The M. A. C. RECORD. MICHIGAN STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. ' N o. 38 1 V O L. I I. L A N S I N G, M I C H I G A N, T U E S D A Y, J U N E. 12, 1906. Y. M. C. A. T he T h u r s d ay evening prayer meeting was led by M r. Musselman. After a few remarks by the leader M r. Oviatt was called upon to speak on the topic which was, the Y. M. C. A. man at home. T he meeting was well attended. A short busi ness meeting followed. R e v. L a ke delivered in chapel Sunday morning. the sermon the T he seniors had charge of addresses at the union meeting Sun day evening. M r. Fisk, w ho was president of the Y. M. C. A. last year, spoke upon what the affiliation with the Y. M. C. A. has meant to him. T he needs of the Y. M. C. A. were discussed by Mr. Boom- talked upon sliter, L . J. Smith the the association. M r. influence of Bates, w ho was last speaker, mentioned some of the benefits to be derived by active the Y. M. C. A. T he worker in talks were all ably given and the interest good. T he male quartette sang. becoming an the FORESTRY CLUB. subject under T he Forestry club met last Tues day evening at 6:30 in the horti cultural building and listened to an interesting talk given by Instructor Reed of the chemical department. consideration T he was " T he Destructive Distillation of W o o d ," in which Mr. Reed gave a brief description of the process of making methyl alcohol, and also mentioned many of the other pro ducts obtained by the distillation, among which were benzine, naph- thalin and anthracene. infant One of the most interesting points in the discussion was the description of an industry about to be started in the nortjj. This industry, if brought into practice will serve as a great source of profit to the owners of our northern pine lands in Michigan, for it provides a way of utilizing the pine stumps, by the distillation of which are produced turpentine, among ' other lime, yellow oil, resin, acetate of charcoal gas, wood-tar, and creosote oil. things, Giving a conservative estimate of each product, the total for a cord of to be pine stumps was considered worth $77 on the market. T h o se owning any pine stump land in the north would do well to hold on to their lands for a while longer, and it no industry develops, as if doubt will, somebody is going to make some good money. this ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING AT M. A. C. E v e r y o ne who enters engineering work of any kind should know something about electricity and its in application. industrial struction in electrical work has been given at the college for several years but with the beginning of the school year 1907-8 considerable electrical instruction will be added. Some In the J u n i or and senior years it sufficient to will be possible to elect electrical work to enable one the principles understand involved and to take active part in electrical operations. It will be possible to combine this with the so called civil electives or mechanical electives. T h e re is just now quite a demand for young men who have a knowl edge of civil and electrical engineer ing subjects. HORT. CLUB. thick, T he night being Warm and the mosquitoes the meeting of the Hort. club was held in the cold storage building, where M r. Dorsey gave the club an interesting talk on "Apples in Cold Storage." T he place was appropriate for the sub ject, and specimens of the spy cir culated quite freely until Mr. Moses Craig ate so many he almost went through the box on which he was sitting. Mr. Dorsey discussed briefly the effect of scab, bruises, hauling, punctures, on the keeping qualities of the apple. T he following officers were elect ed for the fall term : D. H. Ellis, P r e s .; F. Barden, Vice-Pres., and Jesse Boyle, Secretary. THE SEMI-CENTENNIAL. Preparations for the coming semi centennial are progressing finely. T he committee having this matter in charge has given it considerable at tention and settled several of the per plexing problems. is probable that they will be able within a few weeks to announce the acceptance of President Rooesvelt to be present on this occasion. However, the oc casion will be a great one whether It It is pretty he is present or not. well understood that on account of the large crowd expected, it will be necessary to hold the meetings in a tent with a seating capacity of four or five thousand. At the beginning of the fall term preparations will be gin in earnest. T he chorus and the band will make preparations and the year every effort will be so directed as to make this It is celebration a great success. hoped that all alumiand former stu dents will begin at onee to make preparations to be present. throughout the fiftieth anniversary of This celebration is of much greater moment than the mere celebration of this college. As this is the oldest institu tion of its kind in the country, the event will also mark the fiftieth mile stone in the progress of the type of education which this college so fit tingly represents. T he national as sociation of agriculture colleges and experiment stations will no doubt in meet here at that time and join the celebration. This will bring to M. A. C. the presidents of the vari ous agricultural colleges, the direc tors of the experiment stations, pres idents of a majority of the state land universities, which are also grant colleges, as well as a large number of experiment s t a t i on workers and members of the facul ties from various institutions. From the above it will be readily understood that this is to be one of the greatest meetings ever held by institution, and every alumni any student, as well as former and friends of old M. A. C. should plan to take part personally in the festivi ties of this occasion. ' 9 .. Robert H. Stanley, '87-'S9, is a broker, with address either at 191 Bellevue Avenue, U p p er Montclair, N. J., or 66 Broadway. N. Y. City. '94. is Walter F. Lyon with superintendent of Ammonia and Gelatine departments of the Michi gan Carbon W o r k, Detroit, Mich. '90, '94 Charles R. H a i gh has been for several years past in the employ of B. C. W h i t n e y, theatrical manager, Detroit, Mich. D w i g ht T. Randall is assistant professor of Steam Engineering at the University of 111. His private address is 60S S. Busey Ave., Urbana. '95 J. G. Veldhuis, M. D., is now en gaged in the Indian Service work at Little Eagle, S. D. '9 7- '9S. Katharine S. Clute w ho entered- in '97 from Florida State College is now a Domestic Science teacher at St. Louis, Mo. H er address is 4975 Reber Place. Maud Parmelee with above class, in Oberlin College, is a student i902-'o6. H er present home ad dress is Elyria, Ohio. 'o3- At a recent meeting of the State Board of Agriculture of North Car olina, F. C. Reimer, of the above class, was made assistant professor the agricultural in of horticulture and mechanical college of that state located at Raleigh. M r. R e i m er states that the college graduated a class of this year, which fifty-three into con is large when it is taken sideration that the institution is only eighteen years old. Mr. Reimer adds that in spite of the fact that the thermometer regis tered 90 degrees in the shade he is alive and well. '04. Wednesday, J u ne 20, at the home in Lansing, of the bride's mother the marriage of will be solemnized Miss E va Shank to Melbert W. Taber, '04, of Chicago. T he groom was a prominent athlete while at M. A. C., and has a large number of friends, both at the college and in the city. Miss Shank was also a special student at M. A. C. for a time. with '07 Announcements of the marriage of Miss Helen Graham of Detroit, to Gray K. Burrington, formerly of Lansing, on May 30, at Seattle, W a s h ., have been received. Mr. Burrington was with the class of '07, while special student during 1904-'05. the bride was 2 THE M. A. C. RECORD. THE M. A. C. RECORD. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY DURING THE COLLEGE YEAR BY THE MICHIGAN STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE B A. FAUNCE, MANAGING EDITOR ASSOCIATE EDITORS. E. A. WILL-SON. '07. P. V. GOLDSMITH, '07. K. H. GILBERT, 08. I. E. PARSONS, 07. R. A. TURNER. '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 the College Secretary, Agricultural Col lege, Mich. Address all contributions to the Managing Editor. Business Office with Lawrence & Van Buren Printing Co., 123 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. TUESDAT,JVKE 12, igo6. FIELD DAY AT M. A. C Friday and Saturday, J u ne 1 and represented at 2, were all that could be desired and every college in the M. I. A. A. the meet, was either in track, baseball, or in indoor work. Although it was necessary to begin the tennis tournament on T h u r s d a y, classes were held up to Friday noon. As stated last week Hillsdale captured the banner in this sport, Albion securing second honors. In track work M. A. C. was as usual in the front rank, and almost from start to finish had a lead over her nearest competitor, Olivet. In the dashes Myers, of Hillsdale, w as easily the star, winning first in the In the 100, 220 and 440 yard. weights Moore, of Kalamazoo, and Betts, of Olivet, took the lead, the latter raising his record in t he shot put over last year 1 foot, 2 inches. M. A. C.'s points were well dis tributed throughout the entire meet, as they secured places in nearly all events. T he team took firsts in the half mile, in both hurdles and in the pole vault. In the indoor work M. A. C. w as also in the lead, winning four of the six wrestles, first in the work on the horizontal bar and second in both parallel bars and in tumbling. A large crowd gathered on the athletic field Friday evening to witness the indoor work out of doors, which was held immediately in front of lights the Grand Stand. Electric had been installed here and one of the bleachers were moved to the north so that a majority of those present were able to get seats. Chapman proved himself a popular yell master and the response to his calls drowned any other noise which might break Johnson, of forth. A l m a, did very clever work with the Indian clubs and was given first place. Alma also carried off first honors in the work on parallel bars, M. A. C. securing second. Bel knap was much handicapped in this injured work on account of his knee, b ut in spite of this fact did very creditable work. Bleech, our new light weight man, showed up remarkably well, both men sent against him in short or der. throwing In base ball M. A. C. again won second place, defeating Olivet F r i day by the score 3 to o and was in turn defeated by Albion on Satur day 2 to o, for the M. I. A. A. cup. Following is a list of events with w i n n e r s: 100 yard d a s h .