tfiw 9iL a e. si ecor A VOLUME I. LANSING, MICHIGAN, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1896. NUMBER 34 DOMESTIC SCIENCE. I P R O P. E D I TH P. M ' D E R M O T T .] m e n ts could be formulated concerning t he subject. Hence t he lack of popular treatises on t he chemis try of food. It h as been said our "After t h o u g h t s" are our best thoughts. It would seem such w as t he case w i th the M. A. C. The College h as been organized for years, but only this fall has it opened its doors to women. In one of the most beautiful spots of t he campus. Abbot Hall, the women's dormitory is situated. Here domestic science is to be t a u g ht and practiced. Perhaps the most interesting p a rt of "The Abbey'' is the laboratory kitchen. It is a large, well lighted room, with cloak room, storerooms, etc., opening from it. The kitchen is furnished with soapstone sink, around which are roomy draining boards, lockers (for caps and aprons), china, closet, dressers, and t wo Ions tables, subdivided so each student h as her own desk. The desks are provided with knife a nd fork, vege table knife, two teaspoons, one tablespoon, pepper and salt boxes, two half-pint cups divided into one- quarter and one-third for measuring, a scrubbing brush and soap, desk board (on which all the work is done) and a pastry board. Besides the large range, there will be individual gas stoves and an Aladdin oven. Our work will begin with canning and preserving, the making of pickles, and jelly, followed by a thor ough course in plain and fancy cooking, invalid cook ery, serving of dinners, and luncheons. Special atten tion will be given to the preparation of 25c and 50c dinners for a family of six, and will be put into prac tice in the dormitory dining room. Lectures will be given in t he "ologies," chemistry, t he 'chemistry of foods, etc. Of t he chemistry of food much might be said, and because of so m a ny questions as to w h at it is, and w h e re information might be obtained regarding the same, I will endeavor to briefly explain t he meaning of t he term, a nd give t he chief sources of informa tion in regard to investigations in t h at line. Some books have been w r i t t en on this subject, but many more are to be a product of the future. Public sentiment h as been steadily growing in this respect. Cooks, books, lectures and classes have all helped to disseminate knowledge on t he subject of t he cooking of food. As a result, people are gradually coming to realize t h at the food question is a very broad' one. T h us far b ut two factors in regard to it have been emphasized —the preparation a nd the cost. The average w o m an w ho goes to buy clothes for her family, h as a very deriiiit^jdea in her mind as to t he relative value of different materials, their fitness for different purposes, a nd their ability to meet t he requirements of her individual needs. She passes from t he store to t he market, a nd in this place her purchases a re determined by w h at t he seller can per suade her to buy, a nd her pocketbook. She h as little knowledge concerning food principles, no definite ideas as to the a m o u nt of n u t r i m e nt vari ous kinds of food contain, and only a vague theory as to the relation between nourishment a nd cost. Be cause of this ignorance she sometimes pays an ex orbitant price for n u t r i m e nt which might be obtained at far less expense if the proper principles guided in the selection of food. Prof. Atkinson s a y s: "If it were a question of feed ing horses, cows or pigs, all t he necessary information could be found in almost innumerable popular trea tises, magazines a nd agricultural papers, b ut if you had asked, only a little while since, how to select the right ingredients and proportions of food n u t r i m e nt of men and women, you could only be referred to some abstruse and scientific treatise. E v en yet the more popular treatises of Prof. A t w a t e r, Prof. Church and Mrs. Richards are b ut little known." Another difficulty t he fact in the selection of food arises from t h at our s t a n d a r ds of dearness and cheapness a re based upon t he price p er pound or quart, r a t h er t h an upon the proportion of nutriments which t he food contains. It is j u st at t h is point t h at chemistry h as greatly aided in forming right concep tions in reference to t he value of food. By chemical analysis, not only t he composition of food b ut the proportion of n u t r i m e n ts in food m ay be determined. In t he very n a t u re of t he case much a b s t r a ct inquiry a nd research along t he lines of chem istry a nd physiology w as necessary before any state T he G e r m a ns lead in this investigations. Most of t he work in t he United States h as been done iu t he laboratory of Frof. Atwater, Middletown, Conn. T he F a r m e r s' Bulletin usually has much valuable line of matter. —Domestic Economy and Household Science. M. A. C. B 0 \S GETTING UP IN THE WORLD. HENRY G. REYNOLDS, '70. P r e t ty old "boys" I suppose t he class of 1000 would say, considering that the youngest graduated before the College yell w as born; but boys we all once were, and, by virtue of continued bachelorhood, boys half of us a re still called, a nd any o ne w ho heard t he M. A. C. yell given on the topmost pinnacle of San Jacinto Mountain might have thought us all still worthy of the name. - The overland t r a in on the S a n ta Fe R. R. as it started e a s t w a rd from P a s a d e n a, Cal., on the morn ing of Sept. 8, carried with it Llewellyn Reynolds, lately of the class of '95, M. A. G, on his w ay back to t he Michigan Mining school, after his short sum mer vacation at home.. W i th him w e re his father, H e n ry G. Reynolds, of '70 M. A. C. a nd Rodney Abbot of '84 M. A. C, w ho is now an orange grower at San Gabriel, Cal. At Clareniont, 40 miles to the east they were joined by Prof. A. J. Cook of 'G2 M. A. C, now on the faculty of P o m o na College at Clareniont. At San Bernardino all of t he party, but Llewellyn Reynolds left t he train, a nd as it carried him through t he Cajon P a ss (Pronounced Ka-hone) on to the Mojave Desert (pronounced Mohah-vey) took t r a in to t he south, on e a s t w a rd bound, they t he San Jacinto Valley, past Riverside and where, at Hemet, ten miles from t he base of t he mountain, they found waiting for them with a car riage and a fine pair of horses, another representa tive of M. A. C, Charles McDiarmid of '84, w ho soon brought them to his ranch, where, with his brother Marshall, his mother, sister and uncle, he h as lived since 1892. In t h at four years they h a ve developed from t he naked land which they found, a typically beautiful California home, surrounded with vines a nd shade trees t h at a Michigan home would feel proud of as t he result of a dozen years of effort. into Until supper we spent t he time looking over a nd sampling the products of a beautiful vineyard of W h i te Muscatelle raisin grapes a nd orchards of peaches, apricots, nectarines, pears a nd prunes. Hemet, being about 1,400 ft. above t he sea, is liable to too low a winter t e m p e r a t u re to m a ke oranges a safe crop, b ut for deciduous fruits it is hard to beat. We took off our hats, metaphorically, to a field of alfalfa which yielded five or six cuttings per year, aggregating as much as eight tons of dry hay pet- acre. The apricot a nd peach trees, four years set, already begin to touch one another across t h e - r o w s. Mr. McDiarmid is carrying out t he spirit of his col lege teachings in being practical enough to be his own blacksmith a nd often does a good t u rn in t h at line In his b a rn y a rd we noticed a for his neighbors. handsome Hereford cow. I n s t e ad of visiting t he poultry yard we w e re called to t he dining room to test the quality of a Hemet turkey, served with such a b u n d a nt accessories t h at Ave were soon all secretly sighing for more capacity. T he evening air w as so soft t h at we hated to go in doors w h en bedtime came, but, a t t r a c t i ve as t he hay stack too much bound by habit to think seriously of sleeping out of doors when there w as a house at hand. looked, we were still THE TRIP TO MT. SAN J A C I N T O. Daylight t he next morning found us busily prepar ing for our departure to the mountain and while t he others each attended to various details, the w r i t er made it his business to fill a generous basket with t he delicious white F o u r th peaches. grapes and George the from one to t wo miles above it. T he summit of San J a c i n to as seen from t he b a se h as more t he appear ance of a crest t h an of a peak, a nd as we d r ew near it seemed to sink a w ay behind t he intervening foot hills, a nd we did not again come in view of t he high est point until we were within a q u a r t er of a mile of it. By lunch time we h ad m a de a good s t a rt up the canyon which served as a g a t e w ay into t he mysteries of t he mountain, a nd refreshed ourselves a nd t he horses by t he side of a leaping brook which even this unusually dry year h ad failed to discourage. In t he afternoon came work t h at tried t he powers of t he horses, as t he road zigzagged tip t he steep slopes, giving us at each t u rn broader and more magnificent views, until at last we reached a height from which, we looked ahead