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, J U NE 9, 1903. N o. 37 NOTICE. Lost.— Hesperian Society P i n. Finder please leave with Librarian. T he Farmers' Club will meet this week Wednesday night for election of officers for next fall. A ll mem bers are requested to be present. L O S T .— Probably between dairy building and Secretary's office, possi bly about the barn, an Alpha Zeta pin. Finder will kindly leave same at secretary's office and receive suit able reward. M. I. A. A. MEET. M. A. C. WINS THE TRACK EVENTS BY A LARGE MARGIN. T he annual M. I. A. A. field meet held Friday and Saturday at Albion was without doubt the best yet held as regards attendance, enthusiasm, and records. As in previous years Albion business-men decorated their stores and the whole town had a holiday appearance. At the begin ning of the meet Friday M. A. C. took the lead and no college suc ceeded in heading off the home team. A light rain fell Friday forenoon and t he track was in excellent con dition the rest of the time. About noon Saturday an event occurred, which seemed especially sad, because it was so unexpected. Captain N o r t h, of the Kalamazoo baseball team, while walking on the railroad track was struck by an in coming train and received injuries, from the effects of which he died fifteen minutes later, without having regained consciousness. T he Albion baseball the baseball championship to Kalamazoo out of respect for the dead captain, and the M. I. A. A. directors sent fitting resolutions of sympathy to the par ents. team gave THE INDOOR MEET. Attention should be called to t he success achieved by our indoor team in winning the first indoor champion ship pennant offered by the M. I. A. A. This success is due, to a greater than most of us realize, to degree the untiring efforts of Coach Close in putting the indoor team in shape for this meet. M r. Close has for four seasons been daily found in the Armory encouraging and instructing the fellows with no remuneration except his bare expenses. Since his connection with the wrestling team we have been wonderfully success ful, which is seen in the develop ment of this year's winning team from new material. M r. Close has also assisted in the training of the track team when he was not busy such a in trainer, M. A. C. need never fear the results of her indoor meets. the A r m o r y. W i th T he results of the events were as follows: Middle weight wrestling.—Wolf of Hillsdale, first; Hurst of Alma, second. L i g ht weight wrestling. — Clark of M. A. C, first; Ball of Olivet, second. Heavy weight wrestling.—Bell of M. A. C, first; Wolf of Hillsdale, second. Feather weight wrestling.—Col- dren of Hillsdale, first; Brown of M. A. C, second. Welter weight wrestling. — F r y man of M. A. C, first; Johnson of Alma, second. Special class (125).—Jennings of Alma, first; Smith of M. A. C, second. T he individual club swinging was won by Swigart of A l m a; Hach of M. A. C, second; Piatt of Albion, third. T he parallel bars were won by Balbach of M. A. C; Piatt of Al bion, second. These results gave M. A. C. four firsts and three seconds, equal to 29 points out of a possible 56. Track events.—100-yard dash— Moon, M. A. C, first; V a n D i s, Kalamazoo, second; Hill, Albion, third; time 10 2-5 seconds. R u n n i ng broad jump—Burring- ton, M. A. C, first, Moon, M. A. C, second; Brewer, Albion, third; dis tance 21 feet 9 1 -2 inches. 120-yard hurdles—Church,Albion first; Bartell, Albion, second; Betts, Olivet, third; time 16 3-5 seconds. R u n n i ng high jump—Bell, Hills first; Betts, Olivet, second; dale, Moon, M. A. C, third; height 5 feet 4 1-2 inches. Pole vault—Millar, M. A. C, feet 4 first, height, 10 inches; Blanchard, M. A. C., second; Bell, Hillsdale; Loomis, Olivet, and Bishop, Olivet, tied for third. Mile run—Phillips, M. A. C, first; Baker, Hillsdale, second; Olin, M. A. C, third; time 4 minutes 48 2-5 seconds. 220-yard hurdles — C h u r c h, Albion, first; Martin, M. A. C, second: Cratzenburg, Alma, third. T i m e, 126 2-5. Half-mile run—Meek, M. A. C, first; second; W a r n e r, Albion, third. Time, 2:05 2-5. Johnson, Olivet, Two-mile run—Leach, Olivet, first; Baker, Hillsdale, second; Olin, M. A. C, third. T i m e, 11 =49 2-5. punt—Bell, Hillsdale, Football first; Burrington, MVA. C, second; Burke, M. A. C, third. Distance, 135 ft. 4 in. third. 