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, M A R. 13, 1906. N o. 25 COLUMBIAN SOCIETY. T he Columbian Literary Society gave a ten o'clock Saturday even ing, March 10. T he program con sisted of a play entitled "Getting R e a dy for a T en O'clock P a r t y ." After the play refreshments were served. Dr. and M r s. W a t e r m an acted as patrons. Y. W. C A. Miss Helen A n d r e ws conducted the Thursday evening meeting. She spoke of the importance of good Christian girls to act as our officers for the coming year's work. T he business meeting followed at which the following girls were Florence Barlow, presi elected: dent ; M a ry P r a t t, vice president; Mabel McDowell, secretary; Zoe treasurer. McConnell, EUNOMIAN PARTY. T he blaze of the camp fire, the smell of the pines, heap much fire friendly water, the peace pipe and pow wows were the features which assisted the Eunomian party, Saturday night, a very enjoy able occasion. in making the b r a v e s; T he early hours of the big coun cil were occupied by the more seri ous speeches and deliberations of the big chiefs, and the war songs of four of the evening, the council having dis persed, the braves and maidens as sisted bv joined in friendly contests of various kinds or withdrew into the shelter of the w i g w a m s. the medicine men later in T he tribe were especially fortun ate in having with them,as represent atives of the Great W h i te Father, M r. and M r s. Lee M. Giddings of Lansing. STATE ACADEMY OF SCIENCE. Friday, March 16, 2 p. m., and 7 p. m. Chapel of College Hall, A g r i cultural College. Vice President, Prof. W . J. Beal. 1. Recent studies on the Cross Pollination of Orchard Fruits,— Prof. S. W. Fletcher. 2. Some Botanical E r r o rs Found in Agricultural and Chemical T e xt Books.—Prof. W- J. Beal. 3. Some Notes on Nodules,—Di rector C. D. Smith. 4. (a) Vitality in M i l k; (b) V on Behring's Plan Immunizing for Cattle against Tuberculosis.—Prof. C. E. Marshall. 5. Redfield's T h e o ry of Heredity. —Prof. G. A. W a t e r m a n. 6. Aerating Systems in Plants.— Prof. J. B. Dandeno. 7. T he Protein Content of W h e at its Bread-Making as an Index to Qualities A. J. Patten. 8. T he Occurrence of Benzoic Acid in Fruits.—Prof. F. S. Ked- zie. 9. Some of Concerning Corn Prof. J. A. Jeffery. the Latest Points Improvement of the winners were as follows, only high school being designated : the Dash—Griffin, H. S., Morrison, Barry, H. S. Shot p u t— B u r r o u g h s, Morrison, Bignell. Distance, 35-6. R u n n i ng high jump—Hall and tied for 1st; Foster, high Allen school, 3d. H e i g t h, 5-4. Standing high jump—Griffin, H. S., Oviatt, Hagadorn, H. S. Broad jump—Bignell, Griffin, H. S., Morrison. Pole vault—Beach '09, and Grif '09 fin, H. S., tied for 1st, Hatfield and Hagadorn, H. S., tied for 3d. 440-yard run — Hall, Laird and Hatfield. Half-mile—Frazer, Dewey, Bohn. H i gh dive—Allen, Hagadorn, H. S., Barry, H. S., ht. 5-5. T he relay was also captured by comprising team were P h i p p e n y, Allen, the freshmen. T h o se the Oviatt and Burroughs. WRESTLING. T he try-out was to determine in evening. also A wrestling the held Saturday the Alma meet representatives Friday feather weight was won by Orvis, Liver- ance 2d. Special weight, W r i g ht 1st, R o d e g eb 2d. L i g ht weight, Bleech 1st, Belknap 2d. Welter weight, Schad 1st, Mason 2d. Mid dle and heavy weights were won by P e r r y. Charleton, w ho wrestles in the heavy weight class, could not be present, but will be on hand to meet Alma's man. ALMA. Alma comes Friday evening for a dual wrestling meet in all six weights and also for a basket ball game. This is the only dual wrest ling meet of the term, and as Alma is perhaps the strongest team out interest is side of our own, much taken T h i s, no the outcome. doubt, will decide the winning col lege at Field Day, so far as this feat ure of the sports is concerned. Both teams will of course develop to a large extent between now and J u n e, relative strength will be the but made evident. in HORT. CLUB. On Wednesday interesting the possibilities of the seventh, the Horticultural club held its regular meeting. Prof. Fletcher spoke to the club on the subject of the " H o r ticulture of the Pacific N o r th W e s t ." talk T h is was a very taking up the States of Washington, Oregon, Ida ho, and others ; showing their great resources as to soil, climate and the like. T he discussion of their mar kets and method of handling fruit was also instructive. T he club extends to Professor Fletcher for an enjoyable evening. its thanks On next Wednesday, the four teenth, the last meeting of the term will be held. F OR R E N T — N i c e ly rooms. R e nt Jenison, College