d o wn a gentle grade into Straw berry Valley, hidden a w ay 0,000 feet above t he sea and offering a most t e m p t i ng r e t r e at from t he heat of t he valley below. H e re w as the limit of t he wagon road as well as of a ny resident humanity, this being in s u m m er time the site of a IT. S. post office a nd the resort of health and pleasure seekers, sometimes to t he n u m b er of several hundreds at once. B ut t he "season" w as al ready pa's!, and we found b ut few people as we looked around for a camping place to suit. us. We soon had a good fire with t he kettle boiling merrily and after supper t he fire, casting its gleams of light and gusts of smoke up among the b r a n c h es of t he great pine trees, g a ve a picturesque zest to "our rem iniscences of college days. B ut we w e re early ready to exchange reminiscences for dreams, and, w i th no other shelter between us and t he s t a rs t h an t he at mosphere, we rolled up in our b l a n k e ts and—pro ceeded to find out how m a ny h a rd spots we had failed to cover up w i th d ry leaves a nd ferns. B ut t he night h ad not seemed long w h en Prof. Cook ex claimed, "Hello, boys, t h e re a re t he Pleiades directly over u s ," a nd sure enough t h e re they hung, not like Damocles' sword, because there w as no string tied to t h e m! So it seemed the p a rt of wisdom to t ry to get out from under, and soon we were once more on our u p w a rd w a y; this time with burros instead of our horses a nd wagon, a nd climbing such steep p a t hs that one needed to be careful of his footing. A CLIMB UP T HE MOUNTAIN. On t he eastern side of S t r a w b e r ry Valley towers a splendid mass of w h i te rock t h at rises almost verti cally 2,000 feet above t he valley and as we began our toilsome climb, we cast frequent glances of won der a nd admiration up t o w a rd its majectic head, and it added much to our self-esteem when, t wo or three hours later, Ave Avere aMe to look back a nd down upon t h at same g r a nd eroAvn. Seven hours of a l t e r n a te long climbs a nd short successively higher a nd higher vales, drops into brought us at last to t he highest of these, called Tam arack Hollow, possibly because it is hollow or A'flid of t a m a r a c k s. H e re Ave w e re nearly 10,000 feet hign a nd here Ave left our luggage and proceeded light m a r c h i ng order for t he last hour a nd a half's scramble to t he summit, Avhere we arrived at 3 o'clock in t he after noon. in Here, instead of t he long crest or ridge, whicn t he view from below h ad led us to expect, we found our selves high a nd above a n y t h i ng near us, so t h at it seemed more like the pinnacle of a high steeple t h an like t he roof of a house, a nd all around, but ever so far below us w as a Avild a nd rugged sea of earth AvaATes. To t he north the descent Avas so steep t h at it gave t he impression t h at one could almost j u mp to t he very bottom, t h at is, to t he level of t he pass be- tAveen this a nd the San Bernardino range, t h r o u gh which t he Southern Pacific s t a r ts on its eastAvard journey. To the east a nd southeast stretched a broad" Tlesert, t r a v e r s ed a nd broken by m a ny a r a n ge of hills and m o u n t a i n s; those deserts which t he aAvakeniug toUch of irrigation m ay y et convert into gardens. To t he west, aAvay t o w a rd t he sunset and t he Pacific, lay t he orchards a nd fertile fields, the pride a nd beauty of southern California. These a re t he secured t r i u m p hs of irrigation a nd t he promise of w h at will yet be still f a r t h er to t he east. Soon after six we w e re under w ay a nd for ten miles rode through a broad, smooth-floored valley, dotted here a nd there with emphasizing hills and bounded on almost every side by mountains t h at rose TBE M. A. C. YELL 11,000 FEET ABOVE THE SEA. T he recorded height of t he m o u n t a in is 10,987 feet and on t he topmost rock some zealous predecessors had reared a pile of stones in a steep cone that near- T HE M. A. C. E E C O R D. SEPTEMBER 29, 1896. ly; if n ot entirely, m a k es up t he lacking 13 feet of t he even 11,000. On a broad smooth face of granite near by w as painted in bold letters, "Cornell, Yell, Yell, Yell, Cornell!" We h ad no paint pot, n or do I think we would h a ve used it if we had, b ut we did m a n a ge to give our college yell with a vim a nd none t he less heartily because we h ad learned it since o ur own college days. Moreover, we added a small stone to the top of the pile and under it carefully deposited a paper with our names and t he name of the starting Michigan Agricultural College. Before doAvn, I m u st n ot fail to mention t he brave b ut dwarfed and stunted pines t h at grow iu the neighbor hood of the summit, where they have but little of the sheltering a r ms of Mother E a r th to protect them trees from t he fury of t he winter's storms. These have trunks in m a ny cases not less t h an two feet in diameter, b ut the entire height of the tree is not more t h an ten or twelve feet, and their forms are so twist ed a nd bent as to give eloquent testimony to t he se verity of their struggle for existence. F a r t h er down t he mountain a re splendid speci mens of evergreen beauty; many pines showing trunks of six or seven feet diameter and spruces and cedars four a nd live feet in diameter. Of t he jour ney down, it may suffice to quote p a rt (only part, be sure), of a familiar Latin proverb, " It is easy to descend." f On our return to San Bernardino we had the pleas ure of meeting still another member of t he class of \S4. M. A. O, Andrew Park, who showed us through the car shops of the Santa Fe system, in the office of which he is working, apparently very much to t he advantage of his physique. There is only one thing wrong with these bays of '84—they are all bachelors, and unless some nice girls take pity on them ere long, there is danger of their even becoming '"old bache lors." Such good fellows as they are ought not to let their race die with them." AT THE COLLEGE. J. A. Thompson, with '88, called at M. A. C. Sat urday. Mrs. Charles E. Marshall has charge of the classes in music. Miss Grace Fuller, '91, visited at Mrs. Gunson's last Saturday. We have another Armenian student. H is name is G. A. Bodourian. R. .7. Iiobb, '98sffi has been employed for the ensuing year tor evening work in the library. About 80 students a re putting in their spare time husking corn by the bushel in field No. 16. Dr. E d w a r ds will have charge of the Business Men's Bible class in the congregational Sunday school. J. T. Berry, '96, made us a visit several days of last week. He left Friday for his school in Cass City. Sunday services in t he chapel were conducted by the Rev. O'Uell, of the First"Baptist Church, Lansing. Prof. Hedrick h as organized a bible history class which meets immediately after t he Sunday services. '98, were among the visitors at t he Y. M. C. A. reception last Friday evening. It. C. Bristol, '1)3, a nd O. R. Cole, with The half acre of Kaffir Corn in field No. 8 w as cut Sept. 22, giving a yield of green fodder from the plot of eight and a half tons. The King's Daughters will meet with Mrs. Brooks one week from tomorrow, and the word chosen for the verses is '•come." It is "pound week." Mrs. Ella Kedzie returned Saturday evening from a ten-days' visit in Chicago, where she spent consider able time in the annual ceramic exhibit. Employes of t he College and Experiment Station, who have not yet secured a copy of the recently issued F a r m e r s' Institute bulletin, a re invited to call a nd secure one at the office of the Superintendent of Insti tutes. There are now 101 new students enrolled, and they are divided among t he courses as follows: Mechani cal, 34; agricultural, 33; women's, 28; special, 6. There are 37 ladies, of whom nine entered college previous to this term. On F r i d ay evening, Oct. 2, t he ladies of t he First tender Mr. reception. All College invited. Presbyterian Church of Lansing, will F r a nk Yebina a farewell people, faculty a nd students, a re cordially Special buses and rates have been arranged for. The educational labor of t he sophomore class has been suspended for a few weeks to allow members of the class to avail themselves of the opportunity during t he present favorable w e a t h er of earning money by husking corn a nd doing other farm work. i Those interested in t he s t a t us of t he College ten years ago will find in t he State Republican of Nov. 11, 1886, a full-page description of t he College, with a list of i ts officers a nd students, cuts of t he principal buildings and an account of the work of different de partments. There is good base ball timber in the class of 1900. L a st Saturday, in a game with a picked nine, includ ing the first nine battery, first baseman, shortstop and center fielder, they were defeated with the small mar gin of one score—10 and 11 were t he figures. Charles Fisher, a brother of Roy Fisher, occupied the box and succeeded in striking out no less t h an seven men in the five innings. The young ladies of the College met in Abbot Hall last Saturday morning to organize a Y. W, C. A. Miss C. G. Seymour, State Secretary of t he Y. W. C. A., was present a nd assisted in t he organization. T he following President, Prof. Edith