&U 911 @. ©. ffecorl VOLUME I. LANSING, MICHIGAN, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1896. NUMBER U Annual Contest—M. A. C. Oratorical Association. There are at the College eight so cieties and fraternities, five of which, the Columbian, the Eclectic, the Hes perian, the Olympic and the Union Literary, have combined to form what is known as the M. A. C. Oratorical Association. This association holds annually a contest at which one repre sentative from each of the societies above named delivers an oration in competition for first and second prizes in the shape of handsome medals. According to the program announced in our last issue, the contest for this year took place on Friday night last, Nov. 4, at the Congregational church in Lansing. In all respects it was a creditable performance, both to the young men who took part and to the societies that they represented. The music was furnished by Bristol's or chestra and Avas of excellent quality, if not abundant in quantity. The irri tating delay at the outset which seems inseparable from occasions of this kind, and is especially chronic with our oratorical association, was pres ent form. in unusually pronounced Now, even though there may have been good and sufficient reason for the lack of promptness in beginning, it would yet seem the orchestra might have been utilized to fill in the pain ful pause. When, however, a be ginning was once made, the work went on with delightful smoothness and the audience was well repaid for the wearisome delay. that The first speaker, Mr. E. Dwight Sanderson, of the Hesperian society, delivered a thoughtful and impressive oration on the present condition of the negro in the south and the duty growing out of that condition. He arraigned the south in unmeasured the proposals of terms, pronounced colonizaton, etc., impractical and unstatesmanlike; and ended with a strong appeal for nation al aid in solving the problem. disfranchisement, Mr. S. H. Fulton, of the Columbian society, came next with a well- planned address on "International Ar bitration." He showed the reasons for desiring arbitration, the progress that had been made in attaining it, the difficulties still to be overcome, and the especial opportunities lying open to the United States and Great Britain, by special effort to further the cause. Mr. J. W. Rigterink, of the Union Literary society, chose a recondite subject and yet handled it in a felici tously popular way. "Individualism in Society" is no child's play, and the question between it and State initia tive is one of the most profound and far-reaching relating to modern social organism. the discussion Mr. Rigterink ably and convincingly ad vocated the dependence of the State upon individual initiative rather than upon the erratic dreams -of socialism or the seductive schemes of fraternal- ism. In Mr. Clinton D. Butterfield, of the Eclectic society, dwelt upon "Memor ies connected with the Hellespont." Of these he chose three for elabora tion and contrast—the seige of Troy, the expedition of Xerxes, and the Ma cedonian call of St. Paul. The first he regarded as embodying the idea of re venge; the second, that of conquest; and the third, that of love, Mr, But terfield's delivery was admitted by all to be exceedingly graceful, smooth and effective. The last speaker, Mr. Hart, of the Olympic society, traced the "Evolu tion of the Nation." From the feeble beginnings along the Atlantic coast, he showed how its territory had spread, how its constitutional life had begun and developed along new lines under new forces and conditions, how in science, invention, and art the young nation was developing wonderful strength, and how in wealth, popula tion and military power, it had al ready taken rank with the very great est nations of the globe. Mr. Hart's theme was very happily developed and tribute to concluded with a "Old Glory," with which the stage was draped. fitting The judges in the contest were: On composition, Dr. R. J. Boone, of Ypsi: lanti; Prof. R. C. Ford, of Albion^ and Prof. T. C. Trueblood, of Ann Arbor; on delivery, Judge J. B. Moore, Rev. W. H. Osborne, and Rev. E. B. Allen, all of Lansing. Judge Moore, after paying a graceful tribute to all the speakers, announced that the decision of the judges awarded the first prize to Mr. Sanderson, and the second to Mr. Rigterink. The decision seemed to meet with general concurrence on the part of the audience. One of the most difficult of tasks is the making of an original, apt, and graceful speech in presenting medals. It requires much art and tact. Miss Marguerite P. Scranton, who per formed this duty, was more than equal to the occasion. Her voice was clear, steady and distinct, her demeanor was graceful and modest, and her little speeches met every requirement. these contests It seems pertinent at this point to in quire whether it is wise to continue holding in Lansing. The attendance from the city was ex ceedingly light. It is doubtful if there were half a dozen persons in the audi ence who would not with greater con venience have attended at the College chapel. On the other hand, the Col lege population was largely incon venienced by the removal to town, and to many attendance was rendered out of the question. A small room, well filled, is much more inspiring' to a speaker than the same number of per sons lost in a vast area of vacant seats. A Promising Life Ended. It becomes our sad duty to record the death of another alumnus, that of Ernest G. Lodeman, '89, assistant hor ticulturist in the experiment station at Ithaca, New York. The Thursday morning Detroit Trib une contained the following self-ex planatory item: Rochester, N. Y., Dec. 2. Overwork and anxiety for his per sonal success wore so on the mind of Prof. Ernest Lodeman, of the state agricultural experimental station at Ithaca, that he, late last night, com mitted suicide by shooting himself. He committed the deed at the Boyd hotel iu the little village of Mexico. It was his second attempt. On November 30, at the same place he tried to end his life by drinking chloral. The doctors brought him around after he had been some hours unconscious. His father is Professor Lodeman, of the Ypsilanti, Mich., Normal School, The Union Literary society, of which Prof. Lodeman was a member, met on Thursday evening and appointed a committee to send a letter of condo lence to the parents of the deceased. At the Normal school all exercises were suspended on Friday, the day of the funeral. For several years Mr. Lodeman has right hand been Professor Bailey's man, having immediate charge of many of the horticultural experiments both at the Cornell station and in va rious parts of the state. He has, in addition to his bulletin work, been cor respondent for several agricultural and horticultural periodicals. His book, "The Spraying of Plants," has, in the short space of ten months, become the acknowledged authority on insec ticides and fungicides, both as a his tory and as a working manual. In experiment and investigation