The M. A. C. RECORD. MICHIGAN STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. V O L. I I. L A N S I N G, M I C H I G A N, T U E S D A Y, D E C. 12, 1905. N o. 13 ALUMNI. '97- Born, to Mr. and M r s. Charles H e r r m a n n, of Lansing, on Dec. 3, a ten-pound boy. Island Kansas Agricultural College re cently ran a lecture train over the R o ck Twenty-five route. minute lectures were delivered at each stop, the farmers being notified of the same several days previous. W h e at and corn were the subjects discussed. T h r ee of the college pro fessors were kept busy on this trip, among whom was V. M. Shoesmith, Assistant Professor of A g r o n o m y, w ho told the farmers how to raise more corn by selecting better seed. He emphasized the whole plant in the field, and showed the importance of the ear-test plan for corn breeding. the study of First row, (from left to right)—F. Parker, Strand, Boomsliter, Wright, Burroughs, W. Parker, Kratz. Second row—Frazer, Shedd, Fisk, McKenna (Capt.), McDermid, Boyle, P. McKenna. Third row—L. B. Hitchcock (Manager), Doty, Small, Holdsworth, Coach Brewer. FOOTBALL SUMMARY. the We take pleasure in presenting to our readers this week a cut of our Championship 1905 football team. Of all the good teams M. A.C.has had, the 1905 team will go down in his tory as the best that ever represented the institution. In the regular five championship games the team scored 143 points to 10 for opponents, win In ning all five games decisively. intercollegiate, games outside the strong A r m o ur Institute team was defeated 18 to o and two touch downs were scored against North the western University, one of big five in western football. T he schedule was especially long and hard but the team went through the season without an appreciable slump and improved steadily from the start. T he team's strongest point was its superb offense. T he attack was the fastest and strongest that has ever been seen in the intercollegiate, and in fact the Chicago Record Herald team's work in speaking of against Northwestern said the at tack was the fastest and the most versatile seen in Chicago during the year. the T he team contained no bright stars, but on account of the feeling of good fellowship and the harmony existing between players, captain and coach, it was possible to secure almost perfect that the play of the team moved with the same precision as the work of one man. Another most important factor was that the team was made up en- lirely of clean fellows, good students and reliable, so that they took espe cial pride in training and working team work so the the result conscientiously. As a team, throughout membets of the season, were in almost perfect physical condition, and in most of the games were able to pile up the score in the latter half when good condition began to tell. T he most satisfactory game of the season was when, on N o v. 11, Albion, with her team of giants, was smothered and routed under an avalanche of eight touch-downs : T HE R E C Q R D. M. A. C. M. A. C. M. A. C. M. A. C. M. A. C. M. A. C. M. A. C. M. A. C. M. A. C. M. A. C. M. A. C. M. A. C. 0 47 44 6o n 3° 18 18 3° 46 11 18 355 Notre Dame Flint State School Port Huron Lansing High School U. of M. All Fresh. Olivet Hillsdale Armour Institute Kalamazoo Albion Northwestern Alma 28 6 a 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 37 0 81 Following is a short statement of the position on each player and team. C. G. Burroughs, center, a big powerful man, good tackier and will be a star in years to come. First year on. the team and will be in col lege three more years. H. A. W r i g h t, guard, a big strong guard, steady and a hard worker. His work was interfered with by sickness, but he was in most of the games and did especially good work in the Kalamazoo and Albion games. W on an R sweater last year and this year his