— Myers, Hills dale ; Thompson, Kalamazoo ; Gra ham, M. A. C. Time, 10 3-5. H i gh j u mp Moore, Kalamazoo ; Graham, M. A. C .; Bisland, of Hillsdale, and Hurlburt, Olivet tied for 3d. Height, 5-51^. One mile run. — T h o m a s, Oli vet; Waite, M. A. C .; Bolen, A l bion. Time, 4-41 2-5. T h is broke the 1905 record by Bolen of 4-44 2-5. Pole vault. — Gilbert, M. A. C .; Loomis and Bishop, of Olivet; Holden, Kalamazoo, and Small, M. A. C., tied for 2d and 3d honors, each taking one point. In the jump off, Bishop, of Olivet, w on the medal. Height, io feet. Discus — Maddock, A l b i o n; Hadden, Olivet; K n a p p, Hillsdale. Distance, 107-6. 120-yard hurdles.—Small, M. A. C .; Hurlburt, Olivet; Ford, Hills dale. Time, 17 seconds. Half mile run.—Allen, M. A. C .; Bisland, H e m m e n w a y, Hillsdale. Time, 2 - 64 5. Olivet; Two-mile run.—Thomas, Olivet; Waite, M. A. C .; Carr, M. A. C. Time, 10-33, breaking Waite's re cord of last year. 440-yard dash. — Myers, Hills dale ; Bignell, M. A. C .; Schenk, Olivet. Time, 52 3-5. 16 pound s h o t — B e t t s, Olivet; Moore, Kalamazoo; Burroughs, M. A. C. Distance, 39 ft., 1 1^ in. -Myers,Hillsdale; Schenk, Olivet. 220-yard dash. Hail, M. A. C. T i m e, 24 sec. Ruftning broad jump.—Bisland, Hillsdale ; Allen, M. A. C .; Small, M. A. C. Distance 19 9 ^. 220-yard hurdle.—Pearsall, M. A. C; Hurlburt, Olivet; Small, M. A. C. T i m e, 28 3-5 sec. H a m m er throw.—Moore, Kala mazoo ; Maddock, Albion; Hans, Olivet. Distance, 121-71^. In the mile relay M. A. C. w on ten yards, Hillsdale third second and Olivet least by at winning places. , ••'•••./ T h is was one of the most excit ing of all the events. Pearsall, the first M. A. C. runner, took a lead which was easily held by Bignell, H o u gh and Allen in the order named. T he four men made the mile run in 3 minutes 40 seconds. T he events held in front of the stand on the field Friday grand evening were enjoyed by a large crowd, and each contestant was given hearty support by the dele gation from his particular college. T he wrestling resulted as follows : Feather weight.—Orvis, M. A. C, 1st; McDonald, Alma, 2d. L i g ht weight Bleech, M. A. C., 1st; Cobb, Alma, 2nd. Welter weight.—Spencer, M. A. C .; Baker, Hillsdale. Special w e i g h t . — L. V. Belknap, M. A. C; Evans, Hillsdale. Middle weight—Purdy, Kalama zoo, V on T h u r n, Alma. Heavy weight—Helmer, Alma, Mitchell, Hillsdale. APPARATUS WORK. Club swinging—Johnson, Alma 1st; Clarke, Olivet 2. Horizontal bar, L. H. Belknap, 1st; Zimmerman, Hillsdale, 2nd. Parallel bars—Preston, Alma, 1st; Belknap, M. A. C., 2nd. Tumbling—Olivet's team consist ing of Arnold and Birdsall were given first and Jacobs and Cataline for M. A. C. won second place. T he following list shows winners in track and field with number of points won by each. . C O N T E S T A NT Myert, Hillsdale Moore, Kalamazoo Thomas, Olivet Allen, M. A. C Small, M. A. C Maddock, Albion Bisland, Hillsdale Hurlburt, Olivet Waite, M. A. C Gilbert, M. A. C. . . Pearsall, M. A. C Betts, Olivet. Graham, M. A. C. . . Bignell, M. A. C. Hall, M. A. C. . Hadden, Olivet . . . - .' Hemmenway, Olivet Thompson, Kazoo. Schenk, Olivet Carr, M. A. C Burroughs, M. A. C Hans, Olivet Ford, Hillsdale Knapp, Hillsdale Holden, Kazoo Bishop, Olivet . . Loomis, Olivet . . Bolen, Albion . . . . . . . . POINTS 15 13 10 8 8 8 6'£ . . .. 6% 6 5 5 5 4 3 3 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 • . . . . . .. 1 1 1 . . . . . . .. 1 1 1 The above including the relay would give the results as given last week. M. A. C. 49, Olivet 3354 , Hillsdale 26^ , Kalamazoo 17, Albion 9. The following is a table of points won in the indoor work: M. A. C Alma . . . . . . . Hillsdale Olivet Kalamazoo : . . .. 31 .24 12 8 5 M. A. C. -OLIVET O. In the semi-final ball game on the first day of the big meet, M. A. C. defeated Olivet by the above score, which gave her the right to play Albion in the final game on Saturday. M. A. C. secured h er first run in the first inning on a hit, and an error by Shepard. An over throw by catcher Moore to second in third and a passed ball in the the sixth brought in t wo more runs. Nies pitched one of the best games ever played on the athletic field and also fielded his position in fine shape. He allowed only five scattering hits and struck out seven men. W i th one exception all put-outs were in the in-field. E i g ht Canfield also played a star game at second, at bat and in stealing bases. chances were ac cepted by him, several of which looked very much like hits at the start. Bishop of Olivet was hit on the head by a ball thrown from be hind the grand stand in the eighth, but was able to finish. Shepard made a sensational catch of a foul fly back of the third base line in the fourth. T he score : . . OLIVET Milliken mf . Moore c . Bishop If Chiesman 2b . Thacker rf Shepherd ss Weed 3b . Mahony ib Hurlburt p . . R H 1 .. o PO A E 0 0 o . . o 1 6 5 1 . . .. o .. 0 1 0 o o . .. o 0 o 1 0 1 0 o 2 2 1 1 0 11 1 0 2 o 3 0 0 o 1 2 0 1 4 0 1 Totals M. A. C. o 5 24 17 3 R H PO A E 1 Armstrongs . . .0 Boyle c 2 Canfield 2b Birdrf o Thatcher mf . . . . o o Ellis If o Akers 3b o Kratz ib o Niesp 2 1 2 o o o 1 on o 1 7 4 1 o o o 2 3 4 o o o 1 o o o o o o 2 o o 4 3 o Totals . 3 6 27 13 Score by innings M. A. C Olivet R 1 0 1 0 0 1 00 *— 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 o— o Summary: »Two-base hit, Armstrong. Struck out, by Nies 7; by Hurlburt 5. Bases on balls, off Nies 2; off Hurlbut 3. Stolen bases, Canfield, 3; Boyle, Armstrong, Weed. Umpire, Byron. Attendance, 1.500. ALBION 2 M. A. C. O. Albion defeated M. A. C on J u ne 2, in the championship game and the cup another year. will hold Nearly 3000 people were present to see this the last game of the season in the M. 1. A. A. and they were certainly not disappointed if they looking for a good contest. were evenly teams were T he fact matched and it was a settled from the very beginning it would be a toss up as to who would win. T he deciding scores came in the sixth when H o we and H. Ellerby for the visitors came in on an error by Boyle w ho threw a low ball to third, and a wild throw by Akers to Nies which went high. . Latham for Albion did good work as pitcher, striking out nine men, and allowing but t wo hits. very that A k e rs for M. A. C, also pitched an excellent game, striking out eight men and allowing only three passes. M. A. C. made t wo double plays and Albion one. T he score: . R H ALBION o o C.Ellerby 2 1 H. Ellerby 3 . .. o 1 Howe S . . . . . . .I 1 Kiels r 2 Bliss 1 o Squires m 1 Frye c Moore 1 1 Latham p . 1 o o o o .. o o . . . R H 1 o Totals M. A. C. . . .. o Armstrong s . . . . o Boyle c o Canfield 2 . Bird r Thatcher m . Nies 3 Akers p Ellis I Kratz 1 . o o o .. o .. o o .. #. . . . o PO A E o 2 4 o 1 o 10 2 8 2 o 3 o o o o o o o o 00 4 o o 1 o 27 P A E o 9 %•'•'.:% 10 o 5 1 o o o o o 1 1 o o o 1 o 1 o 1 3 1 o 1 1 o 7 o o Totals 24 Summary.—Struck out by Akers 8, by Latham 9. Bases on balls—Off Akers 3. Double plays—Albion 1, M. A. C. 2. Stolen bases—Frye, Moore, Keils. Attendance, 3000. Umpire Byron. ATHLETICS. the outdoor T he year has been a most success ful one as the following will s h o w: M. A. C. won first in football, first in basket ball, first in field and track, first in indoor work, second in base ball and third in tennis. T he man agement is more than satisfied with the results of field day as we secured what is generally conceded by all colleges to be the big plum—track and field honors. M. A. C. has won championship every year since 1902 and the relay for the fourth consecutive year. We therefore, w on the old cup have and the first " l e g" of the new also. T he winning of the cup this year was somewhat of a surprise to many, for while there were no particular stars on the team, every man was a good one and at least the last three might have made better time had they been pushed harder, and in this way come up to or broken last year's record. Good work was done in base ball during the season. T he following is the batting average of the t e a m: THE M. A. C. RECORD. 