he has proved himself a careful, conscientious and untiring worker—a student labor ing for the public welfare. Mr. Lodeman was also a scholar. His familiarity with French and Ger man kept him in touch with the bo tanical investigations of Germany, and the horticultural art of France. His knowledge of these languages, his ex perience at home, and his horticultural researches among the orchards and gardens of Europe, together with his love for his profession, gave to his work in the class room an increased value—a value only those who were privileged to attend his lectures can estimate. He was subject to occasional fits of melancholia in a mild form, was a vic tim of asthma, from which he suffered many years, and it is thought he had a visitation of both these maladies while run down from overwork. His demise not only robs Cornell University of an able instructor, a conscientious work er and a genial student, but leaves a vacancy in the horticultural ranks that will be hard to M. G. K. fill. we can place confidence will encourage more boys to get out for practice- more material to choose from. The rest follows naturally. Two teams can be organized. The reserves, anxious for a place on the team, will do their best—result, a stronger team than a high school team to line up with for practice; and, better yet, a team that will be on hand every day. A good coach ought to pay for himself in the added gate receipts that will result from having a winning team, and this suggests another crying need of the athletic association. Athletics at this institution has al ways suffered from a lack of funds. Whatever argument there may be against playing football or baseball for money, it still remains true that it costs money to have such games, and we must either give up the games or sup ply the money in some way. There are few who advocate the abolishment of such games. How best to secure the money, then, becomes the problem. All will agree that this should be done with the least possible sacrifice on the part of the students and with the great est obtainable outside aid. Some method of collecting from all outsiders who attend our games is what we want. Most people who attend foot ball and baseball games would rather pay a reasonable amount to see a good game than to spend the time looking at a poor game, even though the latter be free. What shall be done? We can never make a success of collecting at the College entrance. Some one has suggested the purchase of a portable canvas fence to surround the grid iron or diamond. Another thinks we should purchase or lease for a long per iod the flat south of the entrance or a lot north of Howard Terrace, and fit up a good place for athletics of all kinds, and let future games pay for the improvements. These suggestions are worthy of consideration- and this is a good time to investigate the mat ter. Foot Ball. The Military Hop. Our football team has not won an important game this. season, but this fact ought not to discourage its mem bers. All but one or two were new players when the season began and some have never yet seen a football game except as active participants. They have had but little money and as a consequence have had to do with out the services of a coach. Practice has been carried on under the most discouraging circumstances, not the least of which was the lack of any team to line up against. The only prac-. tice games they have had have been with a light high school team, so light that a habit of carelessness was the inevitable result. that so much In the face of all these difficulties is it any wonder that a stronger team has not been developed? Is it not wonder ful improvement has been shown? for, that the team has steadily improved in both offensive and defensive work with every game, can not be denied. Next year we should begin the sea son with a competent coach. There are several good reasons why, if we pro pose to put a good team in the field, we should have a coach at the begin ning of the year. In the first place, the very presence of a coach in whom The last social event of the term will be an informal hop given by the bat talion of cadets in the armory, Friday evening, December 11. The committee on arrangements are: Captain W. G. Amos, chairman; Cap tain H. E. Van Norman, reception; Captain I. L. Simmons, program; Cap tain H. W. Hart, floor; Adjutant T. A. Chittenden, invitation, and Quarter master E. Shaw, finance. The hop will be conducted on strict military principles, beginning at 8 o'clock sharp, and ending at 11:30. All members of the battalion who attend will be expected to appear in uniform. All members of the faculty, the alumni and students of M. A. C. are invited to attend. Admission to these, 25c. Outside participants will be charged a fee of 50 cents. Arrangements will be made with the street car company to furnish cars at the hour of going home, and busses will probably be ready to conduct all from the street car to the armory. Also, have been made with Miss McDermott to have ladies' dressing-rooms at Abbot Hall. arrangements the As a military hop is something new in the line of social entertainment at the College, we look forward to it with anticipations of a good time. Lieuten ant Bandholtz is business, and under his oversight we are sure it will be a success and add patriotism to military affairs at M. A. C. J-L JGJ i ll . X\. . X l J i UU JXJJ. DECEMBER 8, 1896. sold it then, b ut I needed t he money to If you had t a k en t he p ay my help. F a r m e r, it would have saved you a hundred dollars this year in this very item." interrupter—"What T he farmer—"You can't farm it ac cording to science in this new country. A m an has to build a house; he h as to raise crops at once to pay his w a y ." is scientific An It is simply making t he best farming? t he view of t he of everything w i th greatest profits. It does not mean t h at you m u st pull all of t he sound stumps t h at you m ay r un plows and reapers unmolested. In t he hard-wood land you speak of, the scientific farmer would h a ve an eye to economy; he would seed down t he new land for a few years, turning T>n> sheep, cattle and horses, a nd after m a ny of t he roots had rotted, plow for other crops." Farmer—"But t he m an on a new farm hasn't much land cleared, and he can't w a i t; he needs wheat, corn and potatoes right a w a y ." Interrupter—"On t he land you speak of, he can simply clear t he land and burn the brush and refuse logs; har row well, sow w h e at or plant corn and potatoes and they will do very well. This would be scientific farming. We simply h a ve different notions of the meaning of t he word scientific." The farmer attended t he institute af ter this, and really seemed to t a ke a brighter view of life. He asked sev eral questions at t he hotel and at t he institute, not with a critical spirit, but really seemed to seek information for the good he could get out of it. Mr. Crowman took the place of a man w ho failed to read his paper on making butter, and he w as loaded