monogram. G. P. Boomsliter, guard, light for a guard, but strong active and a tire less worker. He is a Tau Beta Pi man, one of the best students in the institution, and a credit to the team in every way. He graduates in J u ne and will not be back next year. This year is his second on the team. Bert Shedd, guard and tackle, the only man on the team who had not been a candidate for the team at least one year before. Light for a line man, but fast, active, fearless and a h a j d ^ o r k e r. Will be in college three years more and with this year's ex perience should prove a star. J im Fisk, tackle, one of the best linesmen in the intercollegiate. A strong defensive player, conscien tious, a hard worker, impossible to hurt or tire out. He graduates in J u ne and will be a serious loss to the '06 team. He won his second mono gram sweater this year. H. B. McDermid, tackle, second year on the team and a hard worker. One of the best men on the team in advancing the ball and fairly good tackle. He will be back defensive next year and should prove one of the stand-bys around which to build the team. W. G. Holdsworth, left end, Glen A. Boyle, right end. T he best pair intercollegiate of ends ever in the the All-Michigan and picked for team by every critic in the state. Both excellent defensive men and stars at carrying the ball and going down on punts. Both will be with us two more years. Walter Small, quarterback. T he lightest man on the biggest little man that ever stepped into a suit. H as directed the play three successive of the team but team the for (Continued on page 2.) W i th '05. Extract from a letter from E m ma C. Baker. " T h is (Enfield, N. C.) is a very good school, all brick build To ings, modern and comfortable. see the buildings and campus re minds me very much of the M. A. C. I have charge of the Domestic Science Department. We have, in connection with our domestic science, a Model H o me where girls are taught to keep house. The- course is divided into normal and academy. taught Some of the girls are just housekeeping, while others we try to prepare T he school is about twenty miles from Kittrell where Miss Baker was located last year. teaching." for ATHLETIC ELECTION. T he new scheme of election used by the Athletic Association Saturday was an entire success. A b o ut 400 votes were cast, which is nearly four times as many as ever before. T he race for director, football and baseball manager was especially in teresting. T he results were as fol lows : Members of council. J. Fisk and K. B. Stevens, senior: B. B. junior; Clise and H. Glenn Boyle and W. G. Holdsworth, sophomore; W. D. Frazer and G. H. Allen, freshmen. T he general ticket was as follows : I. Glazier, M. I. A. A. director : S. B. Lilly, 9 6; E. B. M c K e n n a, 217; L. B. Hitchcock, 75. Baseball manager : W. I I. Small, 162; A. Kratz, 7 5; W. G. Holds- worth, 149. Football m a n a g e r: F r a nk O'Gara, 220; H. R. Beckvvith, 172. T r a ck manager : W. D. Frazer, 194; B. B. Clise, 132; M. F . J o h n son, 63. Basketball manager : R. C. Gra ham, 152; E. Nies, 8 1; L. Wester- man, 157. Tennis m a n a g e r: K. B. Stevens, 104; F. A. Gould, 129; L. Wester- man, 151. THE M. A. C. RECORD. PUBLISHED EVKRY TUESDAY DURING THE COLLEGE YEAS BY THE MICHIGAN STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE A. FAUNCE, MANAGING EDITOR ASSOCIATE EDITORS. E. A. WILLSON, '07. H. 8. CODY, 'OS. It. H. GILBERT, 08. I. E. PARSONS, 07. II. A. TURNER. '08. GRACE WARNER, 08. CAROLINE LAWRENCE, 06. FLORENCE GILBERT, 07. Subscription, 50 cents per year, Bemit 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, DEC. 12, 1905. FOOTBALL SUMMARY. (Continued from page 1.) y e a rs p r o v i ng h i m s e lf an e x c e l l e nt g e n e r a l. He h a n d l es t he ball c l e a n ly field a nd fast a nd is a s t ar in o p en t a c k l i ng a nd r u n in c a t c