Delta. furnished reasonable. M r s. ALUMNI. '93 W. F. Hopkins, cashier of T he First National Bank of Petoskey, " Sample copies of M. A. C. says : R E C O RD are O. K. to be a 'regular'—enclosed you will find fifty cents to pay for the first year. that It just to keep track of the old boys. is worth much more than I want ' 0 2. Harriet Farrand has accepted a in the Home position as Dietitian opathic hospital at A nn Arbor. ' 0 2. A souvenir postal from M r. Craig shows a pretty view of nine of the thirteen buildings at Pullman, Wash ington. M r. Craig states that they have 1000 students. '°+ J. P. Knickerbocker sends in his subscription and also his best wishes for M. A. C. in all her undertakings. M r. K. is with the American Dis trict Steam Co., and is located at Kansas City, M o. in large the continent 'OS- Extract from a letter from J. W. Bolte of Utah : "Last September I to take came across Mr. J a m es Dryden's place as head the of the poultry department of station and animal instructor husbandry in the college. My work has been largely experimental up to the present, as I have taught onlv three classes in practical poultry craft and two in swine judging, and I trust to secure some valuable re sults as we are doing some pioneer work in poultry investigation. J u st now our busy season starts as incu bation is our great problem here and we have several incubators running at present. A l t h o u gh Utah is infinitely weaker in numbers and wealth than Michigan yet we are spending over $3,000 yearly on the I believe poultry department and our equipment inferior to that of no I enclose other experiment station. a view of the interior of our new $4,000 main poultry building. This building houses close to a thousand head of stock when full, and com laying pens, brooder house, bines incubator cellar, hospital, breeding pens, feed room, work room and quarters for an attendant. North rop is away in the southern part of the state on an institute trip and I have hardly recovered from one of two weeks myself. I wish you all sorts of good luck and hope to be with you for commencement. T he Feronian Society entertained their honorary members and invited guests at an eleven o'clock party in the armory on Saturday evening. T he Japanese idea was carried out in decorations, programs, favors, and two little J a p an maidens served the ice. It was a very pleasant part}'. T he chaperons were Prof, and M r s. Vedder. R e g r et that above was not re last ceived in time for publication w e e k . — E D. GERTRUDE PETERS. We present this week a half tone in the of M. A. C.'s repiesentative table recent oratorical contest, also showing markings of both t he judges on composition and delivery. This table was necessarily crowded out the half-tone which was promised us "in good time" for the issue of F e b. 6, failed to reach us until noon on the fol lowing day. This accounts for the late appearance of the cut which should in connection have been presented last week, but . with the oration of Miss Peters. ATHLETICS. T he base ball schedule for the spring term as approved by the fac ulty at its last meeting is as follows : April 14, Olivet at M. A. C. 20, Albion at Albion. 21, Olivet at M. A C. 28, Orchard L a ke at M. A. " " " C. April 30, D e P a uw at M. A. C. M ay 1, " " " " " " " " zoo. 2, Hillsdale at Hillsdale. 5, Alma at Alma. 12, Kalamazoo at M. A. C. 18, Wisconsin 19, Kalamazoo at Kalama " " May 24, Albion at M. A. C. 26, Olivet at Olivet. 2S, Hillsdale at M. A. C. 30, A r m o ur Institute at M. " " " A. C. T he cup games will be played on May 5, 12, 24, 26, and 28. This gives us three of the best on the home grounds. N o t h i ng definite can be stated as yet concerning sea son tickets. T he freshmen high school meet in held Saturday was a success every way. T h e re was plenty of fun and good events. T he compe tition was the best it has ever been, although the freshmen won handily as they always have done, the final score standing 57 to 24. T he fresh unusually men have strong this year, both as to num bers and quality. T he outlook for good material from this class is ex cellent. F or the high school, Grif fin was the star, winning 17 of the 24 points. He won two firsts and for another. T he events and tied shown up 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. '07. E. A. WILLSON, P. V. GOLDSMITH, '07. K. H. GILBERT, 08. I. E. PARSONS, 07. II. A. TUKNEB. '08. GRACE WARNER, 08. CAROLINE LAWRENCE, 06. LELAH BURKHART, '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 tbe 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 BO charge will be made for it. The only way, however, to secure the paper regularly is to sub - scribe. TUESDA r, MAR. IJ, 1906. Y