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. 24, 1903. N o. 23 NOTICE. At the Farmers Club Wednesday evening the question; " Resolved, that wheat should be dropped from the the Michigan of farmer," will be debated. rotation CALENDAR. H o me oratorical contest, Febru ary 37th. Owosso Institute, February 2 4- 27th, inclusive. Street cars will continue to be late for many days yet. Annual Banquet of the Chicago M. A. C. Association at Kinsley's, 7.40 p. m. March 3rd. Ritchie's Unique Entertainers, Lecture Course number, March 16th. State Oratorical Contest at Olivet, March 27. Winter term ends at noon, March 27th. GOVERNOR'S GUARD DEFEATED. in the two evening to make M. A. C. met the Governor's Guard Thursday the Light Guard Armory, Lansing, and defeated the Soldiers at basketball 19-7. Last year, M. A. C. defeated the the Guard 19-0, consequently relative strength of teams remains about the same. Last year, also, M. A. C, after the g a me was over, declared that in all probability the soldiers no more games with would be played. After the game this year M. A. C. said substantially the same thing and with the deter mination the declaration good. T he Lansing papers have admitted that the game was rough the game and and those who saw especially the played game know that it was very rough. A professional team, that is, a non- college team, has no reputation or amateur standing to lose by under hand in athletics and such teams as a consequence often do any the old thing to win, or when it is case that there is no chance to win, as was true as regards the soldiers Thursday night, do any old thing to keep These remarks will help one to understand the game of Thursday night. After all is said and done a strictly college contest brings out the highest class of sport. those w ho tactics score. down the fast T he game opened with as playing as was ever seen in a Lan sing game. T he Guards scored one on a foul and then two more points tied on a basket. M. A. C. then the score and was soon in the lead. From that moment on M. A. C. had the advantage of the soldiers. At the the end of the first half score stood 11 for M. A. C. and 4 for the Governor's Guards. Dur ing the second half both sides made several points, but the Guards were unable to gain on their opponents. Fouls were frequent and M. A. C. was obliged very often to call a mis- play because of roughness. A number from the College saw the game and helped to cheer on the team. M. A. C. occupied one side of the gallery, while the friends to every one the advantage the Guards occupied the other. of the contest it was evi Throughout that M. A. C. dent had in height and quickness, and that the Guards were outclassed generally. T he outcome of the game, excepting the first few minutes of play, was only a question as to the size of the score. M. A. C. ) Tower \ Tuttle GUARDS. (McCormick \ Ashley Guards Balbach Haftenkamp I j Schaefer Center „ , Forwards McCurdy f Russell {G r i n er Officials—Edmunds, referee; Close and Millar umpires. 20 minute halves. Score, M. A. C. 19; Guard 7. BOTANICAL CLUB. T he Botanical Club has had, dur ing the past month, some excellent programs which merited a larger attendance than they received. T he club meets for an hour, in the bot any building, every Tuesday even ing and all interested are cordially invited to attend. Last Tuesday ( F e b. 17th) Prof. Bogue read a paper on " Systematic illus Lichenology" outlining and trating by specimens the present this difficult group classification of studied. which he has carefully Lichens are of economic importance in soil formation, for food as Ice land moss, also in the preparation of agar-agar, a bacterial-culture me dium and the litmus used by chem ists as a test for acids. F e b. ioth, Mr. Brown spoke on the "Shrinkage of Timber," with its causes and prevention. F e b. 3d, Prof. Dandeno read a carefully prepared paper on " P l a nt Evolution." He first contrasted the theories advanced by Darwin, La then marck and other scientists and through traced plant development its various stages and geological epochs. THE JUNIOR HOP. T he naughty four junior hop was held Friday evening, F e b. 20, and was thoroughly enjoyed by all pres ent. M r. and Mrs. U. P. Hedrick acted as chaperones. T he recep tion and banquet were held at the W o m e n 's Building. T he dining room was arranged very prettily with four long tables decorated with carnations and smilax, and an excel lent menu was furnished by twelve of the