The M. A. C. RECORD. MICHIGAN STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. V O L. 12. L A N S I N G, M I C H I G A N, T U E S D A Y, O C T O B ER 30, 1906. N o. 7 A RARE OPPORTUNITY. C D. II U R R E Y, OF C H I C A G O, H E RE F R I D AY N I G H T. T he students at M. A. C. are es the fortunate in having pecially privilege of heai ing M r. C. D. H u r- rey, of Chicago, who is to be here next Friday night. M r. H u r r ey is one of the best speakers of the coun try in student work today. He has travelled throughout the south and the various colleges west visiting of the country and he is particularly interested in young men, devoting his entire time to work among col lege men. Those of us w ho know H u r r ey can testify to his power as a speaker and to his intense interest and keen knowledge of young men and their needs. Not a man in the school can afford to miss this opp r- tunity of hearing him. This meet ing will be held in the chapel and is not for any particular bodv of men, but for every fellow in the institu tion. T he meeting will not inter fere with any other meetings of the evening, so let every man take an hour after supper Friday night and come and hear what a young man has to say to and for young men. THE JUNIOR TRIP. In a drizzling rain twenty-nine Juniors, under the guidance of Prof. Sawyer and M r. Poison, boarded the west bound Grand T r u nk train at one o'clock last T h u r s d ay morn ing. T he emerged jolly crowd from Polk street station in Chicago shortly hurrying toward a restaurant for breakfast. After breakfast we went to the Palmer House to leave our grips, order our rooms, and perfect our plans for the day. before eight, As the city t ug going out to the intakes accommodates only twenty, Mr. Poison piloted that number to the City Hall to join the men going out with the tug. T h e re are in all five different intakes, three of which we visited. T h ey are massive structures and, it would seem, cap able of flooding the city. From the largest lead three conduit tunnels of seven feet diameter. T he pumps in the pumping stations are on the level of the lake, or nearly so, in order that no power be needed to procure the water, the entire power being used to force it into the water mains at pressure. One of these stations we inspected intakes. after returning T he pumps are gigantic engines each capable of pumping several million gal ons a day. One soon be to massive ma comes accustomed chinery, when on a trip like this one, so that these great structures often inspiring power. T he writer has no doubt that if we possessed one of these huge engines half as high as our prided smoke-stack, if we had one here on the campus, we should be unable longer to entice excursionists into the museum. required loose from their awe the the Another of the great things which we inspected is the power plant of the First National Bank building. T h is building is devoted mostly to offices and for that reason is inter esting for its electric, refrigeration, and elevator systems. T he voltage must be maintained tolerably con stant and great care is taken to have it so. T he building furnished with a water cooling system which supplies water at 38 degrees. T h en there are two mammoth three cylin der cross compound, automatically regulated pumping engines, which furnish the elevator power. is It was also our good fortune to get behind the bars in the postoffice and to see the extensive anH elabo rate conveying devices, of which there are four. One is to transport mail bags to any .desk and distribu tor on the flo >r bv hanging the pouches on moving hooks ; another consists of tin boxes carried about the rooms in troughs ; a third is the belt system to elevate and transfer mail pou hes ; the fourth and most is the pneumatic tube, interesting the which carries mail to and from stations, and substations, other important places. railroad the in visiting We succeeded three representative power plants. T he Harrison street station of the Chi largest cago Edison Co. has reciprocating engine of any we saw. It is run normally at 5,000 horse power but is capable of furnishing 8,000 in an emergency. Another large engine is connected with its dynamo by a rope drive. T he Fisk street station of the same company is interesting because of its condens ing turbines which are used exclu sively by reciproca'ing engines. T he engineer of the Metropolitan Ele vated power plant was our guide in his plant and explained the parts in an intelligent and interesting man ner. Engines which run normally at 75 turns are so overloaded at times in the evening that they run at only 50 turns. Perhaps the most interesting en gine that we saw is the original Cor liss engine exhibited at the Centen