The M. A. C. RECORD. MICHIGAN S T A TE 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, F E B. 37, 1906. N o. 23 TAU BETA PL T he most successful meeting in the history of T he Alpha of Mich igan Chapter of T he Tau Beta Pi Association was held last Thursday evening, Feb. 22, when it admitted Prof. A. R. Sawyer as an active member and six members of the junior class: C. M. Cade, L. E. Smith, S. B. Lilly, G. B. Hayes, O. C. Post, and M. F. Johnson as act ive members. T he meeting was called to order by the president at S p. m. in the class room of the Me a short chanical building. After business session, the members ad journed to the dining room of Club A. T h e re a sumptuous banquet awaited them, of which all partook with a zest, showing a thorough ap preciation of the good things. After cigars had been passed around, President Lambert introduced Prof. Weil as toastmaster, who, after lay ing down the rules to be followed, called for the following toasts : T he Expansion of Tau Beta Pi, Prof. Vedder. T he T au Beta Pi Man Out in the World, S. E. Johnson. Tau Beta Pi and the College, Prof. Babock. Engineering Sawyer. .Societies, P r o f. T he toastmaster next called upon different members for short speeches. A m o ng those responding were, H. G. Walker '04, S. C. Hadden of 111. Alpha, and E. L. LarisOn, Col. Alpha. Shortly after, the meeting was adjourned, everyone feeling that the evening had been well spent. T he M. A. C. Chapter is 13 years of age and is now in a flourish ing condition. It possesses twenty active members, seventeen of which are under-graduates. This the greatest membership it has ever en joyed and speaks well for the en gineering course of the college. is MENU. Creamed Tomatoes Wafers Pickles Celery Hamburg Steak Olives Scalloped Potatoes Rolls Fruit Salad Cheese Ice Cream Cake Coffee Bread Jello BAND CONCERT. Those who were fortunate enough to attend the concert given by the M. A. C . b a nd Friday evening were certainly well repaid for doing so. T he program was a most excellent one, and great credit is due the lead er for his untiring efforts, and also to each member for constant, faith solo by M r. ful practice. T he Egerton and the descriptive over ture, "A Day in the Cotton Field," were especially well rendered. T he number, " M r. T h o m as C a t" was also much enjoyed. T he quartet also deserves mention. T he music at M. A. C. is certainly the best it has ever been and does credit to the institution. STATE Y. M. C A. CONVEN TION. ALUMNI. attended especially by T he "state convention of the Y. M. C. A. in Adrian F e b. 15-19 was well the Michigan college men. On the pro gram of the convention were some of the strongest speakers who could be them George L. secured, among Robinson of McCormick Seminary who gave four strong lectures on Bible characters, Clayton S. Cooper of N ew York, C. M. Copeland of Toronto. T h e o. G. Soares of Chi cago, and A. B. Williams J r ., of the Cleveland Y. M. C. A. T he sentiment expressed by stu dent speakers in the last meeting of the convention was that an aggres sive religious work should be main tained in the associatiens during the coming year. F . J. Smith was chosen secretary of the convention, and R. A. T u r n er chairman of the credential commit tee. During the convention, Dr. W a t e r m an was elected a member of the state executive committee of the Y. M. C. A. TIC MINSTREL. in the armory and T he Electric Literary society gave a minstrel to their friends Saturday show evening of last week. T he was given the arrangement of staging, decorations the entertain and general plan of ment was certainly a credit to those having in charge. Mr. Mastenbrook as master of ceremon ies carried out the plan in a pleasing way. the same T he program opened with the song Lazy Moon sung by the end men assisted by the circle. T he following songs were then rendered the while with many interspersed original jokes : Robinson Cruso, J oe Taylor. J u st a Little R o c k i ng Chair and You, B. B. Pratt. It wasn't a Real One, " C h e t" Cavanagh. W hy Don't You T r y? F. C. Jen- ison. represented Shame on You, Gar Verran. Solo, I I. G. Kimball. Nobody, " S e n a t o r" H o g u e. Yankee Doodle Boy, Chorus. T he Olio consisted of a cornet duet by V an Halteren and R a n g e r. " O ur G. W. Dodge H e b r ew Friend," Hall Reed enter tained with the banjo, Messrs Cavanaugh and Verran performed their double stunt which was very laughable, V e r r a n 's " K a t r i n e" and " C h e t ' s" beautiful cornet solo pro voking much merriment. T he violin solos by M r . D u d l ey were much ap preciated. One of the best things on the program was the "Soliloquy of a Stranded Actor" by the "Sen ator," w ho became much wrought up in relating some of his "has bins." F r om the opening song of the circle to "Good Bye H i r a m" the en- tainment pleased the guests certainly spent an enjoyable even ing. and F. J. EARL WEBBER. C H O S EN AS C E N E R AL S E C R E T A RY OI< T HE Y. M. C. A. the class of J. Earl W e b b er who has accepted the position as general secretary of the V. M. C. A. to succeed M r. Hurst is a graduate of Alma college '05. M r. W e b b er in comes highly recommended from Alma where he was one of the most popular students. He played four years left field on the base ball team, the basket ball was a member of team, managed team one year, held a position on the de bating team, was business manager of the Almanian, and vice president of the Y. M. C. A. His interest in all phases of college life has well fitted him to assume the position he has been chosen to fill. football the ORATORICAL. In the oratorical contest to be held at Alma Friday evening, trie judges are as follows : On thought and composition, R e v. Reed Stewart of Detroit, Prof. T r o op of Chicago University and Prof. Lewis of Lewis they are, On delivery Institute. Hon. W. W. Wedemeyer of Ann Arbor, Hon. Charles Simons of Detroit, and R e v. J a s. Buckley of Detroit. T he contestants and subjects in their order are : George D. Suttons, Alma, J o hn Hay. R. L. Coldren, Hillsdale, Hero of the Dark Continent. A. Judson Colyn, Hope, T he Great Peace Maker. R o b e rt Gordon, Kalamazoo, T he College Man's Misson. Gertrude Peters, Agricultural College, Development of a National Conscience. Julius H. Moeller, State Normal, Alfred T he Great. St. Clare Parsons, Olivet, Tri umph of the Fraternal Spirit. C. A. Robinson, Adrian, T he Apostle of Beauty. Emerson O. Gildart, Albion, T he Ingenuity of the American People. Mr. and M r s. Taylor of Almont, were among those who attended the round up. '78. A new aphid has recently been discovered by J a s. T r o op near the city of Indianapolis an I drawings have been made by the director of entomology at Washington and pub together with a descripti* n lished they of their work. were found the Houghton gooseberry, Mr. T r o op has termed them Aphis houghten- ensis. Inasmuch as to work only on '9,v Secretary, M. A. C. Dear Sir :—I am to today in receipt of a copy of the M. A. C. R E C O R D. In response please find enclosed P. (). order for one year's subscription to If all the "Old Boys" have same. their A l ma in been as careless Mater's concerns as I have in days gone by, but little interest has been taken in her behalf. My apparent indifference, however, has in no way for portrayed my heart's feelings the place which was once so dear to the object of me and is and many pleasant m e m o r i es cherished T w e l ve reminiscences. vears absence from one's own native state and former associations with new interests and attractions sur rounding, is calculated to subject the past, however bright and vivid in the point of neglect. memory, to Perhaps