with facts from his successful experience. "You must be very careful to m a ke a good quality of butter, and always have it uniform. Find your customers and sell direct to them. Ashton salt w as sold very cheaply and we tried a little. At once o ur customers reported t h at there w as something wrong in t he flavor. Something they weren't used to or did not like. We immediately re t he Diamond Crystal—a turned Michigan product—and there w as no more trouble. to stables, where "I am sowing plaster t he year round, not directly on the field, b ut about the t he cow odors in a most wonderful manner. "Our creamery, without expense to the owners, solders the cracks in all milk cans, t h at there m ay be no places to hold it absorbs filth." Some potatoes were exhibited t h at had been grown by Secretary Lam- pheare from and President Clark tubers of ten varieties, each furnished T he re by t he Agricultural College. ports were received with attention. In one instance we had to explain t h at t he statement of a speaker w as not well founded, when he complained the farmers of t he s t a te were t h at being heavily taxed to pay for a lot of worthless bulletins. He had seen b ut few of them, but they did not con tain w h at he wanted. Uncle Sam pays for all of these bulletins. I w as more t h an ever impressed with the importance of exhibiting on t he walls a lot of grasses, clovers, other forage plants and weeds; fine illustra common smuts, rots, tions of some moulds, etc. It would be interesting if every hall should contain good outlin.es of type specimens of sheep, swine, horses, either of full size or things al slightly w a ys interest farmers. , Some of us a re thinking it m ay be better to omit t he w o m a n 's sessions, for it is rather humiliating to have one reduced. These cattle, person in our company—and t h at one a woman—who shall conduct a meet ing which d r a ws a third more people t h an several of us "men-folks" a re able to d r aw in t he discussion of "practical m a t t e rs of importance to t he farmer." At Gladwin, we were much assisted by Prof. H. C. Rankin, of Lapeer, tem porarily in town. He had interested the teachers and others. Mr. Rankin, we remember some years ago, b r o u g ht his high school classes into t he insti t u te at Leslie, w h e re he w as superin tendent. Of most of t he other institutes held life we in t he northern p a rt of t he State dur ing t he week, t he Detroit F r ee P r e ss has given excellent reports. In spite of bad w e a t h er in most of t he places t h e re h as been in several places a good attendance and in all considerable en thusiasm. Hon. W m. Ball, of H a m burg, seems to be a popular conductor wherever he goes. Prof. F. S. Ked- zie's illustrated talks on "Keeping up soil fertility" a w a k en intense interest. Mrs. Mattie A. Kennedy's t a l ks on " T he live," and " W h at we f a r m e r s' wives need," a re everywhere popular. A. E. P a l m er h as m a de a hit with his talk on "Silos a nd silage," and Prof. W. O. Hedrick h as startled northern t a x p a y e rs with some of his ideas on "Taxation," especially with his plan for taxing professional men. At Mancelona a bliazard m a de t he attendance small on Tuesday, b ut with the milder w e a t h er next d ay came a fair-sized crowd. A fine fruit exhibit w as one of the features of this insti tute. R ay Sessions, '79, presented a paper on "Benefits of the Agricultural College T he corre spondent s a y s: " T he good wishes of all go with Conductor W m. Ball and his able assistants." to F a r m e r s ." At H a r b or Springs it w as stormy. John Swift, '68 presided here. B. T. Halstead, of Petoskey, took an active p a rt in t he discussion of Prof. Hed- rick's paper on "Taxation." Midland had a fair attendance. T he work of Prof. H. W. Mumford and Mr. Dean, of t he College, w as very favor ably received. An enthusiastic institute w as held at K a l k a s k a. T h e re w as a good at tendance both days t he storm. in spite of The T r a v e r se City institute w as well attended. J. S. Horton thinks it more profitable to raise to sell h ay t h an stock. H. Voorheis takes a decided stand in favor of stock raising. The College Lands. P. E. SKEELS, ' 7 8. The following is an abstract of a re port m a de to t he State Board of Agri culture at its last meeting, Nov. 19, and which by resolution of the Board is furnished to the RECORD for publi cation: suggested It has been t h at some notes relating to t he lands belonging to t he Michigan Agricultural College would be of interest to those who a re readers of the RECORD and I have ac cordingly prepared a brief outline of the facts as found by me in t he exam ination made for t he purpose of reap praisal and offering for sale. The located lands a re in sixteen counties, and all lie in t h at p a rt of the lower peninsula north of a line d r a wn east a nd west through Cadillac. The work w as commenced in Manistee county and as comprehensive a report w as m a de of each lot of forty acres as could be had by crossing each lot twice. The facts embraced in the re ports have been, first, kind, quantity and quality of timber; second, n a t u re The Institutes. Dr. Beal furnished us the following interesting notes from Gladwin: in regard Gladwin is a new county, t he county seat containing 900 to 1,200 people. As , a rule t he people a re not now gushing to over with enthusiasm farming. Most of their time h as been ' spent, with, r a re exceptions, in cutting and selling timber. It is extremely difficult to know j u st w h at you can do t h at shall please and benefit people of this class. The most hopeful sign, it seems to me, is to look out sharply for t he lads and lasses coming on. There w as at all our sessions a good these young persons. proportion of F r om t he high school, there w as a dele gation of t wo to four, who came with books and pencils to t a ke notes for a report. As the attendance w as small at first, I took especial pains to tell them some plain facts about corn smut and black rot of tomato, which were well illustrated by Longyear's maps. them our grasses, and in I showed told them w h at notes to each case make. This part of the work at t he same time seemed to interest t he older people. superin tendent told me most of t he delegates were children of farmers, t h at one re port today w as twelve minutes long and all were good. t he school Later, THE MAN IN THE HOTEL LOBBY. fifty fifty-five, w h e at He w as past the spring of life and improved. owned a small farm well He w as smoking a clay pipe and looked rather discouraged. "You can't make anything at farming these times with potatoes at fifteen cents, corn twenty, cents. beans Ninety per cent of the farms of Michi gan a re heavily mortgaged. A while ago, I advised my son to sell his w h e at at fifty cents and he did so. We couldn't see a ny prospect of its going higher, b ut it did, and I am now sorry I gave him this advice. T he men in the department of agriculture must have known t h at there w