nial in Philadelphia but now used as the motive power for the Pullman Car Co. It is a double cylinder beam engine and will no doubt live to see another Centennial. T he Pullman Co. do an enormous amount of artistic inlaying. T he tiny pieces which go to make up the design are dipped in a hot sand bath to obtain the desired shading. From those blank-faced, the Pullman W o r ks we went to the Illinois Steel Co.'s plant, which is by far the most extensive and most interesting of Chicago's manufactories. E n t r a n c es are guarded by special police, one of whom was our guide. He was one of pug-nosed, typical Irish policemen, who do not them." know "which way is from Nevertheless we a few learned things from sight. An extensive system of narrow-gauge railroad furnishes the means of transporting the hot steel from building to build ing, inside of which it is handled by cranes. We were struck wi'h the method of removing the scale from plates while rolling, which consists of throwing a shovelful of salt upon the hot metal producing deafening, thunder-like peals as the j a n i n g, plate passes between the rollers. In the stockyards we saw with sur prise a man measuring heavy struc tural forms with a micrometer cali per. All these surprises, all the awful in our aesthetic machines waken natures a sense of the sublime and afford to us an adhesive spot on which to fasten our memories when studying dry scientific books. Let us h'>pe that we may again see dirty Chicago. It is fascinating. E. S. M A R T I N. FARMERS' CLUB. T he program the F a r m e r s' Club has been made out for the rest of the term and is as follows : for Oct. 31. Commencing P o u l t ry F a r m i n g, J. G. Halpin. Nov. 6. T he Open Gate of Agri culture, Prof. E. E. Bogue. Nov. 13. Dairy Interests in Mich igan, Hon. Fred M. W a r n e r. Nov. 20. T he Value of Manure, Walter W a r d e n. Mexican F a r m i n g, A. G. Palacio. Nov. 27. Insects of Current Inter in F a rm Crops, Prof. R. H. est Pettit. Dec. 4. Fruit in Mixed F a r m i n g, H o n. C. J. Monroe. Dec. 11. International S t o ck Show, Seniors. Prof. S. W. Fletcher spoke be fore the F a r m e r s' Club last Tues day on " Extension Teaching in Agriculture." He stated that when the agricultural colleges were estab it was thought that a large lished portion of the farmer boys would gain a training in farming, while in reality not more than one in one thousand ever gets to college, so that if agricultural knowledge is to become general it must be spread by some other means as well; some of these now in use a r e: First, the experiment bulletins, which reach every year; sec 500,000 homes ond, the F a r m e r s' Institutes which usually lack in uniformity of pur pose, and third, the reading course which is in vogue in fifteen states and is really an agricultural educa tion by mail, the work being ar ranged in courses and lessons sent out each week. But by far the greatest good is being accomplished among the children, by placing nat ure study and junior gardens in our rural schools. T he children take a real interest in their surroundings, not only in this, but just now there is a general agitation to place an the high agricultural schools, and there is a great demand for agricultural college graduates to teach such a course, especially in the rural high schools. course in G. w. S. Mail boxes, for the reception of letters, have been placed in the new hall, one on the first floor of each ward. T h is makes it very conven ient for the fellows having letters to mail, saving them many trips down to the postoffice. ALUMNI. '93- Announcements have been re ceived of the marriage of William L. Cumings, of the above class to Miss Emily Josephine Johnson at Marquette on Tuesday, Oct. 16. M r. and M r s. Cumings will be at home after Nov. 1 at South Bethle hem, P a. 'OS- Messrs. T o w er and West, both former students, and instructors in chemistry at M. A. C, were at Chi cago recently for the Illinois foot- hall game and spent several days with some of the bovs, among whom were Boyer, R a l ph Stevens and Clem Ford. T h ev are still with the Patton Paint Co., of Milwau kee. '04. J o hn Greenway with above class was married on Oct. 25 to Miss Ernes ine Dimmick of Owosso, special in 1903-04. T he young people were married at the home of the bride's parents and left at once for Spokane, Wash., where Mr. Greenway has a position with the N o r th Coast R 'y Co. student A recent and went letter from Miss Mar Northampton, guerite Barrows, Mass., gives the following notes on the inauguration of Kenyon L. But- terfield as president of the A m h e r st (Mass.) Agricultural College on October 17: "I had such a nice day that I want to tell you about it. to Amherst at one I went over