there may be some excuse for those of us who are living and building homes in other states. T he graduates who are living in Michigan and in close touch with the College may enter tain hopes of some day seeing their sons and daughters tread the old campus where long years before they themselves have trod. Not so with those who have taken up their abode in different states. T h ey now in have their own state's welfare mind and must support their own institutions. T he name of old M. A. C, however, will al ways be sweet to our ears and its recollections hallowed to our mem ory. for ourselves labor to I hope Personally, in closer touch with her interests and in 1907 meet many old acquaintances and friends. to keep O. B. H A L L. '94. Lieut. R o b t . S . W e l sh has changed his location and can now be reached at Manilla, P. I., 28th Battery F. A. He says "I am under orders for ser vice in the Philippine Islands and will sail from San Francisco on March 5, '06. Mrs. Welsh is going also, but not until N o v. 25. T he transports have been so crowded that it was impossible for us to get passage on the same vessel." with '08. L. H. Leonard of Kalamazoo spent a few days at the College last week, and also attended the annual " R o u n d - u p ." He is at pres ent working on his father's farm near Kalamazoo. 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 A S S O C I A TE E D I T O R S. E. A. WILLSON. '07. H. S. CODY, 'OS. E. H. GILBERT, OS. I. E. PARSONS, 07. K. A. TURNER. '08. GRACE WARNER, 08. CAROLINE LAWRENCE, 06. FLORENCE GILBERT, 07. Subscription, 50 cents per year. Remit by P. O. Money Order, Draft or Regis tered Letter. Do not send stamps. Address all subscriptions and advertising mat ter to the College Secretary. Agricultural Col lege, Mich. Address all contributions to the Managing Editor. Business Office with Lawrence & Van Buren Printing Co., 122 Ottawa St. E., Lansing. Mich. Entered as second-class mail matter, Lansing, Mich. This paper is occasionally sent to non subscrib ers. Such persons need have no hesitation about taking the paper from the post-office, for no charge will be made for it. The only way, however, to secure the paper regularly is to sub scribe. TUESDA T, FEB. 27, 1906. INSTITUTE. T he farmers' round up began on Tuesday morning and continued u n til Friday afternoon and was cer tainly a great success. T he dele gates came early and stayed late and surely received great good. Classes in many cases were excused and at all sessions a goodly number of stu dents were present. T he attend ance was large and much interest was manifest throughout. T he music, much of which was contributed by our M. A. C. people, was no small factor in the success of the meeting and from the way each number was received it was appreciated by visitors and "home folk" as well. T he session Tuesday morning was given up to the subjects of bac teria, nitro culture and spraying. topics being ably handled by T he Dr. Marshall, Prof. Smith, and Prof. Green of the Ohio State Experi ment Station. Discussions of the last two subjects were taken up and the eleventh annual Round-up had started. Tuesday afternoon was given up to a varietv of subjects, Senator A. B. Cook's talk on sugar beets per interest as haps creating as much that only any. Mr. Cook stated three states, Mich., Cal., and Colo, produced enough beet sugar to be mentioned, and Mich, was at the head. Nothing but sugar beets should be taken from the land dur ing the season, the beets forming one crop in a rotation. Conditions in Germany are no more adapted to the successful growing of beets than in this country, yet,the average yield in Germany is 15 tons per acre, while in Mich, it is only about 8. T he soil conditions, planting, cultivation, and harvesting were all discussed in an interesting way. T he speaker mentioned the fact that in some places there was a suspicion that the factories were not treating growers fairly in the mat tests, etc., but said he had ter of never had reasons to doubt the tests of the Owosso Co , and that with unfavorable conditions a poor grade of beets would be the result the same as with any other crop. subjects of Mr. Reynolds w ho led in the dis cussion stated his method of rotation as differing from the first speaker. M a ny questions were then directed THE M. A. C. RECORD. at Mr. Cook, all of which were promptly taken care of. Do not separate Prof. Green of Ohio, in his paper on the orchard, stated the necessitv of becoming acquainted with your trees, must know the needs of each, and be in love with the business, or you will not be successful. T h e re must be the man and there must be method. them. T he wind break may be of use and it may prove a hinderance. T he things which will prove beneficial in one locality, may not do so in an other. T he matter of cover crops, cultivation and spraying were all taken up and discussed. ple orchard do not take anything from it but apples. In the ap In the discussion which followed, it was recommended by many, in as much as trees "true to n a m e" were so hard to secure, that some good standard sort be planted and to make sure of then top-grafted T he wind the desired variety. breaks and pruning also came in for their share of the discussion. then I. R. W a t e r b u ry took up the question of potato growing. T he growing of the tubers has ex tended not only to every state in the union, but to every country in the world. Potatoes need a porous soil, that will not dry out and bake down hard. Crops to be g r o wn before and after were taken .up as was also soil, seed, methods of preparing cultivation, etc. M r. Dean led in the discussion which followed and the number of questions asked in dicate that Michigan men are inter ested in this crop. On account of failure to get cur rent for the lantern, M r. M c C ue was unable to illustrate his lecture on the potato blight. H e, however, explained the method of detecting the blight, and urged spraying early as a preventative. He spoke of the line at the experiments along College and elsewhere all of which prove that spraying when the work is done intelligently pays well. this T U E S D AY E V E N I NG W as given up to educational sub jects, Prof. C. E. Holmes being the first speaker. "People sometimes wonder," said Mr. Holmes, " w h at a man from the Blind School can see in a subject of this kind." T he true way of teaching the child is not to teach him to make a living, but to live. Menton was made of the various classes of schools and how they originated — from the Univer sity down. Four or five boys and girls of a class go through high school and college—where are the rest? We should provide for them. Furnish shops, and equipment for the teaching of agriculture and do mestic science. Prof. Holmes ad vocated the installation of a normal course at M. A. C., which would in prepare agriculture in our pubhc schools. We should teach the tangible things of life to the normal child as well as to the blind and deaf. teachers for the work Hon. P. H. Kelley was then in troduced and in his usual happy manner addressed the audience on Improvement in our public schools. T he past year $11,000,000 was spent for current expenses in our schools, we invested over $25,000,- 000 in them and are employing an army of 1700 teachers to carry on this work'. T he object of the school should be to make better men and better women. education should be such as wil^'-hitch o n" to the affairs of every day life and make them useful, as 90 per cent of school Their P the science, etc., in children will in the future labor with their hands. In view of this, every town of 3000 and upwards should provide for manual training, domes tic schools. Combine the