3 than your to the business, and sible, a shorter course if you must. Decide what branch of the occupa tion you will follow as a specialty to the farm, and when vou return lose no opportunity to learn all that can be learned about it. Become a leader—an authority on this branch of the business. If you are going to g r ow a certain kind of fruit g r ow it better competitors, know all the little helps and hin drances thus succeed where they fail. If you are to breed a certain line of stock learn to do it better than the best breeder If you are to stick to you know. general for a time study and experiment with one or t wo crops and strive to g r ow large r yields and better quality. Stick to it year after year and you are bound to suc ceed. T h is playing leap frcg from one thing to another, buying when they are things are high because "profitable," and selling when they are low because "it don't pay to keep t h e m" never made anvbody successful. T h is is an age of spe- farmirg registered Boyle 321, Bird 302, Canfield 286, T h a t c h er 247, Nies 240, A r m s t r o ng 222,Kratz 179, A k e rs 140,Ellis, 125, Dickson 088. Canfield seemed 15 runs, while Boyle led in hits at 25. He also the greatest number of stolen bases at 17, while T h a t c h er was second with 15. E l fielding average of 1000 lis had a per cent in 18 games. F or infield, A r m s t r o ng and Canfield led with 946 and 943 respectively. T h e ir fielding was the feature of all the work, A r m s t r o ng having only 3 errors in 19 games, while Canfield accepted 100 out of 106 chances. usually T he field day receipts were be tween $1500 and $1600, which does not come up to last year's figures quite. T he reason for this is the failure of other colleges to send their delegations. large Albion, w ho was in the base ball finals sent practically no one — not enough to secure rates. Alma and Kalamazoo sent very few, Hillsdale \vas not very well represented, while Olivet sent the largest delega tion of any. T h e re were not, per haps, over one hundred student vis itors outside of contestants. T he patronage from surrounding towns and our own local potronage were, however, much larger than ever be fore. BACK TO THE FARM. DOES IT PAY? To mv mind there is no question but that it will pay the boy or girl who expects to work alo; g agricul tural lines to spend four years pre I will go paring for his life woik. further and say that when this boy has secured such a training supple mented with some practical experi ence it will not pay him to accept one of the numerous salaried posi tions that may open to him if he has a chance to return to a farm of his own or his parents or even start $750 or in on a $1000 a year sounds big to a boy just out of college, but if he is made of the right stuff and will go back to the old homestead, take care of his parents and make the farm work hum, directing his energies untiring ly along some certain line until he has won a reputation in it and can command an enviable market price for his product, I say if he will do this $1000 will not sound so large to him in ten years. rented farm. I do not wish to be egotistical and in a general hence have written From the standpoint of a College prac graduate who is a successful, tical farmer. Again and again have I been asked, " W i ll it pay the boy w ho ex pects to remain on the farm or re turn to it to take a course at an ag ricultural college?" Boys in the grammar or high school have asked m e; teache'rs have asked m e; fond parents, solicitous for the welfare of their sons, have asked me. I t . is with the hope of aiding these par to decide the matter ents or sons that I endeavor briefly to answer the question. the I am presumed to speak from ex perience, and although time since the completion of my college course at M, A. C. comprises but three years they have been spent on the farm, and it has been my priv ilege to work out many principles which prove or disprove the value of an agricultural course to the boy w ho remains upon the farm. To give an unqualified answer I must know the boy. Individuality is an important factor in our make up. We cannot (or rather will not) all make good farmers any more than we would all make good preachers or lawyers or doctors, and if a boy is determined not to be a farmer when he reaches college age then I say to the boy follow the oc cupation for which you think you are naturally fitted if circumstances p e r m i t; to the parents I say, con sult your boy first. But nine out of ten farmers' boys will make good farmers if given the chance and caused to look upon farming as a high and honorable oc cupation—one requiring the great est ability, education and business tact. To the boy, then, w ho is industri ous, loves an outdoor life and exer cise, a simple mode of living close to nature, enjoys the occupation of assisting nature in caring for and training the plant or animal forms created for our use, I sav, get an agricultural Get all you training. can of it—a four-year course, if pos M. A. C. BASEBALL TEAM. Nies, p. Nelson, p. Dir. Brewer. Armstrong, s. Akers, p. Thatcher, m. Boyle, c. Ellis, 1. Canfield, 2. Kratz, 1. Bird, 3. Freddie Stevens, mascot. Dickson, r. cialization and severe competition, and to succeed along any line we must first learn all we can from the experience of others and then go ahead and learn by actual experince, going slow at first but increasing our business as we get means and confidence, and sticking to our spe cialty until we have proved it a suc cess. T he reader may say, " T h is is good advice, but can I not learn all these things on the farm without the expense and loss of time in curred in taking a college course?" You can learn many of them but experience is a dear school and a slow one. All that others have worked out is ours for the learning, and the boy w ho prepares himself for farming by first securing a broad view of the field before him and a knowledge of the principles of the laboriously science as worked out twenty- by his predecessors starts five years ahead of the boy who must learn this all by hard knocks. T h is is what an agricultural college if he course will give him. T h en is wise in the use of this knowledge and has learned that he is only a be ginner in this great school of nature and must continue to study and ex periment and work, his success is assured. that so to prove way ; but I have been out of college long enough to try out a few prin called ciples, "book farming" is not all a farce, to disprove certain old time ways and traditions, to use the science of farming and succeed where others failed. who "didn't believe This is just what other M. A. C. men are doing and just what every trained farmer can do if he is wise and goes slow at first until he is sure of his footing. in it" One word of caution. Don't be over confident. Some theories don't work out well in practice under all conditions. Don't try to renovate all of your father's ways of doing things at once, but experiment a little and prove or disprove your point conclusively. It will then be easier to convince skeptics. You will be judged by what you do, not by what you say you know how to do. Results will tell both in reputation and shekels. It has always been the pride of M. A. C. that her grad uates '•'•do things.1'' Y o u ng man think hard before leaving the farm, and think harder if you stay upon it. T he tide is turning and the population is ebb ing back from the overcrowded cities to the farms. If you love the farm and farm work don't give up your " B r o w n 's its charms. rural prospects for what promises more in the city and then perhaps drift back to become a second class farmer when city life has failed or lost fool," who stayed on the farm and became Governor Brown wasn't so foo'ish after all. Decide now ; fit yourself for your work. Catch the spirit of t h e' age—specialization—and be a leatler in your specialty and } our is assured. But financial depend upon it, if you never make more than a comfortable living (and that is all any of us can use) t re add ed enjoyment } ou can derive f>om the knowledge of nature's objects all about us which such a training opens to our view will amply repay us for fitting ourselves for the agri cultural profession. success S. B. H A R T M A N. BOOK REVIEW OF BLACK ROCK. Nestleel among the mountains in the far northwest of Canada is a village called Black Rock, and it is here that R a l ph Connor has laid the scene of his storv by that name. "Because a man's life is all he has and because the only hope of the brave young west lies in its men, this story is told. It may be that the tragic pity of a broken life may move some to pray, and that that there is in a single divine power brave heart to summon forth hope and courage may move to If so, the tale is not told in fight. the vain." These words from into author himself give an insight his character and also tell us his rea sons for writing the book. some At the time this book was written, ycung men from Great Britain, Ire land and other countries of Europe were pouring into this northwestern territory at the rate of 48,000 per year and it is of these men of var ious nationalities that Connor tells true his story, which he says is a one. N ot far from the village of lumber Black Rock lies a large camp in charge of one Leslie Graeme, an old college chum of friend. Connor's and a very dear It is here that we find these t wo men on the eve of Christmas day, waiting for the lumbermen to return from their work. T he preacher the village, from received the morrow Mr. Craig, drives up and after be ing introduced to Connor, they all go in to the Xmas eve supper with the lumbermen w ho have now re turned. M r. Craig is very popular among the lumbermen, and is a very earnest, hartl working Christian man of the type which makes one feel at the first meeting that he is true friend. T he men have your all