The M. A. C. RECORD. MICHIGAN STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. . V O L. 9. L A N S I N G, M I C H I G A N, T U E S D A Y, J A N. 5, 1904. N o. 15 BASKET BALL GAME. T he first game of the season will the Armory Saturday be played in at 7:30 p. m. T he visiting team is the Chicago West Side Athletic Club. This team won the amateur championship last year. T he game will be a hard one and M. A. C. will have an excellent opportunity to try her efficiency. TO A YOUNG FRIEND GO ING AWAY FROM HOME TO GET AN EDU CATION. tbe first article Churchman the in of Oct., '03. T he above is the title of an arti cle by Henry V an D y k e, of Prince ton University, in The and made Educational Revieiv Several have thought it wise to pub lish it in T HE R E C O RD on account of its excellent suggestions. T h e re is much in it for student and teach er, young and old, and will bear reading. Dr. V an D y ke careful writes as follows: in little Since things the summer. colleges. T he lights have come My dear Friend: A good many years ago I did what you are doing now. have then in our American changed a schools and term the fall and closes later opens Students' earlier in rooms are finer and warmer. " E n trance requirements" are larger and stiffer. Tallow candles have gone out, electric in, and even kerosene oil has been re fined to astral brilliancy. You are going to have more teachers, more elective expenses, courses, more more athletic trainers, more "mod ern advantages," including probably more kinds of food than I had. Bur, after all, these changes do n.jt make any real difference in the meaning of the fact that you are going away from home to get an education. Your outfit may be better than mine, and the road m a y be a bit smoother; but you are starting on the same journey, and you have to face the same question: W h at goal are you going to make for, and how are you going to travel, straight or crooked ? To answer this question rightly you must, first of all, remember that you are now a member of a privil eged class. You are old enough to living. Under or earn your own dinary conditions, you would have to do it. But vou are going to be that necessity, in all exempt from probability, for four years, seven years, ten years—as long as it may need to complete your course. Dur ing all that time you will be let off from taking the common duty of part in the world's work. Even if to help you should do something pay the expenses of your education by laboring in vacation and between times, you would give far less than you would get; and the opportunity that much has been to do at least made possible only by the generous benefactions and endowments of unknown friends. Yes, you owe it to look the fact in the eyes. You are a person set apart; a guest at the to yourself world's table; a consumer, not a producer. No one will ask you what your trade or business is. All that will be asked of you is how you are getting on with your educa tion. You will be permitted to time and energy to devote all your yourself, and somebody else will pay for vour living. for to which W ho is going to do this generous thing for yon? Well, a good many people will have a share in it. First of all, your parents will do the greater part of it. You know some thing of the sacrifices and gifts that they will have to make in order that you may enjoy your years of privi lege and opportunity. T h e n, the community they belong has a part, indirectly, in making it to give you an possible them the people who education. T h e n, have given the money to found in stitutions of learning and keep them going for the sake of you and others like you, contribute directly to your benefit. T h e n, the great army of teachers who are their in hard work for small pay lives in your behalf. make an offering Finally, the State, the Nation, by its -appropriation of public money for purposes educational are" really bound interde together and pendent), makes you its beneficiary. N ow your own sense of honor must tell you, at once, that you-can- not fairly accept such benefits as these without incurring great obli these people gations. W hy have put you into a privileged class ? W hy does the world, in effect, agree to pay for your living while you go on with your education ? T he ques tion comes up to you. spending (which T he answer is plain and straight. T he world pays for your living in order that your life, through educa tion, may become of more value to is the essential the world. T h at fact, the point of honor, which you must never forger. You are taken care of and provided for during a period of years when you are (or at least ought to be) able to provide