country districts so that a school of two rooms, ten grades can be had. Grade thoroughly. Twenty-five county normal training schools have been organized in the state. Next J u ne over 400 teachers will go out into the district schools of training from schools, certificates from which per mits the holder to teach only in the above named schools. the state these In spite of Com. H. S. Earle was then called upon and responded to the subject, " T h r ee Kinds of M e n ." Mr. Earle stated that he "quit work last night this morning," and at two o'clock would not therefore be at his best during this talk, being exceedingly this fact, how tired. ever, he gave a very interesting talk and fulfilled his purpose of giv about." ing "something think to T h r ee classes of men are leaders, helpers and hinderers. All were necessary. w e re made which brought out in an in to be teresting way sought and all s e e m 'd to get much good out of the last talk of the day. Comparisons the object W E D N E S D A Y. Prof. Shaw of Minnesota was the first speaker of the day and gave an instructive talk on forage crops,deal ing mainly with pasture and hay. N ot one farmer out of one hundred the in the United States realizes relative value of his pasture. In the spring care should be taken in turn ing feeders out on green feed as they are liable to lose weight to a marked the degree. T he speaker urged spreading of the manure on the grass land as being the most econom ical and for the best results as he had proven both in Ontario and Minnesota. Not only will t he blades then grow upward for cattle, but the roots will penetrate the soil thereby adding humus. Peas and ideal oats were mentioned as an food for dairy cat le and sorgum for a very satisfactory pasture. In the discussion M r. T o w ar said that alfalfa was such an important crop that it should receive more at tention and stated that at present clover was Michigan's ideal forage crop. showed very Prof. Moore was then asked to explain the progress of Alfafa in Wisconsin and gave some interest ing facts. Be sure that the seed shows good germination. A large per cent of seed from various seed low vitality. firms Soil inoculation was explained and Mr. Moore showed that when once started the plant was easily grown. T he subject of corn occupied the attention for the remainder of the day. first Prof. Moore being the speaker. He stated that he had always lived near the lake which bears the name of our state and felt almost as though he was a resi dent of the state itself. " T he stock breeders," he said, "were getting the start of the plant breeders and it behooves the latter to hustle and catch u p ." He spoke of the great opportunity before plant breeders and urged the corn growers to unite in their efforts to breed up three or four varieties than more. rather T h o se in a single community should select someone standard and stay by it for best results. Kiln dried corn is the safest seed for Michigan and Simple methods of Minnesota. drying the corn were mentioned for the ordinary farmer. Methods of testing the corn both in the ear and kernel were explained and the necessity of doing so~urged. Mr. Raven who led the discussion occupied only a short time and the subject was then open for general discussion. takev proved that Michigan farmers are awakening up to the subject of corn and mean to raise larger crops. interest T he laws are for C. C. Lillie of the dairy and food commission then gave a talk on the work of the commission. T he pure the purpose of food preventing deception. He men tioned several instances where adul terations had been discovered and stated methods of Commissioner Bird in dealing in a co-operative way with the jobbers thereby getting the product removed from the market and avoiding prosecutions in many cases. Wednesday afternoon the audi ence was favored with music bv pu pils from the State School for the Blind, which was much appreciated. Prof. Smith was called to the chair introduced Prof. Jeffery, w ho and spoke on the Breeds of Corn for Michigan. He mentioned the rapid g r o w th of the Corn Improvement Association of the many corn shows held throughout the state the past year, all of which augurs much for that crop in the future. Specimens of the various Michigan corns were exhibited and commented upon. Prof. Moore was again called upon who spoke on methods of tilling the soil, rotation of the crop, etc. T he discussion, led by M r. Tyler, was an interesting one. He stated his belief that corn was king, gave fig ures showing the enormous amount of this grain raised in this country and of its monetary value as com pared with other crops. T he corn crops with and without the silo, was next discussed, the silo method seeming to have the best end of the bargain. M r. Hull stated that upon his own farm he was cer tain that he saved 20 per cent, in the crop by handling it in this way. It would pay a man with six or eight cows to have a silo. Its palatability was one of the chief features of sil age. M r. Ellis the farmer always wanted to g r ow some corn which would not be put into the silo and with this he advocated husking by hand and then running the stalk through a threshing ma chine. He also made mention of dampening the stalk to increase their palatability. Prof. Pettit then gave an interesting lecture touching upon the insect enemies of the plant, their methods of attack and ways of com bating with them. stated that In the evening the subject of good roads was taken up by M r. Earle and his deputy. M r. Earle stated that if our that he was confident road system were perfected, we could reduce our road taxes by one- fourth and do twice as much good every year. T he country road sys tem was explained and urged. T he road taxes should be collected in cash and the funds placed in the hands of the township board to be distributed. Divide into four road districts and elect an overseer for each. this Mr. R o g e rs explained methods of building correct roads and spoke of the State R e w a rd L aw in Michigan which many sections are taking ad vantage of to secure good roads. It is a subject which should com mand the attention of every farmer in the state. THE M. A. C. RECORD. lot said THURSDAY. Forestry was the subject for the forenoon session and it was a most interesting portion of the program. in speaking of the Prof. Bogue wood it should have as much attention as the dairy and il lustrated how the g r o w th of an acre ot woodland properly cared for was equal to the same amount of crops raised. He urged the best of stock in replanting and named as desirable varieties southern Michigan locust, white ash and chesnut. He advised the purchasing of trees for planting rather than the practice of planting seeds. for Prof. R o th condemned the prac tice of bidding in state lands and then selling individuals who strip them of such timber as they desire. These parties invari ably allow the land to revert to the state to again be sold as taxes. them to Something must be done to en courage the individual holders in the their upper peninsula and confidence that the state is endeav oring to do them a service and not an injury. inspire Hon. Chas. W. Garfield spoke in his usual pleasant and earnest way on the Gospel of Forestry, bringing out the fact that we should not be governed by the prevailing spirit of commercialism this matter, but in must leave something for posterity. About 40 of the visitors visited the nursery after the session. Prof. Taft stated that we were for tunate in three ways at this session, (Thur. afternoon) and the three were in one. We have with us a former student of M. A. C, a successful far mer and the governor of our state. Gov. W a