h i ng a nd n i ng b a ck p u n t s. from g i v en t w i s t i ng a w ay " B a b e" K r a t z, half b a c k. T he b e st m an on t he t e am at f o l l o w i ng i n t e r f e r e n ce a nd in p i c k i ng holes w h en t he ball. H is w o rk t h r o u g h o ut t he s e a s on w as c h a r a c l o ng d o d g i ng g a i ns t e r i z ed by h is w i th t he ball a nd his p e c u l i ar n a ck of o p p o s i ng t a c k l e r s. He w on h is R. last y e ar a nd m o n o g r am t h is a nd will be b a c k. C a p t. E. B. M c K e n n a, half b a c k, t he b e st o p en field r u n n er in M i c h i g an football, a s t ar d o d g e r, fine d e in r u n n i ng b a ck fensive p l a y er a nd p u n ts a nd k n o ws t h o r t he g a me e n d. o u g h ly H as o ne m o re y e ar a nd will be s e en in his old position n e xt fall. b e g i n n i ng from to t he S. W. D o t } ', full b a ck a nd c a p t a in elect for 1906, h as p l a y ed t he posi line tion for t h r ee y e a r s. H i ts faster a nd h a r d er t h an a ny full b a ck in t he s t a t e, a g o od i n t e r f e r e r, a s t ar in b a c k i ng up line a nd at all t he t i m es a c o n s c i e n t i o us r e l i a b le p l a y e r. T he o t h er m en w ho d id n ot w in t he m o n o g r am b ut did g o od w o rk t he e nd a nd a re W. D. F r a z e r, at full back. t he g a m e, b ut h as all t he qualifications a nd e ar m a r ks of a s t ar a nd will cer t a i n ly be h e a rd f r om n e xt y e a r. first y e ar at H is W. H. P a r k e r, s u b s t i t u te g u a rd ; F. P a r k e r, s u b s t i t u te end ; P. M c K e n n a, half a nd e n d; S t r a n d, g u a r d, all g o od m e n, a nd will in all p r o b a y e a r. D. bility w in M e e k er f r e s h m e n, also pla> ed a nd s h o w ed up well for n ew m e n. a nd R. M. A l l e n, in s e v e r al g a m es p l a c es n e xt for T he second t e am m en w ho w o r k ed t h r o u gh t he s e a s on a nd g i ve p r o m i se of f u t u re w o r th a re G a s s e r, captain ; Bliss, K u r t z, W a l k e r, P e r r y, T a n n e r, B a r t l e t t, C h a r l e t o n, T a y l o r, A l l e n, H a t f i e l d, G r e e n, W a l l a c e, D a r b ee a nd S t i r l i n g. r e c o rd b e en e q u a l l ed t h r ee y e a rs h as O ur n e v er i n t e r t he c o l l e g i a t e. O .ily o ne g a me w as lost in t h at t i me a nd t he s t a te c h a m p i o n t he s h ip w as w on clearly t wo of t h r ee y e a r s. H i l l s d a l e, A l ma a nd K a l a m a z oo h a ve n ot s c o r ed in t h r ee y e a rs a nd O l i v et o n ly o n ce t h at T he f o l l o w i ng is a s u m m a ry t i m e. of t he t h r ee y e a r s' w o rk t e r c o l l e g i a te : t he in in in in THE M. A. C. RECORD. 1 9 0 3. M. A. C. 11 A l ma o " " " " 11 6 43 45 ion K a l a m a z oo o 6 Al o H i l l s d a le o O l i v et T o t a ls 116 6 A l b i on K a l a m a z oo H i l l s d a le O l i v et A l ma 4 o o 6 o 1904. 1905. M. A. C. " " " " o 58 104 35 40 T o t a ls 2 37 M. A. C. u a u H 3° 3° 46 18 18 Totals 1 42 to t he f o l l o w i ng t he A t h l e t ic council voted m o n o g r am s w e a t e rs football m e n. B u r r o u g h s, S h e d d, W r i g h t, F i s k, M c D e r m i d, B o y l e, H o l d s- w o r t h, S m a l l, K r a t z, C a p t. M c also K e n n a, D o t y. v o t ed W. D. F r a z er an R s w e a t er for h is e x c e l l e nt w o rk t h is y e ar a nd f r h is g o od also to W. H. P a r k er c o n s c i e n t i o us w o rk b o th last y e ar and this. c o u n c il T he STATISTICS OF MONOGRAM WIN NERS. Height Stripped Weight Yr's on Team Olivet 0 Kalamazoo 0 10 Albion 0 Hillsdale 0 Alma Burroughs... Boomshter .. Shedd Wright... McDermid... Fisk Boyle Holdsworth. Small McKenna Kratz Doty 6 ft 2 6" 1 5" to 6" 2 5" 10 a" 9 5 " 9 5" 8 5" 6 5" 7 5 " 11 5" 7 190 176 169 ISO 175 173 156 143 135 155 160 1G0 10 Average • 5ft 9g 164M to effort r e a l ly utilize t he w r i t er h as a t t e n d ed h e r e. T h e re w as a m o re e v i d e nt s p i r it of con t he s c i o us o p p o r t u n i ty for t he a d v a n c e m e nt of o p i n i on a nd t he i n f l u e n c i ng of a c t i o n. It w as n ot m e r e ly a c o n t e st for t he w i n n i ng of a p r i z e .