McDermott; vice president. Miss H a t t ie Chase; recording secretary, Miss Amy Vaughn; correspond ing secretary, Miss Alice Georgia. The annual state convention of the Y. W. C. A. will be held in Lansing Oct. 16-19. officers were elected: THE SUMMER'S WORK IN FARMERS' INSTI TUTES. [ K. L. B U T T E R F I E L D .] I have been occupied, during t he summer, largely with t wo duties, one t h at of publishing t he report of last winter's work, a nd t he other t h at of visiting various county socieities of t he state preparatory to] next winter's institutes. We issued an edition of: 12,000 copies of the institute bulletin for 1895-6, 2,000 being bound in cloth. We have sent out t he larger portion of these books, consigning them to t he sec-; retary of each county institute society, by him to be distributed to the officers and members. Here comes; in the use of our cloth bound books, t he m an or wo man having h ad t he honor of being elected to an office in the county institute society getting one of the • cloth-bound books. We are making an effort to have every paid up member of every county institute so-' ciety supplied with a copy of this bulletin. We have; had numerous applications for t he book from those not members, b ut invariably refer them to t he secre-, tary of their county society. very been gratifying The other portion of my work h as been t he visit ing spoken of. I have been in sixty of t he counties of t he state during t he summer, a nd have m et t he officers of the institute societies in consultation about; the desires of the county as to place, times, topics, etc. and have given and taken suggestions in regard to the general improvement of our work. There have: been splendid meetings, varying in attendance from' the secretary alone in a few cases, to fifteen or twenty of the officers and members in many other cases. It that, has held; although m a ny of t he during exceptionally t he officers would year, county to attend a meeting. Everywhere, al most without a single exception, I have found inter est in the institute work, and in m a ny of t he counties this interest positively amounts to enthusiasm. Sev institutes, eral of t he counties have held summer taking the form of picnics often, or something of that sort. In a few counties in the north t he institute so ciety has held monthly or quarterly meetings during t he year, this practice being pursued in counties where at present there a re no granges or farmers' clubs. to discover t he meetings were seasons drive of across busy often In almost every county I met one or more M. A. C. men, either graduates or former students. This in-, dicates t he progressive interest of t he m en whom M. A. C. h as touched. T he sentiment among t he farmers regarding t he College is very marked. It is- rarely t h at I heard any bitter criticism, although oc casionally picking up a good-natured suggestion. I am satisfied t h at our institute work t he past winter, w as very effective in bringing t he College a nd t he people into close touch. As noted in the last Record, we are holding at pres-' ent a series of four meetings in t he upper peninsula at Marquette, Iron River, Norway, a nd Stephenson.: The workers there a re Hon. W m. Ball, Prof. C. F. Wheeler, Mrs. Mary A. Mayo, a nd Mr. J. H. Brown.: We were forced to omit Ontonagon on account of the^ recent calamity of fire. Prof. Wheeler talks on weeds and smuts a nd rusts; Mr. Ball takes t he stock a nd general farm side; Mr. Brown will discuss dairy mat t e r s; and Mrs. Mayo, while not holding a regular wo m a n 's section, will h a ve a couple of talks at each meeting. We hope by Mrs. Mayo's work to secure a much larger attendance of women at t he meetings t h an we had last year in t he upper peninsula. Prof. Wheeler and Mr. Ball will spend a day in each county where an institute is held m a k i ng w h at we m ay t e rm a brief "survey" of t he country as to its capacities agriculturally. This is for the purpose of doing bet ter institute work in t he future, because of t he knowl edge thus gained. definite Our plans for t he rest of t he winter have n ot y et assumed shape. We expect to h a ve a "round-up" as last year, b ut t he place h as not y et been decided. We purpose holding t wo "long" insti tutes this Avinter, one a fruit institute on similar lines as t he one held last year at South Haven, a nd t he other a dairy institute. O ur season is likely to be longer t h an last year, and will probably continue from December 1 to March 1, omitting t he holidays. We shall probably not send so m a ny speakers in a corps as last year, b ut otherwise t he trips a re likely to be arranged in t he same way, and t he same gener al plan followed. We see no reason for changing t he general plan of o ur work, although details will be adapted to experience and varying conditions. There is one element of change forced upon us by t he changes at t he College, d ue to t he fact t h at it seems impossible for t he College workers to take any where nearly as large a p a rt of t he work as in pre vious years. Doubtless this is unavoidable to a large extent, b ut in m a ny w a ys it is a misfortune; a mis fortune to t he institute work, t h at we cannot have the services of m en upon whom t he farmers have come to depend for t he best a nd latest in practical as well as in scientific agriculture; a misfortune to the College, because of t he favorable impression produced by our workers upon t he farmers, t he good will secured, and t h us the value of advertising gained; a misfortune to the College employes themselves, w ho cannot fail to get in closer s y m p a t hy and touch Avith t he actual wTants and needs of t he f a r m e rs by reason of extensive institute experience. I mention this n ot as a criticism b ut merely as a fact. Before closing I might describe briefly an experi ment t h at we a re trying. In Ionia and Sanilac coun ties, which were chosen by ourseh^es for t he experi ment, we a re pursuing t he following p l a n: There are to be five or six one-day meetings around the out skirts of t he county in t he smaller towns, or even right o ut in t he country w h e re good halls can be se cured. To these places we send one s t a te speaker AArho remains during the day and passes on to his next appointment. These one d ay meetings a re held suc t h e re will be a cessively, a nd t he week following county round-up somewhat on t he plan of our state round-up, at some central point in the county, a meet ing of perhaps three days in length, w h e re we shall m a ke a special effort to have a huge success. Our from theory is t h at under this plan Ave c an reach three to five times t he people in t he s t a te t h at we reach under t he present system, at an expense of not over 50 per cent over the present appropriation. We shall keep a record of t he cost in these t wo counties and use this as a basis for future plans, provided they are as successful as we anticipate. —Superintendent of I?istitutes. THE "CURIOSITY STRIP." A. R. ROGERS AND J. W. RIGTERINK. (Concluded.) S I L V ER H U LL BUCKWHEAT. The seed of this w as planted in t he same time and m a n n er as t h at of t he Japanese variety a nd t he crop receiAred t he s a me treatment. On July 29 it Avas in full blossom. It w as however, smaller in groAvth t h an t he J a p a n e se va riety a nd did n ot yield as Avell. T he seed also is smaller a nd lighter in color. F o ur rows produced six pounds of seed. MARTYNIA. (Martynia proboscidea.) The seeds were SOAVU May 29, b ut did not come up until J u ne 25. In the meantime plants from self sown seeds of last their appearance a nd were year's crop h ad made transplanted. The young plants look much like okra but a re more pubescent a nd sticky. They h a ve a very pretty flower a nd a re sometimes grown for or nament. T he fruit is used for pickles when a b o ut half grown. When m a t u re t he pods a re horny a nd have long curved extremities, which Avhen d ry hook on to passing objects, a nd assist in distributing t he seeds. ^.OKRA. May 28v b ut owing to the dryness of t he soil they did ^(Hibiscus esculentus.) J Seeds ^were~planted SEPTEMBER 29, 1896. T HE M. A. C. E E C O K D. 3 not come up until J u ne 25, and some of them not until July 28. The plants made a slow growth b ut pro duced pods about five inches long. These pods are used while young in making soup. BORAGE. (Borago officinalis.) Seeds were sown May 28, but they failed to grow. Young plants were then transplanted from last year's plot where they had come up spontaneously. These did well a ll summer. Borage is an annual, the leaves of which when young ai'e used as a salad. The plant has also medicinal uses. It grows about one foot in height and bears numerous light blue flowers. in and apart drills SESAME. inches is an annual, with (Sesamum orientate.) The stout bearing This is a compara tively new plant to the curiosity strip, the first seeds h a t i ng been sown last year. The seed Same from the It was Japanese department of the World's Fair, grew ten sown a plant rapidly. feet two upright single, high, containing many 1 umerous small white seeds. The seeds are used, chiefly the Whole state and in the form of an oil. Sesame is sometimes called the "oil plant." One other species, Fvxamum Indicum, is known but is less