The M. A. C. RECORD. MICHIGAN STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. V O L. **+. \1 L A N S I N G, M I C H I G A N, T U E S D A Y, S E P T E M B ER 25, 1906. N o. 2 ATHLETICS. EXCURSIONS. M. A. C. AT THE FAIR. In view of Between 60 and 70 candidates have reported for football practice, and taken as a whole are the most promising lot of men ever on the field. this fact we are looking for another championship team this fall. No great difficulty was experienced last fall in landing the championship, and we have as good or better prospects for this season. Of the old men to report are Capt. Doty, Small, the star quar ter and field captain of last year; Burroughs, Parker, Shedd, McKen- na, W. D. Frazer, and Boyle. While it is early to say much as to new men, or the make-up of the the team, the following are showing up w e l l: Moore, a 250 pounder from F r e e p o r t; Dersnah, a tackle from Mt. Pleasant; C a m p b e l l; Dunlap, a half-back from Mt. Pleas a n t; Corrigan, quarterback, T a y lor and Wheeler, line m m; Big- nell, Underhill, on end. F r om last year's substitutes and second team men there are Charlton, Gassar, Hatfield, Meeker, Darbee, Sterling, Ashley, Waite, Bartlett, Hewson, Kurtz, Allen, Johnson and D. E. Frazier. Jack Bowditch, a promising end in '04, has returned for work and is also a candidate. OLIVET. Olivet comes here Saturday for the opening game of the season. We are looking for one of the hard est games of the year as it is report they have an especially ed that strong team this season and have the advantage of one week's practice over M. A. C. This will be the first try out of the new rules and will therefore lie especially interest ing to spectators, the new game promising something even better than the old. of for to buy holders Season tickets will be sold for $1.25 for all of the home games, for which admission at the gate will be $1.90. Everyone is, of course, ad vised T he west tickets. bleacher will be for the rooters and season reserved tickets, while the east bleacher will be reserved and the general admis sion will be 35 cents, which includes a reserved bleacher seat. T wo sec tions of the east bleacher will be reserved for ladies and their escorts. T h e re are also being erected seven boxes supplied with chairs which will accommodate 65 people. These seats will be sold at 10 cents each. Following is the official schedule. Sept. 29—Olivet at M. A. C. Oct. 6 —Alma at Alma. " " " D a m e. 13—Kalamazoo at M. A. C. 20—De P a uw at. M. A. C. 27—Notre Dame at Notre N o v. 3—Albion at M. A. C. 10—Albion at Albion. 12—Alma at M. A. C. 17—Hillsdale at Hillsdale. " " " it 24—Olivet at Olivet. A reception for college students will be held in the parlors of the First Presbyterian Church Friday evening of this week. All are cor dially invited. T he annual excursions were brought to the college the week of A u g. 20. It was one of the hottest weeks of the summer and on two of the days rain made the grounds a little disagreeable and no doubt had something to do with the small num ber present on these days. T a k en as a whole, however, it is believed it was the best crowd (advertising) which has ever visited M. A. C. A great many more young peo ple took advantage of these excur in 1905 and a goodly sions than number of those who called for cat alogs and general information have shown up for registration. Reports from all roads have not as yet been received, but it is esti mated that about 8,000 people were here during the five days. T he first day, A u g. 20, was the banner day, when fully 2500 people were on the campus. These came over the Pere Marquette from Big Rapids, E d m o re and B.lding on the north branch, and Plymouth and Grand Blanc on the east. Other roads represented were : Lake Shore—August 21, Bliss- fie'd, W h i te Pigeon, Jonesville and intermediate points to the college. Pere Marquette—August 22, St. Joseph, Holland and Allegan and in termediate points to Grand Rapids, same to be a through train to the College. Fremont, White Cloud Grand Rapids, and intermediate points to the College. Michigan Central—August 23, Bay City and intermediate points on the east. Ypsilanti, T h r ee Rivers, Jackson and intermediate points on the south and west. . A nn Arbor R ' y — A u g u st 23, Cadil!ac and intermediate points to Owosso, which then brought to