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, F E B. 3, 1903. N o. BASKETBALL SEASON OPENS. T he basketball season of 1903 opened auspiciously for M. A. C. when the Detroit Y. M. C. A. team was beaten in the armory last W e d nesday evening by the score of 43 to 8. T he Y. M. C. A. is consid ered a strong the score is very satisfying A. C. team and the size of to M. it possible T he new court in the center of the armory made for every one in the audience to see all points of the play, a thing that has not been possible in games hereto fore. T he audience was probably the a basketball game at the College and lack of enthusiasm there was no from start to finish. that ever attended largest time from interesting in a game and M. A. C. wore the new suits for the first the contrast in color between the suits the home team and those of t he of Y. M. C. A. made the game partic ularly the spec tator's point of view. T he hour set for beginning the game was seven o'clock but it was seven-thirty when play began. M. A. C\ was the first to score, Haftenkamp throwing a basket after fifteen seconds of play and after four passes had been made. T he score soon stood six to two in favor of M. A. C. and to four but after this the Y. M. C. A. team never appeared to have any chance to win. then six the first half the At the end of score stood 21 to 7. In the last half M. A. C. ran away with the Y. M. C. A. and scored almost at will. Nine fouls were called on each side but only seven points were scored as a result of penalties. the T he Y. M. C. A. team is made up of a husky set of fellows and during they played first half well but the superior team work of M. A. C. in the second half seemed to discourage them. T he audience missed Blanchard and Cooper from the M. A. C. line-up but Morgan their and Tuttle, who have places, played creditably. Tuttle, in particular, played cleverly, never losing his head and making some very difficult passes. F or general all-around playing, however, Bal- bach and Captain Haftenkamp stand out in bold relief as of old. taken T he line u p: M. A. C. Y. M. C. A. Morgan Haftenkamp (Capt.) J Balbach T o w er 1 Tuttle J Guards Guards Center Forwards f ^£ Hockady fKuhn(Capt.) {Gardner Baskets: Haftenkamp, 10; Balbach, 7; Tuttle, 2; Tower 1; Schink, 2. Scores from fouls: Schink, 2; Kuhn, 2 ; Balbach, 3. Halves, twenty minutes each. Officials, Hackett of Detroit, McCormick of Lansing, and Bolte of M. A. C. THE HILLSDALE GAME. in the armory for At two o'clock Saturday after noon Hillsdale and M. A. C. lined the second up basketball game of the season at M. A. C. T he final score stood: M. A. C, 49—Hillsdale, 2. T he things said about the M. A. C . - Y. M. C. A. game apply very well to Saturday's game. Hillsdale, however, did not " q u i t" in the lat ter part of the second half as did the Y. M. C. A., but played pluckily to the end. As long as M. A. C. meets teams she is able to defeat by overwhelming scores there is not a great deai to say about the work of the opponents. In Saturday's game Balbach, to j u mp keep the interest up, would and seize the ball with both hands when in play, Tuttle would leave his opponent and visit with the other players. But Hills dale couldn't win. it was put Coach " H u r r y - u p" Yost saw the game and seemed well-pleased. It is rumored that he was looking up football material. As large a crowd as attended the Y. M. C. A. game was present. T he line-up: HILLSDALE. ) Baker M. A. C. HaftenkampfCapt.) ] Schaefer Balbach Tower 1 Tuttle j fForwards > (Capt.) j Mcintosh I Tacey Center (Boone „ •, G u a r ds j Wood Officials, Bolte, Millar, Cooper. Fouls: Hillsdale, 5; M. A. C, .3. Goals from fouls: Balbach, 5. Baskets from floor: Balbach, 7; Haftenkamp, 8; Schaefer, 4; Tuttle, 2; Tow er, 1; Mcintosh, 1. Score: M. A. C, 49; Hillsdale, 2. MILITARY HOP. the officers of T he military hop in honor of Col the onel Shubel and Governor's Guards on J a n. 30th was voted by all present, one of the most enjoyable dances ever given at the College. T he grand march commenced about eight o'clock, led by Colonel Shubel and Miss Elizabeth Dodds, the officers of guard and battalion following. After a few simple fig ures the programs were issued and dancing commenced. about T h e re were seventy-five couples present, sufficient to well fill without crowding the armory. Uni forms were almost universally worn by the students attending, and with the added blue