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, N O V. 4, 1902. N o. S OLIVET WINS. ent Scottish clans and each, having fourteen pieces. In one of the fiercest games of the season Olivet beat M. A. C. Saturday 11 to 6. Over one hun dred and seventy rooters with the band accompanied the team to Oli vet but the determination of M. A. C. to win seemed of no avail. T he is a the band that joke is abroad hoodo but it is hard to believe this has much to do with the defeat. Olivet was heavier than M. A. C, as she was last year, and the game was somewhat similar to last year's contest. During half neither side scored but in the last half Olivet's weight began to tell. first the T he first score was made by the home team on a place kick by touchdown and Wilson. T he first goal was made by H. Childs for M. A. C. shortly after Olivet had scored. T he time was almost up and Olivet was getting desperate. By together with luck and the help of the darkness Olivet made a touchdown and goal and the half was over. fierce playing, T he stand of M. A. C. against Olivet shows that M. A. C. is play ing stronger on defense than in the previous games of the season. Next Saturday comes Kalamszoo, and barring accidents, M. A. C. should win handily. M. A. C. Position. Olivet. E. Betts Eyle North W. Betts . . . . .. . Blair (capt.) Peters (capt.) . . . 1. e, Bell Nern Decker Meek . Kratz Cortright D. Childs Smith H. Childs Strand 1. t. • 1. g c .. r. g. r. t r. e. . Ellis q Wilson 1. h Milliken r. h Grey f. Referree—Fishleigh. Time of halves— Thirty-five minutes. Touchdowns—Childs, Wilson. Place kick—Wilson. Hart . Lewis .. . . RONEY'S BOYS. the In saying that T he first number on they conveyed nothing lecture course was a success.—how often the preceding words have been used when of truth! the concert Wednesday evening was a success one does not necessarily say that it perfection. represented However, everyone seemed to be well satisfied with the character of the program and its rendition. absolute Perhaps the best vocal selection was the first number: " R e m e m b er now T hy Greater in the Days of T hy Youth." T he tender years of the performers added to the effective ness of this naturally pleasing selec tion. As a violinist Master Tracy Holbrook showed himself the equal of many older soloists who have appeared at M. A. C. Not to throw the roses too lavish ly, we will pass on to the costumes. Six distinctly different styles of dress were used, the Scotch High land costumes being the most inter esting. T he Scotch dress was worn during the n th number which con sisted of Scottish songs. Each of the five costumes worn by the of the boys varied slightly others, each representing five differ from all to of During an intermission Mr. Roney explained somewhat the personel of the boys the Company. Most of come from Chicago homes and their fourteen ages range from nine ordinary years age. school privileges are lost but this is made up by travel and such study as can be carried on during the concert tour. Mr. Roney gave it as his opinion that any city of moderate size can produce as fine boy voices as were those of the Company. T he T he program follows: 1. Quartets—" Remember now thy Crea thy Youth," Rhodes. tor in the days of " Legends," Mohring. " Roney's Boys"— Master Robert Purvis, Charlie Lenzen, Harry Newell and Tony Linden. (In mili tary uniforms). 2. Violin — " Zigeunerweisen," Sarasate. Master Tracy Holbrook, (Pupil of Earl R. Drake, Chicago). 3. Duet—" Hark! Hark! my soul," Shel ley. Masters Purvis and Lenzen. (In French court costume, period of Louis XV). 4. Flute—National Fantasie, Harlmann. Master Tony Linden. 5. Song—" I Dreamt." (Sognai), Schira. (Flute Obligato by Master Robert Purvis. Toney Linden). 6. Quartets—"My Old Kentucky Home." (In Court Costume), Foster-Smith. Glee— (Accompanied by picco!o> " Sleigh Bells." wrist bells and sleigh bells), Distin. "Ron ey's Boys." (In College Gowns). SHORT I N T E R M I S S I O N. 7. Aria—"Angels Ever Bright and Fair." " Theodora," Handel. Master Charlie Len zen. (In Cotta and Cassock). S. Violin, Flute and Piano—" Midsummer Night's Dream" Music. (Abbreviated), Mendelssohn. Masters Tony Linden, Tracy Holbrook and Mr. Roney. 9. Quartet—" Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground," Arr. by Henry B. Roney. Trio, (With Flute Obligato) — " Brightly Beams the Star of Morn." " 111 Giuramen- to," Mercadanie. (In Patriotic Costumes). " Roney's Boys." 10. Violin—" Am Meer," Schubert. Cap rice de Concert, Musin. Master Tracy Holbrook. 