M. A. C. on the Michi gan Central. train was Grand T r u n k — A u g u st 24, Port Huron, E d w a r d s b u r g, Detroit, Bay City and intermediate points to the College. HOW TO MAKE A FRUIT GARDEN published is the title of Dr. Fletcher's new book by Doiibleday, P a ge & Co., N ew York. This work is a practical and suggestive manual for the home garden, and has also been adopted by several in-, stitutions as a text. A conveniently summary by chapters is arranged given which enables the reader to determine in a moment of time the contents of each. T he book con information tains not only valuable on the various garden fruits, site, soil, cultivation, etc., but also miscel laneous rules and recipes for sprays, washes, grafting waxes, and also rules for the exhibition and judging of It contains over 2S0 pages, and 182 illustrations nearly all of which were made by the furnishes a author, and certainly valuable add'tion to the literature on the subject of horticulture. A copy of this work has been presented to our library. fruits. intended T he live stock exhibit at the fair, consisting of eighteen head of cat tle and thirty-two head of swine, certain was educational features or object lessons of It the most practical nature. was not designed to enter the com petition list among private breeders for premiums. to present in T he cattle exhibit was arranged in five groups. F r om these the vis itor could see the results of handl ing the produc's from the beef and the various ways. dairy cattle One group was for the purpose of proving the necessity of knowing just what your cows were doing by testing and weighing the milk and keeping exact account of food con sumed. Another group with charts conveniently arranged proved the fact that it costs as much to keep a scrub cow as it does a first class animal. Still another group was exhibited the data of which showed the rec ord of production of the cow for one year and also the cost of producing her daughter up to twelve months of age. T he fifth and last group three head of young consisted of stock (thoro' bred). T he charts which gave complete data as to cost of feed were used to prove that the highest grade of pedigree live stock figures. can be produced at profitable Five lots of swine were also dis played to demonstrate the merits of rati ns over unbalanced balanced ones for both fattening and g r o w i ng swine. * In addition to the above there was exhibited a nice collection of weeds, mounted and named ; a collection of grains, fodder plants, and set of soils T h e re were also of Michigan. illustrations of breeds of shown corn, a model corn rack and a germinator and tester in operation. The plans of barn and the model horse exhibited caused a great deal of interest. Beside these quite a collection of fruit was exhibited by the Horticul tural Department, and Prof. Smith also furnished an exhibit from the Experiment Station. Catalogs were to be had at head quarters at both Detroit and Grand Rapids, and much interest shown in the work offered at the State Agri cultural College. NOTICE TO STUDENTS. A ny student w ho has not already registered his name and rooming place, in the Secretary's office, will confer a favor upon himself by so doing. Cards will be provided on the desk in the corner of the office for any changes of address. T h is is to insure prompt delivery telephone mes telegrams and of sages. Prospects are very bright for a record breaking graudating c l a ss next spring. With 41 agricultural seniors, 52 engineers and 18 or 20 women, the chances are that we shall have a class of 100 for the semicentennial year. ALUMNI. ' 6 7 _ ' 6 S. I was surprised Malcolm D. Norton, a student at M. A. C. during above years, called on College friends, during the latter part of J u l y, and upon request of the editor has the following to say : "I should much preferrto have visit ed the College while in session, and my time was limited for much of a visit; but and greatly pleased at the growth of the same. T h e re was scarcely anvthi' g recognizable of the old institution or its surroundings. M ay you con tinue to g l ow and prosper and keep to your high ideals, and ever remain at the front of the agricultural col leges in America. My health failed in '83, and, after looking over some of the central western states, I se lected Florida as a place of resi dence, and I