r n er stated that Michigan has the making of oneof the best dairy in the union, but we must states wake up to the fact and improve our opportunities. T he value of Wisconsin dairy products last census was nearly four times as great as those of Michigan and yet our natural conditions are as good as Wisconsin's. He spoke of the in creased value in lands in Wisconsin wherever dairying is practiced, as one of the advantages, and Mich igan he said had great possibilities along this line which had not yet been found out. Prof. S h aw then spoke on breed ing and selecting stock for dairy purposes. He spoke of his experi ences in the west, and said that for a time he was baffl d to know how to present the subject from thebooks at hand. These did not present the subject in a way which could be grasped by the boys, nor were thev able to do so until the subject was rewritten. T he fundamental law is that the speaker urged the use always of a pure breed sire. He demonstrated by the use of the black board the possibilities of upgrading and spoke of its great value to the farmer. like produces like, -and Prof. Smith led in the discussion and stated that the most important factor in the dairyman's success was the dairyman himself. He must have his ideal so firmly fixed in his mind that he can compare it with any animal he may chance to see and tell whether or not it comes up to his standard. T he discussion which followed was one of the most lively and interesting heard during the institute. Mr. Cannon then spoke on the care of the dairy cow and stated that the dairy first judged the dairyman then the cow. T he speaker touched upon proper inspector usually foods, cleanliness, right kinds of ventilation and treatment of the cow in the stable. M r. Ladd advocated the winter c iw as in this way when she is turned out in the spring she practi cally becomes fresh the second time. He also mentioned as a suustitute for silage, in a measure the value of roots in the ration. R e g u l ar times for feeding and milking and kindly treatment were also urged. Prof. Lane, of Washington, then mentioned some of the things the Dairy Department were endeavor ing to do and of the great dairy show- in Chicago which has just been held. T he butter and cheese exhibits are a common o c c um nee but the oppor tunity for the producer only of milk and cream to exhibit his wares has not been great and it is the aim to develop this featu'e. T h e re were 13 different states in this contest, 46 exhibits of milk and between 400 and 500 bottles of cream. He urged the advisability to interest the of coun'y exhibits dairy then farmers. M r. Lane spoke of the bulletins being sent out and the aim of in sending them. the department represented N. P. Hull gave a most interest ing talk T h u r s d ay evening on cur boys and girls. Mr. Hull, in taking a glass of water before commencing his talk, said he supposed he should apologize for starting a wind-mill with water, but his earnest address proved than a that he was more wind mill. He expected to be sim ply a boy a* long as he lived and as he had spent considerable time dur ing the past 30 years thinking about girls he felt qualified to speak on both boys and girls. We love to dwell, said the speaker, on the great men of the past and of their achieve ments ; but it is not the great lead ers we need to wrorry about, they will be provided all right. It is the boys and girls of the country who are to build up the nation. M r. Hull mentioned home and factors school as the two important in shaping the future of the child and dwelt particularly on the home side. There has been something wrong in the home when the boy goes out and states that "the world owes me a living.'' Teach the boy to try and yield $1.05 worth of labor to $1.00 received and he will soon become too big for his job. Do not boast in the home of getting something for nothing. A comparison of various -trades and professions were made with farming, but farming had the best of it. We have the best boys and girls on earth, let us take care of them. througout Prof. Fletcher then gave a talk on extension teaching in agriculture describing the methods pursued in the state of N ew Y o rk where be was engaged in this work for a time. Nature study is simply the getting acquainted with the ordinary things about them. Junior clubs have been organized the state for this work. T h e re are 26,000 mem bers in these clubs who actua'ly g r ow something each year and re port progress to the supervisor at Ithaca, twice a year. H i gh schools have to some extent taken up the study of elementary agriculture and in some localities county agricultural schools have been organized. T he reading course is also an farmers important furnishing factor, books a supplement to the bulletin sent out by the station and are in the form of a series—consecutive. Prof. Lane was again called upon and gave a talk on crops for the dairy farmer, illustrating the same by the use of lantern. He the showed fields of various crops in cluding corn alfalf i, clover, vetches, etc., at various stages of growth and something of the value of each in respect to feed for the dairy cow. FRIDAY. first T he ta'k Friday morning was on experimentation work by Prof. R. S. S h a w. Prof. Shaw stated the three important factors in this work was experiment stations, the agricultural press, and institute workers. T he investigator, said he, who will publish results should be 1st, brought up on the farm ; 2d, have a college education, and 3d, should return to the farm for a time, to again study in a practical there today are Investigators of way. often in too great a hurry to publish results and make for themselves reputations rather than wait to prove by a series of experiments the value of the same to readers. He urged those present upon receiving bulle tins to read the plan carefully, as often times a serious mistake in the plan will prove the experiment al most worthless. Mr. Moore, w ho led the discus sion, stated his belief in trying things for himself and not waiting for the scientist to furnish all results. He mentioned results ob interesting tained on his own farm. A discus sion followed. C. H. Alvord spoke on sheep raising in Michigan and urged for the best results to select a breed and stay by it through thick and thin. T h ey are as safe an investment as any stock you can buy and furnish They quick returns to the farmer. do not require expensive buildings for housing, neither do they require very warm quarters, but same should be dry and well ventilated. Mr. Alvord suggested there was a splendid chance in the north ern countries to build up this indus try. Careless and lazy men should not attempt to raise sheep. T h ey should have a variety of food, pure water and plenty of exercise. that T he discussion led by Moore was interesting, the speaker stating that a good breeding ewe would pay for herself the first year and that sheep had in a large measure aided him in raising a mortgage. Poultry for the farmer was dis in a way cussed by M r s. Campbell that which proved to the audience she was thoroughly conversant with the subject. She stated that it was one of the most important of prod ucts, confining herself to the subject of chickens only. T he hen house need not be expensive but should be warm and dry. to get winter layers eggs were selected from her best winter layers. T he matter of yard, proper food, scratch ing pens, etc., were all discussed in an interesting way. F or perches M r s. C. uses a wagon wheel placed upon a standard in her coop. In order On Friday afternoon Prof. Shaw of Minnesota, gave his last talk be fore a good sized audience on pork production. He compared the