220-yard dash—Moon, M. A. C, first; Milliken, Olivet, second; V an Dis, Kalamazoo, Time, :22 1-5. Shot first; Beechler, Alma, Hill, Albion, third. Distance, 36 ft, 8 in. Discus throw—Kratz, M. A. C, first; Brewer, Albion, second; Bliss, Albion, third. Distance, 99 feet. put—Betts, Olivet, second; H a m m er throw—Duross, Hills second; first; Blair, Olivet, dale, Farleman, M. A. C, tance, 102 ft. 7 in. third. Dis 440-yard run—Milliken, Olivet, first; Van Dis, Kalamazoo, second; Verran, M. A. C, third. T i m e, =53 3-5- NOTES ON THE MEET. An M. A. C. alumnus w ho knows a great deal about athletics, gives it as his opinion that the Albion track team, though unsuccessful, showed the best form in the various events. T he Detroit papers had in the Saturday and Sunday issues numer ous cuts of the M. I. A. A. Field Day events. A particularly good cut of the M. A. C. track team appeared in t he Sunday Tribune; Burrington's broad j u mp beats the record made in that event in the Western Conference Meet this year. Moon did not enter the 440-yard race. He would probably have won this event also had he entered. T he feeling that prevailed among the various colleges was, on the rough work whole, good. Some was done by Albion hoodlums not connected with Albion College in any way. V e r r a n, Phillips, Meek and Moon composed the winning relay team, each man running in the order named. Moon was so far ahead in the last lap of the relay that he sim trotted in. T he time for the ply relay was three minutes and forty- five seconds. A crowd of one hundred and eighty went to Albion from M. A. C., there being in this number thirty young ladies. T he following records were broken: Broad jump by Burring ton; pole vault by Millar; 120-yard hurdles, and 220-yard hurdles, by Church of Albion; 220-yard dash, by Moon. Phillips equalled the record in the mile r u n. T he M. I. A. A. track banner, also the indoor banner and the silver cup offered by M r. Brackett for the winning relay team are now in the possession of M. A. C. and may be seen in the library. In tennis M. A. C. won second place in ladies' doubles and in ladies' singles, the Hillsdale ladies winning first place in both. Miss Hadley played singles for M. A. C. and Miss Hadley and' Miss A d a ms the doubles. Messrs. Wheeler in the men's and Willett lost doubles and M r. Willett also lost the singles. W h i te and Gard ner, of Albion, won the final match in doubles, and H y n e y, of Alma, won the final match in singles. BASEBALL. ALBION. AB Striker, p . . . 5 Van Husen, r f. 6 McKale, c f . . 5 Church, ib . . .4 Knickbocher, 3b 4 Bliss, c . . . .5 Matthews, s s . 5 Brewer, 2b . . .3 .. 5 Brail, 1 f . . Totals . . 42 R 2 0 0 1 1 1 2 1 I 9 H 4 1 1 1 2 1 2 0 1 O 0 1 2 IS 0 4 I 7 0 A 4 1 1 2 2 2 " 4 1 1 13 30 18 E 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 HILLSDALE. AB Hayes, 3b . . Ziegler, c . . Bell, s s . . . Depew, lb . . Neufang, 2b . Brown, cf . . Boone, rf. . . Johnson, p . . Westcott, If. •4 • 5 • 5 •5 • 5 • 4 •4 • 4 •4 R 2 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 H 2 0 2 3 I I 0 2 O O A E 0 0 7 0 15 0 0 2 0 3 02 10 41 0 60 00 00 20 00 Totals . 40 7 II 27 13 3 2 1 I O 0 0 01 4 —9 ALUMNI. '99. M r. T h o r ne Swift, of G r a nd Rapids, writes that a son came to his home J u ne 4th. '02. Miss Clare Dean closes her work at Knoxville College, Tenn., with this year and has indefinite plans for pursuing her studies some where in the East for the coming year. S he will take summer school during work at Findley, Ohio, August. '62. M r. A. J. Cook, of P o m o na College, Cal., sends the following I enclose a letter to T HE R E C O R D: regarding the late M r. E. M. Pres ton, class of '62. He was one of my classmates, and was dearly beloved by all w ho knew him. He has done a magnificent work in Califor nia, and was widely known and everywhere honored. His work in the legislature was very important, and his influence second to few if any. He has received the highest honors that the state could give in the Masonic lodge, and was recog nized everywhere as a man of the broadest sympathies. He was a suc cessful banker at Nevada City, w h e re he has done business for many years. It is said that his fun eral was the largest ever held in the city of his adoption. T he papers of the state, with one accord, speak in highest terms of his work and char acter; while in the legislature he se founding a reform cured an act It was named after him, school. and the Preston School