found at Eustis a de lightful climate and pleasant sur I engaged in the culti roundings. vation of citrus fruit*, making a specialty of peaches." '99. Prof. W. D. Hurd of Orono, Me., has been offered the presidency of the new Smith agricultural school to be established at North about ampton, Mass. This is to be a sec ondary school for agricultural and mechanical founded under a bequest in the will of the late Oliver Smith of that town. T he Bangor (Me.) Daily mercial has the following concerning Prof. Hurd : student*, and Com to say "Prof. H u rd is a graduate of the famous Michigan agricultural col lege and came to Maine in 1903. During his three years in this state Prof. Hurd has given faithful and devoted work to his department. T he course has been enlarged, the students have increased hv nearly 200 per cent, and in every re-pect the department has been broadened and perfected under Prof. H u r d 's management. He has been a pop ular and successful speaker at many institutes and other assemblies of farmers, everywhere w i n n i ng friends for his solid acquirements, ability to teach and genial person ality." '01 Alice M. Gunn has accepted a position with the Illinois Woman's College, Jacksonville, 111., as direc the department of Home tor of Economics. In the course are offer ed (1) a training course for teachers of domestic science and (2) practical sewing and courses household management. in cookery, '04 Jessie Palmer of the above class to the position of has been elected Instructor in Domestic Science at Iron Mountain public sch >ol for the coming year. T he place was made vacant by the resignation of Miss Alice Gunn, ' o i. Kate Coad has been elected to a position in the Saginaw schools as instructor in domestic science. THE M. A. C. RECORD. FRESHMEN-SOPHOMORE CONTEST. FARM DEPARTMENT NOTES. 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. WILLSON, '07. T. V. GOLDSMITH, '07. E. H. GILBERT, 08. I. E. PAItSONS, 07. K. A. TURNER.'08. GRACE WARNER, 08. CAROLINE LAWRENCE, 06. LELAH BURKHART, '07 Subscription, 60 cents per year, Remit by P. O. Money Order, Draft or Regis tered Letter. Do not send stamps. Address all subscriptions and advertising mat ter to the College Secretary, Agricultural Col lege, Mich. Address all contributions to the Managing Editor. Business Office with Lawrence & Van Buren Printing Co.. 122 Ottawa St. E., Lansing. Mich. Entered as second-class mail matter, Lansing, Mich. This paper Is occasionally sent to non subscrib ers. Such persons need have no hesitation about taking the paper from the post-office, for no charge will be made for it. The only way, however, to secure the paper regularly is to sub scribe. TUESDAY, SEPT. 23, 1906. TH I R T Y - S E V EN R E C O RD subscriptions had been re ceived up to Saturday of last week. This is certainly a good start to ward our 200 n ew subscribers, a nd only asmall area has been canvassed. Mr. Krehl is our representative this year and will be glad to enroll you. Call early and get all the issues. N ow that you are 'one of u s" we trust that you may feel such an in terest in the paper as to contribute to its success. Items concerning campus happenings, visitors, former students and alumni, all are welcome. Use the boxes m a r k ed R E C O RD for this purpose or leave manuscript at the desk not later than Monday morning of each week. THE NEW TELEPHONE SYSTEM. T he College is installing a new telephone system of its o w n. T he telephones will be automatic, that is, there will be no operator at the exchange. T he telephones will be intercommunicating throughout the grounds, and will also connect with the Citizens' telephone exchange at Lansing. T he exchange is located in one of the rooms of the new power plant, and the wires run under ground in the tunnels to the various buildings, or to the ends of the tunnels, and from there ariel wires will be run to any of the buildings that are not located on the tunnels. T he various de partments on the campus will have telephones in their offices, and em ployees of the College will be al lowed to put them in their houses by paying a rental price. T he system also has a fire alarm arrangement in which by calling a certain number the fire alarm can be telephoned in and the operator at the power house then calls out the fire department and the various of ficers of the grounds. T he central