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, D E C. 16, 1902. N o. 15 NOTICE. T he King's Daughters will meet with M r s. Atkins December 18th. A musical and literary program has been arranged for this meeting and all friends of the Circle are cordially invited. Y. M. C. A. NOTES. MISS ELLEN STONE GIVES AN ADDRESS. figuratively, On Thursday evening prayer meeting was led by Mr. J. G. Moore —Subject, " U se the Oil C a n ." We are, the oil cans, God's pure love the oil, so that when we are full of his love we become to the world what the oil is to rapidly revolving machinery. T he prayer meeting was well attended. On Sunday morning chapel ser vices were conducted by R e v. George F. Plummer. Text, S t. Luke 5:8, " W h en Simon Peter saw it he fell down at Jesus' knees say ing, depart from me, for I am a sin ful man, O L o r d ." T he service was fairly well attended. Miss Ellen Stone, the ransomed missionary from T u r k e y, addressed the Y. W. and Y. M. C. A. Sunday evening. T he associations consider themselves extremely fortunate in having the rare privilege of hearing Miss Stone. S he began by giving a Sunday evening scene in old Thes- alonica. Once a year the British Mediterranean naval squadron stops at Thesalonica. T he navy boys al ways spend their Sunday evening at this old town in t he little mission parlors singing the old songs of childhood days, and ending the evening with a prayer meeting. H e re in that famous old town, where St. Paul labored so earnestly to win the Thesolonians to a pure faith in Jesus nearly t wo thousand years ago, are still to be found mission stations. H ow strange it seems to us, as we read in Thessalonians of Paul's fruitful labors, of the church he es tablished and the converts he made there, that today two thousand years hence, the people know but little more of Jesus Christ and his king dom than when first St. Paul visit ed them. So much so is this true that missionaries are sent to them to them of their better days. remind Following scene Miss Stone remarked that in the last ten years the missionary spirit had made wonderful progress here in America. little this To illustrate and show what their work really accomplished on t he mission field, Miss Stone narrated the history of one or two families that had been led to Christ through their labors. If the pictures shown are true to facts, as we are sure they are, their w o rk on the foreign field is most gratifying for those lives, taken as fair examples of the work on the field, exhibit wonderful advances in culture, enlightenment and all that goes to make up lovely christian character. T he mission schools are perhaps the most valuable agencies in connection with the other mission work, in civilizing and christianizing the people. All the native schools are the through greek for the reason that the govern ment prohibits, under severe penalty, teaching in the native language. All these facts are from Salonica where Miss Stone was engaged as missionary. It was while returning to Solonica from a long missionary tour surrounding country, that Miss Stone was captur ed by Bulgarian bandits, September 3d, 1901. T he wife of an Albanian preacher, w ho was at the time ac companying Miss Stone to Salonica was also taken captive. T he rest of MissStone's company were allow ed to continue journey after their detention. twelve about W h at Miss Stone and Mrs. Tsilka suffered in their long captivity no one but themselves will ever realize. T h ey were in captivity six months this lacking eight time little Elenchie Tsilka was born, where only God and his guardian angels and the bandits know. ransom was effected by Their sixty-five the payment of about thousand dollars. days. During hours T he lantern slide views were very good and showed very impressively the habits and life in that Grecian city. T he lecture was one of the most entertaining we have had here in several years. A ll through the lecture Miss Stone emphasized the fact that it does pay to christianize that half-heathen people. interest One of the things which Miss Stone said ought to be of special and particular to every christian, and that was the great value of knowing the Bible so that if ever denied the blessed privilege of the Book of all books one can find comfort in the sure promises of God still. In conclusion, those w ho failed to hear Miss Stone missed an oppor tunity which they may never have again and which