o'clock to President Butterfield's house, and rode up in them to the col the carriage with lege campus. We watched the pro cession come across the campus be tween the double rows of students, all in uniform, and it was a pretty lovely hills in the sight with the background. T h en I went with the president's family, and we sat in reserved seats, and I felt highly hon ored and pleased. T he exercises long. were very nice and not very Tfaey the distin guished guests, and the college boys cheered for each college, and did it well, too. announced all " President Fellows of Maine was there, the presidents of the Massa chusetts Institute of Technology and Worcester Institute, Polytechnic Clark University, Boston Univer sity and the Connecticut Agricul tural College. Also the Presidents of Smith College and Mt. Holyoke College, and then Or. E d w a r ds of R h o de Island Agiicultural Col lege. So you see there were really a number of distinguished men be sides all the Faculty of A m h e r st College. Butterfiekl President made a splendid address. After ward we all went over to a nice re ception where they had lovely music and refreshments, and I met many of the dignitaries. T h en I went back with May Butterfiekl and helped serve the lunch to President and M r s. Butterfield's special guests from R h o de Island. I had a lovely time and a nice long talk with Dr. E d w a r d s ." THE M. A. C. RECORD. THE M. A. C. RECORD. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY DURING THE COLLEGE YEAR BY THE MICHIGAN SV\TE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE B A. FAUNCE, MANAGING EDITOR ASSOCIATE EDITORS. BEN JEROME, '(18 A. GAKCINAVA, '08 G. S. VALENTINE, '08 K. G. CARE, '08 A, HO BY, '09 ALEEN RAYNOK, '09 W. D. FRAZER, '09 R. H. MURDAUGH, sp. 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 tbe 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. TUBS DA r, O C 7\ jo, 1906. ATHLETICS. M. A. G - N O T RE DAME. and evenly matched T he foot ball team accompanied by about 75 M. A. C. people left Saturday morning for Notre Dame. T he train which should have left at 7 157 was two hours late so the team took dinner on the diner. A r r a n g e ments were made whereby a bus met the train taking the team direct the game car to the field and after ried them back to tbe station for the return train which left South Bend at 6:00. All who accompanied the team were well repaid for the trip as the game was one of the most excit ing ever seen on any field. M. A. C. gained more ground than her opponents and on a dry field would have won handily. T he game was played in a pouring rain which rendered fast work first half ended in a tie o to o, but in the seer ond their weight began to tell and near the close of the half scored a touchdown on a fluke, the ball roll ing over the line into the crowd, a N. D. man falling upon it. M. A. C. was outweighed least 15 pounds per man which told on such a day as Saturday. Aside from the touchdown scored the nearest N. D. got to our goal on straight ball was 20 yards. impossible. T he at T h e re was not a time when they gained consistently and on the merits of the the two teams (considering day) the score should have been o to o. T he game started by Dersnah kicking, and he sent the ball clear over N. D. goal. T h ey kicked out from the 25 yard line and M. A. C. taking the ball about the middle of the field started down the line, gain ing at least five yards to a clip and in five minutes had the ball on N. D.'s 20 yard line. A drop kick was tried, Small sending the ball straight and true, but it dropped justbeneaih the crossbar. Four this half M. A. C. carried the ball inside the 20 yard line and several drop kicks were attempted, but on ac count of the slippery ball, fumbles were numerous, which lost ground for our team. This half was all played in N. D.'s territory, our op ponents only making one first down. In the second half N. D. was fa the first, by It was utterly impossi the vored, as we were the wind. ble to get off a good punt, and times in in playing was done mostly in M. A. territory, although we gained C.'s practically as much ground as did our opponents. T he field, however, on account of the continued rain was g r o w i ng worse and worse, which gave the big team the advantage and the ball was worked to our 20 yard line. T h ey were held and punted, the ball on our 5 Small downing yard line. to punt In an attempt out of danger the punt was blocked and the ball fumbled. It rolled over the line and a N. D. man secured it, winning the game for the Hoosiers. In Notre Dame's report of the game they called M. A. C.'s back field " an all star aggregation," stat they put up the cleanest ing that team work ever seen on the field. Certainly