freshman girls dressed in uni form. T he toasts were each exceedingly interesting and well delivered with M r. Chas. Woodbury toast- master. M r. W o o d b u ry announced each toast with his usual pleasant wit and originality. as responded T he first toast, " N a u g h ty F o u r ," to by Miss Rubie was Light. Miss Light's toast was overflowing with the old class spirit of the freshman days, and ended in a rousing class yell. Mr. H a hn responded to the sec the toast, one of ond the best of evening on "Losses and Gains." T he third, "Reminiscences," was well responded to by Mr. Dodge. T he toast on " S c r a p s" by Mr. W r i g ht was very bright and inter esting, and the last toast, " L o o k i ng F o r w a r d ," was exceptionally well and delivered by Miss written Skeels. In closing all gave the col lege yell with unusual enthusiasm. T he music for the reception, ban quet, and dance at the Armory was furnished by Mr. J. H. Prost, who secured Prof. Martin, leader of the Germanian Orchestra, and his musi cians, of Battle Creek, to assist him. A splendid program was furnished and the music was pronounced per fect by every one. T he only unusual occurrence of the evening was the unexpected and sudden entrance of a few sleepy chickens, doubtlessl y sen t as represen tatives of the Sophomore class, but they were not allowed to remain long enough to mar the proceedings. Almost before any one realized, it was three o'clock, and the chap erones were as reluctant as any to miss the extras on the program. All left with a spirit of good fel lowship for old naughty four alive the in whole affair was a complete success. their hearts, feeling that DEBATING CLUB. of that T he subject, " Resolved, the immediate N ew admission Mexico, Arizona and Oklahoma will further the interests of both terri tories and nation," was debated at the Debating last meeting of the Club. Messrs. Morton and Dey affirmative. Messrs. upheld Drake and J. M. Churchill, the negative. T he affirmative won the debate. the illness. Little Jeff. Weil, the infant son of Prof, and Mrs. C. L. Weil died yes terday afternoon after a long and serious Notwithstanding the fact that the little boy had passed through many weeks of sickness, u n e x p e c t e d ly the end came Mr. the sympathy of the entire College community. [ F u n e r al private.] and Mrs. Weil have at enter Instructor Michels is doing all in his power to make the butter-scoring contest, proposed at the recent dairy meeting, a success. F r om all indi two-hundred leagt cations, creamery butter-makers and private dairymen will this contest, which begins next May and con tinues through October. T he plan is to have each contestant send each in month to a cold storage plant L a n s i ng twenty pounds of butter to be passed upon by a commercial judge. T he defects in quality, if any, will be noted in each case and returned to the contestant for his instruction. T he medals offered by Gov. Bliss will go to two con testants having the highest average of scores, one medal being offered in creamery butter, for excellence the other for excellence in butter made in the private d iiry. T he State Board has appropriated $150 to help on the contest which is to be conducted by the College. the ALUMNI. '68. T he New England Home stead has the following interesting item to say in regard to an M. A. C. alumnus: T he election of Prof. A. the Connecticut agri G. Gully of the cultural college as president of Connecticut pomological society is a well deserved tribute. Prof. Gulley has been a hard working member of the society and has done interests much to advance the fruit of Connecticut, not only throughout the state, but to call the attention of the country at large to the horticul tural in industry here. He was charge of Connecticut's horticultural display at the Pan-American exposi tion at Buffalo, and from the open ing to the close of the exposition, he kept on the tables a large and varied the fruits and horticul collection of tural products of the state. is '84. M r. R. J. Coryell, landscape at Colorado gardener, located Springs. He has a large green house in connection with his work in landscape gardening. Mr. Cory ell is anxious to secure a florist and can pay $50 a month for right man. the '89. Mr. Will Curtis is publisher of the Star-Courier, Kewanee, 111. This paper has a larger circulation than any other paper of the city. '89. R ay Stannard Baker gave a the toast, " F a ct and Fiction," at eighteenth annual banquet of the