^ It w as a con s c i e n t i o us effort to h e lp in t he p r e s e nt b a t t le of r i g ht a g a i n st w r o n g, to aid in f o r c i ng a w ay f r om a n a t i o n 's n e ck t he t h r o t t l i ng fingers of g r e ed a nd c o r r u p t i o n, to t e ar f r om t he con its s c i e n c e l e ss a nd m a sk s h ow to c o m r a d e s, to n a t i o n, to h u m an soci e ty It c l e a rs up t he air w o n d e r f u l l y, w h en t he we foes of s o c i e t y, and h ow effective as a p u n i s h m e nt a nd c o r r e c t i ve is t he e x e c r a t i on of m a n k i n d. E a ch y o u ng n i g ht c o n t e s t a nt w ho a o ut b e f o re h is f o r g ed c l e a r er ideal for a c o m m e r c i al a ge did a r e al a nd l a s t i ng benefit to soci- of s m ug t he s l i my coils of r e c o g n i ze w ho a re r a p a c i ty of w e a l th itself, c o n c e a l ed r e s p e c t a b i l i ty last F r i d ay b e n e a t h. t r e a s on f e l l o ws finally MctCeiina, Half. 'uo (Ja.pt. HUH Oiiiail, q u a r t e r. At r e c e nt T o t al n u m b er of p o i n ts for M. A. C. in t h r ee y e a rs 4 95 as a g a i n st o p p o n e n t s, 26. t he election, S. W. D o ty of L o c k p o r t, N. Y , w as elect ed c a p t a in of for n e xt y e a r. M r. D o ty h as p l a y ed t h r ee full for t he y e a r s. T he c h o o s i ng p r o v ed to be a f r i e n d ly c o n t e st b e t w e en D o ty a nd S m a l l, e a ch h a v i ng an e q u al claim to t he position as each h ad b e en a s t ar m e m b er for t h r ee y e a r s. t he football t e am t e am b a ck on t he t he s e a s on w as F i n a n c i a l ly m o st successful t he association h as e v er h a d. T he r e c e i p ts w e re n e a r ly of t he h i gh w a t er m a rk d o u b le p r e v i o us y e a r s, a nd a l t h o u gh t he s c h e d u le w as an e x c e e d i n g ly e x p e n s u b s t a n t i al sive o n e, t h e re w as a m a r g in on t he S e c r e t a ry l e d g e r. f u r n i s h es us w i th t he f o l l o w i ng d e tailed s t a t e m e n t: T he F i n a n c i al side of r i g ht t he Receipts. Season tickets Gen'l Admissions Box Seat Receipts Bleacher Seat Receipts Guarantees received from out of town games 491 35 3.05 All other receipts 519 50 997 95 29 35 106.20 Expenses. 558.08 5r4-87 83 21 23619 Paid visiting teams Traveling exp. of out of town games Officials Supplies Labor on field and rub 72.36 bing Training table excess 148 05 Printing and advertising 53 46 Telegrams, telephones and incidental expenses 14.95 Profit 2147.40 1681.17 466.23 THE EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL ORATORICAL CONTEST. in last F r i d a y 's E l s e w h e re is g i v en t he s u m m a ry of m a r ks r e c e i v ed by t he n i ne con c o n t e s t. t e s t a n ts T he g r a de of t h o u g ht w as h i g h er t h an u s u a l, a nd t he c o n t e st w e nt off w i th a s m o o t h n e ss t h at w as h i g h ly s a t i s f a c t o r y. t he u n i f o rm B o th t ie c o n t e s t a n ts a nd o ur col l e ge p u b l ic a re to be c o n g r a t u l a t ed on t he skill a nd s u c c e ss w i th w h i ch M r. K i ng t r a i ns o ur y o u ng p e o p le for a p p e a r i ng b e f o re an a u d i e n c e. local c o n T he w r i t er h as a t t e n d ed t e s ts e l s e w h e re a nd h as n e v er f o u nd e a s e, in s u ch visits g r a c e, a nd effectiveness, t he avoid in p r o n u n c i a t i o n, a n ce of c r u d i t i es t he a r t i c u l a t i o n, p o s e, a nd g e s t u r e, l u m i n o u s ly inflection a nd s t r e ss of v o i c e, t