for yourself, with the definite design that your intelligence, your charac ter, your purpose and power of doing good work may be so devel oped that you may be worth more than you are to your to now, and worth enough more pay for what it is going to cost to educate you. If you accept your place in a privileged class on this condition, it is all right. You are not an idler, a burden, a pauper. You are an investment. But if you take the privilege and refuse or dis honor the obligation, you are an ob ject of misplaced charity, a cheat, a fraud. fellow-men W h at you have to do, then, is to make up your mind that you wili get out of your education the thing for which it is given to you—a rich er, fuller, stronger life, of which the world shall receive the benefit. T a ke your studies as they come, but make them count for something before they go. T h ey will be of two kinds: those that you like, and those the that you dislike. Use former to develop your natural gifts and the latter to correct your natural defects. There is a great difference test in minds. Some are first class, some are second class, and so on. You can never tell what kind of mind you have got unless vou it thoroughly by hard work. Even if it should appear to be second class, do not be discouraged. A second class mind well cultivated will yield a great deal more than a first class mind left fallow. All that you have to do is to make your own garden (not some other man's) give the best crop of which is capable. Examinations and grades and class room marks are "government crop estimates." As a are fairly accurate. But, after all, it is not the estimate, but the crop itself that comes to market and feeds the world. You know what you have learned, and you have learned just as much as you know. rule, they it in some friends M a ke your friends with a purpose of enlarging your life, your tastes, your sympathies, your hopes. Fol low your forming inclinations acquaintances, but keep your eyes open, and see where they are lead ing you. Have to whom you look up, and some who look up to you. Be a grateful re ceiver as well as a generous giver. Play the out-of-door games that suit you and give you honest pleas ure. T h ey will suffice to give you all the physical that you need. T he object of athletic sports among amateurs is two fold: first, to relax and amuse the mind; sec ond to keep the body in good con dition for the real work of life— which is not athletic sports. T h e re is no advantage in cultivating more muscle than you are likely to have any use for unless you are going to be a professional athlete. On the contrary, it is a burden and a dan ger. W h at you want is a body that will be a ready, cheerful, and capa ble servant to your mind. training Do not starve or neglect the spiritual side of your nature. T he best and wisest men of the world have all agreed that a full and noble life is not possible for a man with out religion. It would be a poor outcome for you and for the world if your education should end in that half-knowledge which, as Lord Bacon says, tends to atheism. But even atheism, to me, is better than the dead and dry religion which exists without praise, without good w o r k ', without personal prayer. Give your best thought, your deep est feelings to the subject that means most—the life that in Jesus Christ. true and to is brought immortal it seems light Let the world pay T a ke your privilege with its obli gations. for your living now. But make sure that your education fits you to pay the world back for all you have re ceived, in a life equipped and disci plined for fine service among men. Faithfully yours, H E N RY V A N D Y K E. With '94. H. D. Baker, who is in the real estate business in St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin, visited M. A. C. during every reports the holidays. He thing prosperous in his line. A L U M N I. ' 6 4 - 6 0. W. P. Wilson, director of the Commercial Museum, Philadelphia, together a is in St. Louis getting the Philippines. large, exhibit from T h e re will be 1,400 people, natives of the islands, representing different tribes. '67. W. W. Tracy, Sr., of the U. S. is diligently Dep't of Agriculture, to describe all engaged in an effoit in the vegetable the plants grown this country,— a most gardens of task, for which he is per difficult haps the best qualified of any-p#r- son, anywhere. '6S. S. M. Tracy, Biloxi, Mississippi, the is happy in his work studying southern Flora. He active worker in several national scientific societies. At meetings of these societies he always has a group of congenial persons about him. is an •69. C. E. Bessey attends many scien tific societies, of which he