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, J A N. 16, 1906. N o. 17 FOLK-SONG CONCERT. Y. W. C A- T he F o l k - S o ng Concert, by the in an this week the beginning of M. A. C. Chorus, will be given Fri day evening of the A r m o r y. T he chorus of one hun dred voices has been working faith fully since the school year in September, and those w ho find it possible to attend are assured evening. Songs of ten diffetent nations will be sung, some in the original lan guage and the chorus will be assist ed by Prof. E. S. K i n g, as Reader, Miss Porter, Soprono and Mr. Hal- leck, Trombonist. T he entertain ment begins at 7 130, admission 25c. You cannot afford to miss it, neither can your friends. enjoyable ADDRESS TO STUDENTS AND FACULTY. T he Christian Associations of the in securing College are fortunate P r e s. E. G. Lancaster of Olivet college as speaker for the evening meeting in the chapel next Sunday. P r e s. Lancaster is fast becoming recognized as one of the foremost speakers in Michigan and during his first year at Olivet college has appeared before many audiences throughout the state. His address to the students and faculty of M. A- C. last year was highly appreciated and it is with great pleasure that he will be heard at the College again. NASHVILLE CONVENTION. In Nashville, Tennesee, F e b. 28, to March 4, will be held the greatest student convention of the world for the year 1906. T he World's Stu dent Volunteer convention brings together the great religious workers of the world for a five days' confer in all ence on missionary work It is already certain that 3,- lands. 000 students from all parts of the United States and Canada will be in attendance. great A m o ng speakers who will appear before this large audience are, Robert E. Speer, secretary of the Presbyterian board of Foreign Missions; J o hn R. Mott, secretary of the World's Stu dent Christian Federation ; Bishop McDowell of N ew Y o rk ; and D r. Zweiner, the pioneer missionary in invited Arabia. E v e ry college to send delegates to Nashville in proportion to the number of students enrolled. On this basis M. A. C. is entitled to send nine delegates, six men and three women. the is T he purpose of the convention is not primarily to enlist students as volunteers for foreign missionary w o rk but rather to give them a more intelligent and broader idea of the work in non-christian lands. W a rd R. Shedd, '02, instructor in engineering last year, visited Col lege friends a day or two the past week. Instructor Craig has an excellent article the Michigan Farmer on Potato Blight in Michigan. last number of the in Miss Florence Barlow conducted evening meeting. the T h u r s d ay S he chose as her scripture lesson the 96th Psalm and as her text Mat thew X X V I I I, 16-26. Miss Barlow spoke of the privi leges we have as Christians and of the help that we as Christians might be to each other and to the mission aries in foreign lands. ATHLETICS. Lots were dpawn to determine the winter class games which re sulted in the following classes : BASKET BALL. A Short course students vs. fresh men. B Seniors vs. juniors. C Sophomores vs. sub-freshmen. D W i n n er of classes A and B. E Winner of classes C and D. INDOOR BASEBALL. A Sophomores vs seniors. B Juniors vs. sub-freshmen. C Freshmen vs. sub-freshmen. D Winners of classes A and B. E Winners of classes C and D. T he athletic board voted to sell season tickets at $ 1 which will guarantee five intercollegiate basket ball games and two dual meets be side the inter class games. the regular gymnasium work the wrestling, tumbling and apparatus squads have begun work. T he cross-country men and track today. L a r ge for team begin work squads of men have reported each of these. Beside Indoor baseball seems to be the popular sport, each class having 30 or 40 men trying out. T he opening basket ball game will be played next T h u r s d ay night against Adrian College. T he team has been hard at work and it is be lieved they will be as strong as any we have had for several years. Of last year's team Capt. Krehl is the only man left. Of last year's sub stitutes and second team men who are back are T o w n e r, Westerman, Hayden, and Thatcher. Of the new men w ho are showing up well are Vondette, Hanish, Dickson, M c K e n na and Meeker. F r om last year's class teams,—Belknap, Gor don and Hatfield are doing good work. T he sweaters will be awarded on T h u r s d ay night and it is planned to have an exhibition game of indoor baseball also. football DEBATING CLUB. T he first debate of the winter term was held T h u r s d ay evening for in College hall. T he question discussion was as " R e follows: Immigration of solved, T h at Chinese should be pro hibited?" the laborers the/affirmative T he speakers on were C. A. Goetz and K. B. Stephens. G. V. Copson and E. J. Shassberger sustained the negative. judges was T he decision of the to to in in one two T he the matter. then opened favor given decision the negative. of* the audience was f a v or of of the affirmative, the decision be ing based upon their own personal T he convictions in the question was members of the debating