11. Songs of Scotland—"Annie Laurie," Arr. by Dudley Buck. Quartet—" Comin' thro' the Rye," Arr. by F. W. Root. "Ron ey's Boys." (In Highland Scottish Cos tume). 12. Quartet — " Estudiantina," (Spanish Student's Song), Lacome. Accompanied with triangle, Tamborine, castanets and violin. Y. M. C. A. MEMBERS ATTEN TION! M r. A. B. Williams, international secretary from N ew Y o r k, and Charles D. H u r r e y, student secre tary for Michigan, will be here and hold men's meetings on N o v. 14, 15 and 16, beginning at 7 p. m. each evening. Mr. Williams is a Yale man, and those who fail to hear him is from miss a treat. M r. H u r r ey the universities of Michigan and In diana, and needs no introduction, having been here before. N o w, we earnestly desire a full house each reasonable it is evening, and duty of every association man to do his best in making these meetings a success, both by his presence and his the announce endeavor ment. Let us make three these meetings the best of the year. to spread the led by M r. J. T he union meeting of the Y. W. and Y. M. C. A. Sunday evening was J. Meyers. T h e m e: Development. M an has three natures to develop—the physi cal, mental and spiritual. N o w, if any two be developed at the expense of the other we have, mathemati cally speaking, a flat plane surface, or the person is one-sided, abnormal and narrow; while if the person is equally developed along the three dimensions we have a solid charac ter, a symmetrical being which all the world admires. It is the height of folly to develop the mental and physical at the expense of the spir itual, as the development of the lat ter reveals the great principle — the Brotherhood of man and the Father hood of God. Chapel exercises Sunday morning were conducted by R e v. George F. P l u m m e r. T e x t: Exodus, 3, 2. '' Behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed." If we like Moses would say, "I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burned," we, too, would hear the still small voice speaking to us, telling what it would have us do, for there are many "burning bushes" in our lives when, if we would, we could talk with the "Captain of our salvation." Chapel exercises were not as well attended as usual. If all the Y. M. C. A. men would tuiii o u t, w au live on t he g i u u n d s, t h ey w o u ld be sufficient in n u m b er to fill t he Y. M. C. A. r o om n e a r ly full, yet it is n ot h a lf filled T h u r s d ay e v e n i n g s. EXCHANGES. Dartmouth College, according to report) has an abundance of coal and more is coming in day by day. A r t h ur Sherburne Hardy, form erly a College professor, is now minister to Spain. He is an accom plished artist, scholar, musician, architect, poet, novelist and teacher. for a herself. T he Massachusetts to N ew Hampshire generation has been paying interest annually on her debt for giving her Webster by sending as many students to Dartmouth as N ew invest Hampshire for ment has proved a good one N ew Hampshire, and the English "consols" valuable chiefly in the fact that it is practically non- payable as to principal and perpetual as to interest.— Granite State Free Press. like Representatives T he University of Kansas has inaugurated Dr. F r a nk Strong as Chancellor with fitting ceremonies. Dr. Strong came to Kansas from the University of Oregon and is a Yale f r om alumnus. every educational institution of note to be in the country were invited present and inauguration week many distinguished men responded. Pres. Hadley of Ya'.e was a visitor is and delivered thought legislature will grant a large permanent endow ment for the university at its next session, and a great step forward is expected along all lines. an address. the State that It ALUMNI. '61-63. R- H- Hollister, a student h e r e in 1861 63, is county clerk of Baldwin, in L a ke county, Mich. '67. W. W. Tracy, Jr., lives at; Falls Church, Va., near Washing ton, D. C, where he has a poultry and seed farm. He has charge of the vegetable variety testing of the U. S. department of - agriculture. He was at M. A. C . J u ly 5, inspect ing peas and radish being grown in Michigan for the U. S. department of agriculture. '6S. S. W. Tracy is located at Leadville, Colorado, and is em ployed by the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad. He was a