is a mem ber. He is a diligent and success ful botanist, at the head of that work in Nebraska University. One of his hobbies at present, as president of T he Wild Flowers Preservation Society of America, is to talk and write in season and out of season to everybody anywhere with regard to sparing wild flowers. to beans professor J a m es Satterlee, of Horticulture and Superintendent of the grounds at M. A. C. in '83 and 'S4, visited his Alma Mater N ew Year's day. Mr. Satterlee owns a 300-acre farm near Greenville a rd is engaged in general farming. He has given up wheat culture and potatoes his makes and money crops. He raises consider able corn but uses it mostly in con nection with his Jersey herd. He lives in town at present and hires a man look after his farm. M r. Satterlee helped to clear N o. 9 and pulled stumps where the Library Building now stands and from there east. He rejoices in the prosperity of M. A. C. and has kept a live interest in its development. F or a vacation, he takes a Pennsylvania trip for D. M. Ferry & Co. T h o u gh it than a generation ago since M r. Satterlee was a student here, he is still a well preserved man. Mrs. Saterlee's health has been rather poor for several years. 'S9. is more R ay Stannard Baker is spending the in in Colorado a few weeks at his home Delta. He has been investigating labor problems. Special 'Sg-'go. Principal Charles T. Grawn of the Central Normal takes a six months' leave of absence to studv pedagogy at Columbia University. to Mr. G r a wn has worked hard bring the the Central Normal to front and has succeeded in bringing to that of the it on a basis equal Normal College at Ypsilanti. 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 ing and well liked by all w ho knew him. T HE R E C O RD extends sym pathy to the bereaved friends. family and W i th '94. H. S. E m l aw is a consulting mining engineer in Salt Lake City, Utah. T HE M. A. C. RECORD. EDITORS. G. MASSELINK, 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: II. X. HORSBECK, '(Ha. L. T. CLARK, :04a. F. II. SANFORD, '04(7. ANNA PICKETT, ' « «. BESS K. PADDOCK. '05u'. G. F. TALLADAY. '050. It. C. POTTS, '(Mia. GKACE BKAIIAM, sp. u\ D. S. UPDECRAFF, 'o7m. Subscription, 50 cents per year. Remit by P. O. Money Order. Draft or Regis tered Letter. Do not send stamps. Address all subscriptions and advertising mat ter to the College Secretary, Agricultural Col lege, Mich. Address all contributions to the Managing Editor. Business Office with Lawrence & Van Buren Printing Co., 122 Ottawa St. E., Lansing. Mich. Entered as second-class mail matter, Lansing, Mich. This paper is occasionally sent to non subscrib ers. Such persons need have no hesitation about taking the paper from the post-office, for no charge will be made for it. The only way, however, to secure the paper regularly is to sub scribe TUESDAY, JAN. 5, IQ04. efforts. May you THE M. A. C R E C O RD wishes all of its readers a H a p py N ew Year. M iy you prosper according to your find plenty to do and have strength to do it well. May you be blessed and be a blessing. May you have spir itual wellfare as well as material. thing more, may you A nd one have the courage and thoughtful- ness to send every once in a while a letter about yourself or other M. A. C.s to ye editor so that his personal columns may grow fat and thus avoid the appearance of collections instead of contributions. A L U M N I. 'S3- A. C. Bird has been appointed superintendent of the State Census by Secretary of State W a r n e r. M r. Bird will immediatelly begin his work. T he copyrighted system of cards instead of the usual schedules will be employed. T he Massachu setts system has been recommended by the U. S. Department. M r. Bird visited Boston, N ew Y o rk and Philadelphia examining the census systems of the different states and will go east again this week to fur ther study census methods, especially in Washington. Mr. Bird is well known as a business man, is syste matic in his work and has extraordi nary power as an organizer. He is an excellent man for the position. Saturday W i th '83. William G. Smith, of Portland, Michigan, was one of the yictims of the P. M. wreck near Grand R a p ids on Saturday evening, Dec. 26. Mr. Smith went to Grand Rapids on Thursday to spend Christmas with hi- family who had been guests of Mrs. Smith's mother for several days. evening Mrs. Smith bade him farewell at the Union Depot and was a little later called up by Mr. Smith's brothers from Portland informing her of the accident. His body was terrible the morgues. found Death was due to exposure and loss of hlood, as the bruises were not instant such as would have caused death