con ditions of Michigan with those of Denmark and stated that there was no reason w hy we should not have a reputation along that line equal to that of Denmark. We cannot com pete with the breeders in the corn belt. T h ey breed f r short, round bodies, while here the rule should be to breed for greater length, the T a m w o r th being mentioned as a type which would materially aid in bringing about best results. T he discussion was enjoyed by all. T he gnod work done by Prof. Shaw and Prof. Moore at this institute can hardly be estimated and the dele gates were fortunate indeed to be able to hear their addresses. Dr. Waterman was the next speaker, and talked interestingly for a half hour on the foot of the horse. He stated that more than half of the the diseases causing horse in the hoof. He demonstrated by means of an arti ficial hoof the anatomy of the same and mentioned causes of lameness in an animal. T he various shoes for correcting troubles were also shown and their uses explained. lameness of is found Mr. Geismar read the last paper of the day, and mentioned some very interesting results in his work the U. P. experiment at station. in yields which He gave figures compared favorably with those of any part of the country. He was asked many questions at the close of his talk which proved that peo ple are wakening up to the possibil ities of our upper peninsula along agricultural lines. CORN AWARDS. District 1. Class A, Yellow Dent -21 entries. Score 1st, R. I. Vandercook, Linden . . .. 85.8 2d, J. J. Nyenhius, Hudsonville . . . . 83.5 3d, H. M. Young, Mason 77 9 4th, Mumford & Crouch, Ann Arbor . . 76.4 5th, Dean Myers, Ciark's Lake . . .. 76.2 Class B, White Dent. rst, R I. Vandercook, Linden 2d, Calvin Lazelle, Napoleon 3d, S B Hartman, Athens 4th, J. B. Seedorf, Athens . . .. S3 4 75 3 71.4 71.1 Class C—White Cap. 1st, Wm. Folks, Hanover : 2d, A. W. Jewett, Mason 3d, Roy Clark, Eau Claire Class D—Other Varieties. 1st, A. W. Jewett, Mason 2d, Calvin Lazell, Napoleon 84 4 79 3 78 7 75.4 60 7 Class E—Flints. 1st, Geo. J. Frederick, Brooklyn . . . 77.2 2d, E M. Moore, Orchard Lake . . .. 76.6 3d, C. P. Reed, Howell 75 4 • District 2. Class A—Yellow Dent. 1st, Jas. Foster, Pompeii 2d, A. P. Gray, Traverse City 3d. Frank Finzel, Gladwin 4th, E J. Taylor, Fremont Class B—White Dent. 1st, D. L. Phillips, Shepherd Class E—Flints. 1st, Robert Horsell, West Branch . . . Special—Bushel Lots. 1st, J. J. Nyenhius, Hudsonville . . . .79.1 75.7 2d, A. W. Jewett, Mason 756 3d, J. S. Draper, Decatur W O M E N 'S C O N G R E S S. T he women's session held in the women's building was well attended and much interest shown. M r s. Saunders spoke on home making. W a ys of brightening the home were mentioned. We should of course keep the home in order, but no house wife ever gets all through with her work and should not wait for this before taking rest as if she did the rest would never come. Make the best of little diffi culties which arise and try not to worry. T he discussion brought out interesting views on the rooms for the boys'and girls in the home. In the care of household stores M r s. Campbell stated some advan tages of buying stores in quantities. Mention was also made concerning the carcass of the lamb, beef or hog, the cuts of each and the proper way to preserve these by curing. THE M. A. C RECORD. Miss Bemis' talk had to do with the care of household articles, and mentioned ways of brightening up the carpets, brightening the silver ware without polishing and the care of table linen. the Miss Colwell then spoke on economical side of the kitchen man agement, especially the preparation of food. On T h u r s d ay Mrs. Partch gave the first talk. She did not wish it to be called an address. Corporal punishment was not advocated, but the child should be given something to do in place of the mischief he was doing. Environment is so large a factor in the life of the child that great care should be taken to make this as nearly ideal as possible. Mrs. Barber followed with some incidents in her career interesting as a nurse, and also some valuable points in the care of the sick. and M r s. Buell gave the last talk of inter the session, which was both instructive. T he one esting thought running through her entire talk was helpfulness to others, and urged that in selecting our amuse ments or entertainments we should be sure it is not detrimental to others nor taking our time when that time might be helping others in a large measure. RESOLUTIONS. To the State of Michigan F a r m ers' Institute Society : Y o ur committee on resolutions beg leave to report that as we have interesting had very instructive and discussions at each and every ses sion and it has been brought about largely by the energetic and untiring efforts of our worthy Supt. of Insti tutes, L. R. Taft, therefore, be it Resolved: that we delegates and farmers here assembled at this round up do most heartily appreciate the courteous treatment and the manner in which we have been entertained and instructed. And that our thanks are profusely tendered to all w ho have labored for the success of this round up. that we Resolved, Further feel especially grateful to the gentlemen and ladies who so kindly entertained us with vocal and instrumental mu sic, and also to the boys from the Industrial School w ho entertained us with song, and whose gentle manly appearance sent a thrill of to pleasure to each h e a r t; further the faculty and students from the School for the Blind for their har monious songs. And whereas, the farmers' institute work for the past season has been of such great bene fit, to our farmers and others of our state, that we feel justified in asking of our State Board of agriculture an increase in for farmers' institutes to $10,003 for the two fiscal years. the apportionment Resolved, Further that we favor the passage by the U. S. senate of the Adams Bill H. R. 345, increas ing the appropriation for experiment station work, and we urgently re quest our sena'ors, the Hon. Julius C. Burroughs and the Hon, Russel A. Alger to give it their support. Be it further Resolved, the re moval of the internal revenue from denaturised alcohol thereby furnish ing us with cheaper fuel, light and material for manufacturing.and also creating a greater market for our by-products. that we favor A nd further, we strongly urge the members of the next and succeeding legislatures their best en deavors to enact laws to help pre to use the continued vent re-selling of stump land (so called) for taxes for long years in succession. We urge that whenever sections of such lands can be found consist ing of one or more townships free or nearly free from settlement, that the title of such lands revert to the state and their management placed in control of the State Forestry Com. We further wish to express our gratitude to the railroads of Michi gan, which so substantially aided us in institute work by giving reduced rates to its workers, thereby enabl ing us to extend the w o rk and we hope they may see their way clear to continue their beneficial aid. All is respectfully submitted. of which P. V O O R H E I S, A L E X A N D ER S H A R P, E. L. K E A S E V. ATHLETICS. M. A. C. 44, ALBION I I. team T he basket ball added another victory to her list Friday, by defeating Albion on her own ground by the above score. Our opponents were outclassed in every part of the game especially in the team work. F or M. A. C. Hanish and McKenna played a strong game and the team work of the whole five kept Albion in the air all the time. T he opposing team accorded M. A. C. good treatment, but the crowd made it a practice, as they always team jeering, not only our do, of and its good