their month's wages and the excitement of freedom and anticipation of a good time to follow on is very apparent among them. You all can imagine the kind of a time that a crowd of rough woodsmen will have on a hol iday in a little village containing a saloon and with their month's wages in their pockets. T he preacher feels responsible for every man in the crowd, and it is for this reason that he has come to the camp on this Christmas eve. He knows the temptations which every man will meet in the village the next day and it is with this in mind that after sup per is over he asks the men if he can say a few words to them. He tells them that he knows h ow most mothers, of wives, sons, daughters, or sweet- them have left in fireside traveled away over to hearts, and this new land to earn money that they may go back to their dear ones and make them happy for the rest of their lives. He tells how each time their month's pay comes they spend it all in the saloon at the vil lage and are no nearer to that long their native looked for land than they were a month before. He then reads from the testament which he always carries, and he has this many times be probably done the birth of our fore, the story of S iviour. He tells the old story over again of how he came into the world to save each one, from the worst to the best, and that whosoever would might come and his sins would be forgiven. All through the talk the listened men were very quiet and attentively and when he left they seemed to be little different in a mood than before supper. Before leaving, however, he them all to eat Christmas dinner with him in the village, which invitation they accepted very enthusiastically. Con nor was to return to the village with Mr. Craig that evening and when they had driven but a .short distance from the camp a man stepped out from behind some trees and stopped It was "Old M an Nel the horse. son, one of the toughest and worst men in the camp. Ignoring Con nor he asked the preacher if that storv of Christ's forgiving everyone, would apply to him with all his sins and his wicked past life. T he preacher assured him over and over again that it did but there still could be seen doubt in the old man's face. Before driving on, however, he promised Air. Craig that he would give it a trial and looking back when they had gone but a little dis tance, the last thing that Connor saw was the old man's powerful figure on his knees with his hands stretched toward heaven. invited the devil and T he next day the preacher with the help of Connor, "Old man Nel fignt son" and God, fought with in Black Rock, and through their in fluence nearly all of the miners and lumbermen returned to their work, their after the day of jollity, with month's wages still unspent. the the saloon T he rest of the book treats of this fight with the devil and the saloon. It tells of the enormous soul conflicts which the men went through some loosing out, but more and times more often winning. It pictures very vividly the Christlke self-sac rifice of this Mr. Craig and of the help rendered him by a few of the more earnest miners and lumber men. in is one character the T h e re book who though not mentioned before, plays a very important part in the story. A few years before the story opens a rich young English man was sent to this region by his parents for the purpose of getting thought rid of his evil ways, they that hard woi k wou'd change his disposition. T h is young man named Mayor brought with him a very handsome young wife who soon be came honored and loved by all the men and women the place. About a year after Mr. and M r s. Mavor arrived at Black Rock Air. Mavor was accidently killed. Al though this cast a great gloom upon M r s. Mavor's life she decided to re main here and give the rest of her life to the uplifting of the men with whom her husband had worked and as one of whom he had died. of As the weeks and months passed after this Christmas day M r. Craig THE M. A. C. RECORD. the A l t h o u gh and M r s. Mavor were thrown very much together in their work for their jnen and they g r ew to depend upon each other for help and encourage ment. preacher loved M r s. Mavor he would not think for an instant of asking her to marry him because she was the heir to a large inheritance in E n g l a nd and he supposed that, after the death of her stepmother w ho was then in charge of the property, M r s. Mavor would desire to go to England and resume her earlier acquaintances and live in the rest of her life. She did go to England and did not return until word was received that M r. Craig was very and rival brought fresh strength courage to him however and he soon recovered from his T h ey were married and the rest of their lives were spent among the men whom they loved to help and direct in the right way and who turn loved and honored M r. and M r s. Craig. ill. H er ar illness. luxury in Connor to his home left Black R o ck after spending a few months there and returned in the east. time afterward he received Some that " old man Nelson " and word Graeme were coming to visit him. that memorable Christmas Since Eve. Nelson had succeeded in sav ing enough money so that he could come home to his son and daughter. Connor had brought them (Nelson's son aud daughter) to his home and they were waiting with great ex pectation for their father whom they had not seen in several years. Con nor was also anxious to see Graeme looking forward with and he was much pleasure to this home coming. One evening Connor sat alone in his study, when in burst Graeme, but, by the expression on his face one could easily see that he desired no welcoming word but had an im- po'tant message. Connor asked for " old man Nelson" and with some hesitation Graeme said that Nelson was at the station in his coffin, then Graeme told his story. W h en he the and Nelson had started northwest, Graeme had in with some of his old associates and the old love for drink and gambling soon returned. Old man Nelson tried to keep him from drinking and " playing the g a m e s ," but when his remonstrances were of no avail the old man followed him where ever he went and in all of Graeme's debaucheries, Nelson kept right in the same room with him. from fallen One night Graeme became mixed in a quarrel, and just as the other man was about to shoot, "old man Nelson" jumped between them and the for shot which was meant Graeme killed Nelson. Graeme said that the old man lived for sev eral days and was very cheerful to the last, and when Graeme would reproach himself the old man would say that it was all-right, Graeme would have done the same for him. W h en he died it was with that peace and confidence that only one can have who trusts in his God. fully took Of course the children it hard, but they had the same old iron will and undaunted spirit of their father and they did nobly. Graeme, however, was a changed man, and it was said that the spirit of old man Nelson rested in a double portion upon Graeme. After and went this Graeme took Con nor in the south to bid a last farewell to his old father and mother, for he had accepted a position with a railroad to his home in the far northwest and he was de termined to go back among the men like Nelson once was, and do what he could for them. W h i le at his the help of home Connor, with Graeme's mother, decided invite to a few of their old college chums and have one more good old time before last they parted time. for perhaps the told T he evening was then very quietly spent very pleasantly, but before the gathering broke up Graeme said that he had a story which he wanted to tell them. He about " O ld man Nelson," his history pre vious to that Christmas eve, how he was seen in the snow on his knees before God that night, how when he (Graeme) was going the way of the devil " O ld man N e l s o n" fol lowed him from place to place and kindly gave up his life for Graeme, and died, peacefully, happily, thank ing God, for what he had done for a poor sinner. After Graeme had told this story these college men, all of them more or less given to the pleasures of the world, said that if it would do this much for a hardened old woodsman like Nelson it ought to do something for the hand of each other man and vowed that they would, as had Old man Nelson, give it a trial. Each man shook them. left Graeme the northwest for where with Mr. and M r s. Craig they spent the rest of their lives not for themselves but as Connor says because, "A man's life is all he has and because the only hope of the brave young W e st lies in its men." (Read before the Eunomian Lit erary Society at a recent meeting.) THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR C O L L E GE GRADUATES WHO ARE NOT FARM OWNERS. return the son the farm An examination of the records of a large number of graduates of this College, compared with their state ments when entering, has shown that the trend of the college course the farm and not away is toward It is perfectly normal that from it. the young man coming from the farm, enamored with his occupation, if his should to to father owns one large enough the management of give part of it. T h e re are, however, and naturally must be a large num ber of young men who have neither immediate farms at present, nor prospects of owning one without earning the money to purchase it. Because, as director of the exper iment station, a large number of applications for young men come to me, I am thinking of the wonderful opportunities afforded college grad uates in these modern times. and where As I write