P S I L A N TI already seems to meet M. A. C. the in coming debate. T he debaters who the M. A. C. team are will meet Messrs.Pittenger,Willman and Olds. Evidently the Normal intends to take us by storm if the following state ments from the College News is to be taken as a criteron : " P l a ns are already u n d e r w ay to send a large delegation of rooters to Lansing when intercollegiate the debate with M. A. C. comes off, probably May 18. T wo years ago this debate was made the occasion the Normal, 228 of a holiday at rooters being excused from class wojk to accompany the team in a special train. " T he delegation from M. A. C. last year was about 20 persons, but the crowd that will go from here to Lansing this spring will make even the record crowd of 1904 seem like a side show. M. A. C. had better 'look a little o u t . '" FARMERS' CLUB. In last w e e k 's R E C O RD it w as t h at P r o f. S m i th w o u ld a n n o u n c ed t he t a lk on T u e s d ay F a r m e r s' C l u b, b ut on a f t e r n o on t he p r o f e s s or w as called a w a y. We h o pe to h a ve h im w i th us at o ur n e xt m e e t i n g. e v e n i ng at t h at A f t er m u ch loss of b r e a th in t he p e r s u a s i on w ay of a r g u m e nt a nd M r. A n d e r s on c o n s e n t ed to g i ve h is t a lk on " P o u l t ry to F a r m i n g ," w h i ch w as to be t he last s u b j e ct on t he w i n t er p r o g r a m. an A d j u n ct in h is i n t r o d u c t i on M r. A n d e r s on t he p o s i t i on h e ld g a ve us an idea of t he a m o ng by p o u l t ry a nd e g gs In b r i n g i ng o ut w o r l d 's p r o d u c t s. t he p l a ce h e ld by c h i c k e ns on t he f a rm he c o m p a r ed t he f a rm w i t h o ut t h em to a h o u se t h at h ad b e en closed for s o me t i me a nd t he clock a l l o w ed to r un d o w n. On e n t e r i ng s u ch a h o u se t he silence w as o p p r e s s i ve a nd so on t he f a rm w i t h o ut p o u l t ry d i s t r a c t i n g. t he j oy of P o u l t ry t he r e a s o ns S e v e r al o t h er f a rm life. w e re g i v en t h e ir place to e s t a b l i sh on t he f a r m, a m o ng t h e m, t h at t h ey u s ed a class of food t h at w o u ld o t h e r t h ey a s s i m i l a t ed w i se be l o s t; t a k en a h i g h er p er cent, of live s t o ck i n to t he b o dy t h an o t h er l o n e l i n e ss w as t h en a d ds food t h at to THE M. A. C. RECORD. (1) TITLE OF ORATION. (2) NAME OF CONTESTANT. NAMES OF JUDGES ON MANUSC'PT N A M ES OF J U D G ES ON D E L I V E RY Prof. Lewis of Lewis Institute. Prof. Troop of Chicago Univ. Rev. Reed Stuart of Detroit. Rev. J. M. Barkley, of Detroit. H o n . C. C. Simons, of Detroit. Hon. W . W. Wedemeyer of Ann Arbor. Final Summary. Gr'de Rank Gr'de Rank Gr'de Rank Gr'de Rank Gr'de Rank Gr'de Rank of Final Rank Rank John Hay (Alma College)... Hero of the Dark Continent... ; (Hillsdale College) The Great Peace-Maker (Hope College) The College Man's Mission (Kalamazoo) ...... Development of a National Conscience (M. A. C.) Alfred the Great (M. S. N.j Triumph of Fraternal Spirit (Olivet College) Apostle of Beauty (Adrian College)..... Ingenuity of American People (Albion College) : on the farm, and that they furnished the farmer with a good food. He closed by stating that the possibil ities along this line were limitless. An interesting discussion followed in which the relative merits of the hen and incubator were b r o u g ht out. Also points chicken parasites. in handling SENIOR ENGINEERING SOCIETY. At the last meeting on W e d n e s day evening Mr. K. B. Stevens talked about the relative values of coal and oil as fuels. Oil is obtained in large quantities from beneath the bed of the Pacific ocean on the coast of California, and is burned in boilers in an unrefined condition. It com pares very favorably with coal as a in fuel and will no doubt, replace time. THE DEBATING CLUB. the T he question debated T h u ' s d ay evening was "Resolved, T h at the Wisconsin System of Controlling the State Charitable Institutions is Preferable to the Michigan System? C. H. Goetz and E. L. G rover upheld the affirmative. A. N. R o b- son and C. P. McNaughton sus tained the negative. T he affirma tive received the unanimous decision T h ey maintained of that since the controlling power of the Wisconsin Institutions is cen tralized into the hands of five men, there is an economical saving of many thousands of dollars annually as salaries. to show T h ey also that there are fewer chances for political corruption where the number of officers are reduced to as low a number as the conditions per mit. judges. tried T h u r s d ay evening, March 15, the question "Resolved, T h at the Pres ent W a rd Policy is