for the bac laboratory is being un teriological packed. J. J. Ferguson, instructor in ani mal husbandry last year, visited Col lege friends over Sunday, while on his way home the Pontiac fair. to Canada from Howard Barnett, son of F r a nk Barnett, with '78, and George Par dee, son of Dr. J. S. Pardee also class of '78, are among the new M. A. C. students. T he program committee of the Botanical Club is composed of the following members: R. L. Brown, F. M. Morrison, C. F r a nk Wells. list of the other officers was T he the printed R E C O R D. issue of in the first T he recent rains have made some dangerous gullies on the north side of the road between the two por tions of the botanic garden. Miss Bessie Buskirk received a visit of a few days from Miss Zaidie Vosper, w ho was with the class of '02. Miss Vosper junior at A nn Arbor and was on her way to the University. is a T he Y. M. C. A. is making an effort to raise, by subscription, one hundred and the purpose of its rooms. this About one hundred dollars of amount have already been subscribed. fifty dollars, for fitting up T he physics department has for use this year a considerable amount of new apparatus. A moment of inertia apparatus, and inclined plane, bending of beams, simple pendulum, all made by the department; and from a Chicago instrument maker a force table and a Young's modulus apparatus; for use in electricity have been added several banks of lamps made by the department together with a subdivided condenser and a resistance box from eastern makers. In addition to this new apparatus, the air p u mp and induction coil of the department have been remodeled. T he football gridiron on athletic field is now enclosed by a rectangular fence, the east side being about two rods west of the base ball backstop it. A new fence and parallel with has also been the built around athletic field immediately outside of the running tracks. T he driveway on the north side of the dairy building has recently been fixed over, by the construction of a cement wall on the outer side of the driveway, and by the raising of the driveway. T he floor where the milk is received will be lowered to facilitate in unloading the milk. Spalding's Sweaters A re the onlv ones to buy if you value appearance and wearing qualities. We have them in Black, Blue, Maroon and W h i te OUR HAT AND CAP STOCK is the up-to-date one of this city. Xothing but the latest and best find a place here and at prices guaranteed right. CAN SAVE YOU MONEY ON OVERCOATS and at same time give you a garment of very latest style. S t u d e nt p a t r o n a ge solicited. Elgin Mifflin. i'vw,j,^vv'.*'j,w\,\i',i/vv,w'uvwwvi<'u'wvwvwvvw»rf,iiy,MVWV,.i ftAW^wwygwww^ Gymnasium Shoes We have just received a good assortment of Gym nasium Shoes, Cloth Tops, Rubber Soles which we bought especially for our M. \. C. Customers. Quality is excellent and prices very low. THE IM. fl. C- Shoe Store. 6. D. Woodbury, E ST B: lock ich. VwV'WE^fV^^^rfVMBWrfV^K^^W^^W^^ffA^^^^W^^^^^WiWtf^^iArfM^^^^WMWrf T HE M. A. C. RECORD. ABOUT THE CAMPUS. T he lights along faculty row and in Abbot Hall were turned off part of the time last week causing some inconvenience. A set of consisting the Universal Classics Library, twenty of volumes of classic literature and one volume of fac-simile manuscript, also a set of the Imperial Reference library in six volumes, consisting of dictionaries, encyclopedia and atlas of to the world, have been added the library recently. T he annual meeting of the Asso ciation of Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations will take place at Atlanta, Ga., October 6th, 7th and 8th. Those w ho will attend are—President from the College, Snyder, representing Professor Smith, representing the Experiment Station, and Captain Allen, representing the State Board. the College ALUMNI. (Continued from page one.) the journey by I made neatly all daylight. I stopped at Minnesota, N o r th Dakota and Montana stations. I saw '-Bobby" N o r t h r op at North Dakota. He is doing a good busi ness there. He has to manage the outdoor work on the Horticultural, and everything is as slick as a rib bon. "I saw Gordon T o w er at Boze- man. He is at work with two other the college boys about 13 