widely culti vated. The name "Sesame"' will be remembered as the pass-word to the treasure cave in the Arabian l i g h t s. in eastern countries, for food, both in stem large about pods GUIZOTA OLEIFEVA. This is an annual plant from Abyssinia, from the seeds of which an oil is extracted. While young the plant resembles smarlweed. but Vfcen larger it bears large heads of yellow blossoms. UPLAND RICE. {Oryza sativa.) Seeds of this variety were sprouted in water and then planted in the open ground. They came up readily and the plants grew ricely for awhile, but when dry Weather came on ilie leaves curled and ceased growing. The plants reached only about one foot in height and produced no panicles. Tubers raised STACHYS AFFINIS. last year were planted May 27—also seed at the same time, which failed to grow. The plants grew slowly during the the hot weather, making most of in latter part of summer. They produced numerous small white tubers which look and taste much like artichokes and are sometimes used for making pickles. their growth BROOM CORN. (Andropogon sorghum var. technicus.) Broom corn is easily grown, though the plants are rather small and feeble when young. The canes are tall, much like sorghum, and bear a more open or bushy panicle or head. After blossoming it is cus tomary to bend the heads down so as To keep the rays or branches straight and in good condition for making brooms. This year for broom corn proved to be sorghum. the seeds planted CHUFAS. (Euchht'iia TEOSINTE. (Cyperus esculentus.) This is a species of sedge which bears small, round, dark-colored tubers having a sweetish taste. The plant is easily grown the tubers which are kept over winter in the from dry state. It is cultivated as a curiosity and is some times grown for swine but is somewhat inclined to become a. weed. The plants did well this dry season. This is a forage plant, native of Central America, which is sometimes grown It looks somewhat like Indian corn, and has a tassel at the top of the stalk, but the kernels are produced in single rows in stead of on a cob, and each kernel is surrounded by a horny shell. Last year the plants reached about six feet in height but this year only about two feet. The plant stools wonderfully, producing 3 Oto 50 stems from a single root and in favorable localities reaches ten to twelve feet in height. in the Southern States. luxuriaus.) (Zea HUSK CORN. This is thought by tunicata.) some to be the original of our Indian corn. The spe cies comes from Mexico. It is peculiar by reason of the fact that, each kernel on an ear is surrounded independent husk. An and entirely covered by an interesting fact connected with its cultivation, here at least, is that although none but these husk kernels are planted a large portion of the crop always con s i st of ears having bare kernels like our ordinary corn. The kernels are smooth, usually white in color, bm sometimes blue. CONSTRUCTION OF TALL BUILDINGS. | Bead before the Hesperian Society September 19, by L. S. Christensen, '99m,.] It is but a few years since it was considered among the wonderful accomplishments of the time to erect and equip an office building of ten stories in height, in a period of twelve months, starting on the first day of May to remove the existing building, and In the following May t u r n i ng over t he finished production to the owner. Something more is expected of the ar chitect and builder of t he present day. In place of ten stories, t w e n ty are considered only a fair year's work, providing t he conditions and season are favor able. It is not difficult, at t he close of one of these quick building operations to trace the reasons t h at led to so successful a termination. to those unfamiliar with In the construction of a large building the time con sumed may be divided into two parts, as follows: Foundations ready for superstructure, five and two- the thirds months; superstructure, eight months; in roof or eighteenth tier of beams being reached about three months after the foundations are ready. The time spent in preparing the foundation may seem tins work, scarcely consistent with the progress a f t e r w a r ds made, but it is generally found, owing to the unsatisfactory na ture of t he ground, sometimes composed largely of quicksand, that the usual methods employed, such as piling and masonry are sometimes inadequate for the purpose of a foundation required to sustain t he great loads. So that in order to reach bed rock below, some times feet below the street, it becomes necessary to resort to the pneumatic process used in sinking piers to rock. fifty-seven The magnitude of this work may be better under stood by reducing to cubic yards of masonry. This sub-structure which starts on bed rock and continues up to the level of the cellar floor, consists of as many as fifteen piers, varying in size from ten feet in diam eter to twenty-one by twenty-live feet square. The caissons, made of steel, correspond in size to the piers they sustain and are about eleven feet in height. The caissons are filled with concrete and contain alto gether 1,266 cu. yards. The number of bricks- used amount to 1,566,606. From this it can be seen t h at a good sized struc ture is sunk out of sight before any part of the super structure can be begun. twelve Indeed tons each. The superstructure when once begun proceeds rap idly. in one case, 5,806 tons of steel were raised into position in three months' time. Some of the girders weighed forty tons, and the columns ten and The cantilevers weighed eighty tons each, their length being nearly 07 feet On account of the great risks where material must the haste with in the air, and be raised 366 feet Which the work must be done, the setters of iron and stone work are picked men with certain qualities, the most prominent being pood judgment and steady nerves. The work is greatly facilitated by the use of a traveling frame, with a derrick at each angle, by which material can be raised from the street and easily disposed of and placed in its proper position. It is generally considered advisable to begin the brick masonry when steel four frame have been set in position. This enables the frame setters to keep in advance of the other trades. Hough piping, both for plumbing and steam, begin when the masons have reached the fourth floor, and continues without interruption until all the lines, ver tical and horizontal, with all their branches, are in place. stories of t he In the meantime the fire-proof block forming the partitions have been set and as far as practicable carried along with the advancement of the outside walls. When the partitions of a story have been set in, the electrician runs his wires inclosed in conduits to the various fixture outlets. One can hardly realize how this "roughing," as it is called by the workmen, is concealed from view—that more t h an five miles of gas, water, waste and vent pipes, five miles of steam pipes and 35 miles of electric wires are sometimes required to perfect the respective systems. To follow all the different trades, and describe the various methods employed to force the work almost interesting beyond human endurance, would be an story. T a ke the laying out of the engineers' departinent- the boiler and engine, the electric and elevator plants, the plumbing and heating system contained in a build ing of this magnitude, the decorative treatment of the interior, employing the carpenter and cabinet maker, plasterer, marble and metal worker, the mosaic and tile flooring, gas and electric fixtures tft lighting to say nothing of a more or less ornamental exterior—and it inter seems almost a miracle t h at all these different ests, all large because the building is large, could > have worked so harmoniously together and achieved such satisfactory results. A tonic for those who are back in their studies— ketchup.—Ex. FOOT BALL.-M. A. C. TS. LANSING HIGH SCHOOL. M. A. C. and Lansing high school opened the foot ball season at Eltom P a rk last S a t u r a dy afternoon. An element of uncertainty as to t he outcome, from the fact t h at six of the M. A. C. boys were n ew men. and t h at Cole, Judson, and Rork, three old M. A. C. men, were to play with the high school team, gave interest to the game and brought out a good sized crowd. Promptly at 4 o'clock the t e a ms lined up as follows: L. H. S. Position. M. A. C. Wattling center Childs right guard H a y d cu left guard Hinchey right tackle left tackle G r a h am Rork, F. C. end Rork, C. F. left end right half Cole Tompkins left half Judson q u a r t er French full back Thomson Vanderstolpe Becker Vanderhoef Price Bishop Redfern Miller Laitner Elliott Wells right Wells kicked off for twenty yards, and Cole re turned the ball ten yards. Cole w e nt around the left end for ten yards more. the next play Becker broke through and got the ball. M. A. C. advanced the ball fifteen y a r ds and then lost it on downs. In right end After Tompkins had gone around for seven yards Lansing lost the ball on downs. M. A. C. took the ball and Wells w e nt through the center for ten yards. Successive s a i ns through the line and around the ends by Miller, Laitner and Wells, put the ball over the line for a touchdown in 27 minutes. The goal was a difficult one and Wells failed on the kick. Score, 4 to 6. Cole kicked