Adequate?" will be discussed. This will be the last debate of the season. T he following officers were elect ed for the spring term : E. A. Wilson, President; O. W. Stephenson, Vice President; H. G. Stone, Secretary ; Prof. E. H. Rider, Critic. Y. M. C. A. 39 33 31 46 44 21 50 28 55 86 97 67 71 84 92 75 79 68 82 84 80 85 83 88 89 87 81 International Committee. C. A. A m o ng spoke were those who Messrs. Dorland, Wilkinson, Orvis, Stephenson and Turner. V e ry interestingly, the delegates to the student volunteer conference spoke of their splendid trip to Nash ville, of the helpful, uplifting and speeches of such men as earnest J o hn R. Mott, of the inspiring pres ence of scores of foreign mission aries, of the unbounded enthusiasm of its more than 6,000 delegates as sembled there. M, A. C. was repre sented at Nashville by Misses Bar low and Allen, and Messrs. White, Ellis and Robinson. Sunday morning- J u d ge Cahill of Lansing gave an interesting lecture upon the miserable condition of the inhabitants of the Congo Free State and told how King Leopold of Bel this gium had been responsible for condition the showed w hy United States should move herself to bring forth a better condition of affairs in the Congo. and UNION LITERARY SOCIETY. the T he Union Literary Society pleas antly entertained faculty and instructors in their rooms Saturday T he guests evening, March 10. began to arrive at 7 130 and after a social hour in which the guests were warmly welcomed, they were seated in the assembly room and the fol lowing program was rendered : Roll call—responded to by quo tations from the faculty. Description of the play Hiawatha, C. C. Taylor. P r o g r e ss of the Automobile In dustry, H. C. Salisbury. Music, Messrs. Glazier, G o n g w er and W a d e. Agriculture in Europe, O. K. White. Medley, R. G. Carr. Critic's report, R. G. Potts. T he program showed preparation on member and was much enjoyed. careful the part of each Mr. Carr shows excellent ability as a medley writer and his smooth diversions from one subject to an other and illustrations caused much merriment. the Music and dancing occupied remainder of the evening, and the guests departed voting the occasion one of the most pleasant of the year T he conventions of the past few weeks furnished the themes for both the Thursday and the Sunday even ing meetings of the Y. M. C. A. their Our Adrian delegation gave impressionsof the state convention in Thursday evening's meeting. T h ey spoke very enthusiastically of the meeting and mentioned especially the earnest address of Prof. Robin son of McCormick Seminary, Chi cago, and Clayton S. Cooper, of N ew Y o r k, secretary of the Y. M. A T H L E T IC C O N F E R E N CE At the conference held at Battle Creek, Friday evening, for the pur pose of settling some questions re garding rules of the M. I. A. A., M. A. C. was represented by Pres. Snyder and Prof. Vedder. Other colleges represented were Albion, Alma, Hillsdale, Olivet, and Kal a m a z o o. T he recommendations adopted by the conference, which 81 93 95 89 84 90 87 '14 29 34 31 15 30 54 20 32 25 will be submitted to each faculty for confirmation were as follows : 1. T h at no student may play more than four years in the aggre gate in any intercollegiate sport, and that this participation be confined to undergraduates. 2. T h at no training table shall be the maintained at the expense of association and no boarding charge paid by the association. 3. T h at no student be allowed to play on the college teams who is be low the grade of college freshmen, provided that no person be allowed to compete in any contest after the fall term unless he has been in regu lar attendance at the institution he represents for at least twelve weeks during the current college year. 4. T h at no student shall be allow ed to compete in any contest w ho is not taking at least two-thirds of the full recitation work required, and is maintaining a grade satisfactory to the college facnlty. 5. No student shall be permitted to participate in any contest so long as he has more than two conditions standing against him. 6. T h at no person w ho has par ticipated in any intercollegiate game as a member of a college team shall be permitted to participate in any game as a member of any other col lege team until one year after his withdrawal from the first college. 7. T h at the list of eligible com petitors of any college for any con test shall be signed by the secretary of the faculty of that, and any pro test shall be made to the secretary of the faculty of in which the protested person is a stu dent and the decision of the presi dent or faculty of institution shall be final. the institution that 8. T h at there shall be no prelimi nary training prior to the beginning of academic instruction. 