club and a very interesting discussion followed. T he question for next T h u r s d ay evening the is "Resolved, T h at Michigan Primary Reform Bill is adequate to the needs of the state?" Prof. Gunson will open the dis cussion for the affirmative, followed by Prof. Rider on the negative. T h is will be the debate of the sea son and everyone to at tend. is invited Y. M. C A. Prof. Smith gave the first of his course of six lectures on " T he Life of Christ" before a class of nearly sixty of the special students the in afternoon. Y. M. C. A. Sunday These lectures were prepared espe cially for those students w ho are in college for a term of eight weeks that they may get a clear outline of the work as arranged in Burton's H a r m o ny of the Gospels. All spe cial students are invited to attend these classes during the next five weeks. the T he association rooms were filled with young men T h u r s d ay evening prayer meeting. in Short the " R e w a r ds of Faithfulness" were given by E. H. Adams, Walter Postiff, W. D. Fra- zer, and J. C. Button. regular talks on M r. Gunson spoke in the Sunday evening meeting in chapel, paying high tribute to Christian work as carried on by the Y o u ng Men's and Y o u ng Women's Christian Associ ations. He emphasized the impor tance of personal w o rk at home among those with whom we are brought in contact in our everyday life; that association work is but organized personal work. R e v. J. A. Schadd, of Lansing, preached in chapel Sunday morning. A mission class was organized Sunday the study of " J a p an and Its Regeneration," and another the Hills of T ' a n g ," a work on China by Harlan P. Beach. to study " D o wn on take up to HOCKEY AT M. A. C. Several hockey players from the northern part of the state have or ganized a team at M. A. C. F or several weeks the players have been practicing on a sheet of ice near C u s h m a n 's farm, and are now able to play in excellent form. is a clean, fast game, which is g r o w i ng in favor each year, the and we desire College the field here. the support of in in putting a team Hockey A nn A r b or and Ypsilanti have teams teams, and there are several near Lansing, including the Lan sing high school team, and we ex pect to have some fast games in the near future. All players are cordially wel comed to turn out at practice games. ALUMNI. '57'5& J. M. K n a p p, a farmer and breeder of pure bred cattle, of Bellevue, at tended the live stock meeting held at the college last week. Mr. K n a pp was at M. A. C. the first year of its the existence and helped land and do the first plowing. He seems to enjoy very much watching the progress made during the past years and is one of our best friends. to clear '93- D w i g ht S. Cole of the above class called on college friends the past week. Mr. Cole has met with in the marked success in his work east and is now consulting, engineer for the Neptune W a t er Meter Co. of N ew Y o rk City. He reports all the M. A. C. men in that city as do their own ing finely and holding with the best of them. Mr. Cole is a member of the banquet committee of the Michigan Society of N ew Y o rk which meets this year on J a n. 20. At this time quite a number of M. A. C. men are brought together and a general good time is the re sult. that collection ' 0 1. T he following concerning W. T. S h a w, brother of our Prof. S h a w, w ho was granted a degree of M. S. at this College in '01, and now with the Oregon Agricultural Col lege, will be of interest: T he au thorities at the College have been informed of the mounted birds from the college was awarded a gold medal, and also one to Professor W. T. S h a w, the taxi dermist. T he collection consisting of some one hundred specimens, is composed of native Oregon birds, that spend a portion of or birds this state. T he high the year in that were received, are markings not only highly appreciated by the friends of the institution, but are highly complimentary to the work the manship of Prof S h a w. At close of the Exposition these speci mens and the ones recently mounted will be placed in the museum room Prof. of the Agricultural Hall. in is working Shaw attempting to enlarge the list until it will have no equal in the W e s t. diligently '04 A. R. Carter writes an interesting letter of his work in Mississippi we quote the following : " We are engaged in constructing three concrete piers here across the Big Benyon Pierre river about five miles from where it empties into the Mississippi. T h e re are several old around here where battle Grant made the rebels "hunt their holes" but as yet I have had no op portunity to visit them. fields " We are thirty miles south of V i c k s b u rg two hundred seven miles north of N ew Orleans. Am getting 'hoe quite used to the old fashioned cake' w a rm biscuits and cane mo lasses." M r. Carter sends regards to all A P L A Y E R. college friends. THE M. A. C. RECORD. THE M. A. C. RECORD. P U B L I S H ED E V E RY T U E S D AY D U R I NG T HE C O L L E GE Y E AR BY T HE M I C H I G AN S T A TE A G R I C U L T U R AL C O L L E GE B A. FAUNCE, M A N A G I NG E D I T OR selections which were highly appre ciated