h at a re c h a r a c t e r i s t ic of o ur c o n t e s t s. s u ch w o rk of t r a i n i n g, M r. K i ng is an i n t e l l i g e n t, z e a l o u s, p e r s i s t e nt w o r k er a nd to o ne w ho h as s e en t he s u c c e s sive s t a g es t he d e v e l o p m e nt of t he y o u ng c o n t e s t a n t s, t he p r o g r e ss m a de is fairly m a r v e l o u s. i n t e r p r e t a t i ve In in t he Of c o u r s e, w i t h o ut h a rd a nd p e r s i s t e nt w o rk on t he side of t he stu d e n t, no r e s u l ts w o u ld be o b t a i n ed ; to g i ve a nd we d e s i re fullest r e c o g n i t i on l o y a l ty a nd p e r t he to s e v e r a n ce w h i ch t h e se y o u ng p e o p l e, in w o r k i ng e s p e c i a l l y, h a ve s h o wn r e s u lt w i th P r o f e s s or K i ng for d e s i r ed a nd h e a r ty c o n g r a t u l a t i o ns a nd u n r e s e r v ed p r a i s es go o ut to t h e m. r e a c h e d. O ur t he U p on of C o a ch B r e w er a nd C a p t. M c K e n na r e c o m m e n d a t i on t he In o ne n o t a b le r e s p e ct t he p r e s e nt s t a n ds a h e ad of a ny o t h er c o n t e st •L-.- "if"- •„ ^F V .?£' ^ m *?. '^ • B' &2P ;v pliS %s^sy r'^>,-^-^^'r -'A Doty, Full Back. '08 Capt. t h a nk e t y. T he officers d e s i re t he j u d g es for t he aid g i v en a nd also t h o se w ho so k i n d ly f u r n i s h ed t he m u s ic for t he e v e n i n g. H. E. to S u m m a ry will be g i v en n e xt w e e k. T he w i n n e rs w e re G e r t r u de P e t e r s, F e r o n i an S o c i e t y, 1 s t; Z oe N o r t h r o p, T h e m i a n, R ay P o t t s, U n i on L i t e r a r y, 3 d . — E d .] 2 n d; M. A. C DEBATING CLUB. T he f o l l o w i ng elected by t he p e o p l e ." q u e s t i on w as " R e s o l v e d, s h o u ld be last m e e t i ng of t he c l ub o c c u r r ed last T h u r s d ay e v e n i n g, w h en dis t he t h at U. S. cussed : S e n a t o rs a d i r e ct v o te of T he s p e a k e rs w e re E. B. M c K e n na a nd H. K r a m er for t he a f f i r m a t i ve a nd G. P. B o o m s l i t er a nd J. E. F i sk for t he n e g a t i v e. T he football c o n t i n g e nt t a c k l ed t he q u e s t i on w i th t h e ir c h a r a c t e r i s t ic e n t h u s i a sm a nd it -was in s p i te of s l i p p e ry a g o od g a me It is s i g n a ls a nd a m i s t a k en field. r e m a r k a b le t h at t i me w as called for affirmative b o th h a l v es j u st as t he w as a b o ut t o u c h d o w n. to m a ke a T he n e g a t i ve side w on by a s i n g le point. A f t er t he d e b a te f o l l o w i ng t he t he w i n t er officers w e re elected for t e r m: P r e s. R. G. P o t t s; V i ce P r e s. T. F. L o c k e; S e c y ., H. B. M c D e r m i d; C r i t i c, P r o f. H e d r i c k, P r o g r am C o m m i t t e e, A. N. R o b- s o n, H. C. B u c k n e l l, R. G. P o t t s. A r i s i ng v o te of t h a n ks w as e x t e n d ed to D r. E d w a r ds for t he v e ry r e n efficient d e r ed t he c l ub t h r o u g h o ut t he t e rm in t he c a p a c i ty of critic. s e r v i ce w h i ch he h as THE M. A. C. RECORD. fl Good Assortment 01 Carving: Knives and forks Rogers Knives and Forks Tea and Coffee Pots Nickle Sad Irons Pocket Knives Tea Kettles Wringers Shears EVERY KIND OF FURNITURE FOR YOUR ROOM. Cots Folding Beds flatresses Book Cases Desks Norton's Hardware All Goods Delivered Free. M. J. & B. M. Buck. JTGFi^ *SATJE, J3TT are showing usually attractive Overcoats & Cravenettes Peel certain can save you money and at same time give you latest and best Spalding Sweaters and Supporters Elgin Mifflin A t h l e t es Are the Best Judges of Bath Towels. That's Why ...Harvard, Yale, Princeton... a nd t he L e a d i ng A t h l e t ic A s s o c i a t i o ns throughout the country use RUB DRY BATH TOWELS regularly. Students will tind Rub Dry Bath Towels for sale by J E W E TT & K N A PP See South Window Display. CORRECT FOOT = W E AR T he Very S w e l l e s t. T he V e ry L a t e s t . .. T he V e ry Best. . . . Costs $ 4 . 