a large portion of honor they is due our line who, although facing a line averaging 200 were pounds, outplayed the big men at every stage, and time after time held their attempts at line bucks for no gain. It was the excellent work of this same line which prevented N.;D. from scoring. All of the men came out of the game in good condition and ready for the next contest. T he line u p: M. A. C. Moore P a r k er Wheeler Campbell Dersnah Burroughs Boyle Shedd Small Bowditch M c K e n na Doty c R G L R L R L G T T E E Q L. R F H H B N. D Sheenan Munson E g g e m a nn D >lan Beacon Keach Hutzell Bracken Callicrate Miller Diener R E S E R V ES W I N. The. second team won handily from Olivet's Saturday by the score of 10 to o. Twenty-minute halves were to be played, but Olivet quit at the end of 10 minutes play in the the down pour making second, things very disagreeable for every body. This is the third consecutive game won by our second team so they have yet to find a team that can down them. for A L B I ON C O M ES S A T U R D A Y. T he Albion game is always look ed forward to with a great deal of they are making interest and as this claims the championship year, this game will be one of the most critical of our state college games. We have gained a place among the best secondary schools in the west by defeating D e P a uw and playing N. D. to a standstill; but it still remains to be seen whether we are any stronger than our own state colleges. Athletics in all our colleges are just about as good as any of the above mentioned secondary schools, and our coming games with Albion, Alma, Hillsdale and Olivet will all be as hard fought as any yet played. Albion always gives us the fight of the season, and they are coming up this fall with a delegation and a determination to win back the lau rels they lost last year. We Ought to be in the best condition as we came out of the N. D. game in fine shape, and Frazer and Allen, w ho last the hospital were on week, will he in the game on Satur day, and if nothing happens we shall be able to face Albion with our full strength in sight. squad Mr. Krentel is now placing stalls in the new horse barn, the cement floor in which has been completed. DEBATING CLUB. AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY. Resolved: " T h at United States the the meeting, Senators should be elected by popu lar vote." This popular and vital question was emphatically decided regular last T h u r s d ay night at the meeting of the club. H ad " Billy " Smith or Charlie Townsend been at futures of Messrs. H opingarner and Burrell would certainly now be decided; nothing but the Senate via the ma chine two young orators. T h o u gh the audience con tained none such smooth and polish the political arena as ed actors of the above gentlemen, yet a goodly number of our numerous faculty were there, all apperciation. route the for In the last the eyes of two minutes of the good sized audience, it was anybody's debate until the course, when the negative took the head and finished a 3 to o winner, if the decision of the judges may taken as proof positive. T he be affirmative, by Messrs. Rodegeb and Tower, should be given credit for a game fight, how ever. upheld for the T he question coming Thursday night should tax the ca pacity of room seven to the limit. Everybody must have an opinion upon the Cuban Annexation ques if not, the four y o u ng tion ; and men, scheduled to pass out the in formation, will certainly some. formulate BASKET BALL. T he outlook is certainly very bright for basket ball this year. All of last year's squad have returned, and many new men who have won prominence as players in their home towns are showing up. T he appli cants number about 40, and the strife for positions will therefore be very In view of this fact that we keen. ought to have the best team ever at M. A. C, which is certainly putting it strongly. T he schedule is com ing along nicely, and will be com is pleted in a couple of weeks. safe to say, however, that we will have one of the most satisfactory schedules Our game about J a n u a ry 10 will open the basket ball season, which prom ises to be a successful one. presented. ever It FARMERS' INSTITUTE. T he Michigan Normal F a r m e r s' Institute will beheld at the College again this year. T he sessions will be held in the chapel on Nov. 20-23. T he institute will be primarily for institute lecturers in order to enable them to better carry on their work, but the public is invited to any and all sessions. Topics of general interest to the farmer will be discussed and several outside speakers have al ready been engaged, including Hon. C. W. Garfield, Com. Earle, Deputy State Supt. F r e n ch and Colon C. Lillie. One of the