of the Guard uni form gave quite a brilliant appear ance. T he music furnished by Mr. Prost was especially appreciated as shown by more vigorous encores than at any previous dance this year. T he orchestra responded good- naturedly and was kept playing almost continuously during the last hour. Finally, only too soon, eleven o'clock and a most round happy company started their several ways. came LECTURES OF THE WEEK. its On Wednesday afternoon Presi dent Snyder addressed the Special Students, his remarks being explana tory of the College, its aim, its pur future possibilities. pose and talk was entirely informal as T he there had been no time for prepara tion but the applause at the close appreciated. it was showed related some details of history which are more or that President Snyder less familiar to those who have an interest in the College, but several historical facts were brought out which in general are not known and which could not be effectively told here. T he talk was of much value in helping one to obtain a comprehen sive view of all sides of life at M. A. C. CARE OF THE ORCHARD. Prof. Taft addressed the special students on the subject, " Care of the the Orchard." He spoke first of soils suitable for In the orchard. general the ground should be well drained and natural drainage is to be preferred to artificial. Natural drain age must necessarily give a slightly rolling ground and this is of advant frosts. age in protecting fruit from T h e re is often a difference of ten degrees between temperature of a hilltop and that of the adjacent low land. the Different sorts of orchard trees re quire for ideal conditions different the pear-tree a rather soils. F or heavy clay the loam is good, and plum requires nearly the same kind of soil, but if there is any difference the plum-tree should be on a soil better drained than that suitable for the pear-tree. T he apple-tree re loam; quires a light clay or sandy lighter the peach and cherry and loams. the trees be pur Prof. Taft gave demonstrations of pruning, and advised each one con templating the setting out of trees to see to it that chased of reliable nurserymen. T he small fruits were also discussed, though briefly. F or spraying Prof. Taft recommended Bordeaux mix ture and Paris green as the best for general purposes. HORTICULTURAL CLUB. A very interesting program was given at the meeting of the Horti cultural Club last Wednesday even ing. Mr. Swey gave a talk on " T he Division of P o m o l o g y ." He out lined the work of the division and gave some very instructive informa tion. the Prof. Gunson spoke on " Mich Some igan's rank in Horticulture." of things brought out were revelations to many of those present, he said: " M i c h i g an ranks first in number of peach trees, 3d in plum and pear trees, 5th in grapes and 6th in apples; first in acreage of celery, 2d in potatoes, 3d in onions, 4th in vegetables and 2d in strawberries. Michigan holds 5th place in orchard surprising products." One statement Mr. Gunson made was that Oakland county had the largest acreage of potatoes of any county in the state. very At the next meeting of the Club, F e b. 11, Mr. P e r ry will give an illustrated talk on " P r u n i ng Dwarf P e a r s ." Mr. Perry has had consid erable experience with dwarf pears to and his anyone interested in Horticulture. talk will be of benefit Pitcher Coakley of Holy Cross has been debarred because of pro fessionalism. ALUMNI. in last and two ( g l u t e n) '89. About 1S85, C. L. Bemis, '74, then superintendent of schools in Portland, came here at the open ing of the College vear with several young men in tow for the freshman class. He quietly made a remark about this one and another about that one, and when he came to W. L. Rossman, he observed, " He is a studious young man who quiet, to college knows what he cames need have no for. T he faculty into anxiety that he will ever get trouble any scrapes, or make any anywhere." He was as good as the '89, since gold and graduated which time he has been State an alyst for the food commission, and chemist for two other manufactur ers, factories for at Harbor Beach, Mich. To use up a waste product is making wheat starch, they use it with flour to make maccaroni. This factory was started four years ago with a capacity of 25 bbls. per day. two T he company now operates factories with a combined capacity of 150 bbls. per day. T he starch is manufactured in vented