of Industry. He was the trus chairman of the board of tees of its organization until his death. Pres ton was a grand fellow, and I feeling never think of him without the sincerest pleasure and admira tion. He was ever a credit to his A l ma Mater, and never disappointed his friends. He became a man of genuine power because of his real worth. W h e n e v er he visited us here at Pomona College I secured him to address our students and peo ple, and he always commanded a full and most interesting hearing. I feel it a very serious loss that he is taken from us. T wo of the class of '62, in less than a year, have gone to the other side. is now called institution from this In response to a request from M r. Cook, M r. M. A. Preston contrib uted the following note in regard to his father: My father's health had been poor all winter. He had a t wo months' siege of influenza and vis ited my wife and myself at our late home in San Francisco, Where he recovered much of his usual health. While with us he completed arrange ments for a pleasure trip to E u r o pe and had tickets and passage en gaged. He then returned to Neva da City to attend to a few business matters, and on Easter Sunday at tended services with the comman- dery. It was a cold, miserable day, and he contracted additional cold which to pneumonia with the very sad result you k n o w. turned V 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. K. HOUGH, '05m. F. H. NICKLE, '03m. KATE COAU, '05. ZOE BENTON, '05. F. HOBAKT SANFOED, '04. Vf. CLYDE ARMSTRONG, '03m. M. P. WILLETT, sp. R. T. STEVENS, '04. E. S. GOOD, '03. H. N. HORNBECK, '04. CLARA WOODLEY, sp. oscriptlon, 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. Sucn persons need have no hesitation about talcing the paper from the post-office, for no charge will be made for it. The only way, howeyer, to secure the paper regularly is to sub scribe. - TUBS DAT, JUNE g, JQOJ. M E M O R I AL SERVICE. the last Since the history of indeed, of triennial reunion four men, prominently connected with the College, makers its Tiistory, have passed away. As a due and fitting- mark of respect to our dead, as an 'expression of our gratitude for their labor, into the fruits of which we are entered, and in order to preserve among our students a proper know ledge of the College history, and fitting pride in its great name, it has been determined to hold, as a part of the exercises of baccalaurate Sunday, J u ne 14th, at 7:30 p. m. the armory, a memorial service. in It is earnestly desired that all stu dents and all members of the faculty shall arrange to be present. T he general public also is heartily invit to attend. T he program has ed been carefully arranged, and the interest occasion will prove full of to all connected with the College. A TRIP SOUTH. Prof. Taft has kindly furnished us the following account of his trip 60uth: in papers On Monday evening, J u ne 1st, I left St. Louis, Missouri, with a party cf twenty persons, most of whom were representatives of agricultural and horticultural the northern central states, as guests of the Cotton Belt Railroad, for a trip to the truck and fruit districts of eastern Texas. Hon. R. D. Graham, a member of our Board of Agricul ture, and W. P. Morrill, of Benton the only others from Harbor, were Michigan. T he railway company placed at our disposal a Pullman sleeper and a palace cafe car for the entire trip, and on reaching Tyler, Texas, made up a special train in cluding the private cars of the gen eral superintendent and the general passenger and freight agents. In the early morning we were passing through southeastern Mis souri. On either side of the track a strip from one-fourth to one-half mile in width had been cleared, but in either direction, it beyond land was an unbroken forest. T he that T HE M. A. C. RECORD. the rail sloped gently away from road and was in excellent condition for crops, being free from stumps and grubs. It was occupied with crops of wheat, cotton, corn, pota toes and watermelons. T he melons succeed admirably here and hun dreds of car-loads are shipped annu ally to St. Louis and the northern cities. the In Northern Arkansas road passes through a timber country and the villages consist of a most of number of houses grouped about saw and stave mills. In Central Arkansas we passed for a number of miles through a prairie section with fine crops of wheat, oats, corn and cotton. the forest