they can never make u p. T he Y. W. and Y. M. C. A. succeeded in raising $37 for Miss Ellen Stone. T he reason w hy t he associations were so anx ious to raise as large a sum as possi that Miss Stone is ble is the fact trying to pay back t he price of her ransom, and the associations desired to contribute to this purpose of Miss Stone's as largely as was possible. DEBATING CLUB. At the regular meeting of the Debating Club held December n t h, officers for next term were elected as follows: President, H o w a rd L. Severance; vice president, Don B. Button; secretaty, J. W. Nelson; Program critic, D r. Edwards. committee: 1st member,#Mr. Hogen- son; 2d member, M r. T h o s. Gun- son; 3d member, M r. S. B. Hart- man. T he debate for the evening was upon t he subject, Resolved, T h at the number of courses offered at this College should be increased. T he affirmative speakers were Messrs. Hartman and Don Button. T he negative, Messrs. A. C. Miller and Elmer. T he affirmative side won the de bate. SHAKESPEARE CLUB. T he Shakespeare Club met with Prof, and Mrs. Marshall last Wed nesday evening and listened to a musical program. T he evening's entertainment had been arranged by Mrs. W. O. Hedrick and Miss Gilchrist. Every number on the program was thoroughly enjoyed and all having parts on the program did great credit to themselves. PROGRAM. 1. Kammennai-Ostraw Rubinstein MRS. MARSHALL. 2. Vocal Solo—Hope On Klein Miss MARSTELLAR. 3. E. Minor Sonata, 1st Movement Beethoven Miss FREYHOFER. 4. Violin Solo—a. Bercense . . .. Hauser b. Obertrass . Wieniawski Miss F L O R E N CE BIRDSALL. 5. Vocal Duet—The Lord is My Shep herd Miss F R E Y H O F E R, MISS GILCHRIST. Smart 6. Duet for 'Cello and Violin—Blauer Himmel Mohr T HE MISSES BIRDSALL. 7. Vocal Solo—a. Where Did You Come from, Baby Dear? Niedlinger b. The Merry, Merry Lark . . .. Nevin MRS. U. P. HEDRICK. 8.Fruhlingsrauschen Sinding MISS F R E Y H O F E R. THE ALPHA ZETA FRA TERNITY. On Saturday afternoon a chapter of the Alpha Zeta Fraternity was installed at this college by W o r t hy H i gh Scribe J o hn T. Cunningham, assistant editor of the Ohio Farmer. This is the only purely agricultural fraternity in existence, and though quite young is being installed in the leading colleges of agriculture in the United States. It is more of an honorary frater nity than a social one—perhaps ful filling the same purpose to the stu dents of agriculture as does the T au Beta Pi Fraternity to the students of engineering. " T he aim is to honor the young man w ho will make some line of agriculture his life work, w ho has attained a high grade of scholarship in his respective univer sity or college, and who has enough good fellowship to attract culture, and enough culture to improve the sociable." T he following are the charter members: Fred D. Stevens, James G. Moore, J o hn B. Strange, E d w in S. Good, Horace W. Norton, J r ., Floyd O. Foster, Charles M. Mar shall, Harry W. Dey, Glenn C. Se- vey, and Samuel B. Hartman. T he chapter will be known among the fraternities as the Kedzie chap ter in memory of D r. R. C. Kedzie. If graduates of Michigan Agri cultural College don't land on their feet, where do you find any college graduates that do? Just scan the alumni notes in M. A. C. " Record " and you find the boys holding fine positions in all parts of the world. T h ey certainly seem to have the " g et that win.— Michigan School Moderator, t h e r e" qualities ALUMNI. '89. E. A. Holden, of Lansing, last was summoned to Bear Lake week by news, stating that his fath er had been seriously injured. '93. W. L. Cumings is geologist with a party of surveyors in the em ploy of the Oliver Mining Com pany. He has been on t he move for the past six months and expects to remain in their employ indefi nitely. M r. Cumings paid especial attention to geology at the Michigan School of Mines, of which he is a graduate. W. H. Anderson, with '96, is in the employ of the same company as chief chemist at Ish- peming. An examination of M r. Cuming's recent letter shows that he spent the summer of 1901 on a large private survey in northern Minnesota. H is present work is a geological survey of the Menomi nee range for the company, by which he is employed. His winter headquarters are at Duluth. His present address is Iron Mountain, Mich., care Chapin Mining C o. '93/w. J o hn B. Dimmick is locat ed at Little Falls, West Virginia. '96. Will Clute, son of ex-presi