exchange is complete and the cables are suspended in the tunnels, and within a week many of the telephones will be located in the various buildings. On last Sa'urday afternoon the Freshmen-Sophomore contest was held on the drill ground, and w as certainly a very interesting affair. " L o n g" Campbell proved himself a fit leader for '10, while Sweeney, sophomore class president, headed the opposing in three order was wrestling weights. Baldwin, of St. Louis, for the freshmen, proved his ability as a wrestler by throwing F r a z er in the second bout. T he sophomores won the t wo lighter weights, Bel knap throwing Clark and Bleech won from M c K e n na after a hard battle. line. T he first in in three T he canvas pull was perhaps the most interesting event of the day. A strip six feet long w as placed in the hands of ten men (five on a side) with ten on a side reserved for t he rush. At a given signal together and the t wo sides come after five minutes the side having the most hands on the canvas was declared victorious. T h is was re peated three times, each class being d i f f e r e nt represented weights. This was deemed a bet ter and sa'er plan than to allow all weights together. At the close of the contest the score was as follows : 1st trial, 21 to 19 f o r ' 1 0; 2nd, 25 to 17 for '09; 3d, 26 to 19 for '09. T he third and last contest of the day was a struggle for the 1909 banner. This was placed on the trunk of a large tree ten or twelve feet the ground. T he tree was then surrounde I by the sooho- mores, who locked arms and made a compact wall 7 or S deep all the way around. T he freshmen hurled themselves against the wa'l, and get ting as near the tre« as possible, threw up two of their light strong men w ho clambered over the heads of the now almost helpless sophs and snatching the covettd banner from its place, carried it away in triumph. T he contests were in direct charge of Director Brewer who was aided by members of the upper classmen. Every thing passed off in a very friendly spirit and taken as a whole the honors were pretty well distrib uted. from An extensive study of the flowing well districts of Michigan has been made by the Hydrographic Branch of the United States Geological Sur vey, and those in the eastern part of the northern peninsula are discussed Irrigation in Water-Supply and P a p er N o. 160, recently issued. In the area discussed flowing wells are obtained from the soft surface de posits as well as from the harder and deeper rocks. In this paper, which may be obtained on applica tion to the Director of the United States Geological Survey, W a s h i n g ton, D. C, the areas in which water rises to the surface are discussed in information detail and all available is given regarding the wells re ported. N ot only are the outlines of the present flowing-well districts given, but an attempt is made to in dicate possible extensions of the areas in which water will rise to the In t wo other reports that surface. are to be published later in the year will be discussed the flowing-well areas in the southern peninsula. T he total number of students as shown by the secretary's books at the close of September last year was 719. To date this year we have a total of 738. " Dear Editor,—Enclosed find the ' Welcome old friends.' fifty cents. G. R. F R Y M A N, Texico, N ew M e x ico." T he work of moving and refitting the farm barns has been continued during the summer. T he original beef barn has been moved and placed to the south adjoining the dairy barn. It has been fitted to be used as a closed shed for dairy cows during the winter season and also to take care of the manure from the dairy barn. T he horse barn has been moved and placed between the farm house "and dairy barn. A cement floor has been put in and the building will be refitted as a storage place for wagons and heavy wheeled im plements on the ground fl or, and tools and lighter implements on the second. A new building 48 by 94 feet has been erected to be used as a horse barn. This building is com the exceptions of stall plete with Provision has been made fitlings. to take care of 25 horses, 18 in stalls and 7 in box stalls. T h e re will also be room for three carriages. At the present time carpenters are busy adding 60 feet to the south end of the sheep barn which will be used for experimental sheep feed ing purposes. T