Lansing U and I club last week. T he annual banquet was held at the residence of Mr. A. O. Bement. spent '93. W. W. Parker an afternoon at the College last week. Mr. P a r k er is now in charge of a starch factory in Jackson. He ex for Tacoma, pects Washington, where he will start another factory. leave soon to '75. Tudge Carpenter, of the su preme court, went to Detroit Satur day evening to attend a meeting of the Witenagemote Club, of which he is a member. '02. It is not generally known that Messrs. Bennett, Horton and Owen were offered, through the rec ommendation of the College Mili tary Department, commissions as the second regular examinations army were passed. This certainly speaks well for the work done under Ma jor Vernou. lieutenants provided all in '02. Mr. W. J. Geib is now located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, in the interests of the National P u b lishing Co. ,02m. R. W. Case has secured a very desirable position with the city engineer of Los Angeles, California. Los Angeles is a growing city, hav ing at present a population of 100,- 000. '02. H. Earl Y o u ng is associate editor of the Farmers' Guide, pub Ind. lished at Huntington, This paper agricultural leading journal of the state and has a large circulation. M r. Young's address is 58 S. Jefferson St. is the THE M. A. C. RECORD. P U B L I S H ED E V E RY T U E S D AY D U R I NG T HE C O L L E GE Y E AR 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. E. HOUGH, '05m. F. H. NICKLE, '03m. KATE COAD, '05. ZOE BENTON, '05. J. G. MOORE, '03. S. B. HARTMAN, '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 to the lege, Mich. Address all contributions Managing Editor. Business Office with Lawrence & Van Buren Printing Co., 122 Ottawa St. E., Lansing. Mich. Entered as second-class mail matter, Lansing, Mich. This paper is occasionally sent to non subscrib ers. Such persons need have no hesitation about taking the paper from the post office, for no charge will be made for it. The only way, however, to secure the paper regularly is to sub scribe. TUESDAY, FEB. 24, JQOJ. A W R I T ER the February Macmillaii's Magazine, Mr. in in W. Beach Thomas, says some teresting things in an article entitled " T he Rhodes Scholars." M r. Thomas says, in effect, that when the Rhodes Scholarships were first announced, the flippant undergradu ate of Oxford pictured to himself the rude invasion of Oxford's classic traditions by American backwoods men accompanied by their aunts and uncles, all of whom would subsist on the 300 pounds, the amount of each scholarship fund. This view alternated with pessimism and the feeling of Oxford men at the pres ent time is that the obligations con ferred are greater than the privi leges. As Mr. Thomas says, to re turn, somewhat, to the flippant view, "Oxford men feel a personal jeal ousy; for the most, can they, at in receive scholarships amounting each case only to 100 pounds, while receives by each the 300 R h o d es pounds. W hy should this standard be de based by the granting of 300 pounds "to all manner of aborigines, who if they had had a nodding acquaintance with have heard "the doctrine of the enclitic De." tamias would provision foreigner never T he feeling of Oxford the American stranger is like the feel ing the monks held toward the out side world. to We a d m i re with a we T he exulting t h u n d er of y o ur r a c e; You give t he u n i v e r se y o ur law You t r i u m ph over t i me a nd s p a ce ! Your p r i de of life, your tireless p o w e rs We l a ud t h em but they a re not o u r s. It is not for Americans to pass all this by heedlessly because, forsooth, it is the "English idea." America is the experiment of nineteenth cen tury civilization, and in the process of discovering itself, has given evi dence, necessarily, of many imper fections. In days gone by Dickens, M a t t h ew Arnold, Carlyle, and R u s- kin pointed out many of these cru dities, and recently M r. Wu T i ng F a ng and others have said frank things that Americans might well profit by. T he Spanish war re THE M. A. C. RECORD. vealed the Spirit of Americanism, as one may please to phrase it, but this spirit intangible quantity. is still rather an America has been and still con tinues to be the land of opportunity and so, also has it been and does it continue to be the land of vandal ism. T he average American, with the characteristic and hasty logic of the extreme Occidental, supposes in novation and progress to mean one and the same