dent Clute is now in old Mexico on a railroad survey. '97~'98. Miss Marion Clute is attending Washington University at St. Louis. '97/7*. W. R. Goodwin died at in Union Pier, Mich., his home December interment first. T he took place at Aurora, 111. He had been employed for some time by t he Chicago and Northwestern R. R. in the capacity of civil engineer. T he parents of the deceased are both aged and his death is a severe blow as he was the only son. '98. A recent letter from T h o m as L. Hankinson locates him at Charles ton, Illinois, where he is instructor in zoology in the State Normal School. He says, " T h e re are 27 students in my zoology class, and a better set of workers I never saw. Zoology is elective for last year students and runs for t wo terms, being followed by physiology in the spring term. I shall teach this sub ject, and I also have one of the four classes in beginning botany." '99. George Gould of Saranac visited College friends last week. , '99. T h o r ne Swift of Grand R a p ids spent Saturday and Sunday at the College. He took an outing re cently in the Michigan woods in the northern part of the State and while there met an old M. A. C. man under peculiar circumstances. One evening a man lost in the woods came to M r. Swift's cabin, being attracted by the light. Upon inquiry the stranger proved to be M r. Curtis Stocoum, '94-'95. '02. Burt W e r m u th has left for central Tennessee where he will work for the National M ap P u b lishing C o. THE M. A. C. RECORD. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY DURING THE COI/LEGE YEAR BY THE MICHIGAN STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE EDITORS. P. H. STEVENS, MANAGING EDITOR. ASSOCIATE EDITORS: W. R. HOUGH, '05m. F. H. NICKLE, '03m. KATE COAU, '05. ZOE BENTON, '05. J. G. MOORE, '03. C. M. BLANCHARD, '03m. M. P. WILLET, sp. E. S. GOOD, '03. H. N. HORNBECK, '04. G. C. MORBECK, '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, 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 to non subscrib ers. Such persons need have no hesitation about taking the paper from the pust office, for no charge will be made {or it. The only way, however, to secure the paper regularly is to sub scribe. TUBS DA t, DE C. 16, IQO2. TH IS is the time ot year when college publications give their wishes to all for a " M e r ry Christ mas" and " H a p py N ew Year." It is the season when there is proclaim ed "Peace on earth and good will toward men." T he highest point in civilization for the year ought to be reached during the Christmas season. is in T he custom of gift-giving keeping with the divine scheme for the universe; as Browning for, says: The loving worm within its clod. Were diviner than a loveless god Amid his worlds, I will dare to say. You know what 1 mean: God's all man's naught: But also God, whose pleasure brought Man into being stands away As it were a handbreadth off to give Room for the newly-made to live, And look at him from a place apart And use his gifts of brain and heart, Given, indeed, but to keep forever. Who speaks of man, then, must not sever Man's very elements from man, Saying, But all is God's—whose plan Was to create man and then leave him Able, His own word saith, to grieve him, But able to glorify him too, As a mere machine could never do, That prayed or praised all unaware Of its fitness for aught but praise and prayer, Made perfect as a thing of course. Min, therefore, stands on his own stock Of love and power as a pin-point rock; And, looking to God who ordained divorce Of the rock from his boundless continent, Sees in his power made evident, Only excess by a million-fold O'er the power God gave man in the mould. For, note; man's hand, first formed to carry A few pounds' weight, when taught to marry In strength with an engine's, lifts a moun tain Advancing in power by one degree; And why count steps through eternity ? But love is the ever springing fountain : Man may enlarge or narrow his bed For the water's play, but the water-head— How can he multiply or reduce it. But 'tis not a thing to bear increase As power does: he loves less or more In the heart of man he keeps it shut Or opes it wide, as he pleases, but Love's sum remains what it was before. T he students of the University of Chicago practical demonstrations of a new voting ma chine. recently gave T HE M. A. C. RECORD. STATE GRANGE AND FARMERS' CLUBS. took great T he College interest in