as a short crop in other countries and t h at w h e at was going higher. They get good sala ries, b ut they do not seem to care any thing about t he interest of t he far mers. W hy didn't they tell t he far mers wheat was going to rise?" Before all of this had been said, Mr. from Grass Crowman, our speaker Lake, had his interest aroused. "All I ever had, I have made off t he farm, and there h as been no year when I did not get ahead. T he department of agriculture you speak of, sends out circulars giving the very information you blame them for not giving, and any one can get them who asks for them. Do you take an agricultural paper? You could get t he Michigan F a r m er for a dollar a year and t h at gives weekly t he very information re garding the m a r k e ts t h at you complain about." Man with t he pipe—"I take no agri cultural paper, but I read a daily and it did not say anything about t he pros pect of higher wheat." Crowman—"I look out for the mar kets; I kept my w h e at till I sold it at I should not have ninety-five cents, At the College. W. A. Bartholomew, '99w, is quite sick. F. H. Ring, '00m, h as beeu quite sick t he past week. Prof. Noble's mother has been visit ing him for a week. Several beautiful orchids are now in blossom in t he greenhouse. H. J. Packard, '00, entertained his older brother, November 20. Mr. B. Crook, of Saginaw, visited R. J. Robb, '98sp, one day last week. Geo. N. Gould, '99, who w as sick sev eral d a ys last week, is able to be out again. . A. J. Weeks, '99m, entertained Misses Richmond and Titus and Mr. Titus, of Mason, last Friday. Dr. E d w a r ds spent Thursday in Grand Rapids, a nd in t he evening at tended a banquet of t he Peninsular club. Mrs. W. J. Beal returned Sunday evening, Nov. 29, from a six weeks' visit to her daughter, Mrs. R. S. Baker, in Chicago. The King's Daughters will meet December 16, with Mrs. Barrows. Lesson, Luke X V; text, "Joy;" leader, Mrs. Barrows. L a st T h u r s d ay morning, by t he sad intelligence of his brother's death, Pro fessor Smith w as called back to Wash ington, D. C, where he had but re cently m a de such a pleasant visit. Prof. Griffiths, director of the Detroit A rt Museum, lectures in t he College chapel, Wednesday evening, Dec. 9; subject, "Sunshine and Shadow." No admission will be charged. 'Tis said t h at extreme solicitude for t wo of his friends, w ho were calling in the city last Sunday evening, caused t he handsome member of our sub- faculty to miss the last car and walk out. R. J. Robb, F. W. Robison and A. J. Weeks attended t he Teachers' League of I n g h am county at Mason, last Sat urday. Mr. Robison presented a pa per on "Civil Government in Passing E v e n t s ." Beta, P hi Delta Theta held an reception in their hall, Fri informal Sev day evening, from 8:30 to 11:30. eral members of t he faculty were pres ent with their wives, and all spent a yery pleasant evening. DECEMBER 8, 1896. T HE M. A. C. R E C O K D, 3 of surface of t he ground, with s t r e a ms noted and character of soil; third, loca tion, being nearness to railroads, lake ports or inland towns, rivers and high w a y s; also schools and postoffices when any were near. Much trespass h as been committed on the College lands a nd as complete a report as could be had with t he time taken has been made of the amount and kind of trespass and sent in to the state land office with each lot. This plan, adopted for Manistee county, h as not been changed and is the system used in each county. LOCATION OF THE LANDS. In Manistee county the College owned when the work w as commenced 5,280 acres in four townships. These lands are all well located with regard to railroads, with perhaps the excep tion of thirty-six lots in T. 23 N. R. 13 W., and these are near t he Manistee river. In general the timber in Man istee county is thrifty, being little dam aged by fire except on lots immediately adjoining t he railroads. The trespass is very extensive, and seventy-four of t he one hundred and thirty-two lots have lost more or less value from tim ber thieves, the most having been tak en from T. 24 N. R. 14 W. Nearly all the pine lying between Betsy river and Bear creek was cut about fifteen years ago. shipping The four townships which have Col lege lands in Benzie county are nicely situated, being generally fertile, well watered by the Platte and Betsy rivers or their tributaries, and by numerous lakes, and lying near enough to the C. & W. M. R. R. or Lake Michigan to afford facilities. excellent The t r a ct in this county comprises 3,360 acres, and wherever farms have been established the results a re all t h at can be asked especially, for, doing well and being singularly free •from trespass was found in Benzie county, the tim ber being mostly a fine grade of maple or hemlock, with very little accessible pine. insects. Very fruit, little There a re only four lots in Grand Traverse county, t wo of them being in T. 25 N. R. 11 W. on Sec. 26. The other lots are near the northern p a rt of t he county in T. 27 N. R. 9 W. lake, T he College lands in Antrim county a re well scattered, the 2,440 acres be ing located in six townships and each lot lies in a locality noted for its thrifty timber a nd fertile soil, and near either the G. R. & I. or C. & W. M. R. R's. T he lots in T. 32 N. R. 8 W. lie adjacent to both the C. & W. M. R. R. and In termediate timber being thrifty and none of it cut. The N. B. % N. W. % Sec. 30, T. 29 N. R. 5 W. is the only lot in t h at township not owned by David Ward, and there is also b ut one lot in T. 29 N. R. 6 W. belonging to the College, the timber on this hav ing been stripped by a former pur chaser who paid % down, cut the tim ber and let the lot revert to t he Col lege. t he T. 31 N. R. 5 W. lies west of t he vil lage of E l m i ra on t he G. R. & I. R. R., and t he entire township is noted for its high hills and deep ravines, among which rise the J o r d an and Boyne riv ers. The College lands in this locality a re no exception to t he rule, and al the though t he soil is timber, except on t he highest knobs, is t he surface is in most in excellent, stances very rough agriculture. for T he lands in T. 31 N. R. 6 W. are of t he same soil and timber as the pre ceding, b ut a re more level and adja cent on the west to well tilled and pro ductive farms. first-class and T he six townships of Wexford coun ty which contain College lots, had 13,- 240 acres, being mostly located south a nd east of t he Manistee river. Most of these lots are also near the T. & A. A. R. R. T h e re a re 84 lots in T. 22 N. R. 11 W., the soil and timber rang ing somewhat better t h an in the pre ceding town. Trespassers have worked on 24 lots, t he timber being pine or cherry in each instance. The T. & A. A. R. R. crosses this town, having two stations, Boon and Harrietta, within the limits. The 50 lots in T. 23 N. R. 12 W. h a ve first-class soil and for the most part timber, and probably more value has been t a k en by trespassers t h an from any other township. The