00 And Worth More P a t e nt C o r o na C o lt v» G un M e t al C a lf ^ B u t t on or B l u c h e r. When you decide that your feet are entitled to the highest consideration you will ask for this shoe. HoIIister Block. C. D. Woodbury'Stho°ree <£ A B O UT T HE C A M P U S. <£ Here's best wishes from the R E C ORD for a pleasant vacation. Everybody ( ?) is w o r k i ng hard on examinations this week. F O U N D .— A watch,— loser may have same by calling at Secretary's office and identifying same. T he football pennant and Brackett cup now occupy a place in the library. Lets keep the cup for a "series" of years. Mr. Charles A r t h ur Fields of Regina, Canada, was the guest of Mrs. Gilchrist and daughters for.a few days last wesk. Mr. J o hn Bissell, of Detroit, pres ident of the state forestry associ ation, made the forestry department a pleasant call on Wednesday of last week. Hon. J. H. Allen of Pocahontas, Iowa, visited at the College the first of last week. M r. Allen and Byron, after a ten days' stay, left with him for Des Moines on Monday night. T he members of the 1905 foot ball team have presented to Director and M r s. Brewer a handsome silver tea service of four pieces, upon which is engraved the name of each player. C. D. Beebe, with ' 0 1, with a party of six or seven friends visited the College T h u r s d ay of last week. M r. Beebe is located on t he old homestead in L e n s w ee Co. and seems hearty and healthy as ever. Miss Jessie recently of Milwaukee has located in College- ville and is prepared to do sewing of Immel all kinds. She will make engage ments to sew by the day at the home of her patrons or m ay be found at Miss Wellmans'. Mrs. W h i t m o re entertained the students and instructors rooming at her home at supper Sunday even ing. T he boys express their appre ciation of h er thoughtfulness in making this one of the most pleas ant evenings of the term. from A set of nine very pretty souvenir postals have been received at t he library Chas. A. Mosier and will be arranged on a large card to t he number ing. T he cards present views in and about Leland Stanford Univer sity, California. according T he large drilling machine being set up in the machine shop proved to be very satisfactory as to driving power in a test made last Saturday. feed gearing, which in some T he machines of this class is weak, showed a high degree of efficiency in the M. A. C. machine. Miss Edith H. M ay of Boston was the guest of the W o m e n 's De partment Monday and Tuesday of last week and gave two most inter esting informal t d ks on the condi tions and needs of India. Miss M ay has spent several years at Allahabad under the Woman's Union Mission ary Societies. I his is the oldest of the W o m e n 's Missionary Societies, having been organized in i860, be church boards fore were organized, and includes work ers of all denominations. t he various T he party given by the sub faculty Saturday evening was a very enjoy able affair. Everybody was on the reception committee and it is believed that every body is better acquainted In the base than they were before. ment of the W o m e n 's building the large hall, the Feronian and T h e- mian society rooms and the waiting rooms were used for the occasion. After an hour of hand shaking and visiting, dancing and games occu pied the time until 10:30 when the forty guests assembled in the T h e- mian rooms where chafing dish re freshments were served. T he com mittees are certainly to be compli mented upon the success of the party and it is hoped that this may be only the beginning of many pleasant evenings spent together. T he 6th annual banquet of t he Olympic society was held in their rooms Saturday, Dec. 9. A fishing party was given