9. T h at the football season end on the Saturday before Thanksgiving. 10. T h at no person who has ever played baseball as a member of any team or teams in any of the major or minor leagues, shall be permitted to participate in intercollegiate base ball, and that no person shall be al lowed hereafter shall play baseball on Sunday. to compete who G E N E R AL S T A T E M E N T S. i. It is the sense of this confer ence that each faculty should have a representative on the Michigan In tercollegiate Athletic Association board. 2. This conference views with the championship series of disfavor baseball and football games. In the Columbian society, fresh men declamatory contest, R. A. Gil first place and W. D. bert won Frazer second. T he judges w e re L. B. M c W e t h y, F. O. Foster and A. R. Alger. T HE M. A. C. RECORD. 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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 JFY)*^ >Si&LLsE} J3Y~ Elgin Mifflin Saving is so Simple to our patrons—they dress their feet so prettily in our footwear and the cost is such a trifle. We are Showing for Spring at $2.50 pair Shoes of excellent value, and where style and comfort are considered you will think $3.00 a low price. S T Y L E S. Vici Light Sole Vici Heavy Sole Patent Colt Vici Kid Blucher $2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 HOLLISTER BLOCK C. D. Woodbury's StoTe *£ A B O UT T HE C A M P U S. <£ T he State Board reports for the received just been past year have from the press. A letter came to last week addressed the College to postoffice Prof. C. H. Goetz. In Prof. Jeffery's office last week was seen a photo of the type of corn such as M r. W e b b er would select. T he little babe of Walter Coss died suddenly Thursday morning of last week. M r. Coss is employed at the boiler house. T h is is c e r t a i n ly weather." Hardly so far in the month. " M a r ch two days alike A fine new clock has been placed in the outer room of the postoffice. T h is will certainly be appreciated. Nonesuch Bros.' big circus is ex pected at M. A. C. again this year. It will probably be given early in the spring term. Lewis Appleyard, 'oo, is visiting his mother in Lansing, and called on his College friends Friday. He is located at Schenectady at present. Miss Dorothy Swift, for some time a student at M. A. C, gradu ated today from the Grace Hospital Training School for Nurses, De troit. In the freshmen oratorical contest of the Soroiian Society March 10 Miss E m ma Casterlin won first place and Miss T h eo Goodwin sec ond. Jesse Churchill, ill with '03, w ho has been typhoid pneumonia for some time, has largely recov ered. He visited college Friday. friends Prof. Dandeno, of the botanical department, is quarantined at his home in Lansing on account of scar let fever in his home, his little son being ill. Miss Bernice Maynard, special last year, is now at Portland, Ore gon, where she is teaching domestic science. H er address is care of Y. W. C. A. About twenty couples enjoyed the party given by the Olympic Society in their rooms Saturday evening. Director and M r s. Brewer acted as chaperons. T he price of board in the various clubs for the winter term, as audited Saturday, is as follows : A, $2.77 ; B, $ 2 . 6 8; C, $ 1 . 8 5; E, $ 2 . 6 8; F, $2.10; G, $2.30. Mr. R. A. Smythe, of Benton Harbor, a member of the executive board of the State Horticultural So ciety, spent W e d n e s d ay at the hor ticultural department. In the freshmen declamatory con test at the Hesperian society's rooms, A. A. Chambe won first, J. A. Mit chell second and F r a nk Sweeney third. T he judges w e re Mr. Gun- son, M r. R y d er and M r. Palacio. T he work of securing addresses of our alumni is progressing nicely that we shall soon and it is hoped be able to locate every living grad uate as well as many students who were here for a shorter period of time. Quite a number of College peo ple went over to Okemos Saturday evening last, and saw " T he Danger Signal." T he scenery was good, the plot thrilling, and the acting was excellent. T he boys report a fine time. T he father of Jesse and O. O. Churchill '03, Lansing, died rather suddenly T h u r s d ay evening of last week. W h i le M r. Churchill has been an invalid for several years, it was not supposed that his condition was serious. flowers An experiment with is being carried on in the botanical department. By the use of analyne white carnations are made green, blue or nearly any color desired. is true with hyacinths, T he same roses, etc. T he Eclectic society have elected the following officers for the spring President, J. H. T a y l o r; t e r m: Vice