or necessarily proven fatal. Mr. Smith was a prosperous farmer of excrlle> t habits, quiet and retir in one of ' S4. R. J. Coryell, of Colorado, is visiting Detroit and vicinity. He is starting a nursery near Detroit, in tending to return in a year or t wo to engage in landscape architecture in connection with the growing of herbaceous and woody plants. W i th 'S4. Hon. Fred M. Warner, secretary of state, has sent out very neat Christmas greetings. "Good cheer for the holiday season, and health, happiness and prosperity for nine teen hundred four, is the Christmas greeting of this Department to you." Signed, F R ED M. W A R N E R, Secre tary of State. C H A R L ES S. P I E R C E, Deputy Secretary of State. '90. Fred B. Mumford is Professor of Agriculture and acting Dean of the Agricultural College of the Univer Last year the sity of Missouri. Regents granted him a leave of absence to study in Europe for fif teen months with a continuance of salary. Since his return, his salary thinks has been twice raised. He M. A. C. must bestir herself, as some of the western agricultural colleges are moving ahead with astonishing rapidity. '9i. A t t y. A. T. Sweeney has been appointed judge of police court in N e w a r k, N . J. His law practice is large and will not be serious ham pered by this appointment. His wife, Jessie F o s t e r , ' 9 1, is well and enjoys the east. '92. " Margaret Belle is the name of a brand span new daughter, born December 19, to M r. and Mrs. B. W. Peet, of Ypsilanti. M r. Peet is instructor in chemistry in the Nor mal. W h en he was a student at M. A. C. he and the other members of his class voted to name ye editor's baby that B. W. still admires the name."— Moderator- ' Margaret.' It seems Topics. Dr. H o w a rd E. Baker visited M. A. C. Sunday, Dec. 27. He is a general practitioner in Detroit and is enjoying a good patronage. '93- D. J. Crosby, formerly managing editor of the M. A. C. R E C O RD and in English at M. A. C. instructor in has made quite an impression Missouri. T he Moderator—Topics of Dec. 24, '03, makes the following comment: " A n o t h er Michigan boy has come to the front in the later educational movement. D . J. Cros by " — we used to call him " D i c k" at M. A. C,—"of the National Department of Agriculture has been making a careful study of the teach of Elementary Agriculture. ing His recent campaign in Missouri is highly commended by the '•'•Missouri School Journal" and it would be well for commissioners and superin tendents to send for circulars of in formation the department at to Washington." L . J. Briggs, assistant chief of the Bureau of Soils, made many inqui ries concerning this College. He presented three papers to Section B —Physics of the A. A. S. T h ey would not be clearly understood by the Agricultural Sophomore at M. A. C. T h o rn Smith '95- is another b o y; this is number in the boy line. the father of three M. G. Kains has had editorial oversight of the horticultural, agri cultural and botanical departments of the N ew International Encyclo paedia. He has also prepared the appendices to a book entitled, H ow To M a ke A F l o w er Garden, by Doubleday, P a ge & C o. W i th '95. H. F. Wellman has a farm near the College and is doing well. He spends his vacations working for the F a r m e r s' Mutual Insurance Co. He and his wife are well. T h ey have a pair of twins 4 years old and a baby girl of 18 months. J . ' C. Butler has a good farm near Portland, Mich. He is taking much interest in farmers' institutes. '97- E. D. Sanderson, of the Texas Agricultural College, was at St. to Louis with papers pertaining Economic Entomology. He was eager for all items concerning M. A. C. W i th '98. J. C. Nichols was married to Miss Hattie Drake on Dec. 24, '03. R e v. J. E. Smith, uncle of the groom, from Kalamazoo, performed the cer sixty in the presence of emony guests. Mr. and Mrs. Nichols will spend a few days in Michigan vis iting relatives, after which they will be at home in Toledo, Ohio, where Mr. Nichols is in the employ of the City Railway C o. Miss Bertha Baker, a teacher in the public schools of N e w a r k, N ew Jersey, spent the holidays visiting her folks west of the College. She enjoys her work and teaches even ings as well as duiing the day time. '99- Married, Thursday, Dec. 3 1, ' 0 3, Allan Stone to Miss Mary K n a g g s, '01. T HE R E C O RD wishes them a long and smooth voyage. W m. D. Hurd, professor of agri culture in the University of Maine, at Orono, visited his home in Lan sing during vacation and was a caller at the College. He reports everything progressing in Maine that Prof. Munson, '88, con and tinues to keep the horticultural de