questions taken up will be the methods of handling institutes from the speaker's stand point. A SEEDY LOT. In the following list notice that one word ends in "sede," three in "ceed" and all the others in "cede." recede intercede proceed precede exceed supersede succeed concede accede secede antecede —Moderator- Topics, I was born J u ly 4, 1886, and have lived in farmers' style for the greater part of the past twenty years. During my first three years 1 did most of my mischief, for it was during these earlier days of my childhood that I tried that ought not to be done. to do everything two large I pushed the baby off the steps and broke his wrist. I set the dog on the neighbor's pig and it died. But of all the mischief the greatest was my reducing farm barns and one post barn to mere ashes. In one way this was my fault, while in another fault. F or he told me to catch potato bugs and when I had a pan full I could I burnt them each and burn them. every one. realized only F a t h er too well whose fault it was, for he never said a harsh word to me about it nor punished me. father's it was life when I I began my school was seven years old, but I could not talk a word of English and so of course could not understand the teacher. In spite of my English troubles I passed into the first grade at the end of the term. This was the only full school year I ever saw, for every fall and spring since that year I have had to stay at home and work on the farm. the to do as much I usually began school first week in J a n u a r y, and staid till about It was very April first or 15th. hard for me from J a n u a ry to April as the others did from September to J u n e; but I left some of my schoolmates behind, eyen if time. they did have more Of course I had to do some study ing evenings, both when I went to school and when I worked on the farm. T he last seven years of my school life were a little easier, for my in structor kept a night school every Monday and Friday night. I at tended these, and was much benefit ted by them. the eleventh grade and had about one it; that is, in the month's work in night classes. T h en I started in the County Normal. I passed into H e re I had to make a change, be to promise that on no cause I had other condition would I remain out of school but sickness. F a t h er told me I could enter if I wished to, but I must bear in mind that I would have to do all the chores so that the rest of the hands could stay out later and get out earlier. I had 24 cows to milk and 6 horses to feed. T h is meant to get up at 3 130 and not to be very slow when you were up. But I was relieved on all sides by my brothers. My oldest brother took care of the horses most of the time, while one helped me milk. I passed the County Normal work with an average standing of 88 per cent. It could have been better; but it was hard earned as it was. In spite of my work I was never tardy or absent during the term of 36 weeks. I lived two miles from In summer it was a delight school. to in the school road, but winter it was the opposite. travel On August 16, 1905, 1 began teaching school in a rural district. I had a school of 63 pupils when all were present. 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Instructor Myers was ill with ton- silitis a few days the pa-it week. Jesse Boyle, '08, spent Saturday and Sunday at his home in Glen- dora, Robert Snyder, who has been ill i or a couple of weeks, is around again. G. N. Root, '10m, spent several days at his home in Adrian the past week. T he College World, Adrian, has been changed from a bi-weekly to a monthly. A. G. Smith, '10a, spent Saturday and Sunday at his home in Green ville, Mich. M r. and M r s. Bassett, of Illinois, are spending a few weeks with their daughter, M r s. J. M y e r s. Miss Lutie E b y, a teacher im the South Haven schools, visited Col lege friends Saturday of last week. Instructor Foster and class in ad vance dairying visited the William- ston Creamery Saturday. President Snyder and Dr. Blais- the State Teachers' in Battle Creek dell attended Association held the past week. Prof. Fletcher gave a talk on the rural school planting and care of grounds at the state teachers' meet ing last Saturday. T he words of a song to be used in in the M. A. C. game appears the Albion Pleiad. M. A. C. will furnish the music. J. D. Kenney and wife of P o rt H u r on were son, Cashier Kenney, and Friday and Saturday. the guests of Prof. Bogue, as secretary of the State Academy of Science, is issuing fourth the second number of volume of the quarterly bulletin. the Prof. Jeffery attended a meeting of the the board of directors of Michigan Corn Improvement Asso ciation held at Jackson last Satur day. vegetable W o m en students, who took soph