delegate to tne republican State convention dur ing the summer. '88. Professor Mayo of the Kan sas State Agricultural College has been engaged recently in investigat ing a herd of cattle supposed to have hydrophobia. '91. Prof. H. W. Mumford, professor of animal husbandry, Uni versity of Illinois and chief in animal husbandry, Agricultural Experiment Station has gotten out recently some valuable bulletins dealing with in vestigations in his line of work, which favorable. comment have jo-ima'5, from various agricultural One bulletin " M a r k et is entitled Classes and Grades of Cattle with Suggestions for Interpreting Market Quotations." T he bulletin sets forth some results on the feeding of silage and shock corn. received other T he advantages are " T h e re aro ninedistinct advantages in a system of silage feeding over that of shock corn in wintering calves intended for beef production. To three disadvan offset this there are that tages. silage is taken off the ground when the soil is dry and cannot be damag ed, that the manure is saved, that the quality of the feed is not affected by bad weather, that calves are in better thrift and flesh that more rapid gains can be secured, that steers can be fed without hogs in case of cholera, without considerable loss; that more pounds of beef can be produced per acre with silage, that a larger proportion of the meat produced is beef; that corn may be harvested earlier in the season. in the spring, are " T he disadvantages that a greater acreage of crops other than corn is needed to supplement silage than that warmer corn, quarters must be provided silage-fed steers and that sdage feeding involves more capital and labor. shock '92 9 5 ^. R. E. Bateson, one of the best wrestlers M. A. C. ever had, is now living in Detroit, hav three ing been in Cuba for two or years. '96. J. E. W. Tracy has been appointed an expert seedman in the department of agriculture, Washing ton, D. C. He is now conducting experiments in the growing of cauli flower Island and in L o ng will start for California and Oregon, where he is carrying on experiments in the growing of sugar beet seed. seed T HE M. A. C. RECORD. THE M. A. C. RECORD. PUBLISHED EVEIIV T I K S D .W DTKIXG THE CTHJ.KGH VK Ui I'.V T HE MICHIGAN STATE AC;Kn L I rui;.\!. COLLEGE EDITOES. II. STEVENS; -M \NAinNc EDITOR. ASSOCIATE ElH'rons: \V. I!. BCO0GH, 'O-.m. F. H. NirKLK, '03m. KATE COAI), '05. ZOE I'.ENTOX. 'or.. J. G. MOORE, 103. ('. M. BLANCHAItl). '113111. M. P. WILLET. s;,. K. S. GOOD, '03. II. N.HORNBECK, '04. (i. C. MOKBECK, '01. Subscription, 50 cents per year. Kemitby 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. Mich. Entered as second-class mail matter, Lansing,. Mich. This paper is occasionally sent tonon 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, XO V. 4, 1902. TH E RE is need of an M. A. C. Alumni Association in Lan sing. Grand Rapids has a large and effective association, so has Chi-, is There cago and Washington. also in Pittsburg. W hv is there not one in Lansing? an association As was said before in this column, we do not consider ourselves felici tous in giving advice that shall reg ulate the universe but we cannot always desist from making sugges tions, and such is the case now. Be lieving that no one has given the matter about which we are sneaking much thought, we simply wish to the hope broach the subject with that someone having the power to act in the matter will do so. M. A. C. firmly is getting more and more established year by year in the front rank of educational institutions. H er graduates are in the faculties of many prominent in a confessedly stitutions. T h o u gh technical school, M. A. C. neverthe less has sent forth several writers of note. There is no argument against for forming an and every reason there alumni association wherever are a dozen alumni to them join selves together. If an annual banquet were the only result of a Lansing association, to be this alone could hardly fail productive of good. A Lansing alumni association would draw city and College closer together and pro mote a healthier interest in the Col the Lansing lege. alumni could in a peculiar way keep other associations over the country in touch with College affairs. T h e re is a sufficient number of M. A. C. graduates in the city, at the College and nearby towns to make the matter of forming an association worthy of serious thought. Furthermore OUR TRIP TO