partment right to the front. ' 0 0. R. S. N o r t h r u p, instructor in hor ticulture, in Cornell University, vis ited M. A. C. last week. He says that Prof. Bailey is working very hard and that everything in Cornell is moving along splendidly. W i th '00. Clara J. Stocum teaching Science and English in a Wisconsin high school. She called at M. A. C. during vacation. is ' 0 2. H. E. Y o u n g - M a b el McCormick, married, Wednesday, Dec* 30, '03. T h ey will be at home in Hunting ton, J a n. 15. T he R E C O RD extends its best wishes. Ind., after surveys. T he courses W. F. Uhl is drafting for the Stillwell-Bierceand Smith-VaileCo. of Dayton, Ohio. At present he is designing a large wheel for the U. in geo S. government to be used logical in drawing and mechanical design at M. A. C. are very thorough and complete. Nearly every graduate from the mechanical course is an ex pert draftsman and finds no difficulty in securing, and, what is still better, holding a good position. '°3- W. M. Barrows of Harvard Uni versity visited M. A. C. during vacation. He is a junior there and is doing special work in Biology. T he study of the leech has been one of the courses the past fall. Harvard is full of theory but lacks a little in practical work. the standard is high and a scholarly spirit prevails. Classes recite six days five. T he depart ment of engineering is especially crowded. Chapel is voluntary, like at M. A. C, and only the theologians form the habit of attending. instead of However, IMAKEA CALL AT THE. WHITE ELEPHANT WHEN YOU WANT YOUR LINEN AND CLOTHES LAUNDERED. CLOTHING CLEANED, PRESSED and REPAIRED. SHOES NEATLY REPAIRED. Workmanship, Satisfaction, Promptness and Reasonable Prices will be our aim. Work called for and delivered. We earnestly solicit your valued patron age. Citizens phone 821-3r. BROWN & RUSSELL, Prop'rs Crescent Steam Laundry. "WILSON'S SUGAR BOWL" For Party Supplies, Table Decorations, and the dain tiest of Confections, we are H E A D Q U A R T E R S. Come in and get a I Hot Coffee % and Sandwich T HE M. A. C. RECORD. FIRE UP ! Tell us what fuel you wish to burn and we will show you a stove that will please you a* We have a choice variety to select from i* We have the agency of the PEACH OIL HEATER, and it is a peach d* Call and see it. J> Norton's H a r d w a re 111 Washington Avenue South. Furniture... Headquarters COHPLETE LINE OF FURNITURE FOR STUDENTS' ROOMS Canvas Cots at 95c. Woven Wire Cots at $1.50. Woven Wire 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. M. J. & B. M. Buck. THE JEWETT & KNAPP STORE Lansing's Low Priced Reliable Store E v e ry Department full of N ew Fall Goods. N ew Dress Goods, Silks, Laces, Gloves, Hosiery, Underwear, Silk a nd 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 Curtains and Draperies. Jewett & Knapp, 222, 224 W a s h i n g t on Ave. S. Lansing, Mich. When you buy a Sweater W hy not get the best ? SPAULDING'S SWEATERS AND ATHLETIC GOODS are the recognized standard of this country. We have the different qualities at four, five and six dollars, in white, black, maroon, navy and grey. All the late things in H a t s, Caps, N e c k w e ar and G l o v e s; in fact, everything in the way of Ladies' and Men's Furnishing Goods. Students' patronage solicited. Elgin Mifflin. Men's Blucher Shoes. Finest stock of patent colt leather. functions Just the shoe for social or street wear. Selected with special reference to its wearing qualities. Just what you want for your X - m as vacation. Price $3.50 a pair. C. D. W O O D B U R Y, H O L L I S T ER B L O C K. *£ A B O UT T HE C A M P U S. <& Mrs. L. G. Holbrook is entertain ing her mother, from Muir, Mich. Prof. Babcock and family visited in A nn Arbor a few days last week. Dr. W. J. Beal attended a meet ing of scientists in St. Louis, Mo., last week. Prof, and Mrs. Brewer have spent the vacation visiting their homes in Wisconsin. Miss Caroline Balbach, of Grand Rapids, will assist in the library for this year. Mrs. Linda E. London spent home of her Christmas at mother in Niles, Mich. the Prof. F. S. Kedzie was an expert witness on the Ferguson poisoning case in Mason on Dec. 28. T he ice crop for 1904 has been harvested. T he house is full and the ice is of superior quality. Mrs. F r a nk Hendricks, A. B., U. of M., ' 9 1, will assist in the depart ment of history duiing the winter and spring terms. Mrs. Ella Kedzie entertained sev eral members of the faculty and their wives at a watch party on N ew Year's eve. Prof. U. P. Hedrick speaks on Horticultural Education the Traverse City meeting of the State Horticultural Society this week. at M ss Clara A. Hinman, book keeper in the secretary's office