playing, but every de cision made which was not to their benefit. M. A. C. believes in root ing for her team and believes that other colleges should so the same, but there is a vast difference be tween decent rooting and indecent It might be added that M. jeering. A. C. knows and appreciates the difference. LINE-UP. Center Forwards ALBION f Sanderson JHall M. A. C. McKenna { Dixon ) Vondette Hanish Westerman Baskets—Hanish 7, Dixon 5, Mc K e n na 6, Vondette 2, Russell 2, Hollingshead 3. Fouls—Russell 1, Westerman 2. j Moore 1 Towsley Russell Guards the than the close of On Saturday M. A. C. 25 ANN ARBOR 2 9. team met the the strong aggregation at Ann Arbor and played a more exciting game, first game if possible with that team. It was hard to tell whose game it would be up to the last play although M. A. C. was in the lead the greater part of the time. J u st at the game our opponents began their usual "rough i n g" which before had been held in check by the referee and before the whistle blew for the close secured the required number of points which won for them the game. T he re sult is a source of satisfaction espec ially when it is remembered that M. A. C. was playing without Captain Krehl. T he home team outclassed their opponents in team work and fast ball, but the university players are without doubt the strongest indi vidual players in the state. T he cross-country squad worked hard every night last week a goodly number reporting for each night's run. Other events were somewhat at a standstill on account of the In stitute. Next Saturday Albion comes here the Lansing for basket ball and high school will be here for an in door meet with our freshmen. OLIVET. last T he meet held (Tuesday) evening was a success and was well attended. M. A. C. won the events by the narrow margin of one point. T he events were as follows : D a s h — V e r r a n, M. A. C. 1st, H e m e n w a y, O, and Pearsall, M. A. C, tieing for 2nd. H i gh jump—Hurlbut, O, 1st, Graham, M. A. C, 2nd, Allen, M. A. C, 3rd, ht. 5-4. Pole vault—Gongwer, M. A. C, 1st, Gilbert, M. A. C, 2nd, Bishop, O, 3d, ht. 9 - 5. H i gh dive—Arnold, O, ist, Hig- bee, O, 2nd, Gongwer, M. A. C., 3 d , h t . 5 - 9. Shot put—Betts, O, ist, Bur roughs, M. A. C., 2nd, Bishop, O, 3d, distance 36-2, 33-10, 31-2. Final score of points, M. A. C, 2 0 1 4, O l i v e t, 1 9 1 ^. Between halves of the basketball game the tumbling teams did some very clever work. M. A. C. was represented by Belknap, Jacobs and Cataline; Olivet by Arnold and Birdsell. T he work of the visitors was perhaps a little more smoothly done, two members of the home team being new men. No decision was rendered. M. A. C, 4 6— OLIVET, 10. At the close of the meet, basket ball occupied the crowd. M. A. C. was in the game all of the time as the score would indicate, but her team work at times was a little ragged. the attention of fast playing of T he visitors were much heavier and had two or three fairly strong individual players, but were not throwers and could not keep sure up with f e the home team. Our baskets were all thrown the field, being dis tributed as follows: Vondette 7, Hanish 7, Dixon 5, McKenna 3, Westerman 1. Olivet got 3 baskets from the field, 2 on free throws and was awarded 2 points. from Y. M. C A. Dr Waterman addressed the stu dents in the chapel Sunday evening taking as his subject "Doubts Re moved." In his practical way of proving his arguments Dr. Water man showed the difference between knowing and understanding. Men know and understand the science of mathematics, natural they do not understand laws but them. Men will not believe in Christ's miracles because they do not understand them, when in reality they understand the miracles as well as process which produces two different kinds of apples on one trte. they understand they know the R e v. Perry, of the Main St. M. P. church, preached in chapel Sun day morning. Prof. Smith's course of lectures on " T he Life of Christ," given be fore the special students, closed last Sunday. talks It was through to hear Burt W e r m u th T he men who attended the T h u r s day evening prayer meeting were in pleased that one of his enthusiastic interest to college are always of men. the work of this man and a few other men of his stamp that the M. A. C. Asssciation was placed on the strong foundation it now stands and it is with pleasure that the students hear a man w ho has led the religious life of the insti tution through the difficult places. STOMACH-ACHE. ( T u n e " H, S.") Stomach-ache, Stomach-ache, '06 had a feed on you—('07) Oughty-eight was in it too. Stomach-ache, Stomach-ache, Sugar Bowl made it, '07 paid it, Stomach-ache. Some wise Seniors had a lunch, And they fooled that Junior bunch. Stomach-ache, Stomach-ache, Caused by ice cream, punch and cake. Stomach-ache. At the banquet given by the De troit alumni, February 23, the fol lowing former students were pres ent : Lincoln Avery, P o rt Huron ; F. B. Ainger, V. B. Bailey, J. W. Beaumont, Miss M. Bougula, Miss M ay Butterfield, F. K. Brainard, Dr. H. B. Baker, E m ma Barrett, R. F. Bell, W. M. Brown, Sam'l C r a w ford, L. T. Clark, R. J. Coryell, W. A . D o h a n y, Mary Elliott, H . F . E m mons, Miss Grace E. Elliott, J o hn N. Goodrich, W a l t er Graves, O. P. Gulley, Oscar Gorenflo, H A. Haigh, R. W. Hemphill, J r ., Miss Coral Havens, E. D. Hutton, Geo. H o w a r d, H. J ay Hayes, E. V . J o h n son, F r a nk Kratz, C. F. Lawson, George E. Lawson, E. F. L a w, William Lightbody, D r. C. B. L u n d y, W. F. Lyon, Mrs. Alta Lawson Littell, L. B. L i t t e l l, J o hn W. T. F. M i l l s p a u g h, Matthews, A l e x. M o o r e, W. F. Millar, F. H. Nickle, E. N. P ag e ls OH, T. G. Philips, H- K. Patriarch, C. WT. Porter, G. F. Ransom, F. E. Robson, Miss H a r- riette Robson, E d w a rd Russell, M r s. Clara Ohland Russell, A. A. Robinson, Dr. H. M. R i c h, W. L. Snyder. Dr. T. F. Stephenson, C. W. Stringer, A. K. Sweet, C. D. Sterling, H. F. Tuttle, E. D. A. T r u e, G. G. T o r r y, D r. H. C. W y- man, Bert Wermuth, G. E. W a t son, G. W. W h i t e. Others who attended were Dr. Beal and Prof. Weil from M. A. C, Prof. L. I I. Bailey, of Cornell, and many of alumni. About '90 were present and an en joyable evening spent. friends of the in interested the employ of Iron Co. It was the good fortune of the writer to have nearly a month's ex perience in t ie woods of the upper peninsula the Cleveland Cliffs T h is company is primarily a mining con cern with plenty of ore in sight to last them a life time. T h e se men are holding immense tracts of land extending nearly the whole length of the peninsula for their posterity. President Mathers of the firm is in forestry, and greatly together with Mr. Higgins, their head forester, is building up a for est service of their own. T he com pany themselves cut only the hard their woods suitable for smelting ores, letting contracts for all the other timber they care to have cut on their 490,000 acres of woodland. After spending a few days at the Negaunee, the headquarters of company, the head forester and I left for Grand Marais, where most of our time was spent in the woods. O ur work in this vicinity consisted land, estimating looking over in stand, condition of timber, species, reproduction and future possibilities. T he even, cold, dry climate, deep the use of snow, (necessitating a nd sights snowshoes), unusual views, and most of all the outdoor life in the woods, all contributed to make and this a very pleasant profitable outing. A. N. R. T HE M. A. C. R E C O R D. FOOD CHOPPERS Universal and Griswold f& EYERY KIND OF FURNITURE FOR YOUR ROOM. Cots Folding Beds flatresses B o th good 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 AH Goods Delivered Free. flORTONS HARDWARE 111 Wash. Ave. South. M. J. & B. M. Buck. THE JEWETT & KNAPP STORE Where you will find the largest and most complete • '• _"•';' •' • '•••' •"•:..',•;.