CHICAGO. It was a jolly party of young men last Thursday after that gathered noon preparatory to their visit of inspection to Chicago, and although the train was two hours late in Lan sing and arrived in Chicago four hours late, their enthusiasm did not subside. There were twenty juniors in the party, and besides these there (College engi were Mr. Newell neer), and Instructor Paul Thea- dore. Prof. Weil had preceded us to Chicago, where he had engaged rooms for us so when we arrived at 12 p. m., we proceeded at once to our hotel and were glad to turn in, for the journey had been a long one and the next morning we were all at hand, eager to commence our business. tiresome. At 8:30 T he party being so large it was deemed advisable to separate into two sections. Prof. Weil and Mr. Theodore took charge of the one section and set off for the Illinois Steel W o r ks while Mr. Newell took one squad in hand and proceeded at once to Siegel & Cooper's Depart ment Store, where we were to in spect the engineering system. M r. Weber, the engineer at this place, gave us a very cordial welcome, taking considerable time to show us about the building and explaining the operation of the various mech anisms. We were very much sur prised to see such a large power plant in connection . with this establish ment. But when one considers the number of elevators to be operated, the large area of floor space to be heated, lighted and ventilated and taken care of, the sewerage to be we realize the magnitude of the proposition with which the engineer of such a place must cope. T h ey also have for purposes; but perhaps refrigerator the most novel that we saw the pneumatic at carrier system, which takes the place the cash-boy. Space will not of permit us this system more fully. their own engines this place was to describe thing two were From here we proceeded to the Ed ison Electric Light Co. At this place they were engaged in making ex tensive repairs, so things were some what in disorder, but nevertheless we were very much pleased to have even this opportunity of seeing a large power plant. All the engines except triple expansion vertical engines with dynamos direct connected, and two of these engines, I should judge, were about fifty feet high, with galleries and ladders at tached to facilitate oiling, etc. T he two engines first named were not in use, as they were undergoing re pairs. T h ey were very large en gines, but only single expansion, and intention was to make double the expansion engines out of them by attaching a high pressure cylinder, both pistons being connected to the same rod. We were also in the fire- room and saw the mechanical stok ers at work, and were allowed to flame look under the boilers was so bright we through a col were obliged to see ored glass. After asking a few questions, etc., we hastened back to the hotel. firebox. T he into the in the afternoon, so It had been arranged that our squad should go to the steel works in immediately after dinner we directed our way toward this place. Here Prof. Weil took us in charge, he having given his squad the charge of Mr. Theadore who was to take them to the the places we had visited to morning. begin things to describe the many we saw here, for every step brought us to something different. Perhaps the best manner would be to tell them in the manner in which we briefly saw them. Mr. Prost, of the steel company, conducted us about, and the first place we visited was the testing room where the steel is ex I hardly know how in the sufficiently Next we visited amined for its chemical properties, etc. the open hearth furnaces where we saw them charging the furnaces with the ore and flux from above. After smelt ing, the molten metal was poured into a large ladle and then into ingot molds resting on cars. T he cars were hauled away and ingots stripped of their jackets after cool their ing form. T h ey were next placed in soaking pits where they acquired an even and were then carried to the rolling room where the bright red ingots were through between massive passed rollers till they were rolled into flat slabs or into plates or into any other ingots are form desired. about six feet fourteen inches square in cross section.) ( T h e se long and to preserve temperature throughout In T he crab large to the dock were is conveyed to We next inspected the ore dock where a large vessel was being un loaded. claw buckets would plunge down