for three years, will be the general accountant <>f the state census bureau. R e v. W. H. Pound, of the Con gregational church in Lansing, has resigned to accept the pastorate of a church in Chicago. R e v. Pound was well liked by the College peo ple and his departure is generally regretted. the past T h i n gs have been very quiet on t wo weeks. the campus the students have been Most of home, and several of faculty have been away for a few days, while the largest number were here their depart all vacation getting term's in readiness for this ments work. Visitors have been quite numerous. the is an Iroquois J. W. Bolte, a member of the present Junior class, attended the theatre with his ill-fated father, mother, brother and sister. T he mother invalid but was helped out by the other members of the family. T he fourteen-year-old terrible the sister was caught crush and killed. T he College community extends its sympathy to the bereaved family. in Dr. Marshall has published an outline of the work in Bacteriology for use of students in agriculture and domestic science. T he object is to give the student some idea of what is before him and to unify and systematize reference reading. T he following are the principal divisions of ( a) morphologic and cultural; ( b) physiologic; ( c) hygienic; (d) dairy; ( e) soil; (f) plant; ( g) fermentation; ( h) food and drink preservation. Under the considered hygienic division are communicable surgical significance, susceptibility and im therapy, disinfection munity, serum the outline: diseases, and antisepsis, and sanitary studies. T he study of soil is divided into the making of the soil, ammonifica- tion, nitrification, denitrification, ac tion of micro-organisms upon the mineral constituents of the soil and sewage disposal studies. T he out line contains iS pages and will be of great service to students. Once a year, recently during of Colleges, the the winter vacation American Association for the ad vancement of Science holds a meet ing for a week in some city of the Uuited States or Canada. This winter the meeting was held at St. Louis, M o. T he papers are pre sented in some one of ten sections which are often all in session at the time. Within a few years, same other societies in considerable num bers have been organized and are known as affiliated societies, meeting time and place as the at the same the old society. Some readers of R E C O RD may be the inrerested in these. T he names of the Society, American Chemical American Society of Naturalists, the A m e n c am Society of Zoologists— Central Branch, the Association of Economic Entomologists, the Asso and Animal ciation Breeders, the Botanical Club of the Association, the Botanical Society of America, the Central Botanists Association, the Society for Horti cultural Science, the Society for the Promotion of Agricultural Science, the Society of College Teachers of Education, the Wild Flower Preser vation Society the Society of Plant Morphology and Physiology. W i th so many societies of America, some of Plant of live like interested stock, may all going at once, it becomes im possible for every one to hear all the in. papers he may be in some special line One interested entomology, of economic botany, chemistry, at such meeting find it very profitable to spend an hour with some person of training and experience. H e re one gains knowledge and en thusiasm. In a considerable number the states, at the north more of colleges particularly, agricultural are growing in number and securing liberal their chances work. T h e re than ever before for well trained men to find good positions. appropriations are more for w. J. B. 'o3- R. L. Yates, w ho is drafting for the Stillwell-Bierce and Smith-Vaile Co. of Davton, Ohio, visited at his home in Washington, Mich., during the holidays and called at M. A. C. on Dec. 29. T he firm employs 30 draftsman and about 1,500 mechan ics, and manufactures Victor tur bines, pumps and hydraulic machin ery. M r. Yates teaches drafting to a class of 120 young men who are taking the Y. M. C. A. course. This keeps him busy evenings and on account of the rapid growth of the class, he has been furnished two assistants. Simon B. H a r t m a n - E d i th Sias, married Wednesday, Dec. 30, '03, at Midland, Michigan. home Athens, Mich., after February. 1st. Congratulations. At THE M. A. C. RECORD. It's Record shows it to be THE POLICY HOLDERS' — C O M P A N Y^ The l/jotual Benefit Life Ingufaqce do., or 2 T : E " W . ^ : R , : E 2 :, :rsr. T. CHAS. B. COLLINGWOOD, District Manager, Agricultural College. Lansing Office. 