section there were numerous " d e a d e n i n g s" where cotton and corn were growing among trees that had been girdled and allowed to stand until they de cayed and fell to the ground. This shows the shiftlessness of the people, as one of these large trees falling in a cotton plantation must cause a loss several times as great as the expense of their removal. In T wo spent full days were in Texas, the principal points visited being Tyler, Jacksonville, Crafts, R u sk and Morrill. T he soil in this region varies from a rather stiff clay to a fairly light sandy loam. Much of it contains a large amount of iron which gives it a red or chocolate color. T he crops raised on these soils are earlier than upon those of a is lighter color and superiority claimed in the flavor, color and firm ness of the fruits. T he larger part of this area is from five hundred to seven hundred feet above the level of the Gulf and the crops g r o wn frosts here are far than those on the lower land. T he rainfall in most seasons is ample and this year it has been excessive, so that the farmers have been delayed in fitting the land and working their crops. T he weather has also been quite cool so that the crops are some ten days later than usual. T he har vesting of strawberries and early is completed and black potatoes berries, tomatoes, string beans and other vegetables are now being marketed. less subject to It is not" T he Cotton Belt Railroad is do ing all in its power to foster the de velopment of this section. uncommon for it to ship each night five or six double header trains vegetables loaded with fruit and its branches. from a single one of These trains are sent north ahead of the regular passenger trains, and reach Chicago in from thirty-six to forty hours. the visit An account of to the Morrill fruit and truck farm at Mor rill, near Alto, will be particularly interesting. A tract of 12,500 acres has been purchased by Messrs. Mor rill, Graham, and three Chicago gen tlemen at this point. Less than 1,000 acres had been cleared, most of the remainder being covered with a second g r o w th of oak, hickory, and other trees, some fifteen years old. As fast as possible is being removed and the soil planted to peaches with tomatoes, potatoes and cantelopes between the rows. this growth little difference in the economy of the two classes of labor, except that the convicts never strike and are for work, which always on hand cannot be said of laborers. the free T he crops are all somewhat back ward but, from three hundred acres of early potatoes, forty car-loads have been harvested and the ship ments from one hundred acres of tomatoes are beginning. Some 700 acres have been planted to peach trees, mostly to Elberta; 125 acres to cantelopes; 400 to cotton, much of which is used as second crop to the potatoes and tomatoes, follow and 300 acres to corn. T he railroad company has erected a handsome depot upon the vicinity, a general store, a hotel, a large packing shed and a number of houses for their the owners employes have been erected by the company. Everything the premises shows the effect of northern thrift and enterprise and everyone with whom we talked spoke in the terms of M r. Morrill and highest seemed the to have no doubt of success of his venture. the farm and, in about and CHEMICAL LABORATORY FOR THE EXPERIMENT STATION. M r. F. W. Robison, chemist for the experiment station, will have a very convenient laboratory when the quarters formerly occupied by the department of bacteriology are re-arranged for him, as will be done by the end of the present month. T he new experiment station labor floor atory will occupy the second the veterinary building, which of the story, besides a small office at two head of the stairway, contains rooms, each 161^x30 feet. T he east part of the partition between the two rooms, as they were form erly, has been taken out in order to give better, light and ventilation as well as for the sake of convenience. the T wo iron pillars will support ceiling in place of the old partition. Of the two rooms, the one on the north will be well supplied with tables having cement tops and sink attachments. T he south room will contain drying ovens, an electric motor and machines for grinding and pulverizing samples. A small enclosed room for chemicals is also in the south division of the labora tory. In the east side of the laboratory installed a ten-foot, direct