T. & A. A. R. R. crosses this town north and south, stations, Sherman a nd having Yuma, within its borders. The Man istee river also crosses from the north east comer to a point two miles north of t he southwest corner of the town for ship, thus affording easy transit timber. two T. 22 N. R. 12 W. has 97 lots, the soil and fine, timber being exceptionally and most of t he lots watered by fine springs. The T. & A. A. R. R., crosses the northeasterly p a rt of the village of H a r r i e t ta being partly in its eastern border on Sees. 12 and 13. this town, The lots in T. 23 N. R. 11 W. are b ut The one on Sec. 12 is t wo in number. a fine lot, well watered by springs and brooks. The lot on Sec. 24 w as once sold and part of the timber cut; both these lots a re quite distant from rail road. T. 27 N. R. 12 W. has seven lots of rather poor quality of soil and timber and no trespass. Missaukee county has 880 acres, lo cated in two townships, nearly every lot having been badly damaged by fire. Generally speaking, the lands and tim ber which t he College owned in Kal kaska county were of t he first quality and m a ny of the lots now owned a re those which have been sold on contract and stripped after the usual first pay ment. T he College h as lands in two town ships in Otsego county, the two tracts comprising 1,160 acres. The lots in T. 30 N. R. 4 W. are somewhat below the average in quality of soil and tim ber, but a re located near the G. R. & I. R. R., while the lands in T. 30 N. R. 1 W. are on the extreme easterly side of the county and in the belt of fine tim ber and good soil which prevails in that locality. David W a rd and other large land owners have tracts of timber sur rounding the College parcels and no trespass has been made, nor is there liable to be any until their timber is cut or some better facilities offered for getting the timber out. Charlevoix county has College lands in only one township, being in T. 32 N. R. 4 W., t he westerly line being about three miles east of the village of Boyne F a l ls on the G. R. & I. R. R. The t r a ct has 2,200 acres, and very little timber has been cut around or near it. These lands are for the most part very rolling, of good soil, well watered, and covered with a good growth of maple, bass- wood, elm, hemlock and cedar. Cheboygan county h as 5,080 acres of land in eight townships. Of the 29 lots in T. 34 N. R. 2 W., 26 have been examined by parties looking for birds- eye maple and from one to twenty trees have been t a k en from each lot, while a majority of the trees h a ve been hacked to test their quality. T he largest body of College land in Cheboygan county lies in T. 35 N. R. 1 W. and there are very few if any resi dents in t he township, and very little timber has been cut. T he lands in this The t r a ct township a re exceptionally fine, being level, fertile a nd well timbered, nearly every section having one or more spring brooks with small t r a c ts of fine cedar scattered a m o ng t he hardwood. in Montmorency county consists of 6,400 acres of generally first-class farming lands in T. 30 N. R. 1. E., lying on the elevation k n o wn as the divide. No s t r e a ms cross this re gion but the springs and small lakes on the northerly side give rise to the Black or Rainy rivers while the Thun der Bay and Au Sable rivers get most t he s a me heads of their w a t e rs from on t he southerly side. lands are destined to become some of the best farms of the state; t he distance from good points of transportation will be overcome and a better m a r k et provided for the timber, the present stumpage value being very low. These T he examination of the tracts in Al pena, Presque Isle, Oscoda, Alcona and is not yet completed, Iosco counties although a large portion of t he last three has been looked over, enough to show t h at the College has over four thousand acres of good hardwood lands in Oscoda county and t h at mil lions of feet of first-class pine have been cut on the lands tributary to the Au Sable river. GENERAL CONDITION OF THESE LANDS. t he TO the casual observer from t h at train or wagon it would appear these lands are barren except for the growth of jack pine, but a close ex amination will show t h at large tracts of fine pine w e re once growing where now is found only the smaller jack and the fires Norway. W e re it not for which have s w e pt over these tracts for years these lands would for t he most p a rt be again covered w i th young Nor way, and if some w ay could be devised to effectually stop them t h at condition might yet be obtained. In m a ny lo calities t he College lands border on the river and sometimes several lots will be of rich bottom lands covered with fine cedar and small pine, t he larger pine having been cut wherever it could be reached. It is somewhat unfortu nate t h at the State Board of Agricul ture has not been in closer touch with t he past m a n a g e m e nt and condition of these lands. Many lots have been bought and t he xk paid down by par ties who never intended to pay any thing more, and whose only object h as been to strip the best timber from the tracts contracted for, letting t he con tract forfeit to the state. During the present administration an a t t e m pt has been made by the State Land Office to keep closer watch upon these p a rt paid lands but through some irregularity in tfie contracts most of the offenders go unpunished. (Concluded next week.) Homes Cheap! Read our article on " College L a n d s" in this issue and next. Much of this land is now on the market. 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Such persons need have no hesitation about taking the paper from the postoffice, for no charge will be made for it. T he ODIV way, however, to secure t he R E C O RD regularly is to subscribe. « A D a n g er a nd a D u t y. (First prize oration by E. D wight Sanderson, '98, of the Hesperian Society.) Thirty-one years- ago ended t he In its battles noblest w ar of history. their half a million m en laid down lives to free t he slave. Today, t he freedman's condition seems a pitiful recompense for so great a sacrifice. He is subject to most galling, unjust re strictions, a nd his condition endangers the national well-being. T he Negro's personal rights a re abridged. Common law debars him from public privileges. No m a t t er if he be seven-eighths or ninety-nine one- hundredths white, he is still an out- " P a rt nigger, all nigger," is t he east. law of- t he South. Senator Morgan says, "One drop of Negro blood known to exist in t he veins of a woman in this country, d r a ws her down to t he social s t a t us of t he Negro and impresses up on her whole life t he s t a mp of the fate ful Negro caste, though she m ay rival the Easter lily in t he whiteness of her skin." His civil rights a re disregarded. The Fifteenth Amendment, guaran teeing him suffrage, is ignored. Negro voters a re intimidated to vote with t he solid South or their ballots a re n ot leaders acknowl Southern counted. edge t h at t he