and the instrumental selec tions rendered by Miss N o r t h r op and Miss Liken testified to the tal ent of these young women and the excellence of their instruction. A S S O C I A TE E D I T O R S. E. A. WILLSON, '07. H. S. CODY, '08. K. H. GILBERT, 08. I. E. PARSONS, 07. R. A. TURNER. '08. GRACE WARNER, 08. CAROLINE LAWRENCE, 06. FLORENCE GILBERT, 07. Subscription, 60 cents per year, Remit by P. O. Money Order, Draft or Regis tered Letter. Do not send stamps. Address all subscriptions and advertising mat ter to the College Secretary, Agricultural Col lege, Mich. Address all contributions to the Managing Editor. Business Office with Lawrence & Van Buren Printing Co., 122 Ottawa St. E„ Lansing. Mich. Entered as second-class mail matter, Lansing, Mich. This paper is occasionally sent to non subscrib ers. Such persons need have no hesitation about taking the paper from the post-office, for no charge will be made for it. The only way, however, to secure the paper regularly is to sub scribe. TUESDA T, JAN. 16, 1906. ONE OF our alumni in writing and renewing his subscrip tion says, "I certainly enjoy the news of college and alumni." He to see a also adds, "I would like series of articles by the alumni published in the R E C O R D, such arti cles to be on any subject of interest to its readeis." We heartily indorse this request. It is' certain that many of our read such articles as ers could furnish would be of much interest, not only to those who have finished college work and left M. A. C, but also to our present students w ho are, we believe always glad to hear aKout thosa who have graduated and en tered the various fields of labor. W ho will be the first to start^Jbe- wheel rolling. i LIVE STOCK MEETINGS. Tuesday afternoon of last week the short horn breeders met at the college with M r. Gibbons of De troit as chairman. T h ey were ad dressed by Prof. Mumford of 111, Prof. Shaw, M r. Gibbons, M r. W a t- kins and others, the principal dis cussion being on the feasibility of growing and developing the Ameri can short horn. T he swine breed ers met in the agricultural laboratory with W. H Lessiter of Pontiac as president. Those who took part in this meeting were F. W. Upton of Ovid, Zack Kinne, J r. of T h r ee O a ks and Prof. Shaw. T he sheep breeders met in the evening in two sections, where was discussed fine and medium wools. T he outlook for sheep is very hopeful, but all should guard against the selling of poor individuals as breeding stock. T he annual convention of the Michigan Association for improve ment of live stock and the meetings of the various allied organizations, all of which were held at the Col lege last week Tuesday and W e d nesday were the occasion, at the close of the first day of a pleasant, social evening in which the college extended its hospitality to the entire membership. the members began to assemble in the parlor of the women's building where they were met by various members of the faculty and enter tained for an hour. A quintette of the y o u ng women sang " T he Street C ar Song,"' Prof. Patten sung two At S o'clock W h i le the college band played the spiritedly in the corridor of third floor, the guests marched up to the dining room, where they were seated at tables neatly spread with substantial viands and waited upon every by young women whose movement did credit to their train ing. T he banquet over, Prof. Smith took up the duties of toast- master and performed them as only he can. President Snyder was first called upon and in well chosen lan guage extended a cordial welcome to the guests and spoke of the com munity of interest between the col lege and the live stock interests of the state. E. N. Ball, secretary of the association responded gratefully to the welcome. A m o ng those who were called upon for speeches, were the Holstein Mr. Reed, Pres. of Friesian Association, who spoke for that organization ; Mr. Lockwood, w ho fine wool breeders ; H o n. L. W h i t n ey Wat- kins, p e s i d e nt of the Live Stock Association, who spoke feelingly of the reception given them by the col lege ; Hon. T. F. Marston, who represented the State Board of Agri culture, and Robert Gibbons, the versatile agricultural writer, so long editor of the "Michigan F a r m e r ," who spoke of the agricultural press in his most felicitous manner. represented the Shortly before tleven, the guests dispersed, fee ing, we are sure, a still more kindly interest in the in stitution whose hospitality they had enjoyed. T he Michigan Association of Improved Live Stock met in the chapel Wednesday morning when P r e s. Watkins gave his annual ad dress in which he outlined the pres ent trend of agricultural develop ment and urged the use of pure bred stock and the production by the breeders of animals suitable to grade up 5their herds and flocks of the state. Prof. Mumford did not favor the dual purpose cattle, but urged the production of strictly first class ani mals for breeding purposes, west as in our own state. He well as showed that at the cattle sales while the trend of prices has been down ward for a few» years, they were distinctly upward now, and the out look was very