100 Hollister Block. FARMERS' INSTITUTES. for T he arranged following institutes have been this week: Ottawa county, Zeeland, J a n. 6-7; Oceana, Hart, J a n. 8-9; Wexford, Manton, Jan. 6 7; Benzie, Inland, Jan. 89. F or next week: Muskegon Co., Ravenna, J a n. 11-12; Mason, Lud- ington, J a n. 11-12; Iosco, T a w as City, J a n. 11-12; Kent, Loweli, Jan. 13 14; N e w a y g o, Hesperia, J a n. 13-14; Clinton, Ovid, J a n. 13- 13-14; 14; Alcona, Harrisville, Montcalm, Trufant, J a n. 15-16; Shiawassee, Corunna, J a n. 15-16; Presque Isle, Millersburg, Tan- 15- 16. C O R PS OF C A D E T S, M I C H. A G R ' I. C O L L E G E, J a n. 5, 1904. Circular N o. 7. Companies A and B will receive their arms and accoutrements Thurs day, the 7th proximo at drill hour. Companies C and D will receive the same theirs Friday, the Sth at hour. Every cadet having a uniform will appear in it on duty; a white standing collar and gloves will al the uniform. ways be worn with A ny neglect of this duty will effect the standing of the cadet, j, It is the duty of the captains and and all officers to report any cadet who appears in an unclean and un tidy condition. A cadet will be con sidered untidy who does not have his shoes cleaned, his hair properly brushed, his belt with the belt plate right in front of the front seam (the opening) of the coat, his gun and accoutrements clean, leather parts blackened and the brasses pol ished. the It is hoped that each cadet will take an individual pride in his du ties and that the corns as a whole will' excel any previous condition. By order of M A J .C A. V E R N O U. S. N. C A R D O Z O, 1st Lieut, and Adj. Corps of Cadets. BACK TO THE FARM. A M A I NE N E W S P A P ER S E ES A T U RN IN T HE T I D E. every One of the most serious problems that confronts the economic world today is to keep the young men on the farms. F or manv years there has been a tendency to congregate in the cities, and to such an extent has this been carried that all the vocations of city life have been so over-crowded that today it is well- nigh impossible for a stranger to get situation a foothold. For there are a score of applicants, and the young man who has no influ ential friends to render him aid is indeed unfortunate. We have long believed that this condition of affairs would correct the reasons that our young men have been so willing the old country home has been the lack of country attractions. This can hardly be said to hold good today. T he trolly car, telephone and free rural mail delivery have well-nigh wiped out the distinctions between city and suburban life. itself. One of leave to factor Another powerful now -working for the upbuilding of the country life is the agricultural col lege. Our young men are fast learning that farming is no longer the haphazard business of a former day, but is one of the most exacting and scientific of pursuits. With this knowledge comes a higher respect for the vocation and a stronger de sire to enter the industry. T he tide is thus gradually but surely turning, the time is near at hand when and the same farming will be held high regard here that it has long In that country been in England. when a man achieves financial suc cess he at once seeks a country es tate for a home. in T he ideal. the reverse has long held H e re the city home has been true, and held up as the false system of ethics is rapidly going to the wall and a more exalted idea of country life is taking its place. Rich and poor alike are beginning to take to the farm. It is the ideal spot for a home.— jLeiviston Journal. ' 0 2. O . J. A y rs started last Wednesday on a tour through the south, exam ining soils for the Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. He there left for Mississippi and from will travel east. L. E. Carrier, teacher of chemis in in try, physics and agriculture the Elyria high school, Ohio, visited M. A. C. on Tuesday and Wednes day, Dec. 22 and 23. About 350 students are enrolled the high school. All courses are elective. Live stock was studied the past fall. the fair and Visits were made to dairy farms in the vicinity of Cleve land. In the winter term, soils and farm crops will be taken up and will be continued spring term. No textbooks are used, the course being given in lectures. T he interest has been good throughout and Mr. Carrier has made a success of it. T he same could be done in Michigan schools providing the in structors knew the subject. through the in E. D. Searing, associate professor of mechanical engineering the State Agricultural College, F t. Collins, Colorado, writes that his classes in drawing and design are doing well. Anthony is used as a text and Prof. Searing desires the notes recently issued by the Depart ment of Drawing and Design