and the rooms were prettily decorated with seines, fish- rods, fish baskets and all the para phernalia of a fishing party. In the parlor was a very pretty little artifi cial lake with numerous small fish swimming in and out among the rocks and on a high rock in the cen ter was set the punch bowl. At one side was a typical lunch basket containg wafers. In another room was found a fisherman's lodge built of pine boughs. In front of it was a camp fire around which the guests gathered between dances. About 25 couples assembled at 4 p. m. and listened to the literary pro g r am which was rendered in a very unique manner. T he lights were fisherman's turned out for a minute and when they were turned on again Messrs. Small, Hitchcock and H e w e s on were discovered in a canoe fishing very diligently. T he fishing not being very good, they occupied the time in telling fish stories and some very good ones were cold. Dancing w as indulged in following t he literary program and continued till 8 130 when the guests retired to Club A where the following menu w as served. MENU. Oyster Cocktail Salted Wafers Olive Pickles Salted Almonds Baked Trout Saratoga Chips Young Roast Turkey; Stuffed Cranberry Jelly Mashed Potatoes Green Peas Parker House Rolls Grape Juice Chocolate Wafers Fruit Salad Detroit Ice Cream Assorted Cake Coffee M r. Rose acted as toastmaster filled t he position in a very and creditable manner. T he toasts given were exceptionally fine and were enjoyed by all. T he subjects were as follows : TOASTS. S n a g g s, I. M. Phippeny. Casting, B. B. Clise. Bait, C. E. Merwin. Decoying, F. K. W e b b. After the banquet the guests re turned to the rooms and dancing con tinued till eleven oMock. Everyone reported the most enjoyable time of the fall term. Mr. and M r. Colling wood acted as patrons. T HE M. A. C. RECORD. AMERICAN FEDERATION OF AGRICULTURAL STUDENTS. T h is is our last call and we would like to have you remember the fol lowing points : i. T he place of meeting has been changed from the Record building, to the E x c h a n ge building, located in the center of the yards. Please an nounce same. 2. We must have your report on the sale of banquet tickets at once. 3. Don't forget to bring along all of the college penants you can get hold of, also some college bunting. We want to use them in decorating. 4. Remember the business meet ing on Tuesday afternoon, December 19, at 1 :15, and have your delegates present. Kindly remember the above re quests, and greatly oblige, P. R. E D G K K T O N, P r e s. E.J. LOWE, Sec. Y. M. C A. T he meeting Sunday evening in the chapel was conducted by students under the leadership of Pres. Fisk of the Y. M. C. A. This was the last union meeting of the term and was a fitting close of the term's re ligious work. T he subject r h r s en was " T he Obligations of the Col lege Students," and was discussed by the Misses Reed and Andrews and Messrs. Bates, Cavanagh and Hurst. A duet by the Misses Ells worth was appreciated by the con gregation. It i- the plan to have at least one meeting of this kind each term during year. T h u r s d ay evening M r. Boom- sliter conducted the meeting, taking as his subject " W h at the Y. M. C- A. Stands for in College Life." T h is subject was discussed by M r. Boomsliter and M r. A. R. Wilcox, after which short talks were given by M r. Fisk and Sec. Hurst. R e v. F. B. W a r d, of the Ply c h u r ch the mouth Congregational preached Sunday morning for first time to an M. A. C. congrega tion. In his address M r. W a rd compared, Pleasure W i th Blessed ness, in a most impressive manner. T he Y. M. C. A. has 220 mem bers now. Do you want to join? FARMERS' CLUB. O v er assembled 100 students Tuesday night to hear Prof. Shaw speak on "Getting a J o b ," and no one could possibly assert that he could have spent his time better otherwise. to the