promising. Hon. J. W. Helm sent a paper on the outlook for dairy breeds which recognized the dominant place taken by the dairy business in Michigan agriculture. T h o s. Wyckoff of Orchard L a k e, spoke on the outlook for sheep and urged that larger flocks of first-class specimens be kept at M. A. C. P r o f . S h aw spoke on T he Relation of Agricultural College to the Live Stock Industry of the State. M r. Upton read a very interesting paper, and the last paper by Hon. R o b e rt It Gibbons was much appreciated. was voted unanimously to hold the next meeting at the College, where both the regular and special students are given an opportunity to attend. MICHIGAN ENGINEERING SOCIETY. the usual number in attendance and nearly every part of the state was represented. T he papers presented were of unusual value and represent ed all three of the branches of en gineering. In matter of number, however, civil engineering had the call. T he p ogram in detail was as fol l o w s: Tuesday afternoon, presi dent's address, Hydroelectric de velopment of the Past and Future, H. V on S c h o n; Sand-lime Brick, J. J. H u b b e l; State Engineering and its Development in Colorado, L G. Carpenter; Slope Measure ments, D. E. T e e d; Steam F l ow and W a t er P o w er Investigation in Michigan, A. E. Horton ; Factory Heating by the F an System, Mr. R o o t; Breakage in Vitrified Pipe Sewers, Col. Menscher. Wednes forenoon, A Motor-driven day Electrical P u m p, D. W e r t s; Sur veys for State R oa Is, F. F. R o g e rs ; Land Drainage, R. E. Horton ; R e lation of Water Supply to Public Health, Dr. Shum way. W e d n e s day afternoon, W a t er W o r k s, A. L. H o l m e s; Changing from one Source of W a t er Supply to Another, M r. B r i g d e n; Some Concrete Mixing and Delivering plants. Wednesday night, Cutting Speeds with Refer ence to H i gh Speed Steel, W. S. Leonard. T he papers were so uniformly that a discussion of any one good would require a discussion of all. However, a few points in general are worth noting. M r. Hubbel's paper on sand lime brick should cer tainly prophesy well for that indus try, as he only used about 6 per cent of lime, the rest being merely lake sand. M r. Horton's paper would be valuable to agricultural ists as well as engineers for it con tains much concerning relations of drainage to plant life. D r. Shum- way told what the state board had been doing to prevent the spread of typhoid fever. M r. Budgdon's pa per and the discussion that followed gives a good discussion of well wat er vs. surface water. M r. F a r go gave quite a complete discussion of the best methods of handling con crete. T he mere mention of M r. Leonard's name is sufficient guar antee of the value of his paper along mechanical lines. BOHUMIR KRYL CONCERT. All who attended the concert given by the Bohumir Kryl Concert Company at the armory last Friday evening were well and pleasantly entertained. cornetist. instrument T he concert was of unusual in terest in that M r. Kryl, the leader of the company, is said to be the Un world's greatest doubtedly he deserves this name. He seems to have perfect mastery of instrument both as to volume his and quality of tone—and it is inter esting to see all the possibilities of the H o w ever, one might prefer rather to see juggling less in and more musical the correct the pieces played. T r ue art will never stoop to do things merely for effect, but feels its highest aim to be the bringing out of the truth and beauty of a worthy composition. Hence some of the applause given seemed misplaced. skill and musical interpretation of illustrated. t a s te succeeded in bringing vividly both thought and scene before h er hear ers. She was most enthusiastically recalled at each reading. M r. Heinrich, the baritone, al though he pleased the audience, has not the voice and style to hold the interest of an audience. H is sister, Miss Heinrich, has a beautiful con tralto voice and she sings artistically. It was to be regretted that -Miss Heinrich played her own accompan iments, for if this had not been the case, her voice would have been heard to much better advantage. H er singing of " P a r t i n g" by R o g ers was especially enjoyed, as was also the duet, violin and voice, by Mr. and Miss Heinrich. We feel certain all enjoyed the evening's entertainment and will be looking forward with pleasure to the next concert on this most excel lent course. MISSION ARAUCANIA MA- QUEHUE, TEMUCO, CHILE. During the excavation for the foundations of the bo\ s school small pieces of Indian pottery were con stantly found, and once an earthen jar almost entire was dug up. Far ther than these odd pieces nothing had been found until on September 27th, when the workmen who were digging for the foundation for the addition to the school came upon a skeleton and three earihen jars and a little later another jar about 25 feet from the first ones. length with T he school stands on quite a little elevation, the soil is sandy and gen erally quite dry. T he bones were two feet under ground, extended at full the head to the west, contrary to the present cus tom of always burying with the head to the east. T