will be draft hood extending up into the third story. T he hood as well as table will be supplied with each water, gas, air, steam, vacuum and electricity. Distilled water will be obtained from an automatic steam still in the attic and attachments will be made so that the water and steam from the can be turned on and off laboratory below. R u n n i ng around the entire laboratory at a convenient height will be covered electric wires with ' sockets at that lights, heaters and ovens electric can be put in place. intervals so location of the present laboratory will be a T he new improvement needed very much upon the chemical division of the experiment station. T he room the chemical laboratory is low and in commodious and the space is sorely needed by the chemical department of the College. in use in Y. M. C A. NEWS. H a r ry C. Meek led the Thursday evening prayer meeting. T h e m e: " Choosing our w o r k ." In choosing our life work the greatest question should be, where can I do the most the greatest number, thus good to making the world as much better for my having lived in it as possible. in T he great majority of people deciding their the life work ask the questions, where can I make most money, or where can I be the most popular, or where can I have the greatest political or social in fluence. If every young man and woman would be influenced by the divine spirit there would be vastly fewer shipwrecks of life and failures than there are. Chapel services Sunday morning by R e v. J. A. were conducted Schaad, Lansing. Text, J o hn 10:10. they might have " I am come that life, and it more sermon abundantly." T he was very interesting and the attend ance quite good. they might have that Ind. T he union meeting of the Y. W. and Y. M. C. A. Sunday evening was conducted by Mr. C. G. Ver from Butler College, nier Subject J o hn 13:34. "A new com mandment I give unto you, that ye love one another, as I have loved you." This commandment new does not conflict with that old com the mandment which commanded J e ws their neighbors as themselves, the one is universal, not circumscribed. love to '927W. Mr. L. C. Brooks is now located at 55 West Sharpnack St., Germantown, Philadelphia, P a. He writes that the latch string at the above address is always out for old M. A. C. men. THE D0NSEREAUX CLOTHING & GROCERY CO'S ML fl/C-SPECIAL ?m Included in the purchase was a tract of about 1,000 acres which had been used by the state as a convict farm for growing corn and cotton and some sixty-five convicts are now the company. T he employed by cost is seventy cents per day, and the state furnishes guards, food and clothing. Free farm hands receive one dollar per day and women and children about fifty cents. T h e re is 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. <# Several College people were at N ew planks have been laid on P i ne lake Saturday. Most of the grass on the campus was mowed last week. T he horticultural department has received a supply of lotuses for the artificial pond. T h e re is talk of pulling off the baseball game between the instruc tors and seniors on Saturday after noon. Club E will be run during the summer vacation. It has not been decided whether the price of board shall be $2.50 or $3.00 per week. Fully half the young ladies in the women's building were absent Fri day and Saturday. Some were at Albion and others were at home. Some publishers of educational in N ew Y o rk City have to the College authorities for cuts of various build papers written recently ings. T he M. A. C. district school closed been this to be given up on account of last week. A picnic planned as the last event, but had bad weather. had the Mrs. Rockwood, w ho edits Household Department of the Mich igan Farmer, was at M. A. C. last week getting facts in regard to the women's department for an article to be written in the near future. Janitor Scott of the chemical lab oratory was quite severely burned Saturday while attempting to dis cover a leak in a gas pipe. He will probably not be on duty for several days. PREPARE FOR HOUSE CLEANING By getting Galvanized Pails, Mops, Scrub Brushes, Car pet Beaters, Step Ladders, Floor and House Paint. Come to us. We can supply your wants and want your * trade. * the F a rm Lane bridge. An addition to the cement walk is being the postofrice in front of built. Miss Lyford is receiving a visit sister, Miss Genevieve from her Lyford, of