I have upon my desk calls for young men along commer cial lines which are exceedingly at tractive. One is for a young man in the dairy business in California, where present exceptionally good the wages are assured and where promise of immediate advancement future is good the prospects are unsurpassed. H e re is another call for a young man to manage the business of bottling milk for a large establishment near Aurora, 111. H e re is another call for a man to manage a dairy of 165 cows just outside the city limits of the great metropolis, N ew Y o r k. I have cited these simply as instances lines. of openings in commercial in farms T h e re are hosts of such opportunities awaiting the right men with salaries all the way from $60 per month up. T he trend toward the purchase of so-called abandoned the east by wealthy city gentlemen, has opened a parallel line of oppor tunities. H e re ability, ability to handle men, is the dom inant this executive ability there is required an intimate knowledge of scientific agriculture. Again the great west is by no means filled up and the call from that di rection for competent men to man age large enterprises is keen and insatiable. thing. W i th executive T u r n i ng now to college and sta tion work, one must confess surprise the colleges have at the fact that not turned out men enough to sup ply the demand. H e re is a call for the directorship of an eastern sta tion ; another call is for professor of agriculture east. A recent gradu scarcely assume , to fill ate would either of these positions, it is true, but he might aspire to them after a few years experience. Members of the present senior cla«s are going as assistants in live stock husbandry, agronomy and horticulturist toother experiment or colleges, stations there to receive a good initial salary with prospects of immediate pro motion. In this work it is not the salary that is the main consideration fact that one becomes at but the In to his fellowmen. once helpful none of its branches is agriculture yet reduced to anything like peda gogic the other hand along all lines the teaching is chang In this ing, improving, growing. attractions which respect it offers in those studies cannot be expected which have been taught for ages. In almost every case the young man with combines teaching. He extends the bound aries of human knowledge along with giving in some particular branch or branches. No laid more delightful life could be out for a young graduate than is of fered in this teaching and experi mental work. T he call for men is unabated, is rather increasing than otherwise. While true that the salaries offered are not large the opportunities are none the less at tractive. experimentation form. On instruction is it the their evenings F or 33 Friday the Kendall " B u n c h" has been called lady of the house down by (from rooms above), after which pop corn, marshmallows and goodies were enjoyed, old other games revived and old stories told and retold; so last Friday evening the boys resolved to spring a real sur prise and come down without being called,more over the watchword was " L e t 's be gentlemen just to night," so promptly at 8 o'clock the whole " B u n c h" invited the Kendall the dining family table was room, where a quickly the after smothered strawberries in ice cream and "Blakeonion" cakes had disap peared ; Mr. Musselman acted as follow toastmaster introducing the ing toasts : to join them in long surrounded for H ow we came to room at Kend all's, W. W. Postiff. W hy we are going to leave, A. H. Crosby. P.a Kendall as an orator, L. A Offer. W h at College Means to Me, L G. Rinkle. Intercollegiate Fussing, L. L. Burrell. T h i n gs I Look F o r w a rd to, C. H. Smith's another lucky fellow THE M. A. C. RECORD. 5 Carter. T h i n gs I Look Backward to, A. Pulling. Old Sweet Hearts, G. W. Smith. After this like a Chinese drama a continuous performance was carried on by the " B u n c h" in the parlors, where Act. II was given. Selection from Kingology, Read ing, A. H. Crosby. My Old Kentucky H o m e, with variations, Song, Quartet, Messrs. Offer, Rinkle, Sherman and Smith. T he Dandy Fifth, Reading, L. A. Offer. T he Organ Serenade, Music, N. McCullough. T he " B u n c h ," Poem, H. Sher man. T he Book Canvasser, Recitation, C. H. Carter. Cornet Solo, A. I I. Crosby. Courtship Under Difficulties, Tri- alogue, L. G. Rinkle, A. P. Pulling, L. L. Burrell. O ur Guide in Genoa, Recitation, W. Postiff. A Medley, Quartet. Prophecy of the " B u n c h ," H. H. Musselman. Closing Address, F. M. Barden. In closing Mr. Barden presented the family with an oak rocker to be a remembrance of the " Bunch." T HE B U N C H. (With apologies to Longfellow.) Tell me not in sleepy numbers Life is but a long sweet dream, For a man's a dunce that slumbers After eating cake and cream. Some may think that we're not earnest, In our daily work and toil, You may think that we've been foolish With our rough house and turmoil. School is real, school is earnest, But diploma's not its goal. Fun and action while we learnest Lowers some the price of coal. Not in gladness, not in sorrow, Do we all go on our way, But we'll think in each tomorrow Of the fun we've had today. Vacation's long, but time is fleeting. Soon we'll all be back again. Back to hear the kindly greeting Of our dear old college men. Back will come our dear Dutch Louie With his songs the house to fill. Always happy, always jolly, Spilling everything t'will spill. With him comes perhaps another, Hailing from Detroit, Wayne— A long legged be-whiskered brother Telling stories just the same. Also Mac, whose always coming Far along into the night, Pockets full of Club F cookies For a Sunday evening bite. From the farm's hard work and hustle, From the field of hay and grain, Comes another of our number, Clarence Carter is his name. Then we think of Fusser Barden, Planning for the pic-i-nic, Wishing, all the girls were single, So that he could have his pick. Thoughts of fussing doth remind us, Crosby's won a little dear,— Let us hope he'll not be looking For the taken seats next year. In the school's broad field of battle, In the ranks of M. A. C, Fuger driving all the cattle,— That's where Sherman loves to be. Dr. Rinkle of Dimondale Is a peach the world decrees, Relieving people, gaunt and pale Of their golden 'pendices. Arthur Pulling, I remember, Was the bride's most happy man. Who can tell before September Arthur may be it again. With schoolma'ams young and old. Correspondence grew too heavy; Hence the "Oliver" so I'm told. Still another, Roy Burrell, Coming home from work out west, Said he cared not for a girl, But with Ypsi came the test. To be strictly just and honest, Musselman should have a line, But I used up all my genius In his measly Valentine. That's the Bunch that roomed at Kendall's, Nineteen five and nineteen six,— That's the bunch that ate the popcorn, Stole the pies and played the tricks. Let us be glad and thankful That we've tasted Kendall's cheer, And in parting, let us give them Thanks for fun throughout the year. COLLEGE L I B R A R Y. T he college library numbers at time 26,500 volumes. the present It occupies with the reading room, two large rooms on the first floor of the library and museum building. for the It is maintained primarily a course in either civil, electrical or mechanical engineering. In all of these and kindred subjects we have a large and entirely up-to-date col lection. A goodly number of books on domestic science and art completes our equipment for the three courses to voung men and young offered women by this College, and all are to be found on shelves on the south side of the library. In are found A large number of books on biog literature, political raphy, history, and social science, philosophy, relig- i m, fine arts and music, with a little good fiction, occupy the shelves on the north side of the room. the galleries the collections of large and valuable bound periodicals, the books on pedagogy, public documents, and the library of the experiment station. Our reading room is well supplied with daily papers, and periodical literature, covering literary, scientific and political subjects, which when bound, become a permanent part of the library. 1st Row—Dir. Brewer. Sanborn, Colby, Perry, Barnett, Charlton, Hitchcock 2d Row—Rigterink, Orvis, Belknap, L. V., (Capt.) Belknap, Spencer, Bleech, INDOOR TEAM. Rodegeb. 