h e re were stones at each side of the head, hips and feet, apparently to keep the body in position at burial. T wo of the pots were placed a little to one side and slightly west from the head. About two feet to the north from the feet was a pile of a few small stones which had apparently been b u r n e d; and with them was the remains of another jar the contents of which were black in contrast to the red sand. teeth of T he skeleton is far from being complete as none of the smaller and thinner bones remain. Of the arm only the humerus and part of the ulna are left. T he the lower jaw are complete and sound, those of the upper were nearly so, but the through carelessness of workmen some were lost, as were also some of the vertebras. T he bones are probably of a woman, about 5 feet, 6 or 8 inches in height, and the place where they were found was formerly dense forest. This and the fact that there is no sign of any coffin being used as is the cus tom at present among the Mapuches, together with the state of preserva tion of the bones would indicate that they had been there considerable time, perhaps 200 years or even more. D. S. B U L L O C K. is '02 w ho [ T he above is written by D. S. in mission Bullock work at Temuco and it is through the kindness of his brother N. J. Bullock, now enrolled in one of our short courses, that we are privileged to publish the same. Mr. Bullock also sent a number of photos show ing harvest fields, threshing floors, school buildings, etc., which w e re very interesting.-^ED.] T he Michigan Engineering Soci ety held its annual convention in the senate chamber, Lansing, on J a n u ary 9 and 10. T h e re were about Of the others giving the program Miss Roberts, the reader, was the favorite. S he was what but few readers are — unaffected — and she T HE M. A. C. R E C O R D. FOOD CHOPPERS Universal and Griswold EYERY KIND OF FURNITURE FOR YOUR ROOM. Cots Folding Beds flatresses B o th g o od a nd w e ll k n o w n. Book Cases Desks No. 1 size 90c No. 2 size $ 1 . 25 No. 3 size $ 2 . 00 flORTONS HARDWARE 111 W a s h. Ave. South. All Goods Delivered Free. M. J. 8L B. M. Buck. 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Woodbury's S«h„~ HOLLISTEH BLOCK *£ A B O UT T HE C A M P U S. «£ A nd e a ch w a rm d ay c u ts j u st t h at m u ch off t he l o ng w i n t er o v er w h i ch we h a ve b e en w a i l i n g. P r o f. H. W. M u m f o r d, ' 9 1, of U r b a n a, 111, w as a m o ng t he s p e a k e rs at t he L i ve S t o ck A s s o c i a t i on h e ld last w e e k. S k a t i ng h as t a k en q u i te a p r o m i s p o r t s. n e nt p l a ce in t he C o l l e ge T he p o nd to t he n o r th of t he C o l l e ge f u r n i s h es a v e ry g o od r i n k. We a re s u re o ur r e a d e rs w i ll be i n t e r e s t ed in t he " T o i l e rs of R u s s i a" w h en it is k n o wn t h at it is f r om o ne w ho t h o r o u g h ly u n d e r s t a n ds t he c o n d i t i on in t h at c o u n t r y. T h e m i an S o c i e ty officers f or t he w i n t er t e rm : P r e s i d e n t, G a il W e s t- o v er ; V i ce P r e s i d e n t, N i e na A n S e c r e t a r y, I r ma M u z z a l l; d r e w s; T r e a s u r e r, C l a ra M o r l ey ; M a r s h a l, M a r g a r et M e r r i l l. It w i ll be of i n t e r e st to m a ny of t he m e m b e rs of t he class of '01 to k n ow t h at W m. C h a m p i on is a g a in in C o l l e g e. M r. C. e n t e r ed w i th 'oi, b ut d r o p p ed o u t, j o i n ed t he n a vy a nd h as t r a v e l ed a l m o st con s t a n t ly s i n c e, h a v i ng visited a l m o st e v e ry q u a r t er of t he g l o b e. As an i l l u s t r a t i on of t he w ay t he s h op w o rk in t he v a r i o us c l a s s es h as i n in t he m e c h a n i c al d e p a r t c r e a s ed t h at in m a m e n t, it m ay be s t a t ed c h i ne ( S o p h .) p r a c t i ce y e ar o v er 50 p er c e n t, h a ve an i r r e g u l ar classification w i th p e r i o ds in w h i ch t h ey c l a s s. r e s p e ct to r e p o rt f or t h is T h r o u gh t he k i n d n e ss of M r. J. J. H u b b e ll of M a n i s t t ee t he m e c h a n ical d e p a r t m e nt h as b e en p r e s e n t ed t a b u l a t i on c h a rt w i th a b l ue p r i nt w h i ch s h o ws in detail t he cost of o p e r a t i on of l o c o m o t i v es on t he M a n i s t ee a nd N o r th E a s t e rn R y. for t he m o n th of N o v. ' 0 5. T he c h a rt h as b e en n e a t ly f r a m e d. P r o f. W e il r e c e n t ly h ad t he p l e a s u re of m e e t i ng M r. A. L. W e s- i n s t r u c t or cott, a f o r m er in m e c h a n i c al e n g i n e e r i ng at M. A. C. M r. W e s c o tt is n ow p l e a s a n t ly situ a t ed in C l e v e l a n d, O h i o, as a s s i s t a nt p r o f e s s or of m e c h a n i c al e n g i n e e r i ng in t he C a se S c h o ol of A p p l i ed Sci e n c e. J o hn S e v e r a n c e, ' 9 9, w as in at t e n d a n ce at t he e n g i n e e r i ng m e e t i ng in L a n s i ng last w e ek a nd visited C o l l e ge f r i e n d s. He h as b e en e n g a g ed in e n g i n e e r i ng w o rk f or rail r o ad c o n s t r u c t i on a nd o t h er g e n e r al w o rk in t he locality of h is