Negro vote is systemati cally suppressed. H is education is discouraged. In t he Black Belt, where half t he popula tion is Negro, only one-fourth of t he school a ge attend school, a nd where there a re not enough blacks or whites to support s e p a r a te schools, children remain in ignorance r a t h er t h an sit Side by side. But, although both per sonal a nd civil rights a re denied him, he has, through schools supported by Northern beneficence a nd by his o wn ability, made in a single generation the most rapid intellectual advancement of any race in history. B ut in his educa tion t he South h as h ad little or no s h a r e; in fact, Florida now prohibits schools admitting both races. The Negro is wronged; t he Nation is imperiled; The permanent enforcement of laws hot sustained by public sentiment is impossible under a republican govern ment. T he enforcement of such l a ws in t he South h as proved a failure. Southern leaders frequently affirm t h at they accepted t he Fifteenth Amend m e nt from necessity a nd only until they could gather strength to repeal Today they a re in every w ay try it. ing to abolish or nullify it. In sup pressing t he Negro vote t he South con l aw a nd winks at tinually violates t f ii if. A. 6: B E C O f i t i. DEOMBEE 8, 1896. fraud. W h at will u n d e r m i ne a repub lican government more quickly t h an disregarding t he voice of t he majority? As o ur 8,000,000 Negroes become bet t er educated, they will, if n ot granted their rights, become a serious menace to t he peace of t he South: minds cap able of understanding, b ut n ot of re flecting, are as d y n a m i te in t he h a n ds of unwise leaders,. T he safety of a republic is t he education of its voters; its peril, their ignorance. Cries come from all sides for l a ws restricting for eign immigration, for it is said t h at such people a re unfit for t he duties of citizenship. Yet, in all t he states of the Black Belt, t he illiteracy is greater t h an in Ireland, t he most ignorant country of Europe. H ow c an an in telligent vote be secured with such conditions? Can a u g ht b ut evil result from t he Negro's improvidence a nd immorality? W hy does t he Agricul tural South, which once depended upon black labor, now prefer t he more profit able white? Is it not because t he Negro lives only in t he present a nd be cause his industry is merely spasmod ic? And does it not result from this t h at our poorhouses contain a greatly disproportionate number of blacks? Economically, t he Negro, retards the growth of industry. W h at of h is moral condition? Does a ny class show a more depraved sense of personal pur ity? While t he census gives one- ninth the population as Negro, does not the prison roll show one-third the crim inals to be black? Sociologically, t he depravity of t he Negro is a disease in fecting all society. In prescribing for disease t he physi- i cian must first understand its cause. Apologists of t he t r e a t m e nt of t he Ne gro fail to discern a remedy because they misunderstand t he causes of his present condition. The claim t h at t he Negro is unfit for suffrage is untenable. Are t he de Does graded whites better qualified? not t he method of enforcing t he educa tional qualification in South Carolina clearly discriminate against the blacks? Says Senator Tillman, "We intend no fraud, only unfairness, simply partial ity. No white shall lose his vote." The abridgment of t he Negro's civil according to the rights is justified, South, by fear of his supremacy. It is not, however, fear of Negro suprem acy, b ut of equality: t he Southerner knows t h at with a black majority in only t wo states, such supremacy is im possible. B ut t h at result is n ot prob able even with a black majority. T he Negro a s ks only for freedom in his choice of rulers. Nor is there j u st ground for such odious discriminations against t he in dividual Negro. A hideous chimera occupies Southern thought. T he Ne gro is declared to be seeking social equality. Civil equality, regulated by the sovereign power of t he state, is made synonymous with social equality, which c an exist only in t he mutual af fection of individuals. T he Negro does not desire race fusion a nd Southern leaders recognize i ts impossibility. A familiar inquiry in t he South is, " W h a t 's t h at nigger doing here?" a nd an all-sufficient reply is, "Oh, that's my boy J i m ." Though spurned as an equal, he is welcome as a servant. The question for t he Southerner is not of t he Negro's fitness for suffrage, nor of his supremacy, nor even of his so cial qualification, b ut arises from ty rannical a nd baneful caste feeling. Caste feeling demands consideration, but weakened vitality, decreased rate of improvidence, low morality, growth of crime—to w h at a re these due? Weakened vitality result reproduction, a nt from t he infusion of white blood, decreased reproduction accompanying increased mortality, lack of thrift, im morality, crime—all indict t he white m an for his transgression,—slavery. it, to solve How, then, c an t he Negro be moral ly a nd industrially elevated; social a n tagonism overcome; a nd he fitted for citizenship? T he South replies, as ever before, "Leave us, w ho best un t he problem." derstand F or t w e n ty years this solution h as been attempted, and w h at h as resulted? Ignorance a nd embittered caste feel ing. Visionaries u r ge emigration, a nd as late as 1890 a bill w as before con gress to effect it. T he scheme is a b surdly impracticable. Not only would t he whole industrial system of t he South need to be reorganized, b ut t he transportation of a race is physically impossible. Equally futile is t he pro posed disfranchisement of t he Negro. It is a political impossibility, since t he full representation of t he South is de pendent upon t he Negro vote. Nor would disfranchisement be possible without reducing him to a condition worse t h an t h at of slavery. If If, then, he can neither be trans ported nor disfranchised, not only equality be rec must his political ognized, a b ut maintained. law c a n n ot be repealed, it should be enforced; a nd t he antagonism of those who oppose its repeal should pledge t h em to its enforcement. History will vindicate the statesmanship evidenced by t he author of t he celebrated, b ut defeated Force Bill. During i ts discus sion, Senator Walthall, of Mississippi, said, "Nothing c an force t he Southern white people to accept t he results in volved in unrestrained Negro suffrage." Yet this bill is essentially t he s a me as t h at which purified t he ballot of New York city. I ts enforcement would di vide both races along p a r ty lines; bring needed legislation to t he Negro; a nd dispel all fear of h is supremacy. industrial world, his But a free vote alone would be of little value in removing caste preju dice or in elevating t he race morally and industrially. In both t he latter respects the modern Negro is inferior to t he slave. He is, in fact, a spoiled • child who h as not