President, O. C. P o s t; Secre tary, G. V e r r an ; Treasurer, A. C. P r a t t; Marshal, L. C. R e y n o l d s; Librarian, G. B. Hayes. T he last Junior hop of the term w as given in the armory Friday evening of last week. About fifty couple danced to music furnished by Baker's orchestra, room was tastefully decorated, and an enjoya ble evening passed. Prof, and M r s. Pettit acted as patrons. the Mr. M c C ue gave a talk at the State Horticultural Society's meet ing T h u r s d ay on potato spraying; Mr. Gunson spoke on gardening under glass, and Prof. Fletcher was on the program for the subject fruit growing on the hills. T he meeting was held at Rochester. last w e e k: T he Lansing- yournal runs a it prints news column in which today." items of " T en years ago T he following item appeared in one paper " It was an nounced that there were one hun dred and eighty students at M. A. C, this being a very large number.' the Olympic evening Society elected the following officers for the spring term : P r e s. H. L. Francis ; Vice Pres., W. J. King- scott; S e c , J. W. W i l b u r; Treas., W. H. P a r k e r; marshall, F. K. W e b b; record editor, P. H. Shut- tleworth. Saturday T he final debate which which de termines the team to meet Ypsi. in May will be held in the College chapel Saturday evening, March 17. T he debaters are R. C. Potts, T. F. Locke, S. B. Lilly for the affirma tive and W. E. Piper, M. J. Dorsey and E. A. Willson for the negative. T he Olympic Society held its an nual contest Saturday evening, March 3. First place was awarded to J. R. Thoenen, second to M r. Morley, and third to F. K. W e b b. Messrs. Norton, acted as Moomaw and Hadden judges. freshman oratorical Horace Hunt, employed by the Commonwealth P o w er Company, of Jackson, made a hurried call on friends at the college Friday nipht on his way from Big Rapids, where he has been looking after the inter ests of the company. We are sorry to say he looked disappointed not to see all the old familiar faces. T HE M. A. C. RECORD. Instructor Reed and wife have moved into their new home in Oak- wood. T he E ro Alphian society enter tained their friends at an 11 o'clock party on Saturday evening, March 3. T he rooms were prettily decorated, carrying out the idea of a moonlight party. Mr. and M r s. T h o m as Gun- son and Miss Avery kindly acted reported a as patrons. Everyone good time and the strains of " H o m e, Sweet H o m e ," came all too soon. rate applies only T he vacation rate of one and one- fare will be granted to stu third dents who go home at the close of the spring vacation. the term for T h is to points within the state. T he dates for sell ing tickets are March 23 and 24, returning on or before good Monday, April 2. T h o se w ho de sire to accept this rate can secure certificates at President Snyder's office on Thursday, March 22. for M r. Hadden of the Mechanical Department presented a very inter esting and instructive discussion of the water power of streams before the M. A. C. Foresters on Tuesday evening last. He explained the con struction of formulae for determin ing the efficiency of streams, and the construction of dams. He called attention to the increased price of fuel and gave it as one of the lead ing reasons why water power of streams in interest and importance. This interest was re ferred to as a resurrection of water power. T he use of water wheels was fully explained. T he value of water power, the gauging of streams and construction of reservoirs were thoroughly discussed. is gaining forming to consider the close of A meeting of the residents in the vicinity of the eollege was called the Friday evening proposition of a village fifty persons corporation. About gathered at the school house, many of whom took part in the discussion. Methods of incorporating were ex plained, the advantages and dis territory advantages discussed and to be included was mentioned. A vote taken near the meeting showed that over four-fifths of those present favored incorpo ration. On motion of Mr. N e w m an a committee which would represent the various sections of the com munity was appointed with Mr. Chase as chairman. It will be the duty of this committee to look into the matter of plans for incorporation more fully, make some investigation included as to the territory to be and also consider a name the village should one be formed, said committee to report progress from time to time. for including mutton, T he value of the work done by Mr. Reutter in meat cutting during the special courses recently closed can hardly be estimated, and was certainly greatly appreciated by the boys. Mr. Reutter came every Monday morning during the course and gave demonstration in