last omore gardening the spring, are requested to call at Hort. laboratory this week for note books. Mr. H a r d u p — "I hope the flowers I sent you to wear at the ball came on time? " Miss B u t t i n g — " No they didn't. T h ey came C. O. D . " —E x. T he State Sunday School Asso ciation hold1* its 46th annual conven tion in the First Methodist Episco pal church, Jackson, on Tuesday, Wednesday and T h u r s d a y, Nov. 13, 14 and 15. Mr. W. Lamoreaux, with the Ducktown Sulphur, Copper and Iron Co., Isabella, Tenn., has been spending his vacation by taking a trip through the west and is again settled into the harness at the above place. factory at E l k h a r t, B. G. E g e r t on was in C. G. Ind., Conn's Saturday to buy new instruments for the band. One of those bought, a magnificent helicon, model giant E flat four valve bass, is one of the best, if not the best, of its kind in Sunday evening there was a fam ily gathering of brothers and sis ters of the college the Dean's in in the W o m e n 's building. rooms luncheon After the an group withdrew to the parlor and joined the young ladies of the house in Gospel songs. It may be of in terest to know that there are thirteen brothers in residence at the college. informal T h e re are 57 Experiment Stations in the U. S. Of this number eight, or about one-seventh, are under the directorship of M. A. C. men. T he men are C. C. Georgensen, '78, A l a s k a; L. G. Carpenter, '79, Col orado ; L. A. Clinton, '89, Connec '85, I d a h o; ticut; H. T. French, E. Davenport, '78, Illinois; E. A. '87, N e b r a s k a; L. H. Burnett, Bailey, '82, N ew Y o r k; C. E. Thorne, with '70, Ohio. is T he attention of our readers called to the fact that in the spring of 1907 the junior class will publish an annual which will be called the Jubilee Wolverine. T he class wish to collect as many original articles and college jokes as possible. T he use of the R E C O RD boxes has been kindly donated for this purpose and such articles will be gratefully re ceived. Please label such contribu tions "Jubilee Wolverine." M r. M. A. Byrnes, of Philadel phia paid the college a visit recently. in M r. Byrnes has been interested forestry for over three years and the subject by secur investigated in ing catalogs from the various stitutions. After a careful study of these he decided that M. A. C. was best suited to his needs and his visit only confirmed his first impressions. He expects to enter for forestry next Sept. Bulletin N o. 240—" R o o ts S u p for Dairy to Silage plementary C o w s ," by Prof. S h aw and In structor Norton, has been received It was found that from the press. the addition of roots to an already complete ration for the dairy cow stimulated both milk and butter fat production, but the cost of the added that ration was raised to a degree lessened the profit of production. In making records roots may be used to advantage. T he percentage of butter fat in the milk was constant whether with or without roots. It at is the policy of Some of the interested ones gath ered the Botanic Laboratory October 16, and organized a Nature Study League, the object of which is to give instruction in nature sub jects and to stimulate interest in this work. this League to keep in touch with all members who are absent from M. A. C, so that the members of all local organizations may gain from their experience in Nature Study. Dr. Dandeno was elected President, Miss Benham, Vice-President, Miss Lunn, Treasurer, and E. P. Robin son, Secretary. T he meeting Octo ber 23, was well attended and much interest was shown. Mushrooms was the general topic considered. All those interested are invited to come to the meetings of the League held each Tuesday evening at 7 o'clock. T HE M. A. C. RECORD. FARM DEPT. NOTES. STOCK S A L E S. lime, in Prof. Taft is arranging for a number of demonstration meetings in spraying for the San Jose scale with sulphur and several townships in Kent county. Thc-e will be in charge of Mr. T. A. Far- rand of Eaton Rapids, formerly of the South Haven Station. T h is will be continued during the fall and arrangements for similar demonstrations in any town the San J o se scale has ship where fruit appeared upon request of five the growers who will look after local arrangements the and have meeting advertised. can be made through brothers their work T he Linkletter have in photog- completed laphy and left last week for their home in Benzonia. T h ey will spend a week or two there and then take a trip the west, stopping at Idaho, Oregon and Washington states. T he boys while here took too views of the campus, nearly in the semi which are to be used centennial publication. Competent judges regard these as among the finest photographs that have