learned self-reliance. When t he Negro becomes a factor in individual the t he Says rights will be respected. Washington of h is race, " T he black who holds mortgages on a doizen white men's houses will have no trouble in voting, nor will t he black who p a ys $10,000 a y e ar in freight charges have difficulty in securing a seat in a rail way car." Today t he Negro is in most need of schools w h e re he c an earn a curse of m a n u al a nd intellectual train ing t h at will fit him for society. A few such institutions a re already doing a grand work in t h is develop ment, b ut they a re f ar from supplying the need. This m u st be m et by either an increase of private philanthropy, by an awakening of t he Southern con science to its d u ty a nd opportunity, or It is t r ue a by government support. g r a nt by t he national government would favor a section of the country, but whatever benefits a part, benefits the whole, a nd t he North is not guilt less for allowing forty-five per cent of illiteracy in t he Black Belt. T he na tion cannot afford to permit one-fourth of t he Electoral College a nd t he Sen ate to be controlled by voters, half of whom cannot read t he n a m es on their ballots. Although politicians m ay w a rd it off, t he issue is a grave one. "By i ts side," says Prof. Bryee, "the tariff, monetary, into railroad questions dwindle and theo These concern insignificance." involves t he ries of economics upon which t he keen est minds differ widely. T he Negro problem rights of one- ninth t he population. As a question of finance it should receive immediate attention, for if t he Negro's condition deteriorates a nd race extinction goes on, it will cost f ar more t h an his eleva tion. Ultimately, however a question of right m u st ever be of more real val ue to t he life of t he nation t h an one incident to greed for gain. Our d u ty to t he Negro is unques tioned. He h as suffered a great wrong; we owe h im reparation. By t he enforcement of t he suffrage a nd criminal laws a nd t he support of indus trial schools in t he South, t he Negro will secure not only his rights, b ut al so his elevation, for although his per sonal rights have been disregarded, h is civil rights denied, a nd his education neglected, y et these aids will enable him to overcome such obstacles a nd become t he peer of t he sturdy Anglo- Saxon in commerce, in education, a nd in morals. t h an F r e ed by t he sacrifice of half a mil lion nves, he s t a n ds with t he broken shackles of slavery at his feet; close beside him is his former master, who, unrestrained, places upon h im bonds more galling those of abject slavery; in t he d i s t a n ce is h is liberator, now intent upon t he aggrandizement of wealth; while t he c ry of t he re-fet tered freedman is heard imploring t h at aid which will m a ke his future not only congenial to his o wn better na ture, b ut acknowledged by all as con tributing to t he prosperity of his coun try. Can an enlightened nation at t he d a wn of t he twentieth century refuse his petition? T a l ue of M a t h e m a t i c s. ORATION D E L I V E R ED B E F O RE T HE U N I ON L I T E R A RY SOCIETY, NOVEMBER 25, BY G. F. ElCHMOND, '98. In discussing t he value of a given study, a person is by common consent allowed a nd in a certain sense by duty bound to exaggerate t he importance of his subject, a nd to present it enlarged, as it were, through t he magnifying power of a projecting lens, so t h at its value m ay be brought into more prom inent view. T he vast e x t e nt a nd uni versal adaptability of m a t h e m a t i c al study, however, does not require a ny artificial development to m a ke its gen eral utility more manifest. T he one comprehensive end of education is to prepare m an to fulfill t he purposes of h u m an existence, a nd these purposes include t he perfection of m a n 's n a t u re for his highest well-being a nd happi ness, t he acquisition of knowledge a nd his preparation for t he right discharge of all t he obligations a nd duties which spring from his relations w i th his fel low men. It follows, t h at t he comprehensive end means should be such as would furnish, first, the development a nd t r a i n i ng of m a n 's mental powers; second, t he acquisition for guidance, of knowledge needed growth a nd enjoyment; third, t he ac quisition of skill in t he application of the power a nd knowledge to t he pur poses of life. These t h r ee important means, power, knowledge, a nd skill, m ay be considered as afforded by mathematical study. then, this to Doubtless t he common a n s w er to t he question, w hy should m a t h e m a t i cs be pursued in our schools, would be, for t he strengthening a nd training of t he reasoning faculties. Mathematics is often called t he exact science because it deals w i th universal t r u t h s, a nd be ing an exact science it necessitates an exact language. Every term is distinct ly explained a nd h as b ut o ne meaning and thus all error in reasoning is pre vented. The origin of the term mathe matics is conclusive evidence that no other branch of study affords such mind discipline. In olden times mathe matics embraced all the applied sci ences, but subsequently the name was restricted to those branches which were acquired only by severe discip line, patient investigation, and exact reasoning. Algebra, geometry, and calculus were called mathematical or disciplinal branches, and persons who became especially proficient along these lines were called disciples. Yes mathematics is indeed a disciplinal study, and for that reason mainly is it taught in our schools and colleges of today. The instructor feels the utter hopelessness of initiating his pupils into this all absorbing realm of thought in the few brief months at their dis posal. Thus it has come to pass that the study has been used simply as a form of mental discipline or intellec tual gymnastics. Now, as to the value of mathematics as a means of acquiring knowledge. Let us suppose a student who despises, as many of them do, these cold and passionless abstractions; yet he loves knowledge; he would explore nature and know the reason of things, but he would do it without the aid of this rigid, measuring, calculating science. He begins with astronomy, but he finds at once that it is intimately connected with geometry; that in astronomical calculations it is found necessary to determine the arc of a circle by means of its chord, and that all the observa tions of the heavenly bodies can be stated only in geometrical language. He would next investigate the laws of falling bodies, and moving fluids, and" would know why their motion is accelerated at different periods, and upon what their momentum depends. But roots and squares, lines, angles and curves float before him in the mazy dance of a disturbed intellect. The very first proposition is a mys tery and he soon discovers that me chanical philosophy is little better than mathematics itself. that Affrighted, but not discouraged, in this search for