3d Row—Marsh, Liverance, Shad. students, its purpose being to sup plement the work of the class-room and laboratory. T he collection of books is a good selected by a one, having been painstaking discriminating and faculty, through whose efforts only subjects the best material on all finds its way to the shelves. Of reference books, which form the basis of all good libraries, we have a large number. Those which in character are placed are general on shelves near the entrance door. While others dealing more directly with special subjects are found with the collections of which they prop erly form a part. the T h is being an agricultural school, one expects to find in library large numbers of books pertaining to agriculture and allied subjects. T h ey are here—books on agricul ture, horticulture, botany, forestry, dairying, chemistry and physics, entomology and bacteriology—and many other subjects with which the present day successful farmer must have intimate acquaintance. This is also a Technical School. Therefore we find it necessary to place at the disposal of young men interested in such subjects, the best literature that can be obtained to en able them to successfully complete T he library is not a luxury, but a the necessity to all connected with is freedom College. T he utmost accorded to all in the use of books. F r ee access to the shelves, and the privilege of drawing books for use in one's freely granted. room own are T he entire is carefully library classified, and is catalogued on the dictionary plan. SANITARY CONDITIONS. In any learning institution of where the students in large part are provided with rooms and board at comparatively small cost, the whole- someness of the surroundings and the influences under which they live must be of primary consideration. However, it would not be economy, as measured in the minds of most men, to dwell amidst uncomfortable and unsanitary conditions or to use food of a questionable nature. T he living, therefore, should be cost of measured by what one obtains in re turn. F or this reason much atten tion has been given to the proper sanitation of buildings and campus, the securing of pure as well as to food. T he aim of this is to keep the students in health. In this w o rk them regulations. Besides the college has been quite success ful because it is possible to control the the sanitary arrangements and the campus and food supplies upon to certain satisfac lo subject these tory is excel features, the water supply lent and has never caused any from taken trouble. T he water is artesian wells and distributed over the campus to the different build ings. T he sewerage system is con nected with all halls and dormitories and the sewage is carried to the riv College, er. rooms, good therefore, has good food and water; and a good sewer age system, all of which contribute to the health of the student body. T he Agricultural One of the most important agents in contributing towards health is the hospital. Although its function is to care for the sick only, yet by this very means it does much in main taining health. Some years ago the state provided this hospital on the campus for the care of sick students. It was doubtless the outgrowth of the evident lack of facilities in car ing for the sick when an epidemic of some nature visited the College. T h e re is in charge of the hospital a trained nurse who administers to the ailments of the students throughout the year. Students are at liberty to visit for the hospital at any time such attention as may be given by a competent nurse, or if a physician be required, the choice of the stu dent is called. Its greatest useful ness, however, lies in caring for the sick when epidemics break out. Contagious diseases are quite likely to be brought upon the campus by the College to students returning the from throughout their homes state two or three times during the year. Usually two or three weeks their arrival there will be a after two caaes single case, or perhaps from which have been brought in outside. By strenuous in isolation and disinfection the spread of such contagious diseases is held in check. W i th the ordinary con tagious diseases, such as measles, more difficulty is experienced, be cause people in general are more careless in attempts to stay the dis ease. A case of such a disease as smallpox, however, seldom passes beyond the one who has brought it to the College. Even with its dor mitory system the College has for some years been wonderfully free from trials which contagious diseases usually bring upon an in stitution. efforts the No factor contributed so has much to the success of public health service at the College as the sound sentiment which has been developed among the students for the elimina tion of contagious diseases. Almost without exception he w ho contracts some contagious disorder considers it his duty to sacrifice his own com fort for the safety of his fellow stu dents. Nothing can be more com mendable in student life than this, and nothing can be more conducive to the elimination of contagious dis eases. This savors of a practical, altruistic motive, and deserves praise in behalf of the student body. T he E ro Alphian society gave in the their commencement party A b o ut evening. armory Friday fifty-five couples were present and in spite of the rain all seemed to be themselves. Baker's or enjoying chestra furnished the music. T he patrons of the evening were Instruc tor and Mr?. Reed and M r. and M r s. Brewer. 6 NOTICE. In order Notice is hereby given that the College does not assume any re sponsibility for property left by stu dents in their rooms during the sum mer vacation. that the w o rk of the dormitory cleaners may not be hindered it is desired that every piece of furniture which the student wishes saved should be con spicuously labeled with the student's name and room number, and that all books, clothing and small articles of room furniture or decorations be se curely boxed up with name of owner on the box, and that carpets and rugs be securely rolled up and la belled. T he cleaners will regard all articles found in the dormitories, not thus taken care of, as refuse to be thrown on the waste heap. J. L. S N Y D E R, President. W. O. H E D R I C K, Dormitory Inspector. COLLEGE FARMING. the farm " W h at is worth doing is worth doing well." On few things are worth doing that are not done well. T he farmer w ho suc ceeds only to the degree in which every operation has been well per formed. plowing, involved—the In the growing of a crop each step the harrowing, the saving and prepara tion of the seed, the planting, etc , has its part in result, and will be «ffective in proportion as it is well done. the ultimate It may be sufficient to know how to perform the steps in crop grow ing. It is better to know as com pletely as possible the principles in volved in each. T he crops on the college farm Field are in excellent condition. X o. 12 has a superior stand of corn in spite of the fact that the field is of necessity worked under unfavor able conditions. Great care has been exercised in the preparation of the soil and in the planting. Equal care has been exercised in the selec tion, care and preparation of the seed. T he kind of care every farmer should exercise. T he corn is mak ing good growth and has a vigorous appearance. T he stand is remark ably examination showed only 3 per cent of the hills without stalk and only 2 h- p e r c e nt of the hills with one stalk. A n o t h er year it will be entirely possible to reduce both of these per cents of poor stand. uniform. An FORESTRY DEPARTMENT. T he course in forest tree propag ation which has been given this year has proved of much interest and profit to the students. T he course is entirely laboratory and includes the study of seed production, col lection, preservation, plantation and care of the young trees. Since dif ferent tree seed require very differ ent care there is ample opportunity for study, investigation and experi mentation. Seedlings and cuttings have been grown by members of the class in the greenhouse in the cool, outdoor cellar and in nur>ery beds and rows. Chestnut and papaw have been successfully grafted by the students. In silviculture each member of the class was assigned one-tenth of an acre of land that had restocked the past ten or naturally during trees twelve years since the large THE M. A. C. RECORD. that between were removed. Records of all live trees cut and those left were made five with the result and six hundred trees were found four-fifths of on each plot, about them being removed to give those left better opportunity for g r o w t h. V e ry few trees of valuable species had to be cut because they were mostly of good size and well dis tributed. At the rate the work was done it would take a man one week to thin an acre. Numerous vines made the work difficult in Doces. One more week in which to re port J u ne engagements. Lost.—Ladies Finder please office. silver watch. leave at secretary's T he baccalaureate sermon will be given by R e v. Robert McLaughlin in the armory of Grand Rapids Sunday at 3 130 p. m. T he Olympic society elected the following officers for the fall term : B. B. Clise, President; P. H. Shut- tleworth, Vice-president; J. S, Mc- Devitt, Secretary; F. K. W e b b, T r e a s u r e r; E. C. Hitchcock, Mar s h a l; G. S. Valentine, R E C O RD ed itor. In the final class championship game of baseball the freshmen won from the juniors by the score of 8 to 12. Batteries for juniors, West- erman and Hayden ; for freshmen, Curtis and F. F. Burroughs. T he M. A. C. Sunday school ob served Children's day Sunday, when appropriate exercises were held. Sessions will not be contin ued during the summer, but the work will again be taken up in Sep tember. T he Eunomian society have elect ed the following officers for the fall tt-rm, 1906: President, C. B. Peck ; vice president, C. L. R o we ; secre tary, P. H. Ellwood ; treasurer, A. R. W i l c o x; Record editor, A. S o b e y; marshall, R. A l l e n; war den, J. D. Baker. fall term T he following officers were elec ted by the E ro Alphian societv for 1906: President, the Helen Ashley ; vice president, Edith Roby ; secretary, Shirley Gardner ; treasurer, Elzina H o l m e s: marshal, Marjorie B i r d; R E C O RD editor, Aleen R a y n o r. T he state executive committee of the Y o u ng Men's Christian Asso ciation brings boys of 12 to 16 years of age from all parts of Michigan together at C a mp H a y o - W e n t - Ha for two weeks of the greatest kind of fun, education, inspiration and out-of-door life under the care of careful and competent adults whom the boys like. F or application blank and terms write M r. W. H. Gay, care of Ber- key & G ay Furniture Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. Last Saturday evening the boys of the Aurorean Literary Society their farewell jovial meeting. held T he usual literary program was given over and everyone proceeded T he kind to have a good time. invi'ation of M r s. Amos Brown asking the boys to the farm house was gladly accepted, and 27 boys made merrv with games and music, followed by a "lap feed" which was spiced liberally with toasts. This society was organized last Sept. 30 by 9 boys. Since then it has g r o wn faster than their fondest hopes. Because the society had no rooms of its own.the sides of old num ber 7 College hall have been made to ring with seriousness and laughter for in all 2S meetings. T he boys feel that a long felt need of more societies in the college has been partly supplied and all are enthusi astic over the literary training they have received. Next year the soci- ety expects to have rooms in Well's which will remove its most serious handicap. 