into the then come fly hold of the ship and ing up again with five tons of the red ore in their grasp. T he operator would cause them to glide along the the ore in inclined rail and dump close receptacles. convenient proximity the blast furnaces which are kept going day and night unceasingly. T he ore and fuel the top of these furnaces by inclined railways into the same. F r om and charged below, the molten metal is drawn off into ladles and transported to the converter or cart into pigs for use in furnaces. To see the open hearth these converters at work one of was the next trip. T he converter is a cylindrical shaped vessel mount ed on trunnions which enable it to be swung through a considerable angle. T he vessel is revolved down and the molten metal poured into it when it is swung into an upright position and the blast turned on. This pre sents a beautiful spectacle, the bright to a great height blaze striking up above the carbon is all burned out the converter is turned again and a relative amount of an alloy known as spiegeleisen poured into it. This is to give it the properties required for making steel. T he metal is now again poured into ingot ladles and instance. molds as in These ingots are now placed in the soaking pit as in the other process and then to the rollii g rooms where they are rolled into the rails used by our railroads. T h us you see that after the ore once enters the blast furnace it is not allowed to finished cool until it comes out the product. T he magnitude of this establishment may be ascertained the opening. After transported former these from into the from the fact that there are between six and seven thousand men employ ed here. this It is needless to say that supper followed four long hours, and it was a weary set of fel lows that dragged their way back to the hotel. tramp of T he next morning we set out for the Fraser & Chalmers Machine twelve W o r k s. T h e re are about hundred men employed here. We were conducted about by one of the employes, and were shown some of the largest machinery in use at the present day. We derived many this visit, but it is useful ideas from that we could not to be regretted spend more time here, for to get a the working of good such a large establishment requires considerable time, and this was not at our disposal. insight into I think one of the greatest things we saw here was a large hoisting in a southern engine, to be used mine. T h ey were it testing just preparatory to its shipment as a com plete engine. the This was the last visit on our pro time gram, as the balance of from Saturday noon until Monday morning was our own to utilize as we saw fit. Some attended the foot ball game and others the It rained some On Saturday sights. afternoon, but not enough to make it disagreeable. T a k i ng to gether, we had a very enjoyable trip and were sorry when it became nec essary to return to the great city of Lansing, Michigan. took in it all E D W A RD B A L B A C H. Y. M. C. A. NEWS. l ed Thursday evening prayer meeting w as by Edward Balbach. T h e m e, " Making the team." Much depends upon the individual player, if an important player fails the en tire game may be lost; so with the christian in the great game of life, if he so to whom Cnrist entrusts much, fails, his influence may cause not only the failure of some one else, but shipwreck; their entire in making, for instance' therefore if team, so much depends a football upon individual players, how the much more true is it in the great game of rescuing human life with its vast worth at stake, from its sin and depravity—Christ's to win, must be true and tried and absolutely true to the trust Christ our great Captain has placed in us. team, T he barns belonging to Haskell Institute, an Indian school in Kan sas, were recently destroyed by fire. THE D0NSEREAUX CLOTHING & GROCERY CO'S M. fl. G. SPECIAL W Is now being distributed for the Opening Sale of DRY GOODS, CLOTHING AND GROCERIES. — A special sale exclusively for the College and College- ville. Be sure and get one of our circulars. .