ever been made of our grounds, and the work done for the committee hav ing this matter in charge is entirely satisfactory. W i th '06. Born, to M r. and Mrs. Geo. S. Pike, of De Witt, Mich., on Sun day, Oct. 21, a son. Mr. Pike was a s udent at M. A. C. in 1902-3. '06. T he first member of the '06 class to make the matrimonial venture is F r a nk N. Grover w ho was married on Oct. 17 to Miss Blanche Curtiss of Emerson, Mich. Mr. and M r s. Grover will be at home their friends after J a n. 1 at Cadillac where Mr. G. has a position as assistant Congratulations city e n g i n e e r. F r a n k. to JUNIOR ANNUAL. Arrangements have been made whereby all matter pretaining to the new annual may be dropped into the boxes marked " Record," found in the various halls. On Monday this matter will be collected and turned over to the one having charge of All matter should, of course, be signed and marked plainly whether for R E C O RD or Annual. the publication. the This has been done with thought that it would simplify mat ters for those who might contribute to the Annual and yet w ho would like hunting up Mr. Carr not feel or other members of the staff when such ready. contributions were J u st mark it plainly, drop it into the boxes and it will be safely delivered to the proper person. H O R T. C L U B. evening. He Mr. M. L. Dean, of Napoleon, Mich., gave an interesting talk be last fore the Horticultural Club Wednesday spoke about the fruit conditions indifferent parts of the U. S. and also about the appearence and condition of fruit at St. Louis. N e xt week Hon. Charles W. Garfield, of the Grand Rapids, President of Forestry Commission, will give a lecture on " An appreciation of Prof. L. H. Bailey, with Horticultural Reminiscences." A large sale of market hogs has to Mr. J. G. in large that recently been made Reutter of Lansing, consisting all of 26 head, including a number of the best animals were shown cational exhibit at fairs. in the M. A. C. edu the Michigan season. T h e re has been a great demand for breeding sheep during the pres ent stocks T he surplus from the college flock have been quite largely sold, purchases having been made by the following parties : Commiskey, Howell ; Lafayette Waters, F r e mont; F. H. Clements, L a n s i n g; M. A. Crosby, H a r t; F r a nk Mc- Clung, Marion, and F . J. Chapman, Novi. Shropshires—-Ed. Hampshire sales to Dr. Millis, Fowlerville; J a m es Smith, Eaton Rapids, and to. R. T o w n e r, P e r r y. Cotswold and Lincoln sales to Miss Jennie Bigelow, Okemos ; T. Babcock, Royston ; C. S. W o r d e n, Webberville ; Geo. B. Pardee, Galien, and O. M. M c K a y, Cor- unna. Rambouillets to A. S. Bliss, Lansing. T h e re are still one or two year ling Shropshire few Southdowns and Dorsets for sale in addition to a flock of six Delaine Merinos and one ram. rams and a F E N C I N G. T he work of constructing yard fences for handling the stock around the barns has been nearly complet ed. T h e se have been put up in a very substantial way, mainly con sisting of 2x6 inch hemlock, built on cedar posts. T h is style of fence, though expensive, has been selected on account of the fact that an ex tremely strong, durable fence is re quired around small yards where large numbers of cattle are yarded for long periods during the winter season. F A RM M E C H A N I C S. T he students in the above work are now receiving a thorough train ing along the line of handling gaso line engines. There are now seven engines installed, six of which are of Lansing manufacture and a seventh a two-cycle Eli engine manufactured at Moline, III. There are both hori zontal and upright engines in the lot, air cooled and those cooled by water. In power they range from ~2.y2 to 8 horse power. T he boys are taught the various parts of each engine, naming them by placing a tag upon each. W h en familiar with each they are given sets of questions are upon general uses taught run each as it would be run on the farm. lectures on cement construction woik, dif ferent kinds, proper proportions, In laboratory, tests of various etc. kinds of for cement are made strength and fineness. T he samples are tested according to regular speci fications for cement. It is hoped a little later to give some practical work in the building of walks. etc., and to set up, connect and The^e classes also have ALL MEATS • May look a l i ke to you, but t h e re is a v e ry g r e at difference in the q u a l i ty we han t h at sold by some o t h er m a r k e t s. dle a nd t he very best. L i ke We h a n d le n o ne b ut t he p u d d i n g, t he proof of good m e a ts is in the e a t i n g. A trial will convince you that you ought to t r a de with u s. We make daily trips to the College. BOTH PHONES. Careful