the meetings of the State Grange and of the association of Farmer's Clubs held during the same days in Lansing last week. Many visitors from both organizations looked over the College grounds and buildings and investigated so far as possible the work done. One gentleman, after having spent the afternoon on a tour of observation, was heard to remark: " W e l l, I bave looked over thoroughly and the College quite am satisfied that M. A. C. is all right." at During the meetings of the organ some izations Pres. Snyder gave helpful remarks on "Methods of Preparing Teachers for the Rural Schools the County H i gh Schools." Kenyon L. Butterfield, '91, spoke twice before the Grange, to the course his remarks relative given by him in Rural Sociology at the University attracting much favorable comment from the Grange. Prof. Smith spoke on the Special Courses and the National Congress at Macon. Capt. Allen also created favorable comment by his very ex ''Good Roads.' cellent paper on As the the Farmers' Clubs, meetings of Senator A. B. Cook, '93, met with great success. Pres. Snyder spoke in part as follows: the presiding officer for in to system that during " I understand in our rural school work this meeting you have spent consider able time in discussing rural school problems. I shall not speak of cen tralization, the township unit system, or any other topic which has refer the organization of our ence country schools. I do wish, how ever, to say that the most important is factor teacher the teacher. W i th a good the school will be a success under teacher any system. W i th a poor the it is a miserable failure under best Poor imaginable. teachers in a city under careful su pervision, may do fairly good work, while the district schools with no one to oversee or stimulate them in their efforts, failure is, inevitable. In my opinion the great question with reference to our district schools is that of securing better trained teachers. Our normal schools are teachers for our graded preparing schools. T h ey good are doing work, but the normal-trained teach ers are not found in district schools. Let me suggest a plan which will turn out rural schools. W hy not take the best high school in each county and add to it a department designed for the train teachers. Let ing of rural school the graduates of this high school and of all other high schools in the county take a course, extending over one or two years, upon the comple they will be licensed tion of which In addition to teach rural schools. to the academic training given let them do thorough work in pedago gics and in nature study or elemen tary agriculture. This is the only way by which we can ever expect to to do successful work in nature study. T he county training school has proven a great success in N ew Y o rk state, and there it would not do a is no reason w hy great work for the country schools of Michigan. We have over 6,000 country schools, and the average length of a teacher's services is less than three years. We need 2,000 new teachers every year, and it is for our teachers teachers train I have no fault to the environments about that any system of folly to think normal schools can train a sufficient number. We must have some more training comprehensive method of teachers. find with our normal schools, they are doing gocd work, but it is simply impossible to establish enough of them to meet present demands. By such a system as I have suggested a teachers can be great number of trained annually, and they would bring to our country children a sym interest pathy for rural life, and an in them, which the ordinary teacher does not feel. These schools could be estab lished at a cost to the state of per to eighteen hun haps from fifteen dred dollars, and would be able to to fifty turn out from graduates each per year. It would not be wise, I think, to try to organ ize the whole state at once. We could begin with two or three coun ties and if they proved successful, as I feel certain they would, we could add to this number year by year, as fast as the finances of the state and other circumstances would permit. the great majority of high school graduates do not feel that they can go away from home and take a course in a higher You all know twenty-five that from to institution of learning. T h ey could, however, take a course at home or near home. Many of the best high the school graduates come country. T h ey go back the