off and Becker fell on the ball at the fifteen yard line. M. A. C. put the ball through the center for five yards, Miller took it around t he end for ten yards, and successive rushes p ut t he ball ten yards farther when time w as called for t he first half. In the second half Cole kicked to the 25-yard line and the ball went down there. M. A. C. advanced the ball three yards, then Tompkins broke through and downed Wells with the ball five y a r ds back of the line. M. A. C. attempted to punt but fumbled and the ball went over. , t he all and had ball t h at caught recovered three by been yards, M. A. C. In the next play Tompkins fumbled and lost t wo yards. Third down, no gain, and F r e n ch punted. a Wells splendid lost. After run gaining lost again the ball on downs. Three plays advanced the ball 15 yards and then Lansing lost on downs. M. A. C. the ball on a gained poor throw. Lansing could not gain and punted again. Wells w as again on hand and brought cheers from both high school and college students by his magnificent spurt, going down the right side of the field like a storm and turning Lansing's p u nt into a gain of five yards for M. A. C. five yards and then lost Lansing did not again lay hands on the ball. M. A. C. gained at every play, around the ends and through the center, until Wells w as pushed over for the sec ond touchdown. Time, 28 minutes. Wells kicked a goal and time w as called. Score: M. A. C, 10; L. H. S.. 0. The game seemed to demonstrate the fact that the class of '00 has some good football timber as well as base ball timber. TRAPPING THE HESSIAN FLY. A. A. CROZIER. The Hessian fly, which seriously injured the College wheat crop last summer, threatened to invade also the wheat sown this fall. To w a rd off such an attack the twenty-acre field to be sown this fall had a strip a this year's rod wide on two of its sides adjoining wheat fields sown to wheat in the latter p a rt of Au gust as a t r ap for the flies. In this early sown wheat the flies from the old fields laid their eggs abundantly, and on the 24th of September, after the rest of the field w as sown to wheat, and after the flies had ceased depositing their eggs, this border w as plowed under, burying both w h e at and Hessian flies out of Sight This it is believed will materially reduce the liability to injury from this insect in the coming crop, and were there no other source of infection it would no doubt prevent it entirely, but as there are unplowed stubble fields near containing volunteer wheat, and other fields sown to w h e at in the neighborhood which have not been protected from the fly, it is likely t h at the flies which hatch in such places next spring will attack to some extent the college field. Experiment Station. 4 T H E M. A. C. R E C O R D. SEPTEMBER 29, 1896. The M. A. C. Reeord. ENTERING COLLEGE. 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So with the bible; our young men ransack a thousand books to find moral teachings, spiritual truths or literary models,while the old family bible lies on the table day after day untouched. Now, as some one h as said, we may as well study art with out reference to t he marvels of Grecian achievement in sculpture, or law, without a glance into the juris prudence of Home, as attempt to delve into spiritual truth without reverent study of Hebrew prophecy. Hebrew history, Hebrew poetry. But, leaving all that aside, there goes out from our authorized version of the English Bible an influence for sane, simple, force- ful,graceful, melodious expression that no other book can boast of. H e ar w h at Buskin h as to say concern ing this influence: "I have next with deeper gratitude to chronicle w h at I owed to my mother for t he resolutely consist - ent lessons which so exercised me in t he Scriptures as to make eA'ery word of them familiar to my ear in habitual music—yet in t h at familiarity reverence, as transcending all thought a nd ordaining all conduct. ''Tins she affected, not by her own sayings, or per gonal authority; but simply by compelling me to read the book thoroughly, for myself. * * * s he began with the first verse of Genesis a nd went straight through to t he last verse of t he Apocalypse, hard names, numbers, Levitieal law, and all, a nd began again at Genesis t he next day. After our chapters * * * I had to learn a few verses by heart, or re peat, to make sure I h ad not lost, something of w h at w as already known. It is strange t h at of all t he pieces of the Bible which my mother thus t a u g ht me, t h at which cost me most to learn, and which was, to my child's mind, chiefly repulsive—the 119th P s a l m- has now became of all t he most precious to me. "And truly, though I have picked up t he elements of a little further knowledge in mathematics, meteor life—and owe not a ology, a nd t he like, in after little to t he teaching of many people, this maternal installation of my mind in t h at property of chapters, 1 count very confidently t he most precious, and, on the whole, t he one essential p a rt of all my education. "Once knowing t he 32d of Deuteronomy, t he 119th Psalm, t he 15th of I. Corinthians, t he Sermon on the Mount, a nd most of t he Apocalypse, every syllable by heart, and having always a w ay of thinking with my self w h at words meant, it w as not possible for me, even in the foolishest times of youth, to write entirely superficial or formal English." Now t he political question suggested by all this is, if John Buskin, t h us trained, "is certainly the greatest master t h at the present century h as produced of pure, idiomatic, vigorous, a nd eloquent English prose," why may we not in our schools a nd colleges make use of this marvelous power in training our students along this line. W hy m ay we not have here a nd now a volunteer week day evening class in*Bible study? It would serve more purposes t h an one. Let us hear from others on this subject. English Department. The Prince Begent of Bavaria has conferred upon Professor Roentgen, discoverer of the X-rays, the medal of the.crown for his notable service to science. D R. CHARLES FORSTER SMITH in Nashville Advocate. John Sherman, while in Nashville t he winter pre ceding t he Republican Presidential Convention of 1888, visited Vanderbilt University, a nd m a de t he best impromptu short talk to t he students t h at I ever heard made there. He began as follows: "Young men, I would give all t h at I have accomplished in the world, all t h at I hope to accomplish, my dearest hopes a nd ambitions, for t he privilege of sitting in those benches a nd doing it all over again." This re mark h as t he greatest significance when one recalls t h at John Sherman w as j u st then at t he height of his fame. He made t h at night in t he Capitol at Nash ville w h at Colonel Colyar pronounced as, "all in all, the greatest political speech he ever heard." J o hn Sherman then expected to be, a nd everybody - con ceded that he would be, t he nominee of t he Bepub- licau party. And yet, even at such time, he felt t h at the greatest privilege of his life would be to s t a rt over again in college—he w as not a college man—and do it better. When John Bright went to Oxford to receive his D. C. L. degree, they took him to a point whence he could look down on "that sweet city with its dancing spires." Bousing himself at length from t he spell which t he scene seemed to cast over him, he re marked: " H ow glorious it would be to be eighteen years old again and to be coming here."- This remark, too, is t he more noteworthy when we remember t h at John Bright w as not a college-bred man, a nd t h at he had already made t he greatest speech to which t he English Parliament h as listened during this century. But no m an like John Sherman or John Bright would ever w a nt to do it over again except to do it better. No such men would ever w a nt simply t he fun and excitement of athletic contests, t he delight of students' balls, the happiness of taking one's ease instead of studying hard. Such men, if they could t u rn back to college days after t he experience of years, even of successful public life, would be hard students, unwearied readers. Their delight would be not endless talk about some sprinter's ten seconds, or the foot-ball game, but, as w as t he case of Macaulay a nd his chums, to take long walks over t he hills, discussing great books, eminent men, notable events. last . . But t he suggestion of how a John Sherman or a John Bright would have worked, could he have turned back to eighteen a nd entered college, might be met by the oft-repeated assertion t h at t he hardest, workers in college, in other words, t he "honor men," rarely do anything in life. There never w as a great er fallacy. Macaulay w as right when he said: "Men who distinguish themselves in their youth above their contemporaries almost always keep to t he end of their . T a ke lives the start which they have gained. down in a ny library t he Cambridge calendar. There you have the list of honors for a hundred years. Look at the list of wranglers a nd of junior optimes; a nd I will venture to say that, for one m an w ho h as in after life distinguished himself among t he junior optimes, you will find twenty among t he wranglers. T a ke t he Oxford calendar a nd compare t he list of first-class