thing. T he race charac teristics in the average American partake of the race characteristics of the the average Englishman and average F r e n c h m a n; he is less hard- fisted than the one, and less mercurial the other. Lacking in tradi than tion, America compensates itself in the immediate accom striving for plishment of its purposes. America will give a passing thought to the English criticism and straightway forget about it. T he Rhodes schol ars will scarcely understand Oxford traditions—and perhaps it is unnec essary that they should. CIRCULAR INMEMORLAM OF THE LATE DR. KEDZIE. T he Military order of the Loyal the United States, com- Legion of mandery of the State of Michigan, has printed a circular " In Memoriam of Companion Dr. Robert Clark to be Kedzie." a member of legion and tribute paid to Dr. Kedzie is the worthy of notice. It is a great honor the Loyal Iuka 1862. He was of T he data of his military career as given by the circular is as follows: in as Assistant He was mustered Surgeon of the Twelfth Michigan Infantry, J a n. 15, 1862; was pro moted and mustered in as surgeon the regiment April 25th, 1862 of for disability and was discharged October in 8, the September battle 19, 1S62, and other minor engage though ments. His military career in brief was battles there is no time in the history of a regiment when a surgeon's greatest activity and skill are more in requisition than during the first few months after the regiment's en listment. His military life was without stain or blemish; as was also his life as a civilian. We may not here recount his many triumphs in his chosen field of science, where the highest success rewarded his in defatigable strenuous. Except labor. the uniform In the army, in private life, in his intercourse with his companions of the Loyal Legion, his character shone upon all with an undimmed inspiration of lustre. He was an good to us all. He believed that drunkenness, dissipation, or excess of any kind by a soldier of the R e public disgraces he wears and the flag he serves under. Patriotism finds its highest ideals in temperate habits, of the soldier of and manly obedience to the laws of God and of his country. This ideal is found * in the life and character of our com panion. He was just such a man as is needed in our institutions of learn ing in these days of municipal cor ruption, bribery immorality. leave their impress for Such men honor and for the welfare of our country to be transmitted from gen eration to generation. virtues, of morality and He was elected a companion of the First Class in this Order through the Michigan Commandery J u ne 2, 189S. His insignia was 12266. LIBRARY ADDITIONS. T E X TS ON H I S T O RY A ND E C O N O M I CS ASSOCIATION NOTES. Y. M. C. A. N O T E S. A D D ED TO T HE L I B R A R Y. the and " G o v e r n m e nt State." Frederic Wood. A description of the more inward aspects of a society purposes organized together with a description of the general organs of political expres sion. P u t n a m s. political for " G e r m a n y; T he Wielding of a World P o w e r ," by Wolf V an Shierbrand. An analysis is given the elements which have con of tributed to put the German State in its present exalted position among the powers. Doubledav P a ge & Co. " Philosophy a nd James Bonar. Political Economy," This work undertakes to show the rela tions of economics to philosophy— how they supplement each other— throughout the whole of the history of each. Sannenschein. "Essays, Historical and Political," J o hn Fiske. Essays which were to have formed parts of a general his the American people on tory of such subjects as Chas. Lee, Alex. Hamilton, Andrew Jackson, T he Boston T ea Party, and the Fall of 2 vol. MacMillans. N ew France. " F u n ds and Their Uses," Fred Cleveland. 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Brown, who is taking a short vacation at his home, will the first of assume charge about the in April of a large dairy farm Upper Peninsula. It fellowship." A. C. Miller the Thursday led evening prayer meeting. T h e m e, " O ur is Christ's purpose that we shall have fellow ship one with another, for "if we walk the light, we have fellowship one with another and Jesus Christ his Son, cleanseth us from all sin." the blood of light, as he is in the in T he annual election of officers for the Y. M. C. A. occurred Thursday evening after prayer meeting. T he following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, J o hn Decker; Vice