<• M. DONSEREAUX. T HE M. A. C. R E C O R D. «£ A B O UT T HE C A M P U S. & Several of the students were at T he inter-society debates have home over Sunday. been indefinitely postponed. Prof. Smith spoke at Alaidon and Jackson last week. Many students have gone home to serve their country at the ballot box. Dr. and Mrs. Howard Edwards gave a pleasant hallowe'en party in honor of their niece, Miss Marsteller. T he advisability of sending a large delegation next week for the football game is being considered. to Albion T he girls' gymnasium has been •extensively refitted throughout. T he to a sides have been wainscoted the height of several floor, a visitor's gallery put in on the west side, and the top wall ceiled with wood. from feet Messrs. Nelson and Hogensen, in horticul post-graduate students ture from Utah, are beginning an experiment for their thesis work, for a master's degree. T he work con sists in forcing plants by sulphuric ether. T he football team on Northwest ern field was driven from practice, not long since, by the presence of mosquitoes in large numbers. Ex traveler now and cepting a stray then there have not been many of the pests at M. A. C. for some time. It is reported that Prof. J. J. Fer the College guson, connected with last year, has a position with the Swift Packing Co., Chicago. He is manager of the stock food depart ment and his duties will take him to St. Louis, Kansas City, Omaha, and S t. Paul. NORTON'S HARDWARE Have you a MARQUART STEEL RANGE? 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, \\\ Washington Ave. S. Several trees have been cut down the new to give a better view of laboratory. T he rubbish has been cleared away from in front of the new bac teriological laboratory, and walks have been laid. T he experiment station has fin ished harvesting its beets, and has shipped to the Lansing factory one hundred and five tons. T he varie ties average slightly over fifteen tons to the acre. A car load of twenty-four high grade steers was purchased in Chi cago to be used by the experiment station for trial feeding purposes. T he feeding tests will consist in the use of various corn products with the object of their relative merits as beef producers. determining the T he farm department has bought fifty-nine high grade Shropshire lambs of M r. A. A, Palmer, Orleans, Mich. Three lots of seventeen each have been selected and are being fed by members of senior class. T he object of the work is two-fold, first to give students an opportnnity the actual of performing feeding the production of a good work in carcasses grade of mutton. T he the Christmas will be placed on the work market and the object of is to produce quality rather than ex cessive fatness. T he second object is to determine the possibility of our farmers furnishing native lambs of good quality on a short feed for an earlv market. Furniture... Headquarters COnPLETE LINE OF FURNITURE FOR STUDENTS' ROOMS Canvas Cots at 95c. W o v en W i re Cots at $1.50. W o v en W i re and Springs at $1.50, $2.00, $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 your room free. M. J. & B. M. Buck. The Simons Dry Goods Co's <# October Sale of <£ C l o a k s, D ry G o o d s, a nd C a r p e t s, N ew S i l k s, D r e ss G o o d s, T r i m m i n g s, Kid G l o v e s, e t c. Special Values in the Suit Department: New Monte Carlo, Norfolk and Blouse Jackets, Norfolk Street Suits, N ew Walk ing Skirts. Mr. Hurrey, Y. M. C. A. secre tary, was at the college last week. T he new apparatus for laboratory bacteriological made ready for use. the new is being Dr. Waterman is making some experiments for the experiment sta tion in treating diseased lambs. Hon. L. D. Watkins, of Manches ter, father of Hon. L. W. Watkins, of the State Board, was on the Col lege grounds Thursday. forestry seven Gordon T o w e r, '02, has brought back from Montana some interesting specimens of lodgepole pine attacked by fungus. Mr. Longyear is en gaged in determining the nature of the fungus. Mr. T o w er has also the de brought from the west for partment of tools that are used in getting out railroad ties. A hacker's set which consists of a broad ax, double-bit ax and rest are a pickeroon, peeler. T he an ax-pickeroon, a tie lifter and a set of skidding dogs. This last con sists of a ring to which are attached furnished five is with a hook at the end which driven into the tie which will hold while the tie is dragged along the for a short distance. T he ground peeler inches is like a chisel four broad, with a hook on one edge and set into a long handle. T he tie lifter is about two feet long and has two spurs extending from the side so that when a tie is struck with it the spurs will hold sufficiently* to enable two men, each with one of short chains, each these tools, to carry the