men with an equal number of men in t he third class. . T he general rule is, beyond all doubt, t h at the men w ho were first in t he competition of t he schools have been in t he competition of t he world." Goldwin Smith said, not long ago, t h at Ox ford honor men had governed England for fifty years. Sir Robert Peel, Lord Derby, and Mr. Gladstone were first-class men at t he University—that is, all double they won the highest honors in both classics a nd mathematics. first . . It pays to work hard while in college, a nd it pays to read hard. B ut hard students often a n s w er t he suggestion to read much while in college with t he re mark that their studies leave them no time for gen eral reading. If they only knew it, they will never again have so much time to read. If they succeed in the world, their work will always be more exacting than their college studies. And it is t he reading men of college w ho accomplish most in t he world, as a . distinguished author once said to me, citing by w ay of example a group from his own college days. There were seven of them—students at Williams College in the sixties—who used to meet regularly to read a nd discuss great books. The seven are now Hamilton W. Mabie, editor of the "Outlook;" G. Stanley Hall, Pres ident of Clark University; President Dole, of H a w a i i; Henry Loomis Nelson, editor of " H a r p e r 's Weekly;" Francis L. Stetson, t he noted New York lawyer, a nd t wo judges. Students ought to h a ve while in college their o wn copies of t he greatest poets a nd prose writers, to h a ve them a l w a ys in reach to pull down w h en t he humor to read comes on. A very large proportion of students could m a n a ge to spare for books in general literature during a four-years' course $100, a nd this a m o u nt judiciously expended would probably pur chase most of t he greatest wrorks of t he greatest writers of t he world. I heard once a distinguished University President s ay to an audience of students t h at he h ad worked his w ay through college, a nd yet, poor as he w a s, h ad spared money enough to buy a nd had read, in his F r e s h m an year, a dozen good books. And nothing, he added, in his whole career, h ad given him so much pleasure. If I could do it over again, I would t a ke Dr. Carl's advice, a nd keep on hand all t he time a good biogra phy, t h at I might get constant impulse a nd inspira tion. And I would read much of great poetry. Not all youths love, b ut all can learn to love great poetry. True it is " t h at he w ho would understand t he great poets thoroughly m u st e'en study a nd grow older." Bishop Spaulding said recently t h at t he t wo a u t h o rs of t he century w ho have come to mean t he most to him he did not learn to appreciate a nd love till he w as past thirty-two years of age. They w e re New man, in prose, a nd AVordsworth, in poetry. B ut one must begin to m a ke t he acquaintance of t he great authors in t he golden days of college life. Some one objects, perhaps, t h at poetry is not prac tical, t he stock objection to so much t h at is best in college studies. True, one cannot m a ke a living by reading even great poetry; b ut one cannot live t he higher life without it. Great poetry is food a nd drink for t he soul. It lifts, it refines, it sweetens, it consoles. Everybody ought to read once a year Mat thew Arnold's essay on " T he Study of Poetry." " T he benefit," says he, "of being able clearly to feel a nd deeply to enjoy t he best, truly classic in poetry is an end—let me s ay it once more at parting—of supreme importance. We a re often told t h at an e ra is open ing in which we a re to see multitudes of a common sort of readers, and masses of a common sort of liter a t u r e; t h at such readers do not w a nt a nd could not relish anything better t h an such literature, a nd t h at to provide it is becoming a vast a nd profitable indus try. Even if good literarure entirely lost currency with t he world, it would still be a b u n d a n t ly worth while to continue to enjoy it by oneself. B ut it never will lose currency with t he world, in spite of momen t a ry appearances; it will never lose supremacy; cur rency and supremacy a re insured to it, not indeed by the world's deliberate a nd conscious choice, b ut by something far deeper—by t he instinct of self-preser vation in humanity." Yes, wre who are of middle age or older would study hard and read much if we could live our college lives over, a nd we would all live them over if we could. To be congratulated above all mortals, perhaps, is t he youth who is just entering college. Such a circle as he m ay now enter, if he will, t he youth will never again find among men. College is t he safest place in t he world for t he boy. College life h as i ts tempta- tations a nd dangers, b ut also safeguards. P a r e n ts could never choose for a son such a group of asso ciates as he m ay fall in with in a ny good college. There a re gathered t he hope of t he country, t he youths of ambition of high aspirations, of still unlow- ered, untarnished ideals. T he worthless a nd t he b ad go thither, too, unfortunately, b ut it is t he other class the noble a nd ingenuous youths, t h at -dominate col lege life, as a rule. I would be willing to deny my boW m a ny things in life, but I would not take t he risfc of deliberately excluding him from a place con secrated to high ideals, where t he very atmosphere m'ay become charged with subtle vitalizing a nd en nobling influences, where lofty a nd unselfish friend ships a re possible, in whose w a r m th t he soul grows and expands. THE STREET-CAR SITUATION. D R. H O W A RD E D W A R D S. One of t he most serious problems concerning col lege interests j u st now is t he street c ar strike, or rather, suspension of operations on account of a quarrel with t he Lansing city aldermen. If our city papers have reported t he m a t t er at all correctly, t he situation h as evolved itself about as follows: Some time ago t he city commenced laying quite a hand some a nd costly brick pavement on Michigan a nd Washington avenues, a nd as t he old charter of t he street railway, dating back to horse-car time, re quired t he street c ar company to pave between t he t r a c ks with t he same material used by t he city, no- SEPTEMBER 29, 1896. THE M. A. C. E E C O R D. 5 tice w as served on t he company to fulfill their con t r a ct in this respect. A fight in t he courts ensued in which t he city w as unconditionally victorious. T h en the company surrendered entirely. They said t h at the plant w as m a k i ng b ut little more t h an ex penses, with no prospect of an increase of receipts, b ut r a t h er t h an b u ry in an already unprofitable in v e s t m e nt t he large sum of money required for the paving, they would t a ke up their rails and go out of t he city. Now it seems t h at t he aldermen were not really in e a r n e st after all about the paving; they admit the jus tice of t he street car people's contention, b ut they are retaining the legal hold in order to realize some ulte rior purpose which is not quite apparent to the pub lic. A certain degree of mystery enshrouds the whole matter, but themselves the practical results m a ke painfully apparent. T wo weeks ago the city attor ney began legal proceedings to enforce the paving de cision, and running their cars. the company promptly ceased We do not care to enter into the justice or merits of t he controversy between the t wo parties, although we have not forgotten how unworthy squabbles in t he m a t t er of building the Michigan avenue bridge betrayed t he city council into gross, wanton, and out rageous disregard of public rights and convenience: b ut it does seem time to inquire w h e t h er the public h as no recourse when, in a quarrel of this kind, it, the p a r ty really injured, is totally ignored, and its pecu niary interest and convenience set at naught. W as loosely the charter of the street car company so d r a wn t h at it can sit down and twiddle its fingers for an indefinite time? Can it boycott or dragoon the helpless public into making the council consent to its terms? W h en such p a r ts of the public streets and t he public highway—public property, not street car property—were transferred to the street car com p a ny to be used for private gain, w as not the consid eration, the quid pro quo, mainly the public conven ience? And was no just and readily available penalty for failure to provide this public convenience at tached? If so, then the public interest w as grossly neglected, and we have the best right to look to the council for the greatest in previous official negli the obviating gence. If such penalty can be invoked, why does the council allow day after day to pass without decisive action, while their w a r d s, the public, are being de frauded of their rights and j u st dues and subjected to pecuniary and other loss? The curious phenomenon to us is, not the action of the street car company— they simply show the ordinary soullessness of the av erage corporation; there is nothing new or strange about it; it has long ago grown familiar—but the in activity of t he sworn guardians of public trust. Are they such guileless innocents as to be completely the first blow of a corporation contest—laid dazed by out entirely by