President, R. A. Burpee; Recording Secretary, E. N. Bates; Corresponding Secretary, H. N. H o r n b e c k; Treasurer, Edward Balbach, Janitor, H. H. Crosby. Chapel services Sunday morning conducted by Dr. R. C. were Dodds. Text, Psalms 139:2, the last clause: " T h ou knowest my downsitting and my uprising, thou understandest my thoughts afar off." T he service was fairly well at tended, and the interest was good. T he sermon was ably prepared and full of valuable truths with refer to thoughts, their source and ence control. Every T h e m e: " Testing individual T he union meeting of the Y. W. and Y. M. C. A. Sunday evening was conducted by Mr. Howard Sev the erance. promises." in life must test the promises of God for himself, no one can do this for the promises have been him. All again by many tested again and people who have passed off the stage of action, and are being tested by those still living, and they have always stood the test and will to the end. T he students in the special cheese course have got nicely started in their work. Their names are O. L. Bristol, St. J o h n s; C. F. Davis, North Salem, Ind.; J. B. Gilbert, Union City; M. C.Johnson, Butter nut; G. B. Pershing, E u r e k a; A. Powell, Birch R u n; Roland Satter- lee, V e r n o n; H. M. Schmidt, Sagi n a w; J. Shellan, F r a n k e m u t h; L. C. W a d s w o r t h, Petersburg; An drew L. Foster, V assar; E. D. Pur- ance, Algonac; Frederick Schmidt, Algonac. A University of Chicago girl re cently cleared four feet one inch in the high jump. P u r d ue University is striving to facil increased gymnasium obtain ities. THE DONSEREAUX CLOTHING & GROCERY CO'S M. A. 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. T HE M. A. C. RECORD. ^ A B O UT T HE C A M P U S. <& M r. P. M. L y m an received a visit from his father the latter part of the week. Mrs. Dr. C. E..Marshall and Mrs. Prof. U. P. Hedrick gave a musicale last week the their to home of Mrs. Marshall. friends at T he P hi Delta society gave an eleven o'clock party Saturday night, after which those returning to Lan sing enjoyed a sleigh ride. T he P hi Delta society have just •completed extensive repairs in their rooms, including a new hardwood floor, and many new decorations. M r. Longyear has done very suc cessful work lantern slides. T he slides he has colored represent various fungus diseases on fruits, leaves and twigs. in coloring T he State Oratorical contest takes place March 26th, at Olivet and all manuscripts must be in by March 11th. These dates are made nec that the Inter essary by the fact state contest occurs May 1. T he catalogue will probably be this year printed at an earlier date the catalogues of than have been It will be well for previous years. each one whose name appears in last year's catalogue to see to it that no errors in spelling names occur. is published T he American Real Estate Jour nal, which in A nn Arbor, and which has a wide circu lation over the United States, had in the J a n u a ry issue a description of the College, illustrated by several cuts. D r. E. D. Brooks, '76, is the editor of this paper. Prof. Reynolds was unable to meet his classes during a part of last week. T he basketball team will possibly play Hillsdale at Hillsdale next Fri day evening. A current number of the Alpha Zeta Journal contains an excellently written article descriptive of the College and the local chapter. T he horticultural department made the most of the zero weather of last week and put up a consider able quantity of ice. T he ; ice was about eight inches thick. in T he Owosso F a r m e r s' Institute is now in session, and several from the College will attendance. be T h e re are a few county institutes to take place, however, delay in carry ing out the programs on scheduled time in a few communities being caused by small-pox looking To those who delight in over statistics it may be of interest to know that about $100 goes up daily in coal smoke at the College. Figuring on this basis, it is not wide to say, that to keep the mark of students and force teaching the warm each day, it costs about twelve and one-half cents for each person. Mr. Henry M. Geller has been notified by the Austrian consul at Chicago that he may be called soon to Europe to enter the Roumanian the Macedonian army because of trouble. Mr. Geller will await the second summons, however, and pro vided he returns to Europe, he will be given a second lieutenant's com mission the Roumanian army. Mr. Geller was formerly an officer the