-': stock of = = = = == Women's Hisses' and Children's Ready-to=wear Garments, Knit Underwear, Hosiery, Gloves and Ribbons. All t he new things in Laces, Embroideries, and Wash Goods. : See our New Silks, Dress Goods and Trimmings. If you want an Exclusive Gown or Suit, go to : Lansing's Reliable Store. : : : : : We are showing ' an unusually attractive line of Overcoats & Cravenettes Feel certain can save you money and at same time give you latest and best Spalding Sweaters and Supporters Elgin Mifflin yeast- tsmj^E j sy W H i te C a n v as O X F O R DS P r i ce $2.00 a pair White Canvas Oxfords are the most dainty and attractive foot coverings possible to obtain for party wear—a finishing touch to complete the effect of that pretty gown. <£ <£* <2* «J* J E W E TT & K N A P P 2 2 0 - 2 22 AND 2 24 WASHINGTON AVENUE SOUTH, L A N S I N G, MICHIGAN. HOLLISTER B L O CK C. D. W o o d b u r y 's SJ h oe o re *£ A B O UT T HE C A M P U S. «g F. M. W a l k er has an interesting article (illustrated) in the last Mich igan Farmer on " T he R ed Man of the N o r t h ." T he forestry department has re ceived the bronze medal for an ex hibit of models showing propoga- tion of models of coniferous seed lings. . M r. Hadden, of the mathematical department, will speak before t he M. A. C. foresters at their next meeting on the water power of streams. Secretary Hurst attended a ban quet at A l ma Thursday evening, given by t he literary society of which he was a member while in that college. One of the special students before leaving for home handed Prof. Smith all the money he had except his fare home to be used toward the memorial building. A letter from Prof. Holdsworth states that he is getting along finely, is gaining in weight right along and expects to be ready for duty the first of the spring term. A m o ng others who attended t he Institute and w ho have sons and daughters in college were Mr. and Mrs. Pratt, Middleville; Mr. Ash ley of Davison and Mr. Hurlburt. T he records of the seven students representing our basketball team show the following marks for the half term just closed : 8 a's, 17 b's, 18 c's and no conditions. W h e re is there another student athletic team in the state that can produce such a record ? Mr. and M r s. Dean renewed old acquaintances at M. A. C. last week Mr. Dean who was formerly con nected with the Hort. department is now on his own farm near Napo leon. Lost—Set of W e b b er drawing instruments. T he set did not in clude the drawing pens which were originally a part of t he same. Finder please leave at Secretary's office. T he W o m en have organized class teams for basket ball and will have inerclass schedule. T he first an game w as played S a t u r d a y; t he Freshmen defeating the Sub Fresh men with a score of sixteen to five. Mrs. Gingles and Miss St J o h ns former instructors in Domestic Art at M. A. C. have been spending several days with College friends. T h ey are both connected with the Saginaw Manual Training H i gh school. In the Freshmen Oratorical Con test of the Eclectic Socitey February 17, 1906, Mr. B. B. Pratt, carried off first honors. M r. H. C. P r a tt and M r. Walter Moss tieing for second place. Miss Gilchrist, Mr. Hadden and Mr. Brewer acting as judges. T he students at M r s. Dickson's have formed a house organizntion, and have decided to call the house Bachelor's Inn. T h ey elected J. S. Wells, president; A L. Campbell, vice president; J. M. W a l k u p, sec retary. T h ey hold meetings once a month, at which time they have mu sic, games and refreshments. T he beds and frames for the new engines were unloaded Saturday and are being placed. T he electric gen erator has not yet arrived. It be gins looks as though M. A. C. would have her own electric lighting plant some of these days. Mr. Richard Hopkins, a former instructor in mathematics, was mar ried on February 24th to Miss Josephine B r o wn at Chicago. M r. and M r s. Hopkins will be at home after March 10, 109 Cornell street, Ithaca, N. Y. Congratulations are in order. T he following students have been chosen delegates to the World's Stu dent Volunteer Conference Feb. 28 to Mar. 4. O. K. W h i t e, E. P. Robinson and D. H. Ellis for the Y. M. C. A. and Miss Mary Allen and Miss Florence Barlow for Y. W. C. A. It is expected that there will be 3000 delegates present. At the Senior Engineering So ciety Wednesday evening Mr. A. H. Cameron talked about the manu facture of Portland Cement. M r. Cameron seemed familiar with his subject and gave us a very good de scription of the wet process of the In this manufacture of cement. process marl is dredged from the bottom of lakes and after being mixed with clay until of the proper constituency, the mixture is baked and ground very fine into t he fin ished product. A trip to Grand Rapids is being planned for March 17 in the interest of students in horticulture. T h o se who plan to go will leave on Friday evening at 8 :oo P. M., and stay in Grand Rapids over night so that the next day may be spent in visiting the places of interest. T he places to be visited are the leading green houses, lettuce houses of Mr. Strong, the floral establishment of H e n ry Smith, the rhubarb house of Chas. W. Garfield, the tomato and mush room houses, the mushroom caves and the commissjon houses of the city. T he total cost of the trip will not exceed $4.00. This trip is de signed primarially for the junior class in green house work, but any who are interested may go and those desiring to do so will make arrangements with Prof. Fletcher. A goodly number of College peo ple were fortunate T h u r s d ay even ing in hearing Mrs. Kedzie and Miss K n i g ht in t he interpretation of Hiawatha. T he music by M r s. Kedzie was used as a back ground for the narration of the poem which was given by Miss Knight, dressed as an Indian maiden. T he opening was made by M r s. Kedzie present ing on the piano some of the themes that are interwoven in the composi tion. Miss Knight then gave, to Mrs. Kedzie's accompaniment, bits childhood, t he from Hiawatha's killing of his first deer, his journey to t he land of the Dakotahs, his wooing and the famine scene with the death of Min-ne-ha-ha. H er w o rk in the suggestion of Indian method was splendid and the weird, unusual flowing music that accom panied the words was played by M rs. Kedzie to bring out its full beauty. T he entertainment throughout was a delightful one and thoroughly en joyed by everyone present. THE M. A. C. RECORD. LAWRENCE ®. V A N B U R EN PRINTING CO. W H EN IN N E ED QF DANCE PROGRAMS or SOCIETY PRINTING. ALL MEATS . . .. May look a l i ke 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. Like the pudding, the proof of good meats is in the eating. A trial will convince you that you ought to trade with us. We make daily trips to the College. BOTH P H O N E S. Careful attention given to 'phone orders. GOTTLIEB REVTTER 122 Ottawa St. E. Washington Ave. South. Stalker Prints "Swell" Dance Programs Fine Stationery and other good things. 117 Hichigan Avenue West Ground Floor. forrect Clothes For Young Men The Clothes Shop BRUCE IN. HICKEY, 120 N. Wash. Ave. DIRECTORY LANSING BUSINESS and PROFESSIONAL M E N —^ 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 able p a r t i e s. We hope 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 those who patronize u s. BARBERS. M A. C. BARBER SHOP, Rooms in New . Bath House. H. A. Sias, Propr. BOOKS AND STATIONERY. A M. EMERY. 