attention given to 'phone orders. GOTTLIEB REUTTER. Washington Ave. South. CLOTHING. LOUIS 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. Citizens 68 \ 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 E. STOFFER, D. D. S. Office 105 Wash N H. MOOKE, D. D. S. Office 411-13 Hollister R W. MORSE, D. D. S. Hollister Block, Room D E. P A R M E L E E, Dentist, 117% Washing- Building, Lansing1, Mich. Citizens phone 475- ton Ave. S., Lansing, Michigan. Citizens' 617. Citizens Phone 52, Bell Phone 396. Phone, office 275; residence, 261. . DRUGGISTS. date. Corner store. Opposite Hollister Block. R OUSER'S CAPITAL DRUG STORE. Up to R OBINSON DRUG CO., successors to Alsdorf & Son, Drugs and Druggists' Sundries, 102" Washington Ave. N. DRY GOODS. THE JEWF.TT & K N A PP STORE. Dry Goods. 222-224 Washington Ave. S. ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES. r>APITOL ELECTRIC CO. Electrical Supplies, O Telegraph Instruments and Telephones. 11 Mich. Ave., E. FURNISHING GOODS. ' L G IN MIFFLIN.—Ladies' and Gentlemen'! j 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. N ORTON'S HARDWARE—General Hardware, Stoves, Tinware, Graniteware, Cutlery, etc, 111 Washington Ave. South. See ad. INSURANCE. best insurance. Strongest agencv in citv. Incorporated) Hollister Block. All kinds of the THE DYER-JENISON-BARRY CO., LTD., M A. C. Real Estate Agency. All kinds of F I RE ANT> L I FE Students property Insured In dormitories and private nouses at lowest Office at College Grocery Building. rates. real estate for sale or rent, . I N S U R A N C E. JEWELERS. c •>HAS. A. PI ELLA. 121 Washington Ave. N., Lansing, Mich. Jeweler and Optician. J. HEATH. Practical Jeweler. 112 Wash ington Ave. south. LAUNDRY. 1-*HE AMERICAN LAUNDRY solicits a share of your patronage. Remember the number, 309 Washington Ave., S. New Phone No. 420. Julia Findley & Edwin Lewis, Props. S. W. Doty and I. D. Smith, College Ageats. MANICURE AND HAIRDRBSSING M RS. O. T. CASE—Manicure and Hairdress- ing Parlors. M a q u e r a de Wigs for Rent. Switches made of cut hair or combings. T he France-American Hygienic Toilet Requisites a specialty. New 'phone 118. 222>i Washington Ave. S., up stairs. MUSIC. PIANOS, ETC. ton Ave. N. thing in the line of music. 219 Washing" GRIN N E LL BROS. Pianos, Organs and every" M R. and MRS. GEO. 0. CLARK. Violinist and Pianist. Cit. phone 295. Bell phone 75 112 Hosmer St. S. Lansing Mien. OCULISTS. CHAS. G. JENKINS, M. D. — Diseases of Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat. Hours, 9 to 12 a. m., and 2 to 5 p. m. Citizens Phone No. 1030, Rooms 2H3-204 Prudden Block. 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. PHYSICIANS. DR. H. W. LANDON. Office and residence. M. A. C. Office hours from 7 to 8:30 a. m.. and 12:30 to 2. and 6:30 to 8 p. m. Sunday office hours 4 to 5 and 7 to 8 u. m. New phone 1560. D R. OSCAR H. BKUEGKL. Hours a to 11 a. m.; 2 to 4 and 7 to 8 p. m. Agricultural Col lege, Mich. Citizens phone 1602. PLUMBERS. SHIELDS & L E A D L E Y. Plumbing and Heat ing. 300 Wash. Ave, N„ Lansing, Both Phones. W A TC AND ALL oTlllili KINDS OF WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEWELRY Repairing in a workman-like manner. ft P. PIPE.R Will be at the M. A. C. Book Store from 4 to 6 p. m. to receive and deliver work. fill Work Warranted. L A W R E N CE (SL V A N B U R EN P R I N T I NG CO. W H EN IN N E ED OF DANCE PROGRAMS or SOCIETY PRINTING. 122 Ottawa St. E. Stalker Prints " Swell" Donee Programs Fine Stationery and other good things. 117 flichigan Avenue West Ground Floor. V I S I T. Cameron & Arbaugh Co's Big Dept. Store Ladies' Suits, Cloaks and Furs M e n 's Fine G1 ottiina CARPETS, DRAPERIES, FURNITURE DIRECTORY LANSING BUSINESS and PROFESSIONAL M E N ^ -^ The' n a m es in this Directory, as well as those of all o ur o t h er a d v e r t i s e r s, a re of reli able p a r t i e s. We hope t h at t he faculty a nd s t u d e n ts will t a ke p a i ns to patronize those who patronize u s. BARBERS. M A. C. BARBER SHOP, Rooms in New Bath House. H. A. Sias, Propr. BOOKS AND STATIONERY. A M. EMF.RY. 116 Wash. Ave. N: Books, Fine. Stationery, Engraved Calling Cards, Fountain Pens. Pictures, Frames. Fine Framing a Specialty, Up-to-Date Styles. BOOK BINDERS GEO. G. BLUDEAU & CO—Bookbinders Ac count book makers, paper ruling, library and fine art bindings, file boxes, map mounting, albums, Docket books, etc. Citizens phone No. 56. 109 Wash. Ave. N. w AG EN VOORD & CO.-Bookbinders, Blank- book Makers, 116-118 Ottawa St. E. BOOTS AND SHOES. D. WOODBURY.—Boots and Shoes. We shoe the students. See ad. SPORTING GOODS. J H. L A R R A B E E. Base Ball Goods, Foot Ball Goods, Tennis, Golf, Guns, Ammunition and Fishing Tackle. 828 Wash. Ave. S. ~t