h o m e, E a st J o r d a n. He r e p o r ts E. A. R o b i s o n, of ' 9 7, c o u n ty s u r v e y o r, as e n g a g ed in a s i m i l ar line of b u s i n e ss a nd p r o s p e r i n g. O v e r h e a rd in s t r e et c ar f r om C o l I n s t r u c t or C u r t is l e ge to L a n s i n g. of t he P h y s i cs d e p a r t m e nt t a l k i ng w i th a s t r a n g er r e g a r d i ng t he t e m p e r a t u re of a d e ep m i n e. S t r a n g e r : —" T he t e m p e r a t u re in t h is m i ne is 9 40." I n s t r u c t or C u r t is :—--"Is t h at 9 40 C e n t e g r a d e ?" N O T E : - 9 4° C = ( 32 + 9"5 9 4 °) F . = 2 0 i° F a h r. M r. O t is M e l v in R i g g s, a f o r m er i n s t r u c t or in c h e m i s t ry at M. A. C, w as m a r r i ed D e c. 29 to M i ss M ay E l i z a b e th S c a m m on at h er h o me in G l o u c e s t e r, M a s s. M r. a nd M r s. R i g gs w i ll be at h o me a f t er J a n. 1 5, at N o. 48 S. C h e s t n ut S t ,. A u g u s t a, M a i n e, w h e re M r. R i g gs is w i th t he h i gh s c h o ol as i n s t r u c t or in c h e m i s t r y. T he F a r m e r s ' c l ub h e ld t h e ir first m e e t i ng of t he t e r m ' l a st T u e s d ay e v e n i n g. M r. R. P o t ts g a ve an i n t e r e s t i ng t a lk on t he " I n t e r n a t i o n al a nd I ts P r i ze W i n n e r s ". T he c l ub h o l ds i ts m e e t i n gs on T u e s d ay e v e l a r ge n i ng at 6 130. We e x p e ct a a t t e n d a n ce of t he special s t u d e n ts t h is T h ey c a n n ot afford tc m i ss t h e m, it is p a rt of t h e ir e d u c a t i o n. t e r m. T he w i n n e rs in t he p r e l i m i n a ry d e b a t es h e ld S a t u r d ay e v e n i ng w e re as f o l l o w s: D e b a te N o. 1, R. C. P o t t s, 1st, W. E. P i p e r, 2 n d, H. B. M c D e r m i d, 3d- D e b a te N o. 2, H. I. G l a z i e r, 1st, T. F. L o c k e, 2 n d, E. A. W i l l- s o n, 3 d. D e b a te N o. 3, S. B. L i l l y, 1st, B. G. C a m p b e l l, 2 n d, W. D. C a r p e n t e r, 3 d. D e b a te N o. 4, M . J. D o r s e y, 1st, H. H. C r o s b y, 2 n d, A. A. T o w n e r, 3d- T he p o i s o n o us lizard k n o wn as t he G i la M o n s t er ( n a t i ve to t he G i la r i v er v a l l e y, A r i z o n a ), p r e s e n t ed to t he Z o o l o g i c al D e p a r t m e nt last A u g u st by R ay S m i th of L e r o y, M i ch , h as r e c e n t ly m a de an e n t i re c h a n ge of a p p a r e l, h a v i ng m o u l t ed h is d i n gy old s k in a nd a p p e a r ed in a fresh n ew suit of b e a u t i f u l ly m a r b l ed p i nk a nd b l a c k. He h as b e en fed a b o ut o n ce a w e ek on r aw e g g s, t h is b e i ng t he o n ly f o od f or w h i ch he s e e ms to c a r e. s e e ms to be l i z a rd O r d n a r i ly t h is s l u g g i sh a nd p e r f e c t ly h a r m l e s s, b ut t h e re is r e a s on to b e l i e ve t h at he c an m o ve r a p i d ly if o c c a s i on r e q u i r es a nd h is bite h as b e en s h o wn to be q u i c k ly fatal to r a b b i ts a nd g u i n ea p i g s. selections a re t he Q u i te a n u m b er of s e n i or s t u d e n ts in e n g i n e e r i ng h a ve a l r e a dy s e l e c t ed A m o ng s u b j e c ts f or t h e s is w o r k. t he f o l l o w i n g: L. O. G o r d on a nd J. E. P o o l e, T e st w i th G a s o l i ne E n g i n e s; H. H. B a r- n e tt a nd E. N. B a t e s, T e st of C o l l e ge G e n e r a t o r s; W. E. W i l s on a nd W. D. C a r p e n t e r, E l e c t r ic R a i l w ay T e s t s; H . J. M a s t e n b r o o k, a nd M. B. L a n g l e r, T e st of R e i n f o r c ed C o n c r e te B e a m s; R. E. K e e ch a nd K. R a n g e r, S t e am T u r b i ne T e s t; K. B. S t e v e ns a nd E. H. A d a m s, T e st of C o l l e ge Boil ers; C. A. L a mb a nd E. W. K e n- r i c k, T e st of C o l l e ge E n g i n e s. C h a n g es in t he Z o o l o g i c al D e p a r t m e nt h a ve b e en in p r o r e ss d u r i ng t he v a c a t i on w h i c h, w h en c o m p l e t e d, w i ll n e a r ly d o u b le t he l a b o r a c c o m m o d a t i o n s. F or m a ny a t o ry y e a rs p a st t he e n t o m o l o g i c al w o rk of t he E x p e r i m e nt S t a t i on h as b e en in t h is d e p a r t m e nt a nd t he d o ne a m o u nt of r o om r e q u i r ed h as i n c r e a s ed y e a r l y. N ow this w o rk h as b e en t r a n s f e r r ed to t he A g r i c u l t u r al B u i l d i ng a nd t he s p a ce t h us m a de a v a i l a b le h as been fitted up for l a b o r a t o ry w o r k. N ew t a b l es a nd mil r o- s c o pe cases h a ve b e en o r d e r e d, n e c e s- s a rv c h a n g es in l i g h t i ng a nd p l u m b i ng h a ve b e en m a d e, a nd w i th t he n ew c o m p o u nd m i c r o s c o p es b o u g ht t e r m, t he d e p a r t m e nt c an n ow l a st g i ve s t u d e n ts to w h i ch t h ey a re e n t i t l e d. t he o p p o r t u n t i es P R O G R AM OF M. A. C F A R M E R S' C L UB F OR THE WINTER TERM. " L et us never forget that the culti the earth is the most im labor of man." — Daniel vation of portant Webster. J a n u a ry 9—Gleanings from the International; R oy C. Potts. J a n u a ry 16—Scientific Investiga in Agriculture; Dr. C. E. tions Marshall. January 