he work of yard grading around the farm buildings w as continued this summer and has been practical ly completed. Posts are being set upon which to build the yard fences for cattle. N ow that the farm building equip is nearing completion, t he ment work of upbuilding the college herds -and flocks by the necessary purchase of new blood has begun. T he following purchases have been m a d e: A pair of Yorkshire pigs and pair of Cotswold ewes have re cently been imported from Canada. O ne pair of Cotswold and one pair of Southdown ewes and Yorkshire pigs were purchased at the state fair in Detroit. One Dorset and a Cots wold ram were purchased at the state fair at Columbus, Ohio. A Hampshire ram has been secured from a recent from England. T he Sweepstakes A n g us fat steer at the stat^; fair. Detroit, has been purchased for use in the class room during the next two terms. It is the intention to place the college flocks and herds on a basis unexcel led by any institution in the U . S. within the next twelve months. importation TO PREVENT PAINT PEEL ING FROM IRON- W a sh surface of iron with soap and water, rinse and let dry. W h en dry go over with stiff brush dipped in linseed oil. W h en this becomes " t a c k y" the paint will be applied. If the object is small and of such a nature that heating will not hurt it raise temperature until a drop of oil it will brought in contact with surface with "smoke." Go over raw oil and let cool. It is then ready to receive paint. W i th large objects which cannot be heated apply oil as hot as possible, the nearer boiling the better. Iron so painted will preserve a coat of color for a long time, the paint being unaffected by heat or cold, exces, sive moisture or dryness. W o dn exposed to water may be treated with good results in the same mao, ner. M r s. O. R. W h i t i n g, of Mason, is visiting at the home of her nephew, Instructor Curtis. '03- L. B. J u d s on has recently been elected to the position of assistant professor of horticulture at Cornell. Mr. J u d s on has had charge of the department of horticulture at the Idaho A g r. College for nearly three years, where he has resigned to ac cept the Cornell position. Under date of Sept. 12, he states that he is just leaving Moscow for an ex California, through tended Texas and Flordia to look up the citrus fruits and does not report for duty at Cornell until N o v. 1. L. G. Michael made college friends a hurr'ed visit during the summer and very kindly left the following notes concerning M. A. C. boys in I o w a— trip P. G. H o l d e n , ' 8 9, has been re lieved of his teaching and given charge of c liege extension work. He has a corps of six or seven workers w ho will hold institutes and do similar work throughout the state. V. R. Gardner, '05, is working for his M. S. A. in conjunction with his teaching work. He is investi gating cold storage methods. H. P. Baker, ' 0 1, h as been given a 1. r ge plah of land for forestry ex periments and is also experimenting with pre-ervatives for fence post*. A. B. Noble, former I'ssi^tant . professor of English at M. A. C, has charge of the English depart ment. '08 Miss Bernice Maynard, s p. ' 0 4- '06 has a fine position in domestic science work at the University of thinks the Idaho, Moscow, and western country " fine." H er ad dress is care of Ridenbaugh Hall. BEES AND FLOWERS. c r o p s, a nd o t h e rs t h ey fertilize B e rs do no h a rm S o me p e c u l i ar n o t i o ns a re h e ld by m a ny p e o p le r e g a r d i ng b e e s. S o me insist t h at b e es i n j u re t he c l o v er a nd alfalfa r e g a rd t h em as d o i ng g r e at d a m a ge to fruit b l o s s o ms a nd m a ny insist t h at t h ey a re r u i n i ng t he r i p e n ed fruit. to a ny flowe- or fruit. T h ey a re a p o s i t i ve b e n e fit to a ny f l o w er t h ey m ay w o rk u p on b e c a n se t he b l o s s o ms a nd i n s u re a m o re p e r f e ct c r o p. t h at a l s i ke c ' o v er It h as b e en f o u nd r a i s ed f or seed y i e l d ed a b o ut t w i ce as m u ch s e ed w h en w o r k ed u p on bv b e es as t h at so far d i s t a nt t h at t he it. M a ny p l a nt b e es d id n ot r e a ch flowers, b l o s s o ms a re n ot p e r f e ct i s, t h ey a re b o th p i s t i l l a te a nd t h at s t a m i n a t e. T h e se c an o n ly be fer tilized by i n s e c t s, a nd h o n ey b e es