country again, but if an opportunity were offered they could take such a course as I have described and would make very valuable teachers in the community in which they live. T he It has grange stands for education. done much to further the interests of higher education and I would now like to see it take hold of a project which would mean great good to the country children of this state. Hon. George B. Horton, father of Horton, '02, was elected Master of T he State Grange for the sixth time. In the Chicago Record-Herald for December 10th a list of the best inter-scholastic track records in the west for 1902 is given. In this list Barlow of the Greenville (Mich.) high school has the record in the two-mile run, his time being 10 min utes and 52 seconds. He is a broth er of Mr. Bronson Barlow of the bacteriological department, and now attending the State University. He was a member of the U. of M. football squad this year. is . F A R M E R S' I N S T I T U T ES D U R I NG J A N U A R Y. There is given below a list of Farmers' Institutes to be held during January : COUNTY. PLACE. DATE. '•.. .. _... Clare Benzie Mason Alcona Oscoda Alpena Mecosta-------- Isabella - — Osceola Manistee _-, Grand Traverse - Antrim . B a y . .- Saginaw Midland Shiawassee Clinton Gratiot Lapeer St. C l a i r . . . . . .. Genesee Sanilac Tuscola Huron Newaygo Montcalm Muskegon Kent Oceana... Ottawa Wayne Macomb Mcnroe Arenac Gladwin Iosco . . _ .. - .. -- . ' .. Clare Honor Ludington Harrisville Mio - _- Long Rapids.. Remus Mt. Pleasant .. Le Roy Copemish _ _ Traverse City. Alden Auburn Chesaning Midland Vernon Elsie... Alma Lapeer Port Huron Flushing Sanilac Center ,^i Howard City. Montague Sparta Shelby Coopersville.. Wyandotte... Scofield . Standish Gladwin January 5- 6 7- 8 9-10 12-13 14-15 16-17 19-20 21-22 23-24 26-27 28-29 30-31 9-10 12-13 14-15 16-17 19-20 21-22 23-24 26-27 28-29 30-31 5- 6 7- 8 9-10 12-13 14-15 16-17 19-20 21-22 23-24 26-27 28-29 30-31 THE DONSEREAUX CLOTHING & GROCERY CO'S M. ft. G. SPECIAL, 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. A. M. DONSEREAUX. THE M. A. C. RECORD. A B O UT T HE C A M P U S. «$ T he postoffice is now in its new quarters. T he Feronian Society received the ladies of the faculty at a recep tion last Saturday afternoon—three to six. Instructor Parrott was called to his home, Lawrence, K a n ., on Thursday by a telegram announc i ng the accidental drowning of his sister. T he results of the student stock- j u d g i ng contest held in connection the International exposition with show Iowa, the winner, re that ceived 2,402 points. Michigan got 3,189, a v e ry creditable showing. Mr. and M r s. E. R. Blair enter tained Saturday and Sunday M r. and Mrs. H e n ry Foster of Haslett, and Mrs. A. W. R o b y, a sister of ' Mrs. Blair. Miss Lena Foster vis ited recently her sister, Miss Nellie Foster of the postoffice force. Board has been audited for the various clubs as given below. Not withstanding the rise in the price of food stuffs board has not increased much over that of previous terms. C l ub A, $ 2 . 3 1; Club B, $2.42; Club C, $1.55; Club D, $2.40; Club E, $2.42; Club G, $ 1 . 6 8; Club H, $1.68. At the close of the last regular meeting of the King's Daughters held Dec. 4th, at M r s. Weil's, Mrs. Holdsworth gave a very interesting talk on Canterbury and instructive Cathedral. A number of large photographs of the exterior and of the interior of the cathedral were exhibited by M r s. Holdsworth. Miss Edna Beebe is spending a few days at her home near Haslett. Jimmy Cooper was on the cam pus last week, though he is not fully recovered from his injury. He does not to resume his college work immediately. intend in T he state of Michigan has struck bronze medals for her soldiers w ho served the Spanish-American war. M r. Clock, of the College dairy, has one in his possession. M r. Bronson Barlow is also entitled to one. T he Feronian Society gave a ten o'clock party in their rooms Satur day evening in honor of their n ew members. T he decorations were representative of college life, con sisting of pennants, golf sticks, etc. A musical program was rendered, after which guests received favors which directed them to various ta bles where some of the y o u ng ladies presided over chafing dishes. T he room lecture regular meeting of the Natural History society was held in the Zoological last Wednesday evening. As this was the time for the election