Moline, 111. Mr. M ax Beutner, formerly at M. A. C, was one of timers Saturday at Director Stagg's inter- scholastic meet. the T he portrait of M r. Wells of the State Board of Agriculture is in the frame and will soon be ready for presentation. Prof, and Mrs. J. A. Jeffery are receiving an extended visit from Prof. Jeffery's parents whose home is near Brookings, South Dakota. M r. J. J. Ferguson is steadily re the accident which covering from befell him. He was injured by being hit on the head by a broken trolley pole. Officers of the P hi Delta Literary Society for the fall term 1903 have been elected as follows: President, H e n ry William Geller; Secretary, R o b e rt D. M a l t b y; Warden, T. D. A n g e l l; Treasurer, Robert N. Fer guson; Steward, H. L. M c N u l t y; Record Editor, G. H. M c l n t r y e. A brother of Mr. H i g gs of the firm of H i g gs & Burton, will put in steam the laundry machinery " W h i te Elephant " during August and by the opening of the fall term will be ready to do business. T wo students will act as agents for the student trade. in 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. NORTON'S HARDWARE \\\ Washington Ave. S. Ail goods delivered to your room free. M. J. & B. M. Buck. Mr. F r a nk Phillips will study at the University of Michigan next year. Street car N o. 16 was struck by lightning Saturday night, but no serious consequences resulted. Instructor Crawford and Mr. L. fishing at Jenison spent Saturday P a rk lake. Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Dean visited Mr. Dean's old home the latter part of the week. Instructor L. A. Waterbury will be Instructor in Civil Engineering in the University of Illinois next year. T he Scrooby Club of Pilgrim church, Lansing, club many M. A. C. people belong, had a picnic at Pine lake, Saturday. to which the work of T h e re was some delay last week in the new water mains, owing to delay in the shipment of eight-inch pipe. laying T he pine seeds planted by Prof. Bogue in the forest nursery across the R ed Cedar river have come up, the results of the planting being very satisfactory. Several M. A. C. people are planning to study in the University of Chicago this summer. Others from M. A. C. will be in Chicago though not in the University. Mr. Longyear has discovered a the Ken rare bird's nest, that of the tucky cardinal. T he nest is in .clump of evergreens south of the drill grounds and north of the river drive, near the road to the athletic field. Although for several years there have been Kentucky cardinals on the campus no nest of this spe cies has been found before. T wo cuts of the interior of the new dairy barn appeared in the last issue of the Michigan Farmer. Mr. L. G. Michael has received a scholarship in mineralogy in Colum bia University for next year. M r. R ay T o w e r, M. I. A. A. Director, was in Albion yesterday settling up matters connected with the M. I. A. A. Meet. M r. E. Pinance has gone to T o ledo, O., where he will play base ball with the Toledo team at a sal ary of $150 per month. Mr. P. M. L y m an has received the standings of the civil service ex amination, which he took some time ago. Of forty taking the examina tion he stood first, with a rank of 94 45-100 per cent. He has been appointed substitute mail clerk, and will be advanced as soon as there is an opportunity. James G. Welch of the University of Michigan won the first prize of $50 in gold at the Eastern Interstate the Intercol Oratorical contest of legiate Association, Prohibition which was held at Wooster, Ohio, on May 23. T he other states repre sented were N ew York, Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky. T he Central and Western Interstate contests were held Iowa, and this year. T he Corvallis, Ore., these contests this year winners of and the" "highest oratorical honor known to the College world." next, will compete at Sioux City, for Nothing but the Latest Styles find place in our Hat and Shirt Stocks At present the showing is the best as the stock is complete in every detail, and we would be pleased to have y ou come in and you do not desire to purchase. look them over even though Students' Patronage Solicited. Elgin Mifflin. <%gt Simons Dry Goods Co. g}% Men's Oyfords. GRAND SHOWING OF New Carpets, Rugs, Curtains, Mattings and Fiber Carpets. We h a ve all the n ew > s t y l e s, in patent leather, c vici kid or box calf. Made 3 in light, medium and ^ h e a vy soles at the uni form price, SPECIAL LINE OP ORIENTAL DRAPERY STUFFS FOR DENS AND COZY CORNERS. Come in and See the New Room Furnishings. J5@r Simons Dry Goods Co. g& $3.50 a Pair. C 2>. 