do t he h o r t i c u l t u r a l i st a nd f a r m e rs a g r e at s e r v i ce in t h i s, b e s i d es g a t h e r i ng a c r op of h o n ey w h i le d o i ng it. t h at r ed It c l o v er will n ot p r o d u ce seed to a ny e x t e nt t he y e ar t h at b u m b le b e es a re t r e es s h o u ld n ot be s c a r c e. s p r a y ed w h i le in full b l o om t h o u gh is s o m e t i m es a d v o c a t e d. T he t h is p r a c t i ce w o r ks i n j u ry to t he i n s e c ts t h at w o rk on t he b l o s s o m s, a nd d o es no g o od at t he t i me t o w a r ds p r e v e n t i ng t he c o d l i ng m o th f r om d o i ng i ts d a m a g e. is a w e l l - k n o wn F r u it fact i n j u ry a ny As f or t he b e es e a t i ng g r a p e s, p l u m s, e t c ., we s i m p ly s ay t h ey do f r u it n ot a nd c a n n ot T h ey c a n n ot p u n c t u re a f r u it s k i n. t he j u i ce a f t er s o me T h ey will s u ck o t h er i n s e ct c u ts t he s k in a nd f or t h at r e a s on t h ey h a ve b e en m i s j u d g T he b e e s, b o th ed by a p p e a r a n c e s. h o n ey a nd b u m b l e, a re t he f a r m e r 's f r i e n ds p r o t e c t ed r a t h er t h an c o n d e m n e d. a nd s h o u ld be T HE M. A. C. RECORD. $ 1 . 00 FOR S&fe-ty R a z or EYERY KIND OF FURNITURE FOR YOUR ROOM. Cots Folding Beds WITH 12 BLADES flatnesses It Is a Winner and we stand back of Every One. 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Remember our advertisers and those w ho patronize us. patronize T h ev are reliable. Miss F lo R o u n ds of Berlin, W i s ., '06, has again taken up her with w o rk in college. L. M. Spencer and A. E. Falconer from subscriptions send in their A m b r i d g e, Penna. J a ck Bowditch, Oliver Linton, and Alem Hutchins are among t he former students to return for work this year. T h e re were forty-one junior agri cultural students registered last) ear. Forty-one seniors have classified this term. T w e n t y - t wo men have already registered for the second year work of the special winter course, general agriculture. A. H. Cameron has a good posi tion with the American Bridge C o. of Chicago. H is address is 2025 Wilcox Ave. It is reported that M r. F. E. E m e ry is ill with fever will probably not be able to r e turn for some time. typhoid Get all the good possible out of both sides of your college w o r k. T h e re are things to be learned out side of the class room. Miss Marguerite Waller, '08, had the misfortune to break h er arm a few weeks ago and w as not able to enter college at the opening. E. M. McElroy, '93, superintend ent of schools at T h r ee Rivers, sends three of his high school grad uates for a course at M. A. C. Miss Carmalita Hill and M r s. W. E. Allen (Mae K y e s ), of El Paso, Tex., both with '03, were College visitors on Saturday of last week. T he three opening days of col lege were among the warmest of summer, the thermometer on the Wednesday shade. reaching 92 in the E. B. M c K e n n a, Billy Holds- worth, Robert F e r g u s on and Amos Ashley have entered Utah Univer sity this year. All are former M. A. C. men. T he farmers' institute bulletin N o. 12 has been received from the press, and copy for the special course announcement has been sent to the printer. C. C. Cobb, with '06, has re turned to resume his engineering course at M. A. C. M r. and M r s. Cobb will make this their home for the coming year. Enrollment work passed very smoothly this fall, and at the end of the first day a total of 13S new stud ents had registered as against 91 on Monday of last year. ' George N. Gould, class of '991 visited the college the past week- M r. Gould is about to enter the University for t he study of law. His home is near Ionia. Dr. M a ry W e t m o re and Miss their Yakeley, w ho returned from European trip on Sept. 15, report a most pleasant summer. W a t ch the R E C O RD for a continued story. E. E. Boyer, former instructor in chemistry, has been placed in charge of the meat laboratory in Chicago at an increase in salary. His ad dress is 4107 Indiana avenue. J. A. Poison, B. S., instructor in mechanical engineering, is a grad uate of Purdue, '05, and for the past year has been drafting with t he Allis Chalmers Co., Milwaukee. Invitations are out for the wed ding of H e n ry B. Mansfield, a stud ent at M. A. C. in 'o2-'o3, and Miss Mabel Virginia