of officers, that took place first; the following officers being elected: F or Presi dent, E. A. Seelye; Vice-president, G. Sevey; S e c - T r e a s u r e r, B. S. B r o w n; Directors, J. G. Moore and Morton Barrows. After the busi ness meeting Prof. Bogue gave a very interesting talk on the rapidity and amount of water absortpion and the comparative volumetric increase by water absorption of sixty-two species of wood. T he Themian Society gave an evening. open Secretary and M r s. Brown were the chaperones. program Friday T he officers of the P hi Delta So ciety for the winter term a r e: Pres., F. H. Nickle; Warden, C. H. B o u g h t o n; S e c, H. D. S w e e t; Treas., E. A. Wilcox. Prof. C. D. Smith received a from an English letter last week gentleman in Bangkok, Siam, enquir ing about the course of the F a rm H o me reading circle. This gentle man is a member of the Royal Agri cultural Society of England and the corresponding Society of Denmark. He devotes two hours a day to reading along agricultural lines and from all evidence is a man of considerable note. Some of the society officers for last term not reported the winter week are as follows: Union Literary: President, A. D. P e t e r s; vice-president, G. E. Mar tin; secretary, R. A. Burpee; treas urer, R. T. Stevens; marshal, H. C. Salisbury. Olympic: President, Charles M. Blanchard; vice-president, D. A. G u r n e y; secretary, R. Rasmussen; treasurer, P. B. Pierce. T h e m i a n: President, Miss Jessie P a l m e r; vice-president, Miss Bessie Cordley ; secretary, Miss Kate Coad ; treasurer, Miss Mabel Downey. Feronian: President, Miss El vine A r m s t r o n g; vice president, Miss Rubie L i g h t; secretary, Miss Rus sell Taylor; treasurer, Miss Ethel Adams. T he Columbians entertained their evening. last Friday lady friends Prof, and M r s. Holdsworth chap eroned the party. Instructor Harza expects to re ceive a visit during the Christmas vacation from his brother, w ho lives in Brookings, S. D. T he State Board met December 10th in the board rooms and several matters of interest were taken up. T he final meetings of the institutes will be held this year in Owosso. T he residence of the late Dr. Ked- zie was assigned to Prof. S h a w. Permission was given to the horti cultural department to remove a por tion of the garden windbreak and to take out the old peach and plum orchard near the hospital. Steps were taken to secure a hundred ad ditional guns for the military de partment. Prof. W. O. Hedrick was given leave of absence for the spring term. that he will soon take his P h. D. at the University. T he Adelphic Society having requested a society room, the board requested the president of the society to lay before the board in regarding formation literary Prof. F. S. Kedzie was made as sociate chemist, and Floyd VV. Robi- son was made chemist for the ex station, the latter being periment given rooms in Howard Terrace in addition to his present salary. Some matters of minor importance were the board transacted, after which January adjourned 7th. the various societies of t he College, It is understood to meet again NORTON'S HARDWARE —*«Mi#*»#"krf»W^— Have you a MARQUART STEEL RANGE? If not, you certainly have not got the best. Y o ur neighbor has one, ask h er about the quality. We have sold a large amount of them and all give satisfaction. Would be pleased to show them to you. Furniture... Headquarters COriPLETE LINE OF FURNITURE FOR STUDENTS' ROOMS Canvas Cots at 0 5c W o v en W i re Cots at $1.50. W o v en 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 your room free. CHAS. M. NORTON, JU Washington Ave. S« M. J. & B. M. Buck. 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 A ND CAP STOCK is the up-to-date one of this city. Nothing 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. The Simons Dry Goods Co's *g Holiday Sale of *# Christmas Novelties Handkerchiefs, Silk Umbrellas, Burnt Leather Novelties, Mexican Leather Purses, Etc. We show m a ny new' and beautiful things for Christmas Presents. Patent Leather Slippers !| W VW A A M VW VWW MM Three strap Patent Leather Sandals-medium high French heels—medium coin toe—light turned soles. P a i nt y and graceful in appearance — just the thing for dress occasions. Price $2.00 and >J* $2.50 a pair. Come and let us help y ou make your selections. j& House Slippers, 50 Cents to $2.00. & Simons Dry Goods Co. C. D.WOODBURY, Homsterngiock: *'t.