tie to the flume _in which the ties are Carried down a mountain slope. T he pick eroon it made from a common ax, a part of the blade being cut away and the remainder drawn out into a sharp coint. This is used in various places ties. An in rolling and handling ax-pickeroon is made from a double- bit ax, the blade being left on one side for cutting. While the first team was contend ing with Olivet Saturday, the re serves with Manager Haftenkamp, and Mr. Parrott as referee and um pire were playing at Flint with the mutes. T he trip was a very enjoyable one for all concerned. Dinner was taken at the school with the home team, and the game began at 2:30. T he only touchdown made was by Barstow for M. A. C., the final score being 5 t o o. T he line-up for M. A. C. was as follows: L. E., Smith; L. T., R a e; L. G., Bird; C, F o l e y; R. G., McDermid ; R. E., H a h n; Q., Fisher; R. H., Rasmussen; L. H., Barstow; F ., D r e w; Subs., Boomsliter, Roberts. L O S T —A small watch between the Woman's building and College- ville. Finder please return to library. T he P hi Alphi Pi Society of Oli the Erosophian vet College and Society of Albion College are to have a debate January 9th on the that the question: en franchisement of the negro was ill advised. Albion has hasty and the negative side to defend. Resolved, Spalding's Sweaters A re the only ones to buy if you value appearance and wearing qualities. We have them in Black, Blue, Maroon and W h i te at $3.75 and $4.50 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. Student patronage solicited. Elgin Mifflin. l^,U V V V V % ^ / V V V V k / ^ V V V V ' t i V ^ V S / V W V \ i i V *l/ S < % « ^ % ^I/ % I V V V ^ A ' ' > l,^ ' M V V V VV A HORSE LAUGHS s k i n, I Because h is called cordovan, make? the finest shoes for I men of any known i \ leather. S p e c i al V a l u es in P e a u - D e s o ie Silk S k i r t s. Simons Dry Goods Co. Special Prices on Carpets, Rugs and Draperies t indents Close firm grain to keep out dampness, soft and pliable for I comfort, while it takes a polish equal to patent leather. Such \ shoes usually cost $4.50 to $5.00. OUR PRICE IS $3.50 A PAIR. I C. D. WOODBURY, T L O CH w v w wj DEBATING CLUB. T he debating club meeting Thursday evening was highly enter taining. Postmaster Collingwood, Secretary Brown, Dr. Edwards, and Prof. W. O. Hedrick. discussed the railroad question, which is to be de bated with Ypsilanti later on. T he idea speakers protested against the that should be a debate so no judges were chosen. A large audience was present, many of the society debaters being in at tendance. the discussion T he question discussed was, as has been stated in previous numbers of the paper, Resolved, T h at govern ment ownership and operation of railroads in the United States is desir able. Dr. Edwards and Prof. Hed rick took the affirmative side, and Mr the Collingwood and Sec. Brown negative. Each ten speaker had minutes for a first speech and five minutes was given to each speaker for rebuttal, Prof. Hedrick, how ever, gave his time for rebuttal to Dr. Edwards. T he affirmative argument was opened by Dr. Edwards, w ho out lined the intent of the question as worded. He said desirable does not mean feasible or possible, there fore the affirmative would not have to show how government ownership and operation is to be brought about. T he chief evils to be eliminated by public ownership are — the doing away with corrupting railroad legis lation and inferior service and dis crimination, the gambling in stocks and the watering of stock which necessitates the paying of unjust in terest by the public. for the legislator standpoints — the legislation. stated Secretary Brown said that repre sentatives of big corporations at the form of lobbies are not necessarily a bad thing. By such representation is often informed of the the correct status of conditions and is thereby often saved from making hasty and unjust Prof. Hedrick the that from question should be considered political, three social and ethical. Our country could not be what it is politically but railroads. Railroads have a strong social aspect. T h ey ideas are a means of exchanging and of broadening individual. T he railroad question has much ethical significance because it touches all classes. coal to. T he coal trouble was referred operators, like the railroad magnates, control the natural monopoly. In crease in power should bring increase in