The M. A. C. RECORD MICHIGAN STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. V O L. L A N S I N G, M I C H I G A N, T U E S D A Y, D E C. 15, 1903. N o. 13 ALUMNI. 'n- Byron D. Halsted, professor of botany and horticulture, R u t g e rs College, was one of the examiners in botany appointed by the College Entrance Examination Board. T h is board gives examinations for en trance to different colleges and uni Its versities in the United States. object is to secure thoroughness and also uniformity of educational stand ards. Examinations were given at 134 points, of which 12S were in the United States, five in E u r o pe and one in South America. 1620 candidates were examined, of which 264 intended to enter Cornell, 654 Columbia, 169 Vassar, 24 Yale, 99 Massachusetts Institute of Technol ogy, 2S Princeton, and 4 University of Michigan. judging together with T he above cut shows the class in the stock horses owned by Mr. A. A. Palmer, of Orleans. Mr. Palmer is engaged in the breeding of Percherons and sent five fine specimens to M. A. C. These animals were here an entire week, thus giving the students an excellent opportunity for a critical examination. M r. F. J. Noble, of Mulliken, sent three-year-old two fillies of the Percheron type. Mr. Hurd, of Lansing, brought a large, HORT. CLUB. At the last meeting Mr. F. W. Robinson gave a talk on soil chem istry and soil physics. He showed, among other things, what a very dilute nutritive solution will grow a healthy plant, and how a slight change in the strength of this solu tion will cause a marked change in the growth of the plant. Mr. Gun- son then gave an interesting and in structive talk on citrus fruits. He illustrated his fruits re ceived from Mr. F. C. Reimer, '03, of Florida. M r. O. L. A y r s, '02, presented the club with a gavel he got while visiting the old Mount Vernon estate. talk with T he next meeting will be held on evening of first Wednesday the next term. Y. M. C. A. T he Thursday evening prayer meeting was led by E. A. Seelye. T h e m e, " G o d 's unfailing promises." T he discussions on the subject were interesting and the meeting was well attended. Chapel services Sunday morning in well proportioned Clydesdale, and roadster of M r. Kilbourne a good the Wilkes strain. Dr. Waterman two had charge of the judging and the work. weeks were spent This is the first time thoroughbred horses have been brought in from a distance. Heretofore grade horses of the farm were used exclu sively. T he departure has proved not only interesting, but also very in valuable. T he owners brought the their horses free of charge and the conducted by R e v. R. C. were 2 Cor. Dodds of Lansing. T e x t: 13: 11, " B e p e r f e c t ." T he sermon was very interesting and all present were well repaid for attending. the proposition happiness." Mr. Mr. Howard Bement of Lansing, addressed the Sunday evening meet ing of the Y. W. and Y. M. C. A. His theme was, " P u r p o se and ac to achieve complishment, or how Bement true that established happiness is the one great aim of all persons and peoples of all time from the first to last and that the reason w hy the vast majority fail to achieve looking happiness is that they are for it. Mr. in that Christ gave Bement showed the secret of happiness in the first 16 verses of J n o. 13, ending with the 17th verse, "If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them." T he discourse was excellent and the services were well attended; the wrong place T he freshmen in botany are study ing the subject of seeds and fruits. Those of economic importance re ceive special attention. T he entire term is spent in this work which is largely laboratory in its nature. elder With '73. R e v. Louis Delamarter, D. D., the Lansing of presiding district of the M. E. church, called at M. A. C. last week. Dr. Dela marter chopped in N o. 12 while a student and saw much of pioneer life at M. A. C. He has been in the ministry for over 20 years and has occupied pulpits in Muskegon, Kalamazoo and Eaton Rapids. He and his family now in Lan sing. His oldest son studied music in Paris last year and is now organ in ist in a Congregational church Chicago. His daughter is a senior in the Baltimore Women's College. Dr. Delamarter has been elected to the General Conference which meets in Los Angeles in 1904. reside is especially attractive. '82. L. H. Bailey is editor of Country Life in America, a monthly journal interest. T he December of great It -number abounds with superb illustrations. T he article on Winter Flowers by J. N. Gerard deserves special con sideration and also Christmas Greens and Flowers by Thomas M c A d a m. T he half-tones of smilax, bitter sweet, pine branch with cones, poin- settia, lilac, galax and the American Beauty rose are exceedingly beauti ful. Christmas in the Pine Woods, Skeeing and Christmas Dinner for the Salvation 300,000 Guests by interesting articles. A r my are also We have never seen a Christmas magazine that equals this one for beauty. T he publishers are Double- dav, P a ge and Company, N ew Y o r k. ' S4. J o hn J. Breck visited M. A. C. is a succesful last Wednesday. He attorney at Jackson, Mich. 'Q2. O. L. Ayrs, of the Soils Depart ment of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, is visiting his parents in Collegeville. Mr. A y rs has been working in Delaware, L o ng Island, and Central N ew York. to in Jackson, Mississippi J a n. report very 1st. He enjoys much. his work -He is class hereby expresses its gratitude. All the animals shown were prize winners and the different breeders have certainly been fortunate in the selection of their animals. T he re sults have been very satisfactory to the to the department, suggestive to the stu owners and dents. to note that the largest Percheron and the Clydesdale each weighed over 2 100 pounds. It might be interesting invaluable the T he program for the M. A. C. F a r m e r s' Club for Dec. 16 is a re port from the delegates who attend International Live Stock ed Show at Chicago, and those who attended the meetings of the State Association of F a r m e r s' Clubs held at Lansing Dec. 9-10. As this will be the regular meeting for the elec tion of officers let all those w ho are interested in club work attend, and those who wish to know the also ideas of the best agriculturalists of the state re forms, and of the stock breeders of the U. S. in respect to live stock. to needed in regard A m o ng the speakers from abroad for the Round-up Intsitute are D. J. Crosby, '93, from the Department of Agriculture, who will give his illustrated lecture on Nature Study and School Gardens. Major H. E. Alvord will speak on dairy lines. N. A. Clapp, the newly elected president of the Farmers' Clubs will be a speaker. 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