by W. L. Rossman. T he product is termed a thin cooking starch. W h en twelve is cooked in ounces of this starch water, the resulting of the solution is but little heavier than water, con sequently in using it in the laundry it requires no rubbing in, but pene trates the fibre of the goods readily, thus saving a good deal of work in starching and produces a more pli finish. T he gluten is first sep able arated from large washing the mass of gluten is heated so as to bring it in to a soluble condition and dried. This is sold as soluble vegetable albumen, to the textile industry and is used in place of e gg and blood albumen. the tanks, and after a process includes what starch in '93-'96wz. Elon W. Pond, the son of A. L. Pond, '93-'96wz, died J a n u ary 21 st, Cold water, Michigan. ,oosp. A r t h ur Nunnelly, manager in Portland, was to Miss Florence the creamery of recently married Klotz of that place. 'o2f«. Guy S. Covell, w ho has recently returned from West Point, spent Sunday at the College. He has given up his work at West Point. '02. M r. Burt W e r m u t h, who has been at M. A. C. for the past week, will work for the degree of M. S. in Horticulture. '02. L. D. Rudolph, who is work ing for Company, will England before trip. the National Publishing possibly go to long on a business '02. O. H. Skinner, of Alma, spent Sunday at the College. '02. William Krieger was at M. A. C. last week, taking a short vaca tion from his green house work at Grand Ledge. THE M. A. C. RECORD. P U B L I S H ED K V S RY T U B B D AY D U R I NG T HE C O L L E GE Y E AK BY T HE M I C H I G AN S T A TE A G R I C U L T U R AL C O L L E GE EDITORS. P. H. STEVENS, M A N A G I NG E D I T O R. A S S O C I A TE E D I T O R S: W. R. HOUGH, '05m. ,F. H. NICKLE, '03m. KATE OOAU, '05. ZOE BENTON, '05. J. G. MOORE, '03. S. B. HAKTJVIAX, '03m. M. P. WILLETT, sp. R. T. STEVENS, '04. E. S. GOOD, '03. H. N. HORNBECK, '04. G. C. MORBECK, '04. CLARA WOODLEY, sp. 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, Lausing, Mich. This paper is occasionally sent to non subscrib Such persons need have no hesitation ers. 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, FEB. j, igoj. dents, of FOR some the engineering stu the College have been discussing plans whereby an engineering journal might be main tained at M. A. C. T he engineer ing department of the large Univer sities all have such journals and in most cases the numbers appear each In these journals are pub month. lished technical articles full of help ful suggestion. T he exchanges that one engineering department receives from the departments of other uni versities are also of much value. Let the publication of an engineer ing journal at M. A. C. be en couraged. CONCERNING A COURSE OF STUDY FOR AGRICULT URAL STUDENTS. We need go no further back than the year 1870, w h en the writer first became a member of the faculty of Michigan Agricultural College. At that time it was easy enough to plan a four-years course for an Agricultural College, and a course which all should be required to pur sue. there was hardly enough to be found to fill a course. Astronomy had been called in to occupy a place for a few years. fact, In T he equipment of such a college was meagre; the endowment small and alarmingly unstable; in some teachers departments scarcely to be had. All departments of agriculture in the new country were still in the pioneer stage. competent Systematic work in the dairy was unthought of ; there was no Babcock test, no selection of bacteria for starters; no stock feeding with due regard rations, little practice in stock judging, none in teams of students to compete fitting at Fat-Stock Shows. to balanced T h e re were no experiment stations of much worth as illustrations, but little that was really valuable and from the U. S. interesting coming Department of Agriculture. In the W e st there seemed to be no call for an Agricultural student time in a college learning to spend THE M. A. C. RECORD. from a competent teacher anything concerning poultry and honey bees. T he connection between bacteria and the soil, the root tubercles of legumes and their cause of disease unknown. T he of plants were chemist was supposed to be the only teacher competent to meddle with the science of the soil, with some aid from geology; for soil physics had then revealed no wonders. N o w h e re in America, nor scarcely in the world, was there a College where each student