in body guard of Queen Carmen Sylva. the regiment formed that in Instructor Kocher is helping out the mathematical department for a short time because of the enforced absence of Instructor Gardner. Master Harris Collingwood has to himself, his troubles peculiar cause of annoyance being that he owns a slot machine which can be " w o r k e d ." that affects T he United States Post Office Department has made an important decision the College. By this decision the annual catalogue can no longer be mailed as a bulletin. It is possible that several hundred dollars for back postage will have to be expended. trip east T he Minnesota basketball team in about a will make a month. As they are to pass through Michigan an effort will be made to arrange an M. A. C.-Minnesota game. T he Minnesota team is the champion team of the United States and plays a fast, aggressive game. Last year they were not defeated during the season, although Yale held them to a small score. T he Natural Historv Society had a very interesting meeting last week. interesting D r. Beal gave a very he talk on Agassiz, under whom was a student at Harvard. It was the way of Agassiz to set a student to work and to his own leave him resources, simply telling him "this is r i g h t" _and " t h a t 's w r o n g ." Mr. Morton Barrows talked entertain ingly about mimicry in insects and birds. T he Faculty Kids have formed a club, the object being to further the advancement of science and the liter ary arts. At present there are eight members. and sub-freshmen Major Vernou has recently had gun racks fitted up for Companies A and B. He has also had the old boiler room fitted up as a dressing room for the use of students residing at Lansing. As per schedule the sophomore, junior and senior class men appeared for drill last week. T he freshmen have been drilling the entire year, W h en the companies lined up they reached nearly the entire length of It seems to be quite a the armory. for Major Vernou serious problem to know how to handle so many men to the best advantage, as the armory though quite large is not of sufficient size to accommodate the increased attendance at the College. very T he freshmen have made commendable progress and those who are capable of judging believe they have a greater degree of pro ficiency in the manual of arms than had the same classmen at this time last year. T he remainder of the term's work will consist of platoon drill and guard mounting. T he bat talion drill has been the pride of the institution for the past two years but next spring bids fair to see a larger and better drilled battalion than has been seen two in either of previous years. Major Vernou is issuing commissions to all commis sioned and non-commissioned offi feature of is a new cers, which the department. the NORTON'S HARDWARE M l A / " ^ ^- 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 t h em and all give satisfaction. Would be pleased to show them to you. Furniture... Headquarters COriPLETE 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 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, \\\ Washington Ave. S« M. J. & B. ML 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 MAT AND 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. T HE S I M O NS DRY GOODS CO. Remnants of. .. Silks, Dress Goods, Velvets, Laces, Embroideries, Cottons, Linens, Carpets, Draperies, Etc., Etc. At One-third to One-half off. i to \ off on all Cloaks and Suits. I to 1 off on all Fur Scarfs, Muffs, and Near Seal Jackets during this sale. Simons Dry Goods Go. Our "Leader"* < ^* « ^* « 5^ T he material in these Shoes, while soft and fine, is selected with special reference service. to extra good Made in light, flexible soles, med in ium toe for dress occasions, or heavy extension soles street wear. Equals most $3.00 shoes. for Our Price $2.50 a pair. C. D. W O O D B U R Y, Hollister Block. T HE M. A. C. RECORD. OWOSSO PROGRAM. A few of the the features of Owosso Institute were given last week. F or the benefit of those who will attend from the College the re mainder of the program, minus the non-essentials, is given. Wednesday afternoon, I o'clock. T he Puddling of Soil, Prof. J. A. Jeffery. N ew Fodders and F o r a ge Crops, Prof. C. D. Smith. Diseases of the Dairy Cow, Dr. G. W. Dun- phy. Diseases of the Horse, D r. H. F. Palmer. Parasitic Diseases of Sheep, Dr. G. A. Waterman. Wednesday evening, 7:00 o'clock. —Trusts, Prof. H. C. Adams. A Campaign for Rural Progress, Prof. Kenyon