23—The College Man on the F a rm ; Dr. G. A. Waterman. J a n u a ry 30—The relation of the Grange to the F a r m e r; C. A. Will- son. February 6—F O. Foster. Dai rying" F e b r o ' e rV i 3 — T he F o r w a rd Movement in Corn Breeding ; Prof. J. A. Jefferey. February 20—What ment Station has done F a r m e r; Prof. C. D. Smith. the Experi the for February 27—Root Crops and to the Live Stock their Relation Industry ; Prof. R: S. S h a w. March 6—Country Roads ; H. C. Bucknell. March 13—Cement on the F a rm ; L. C. Reynolds. March 20—Poultry an Adjunct to F a r m i n g; A . C . A n d e r s o n. P R O G R AM C O M M I T T E E. R. G. Potts, H. C. Bucknell, F. A. Farley, L. C. Reynolds, G. A. Brown. THE TOILERS OF THE FIELD IN RUSSIA. . A score of heroes belonging to the court of the good natured king Valdimir, "the bright sun,"—says one of the numerous legends (bili- nas) composing the Russian national epic, were making their way along the road toward the "mother of all town. T h ey were t o w n s" Kier hungry and worn out after a great and victorious battle; and lo, in the middle of the road there was lying a little plough bearing the following this little plough inscription, "Lift and the mother earth will open her heart and eveybody will eat and drink, as much as he wants." to lift the to pass along Every one of the heroes in turn little plough, but tried neither Alesba, the priest's son, who was able to carry the heaviest loads, neither Nikita, the warrior's son, w ho used to kill a hundred men with one blow, neither Sadko, the merchant's son, and so on, and so on, could do it. Not even by com bined efforts could they lift the lit tle plough. At that time there hap the way Mi- pened koula, the peasant's {farmer's) son. Mikoula noticed the heroes and "smiling with a bright smile" he said in a loud voice, " O, ye heroes, O ye noble sons, let us see what Mikoula, the peasant's son, can do for you." A nd Mikoula only touched the little finger of his left hand, — the lifted up, the mother plough was earth opened her heart, and all the "noble sons" ate and drank as much stood as nearby a bright smile," but they wanted. Mikoula "smiling with the plough with the trouble of "Nobody invited him to the Feast," in a tone of wit and sarcasm, con cludes the unknown poet. In the same way as in the time of the legendary K i ng Vladimir, the Russian peasant, year after year " opens the heart of the mother- e a r t h" all the "noble sons " eat and T HE M. A. C. RECORD. drink, as much as they want, and " nobody invites him to the F e a s t ;" the only great difference is that the contemporary Mikoula does not " smile with a bright smile," for he is too hungry and too much knocked down * * * to anybody. T h e re was a time when the R u s sian people was free. T he land did not belong T h e re were no masters and no slaves. the general conditions which But brought about the development of the feudal system and, after this the g r o w th of monarchies on the con tinent of Europe, worked also in Russia, though in a somewhat diff erent way. T he peasants were de prived first of their land and next of he r personal liberty. It took cen turies before a generation of slaves was produced. T he free spirit was alive in the people's heart. Terrible' uprising of the peasantry under the leadership of some mighty person alities were a usual event even dur ing the 17th and iSth centuries, and even at the present time the fearless fighters liberty, the terror of the Moscovite Czars and nobles, Stenka Rasin, is one of the most beloved heroes of a great (legends) many songs and bilinas composed by this remarkable sphinx we usually call the people. (To be C o n t i n u e d .) the peasants' for CALL ON L A W R E N CE ®. V AN B U R EN P R I N T I NG CO. W H EN IN N E ED OF DANCE PROGRAMS or SOCIETY PRINTING. 122 Ottawa St. E. Stalker Prints " Swell" Dnnce Programs Fine and other good Stationery things. 117 Hichigan Avenue West Ground Floor. Porrect Clothes For Young Men R e m e m b er the folk song concert to be given Friday evening, Jan. 19. A good time is assured. Prof. Taft attended a meeting of in the State Agricultural Society Detroit two days the past week. T he following report shows wea ther conditions for the month of De cember. The Clothes Shop BRUCE IN. HICKEY, 120 N. Wash. Ave. DIRECTORY LANSING BUSINESS and PROFESSIONAL MEN ~* Character of Day. T he n a m es in this Directory, as well as those of all o ur o t h er a d v e r t i s e r s, a re of reli a b le p a r t i e s. We h o pe t h at t he faculty a nd s t u d e n ts will t a ke p a i ns to p a t r o n i ze t h o se who patronize u s. Prevailing Wind JTem- : pera- ture 15 3212 N. E. & N. E. 16 3615 S. E. & S. 17 3317 S.W. & S.W. 18 35 32 S.W. & S. 19 37 32 S. & S. 20 39 32 S. E. & S. E. 21 39 31 N. & S. W. 22 39 30 S.W. & S.W. 23 31 19 N. W. S . W. 24 28 12 S . W . & S . W. 25 1 8 ; . . .. 29 W. & S. W. .. 