of a class pursued studies in plant histol ogy aided by a compound micro scope. Plant histology was yet in a crude condition, and it was not thought worth while to occupy a place on program;—the wonders of the modern plant pathology had not been dreamed of. T h e re was no plant ecology, no systematic study of grasses, or other forage plants, and weeds in their relation to agri culture; no spraying to ward off or kill insects or fungi; no plant breed ing or study of the evolution of plants under domestication. T r u e, the American edition of Darwin's work on Animals and Plants Under Domestication in 1S68, but the ideas were new and by no means universally accepted. appeared T he growing of radishes, lettuce, cucumbers, carnations, chrysanthe mums, and roses under glass for commercial purposes was of little account and not deemed worthy of consideration by college students. T h e re was absolutely no attention paid to caring for trees or growing trees for timber, but every student was expected to know how to cut down trees and get rid of them in the most economical way possible, to growing more with wheat, corn and other crops that were deemed worth something. reference T h e re was nothing to compare with sociology or economics as now understood—involving the consider ation of taxation, transportation, trusts, and other problems of prime importance to farmers. farmers' T h e re was no call for special courses in any department of agri culture. No institutes had begun to arouse the people; no granges or farmers' clubs had be gun burning over the land, warming the minds of farmers to concerted action in better methods, No semi nary work in the examination of current agricultural literature or ex perimentation was possible, because there were no bulletins and scarcely any to work with. agricultural books In the year 1870, the catalogue of the oldest agricultural College in America contained the following: COURSE OF I N S T R U C T I O N. F R E S H M AN C L A S S. — First half year. Algebra, Davies; history, W e b e r; geometry, Robinson; book keeping, M a y h e w. Second half year. Trigonometry, Robinson; surveying, Davies; prac tical agriculture, lectures; geology, Dana. SOPHOMORE C L A SS English First half year. literature, Cham bers, Spaulding; botany, Gray, ele mentary chemistry, Roscoe. Second half year. Entomology, Packard; analytical chemistry, Ked- zie; botany, Gray, Darlington, Lindley; horticulture, T h o m a s, Fuller, Henderson. J U N I OR C L A S S . — F i r st half year. Physics, Snell's Olmsted; A g r i cultural chemistry, lectures; induc tive logic, Herschel. half Second Physics, year. Miller; lectures; meteorology, rhetoric, W h a t e l y, Day's P r a x i s; animal physiology, Dalton. S E N I OR C L A S S . — F i r st half year. Zoology, Carpenter; practical agri culture, lectures; mental philosophy, W a y l a n d; astronomy, Snell's Olm sted ; French, Otto. Second half year. Landscape gardening, Downing, K e m p; civil engineering, M a h a n; moral philos ophy, Fairchild; political economy, Carey, W a l k e r; French, Otto, DeFivas. This reminiscence has been in dulged in to show the present gen that great changes have eration I have enumerated taken place. more than enough new topies to occupy the entire time of a student in an agricultural course for four years. We still have most that was in the old course, and much of it cart- today. We can not be omitted curtail and add here a little and there a little; doing our very best, it is impossible in all this rich field of study in agriculture to make one course of four years hold them all, nor is it desirable to get them all into one course. This is a day of specialization in every department of human effort, as can be seen by reading the discussions that are to be found in reports of college facul ties, in educational and scientific journals of the day. We know it is costly, but elective studies must become more and more numerous as the years pass on, and most, if not all colleges will continue to offer elective courses consisting of groups of topics. A ny one w ho has long been a teacher in a live Agricultural Col lege knows that every four to eight years there is sure to be a general breaking up and rearrangement of the studies with additions to certain lines. Every new professor that is added to or substituted in a faculty "soon discovers some feature of the course that he would like changed. things No