unexpected (?) resistance* so t h at it takes weeks to recover their usual mental poise? results of industry .activity and P e r h a ps they m ay tell us t h at we are meddling w i th w h at does not concern us; t h at we are not citi zens of Lansing, pay no city taxes, and therefore have no right to be heard in this or any other city affair. True, we are not legally citizens of Lansing; but we contribute largely to the business done in the city; when the business assets and attractions of the city of Lansing are reckoned up the Agricultural Col lege is invariably counted in for a large and Impor t a nt item. We are doing our utmost to enlarge this source of t he city's prosperity. We are now sending out, and have sent out advertisements offering attrac tions for winter students, and we have every reason for expecting an addition of some hundred or more students during the continuance of the short winter courses. Our dormitories a re already full. We had arranged for these men to board in Lansing. Their doing so is evidently conditioned on the existence of Is it unavoidable t h at the city street car facilities. be mulcted of the growth of t he college be checked j u st at this point? Let the council t a ke some decisive, positive action, looking to a definite line of procedure. This is a case for t he bayonet-charge, the assault by storming, not for slow lines of eircumvallation and the starvation process. this amount of business; t h at T. M. C. A. RECEPTION. The program carried out at the T. M. C. A. reception to the class of '00 w as very entertaining. The parlors were early filled to their capacity, and after a short time spent in getting acquainted—a process which w as much facilitated by having everybody placarded —President Fulton called t he assemblage to order. A q u a r t et rendered a selection, after which Prof. Smith offered p r a y er and Mr. F u l t on g a ve a short speech of welcome to t he incoming class in behalf of the Y. M. C. A. President Snyder welcomed the class to the College and its m a ny a d v a n t a g e s, and gave them a few words of excellent advice. refreshments were T he visiting w as then resumed for a time; games by were played a nd served Misses F ay Wheeler and P e a rl Kedzie. Before the conversation lagged Mr. Fulton again called the com pany to order to listen to a piano solo, "The Old Oaken Bucket," by Miss Phelps. Prof. Edith McDermott then announced t h at on Saturday morning a meeting would be held in Abbot Hall for t he purpose of organ izing a Y. W. C. A., and invited all ladies of the cam pus to aid in the new work. Miss Bristol then gave an excellent recitation, " J a r ed Barnes' Fiddle." After another selection by the quartet, Prof. Smith made the closing speech of the evening and for a time kept everybody roaring settled down and gave them a lot of good, practical advice. With all its good work our Y. M. C. A. does more t h an any other organization toward putting everybody on a friendly and familiar foundation at the beginning of each term. at his witticisms, then The Station has Fifteen Bushels of BUDA PESTH . . . W H E A T . .. Which it will sell at seventy=five cents per bushel. Address CLINTON D. SMITH, DIRECTOR BETTER BUTTER results from using better salt. "The Salt that's all Salt" makes poor butter better and good butter best. Salt your butter with Diamond Crystal Salt next time you churn and note the finer, more delicate flavor it will have. Sold everywhere in barrels (280 lbs.) and bags (56 lbs. ,28 lbs. and 14 lbs.) MAMONW CKYSTAL SALT CO., ST. CLAIK, MICH. FretTsnuDeL £cadina 'Btahv in 5ir\n 5ootvo T HE G O O DS M U ST BE S O L D. REPAIRING SHOES REPAIRED AND RUBBERS MENDED C. D. WOODBURY 1 03 WASHINGTON AVE. SOUTH 6 T HE M. A. C. KECOED. SEPTEMBER 29, 1896. BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. Hon. F r a n k l in Wells, President Hon. Chas. W. Garfield Hon. Chas. F. Moore Hon. C. J. Monroe Hon. H e n ry Chamberlain Hon. W. E. Boyden Gov. J o hn T. Rich T he President of t he College Hon. I. H. Butterfield, Secretary. .Mich. Agr. College. Constantine. G r a nd Rapids. St. Clair. South H a v e n. T h r ee Oaks. Delhi Mills. ) ^ .0^0> * j FACULTY AND OTHER OFFICERS. J. L. S N Y D E R, A. M., P H. D., P B E S I D E N T. R O B E RT C. K E D Z I E, M. A., M. D., Professor of Chemistry, a nd Curator of the Chemical Laboratory. W I L L I AM J. BEAL, M. S., P H. D., Professor of Botany a nd Forestry, a nd Curator of the Botanical Museum. E. A. A. GRANGE, V. S., Professor of Veterinary Science. L E VI R. T A F T, M. S., Professor of Horticulture and Landscape Gardening, and Superintendent of the Horticultural Department. H O W A RD E D W A R D S, M. A., LL. D., Prof essor of English Literature and Modern Languages. H E R M AN K. V E D D E R, C. E., Professor of Mathematics and Civil Engineering. H E N RY H. BANDHOLTZ, 2D LIEUT. 6TH INF., U. S. A., Professor of Military Sciences and Tactics. I. H. B U T T E R F I E L D, Secretary. CLINTON D. SMITH, M. S., Professor of Practical Agriculture, and Superintendent of the F a r m. CHAS. L. W E I L, S. B., Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Director of the Mechanical Department. W A L T ER B. BARROWS, S. B., Professor of Zoology and Physiology, and Curator of the General Museum. F R A NK S. K E D Z I E, M. S., Adjunct Professor of Chemistry. W I L L I AM S. H O L D S W O R T H, M. S., Assistant Professor of Drawing. P H I L IP B. W O O D W O R T H, B. S., M. E., Assistant Professor of Physics. ALVIN B. NOBLE, B. P H ., Assistant Professor of English Literature and Modern Languages. C H A R L E S. F. W H E E L E R, B. S., Assistant Professor of Botany. W I L B UR O. H E D R I C K, M. S„ Assistant Professor of History and Political Economy. W A R R EN BABCOCK, J R ., B. S., Assistant Professor of Mathematics. EDITH F. McDERMOTT, Professor of Domestic Economy and Household Science. MRS. L I N DA E." LANDON, Librarian. H. W. MUMFORD, B. S., Instructor in Agriculture. G A G ER C. DAVIS, M. S., Instructor in Zoology. A. L. W E S T C O T T, B. M. E., Instructor in Mechanical Engineering. DICK J. CROSBY, B. S., Instructor in English. M E R R I TT W. F U L T O N, B. S., Instructor in Agriculture. BURTON O. LONGYEAR, Instructor in Botany. E. S. GOOD. Clerk to President. C H A CE N E W M A N. Clerk of Mechanical Department. Aside from t he State Board of Agriculture given above, the following are the officers of the Experiment Station; STATION COUNCIL. Clinton D. Smith, M. S J o n a t h an L. Snyder, Ph. D., P r es L. R. Taft, M. S Robert C. Kedzie, M. A., M. D I ra H. BUtterfield Director a nd Agriculturist. Ex-officio. .Horticulturist. Chemist. Secretary and Treasurer. ADVISORY AND ASSISTANT S T A F F. Assistant in Agriculture. A. A. Crozier, M. S Herbert W. Mumford, B. S. .Assistant in Agriculture. Assistant in Horticulture. H. P. Gladden, B. S Assistant in Horticulture. M. L. Dean Assistant in Chemistry. Thorn Smith, B. S Consulting Veterinarian. E. A. A. Grange, V. S Consulting Entomologist. G. C. Davis, M. S Botanist. Chas. F. Wheeler, B. S Mrs. L. E. Landon Librarian. . .In charge of Sub-Station. T. T. Lyon, So. Haven In charge of Apiary." R. L. Taylor, Lapeer SUB-STATIONS. Grayling, Crawford county, 80 acres deeded. South Haven, Van Buren county, 10 acres rented; 5 acres deeded. O F F I C I AL DIRECTORY. Stmday Chapel Service—Preaching at 2:30 p. M. Y. M. C. A.—Holds regular meetings every Thursday evening at 6:30 a nd Sunday evenings at 7:30. S. H. Fulton, President. C. W. Loomis, Cor. Secretary. Natural History Society—Regular Friday evening of each month in the chapel at 7:30. L. R Love, President. J. W. Rigterink, Secretary. meeting second Botanical Club—Meets first and third Friday of each month in Botanical Laboratory at 7:30. C. F. Wheeler President. B. Barlow, Secretary. Dante Club—Meets every Wednesday evening at 7:30 in Prof. W. O. Hedrick's office, Gollege Hall. Prof. A. B. Noble, President. Students' Organization — S. H. Fulton, Vice-Presi dent. H. L. Becker, Secretary. Columbian Literary Society—Regular meeting every Saturday evening in their rooms in the middle ward of Wells Hall, at 7:00. E. H. Sedgwick, President. C. F. Austin, Secretary. Delta Tau Delta Fraternity—Meets Friday evenings in the chapter rooms on fourth floor of Williams Hall, at 7:00. W. Judson, President. C. P. Wykes, Sec retary. Eclectic Society—Meets on fourth floor of Williams Hall every Saturday at 7d30 P. M. C. D. Butterfield, President. Manning Agftew, Secretary. Feronian Society—Meets every Friday afternoou at 2:30 i n U. L. S. Hall. Miss Sadie Champion, President. Miss Marie Belliss, Secretary. Hesperian Society—Meetings every Saturday evening in the society rooms in the west ward of Wells Hall at 7:00. J. D. McLouth, President. R. H. Osborne, Secretary. held S T R I C T LY FIRST-CLASS P H O T O G R A P HY AT L E C L E A R ' S. The Farm ... Department Offers for sale t he following head of live stock i A Y e a r l i ng S h o r t h o rn B u l l, o ut of Mysie 3 r d, a nd by t he p r i ze w i n n i ng V o l u n t e e r, 101205, a p u re C r u i k s h a n k. T he T h o r o u g h b r ed J e r s ey B u l l, R e t t as A v e r r o e s, 35119, b r ed by G. A. W a t k i n s, D e t r o i t, solid color, 4 y e a rs old. T h is b u ll is by A v e r r o es w ho was a s