'S6 Theo. A. Stanley is engaged in farming at N ew Britain, Conn. He writes interestingly of his work in the east and adds that he shall begin at once to make arrangements to be present at the semi-centennial next year. ' S7. Harkness L. Chapin is engaged in real estate business in Portland, Oregon. His address is 246 Stark St. . . ' 9 3- .W\d'\**\l,r\,n.i\ = = = == stock of Where you will find the largest and most complete ^ ^ ^ ^ = == Women's Hisses' and Children's Ready-to=wear Garments, Knit Underwear, Hosiery, Gloves in Laces, and Ribbons. All t he new things 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. : : : : J E W E TT & K N A PP 2 2 0 - 2 22 AND 2 24 WASHINGTON AVENUE SOUTH, LANSING, MICHIGAN. '. } £ T h at u n d er t he p r e s e nt h i gh p r i ce ; of in .; W o m e n 's S h o e s. l e a t h er we h a ve a b a r g a in S I Price $1.98 a pair I i S r C We o f f er t h r ee l o ts in s n a p p y, u p- 5 t o - d a te p a t t e r n s. T h ey p o s s e ss t he r s t y le a nd c h a r a c t er of T w o - F i f ty C S h o e s. j \ ^g=>YICI KID YICI KID PATENT COLT BLU. \ % = ^—^ Light Sole Heavy Sole Heavy Sole C. D. Woodbury S h oe ? t o re 1 S" H O L L I S T ER B L O CK \ t£ A B O UT T HE C A M P U S. «£ J. D. Baker '08 spent a day or t wo at his home, Camden, the past week. Miss Bon Bennett '05 attended commencement exercises at P u r d ue during the past week. M r s. J. P. Felt, (Bessie Earle), of Emporia, Pa., is visiting relatives and friends on the campus. M r. and M r s. H a r v ey H o w o r th of Palo, were guests of their daugh ter, Miss Mabel, over Sunday. Miss Alice Gunn Iron Mountain, expects soon to be at home for the summer vacation. '01 of Miss Rademacher was called to her home the past week on account of the serious illness of a brother. No R E C O RD will be issued next week, but following commencement a double number will be published. H. D. H a h n, '04, visited College friends the past week and took in the armory party F r i d ay evening. H a r ry French, with '05, has com pleted his course at the university of Purdue. M r. F. visited College friends over Sunday. E. A. Crozier, treasurer of Kent county, visited his cousin, Instructor A l g e r, of the mathematical depart ment, the past week. Copy for fall term program has been sent to the printer. Proofs will be distributed to various depart ments as soon as received. Secretary B r o wn was in Chatam, U. P ., a few days t he past week, where the contract for a n ew house at the experiment station w as let. T he board as audited for the spring term is as follows in the vari ous clubs: A, $ 3; B, $ 2 . 8 5; C, $ 1 . 9 8; E, $ 2 . 8 2; F, $ 2 . 1 0; G, $2.49. B. B. Ellsworth of last year's base ball team, visited friends at the College over Sunday. M r. E. is connected with the A r m a da H i gh School. R oy Waite has been elected track captain for 1907. He has been the mainstay in the distance runs for three years. L. H. Belknap was re-elected captain of the indoor team. Several specimens of ore have been received by the chemical de partment from the Gold K i ng mine, Grand District Island Mining Boulder Co., Colo. T he sender is S. E. C h a m pe '06. M r. H. P. Piper, of Lapeer, has purchased the property of M r. Hill- iard in Oakwood, and will make the coming year. this his home T h is gives W. E. an opportunity to live at home next year. R. S. Canfield was elected base ball captain for next year. He has played second base for three years and has always been one of the leaders in fielding and hitting. He is popular with the players and stu dent body. D r. and M r s. E d w a r ds left Fri day for Kingston, R. I., where they will attend the commencement ex ercises of the R h o de Island college of agriculture and mechanic arts, to which institution D r. E. has been called as president. E. A. Edgerton, of Lansing, w ho had charge of the creamery mechan ics in the special courses during the winter, suffered a stroke of paralysis on Wednesday of last week and his condition is serious. M r. E d g e r t on was formerly the college engineer. Rafael Montenegro, one of our Philipino students, left T h u r s d ay for home. He was met in Chicago by Supt. Sutherland who accom panied him as far as San Francisco. Mr. M. has not been in good health during the past year, and it was thought best to take him back to the Islands. N O T I C E— T he librarian has re ceived from a former student t wo books belonging to the library which had been taken away by accident. In view of the many mistakes of this kind which have occurred in the past, students are earnestly re quested to look over their books and return at once those belonging to the library. W. G. Sackett gave an address be fore the F a r m e r s' club last Tuesday evening on " F a rm Sanitation." He treated the subject under two heads ; first, the water supply, and second, the drainage, dwelling at length on the danger of pollution from having a barn or cesspool near to a shallow or open well, showing that this of fered an ideal place for the g r o w th of typhoid and malarial diseases. This was followed by the election of officers for next fall term. T he men elected w e r e: W a l t er W a r den, Pres., A r t h ur Campbell, Vice P r e s .; J o hn W a l k u p, S e c .; Floyd Barden, T r e s .; Guy Smith, reporter. T he botanical departmant distri butes to students copies of a pam phlet containing a list of trees and shrubs as grown at the College some five years ago. In their study thirty-five women and thirty-three men have their attention called to lists of trees and shrubs of the high est value—iron-clads—such as a ny one in central Michigan might plant with safety. H e re are the names of the shrubs, none of which are evergreen. Several of the members of the Tau Beta Pi go to A nn A r b or T h u r s d ay w h e re they will install a chapter of that fraternity T h u r s d ay evening at the university. Michi gan is the first state to have three chapters, M. A. C. being the oldest, It and the School of Mines second. is to be hoped that arrangements may be made for some of the juniors to go, and as many of the seniors as possible. that good It is believed connections will be made so that very little time will be lost. T he Athletic council voted the ten members of the baseball squad monogram sweater vests. Alono- gram jerseys were also voted to all those winning first place in fielding, and to such members of the track and indoor team as are seniors this year. Invitations have been received for commencement week at R h o de Island College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, same to be held J u ne 9-12. President Butterfield, ' 9 1, gave the baccalaureate address on J u ne 10, taking for his subject, " W o rm and Prince." 8 THE M. A. C. RECORD. A s m a ll list of c h o i ce o r n a m e n t al t r e es a nd s h r u bs t h at a re b e l i e v ed to be i r on clad a nd s a fe to p l a nt a l m o st a n y w h e re in t he s o u t h e rn p e n i n s u l a. A l a r ge n u m b er h a ve b e en o m i t t ed b e c a u se t h ey a re n ot a l w a ys h a r dy or for s o me o t h er r e a s o n. B R O A D - L E A V ED T R E E S. L o n i c e ra T a r t a r i ca g r a n d i f l o ra r u b ra H o r t ., L a r ge R e d f l o w e r ed H o n e y s u c k l e. M a g n o l ia S o u l a n g e a na H o r t. P h i l a d e l p h us flori- b u n d us A. G r a y ., L a r g e - f l o w e r ed H o n e y s u c k l e. g r a n d i f l o r us L A W R E N CE <2L V A N B U R EN P R I N T I NG CO. WHEN IN NEED OF P r u n us t o m e n t o sa T h u n b. P y r us c o r o n a r ia L ., W i ld C r a b- DANCE P R O G R A MS or SOCIETY PRINTING. P l a t a n o i d es L ., N o r w ay A p p l e. 122 Ottawa St. E. Washington Ave. South, A c er M a p l e. A c er R u b r um L ., R ed M a p l e. A c er S a c c h a r i n um W ieri S c h w e, P y r us floribund A N i c h o l s ., F l o w e r i ng C r a b. R i b es A u r e um P u r s h, Y e l l o w- W i e r 's C u t - L e a v ed M a p l e. f l o w e r i ng C u r r a n t. A c er S a c c h a r um M a r s h, S u g ar R o sa S e t i g e ra M i c h x, P r a i r ie M a p l e. R o s e. B e t u la A l ba L a c i n i a ta P e n d u la H o r t ., C u t - L e a v ed W e e p i ng B i r c h. B e t u la P a p y r i f e ra M a r s h, C a n oe B i r c h. S p i r a ea A n t h o ny W a t e r e r. S p i r a ea P r u n i f o l ia fl. p i. H o r t ., D o u b l e - f l o w e r e d, P l u m - l e a v ed S p i r a e a. C l a d a s t r is L u t ea ( M i c h x .) K o c h ., S p i r a ea T h u n b e r g ii