two men can see such preferences, alike. Each has his depending on his training and his discoveries, temperament. N ew new methods, new wants of the students make frequent changes in evitable. T h e re cannot be much that is stable or permanent. Below are enumerated some of the leading industries that a graduate of an Agricultural College is naturallv supposed to make his life work. T he growing of fat cattle and swine, the growing of sheep, horses and poultry, dairying, bee-keeping, in connection with these the and growing of cereals, pastures and meadows. He may engage in grow ing orchard fruits, small fruits, veg etables in the open air. He may become a florist, growing carnations, roses and chrysanthemums. He may give much attention to growing young trees and plants for market. He may give his attention to some one or more special crops like sugar beets, potatoes, chicory, hops, or celery. He may engage in the work of an experiment station, or perhaps diverge in the line of veteri nary, forestry, or landscape art, or help to edit an agricultural or horti cultural journal. T he numerous special courses now so common in many of (Continued on page four.) short FARMERS' INSTITUTES FOR FEBRUARY. COUNTY. P L A C E. D A T E. . Hudson Centerville Hastings Chelsea Cassopolis I o n i a .- T.itnhfip.lrl Coldwater Howell , P aw P aw Pontiac Albion R an OlnirR Charlotte Stockbridge W a y l a nd ..'. L •» « F e b r u a ry 9-10 9-10 10-11 11-12 11-12 12-13 13-14 13-14 16-17 16-17 17-18 18-19 18-19 18-19 19-20 20-21 20-21 Berrien E a t on I n g h am Allegan '„'. _ .: One-day institutes will be held in Allegan county February 2d to 9th, Oakland county, n th to 12th, V an Buren county, 10th to 13th, Oceana county, 10th to 14th, Washtenaw county, 10th to 13th, Kalamazoo county, 17th to 19th, Wexford county, 17th to 20th. 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 t he 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. *£ r Prof. Reynolds iitus. is ill with tonsi- M r. C. Walter Knight, with '04, is now a clerk in the Mount Clemens postoffice. A gold locket has been found in Owner t he physical can have same by calling at the lab oratory. laboratory. the T he A l p ha Zeta Fraternity has •elected officers: Chancelor, F. D. Stephens; Censor, E. S. Good; Scribe, G. C. Sevey; Historian, S. B. H a r t m a n n. following President Snyder and Dr. Ed wards attended the first annual ban quet of the Detroit M. A. C. Asso ciation Saturday evening. A more extended notice will appear next week. Some of the students of the me chanical department are testing a rotary engine. This engine, which •can develop power, could be conveniently tucked under the arm and walked off with. three-horse Last week Senator Goodell, of W a y ne county, introduced a bill in t he State Senate, providing for a memorial to the late Dr. Kedzie to be erected on the campus. It is re ported that he considered $10,000 none too large a sum to be expended. Messrs. E. Balbach, S. E. J o h n son and H. G. W a l k er became members of Tau Beta Pi Thursday •evening. On Thursday afternoon, by way of initiation, they paraded t he walks in the rain doing "stunts" for the delectation of passers-by and peekers-out-of-windows. NORTON'S HARDWARE H a ve you a MARQUART S T E EL R A N G E? 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 t h em and all give satisfaction. Would be pleased to show them to you. Prof. Robison H o w a rd Terrace. is moving into T he State Dairy Association meets at the College today. T he ground-hog did not see very much of his own shadow yesterday. T he State Board today with present. the is in session new members Homer Eaton taught the special students last week some things in advanced creamery mechanics. Several things have been put in in the postoffice and every in shape thing about the office apple-pie order. is now Assistant Postmaster Goss was in the Grand Rapids Friday attending in ceremonies connected with the stallation of the new pastor of the Park Congregational church. Mr. Goss was a delegate from Pilgrim Congregational church. T he I. .S. C. Student contained issue: for the Wis today leaves this item in the January 31st Prof. E r w in Madison, Wis., to attend consin Horticultural society, where he will read a paper on plant breed ing. On his return he expects to visit the Michigan Agricultural College at Lansing. Prof. Pettit has taken impressions insects and is from all his cuts of the special giving copies to each of students in his classes and the juniors in economic entomology will receive next term similar copies to paste in their note books. Prof. Pettit has bought a small hand press for taking impressions of cuts for this purpose. 