26 41 18 S . W . & S . W. 27 33 43 s. w. & s. 28 40 31 S. & S. E. 29 41131 S . W . & S . W. 30 31 23 w. w. 31 28J 23 w. & w. — 2~ii "."45 .3 Snow Snow Pleasant Pleasant Cloudy Little Snow Haze ov'r cast << << Cl'ds ov'r cast Little Snow Bright Rain Bad Storm BARBERS. M. A. C. BARBER SHOP, Rooms in New Bath House. H. A. Sias, Propr. BOOKS AND STATIONERY. A M. E M E R Y, 116 Wash. Ave. N. Books, Fine Stationery, Engraved Calling Cards, Fountain Pens. Pictures, Frames. Fine Framing a Specialty. Up-to-Date Styles. CITY BOOK STORE. Fountain Pens, Drafting Tools, Stationery, Cards Engraved, Pocket Books, Card Cases and Bibles. Tennis, Football and Baseball goods. Crotty Bros., 206 Wash. Ave.N. GEO. G. BLUDEAU & CO —Bookbinders Ac count book makers, paper ruling, library and fine art bindings, file boxes, map mounting, albums, Docket books, etc. Citizens phone No. 56. 109 Wash. Ave. N. . WAGENVOORD & CO.—Bookbinders, Blank- book Makers, 109 Washington Ave.South. BOOTS AND SHOES. D. WOODBURY.—Boots and Shoes, shoe the students. See ad. CLOTHING, LOUIS BECK.— Clothier. Gents' Furnishings, Hats and Caps. 112 Washington Ave. North. CROCKERY AND GLASSWARE. IS 17' DENTISTS. 105 Washington Ave. S. PRICE J Hop Flowers S H. LARNED.—China, Glass and Lamps. A Y. GORDON, D. D. S. M. A. C. '91, U. of J E. STOFFER, D. D. S. Office 105 Wash N H. MOORE, D. D. S. Office 411-13 Hollister R W. MORSE, D. D. S. Hollister Block, Room D E. P A R M E L E E, Dentist, 117% Washing- that talks when money is scarce. I am able to furnish flowers at a price much lower than any you will be offered. Best selected stock. This is no joke. ington Ave. S. Citizens' Phone 1049. Former M. A. C. student. W. W. HITCHCOCK. Building, Lansing1, Mich. Citizens phone 475. M.'01. 218 Washington Ave. S. Phone, ton Ave. S., Lansing, Michigan. Citizens' 517. Citizens Phone 52, Bell Phone 396. Citizens 68 '>.' ^ Phone, office 275; residence, 1440. ALL MEATS May look alike to you, but there is a, very great difference in the quality we han dle and that sold by some other markets. We handle none but the very best. Llke^ the pudding, the proof of good meats Is In. the eating. A trial will convince you that: you ought to trade with us. We make dailv trips to the College. BOTH P H O N E S. Careful attention given to- 'phone orders. Washington Ave. South. GOTTLIEB REITTER DRVGGISTS. date. Corner store. Opposite Hollister Block. R OUSER'S CAPITAL DRUG STORE. Up to R OBINSON DRUG CO., successors to Alsdorf & Son, Drugs and Druggists' Sundries, 102' Washington Ave. N. DRY GOODS. THE JEWETT & K N A PP STORE. Dry- Goods. 222-224 Washington Ave. S. ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES. CAPITOL ELECTRIC CO. Electrical Supplies Telegraph Instruments and Telephones. 117" Mich. Ave., E. FURNISHING GOODS. E LGIN MIFFLIN.—Ladies' and Gentlemen';. Furnishing Goods. See ad. FURNITURE DEALERS. M J. * B. M. BUCK.—Furniture. Cor. Wash ington Avenue and Ionia Street. See ad. HACK AND BAGGAGE LINES. O RDER your hacks for parties at Carr's Hack Line. Livery in connection. 410 Washington. Ave. N. HARDWARE, STOVES AND TINWARE. NORTON'S HARDWARE—General Hardware,. Stoves, Tinware, Graniteware, Cutlery, e t c. Ill Washington Ave. South. See ad. INSURANCE. THE DYER-JENISON-BARRY CO., LTD.„ Incorporated) Hollister Block, All kinds of the: best insurance. Strongest agency in city. JEWELERS. CHAS. A. PIELLA. 121 Washington Ave. N., Lansing, Mich. Jeweler and Optician. LAUNDRY. I^HE AMERICAN LAUNDRY solicits a share of your patronage. Remember the number,, 309 Washington Ave., S. New Phone No. 420,- Julia Findley & Edwin Lewis, Props. S. W. Doty and I. D. Smith, College Age.its. MANICURE AND HAIRDRESSING. Parlors. Masquerade ' Wigs MRS. O. T. CASE—Manicure and Hairdressing for Rent.. Switches made of cut hair or combings. T he France-American Hygienic Toilet Requisites at a specialty. New'phone 118. 222H Washington- Ave. S., up stairs. MILLINERY. J'OR Fine Millinery go to No. 226 Washington. Ave., S. New Phone 112. MUSIC, PIANOS. ETC. GR I N N E LL BROS. Pianos, Organs and every thing in the line of music. 219 Washing ton Ave. N. PIANO TUNING, J. Parker. Action Work a Specialty. Teacher of Violin and Saxaphone . Parkers' Orchestra, 119 Pennslvania Ave. N. Cit izens 'phone 689., Lansing, Mich. OCULISTS. CHAS. G. JENKINS, M. D. — Diseases of Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat. Hours, 9 to 12 a. m., and 2 to 5 p. m. Citizens Phone No. 1030. Rooms 2 ,3-204 Prudden Block. PHYSICIANS. 12 A. M., 2 to 4 and 7 to 8 P. M. Office at (12 Washington Avenue S,; home 219 Capitol Ave. J W. HAGADORN, M. D.-Office hours, U to DR. H. W. LANDON. Office and residence, M. A. C. Office hours from 7 to 8:30 a. m., and 12:30 to 2, and 6:30 to 8 p. m. Sunday office hours 4 to 5 and 7 to 8 p. m. Now phone 1660. lege, Mich. Citizens phone 1502. m.; 2 to 4 and 7 to 8 p. m. Agricultural Col DR. OSCAR H. BRUEGEL. Hours 9 to 11 a. J OSEPH FOSTER, M. D., Eye, Ear,Nose and Throat. Hours 9 to 12 a. m.; 2 to 4 p. m.; Sun days, 12 to 1; Evening 7 to 8. Corner Allegan St. and Capitol Ave., Lansing. Both 'phones. PLUMBERS. SHIELDS & L E A D L E Y. Plumbing and Heat 300 Wash. Ave. N., Lansing. Both ing. Phones. SPORTING GOODS. J H. L A R R A B E E. Base Ball Goods, Foot Ball Goods, Tennis, Golf, Guns, Ammunition and Fishing Tackle. 826 Wash. A r e. S, BOOK BINDERS >0 TO BAKER MUSIC CO. for the up to-date J sheet rrusic.