killing, dressing and cutting up the different animals, lamb, veal and beef, also demonstrations in cutting up pork. As each car cass was cut up, the various cuts were named, the uses to which they were put explained and the market price given. T he way in which the various cuts were disposed of was mentioned, and in one case seven different cuts were taken from one shoulder. T he various processes of curing hams, shoulders and bacon was given, also methods of prepar sold for butcher ing dried beef. T he College ani mals stock are taken by M r. Reutter, he having bought about 500 hogs during the past year. A farewell reception was given Mr. Hurst, by the various commit tees and officers of the Y. M. C. A., last Tuesday evening as an evi dence of the kind regard in which M r. Hurst is held. toast- After a short program and re the president of freshments, with Y. M. C. A., Mr. Fisk, as master, several of the men responded to toasts. President Snyder gave a short but concise talk on "Friend ship," closing with a few words of commendation and appreciation for the good work which M r. H u r st had done during his stay here. the L . J. Smith occupied several mo ments in relating humorous incidents in life of Mr. Hurst,; which were highlv amusing and instruc tive. He spoke of influence which had been exerted in getting him into the activeywork of the Y. M. C. A. the Mr. Boomsliter and M r. Bates both gave short and enthusiastic talks, calling on the men of the Y. M. C. A. to carry on the work of association and to stand by Mr. W e b b er and help him in every way, so that the work might continue to grow and become a greater influence in activities of the college. Mr. Webber also made a few re marks relative to the work which he was about to take up. Mr. Hurst closed the program by telling his last stock of stories, as well as commending the association men for the way in which they had stood by him in his work, and for the good which they had done him during his stay here. He only asked that they stand by the new secretary as they had him, so that the work of the Y. M. C. A. might grow to greater and larger things. T he very enjoyable gathering was closed in wishing Mr. H u r st God speed in his new work, wish ing him the greatest success in his new field of christian activity. table taken T he following from the Observer's Meterological report shows for the month of February. the weather conditions Tern- pera- a> ture . 1 ce 0 S 0 9 a fe cj O c8 w .£ %& < 0 Prevailing Wind Remarks 7a.m. 7p.m. Little snow durl n g day. Very little snow. * Very warm Snow Very little snow 6 .15 -4 _ . .. -8 t -3 -4 -4 5 if; 1 30 2 20 3 27 4 35 5 10 6 11 7 11 8 30 9 28 10 18 10 .. N.W. .15 . . .. S.E. S.W. S. W. N.W. N.E. N. N. E. s. S.W. N.W. . N . . .. N . W. E. a .60 .15 .08 .095 .045 12 52 25 13 45 30 14 30 3 15 20-0 7 16 30 10 17 37 13 18 40 30 19 44 37 20 57 33 21 50 28 22 42 33 56 23 37 50 24 30 55 25 51 26 22 13 23 27 13 27 28 S. N. .45 S.W. . . . .! N. N.W. W. s. s. .•:,. s.w. . . . . . j. .... s.w. s. .... w. s.w. .... s.w. s. .... w. s.w. S.E. . - - - i - S. S. E. S. .45 .N.W. N.W. N. _-_-! N. N.W. S. ..--I N.W. *Total eclipse of moon beginning at 12:15 a. m. t -10. C A LL O N- 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. ALL MEATS M ay l o ok a l i ke to y o u, b ut t b e re Is a, v e ry g r e at d i f f e r e n ce in t he q u a l i ty we h a n t h at s o ld by s o me o t h er m a r k e t s. d le a nd L i ke We h a n d le n o ne b ut t he v e ry b e s t. ins t he p u d d i n g, t he p r o of of g o od m e a ts Is t he e a t i n g. A t r i al w i ll c o n v i n ce y ou t h at y ou o u g ht to t r a de w i th u s. We make daily trips to the College. B O TH P H O N E S. Careful attention g i v en 'phone orders, tc- GOTTLIEB REUTTER 122 Ottawa St. E. W a s h i n g t on A v e. South. Stalker Prints " Swell" Dance Fine and other good Stationery Programs things. 117 n i c h i g an A v e n ue W e st Q r o u nd F l o o r. Porrect Clothes For Young Men The Clothes Shop BRUCE IN. HICKEY, 120 N. Wash. Ave. DIRECTORY LANSING BUSINESS and PROFESSIONAL MEN—.^ T he n a m es in t h is D i r e c t o r y, as w e ll as t h o se of a ll o ur o t h er a d v e r t i s e r s, a re of r e l i a b le p a r t i e s. We h o pe t h at t he f a c u l ty a nd s t u d e n ts w i ll t a ke p a i ns to p a t r o n i ze t h o se w ho p a t r o n i ze u s. BARBERS. M A. C. B A R B ER S H O P, R o o ms . Bath House. H. A. Sias, Propr. in N ew BOOKS AND STATIONERY. DRUGGISTS. date. Corner store. Opposite Hollister Block. RO U S E R 'S C A P I T AL D R UG S T O R E. Up to R O B I N S ON D R UG CO., successors to Alsdorf- & Son, Drugs and D r u g g i s t s' Sundries. UK- W a s h i n g t on A v e. N. DRY GOODS. ' HE J E W E TT & K N A PP S T O R E. Goods. 