on of M a t i l da 4 th a nd by I d a 's E i o t er of S t. L a m b e r t. H is d am was R e t ta of Bloomfield (29520) w ho was by t he f a m o us b u ll R a m a p o. No b e t t er b r ed J e r s ey b u ll e x i s ts t o d ay in t he s t a t e. T h r ee H o l s t e in b u ll calves, t h r ee m o n t hs o ld or y o u n g e r, a ll by M a u r i ce C l o t h i l de a nd o ut of t he selected cows O a t ka 3 r d 's W a y n e, College H o u w t je a nd College P a u l i ne W a y n e. Owing to the crowded conditions of the stables these animals will be sold cheap. N i ne Y e a r l i ng S h r o p s h i re R a ms o ut of t h o r o u g h b r ed ewes a nd by a p r i ze S h r o p s h i re r a m. P o l a nd C h i na a nd D u r oc J e r s ey P i gs of b o th sexes. These Animals will be registered, transferred and placed on board cars at Lansing on receipt of price, which will be given on application to CLINTON D. SMITH, Director and Superintendent of Farm, AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, MICH. CYRUS C. PASHBY, B. S., Instructor in Mathematics. GORDON H. T R U E, B. S., Instructor in Dairying. CHARLES E. MARSHALL, PH. B ., Instructor in Bacteriology. H. E. SMITH, B. S. Instructor in Mechanical Engineering. D. B. B A L D W I N, Engineer. THOMAS GUNSON, Foreman of Greenhouse. F. C. K E N N E Y, Assistant Secretary. E R N E ST WITTSTOCK, F o r e m an of the F a r m. W. S. LEONARD. F o r e m an of Machine Shop. THOMAS D U R K I N, Foreman of t he Horticultural Department. C H A R L ES E. HOYT, Foreman of t he Wood Shops a nd Foundry. Olympic Society—Meets on fourth floor of Williams Hall every Saturday evening at 7:00. H. W. Hart, President. C. J. Perry, Secretary. THE MAPES Phi Delta Theta Fraternity—Meets on Friday even ing in chapter rooms in Wells Hall, at 7:00. W. G. Amos, President. F. H. Smith, Secretary. Union Literary Society- Meetings held in their Hall every Saturday evening at 7:00. E. A. Robinson, Presi dent. S. F. Edwards, Secretary. Tau Beta Pi Fraternity—Meets every two weeks on Thursday evening in the tower room of Mechanical Laboratory. G. A. Parker, President. E. H. Sedgwick, Secretary. Club Boarding Association—I. L Simmons, Presi dent. H. A. Dibble, Secretary. M. A. C. Grange-Meets every two weeks in the Col umbian Society rooms. G. H. True, Master. H. W. Hart, Secretary. Try and Trust Circle of King's Daughters - M e e ts every alternate Wednesday. Mrs. W. B. Barrows, Pres ident. Miss Lilian Wheeler, Secretary. CLOTHING CO. 207 & 209 WASHINGTON AVE. S. When young- man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of duck trousers, vacation, and all that sort of sunshiny loveliness, he should direct his steps towards our store, where we tnake a specialty of MID-SUMMER CLOTHING AND BICYCLE SUITS. SEPTEMBER 29, 1896. T HE M. A. C. E E C O K D. 7 NEWS FROM GRADUATES AND STUDENTS. Tracy Gillis, w i th '94w, is a stenographer in Mayor Pingree's office. Miss B e r t ha Holdsworth, w i th '98, is attending t he F e r r is Industrial school at Big Rapids. Dr. J o hn Hinkson, '92, w i th h is father, made t he College a call on Monday of last week. Prof. L. G. Carpenter, '79, F o rt Collins, Col., h as been having a long siege of typhoid fever a nd is still quite sick. Dor. N. Stowell, '92, writes D r. E d w a r d s: "1 am the free silver candidate for surveyor in Barry coun ty. Hope you will get into t he B r y an wagon soon." J. C. Patrick, with *95m, visited college last week a couple of days. He is superintendent of t he Grosse Isle stone quarries, and has about sixty men under his direction. Mr. and Mrs. Partridge write t h at they are comfort ably settled in their new home at I'rovo City, Utah. They are keeping house, and Mr. Partridge has begun teaching. J o hn W. Rittinger, '94, writes from New Carlisle, Ind.: "I am still at my old business, teaching, at Hamilton, Ind.; have a good school a nd enjoy my work very much. W. B. J a c k w a y s, '76, is a fellow teacher in this county." Our alumni will be pleased to read t he followltog letter from Prof. H. T. French, '85, agriculturist in the Oregon experimental station: " T he Record I surely want for I am j u st as much interested in t he welfare of old M. A. C. a nd of t he changes which a re taking place there, as when I w as a student. I am now enter ing upon my eighth year in connection with t he Ore gon Agricultural College. I enjoy t he work a nd t he surroundings of t he College. The development of t he state rests very largely upon the work of the Agricul t u r al College a nd experimental station. We a re re ceiving much encouragement from t he people of t he state both in attendance at college a nd in station work. Am glad t h at provision has at last been made at M. A. C. for women students. AVe admitted 131 young women in our college last year. T he total at tendance last y e ar was 390. Oregon is solid for Me- Kinley." ...ALWAYS ON TOP... D A V IS & CO. 1 04 W a s h i n g t on A v e. N o r th 1 04 Our Winter Goods are now in. We will be pleased to show them to you. OVERCOATS. ULSTERS. BICYCLE OVERCOATS, PEA JACKETS AND VESTS, SINGLE AND DOUBLE BREASTED MELTON SUITS, ALL UP TO DATE. Also Full Line of . . . Furnishings and Hats Gome in and see us anyway! To Close at Once! 3 00 p a i rs G e n t s' R u s s et S h o es 3 28 p a i rs L a d i e s' R u s s et S n o es AT COST! REASON FOR CLOSING O U T: T OO M A NY RUSSET SHOES. JESSOP&SON, M. A. C. S P E C I AL R A T ES ON P H O T OS AT SHARPSTEEN'S STUDIO. C A SH S H OE S T O RK H O L L I S T E H, B L O C K. TO OUR FRIENDS And that includes everybody who has ever purchased a shingle or a foot of lumber of us, we desire to impress on your mind the fact that In our new quarters, we are better prepared to unload lumber on your premises than ever before. Years of experience have taught us a thing or two about the lumber business, and this experience may possibly be of advantage to you if you think of building. Our facilities are unexcelled and we are at your service. H. W. RIKERD Telephone No. 51. Successor to Capital Lumber Co. ...My... Neckwear Stock C o n t a i ns a ll t he L a t e st I d e as as to J SHAPE, COLOR AND PATTERN and the P r i ce L o w er p l e a s ed to h a ve y ou c o me in a nd see i t. t h an ever before. W o u ld be CLUB BOARDING ASSOCIATION. Phone 192. New Phone 7 6. Owing to the belief of a number of members of t he Club Boarding Association t h at t he object of t he as sociation is to furnish board to the students at actual cost, a nd also to a desire to decrease t he expense of those who desire to attend college for a time not suffi ciently long to pay them to buy a boarding club certi ficate, t he following amendments have been made: F i r s t: An amendment to article 5, sec. 6, relative to the equalization of board, t he amendment being to strike out all after t he first sentence, as it conflicts with t he amendment to a r t. 5, sec. 7. Second: An amendment to a r t. 5, sec. 7, which gives board to all those not holding a certificate at 15c p er meal or $3.50 per week, instead of 25c per nie.il or $3.50 per week as before, and which makes all students' extras payable at t he regular price of board for t he term, instead of 25c p er meal, or 50c per d ay as w as stated in t he original article. J. G. R E U T T E R, 3 22 W a s h. A v e. S. Fresh and Salt Meats F i ne C h i c a go Beef a S p e c i a l t y. We are Headquarters for all Kinds of Home-Mad© Sausage: W. S. BAILEY 109 M I C H I G AN AVE. W _ CUSTOM A»» READY MADE 6L0TH1NG D A. S E E L E Y, C o l l e ge A g e n t. IR,. "W\ M O R S E, . . DENTIST . . ;; y R E P O RT OF M. I. A. A. R E P R E S E N T A T I VE Hollister Block. > RECEIPTS— Students' Field Day tax, (105 at 30 c.) Dividend " " Rent for mat Contribution toward trainer collected (105 at 46 c ). $31 50 48 30 4 00 - .. 3 85 $87 65 DISBURSEMENTS— To Field Day Treas. (105 at 30 c . )- R. R. fare for trainer Salary for trainer Board " *• Telegram Work on track to Palmer Dray at Albion Applied on note $31 50 3 90 20 00 8 20 25 1 90 40 $66 15 - .. 21 50 INDEBTEDNESS— Note given Oct. 1st, 1895 Interest, one year - -- Bolt, Treas. M. I. A. A., 1893... Total indebtedness $87 65 $87 65 $39 50 3 90 21 50 $64 90 ...COLLEGE BUS... Leaves M. A. C. for Lansing at 8:30 a. m. and 1:30 p. m. Returning, leaves Lansing at 10:30 a. m. and 4:30 p. m. B E F O RE P U R C H A S I NG Y O UR F A LL A ND W I N T ER LI II T A l l ow me to s h ow y ou s o me n a t ty 11 Jl 1 " Up to D a t e" styles. N o t h i ng b ut r e l i a b le q u a l i t i es find p l a ce in my s t o c k. S t u d e n t s' p a t r o n a ge solicited. Packages left at Emery's will receive prompt attention. Livery or Bus for picnics at resonable rates. NEW PHONE H. O. PALMER. ELGIN MIFFLIN. T HE O U T F I T T E R. HAVE YOU FIVE-PR MORE COWS ? If so a " Baby " Cream Separator will earn its cost for you every year. Why continue an inferior system another year at so great arloss? Dairying is now the only profitable feature of Agriculture. Properly con ducted it always pays well, and must pay you. You need a Separator, and you need the BEST,—the " Baby." All styles and capacities. Prices, $75. upward. Send for new 1894 Catalogue. THE DE LAVAL SEPARATOR CO., G E N E R AL O F F I C E S: 74 CORTLANDT STREET, NEW YORK. T H E ^ M. A. C. E E C O E D. SEPTEMBER 29, 1896. Si