1Wl000bun>, twllteter »locR. T HE M. A. C. RECORD. FORESTRY AT M. A. C T he four-year course in forestry has been spoken of in a general w a y, but in view of the inquiries being received about the course, it would seem that the work is not yet clear ly understood, and an explanation of the forestry subjects studied may not be out of order. In the study, elements of forestry, the aim is to make the student famil iar with what forestry really is, and what it seeks to accomplish, and how land under varying conditions may best be treated from a forestral standpoint. This study is the only one in the course before the junior year, as previously announced the first two years of the forestry course being the same as for agricultural students. Principles of forestry in the junior year gives a comprehensive view with reference to the economic as In forest botany, beginning pects. with the pines, the distribution, char acter, habits, uses and comparative value of the different trees as they occur in the different natural orders In are discussed in the classroom. the field work practice is given in the identification of trees and shrubs and some attention is given to their ecological requirements. T he next subject in order is wood technology. T he anatomical struc ture of several species of wood is examined with a view to the specific differences as shown by the wood structure and the reason for the peculiar fitness of certain species of wood for certain purposes. Silviculture is a study of seeds and seedlings with practical work in the production of forests from seeds, seedlings, cuttings, and cop pice. Forest mensuration, as the name indicates, includes estimation and determination of the increment of single trees and of whole stands, and a comparison of different Amer ican log rules. This is field work entirely. A review of the science of for estry is given under the head, his tory of forestry, while under pro tection and regulation, consideration is given to the study of the best methods of protection against fire, trespass, grazing animals, and drift ing sand, and the management of stands so as to produce continuous revenue. Diseases of trees is one of the im portant forestry studies, a considera tion of the nature and treatment of injury caused by insects, fungi and other agencies being given. Investigation and valuation are the last subjects in the course. T he former is original work by the stu dent, the latter is an application of the methods of ascertaining the value of forest growth of different purposes. ages and for different Prof. Bogue is increasing his for estry museum as rapidly as possible and before many years the facilities for instruction in forestry at M. A. C. should be very good. M a ny of the native trees that were growing at the College when it was opened in 1857 are still thrifty. T he cam pus now contains over six hundred native and introduced species and varieties. T he woods on the Col lege farm comprise nearly two hun dred acres whose primary use is for demonstration forestry work. in T h r ee thousand acres of virgin for est, in Oscoda County have been set apart for the use of the forestry department and it is expected that, hereafter, students will spend t wo weeks during the latter part of the spring term, senior year in t he for ests and logging camps of the north ern part of the state. Extensive in connection with improvements are in the progress dairy barns. T he yards are being brought to a uniform grade to carry the surface water awav. This in volves the moving of a large amount improve of earth, but will greatly the yard conditions. Eave-troughs are to be added to both dairy and grade herd barns. Paddocks are to be provided for exercising the dairy bulls, and a water system will be in troduced. Both yards and pastures are also to be provided t he young dairy stock. for T he executive committee of t he Michigan Postmaster's Association met at the College last week to ar range for a meeting to be held in Ludington during August. T en members were present. T he com mittee looked over some of the Col lege departments and were much surprised and pleased by what they saw. '91. T he Breeders' Gazette of M ay 27th speaks in very high terms of Prof. H. W. Mumford, both as a man and as an investigator. The issue contains an extended notice of some experiments now being car ried on by him at the University of Illinois. '91. Prof, and M r s. W. O. H e d. rick announce the birth of a daugh ter. '99. M r. W. K. Brainerd has re turned from N ew Orleans, and will spend the summer in the north. He has been teaching mathematics and agriculture in Leland University the past year. T he N ew Orleans think M r. Brainerd knows papers all there is to be k n o wn about foot ball. 