miles up mountain is looking well. He has a good beard started, and a healthy tan on his face." from Bozeman. He '88. J. N. Estabrook is spending a few days at the College, the guest of Postmaster Collingwood. Mr. Estabrook was assistant Secretary from 'S9 to '92. '93"'9^" H e n ry C. Matheson, '93- '96, Elmina J. Keeler, married Wed twenty-fifth, nineteen nesday, J u ne two. At home after hundred and August 1st, 1902, Lewiston, Idaho. '01. stock at last week. Instructor H u m p h r ey judged fair the Genesee county '02. Matt Crosby when last heard from was located at North Yokima, Washington. PRACTICAL RESULTS. T he following is an extract from Wallace's Farmer, which is pub lished in Des Moines, la., and which has a wide circulation in the middle west. Mr. O. H. Barnhill, of P a ge county, Iowa, contributed the origi nal article to the Farmer, the hired man referred to evidently having been at some time an M. A. C. stu dent: M. L. Sherman, of Ingham coun ty, Michigan, hired a y o u ng man w ho had graduated from an agri cultural college and the results were so wonderful and far reaching that I am going to ask our editor to re letter. Our print portions of his to farm colleges could well afford print it in pamphlet form and send in it the farm home United States. We need to be to the value of an agri awakened cultural education, what it will ac complish for us and our children. F ew of us have an adequate con ception of the possibilities along this line. But listen to M r. Sherman's story: into every " F or two years I had a hired man who had graduated from our agricultural college. Some of my neighbors called me a fool for pay ing the wages he demanded, but I never made a better investment. His knowledge was my lemon and I squeezed it. I bought some books on farm chemistry, botany, survey ing and horticulture and took prac tical in these studies. lessons of my hired help to indifferent around " My hired man honored his pro In a few weeks my boy, fession. farm work, lately tagged at his heels and begged to help him. My girl trailed after us with her botany. I stood speechless one summer day while she told me what Ruskin said about the clouds. H er fingers were in a book that had the hired man's name through on the fly leaf. it and showed it to my wife. She said if such culture was agriculture she was glad her daughter was find ing it out. I looked " T h at summer we began war on insect pests by studying entomology. My children went wild with enthu siasm, collecting specimens under the hired man's directions. Because he was watching for a certain moth, Will refused to go with some other boys to the circus, though the year before he came near running away In his to join a circus company. threat to do so he had quoted the frequent utterance of a neighbor, 'A farmer's life is a dog's life.' T he life of my educated hired man, by its very contrast with a dog's life had saved my boy. to forecast "I had Agricultural the bobolink "Before summer was over our children knew the birds, their ways and haunts, from to they had set tne owl. By October to protect quails and themselves partridges. science had taught them that most birds are farmers' friends. tried the weather by the barometer, but con cluded that that instrument was too mercurial to be reliable. But Mr. Smith its changes sufficiently to keep our hay out of the way of long storms. His observations and mine were another example of the difference between educated and uneducated eyes. No new buildings were put up, but un der Mr. Smith's directions I fixed over our barns and sheds until dry ness, ventilation and convenience for cleaning were as good as in costly structures." to understand seemed Does not Mr. Sherman's remark able experience suggest the solution of that vexed problem, H ow to keep the boy on the farm ? President Mauck is-the new head of Hillsdale College. Goneoe GroGeru HIGGS & BURTON, Proprietors. J* FULL LINE OF J* Lunch Goods, Confectioneries and Fruits* Special attention given to parties. Lunches served at all hours. THE JEWETT & KNAPP STORE LansiiiQ's LOW Priced Reliable store E v e ry Department full of New Fall Goods. N ew Dress Goods, Silks, Laces, Gloves, Hosiery, Underwear, Silk and Cotton Shirt Waists, Muslin U n d e r w e a r, Dress and W a l k i ng Skirts Tailor Made Suits, and Jackets. We also carry a Complete Stock of Lace C u r t a i ns a nd Draperies. 