Hamilton, Wednes day evening, Sept. 26, at Beaver, Pa. Miss M ay Quick sends in h er from Philadelphia subscription where she has just entered for the domestic art course at Drexel Insti tute. H er address is 3608 W a l n ut street. Dr. Beal states that he finds in the classification of Sophomores this year there is the largest percentage of men w ho are able to take t he straight course since he has had this work in charge. M u ch needed improvements have been made in the dairy building dur ing the summer. N ew ceilings have been put in and new floors laid in all the work rooms. Ceiled wainscot ing has also been added. F r a nk E. Wood, '09, w ho has been ill with typhoid fever at his home in Lansing, h as improved sufficiently to be moved to the new home in Collegeville, recently pur" chased and remodeled by M r. Wood. G. E. Martin is drafting for K n i g ht and Kilbourne, Chicago, makers of the Silent Knight auto mobile. M r. Martin sends in his subscription and says, "Please give my regards to any of my M. A. C. friends you may meet and best wishes to all connected with the in stitution." H is address is 1238 Mich. Boulvd. T he M. A. C. Sunday school will convene next Sunday in college chapel at 10 :15. F or several years this school has been held in the little school house, but on account of the many advantages that are to be gained by meeting on the campus, the change of location will be given a trial. T he following table shows t he classification of new students in three general groups. Later a sum mary will be published giving more information as to elective definite work. F o ur y r. Five yr. Total. Agricultural,.. 45 E n g i n e e r i n g ,. .6=; 34 W o m e n, 53 69 31 H4 . ' 53 297 It is believed that this year's class is far above the avearge as to pre paration, a large per cent, of those entering for the five-year courses having had considerable high school work. T he above numbers include those taking special work, the year in such cases indicating for which course they were qualified. THE AGRICULTURAL DE PARTMENT. Y. W. C. A. T HE M. A. C. RECORD. young T he a p p r o p r i a t i on of almost $10,000,000 for the work, of the De partment of Agriculture for the en suing year marks a g r o w th of that comparatively department which must be more rapid than ever under the legislation of the last ses sion of congress, adding extensive duties in the inspection of meats and the quality of foods, drinks and drugs. But in the light of the man ifold benefit conferred by the de partment, no part of the taxpayers' money is more ungrudgingly given than that which goes to this division of the government service. This large is apportioned sum among the bureaus of animal indus try, plant industry, forestry, weath er service, breeding and feeding, seed investigation, roads, orchard- and plant diseases, soils, chetrnstry, etc. T he farmers will be especially interested in the large amount this y e ir devoted to expeiiment station work, which has been increased to almost This work goes hand in hand with the search the world over for grasses, grains, and roots which are particularly adapted to certain regions, especially the dry area west of the ninety- eighth meridian, and there is not a farmer worthy of the name in the U nited States who is not being bene fited by it. $1,000,000. last It is only within the few the agricultural classes years that themselves have fairly begun to ap preciate the immense usefulness of the department, and to take a vital interest in its operations. T h ey are not confined merely to original re searches, important as such results have been, but include also a potent means of publicity of the work of the most progressive farmers of the state agricultural colleges and sta tions — Twentieth Farm er, Century Y. M. C A. T he Y. M. C. A., along with the other departments of the College, has been putting in a busy week, helping and directing the new stu dents. T he reception of Friday evening was very enjoyable, a large number of new men being present. A m o ng the speakers was D r. Blaisdell, w ho made his first public appearance be- . fore the students. If his speech is indicative of the man we are sure Dr. Blaisdell will have a warm place in the hearts of the students. T he to receive an V. M. C. A. is glad other among staunch faculty. friend the T he first union meeting held in the