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 95c. 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 u p. All goods delivered to your room free. CHAS. M. NORTON, JJ1 Washington Ave. S« M. J. & B. M. Buck. Mr. C. E. Walter has taken a large photograph of the special stu dents in stock-judging. Prof. Bogue has added to his for the best types estry museum six axes of quality and representing used by the woodsman. the T he Shakespeare Club read Corio- lanus at its last meeting. Tomor row evening, Mr. R. S. Baker and Mr. C. B. Collingwood will speak on the subject of vaudeville. attended the M r. M. L. Dean annual meeting of the Michigan State Agricultural Society last week at Pontiac having been elected a last year. the board member of T he State Fair will be held at Pontiac in 1903. T h e re will be a stock-judging contest open to stu dents of M. A. C. and also to farmer's sons of the state. T he prizes offered for this contest amount to $50, the College and the Fair Association offering $25 each. the question," was At the Debating Club Thursday subject, " Resolved, evening T h at President Roosevelt is justified in refusing to arbitrate the Venezu elan debated. Messrs. Gates and Oven upheld the affirmative. Messrs. Severance and Flint, the negative. T he subject for debate at the next meeting is, " Resolved^ That the equivalent of two hours manual labor daily should be required of all Agricultural stu dents during the first two years of their course. T he next regular meeting of the Natural History Society will be held to in the zoological lecture room interesting ( W e d ., F e b. 4) at morrow night 6:30. In the meetings of the soci ety for this term it is the plan to re view the life of some great scientist at each meeting as well as to have one or two other articles of interest. last meeting Mr. Gunson At our talk. On gave a very Wednesday evening Dr. Beal will give a talk on Louis Agassiz. Dur ing the Doctor!s college days he took work under Agassiz, and will, therefore, be able to give us some interesting facts the work of this great scientist. Prof. Barrows will also lecture on meteor ites, and will have some fine speci is a mens to show, among which new one just received by the depart ment It was found in this state, and is of un usual forty pounds. Every one is welcome. size, weighing interesting. in regard is very over that to January 26th. A meeting of can didates for the baseball and track teams was held and arrangements made for coaching the applicants for positions in small squads between two and five each afternoon. Some crosscountry running was also prom the ised. About fifty meeting showing work they expected to take up, and vacant hours during present term. attended signing cards, leave the handling of January 27th. An athletic meet ing was held at which it was voted the new to to a com M. I. A. A. constitution the executive mittee, composed o the M. I. A. A., the committee of physical director, a member of the faculty and one representative from each class. 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. N o t h i ng 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. Patent Kid Shoes finest, Softest Patent Leather yet Introduced. E a sy on the foot as plain kid—not likely 5 to crack—black^as midnight—soft as silk— j just the shoe for well dressed people. Light, \ medium and h e a vy soles. N a r r o w, med- \ I ium or wide toes. Prices $3.00 and $3.50 a pair. C. D. W O O D B U R Y, Hollister Block. THE M. A. C. RECORD. CONCERNING A COURSE OF STUDY FOR AGRICULT URAL STUDENTS. (Continued from page two) the states require special methods of teaching. 