222-224 W a s h i n g t on A v e. S. D ry ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES. p A P I T OL E L E C T R IC CO. Electrical Supplies, V> Telegraph Instruments and Telephones. 11 Mich. A v e ., E. FURNISHING GOODS. j'LGIN M I F F L I N . — L a d i e s' and Gentlemen's j Furnishing Goods. See ad, FURNITURE DEALERS. M J. * B. M. BUCK.—Furniture. Cor. W a s h- ington A v e n ue and Ionia Street. See ad. HACK AND BAGGAGE LINES. O R D ER your hacks for parties at Carr's H a ck Line. Livery in connection. 410 Washington: A v e. N. HARDWARE, STOVES AND TINWARE. NO R T O N 'S H A R D W A R E - G e n e r al H a r d w a r e. Stoves, Tinware, Graniteware, Cutlery, etc, 111 W a s h i n g t on A v e. South. See ad. INSURANCE. THE D Y E R - J E N I S O N - B A R RY C O ., L TD Incorporated) Hollister Block. All kinds of the"; best insurance. Strongest agency in city. JEWELERS. CH A S. A. P I E L L A. 121 W a s h i n g t on A v e. N ., Lansing, Mich. Jeweler and Optician. LAUNDRY. q - ' HE A M E R I C AN L A U N D RY solicits a share- of your patronage. Remember the number. 1 309 W a s h i n g t on A v e ., S. N ew P h o ne No. 4 2 0- Julia Findley & E d w in L e w i s, Props. S. W. D o ty and I. D. Smith, College A g e a t S. MANICURE AND HAIRDRESSING. Parlors. Masquerade W i gs MR S. O. T. C A S E - M a n i c u re and H s i r d r e s s i nr for R e n t. cut hair or combings. The- Switches made of France-American Hygienic Toilet Requisites a. a specialty. N e w ' p h o ne 118. 2 2 2* W a s h i n g t on A v e. S., np stairs. A M. E M E R Y. 116 W a s h. A v e. N. Books, F i ne Stationery, Engraved Calling Cards, Fountain P e n s. Pictures, Frames. F i ne Framing a Specialty. U p - t o - D a te Styles. MILLINERY. FOR F i ne Millinery go to N o. 226 W a s h i n g t on A v e ., S. N ew Phone 112. CI TY B O OK S T O R E. Fountain P e n s, Drafting Tools, Stationery, Cards Engraved, Pocket Books, Card Cases and Bibles. Tennis, Football and Baseball goods. Crotty Bros., 206 W a s h. A v e. N. BOOK BINDERS. GE O. G. B L U D E AU & CO—Bookbinders A c count book makers, paper ruling, library and fine art bindings, file boxes, map mounting, albums, Docket books, etc. Citizens phone N o. 56. 109 W a s h. A v e. N. WA G E N V O O RD & CO.—Bookbinders, Blank- book Makers, 109 Washington A v e. South. BOOTS AND SHOES. C D. W O O D B U R Y . — B o o ts and Shoes. We shoe the students. See ad. CLOTHING. LOTJIS BECK.—Clothier. Gents' Furnishings, Hats and Caps. 112 W a s h i n g t on A v e. North. CROCKERY AND GLASSWARE. H H. L A R N E D . — C h i n a, Glass and Lamps. 105 W a s h i n g t on A v e. S. DENTISTS. A F. G O R D O N, D. D. S. M. A. C. '91, U. of j\ P h o n e, Citizens 68'. M. '01. 218 W a s h i n g t on A v e. S, J E. S T O F F E R, D. D. S. Office 105 W a s h ington A v e. S. Citizens' Phone 1049. Former M. A. C. student. H. M O O R E, D. D, S. Office 411-13 Hollister Building, Lansing, Mich. Citizens phone 475. •N R W. M O R S E, D. D. S. Hollister Block, Room D E. P A R M E L E E, Dentist, 117J4 W a s h i n g- ton A v e. S., Lansing, Michigan. Citizens' 517. Citizens P h o ne 52, Bell Phone 396. P h o n e, office 275; residence, 261. . MUSIC, PIANOS, e r e. GR I N N E LL B R O S. Pianos, Organs and every line of music. 219 W a s h i n g thing in the ton A v e. N. sheet music. GO TO B A K ER M U S IC CO. for the up to-date PI A NO T U N I N G, J. Parker. Action W o rk a Specialtv. Teacher of Violin and Saxaphone . Parkers' Orchestra, 119 Pennslvania A v e. N. Cit izens 'phone 689., Lansing, Mich. OCULISTS. p H A S. G. J E N K I N S, M. D. - Diseases of E y e, \j Ear, N o se and Throat. Hours, 9 to 12 a. m.. and 2 to 5 p. m. Citizens Phone N o, 1030. R o o ms 203-204 Prudden Block. PHYSICIANS. 1 2 A . M ., 2 to 4 and 7 to 8 P. M. Office at 212 Washington A v e n ue S.; home 219 Capitol A v e. J W. H A G A D O R N, M. D.—Office hours, 11 to DR. H. W. L A N D O N. Office and residence, M. A. C. Office hours from 7 to 8:80 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. N ow phone 1560. DR. O S C AR H. B R U E G E L. Hours 9 to 11 a. m.; 2 to 4 and 7 to 8 p. m. Agricultural Col - l e g e, Mich. Citizens phone 1502. J O S E PH F O S T E R, M. D ., E y e, E a r , N o se and Throat. Hours 9 to 12 a. m.; 2 to 4 p. m.; Sun J days, 12 to 1; E v e n i ng 7 to 8. Corner A l l e g an St. and Capitol A v e ., Lansing. Both 'phones. PLUMBERS. SH I E L DS & L E A D L E Y. Plumbing and Heat ing. 300 W a s h. A v e. N ., Lansing. Both Phones. SPORTING GOODS. J H. L A R R A B E E. Base Ball Goods, F o ot Ball Goods, Tennis, Golf, Guns, A m m u n i t i on and F i s h i ng Tackle. 826 W a s h. A v e. S,