farms. Prof. Shaw first explained w hy so many boys left the farms and went to seek work in the cities and why so few graduate in agriculture In the went back first place, not all boys born on farms are adapted to farming. Sec ondly, there is not employment on most farms for all the boys. Thirdly there is not sufficient living room to accommodate all and no son likes to marry and move in with his parents. the fourth and probably the And greatest reason is that most boys think a salaried job is a great thing. But as a matter of fact, it is hard work to save money on a salaried job until one becomes expert in his line and can demand a large salary. Some extra good thoughts were next given as to how a young man should prepare himself for a job. He should select the line of work as thought best suited to him and make all other lines of study auxiliary. He should the educational and the get both practical part of his business, the the practice as well theory. it advisable, Prof. S h aw unless the graduate in agriculture was brought up on a farm, that he go out and spend two or three years working on a farm before seeking a job of responsibility. A man should not only get practice but responsi bility and aggressiveness because when a man goes into public posi tion he must resume responsibility. A nd when it comes to applying for a job, Prof. Shaw said not to recommendations. get and present Use your face. is your best recommendation. Every one knows what a recommendation is and they are worthless. It T he man who starts slow will succeed best. VACATION RATES. to sell As vacation is near at hand it is of interest to students to know some thing of the time of the same and the rate offered. T he passenger as the request sociation has granted that Dec. 15 and 16 be made the days upon which tickets which will be good for returning up to and including J a n. 2. T he rate for students is the regular holiday rate of one and one-third fare for the round trip. T he regular public rates begins Dec. 23. Students may secure certificates by applying at Pres. Snyd r's office. Such appli • cation to be made not earlier than Thursday afternoon. OPPOSITE OPINIONS CON CERNING THE CUTS IN "MACHINE-SHOP T O O LS AND METHODS." Editor M. A. C. R E C O R D: to the " Engineering T he review of " Machine Shop Tools and M e t h o d s" published in your issue of Nov. 28th, and credit News" ed contained the following criticism: " T he illustrations are not in keep ing with the rest of the book and should be improved in the next edi In reply to the foregoing it tion." may be said that there has been some correspondence with the pub lishers respecting the illustrations, and they represent that considering the size of the book and the large illustration0, the work number of could not have been done any better without increasing the price. As an offset to the criticism from News " the fol the " Engineering lowing taken from a review by an journal may be English technical noted : feature " A commendable is the excellence of the illustrations, which, we may add, are nearly 700 in number." the difference of Disregarding reviewers, it the opinion among may be admitted the illustra that tions will bear improvement; but it should be explained that the pub lishers had been urgently requested to keep the price as low as possible, $3 being suggested as the price to students. It is hoped that this article will not be understood as a complaint against from the criticism quoted Engineering News. All such crit icisms and suggestions are valuable in connection with revisions of the book, and they are highly appreci ated. W. S. L. CALL ON- L A W R E N CE LGIN MIFFLIN.—Ladies' and Gentlemen's j Furnishing Goods. See ad. FURNITURE DEALERS. M J. A B. M. BUCK.—Furniture. Cor. Wash ington Avenue and Ionia Street. See ad. 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