1 am a teacher of economic botany, but the particular sections of it that I should teach a class in an agricul largely tural college would depend on the kind of work the members of the class are preparing for. in learning Every one of the agricultural stu dents should study at least one topic in botany, such as the grass anatomy of plants. This would be mainly to ob to give training serve little things well. If the stu dent had decided to devote himself entirely to raising poultry, I should not require him to than sixty lessons in botany, the work of twelve weeks. If the student were to make bee-keeping his specialty in addition to the above, I should ad vise him to spend one year daily in systematic botany, learning to iden tify and recognize all sorts of seed plants. take more to the work above T he gross anatomy of plants and the systematic study would both be important to the florist and the orch- ardist, and I would add the following: Sixty or more lessons in histology, seventy- five lessons in the study of parasitic fungi and plant pathology in gen eral, and as much more in the ele ments of plant physiology. By this time he should acquire a training that would enable him fo go on without a teacher. Much of this the horticultural student course for would consist laboratory work in with reading the best books and bul letins and very lectures. W e re the student intending to grow a variety of farm crops, I should ask him to take less of what I term sys tematic botany and less of pathology and put some twenty weeks on the study of weeds and forage crops. w. j. B. little in A NEW METEORITE. In December, 1898,'while at Reed City, Michigan, Professor Barrows iron dis saw a mass of meteoric played in a hotel window and was told that there had been a dispute as to the origin of the specimen, some claiming that it was a meteor from the skies, others that it was a lump of ordinary iron. A glance was sufficient to show that it was a genuine meteorite, and the owner was hunted up and an unsuccessful effort made to secure the specimen for the College mu seum. Other attempts were equally recently, when unsuccessful until the the is now zoological department and in our possession. iron was purchased by is ten and one-half inches wide, with Its present weight just 44 pounds, but a small piece—less than a pound—was broken off by the to discover what finder in an effort made the " s t o n e" so heavy. It is a irregularly oval mass, flattened, inches long about by eight a maximum thickness of about three and one-half inches, and in spite of the rusting which it has undergone while lying in it shows the characteristic pitted surface of all such meteorites. Analysis shows that it contains about 86 percent of metallic iron and about 8 percent of nickel, the remainder being made up of various other substances. It was found on the farm of Ernest the earth in Reed Village, near R u p p e r t, Reed City, while plowing, in Sep tember, V895. ^° to have seen it fall, and its condition shows that it had lain on or near the surface for some years. o ne claims As is well known, a meteorite is simply a meteor or "shooting star," which has failed to burn up in pass ing through our atmosphere, and so to the earth. Thous has dropped ands, perhaps millions, must enter the atmosphere of the earth every the very great majority day, but take fire from the compression and friction of the air and are completely consumed before reaching the earth's surface. It is, therefore, rather un usual to find one, although several hundreds, perhaps a thousand or the two, have been gathered museums of the world, and have been catalogued, many of them ana lyzed, and the results published. into iron meteorite Only two other Michigan meteor far: ites have been described thus found One an at the other an Grand Rapids, and " e a r t h y" meteorite aerolite, which fell in the town of Allegan in J u l y, 1899, and was picked up while still hot. or the meeting of T he Reed City meteorite will be the exhibited at Natural History Society tomorrow ( W e d n e s d a y) night at 6:30, when some additional facts about this and other celestial visitors will be pre sented. HAHN-PARKE QUINTETTE. This company T he H a h n - P a r ke Quintette will be with us next Friday evening and everyone should come out to this is entertainment. similar to the one that played here last year, but it has a wider reputa tion and bids fair to surpass that of is saying a good last year, which the deal. T he company consists of following combination. T he H a hn Ladies String Quar tette: Mary Davis Hahn,first violin; A n na Dale P a r k e, second violin; Ada Dale Park, viola; Nina Dale P a r k, 'cello. T he Parke Sisters Quartette: A n na Dale P a r k e, first violin; A da Dale Parke, viola and soprano; Nina 'cello; Caroline Dale Dale P a r k e, P a r k e, piano; Mr. R oy H. Hoskins, basso. T he first part will be an interpre tative concert under the direction of Miss Caroline P a r k e; the second part a recital the versatility of the the artists. Single admission will be 35 cents; course tickets for the remainder of the course can be obtained for 60 cents. Come one, come all. E. B A L B A C H. 60H6O6 Grocery HIGGS & BURTON, Proprietors. Jt FULL LINE OF J« Lunch Goods, Confectioneries and Fruits* THE JEWETT & KNAPP STORE Lansina's Low Priced Reliable Store Every Department full of New 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 Draperies. 