S. & Z ., Y e l l ow W o o d. T h u n b e r g 's S p i r a r e. C o r n us F l o r i d a. L ., F l o w e r i ng S p i r a ea V a n H o u t t ei B r i o t, V a n- D o g w o o d. H o u t t e 's S p i r a e a. F a g us A m e r i c a na S w e e t, B e e c h. F r a x i n us A m e r i c a na L ., W h i te A s h. S y r i n ga P e r s i ca L ., P e r s i an L i l a c. S y r i n ga V i l l o sa V a h l. S y r i n ga V u l g a r is L ., C o m m on L i r i o d e n d r on T u l i p f e ra L ., T u l ip P u r p le L i l a c. T r e e. S y r i n ga V u l g a r is A l ba H o r t ., M a g n o l ia a c u m i n a ta L ., C u c u m W h i te L i l a c. b er T r e e. V i b u r n um L a n t a na L ., W a y f a r Q u e r c us a l ba L ., W h i te O a k. Q u e r c us coccinia W a n g, S c a r l et i ng T r e e. V i b u r n um O p u l us L ., C r a n b e r ry O a k. B u s h. V i b u r n um T o m e n t o s um P l e n um J a p a n e se D o u b l e - f l o w e r ed M i g ,, S n o w b a l l. V i t is I n d i v i sa W i ld G r a pe V i n e. E V E R G R E EN S H R U B S. J u n i p e r us C o m m u n is L ., C o m m on J u n i p e r. J u n i p e r us S a b i na L ., S a v i n. P i n us M o n t a na M u g h us W i l l k ., D w a rf P i n e. T h u ya O c c i d e n t a l is G l o b o sa H o r t ., G l o b o sa A r b or V i t a e. T h u ya O c c i d e n t a l is P y r a m i d a l is H o r t ., P y r a m i d al A r b or V i t a e. T h u y a O c c i d e n t a l is S i b i r i ca H o r t ., S i b e r i an A r b or V i t a e. W. J. B E A L. Stalker Prints " Swell "Dance Fine and other good Stationery Programs things. 117 n i c h i g an Avenue West Ground Floor. Correct Clothes For Young Men The Clothes Shop . BRUCE N. HICKEY 120 N. W a s h. A v e. DIRECTORY LANSING BUSINESS and PROFESSIONAL MEN ** 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 h o pe t h at t he faculty a nd s t u d e n ts will t a ke p a i ns to p a t r o n i ze those who p a t r o n i ze u s. Q u e r c us i m b r i c a r ia M i c h x ., S h i n gle O a k. Q u e r c us r u b ra L ., R ed O a k. S a l ix p e n d u la H o r t ., vitellina W e e p i ng W i l l o w. S a l ix p e n t a n d ra L ., L a u r e l - l e a v ed W i l l o w. T i l ia A m e r i c a na L ., B a s s w o o d. U l m us A m e r i c a na L ., A m e r i c an E l m. E V E R G R E EN T R E E S. J u n i p e r us V i r g i n i a na L. ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^^ R ed C e d a r. P i c ea C a n a d e n s is ( M i l l .) B. S. P ., W h i te S p r u c e. P i c ea E x c e l sa L i n k ., N o r w ay S p r u c e. P i c ea O r i e n t a l is C a r r ., O r i e n t al S p r u c e. P i c ea P u n g en E n g e l m, C o l o r a do B l ue S p r u c e. P i n us C e m b ra L ., C e m b r i an P i n e. P i n u s r e s i n o sa A i t ., R ed or N o r w ay P i n e. P i n us S t r o b us L ., W h i te P i n e. P s e u d o t s u ga D o u g l a s' S p r u c e. D o u d l a s ii C a r r, T h u ya O c c i d e n t a l is L ., A r b or V i t a e, W h i te C e d a r. T s u ga C a n a d e n s is ( L .) C a r r, H e m l o c k. B R O AD L E A V ED S H R U B S. A e s c u l us P a v ia L ., D w a rf B u c k e y e. A l n us G l u t i n o sa I m p e r i a l is D e s x ., I m p e r i al C u t - l e a v ed A l d e r. A m p e l o p s is Q u i n q u e f o l ia M i c h x, V i r g i n ia C r e e p e r. B e r b e r is N e p a l e n s is S p r e n g. B e r b e r is T h u n b e r g ii D C. B e r b e r is V u l g a r is A t r o p u r p u r ea R g l ., P u r p l e - l e a v ed B a r b e r r y. C a r a g a na F r u t e s c e ns D C ., P ea T r e e. C h i o n a n t h us V i r g i n i ca L ., F r i n ge T r e e. C o t i n us C o t i n o i d es ( N u t t .) B r i t ., S m o k e - t r e e. C r a t a e g us O x y c a n t ha C o c c i n ea P L, D o u b le f l o w e r ed S c a r l et F l. T h o r n. C y d o n ia J a p o n i ca P e r s ., J a p an Q u i n c e. H a m a m e l is V i r g i n i a na L ., W i t ch H a z e l. H y d r a n g ea p a n i c u l a ta g r a n d i f l o ra H o r t ., L a r g e - f l o w e r ed H y d r a n g e a. L i g u s t r um I b o ta S i e b. P r i v i t. L o n i c e ra H o n e y s u c k l e. S u l l i v a n ti A. G r a y ., R e p o rt of t he w e a t h er c o n d i t i o ns for t he m o n th of M a y. BARBERS. M A. C. BARBER SHOP, Rooms in New . Bath House. H. A. Sias, Propr. Remarks BOOKS AND STATIONERY. A M. E M E R Y. 116 Wash. Ave. N. Books, Fine Stationery, Engraved Calling Cards, Fountain Pens. Pictures, Frames. Fine Framing a Specialty. Up-to-Date Styles. MILLINERY. FOR Fine Millinery go to No. 226 Washington- Ave., S. New Phone 112. Tem- pera- cD tu re 3 Prevailing °S Wind 7 a.m. 7 p.m. 1 55 47 2 49 47 5643 52:51 6042 54 41 44 33 54 32 4430 10 56 31 11 70 44 12 82 49 13 73 51 14 6147 15 82 48 16 84 57 17 80 65 18 82 62 19 63 47 20 63 37 21 70 44 50 22 84 55 83 23 64 85 24 60 85 25 47 75 20 39 49 27 39 60 28 35 65 29 48 61 30 50 80 :;i .33 .32 .02 .31 .03 N .09" .03 .97 S .02 S.E. W. S. S. N.W. S. S.W. S.E. S.W. W. W. S.E. N.W. N.W. . W. W. .W. N.W. N.E. S.E. E. S. S. S. N.W. S.W. S. N. N.E. S.E. S.E. E. S. S. S.W. S.E. w. N N.E. N.E. S. S.E. S. W. N.E. E. E. S.E. E. S. • .57 .36" Rain 4:30 p.m. ( Slight r a in in p. m. / 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. Snow flurries Hail storm BOOK-BINDERS. GEO. G. BLUDEAU & CO —Bookbinders Ac count book makers, paper ruling, library and fine art binuings, file boxes, map mounting, albums, Docket books, etc. Citizens phone No. 56. 109 Wash. Ave. N. w AGENVOORD & CO.—Bookbinders, Blank- book Makers, 109 Washington Ave. South. BOOTS AND SHOES. D. WOODBURY.—Boots and Shoes. We shoe the students. See ad. CLOTHING. LOUIS BECK.—Clothier. Gents' Furnishings, Hats and Caps. 112 Washington Ave. North. CROCKERY AND GLASSWARE. H H. LARNED.—China, Glass and Lamps. 106 Washington Ave. S. DENTISTS. T he H e s p e r i a ns elected t he fol last m e e t i ng l o w i ng officers at t h e ir for t he fall t e rm 1 9 0 6: P r e s i d e n t, J. S. B a k e r; vice p r e s i d e n t, W. B. A l l en ; s e c r e t a r y, F. R. S w e e n ey ; t r e a s u r e r, W. H. H o p s o n; r e g i s t r a r, F. E. W o o d; m a r s h a l, H. J. N e l s o n; R E C O R D, E d i t or A. G a r- c i n a v a. Citizens 68i. M. 01. 218 Washington Ave. S. Phone, ington Ave. S. Citizens' Phone 1049. Former M. A. C. student. A T. GORDON, D. D, S. M. A. C. '91, U. of J B. S T O F F E R, D. D. S. Office 105 Wash N H. MOORE, D..D. S. Office 411-13 Hollister R W. MORSE, D. D. S. Hollister Block, Room D E. P A R M E L E E, Dentist, 117H Washing- Building, Lansing, Mich. Citizens phone 475. ton Ave. S., Lansing, Michigan. Citizens' 517. Citizens Phone 52, Bell Phone 396. Phone, office 275; residence, 261. . ALL MEATS . . .. May look alike to you, but there is a very great difference in the quality we han dle and that sold by some other markets. We handle none but the very best. 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, DRUGGISTS. date. Corner store. Opposite Hollister Block. R OUSER'S CAPITAL DRUG STORE. Up to ROBINSON DRUG CO., successors to Alsdorf & Son, Drugs and Druggists' Sundries. 102 Washington Ave. N. DRY GOODS. THE JEWETT & K N A PP STORE. Goods. 222-224 Washington Ave. S. D ry ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES- CAPITOL ELECTRIC CO. Electrical Supplies, Telegraph Instruments and Telephones. 11 Mich. Ave., E. PURNISHING GOODS. E LGIN MIFFLIN.—Ladies' and Gentlemen'l Furnishing Goods. See ad. FURNITURE DEALERS. M J. * B. M. BUCK.—Furniture. Cor, Wash- ington Avenue and Ionia Street. See ad. HACK AND BAGGAGE LINES. O RDER your hacks for parties at Carr's Hack Line. Livery in connection. 410 Washington Ave. N. HARDWARE, STOVES AND TINWARE. NORTON'S HARDWARE—General Hardware, Stoves, Tinware, Graniteware, Cutlery, etc. I ll 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. C HAS. A. PIELLA. 121 Washington Ave. N., Lansing, Mich. Jeweler and Optician. LAUNDRY. I^HE AMERICAN LAUNDRY solicits a share of your patronage. Remember the number, 309 Washington Ave., S. New Phone No. 420. Julia Findiey & Edwin Lewis, Props. S. W. Doty and I. D. Smith, College AgeatS. MANICURE AND HAIRDRBSSING. Parlors. Masquerade Wigs M RS. O. T. CASE—Manicure and Hairdressing for Rent. Switches made of cut hair or combings. The.- France-American Hygienic Toilet Requisites a a specialty. New'phone 118. 222H Washington Ave. S., up stairs. MUSIC, PIANOS, ETC. GR I N N E LL BROS. Pianos, Organs and every thing in the line of music. 219 Washing ton Ave. N. sheet music. GO TO BAKER MUSIC CO. for the up to-date PIANO TUNING, J. Parker. Action Work a Specialtv. Teacher of Violin and Saxaphone- Parkers' Orchestra, 119 Pennslvania Ave. N. Cit izens 'phone 689., Lansing, Mich. 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. 1080. Rooms 203-204 Prudden Block. PHYSICIANS. 12 A. M„ 2 to 4 and 7 to 8 P. H. Office at 212 Washington Avenue S.; home 219 Capitol Ave. J W. HAGADORN, 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 8:90] a. m., and 12:30 to 2, and 6l30 to 8 p. m. Sunday office hours 4 to 6 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 DR. OSCAR H. BRUEGEL. Hours 9 to 11 a. J OSEPH FOSTER, M. D., Eye, Ear,Nose and Throat. Hours 9 to 12 a. m.; 2 to 4 p. m.; Sun days, 12 to 1; Evening 7 to 8. Corner Allegan St. and Capitol Ave., Lansing. Both 'phones. PLUMBERS. SHIELDS & L E A D L E Y. Plumbing and Heat 300 Wash. Ave. N., Lansing. Both ing. Phones. SPORTING GOODS. J H. L A R R A B E E. Base Bail Goods, Foot Ball Goods, Tennis, Golf, Guns, Ammunition and Fishing Tackle. 825 Wash. Ave. S.