at M. A. C. W i th '03. E. K. Mason is w o r k i ng in a con sulting engineer's office in Cincin nati, Ohio. W i th '05. H. A. French recently spent a few days at M. A. C. He is taking the engineering course at P u r d ue University and was on train which was wrecked and caused the death of so many students. the WHEN IN NEED OF Society or Dance Programs CALL ON Lawrence & Van Buren Printing Co., 122 Ottawa St. E. Lansing, Mich. DIRECTORY LANSING BUSINESS and PROFESSIONAL M™ a> 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. BARBER SHOP, Rooms in New Bath House. H. A. Sias, 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, Pocket B-oks.Card Cases and Bibles. Tennis, Football and Baseball goods. Crotty Bros., 206 Wash. Ave.N. BOOH BINDERS GEO. G. BLUDEAU & CO —Bookbinders, Ac count bo3k makers, paper ruling-, library and fine art bindings, file boxes, map mounting, albums, pocket books, etc. Citizens phone No. 56. 109 Wash, Ave. N. 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. D. WOODBURY.—Boots and Shoes. We shoe the students. See ad. CONFECTIONERY. NLY the best candies at the "Sugar Bowl." Washington Ave. S. 0 CLOTHING. BUY lour Dry Goods and Clothing, Hats, Cans 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. CROCKERY AND GLASSWARE. H H. I.ARNED.—China, Glass and Lamps. 105 Washington Ave. S. Dr. Beal in his recent trip to St. Louis met the following persons, who were at one time students at M. A. C: W. P. Wilson, ' 6 4 - ' 6 6; W. W. Tracy, ' 6 7; S. M. Tracy, '6S; C. E . B e s s e y , ' 6 9; R . J. Coryell, '84; F. B. Mumford, J. Briggs, ' 9 5; E. D. Sanderson, '97. '90; L. J. H. LARRAREE J- J- 325 Washington Ave. S. Indian Clubs Dumb Bells Striking Bags Skates Checkers Chess Wrestling and Gymnasium Clothing Whiteley Exercisers DENTISTS. A V. GORDON, D. D. S. M. A. C. '91, U. of M. III. 218 Washington Ave. S. Phone, Citizens SG2. T E. STOPFER, D. D. S. Office 105 Wash- I ington Ave. S. Former M. A. C. student. W. MORSE, D. D. S. Hollister Blork. Room 517. Citizens Phone 52. Bell Phone 390. R AT H. VtoOllE, D. D. S. Office 411-13 Hollister |\ Ruilding, Lansing, Mich, i itizens phone 475. DRVGGISTS. date. Corner store. Opposite Hollister Block. R OUSER'S CAPITAL DRUGSTORE. Up to R OBINSON DRUG CO., successors to Alsdorf & Son, Drugs and Druggists' Sundries. 102 Washington Ave. N. DRY GOODS T HE J E W F . Tr & K N A PP S I O R E. Dry Goods. 222-224 Washington Ave. S. ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES. CAPITOL ELECTRIC CO. Electrical supplies, Telegraph Instruments and Telephones. 321 Wash. Ave., S. ALL MEATS May look alike to you, but there is a very great difference in the quality we han that sold by some other markets. dle and 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. ROLLER, Successor Washington Ave. South. to GOTTLIEB REUTTER. FURNISHING GOODS. j'LGIN MIFFLIN.—Ladies' and Gentlemen's j 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. N ORTON'S HARDWARE-General Hardware, Stoves, Tinware, Graniteware, Cutlery, etc, 111 Washington Ave. South. See ad. INSURANCE. THE DYER-JENTSON-BARRY CO., LTD., Incorporated) Hollister Block. All kinds of the best insurance. Strongest agency in city. JEWELERS. p H A S. A. P I E L L A. \s 121 Washington Ave. N., Lansing, Mich. Jeweler and Optician, MANICURE AND HAIRDRESSING. M RS. O. T. CASE—Manicure and Hairdressing Parlors. Miss Mae E. Mitchell, of Grand R pids, Hairdresser, switches made of cut hair or combings. New 'phone 118. 22254 Washington Avenue S., up stairs. MERCHANT TAILORS. J w OHN H E R R M A N N 'S SONS. 218 Washington Avenue N. OODBURY & SAVAGE.—Tailors. Student trade solicited. Opposite Hotel Downey, North. MUSIC, PIANOS, ETC. GRIN NELL BROS. Pianos, Organs and every thing in the line of music. 219 Washing ton Ave. N. OCULISTS. 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. Citieens Phone No. 1030. 224 Washington Ave. South. PHOTOGRAPHS. p E. WALTER, M. A . C. I make Photographs; Vy Landscapes, Buildings, Interiors, Flash-lights, Lantern Slides, Transpa-encies, 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 219 Capitol Ave. J W. HAGADORN, M. D.—Office hours, 11 to DR. H. W. LA.NDON. Office and residence. M. A C. Office hours from 7 to 8:30 a. m.. and 12:30 to 2, and 630 to 8 p. m. Sundav office hours 4 to 5 and 7 o 8 p. m. Now phone 1560. DR. OSCAR H. BRUEGEL. Hours 9 to 11 a. m.; 2 to 4 a~d 7 to 8 p. m. Agricultural Col - lege, Mich. Citizens phone 1502. PLUMBERS. SHIELDS & LEADLEY. Plumbing and Heat ing. 300 Wash. Ave. N., Lansing. Both Phones. SPORTING GOODS. • H. LARRABEE. Base Ball Goods, Foot Ball Goods, Tennis, Golf, Guns, Ammunition and Fishing Tackle. 325 Wash. Ave. S.