L. Butterfield. T he Torrens System, Hon. A. B. Cook. Indeter minate Sentences Prof. C. H. Cooley. for Criminals, Thursday forenoon, 9:00 o'clock. — T he Dairy Cow, Prof. Charles S. State University. P l u m b, Ohio Feeding and Care of the Dairy Herd, Hon. Geo. F. Richardson, Grand Rapids. a Dairy Herd, Hon. James W. H e l m e, Adrian. Suggestions Regarding Real Property L a w, Prof. H. B. Hutchins, A nn Arbor. Each paper will be followed by a Building up -Practical discussion. Thursday afternoon, 1 :oo o'clock. —Profitable P o rk Production, Prof. Chas. S. P l u m b, Ohio State Uni versity, Columbus. Feeding Beef Cattle, Prof. R. S. Shaw. Experi in Sheep Feeding, W. P. ments Snyder. T he Centralized School Question, H o n. A. E. Palmer, Kal kaska. A general discussion will follow each of the papers. Thursday evening, 7:00 o'clock. — F a r m i ng and Education, Pres. James B. Angell, A nn Arbor. T he Preparation of Teachers for R u r al Schools, Pres. J. L. Snyder. Rural Schools as T h ey are and as T h ev Should be (Illustrated), Prof. Or- ville T. Bright, Chicago. Superin tendent of Schools, Cook Co., 111. FROM REPRESENTATIVE SMITH. An examination will be held at the court house in the city of Pon- tiac, Oakland county, Michigan, Wednesday and Thursday, March eighteenth and nineteenth, for the purpose of selecting one principal and five alternates to take an exam ination at Detroit the third Tuesday of April following, for the selection of a midshipman (formerly naval cadet) at Annapolis. T he physical examination will begin promptly at nine a. m. the first day, and those who pass the physical examination will be admitted to the mental ex amination. It is suggested that all applicants at once take a physical examination, and with special reference to their eyes, ears, and nose. T he mental examination at Pontiac will embrace the subjects, geography, U. S. his tory, grammar, algebra, arithmetic, punctuation, geometry, world's his tory, and spelling. S. W. S M I T H. '90. In a recent issue of Col- man's Mural World, a St. Louis publication, Prof. F. B. Mumford the ques answers at some length tion, " W h at does education do for the farmer?" A m o ng other things he says: " T he young agricultural college graduate is at no greater dis advantage because of lack of capital in any other com than is the case mercial enterprise. A lack of capital is a handicap on any man's success. No class of business men in society are better financial risks than farm are more ers. willing farmers than for other business enterprises, it must be that farming is a safer business. loan money to If money lenders to " T he great mass of farmers have the not yet come to realize that the in struction given at an agricultural college is not the same as the educa tion received by our fathers. T he great mass of farmers do not yet all appreciate the fact that the various operations of farm,— planting, sowing and reaping of crops, the judging, breeding, feed live stock, the ing and handling of manufacture of butter and cheese, the growing of fruits and flowers, and all the other operations to be found on farm,—are the ordinary taught at the agricultural colleges, these facts about and to say that every day business of farmer the tend to drive him from the farm, is not true. After all, the value of an agricultural education should not be it with judged by comparing the professional other men. skill of T he proper comparison is having given an individual whose life work is to be devoted to agriculture—what are the chances for his success in life with and without the advantages of an T he writer of this article is personally acquainted with hundreds of practical farmers, graduates of agricultural colleges, and he has yet to hear of one who regrets in an}' sense the fact the that he had early in life opportunity of acquiring his educa tion at an agricultural college." agricultural education ? these. T h e re have recently been acquired several very handy pieces of appara tus in the chemical laboratory of the electric experiment station. T he is con bath for evaporating ether spicuous among Formerly when ether was to be evaporated the process had to be suspended at night, but with the constant temper ature now obtained by the electric current the process can continue by night as well as by day, for there is no danger of explosion. There are also several electrically heated dry convenience. ing ovens of great One of incan these heated by an descent lamp is so regulated that it does not vary more than one-fourth of one degree. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Bradford, F e b. 16, a son. Mr. Bradford has charge of the manual training department in the Calumet public schools. College Grooeru HIQQS & BURTON, Proprietors. Jt FULL LINE OF J* Lunch Goods, Confectioneries and Fruits* ^^m Special attention given to parties* T 1 Lunches served at all hours. 11 1 « THE JEWETT & KNAPP STORE Lansmo's LOW Priced Rename 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. J e w e tt & Knapp, When in need *•' FINE STATIONERY, INVITATIONS or C A R DS CALL ON Lawrence & Yan Boren Printing Co. 133 Ottawa St. E. Lansing Mich. ALL MEATS May look alike to you, but there Is a very great difference in the quality we han dle and that sold by some other markets. We handle none but the very best. Like the pudding, the proof of good meats Is In the eating. A trial will convince you that you ought to trade with us. We make daily trips to the College. BOTH PHONES. Careful attention given t» 'phone orders. A. C. ROLLER, Successor Washington Ave. South. to GOTTLIEB REUTTER. DIRECTORY LANSING BUSINESS and PROFESSIONAL MEN *•* T he n a m es in this Directory, as well as those of all our other advertisers, are of reli able parties. We hope that the faculty and students will take pains to patronize those who patronize us. FURNISHING GOODS. E LGIN MIFFLIN.—Ladies' and Gentlemen's 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. BARBERS. A. C. BARBER SHOP, Room 44 Williams . Hall. E. E. Reynolds, Propr. M BOOKS AND STATIONERY. A M. EMERY. 116 Wash. Ave. N. Books, 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, Cardb Engraved, Pictures and Picture Framing. Tennis, Football and Base ball goods. Crotty Kros., 206 Wash. Ave. N. 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) Hollister Block. All kinds of the best insurance. Strongest agency in city. BOOK BINDERS JEWELERS. facturers. Book-binding of every description dune neatly 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. 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 vour Dry Goods and Clothing, Hats, Caps and Furnishing Goods at H. KOSITCHEK & BRO'S, 113 Washington Ave. N., and 210 Washington Ave. S. L OUIS BECK.—Clothier. Gents' Furnishings, Hats and Caps. 112 Washington Ave. North. CHAS. A. PIELLA. Jeweler and Optician. 121 Washington Ave. N., Lansing, Mich. MANICURE AND HAIRDRESSING. M RS. O. T. CASE—Manicure and Hairdressing Parlors. Masquerade wigs for rent. Switches made of cut hair or combings. New 'phone 118. 222H Washington Avenue S., up stairs. MERCHANT TAILORS. trade solicited. Opposite Hotel Downey, North. WOODBURY * SAVAGE.—Tailors. Student J OHN HERRMANN'S SONS. 218 Washington Avenue N. MUSIC, PIANOS, ETC. THE POST MUSIC CO. Pianos, Organs and everythii everything in the line of music. 219 Wash- ington Ave. CROCKERY AND GLASSWARE. OCULISTS. H H. . LARNED.— China, Glass and Lamps. 105 Washington Ave. S. DENTISTS. Ave. S. Phones, Bell 520 office, residence 732. D E. PARMELEE—Dentist. 218 Washington J E. STOFFER, A. B., D. D. S. Office 109 R W. MORSE, D. D. S. Washing-ton Ave. S. Former M. A. C. student. Hollister Block, Room 617. date. Corner store. Opposite Hollister Block. DRveeisrs. 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. Goods and Carpets. See ad. SIMONS DRY GOODS COMPANY. — Dry DONSEREAUX'S DEPARTMENT STORE THE JEWETT & KNAPP STORE. Dry is the place to trade. You can get a warm Goods. 222-224 Washington Ave. S. lunch in our cafe for 10c. See ad. Throat. Hours 9 to 12 A. M., 2 to 4 p. m. Cor ner Allegan St. and Capitol Ave. JOSEPH FOSTER, M. D.—Eye. Ear, Nose and CHAS. G. JENKINS, M. D. — Diseases of Eye. Ear, Nose and Throat. Hours, 9 to 12 a. m., ani 2 to 5 p. m. Citizens Phone No. 1030. 224 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. A D. HAGADORN, M. D.—Office hours, 11 'to 12 A. M., 2 to 4 and 7 to 8 P. M. Office at 212 Washington Avenue S.; home 419 Seymour St. J W. HAGADORN, M. D.—Office hours, 11 to- 12 A. M., 2 to 4 and 7 to 8 P. M. Office at 213 Washington Avenue S.; home 219 Capitol Ave. PLUMBERS. SHIELDS & LEADLEY. Plumbing and Heat ing. 300 Wash. Ave. N., Lansing. Both- Phones. ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES. - A P I T OL ELECTRIC co. Electrical supplies, \J Telegraph Instruments and Telephones. 321 wash. Ave., s. SPORTING GOODS. J H. LARRABEE. Base Ball Goods, Foot Ball Goods, Tennis, Golf, Guns, Ammunition and Fishing Tackle. 325 Wash. Ave. S.