222, 224 W a s h i n g t on A v e. S. L a n s i n g, Mich. Jewett & Knapp, When in need of^ FINE STATIONERY, INVITATIONS or C A R DS CALL. OX Lawrence & Van Buren Printing Co. Lansing Mich. 122 Ottawa St. E. DIRECTORY LANSING BUSINESS-and PROFESSIONAL MEN *ek 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. A . C . B A R B ER SHOP, Room 44 Williams Hall. E. E. Reynolds, Propr. M BOOKS AND STATIONERY. A M. EMKRV. 110 Wash. Ave. N". Books, Fine Stationery, Engraved Calling Cards, Fountain Pens. Pictures, Frames. Fine Framing a Specialtv, New store. New Stock. C ITY BOOK STORE. Fountain Pens. Drafting Tools, Stationery, Card-.. Engraved, Pictures and Picture Framing". Tennis, Football 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 daily trips to the College. BOTH PHONES. Careful attention given to phone orders. A. C. ROLLER, Successor Washington Ave. South. to GOTTLIEB REVTTER. FURNISHING GOODS. fLGIN MIFFLIN.—Ladies' and Gentlemen's j Furnishing Goods. See ad. FURNITURE DEALERS. M J. & 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. N ORTON'S HARDWARE-General Hardware, Stoves, Tinware, Graniteware, Cutlery, etc. Ill 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 BINDERS JEWELERS. GEO. G. BLUDE'AU .V CO —Blank book manu facturers. Book-binding of every description d-^ne :.- -tlv and promptly. 109 Wash. Ave. X. c HAS. A. PIELLA. Jeweler and Optician. 121 Washington Ave. N., Lansing, Mich. H ' A f i E X V O O RD Si CO.—Bookbinders, Blank- \Y book Makers, Library and Art Bindings, Al bums, Pocketbboks, Map "Mountings, etc. Back numbers of magazines and periodicals supplied. Bell phone 378, ; 114 Washington Ave. South. BOOTS AND SHOES. p D. WOODBURY.— Boots and Shoes. We V^ shoe the students. See ad. CONFECTIONERY. 0 NLY the best candies at the "Sugar Bowl." Cor. Washington Ave. and Allegan. CLOTHING. BUY vour Drv Goods and Clothing, Hats, Caps and. Furnishing Goods at H. KOSITCHEK & BRO'S 113 Washington Ave. N\. and 210 Washington Ave. S. LOUIS BECK.— Clothier. Gents' Furnishings, Hats and Caps. 112 Washington Ave. North. MANICURE AND HAIRDRBSSING. 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. MERCHANT TAILORS. trade solicited. Opposite Hotel Downey, North, WOODBURY & SAVAGE.—Tailors. Student J OHN H E R R M A N N 'S SONS. 218 Washington Avenue N. MUSIC, PIANOS, ETC. THE POST MUSIC CO. Pianos, Organs and evervthing in the line of music. 219 Wash ington Ave. N. CROCKERY AND GLASSWARE. OCULISTS. H H. LARNED.—China, Glass and Lamps. 105 Washington Ave. S. JOSEPH FOSTER, M. D.—Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat. Hours 9 to 12 A. M., 2 to.4 p. m. Cor ner Allegan St. and Capitol Ave. DENTISTS. Ave. S. Phones, Bell 520 office, residence 732. E. STOFFEK, A.. B., D. D. S. Office 109 Washington Ave. S. Former M. A. C. student. I) E. PARMELEE—Dentist. 218 Washington J R Hollister Rlock, Room 517. W. MORSE, D. D. S. DRVGGISTS. OUSER'S CAPITAL DRUG STORE. Up to date. Corner store. Opposite Hollister Block. R OBINSON DRUG CO., successors to Alsdorf & Son, Drugs and Druggists' Sundries. 102 Washington Ave. N. 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. PHYSICIANS. 12 A. M„ 2 to 4 and 7 to 8 P. M. Office at 212 Washington Avenue S,; home 419 Seymour St. A D. HAGADORN, M. D.—Office hours, 11 to J W. 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 219 Capitol Ave. DRY GOODS. CIMONS DRY GOOI'S COMPANY. — Dry ^ Goods and Carpets. See ad. p H A S. G. JENKINS, M. D. — Diseases of Eye, lv Ear, Nose and Throat. Hours, 9 to 12 a. m., an 1 2 to 5 p. m. Citizens Phone No. 1030. 224 Washington Ave. South. lunch in our cafe for 10c. See ad. is the place to trade. You can get a warra D ONSEREAUX'S DEPARTMENT STORE T HE J E W E TT & K N A PP SPORE. Dry Goods. 222-224 Washington Ave. S. PLUMBERS. SHIELDS & LEADLEY. Plumbing and Heat ing. 300 Wash. Ave. N., Lansing. Both Phones. ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES. SPORTING GOODS. CAPITOL ELECTRIC CO. Electrical Supplies Telegraph Instruments and Telephones. 321 Wash. Ave., S. 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.