chapel was a very successful one indeed, the room being fi led. D r. W a t e r m an gave a very enthusiastic and instructive talk, which was very profitable to old and new students. We only hope that all the Sunday evening meetings will be as good. Indications point to a very suc cessful year in the association, and with the advent of so many new students, we are going to work for and expect big things in the Y. M. C. A. All the new men are cordially in the take part in vited to join and work. C. E. Bushnell has accepted a position as chemist of the Caro beet the coming cam sugar factory for paign. T he girls gathered in the parlor for a song service as the first meet ing of the Y. W. C. A. T he pres lead ident Miss Florence Barlow the meeting with a few words of welcome to the new girls. A very pleasant time was enjoyed Friday evening in the gymnasium at the W o m a n 's building. T he announcement read, " Come to the little girls' party, and bring your dolly," and varied and unique were the samples of these. All formality was forgotten and the girls voted the evening a suc cess. HORT. CLUB. in the various T he Horticultural Club is for the benefit of those students especially interested lines of horticulture. T he club meets every Wednesday night in the horticultur al lecture room from 6 :3o to 7 :30. All those interested in horticulture are especially invited to come out. T he meeting this Wednesday will be in charge of the Seniors who will give an account of their trip to Grand Rapids, South Haven and Chicago last week. CHICAGO M. A. C. ASSOCIA TION. Mr. Homer C. Skeels, '9S—the backwoodsman, has invited the M. A. C. Association and its friends to enjoy an outing at the "Forest of A r d e n ." T he " F o r e st of A r d e n" is a beautifully developed country estate, and its hills and valleys, for ests and meadows form a glorious landscape. 'Twill be a Let's all go. rare pleasure to see this place all aglow its the autumn colorings of with trees and shrubs, and a fitting place to talk about good old M. A. C. and the dear old campus. So chuck vour baskets chuck full of chuck and be at La Salle St. Station at i 1 145 a. m. on Sunday, Oct. 7, 1906. In case it rains we will go one week later, Oct. 14. We will return leaving Cherry Hill at 6-15 p. m. If we all go, we can have a special car all to ourselves. T he fare will be adults $1.00, children 50 cents for trip. Carlton R. Dart, ' 8 1, president; William R. '86, Vice P r e s t; J. H. R u m m l e r, Prost, '04, Secy.; Philip B. Wood- worth, Permanent Secy., 580S Ohio street. Entertainment committee, G. W. W i l l i a m s , ' 9 6; J. W. Per- ' 0 1; ' 9 4; S. J. Kennedy, rigo, H o m er C. Skeels, '98. round the T he through train had stopped at Texas Creek for water. " W h at do you people do to amuse yourselves h e r e ?" asked the passenger with the upturned mustache and the bored look, who had stuck his head out through a car window. "Well, we get a lot'o fun comin' to the train an' lookin' at that goes through here on the cars," re plied the native who was lounging on the platform. the queer critters 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. Washington Ave. South. GOTTLIEB REUTTER. CLOTHING. LOtJIS BECK.—Clothier. Gents* Furnishings, Hats and Caps. 112 Washington Ave. North. CROCKERY AND GLASSWARE. H H. LARNED.—China, Glass and Lamps. 105 Washington Ave. S. DENTISTS. Phone, Citizens 68 >. M. '01. 218 Washington Ave. S. ington Ave. S. Citizens'Phone 1049. Former M. A. C. student. A F. GORDON, D. D. S. M. A. C. '91, U. of J E. STOPFER, 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, 117J4 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. . DRVGGISTS. date. Corner store. Opposite Hollister Block. R OUSER'S CAPITAL DRUG STORE. Up to ROBINSON DRUG CO., successors to Alsdorf it Son, Drugs and Druggists' Sundries. 102 Washington Ave. N. DRY GOODS. ^HE JEWETT & K N A PP STORE. Dry Goods. 222-224 Washington Ave. S. ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES. CAPITOL ELECTRIC CO. Electrical Supplies, Telegraph Instruments and Telephones. 11 Mich. Ave., E. AND ALL OTHER KINDS OF WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEWELRY Repairing In a workman-like manner. H p P I PE P Will be at the M. A. C. • . r .i r i r b lV Book Store from 4 to 6 p. m. to receive and deliver work. All Work Warranted. L A W R E N CE