'O2«B. M r. Dennis Smith plans to be at M. A. C. next Saturday. Spaulding's Jerseys We have Spaulding's $3.50 and $2.00 Jerseys in stock in black and maroon solid colors. Should anyone at any time find anything defective about goods purchased here, they would confer a favor on us by letting us know all about it. J. H. LARRABEE 225 Washington Ave. So. College Grocery HIQQS & BURTON, Proprietors. * FULL LINE OF j« Lunch Goods, Confectioneries and Fruits. Special attention given to parties. Lunches served at all hours. THE JEWETT & KNAPP STORE Lansmo's LOW Priced ReiiaDie store E v e ry Department full of N ew S p r i ng 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 S k i r t s, Tailor Made Suits, and Jackets. We also carry a Complete Stock of L a ce C u r t a i ns a nd Draperies. 222, 224 W a s h i n g t on A v e. S. L a n s i n g, Mich. Jewett & Knapp, When in need "f FINE STATIONERY, INVITATIONS or C A R DS CALL ON Lawrence & Yan Buren Printing Co. 122 Ottawa S t. E. Lansing Mich. DIRECTORY LANSING BUSINESS and PROFESSIONAL M E N ^ -^ The names in this Directory, as well as those of all our other advertisers, are of reli able parties. We hope that the faculty and students will take pains to patronize those who patronize us. BARBERS. A . C . B A R B ER SHOP, Room 44 Williams Hall. E. E. Reynolds, Propr. M. BOOKS AND STATIONERY. A M. E M E R Y. 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, Card?. Engraved, Pictures and Picture Framing. Tennis, Football and Base ball goods. Crotty Bros., 206 Wash. Ave. N. ALL MEATS . . .. May look alike to you, but there Is a very great difference in the quality we han dle and that sold by some other markets. We handle none but the very best. Like the pudding, the proof of good meats is in the eating. A trial will convince you that you ought to trade with us. We make daily trips to the College. BOTH P H O N E S. Careful attention given to 'phone orders. A. C. HOLLER, Successor Washington Ave. South. to GOTTLIEB RELTTER. FURNISHING GOODS. ELGIN 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. 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. 109 Washington Ave. South. BOOTS AND SHOES. C D. WOODBURY.— Boots and Shoes. We shoe the students. See ad. CONFECTIONERY. ONLY the best candies at the " Sugar Bowl." Cor, Washington Ave. and Allegan, 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. LOUIS BECK.—Clothier. Gents' Furnishings, Hats and Caps. 112 Washington Ave. North. CHAS. A. P I E L L A. 121 Washington Ave. N., Lansing, Mich. Jeweler and Optician. 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. 222% Washington Avenue S., up stairs. MERCHANT TAILORS. trade solicited. Opposite Hotel Downey, North. WOODBURY * SAVAGE.—Tailors. Student J O HN 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. Ave. S. Phones, Bell 520 office, residence 732. D E. PARMELEE—Dentist. 218 Washington J E. STOPFER, A. B., D. D. S. Office 109 R W. MORSE, D. D. S. Washington Ave. S. Former M. A. C. student. Hollister Block, Room 617. DRUGGISTS. date. Corner store. Opposite Hollister Block. ROUSER'S CAPITAL DRUG STORE. Up to ROBINSON 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 D E P A R T M E NT STORE THE J E W E TT * K N A PP 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. 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. 224 Washington Ave. South. PHOTOGRAPHS. C E. W A L T E R, M. A. C. Imake 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, lKto rt 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. H. 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. ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES. SPORTING GOODS. CAPITOL ELECTRIC CO. Electrical Supplies, Telegraph Instruments and Telephones. 321 Wash. Ave., S. J H. L A R R A B E E. Base Ball Goods, Foot Ball Goods, Tennis, Golf, Guns, Ammunition, and Fishing Tackle. 326 Wash. Are. S,