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. BOOK BINDERS GEO. G. BLUDEAU & CO —Bookbinders Ac count book makers, paper ruling, library and fine art bindings, file boxes, map mounting, albums, pocket books, etc. Citizens phone No. 56. 109 Wash. Ave. N. AGENVOORD & CO.—Bookbinders, Blank- book Makers, 109 Washington Ave. South. BOOTS AND SHOES. C D. WOODBURY.— Boots and Shoes. We shoe the students. See ad. CLOTHING. LOTJIS BECK.—Clothier. Gents' Furnishings, Hats arid Caps. 112 Washington Ave. North. CROCKERY AND GLASSWARE. H H. LARNED.—China, Glass and Lamps. 105 Washington Ave. S. DENTISTS. A F. GORDON, D. D. S. M. A. C. '91, U. of /l M. '01. 218 Washington Ave. S. Phone, Citizens 68 ~i. Building, Lansing, Mich. Citizens phone 475. ington Ave. S. Citizens' Phone 1049. Former M. A. C. student. 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. F A R M E L E E, Dentist, 117% Washing- ton Ave. S., Lansing, Michigan. Citizens' 517. Citizens Phone 52, Bell Phone 396. Phone, office 275; residence, 261. # MEMORIAL BUILDING. from a former special course student of $50. A meeting of alumni and former students was called at 5 o'clock on Wednesday evening as quite a dele gation of the same were attending the institute. T he meeting was pre sided over by Prof. Smith who called on Dr. Waterman to state its purpose. T he Dr. mentioned as the reason for calling the meeting was to talk over the project of the Mem that we orial building and urged act in this matter as one family, and stated fully the purposes it would serve and for whom it should stand as a memorial. that one leaving Prof. Smith mentioned of the special students on said he wanted to show his appre ciation for what had been done for him and handed over a check for a round sum. Pres. Snyder was called upon for a few remarks and Mr. Buskirk spoke for the State Board as well as the alumni. He stated that the board would support the movement but must know just what amount is to be had before they would be at liberty to begin the work. Secretary Brown was obliged to leave but before going stated that just received a subscription he had T he kind of a letter we all enjoy reading : ''I think that it is time for me to fulfill my promise to report progress occasionally, and at the same time to interest assure you of my unabated in the welfare of M. A. C. I enjoy reading the R E C O RD each week and always glad to see news items about my acquaintances of college days, beingespecially interested, of course, in the progress of the members of the class of 1905. F r om all reports I am sure that in their work they are maintaining the high standard set by former graduates and in time their successes will add to the fame of M. A. C. "Since leaving Lansing I have been especially fortunate in securing practical experience along the lines of hydraulic and construction work. From Oct. 9 until J u ne 10 I was out of doors ten hours a day for nearly every day, being located at Ceresco, where the Commonwealth P o w er Co. was building a large concrete dam and power house on the Kala mazoo river. My duties furnished an oppurtunity for the acquirement of useful knowledge and at the same time gave to exercise the chance some authority, which of course was very satisfactory to a recent grad uate. "I am at present engaged in de signing work in the office at Jack starting off the class of '00, C. P. R e ed M r. I. B. Bates '87, who is spend ing a few weeks at the college, and who has been chosen chairman of his class, spoke of the value such a building would be to him at the time and named a round present sum which he intended to contribute in '87. A m o ng others to speak encourag ingly of the project and pledge their support to the same were K i ng with '68, Warden '74, Valleau with '83, Cannon '88, R. H. Wilson '89, R. J. Crawford and W. O. Hedrick '91, Thayer and M c C u e ' o i, Hartman '03, C l a r k ' 0 4, H o w a rd '05, M r. Root and Mr. T r ue who were special students a number of years ago, and Mr. Sut- tie, one of our present special course that students. All seemed to feel something was due M. A. C, and further all seemed ready to see that she got her due. D r. W a t e r m an and Prof. Smith closed the meeting the with remarks which fact more such a building ivas needed and -Mould be a fitting memorial. T he point was again brought out that many small contributions were more to be de sired than a few large donations. impressed than ever that in the spring. son, but expect to go out on con struction work In is Fred the office here with me Johnston, '05, who is greatlv inter ested in his work and is making a good in Jackson Homer Eaton, '03, McAl- pine, '05, and Cavanagh and Stay- ton, '06. record. There are also W i th best wishes, I am, Sincerely yours, H O R A CE S. H U N T, '05. '95- in G uy L. Stewart writes,—I was the little particularly interested enclosure about ' W h at the Old Col lege is doing.' I am mighty glad to see it and although I do not get there often no one is more interested in her welfare than I am. I] sure will try to be at the 1907 reunion and will begin today to set aside the time so that I may get there. A railroad man has but little time for anything but his work but I am de termined to be at M. A. C. in 1907. T he question for debate Thurs the day evening is, Resolved, T h at negro should be disfranchised. M r. and M r s. Calkins, grandpar ents of Miss Raynor were guests at last week. the W o m e n 's Building that we may soon be the new able to present a photo of mechanical building as it will be. It is hoped DRUGGISTS. 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 JEWF.TT & K N A PP STORE. Dry Goods. 222-224 Washington Ave. S. ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES. CAPITOL ELECTRIC CO. Electrical Supplies, Telegraph Instruments and Telephones. 11 Mich. Ave., E. FURNISHING GOODS. E LGIN MIFFLIN.—Ladies' and Gentlemen's; 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 CanJs Hack Line. Livery in connection. 410 Washington: Ave. N. HARDWARE. STOVES AND TINWARE. NORTON'S HARDWARE—General Hardware* Stoves, Tinware, Graniteware, Cutlery, etc. 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. P I E L L A. 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 Ageats. MANICURE AND HAIRDRESSING. Parlors. Masquerade Wigs M RS. O. T. CASE—Manicure and Hairdressinff for Rent.. Switches made of cut hair or combings. The-- France-American Hygienic Toilet Requisites a- a specialty. New'phone 118. 222K Washington Ave. S., up stairs. MILLINERY. ^OR Fine Milfinerv go to No. 226 Washington: ' Ave., S. New Phone 112. MUSIC, PIANOS. ETC. ton Ave. N. thing in the line of music. 219 Washing GR I N N E LL BROS. Pianos, Organs and every GO TO BAKER MUSIC CO. for the up to-date- PIANO TUNING, J.Parker. Action Work a Specialtv. Teacher of Violin and Saxaphone.. Parkers1 Orchestra, 119 Pennslvania Ave. N. Cit iz«:ns 'phone 080*, Lansing, Mich. sheet rrusic. OCULISTS. CHAS. G . J E N K I N S, M. D. — Diseases of Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat. Hours, 9 to 12 a. m.^. and 2 to 6 p. m. Citizens Phone No, 1030. Room* 2 ;i 204 Prudden Block. PHYSICIANS. 12 A. M„ 2 to 4 and 7 to 8 p. M. Office at 212! Washington Avenue S.; home 219 Capitol Ave. J W. HAGADORN. M. D.—Office hours, 11 to. DR. H. W. LANDON. Office and residence,. M. A. C. Office hours from 7 to 8:30, a. m.y 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 1560. lege, Mich. Citizens phone 1502. m.; 2 to 4 and 7 to 8 p. m. Agricultural Col D R. OSCAR H. BRUEGEL. Hours 9 to 11 a. JOSEPH 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 ing. 300 Wash. Ave. N., Lansing. Both: 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. 828 Wash, Ave, S.