responsibility. " T he coal opera tors," the speaker said, " s at on our coal bins all summer having abso lutely no responsibility to the public whatever. T he anthracite the the Mr. Collingwood was last speaker. He took exception to the view of Dr. Edwards, regarding the intent of the word, desirable, and considered the question in the light of present conditions. He said that increase of railroad capitaliza the tion without the corresponding in crease in miles of railroad is account ed for by the fact that the extra cap italization has gone into improve rolling in building better ments stock, in making double-track sys tems, etc. He contended that pub lic ownership is state socialism and that it is a confession that the repub lican form of government is a fail idea he was not ure, which prepared to accept. If the govern ment must take over the ownership and operation of the railroads, w hy should it not take over the owner latter T HE M. A. C. RECORD. ship and operation of other natural monopolies, also. In rebuttal it was urged that the railroad monopoly is the key to all that law is a other monopolies and failure in controlling railroads under present conditions, and that even the republican form of government may be a failure. On the other hand it was urged that the power to control railroads lies with the people, that laws can be made which will effect ively control railroads and that we have not reached a condition where we can safely say that the republican form of government is a failure. T he arguments were all heard with the closest attention. T he at tendance at the two meetings last gives promise of a very successful year for the club. BATTALION, ATTENTION! B A T T A L I ON OF C A D E T S, ) N o v. i, 1902. \ Circular N o. 1. T he upper classmen, Senior, J u n ior and Sophomore, to whom arms and accoutrements were issued, will to the quartermaster turn Wednesday, Nov. 5, between the hours of 4 and 6 p. m. them in to T he commander of any men whom arms were issued and who have left college, will see that said arms are turned in at that time. T he contractors having notified the department that 138 of the new uniforms have been completed, they will be issued at the armory Thurs day, Nov. 6, between the hours of 4 and 6 p. m. Agricultural Freshmen and Mech. Sub-Freshmen will report for drill Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs days to 6 p. m. Mech. Freshmen and Agricultural Sub- Freshmen Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, 4 to 5 p. m. from 5 Sophomores will report for mili tary science in the Physics lecture room on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 5 to 6 p. m. Band will practice in chapel Mon days, Wednesdays and Thursdays, 5 to 6 p. m. By order of M A J. C. A. V E R N O U, Comd't. C H A S. B. R O S E, Adj. '01. C. P. Reed is on his father's farm at Howell. He has supplied Higrgs & Burton with fine peaches for the College trade. ,o\m. Mark L. Ireland, draughts man in U. S. Ordnance Dept., Washington, D. C, called on friends at the College, Monday, on his way home to Chesaning, Mich. He will stop again at M. A. C on his return to Washington. 60H6O6 Grocery HIQQS & BURTON, Proprietors. J» FULL LINE OF J« Lunch Goods, Confectioneries and Fruits. THE JEWETT & KNAPP STORE Lansing's Low Priced Reliable store E v e ry Department full of N ew Fall Goods. N ew Dress Goods, Silks, Laces, Gloves, Hosiery, Underwear, Silk and Cotton Shirt Waists, Muslin Underwear, 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 D r a p e r i e s. 222, 224 W a s h i n g t on A v e. S. L a n s i n g, M i c h. Jewett & Knapp, When in need -' FINE STATIONERY, INVITATIONS or C A R D S CALL ON Lawrence & Yan Buren Printing Co. 122 Ottawa St. E. Lansing Mich. 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We make daily trips to the College. BOTH PHONES. Careful attention given to 'phone orders. A. C. ROLLER, Successor Washington Ave. South. to GOTTLIEB REUTTER. FURNISHING GOODS. E LGIN MIFFLIN.—Ladies' and Gentlemen'! 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. NORTON'S HARDWARE—General Hardware, Stoves, Tinware, Graniteware, Cutlery, etc. Ill Washington Ave. South. See ad. INSURANCE. THE DYER-JENISON-BARRY CO., LTD., Incorporated) Hoilister Block. All kinds of the best insurance. Strongest agency in city. BOOK BINDERS JEWELERS. GEO. G. BLUDEAU & CO —Blank book manu facturers. Book-binding of every description Q