222, 224 W a s h i n g t on A y e. S. L a n s i n g, M i c h. Jewett & Knapp, When in need ot FINE STATIONERY, INVITATIONS or C A R D S CALL ON Lawrence & Yan Baren Printing Co. 122 Ottawa St. E. Lansing Mich. DIRECTORY LANSING BUSINESS and PROFESSIONAL M E N ^ -^ T he n a m es in this Directory, as well as those of all o ur o t h er a d v e r t i s e r s, a re of reli able p a r t i e s. We hope t h at t he faculty a nd s t u d e n ts will t a ke pains to p a t r o n i ze those who patronize u s. BARBERS. M A. C. BARBER SHOP, Room 44 Williams . Hall. E. E. Reynolds, Propr. BOOKS AND STATIONERY. M. E M E R Y. 116 Wash. Ave. N. Books, A 1 Fine Stationery, Engraved Calling Cards, Fountain Pens. Pictures, Frames. Fine Framing a Specialty. New store. New Stock. CITY 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 a l i ke to you, but t h e re is a very g r e at difference in the q u a l i ty we h a n t h at sold by s o me o t h er m a r k e t s. dle a nd We h a n d le n o ne but t he v e ry best. L i ke la t he p u d d i n g, t he proof of good m e a ts t he e a t i n g. A trial will convince you t h at you ought to t r a de with u s. is We make daily trips to the College. BOTH P H O N E S. Careful attention given to 'phone orders. A. C. ROLLER, to GOTTLIEB Successor Washington Ave. South. REUTTER. FURNISHING GOODS. ELGIN MIFFLIN.—Ladies' Furnishing Goods. See ad. and GenUemen's FURNITURE DEALERS. M J. & B. M. BUCK, ington Avenue and Ionia Street, Furniture. Cor. Wash- 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. facturers. Book-binding of every description aone nedtly and promptly. 109 Wash. Ave. N. GEO. G. BLUDEAU & CO —Blank book manu WAGENVOORD & CO.—Bookbinders, Blank- book Makers, Library and Art Bindings, Al bums, Pocketbooks, Map Mountings, etc. Back numbers of magazines and periodicals supplied. Bell phone 378. 114 Washington Ave. South. BOOTS AND SHOES. C D. WOODBURY.—Boots and Shoes. We shoe the students. See ad. CONFECTIONERY. NLY the best candies at the " Sugar Bowl." Cor. Washington Ave. and Allegan. 0 CLOTHING. BUY Tour Dry 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. CHAS. A. PIELLA. 121 Washington Ave. N., Lansing, Mich. Jeweler and Optician. 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 JOHN H E R R M A N N 'S SONS. 218 Washington Avenue N. MUSIC, PIANOS, ETC. THE POST MUSIC CO. Pianos, Organs and everything in the line of music. 219 Wash ington Ave. N. CROCKERY AND GLASSWARE. OCULISTS. H. LARNED.—China, Glass and Lamps. 105 Washington Ave. S. H DENTISTS. E. PARMELEE—Dentist. 218 Washington Ave. S. Phones, Bell 520 office, residence 732. D E. STOFFER, A. B., D. D. S. Office 109 Washington Ave. S. Former M. A. C. student. R W. MORSE, D. D. S. Hollister Block, Room 517. DRVGGISTS. date. Corner store. Opposite Hollister Block. R OUSER'S CAPITAL DRUG STORE. Up to R OBINSON DRUG CO., successors to Alsdorf & Son, Drugs and Druggists' Sundries. 102 Washington Ave. N. DRY GOODS. QIMONS DRY GOODS COMPANY. — Dry O Goods and Carpets. See ad. lunch in our cafe for 10c. See ad. is the place to trade. You can get a warm DONSEREAUX'S D E P A R T M E NT STORE THE J E W E TT & K N A PP STORE. Dry Goods. 222-224 Washington Ave. S. OSEPH FOSTER, M. D.—Eye, Ear, Note and Throat. Hours 9 to 12 A. M., 2 to 4 p. m. Cor ner Allegan St. and Capitol Ave. J CHAS. G. J E N K I N S, M. D. — Diseases of Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat. Hours, 9 to 12 a. m., and 2 to 5 p. m. Citizens Phone No. 1030. 22* Washington Ave. South. 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, i r 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. PLUMBERS. SHIELDS & L E A D L E Y. Plumbing and Heat ing. 300 Wash. Ave. N., Lansing. Both Phones. Special attention given to parties. Lunches served at all hours. p A P I T OL ELECTRIC CO. Electrical Supplies L 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. A r e. S. ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES. SPORTING GOODS.