knowledge, he next tries botany and is soon enveloped in the mysteries of fascinating science. Everything goes smoothly on, but presently he comes to microscopic botany, a study of plant structure. He finds that each plant is made of count less minute cells. Then comes the study of the contents of those cells. One day he discovers a minute particle which, on further investigation, proves to be a crystal and sumes the dreaded form of geometry. Crystallization allures him on, but as he goes cubes -and hexagons, pyramids and dodecagons arise before him in beautiful array. that crystal as storm But there are5- sciences, he thinks, which will better suit his taste. He next turns his attention to meteoro logy, but in no phase of this broad science can he do without mathe matics. Every that moves across the country takes on the form of a clearly defined circle or ellipse, and the accompanying winds move in to those certain angles in regard storms. As he pursues the subject further the drafting of weather maps completely disheartens him. Here he finds the isobaric and isothermal lines describing nearly every conceivable kind of geometric figure, and the con dition of the weather in any particu lar locality depending upon the kind of figure those lines describe. - And where shall this student of nature go for his knowledge? Is it to ALWAYS ON TOP DAVIS 6c CO. 104 Washington Ave. North—104 OUR WINTER GOODS ARE NOW IN—WE WILL BE PLEASED TO SHOW THEM TO YOU. OVERCOATS, ULSTERS, BICYCLE OVERCOATS PEA JACKETS AND VESTS, SINGLE AND DOUBLE BREASTED MELTON SUITS ALL UP TO DATE. Also Full Line of . .. Furnishings and Hats chemistry? Even here he is not safe. For awhile he goes gloriously on, illuminated by the yellow and purple lights of sodium and potassium, but soon he comes to compound bodies, to the composition of the elements around him, and he finds them all in fixed relations. Then starts up the whole theory of chemical equivalents and mathematics again stares him in the face. And so on through the long list of arts and sciences he finds each and every one more or less intimately con nected and dependent upon mathe matics. Now let us take another student, with whom mathematics is neither despised or neglected. He sees in it the means of past success to others. He reads in its history the progress of universal improvement, and he be lieves that what has contributed so much to the civilization of the world may perhaps be useful to his own in tellectual development. He picks up a volume of geometry and steadily pursues its abstractions from the definition of a right angled triangle to finds a chain of unbroken reasoning, the theorem of Pythagoras, and Jie finds a chain of unbroken reasoning connecting each successive step. As he pursues the subject further he real izes that a knowledge of its laws will be of use to him in after life. And as he goes out to battle with the world he finds that the time employed in mathematical study was not spent in vain. He looks up on society and wherever he turns arts, sciences, and their results, from carpentry to domes tic economy, from geological formation the in to farm management, from genious steam guage at the boiler house to the heat radiation in this room, disclose their operations no longer mysterious to his enlightened understanding. Go where he will this student science finds mathematical the handmaid of success, and a knowl edge of its laws a constant aid in whatever he undertakes. Let us not, the advance therefore, discourage ment of this valuable study, but rather do what we can to extend the period of study devoted to it; knowing, as we do, that all which goes to develop the ability of youth to see possibilities and ideals, goes to make him a more practical laborer in the field of in dustry. Our printers have been moving this week; hence the RECOBD is unavoid ably delayed. • "No one would take me for a very learned person," he mused. . 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Herbert, w i th '96m, began work again in the Wyckes Bros.' ma chine shops, Saginaw, last week. W. M. McGrath, with '93, is with H a w l ey &P routy, attorneys, Security building, 188 Madison street, Chicago. t he Among students who former were in attendance at t he Oratorical contest we noticed M. G. Kains, '95, E. E. Gallup, with '96, a nd H. B. Gunni son, with '98m. » T. L. Hankinson, '98, will read a paper on t he "Advancement of orni thological science," before t he Ornitho logical society in Grand Rapkls next F r i d ay evening. Albert A. Crane, '75, died at his home in Gaylord, Friday, December 4. Mr. Crane w as a prominent lawyer a nd banker and president of the village. A wife a nd three children mourn his death. At College he w as a member of the P hi Delta T h e ta fraternity. Canip-in-the-Mountains. T he following is an extract from a letter written by O. C. Hollister, '89, in camp near Cora, Wyoming, where he has been surveying for t he s t a te during the past season: I have-had a busy summer, and, after finishing work, rode horseback to Sara toga a nd back here for a little recrea tion. We a re camped about on the forty-third parallel a nd one mile east of F r e m o n t 's L a ke a nd about 9,000 feet above t he sea. This altitude is from a pocket aneroid a nd t he average of several days. On three sides t he mountain rises abruptly for more t h an a thousand feet a nd then slopes grad ually u p w a rd to t he foot of the peaks, some eight miles northeast a nd close to t he timber line, whicn here is be feet. The tween 10,800 a nd 11,100 from peaks rise above this plateau 2,000 to 3,000 feet. In T HE RECOED of September 29 I see t h at Mr. Reynolds s p e a ks of giving t he College yell 11,000 feet above t he sea. Here, as in most instances, first story is out of luck, for in our work one of our lines r an over t he crest of t he range, and from t he top of one peak, 13,325 feet high (boy again) I gave the M. A. C. yell a nd joined with one of my party, w ho h ad been a college stu dent, in the yell of his college. We also built a large mound as a land t he stones we mark, a nd beneath placed a copy of t he Chicago Inter- Ocean, t he M. A. C. RECOED (I believe it w as the n u m b er with Miss McDer- mott's picture), a nd a list of the names It w as a of t he p a r ty a nd elevation. perfect day a nd the view from the summit w as beyond description. t he m an telling t he I expect to return east about the 20th of December. T au B e ta Pi Association. T he first initiation of t he year w as held on T h u r s d ay evening, December 3. T he " B e n t" w as conferred upon Mr. I. L. Simmons, t he remaining eli gible member of t he class of '97 and on Mr. F. V. Warren, w ho ranked high est among the class of '98 at t he open ing of t he year. T he program for t he evening w as furnished by Mr. H. E. Smith, of t he Mechanical Department, who lectured on experiments of Niko la Tesla. Sunday Chapel Service—Preaching at 2:30 p.. m." Y. M. C. A.—Holds'regular meetings every T h u r s d ay evening at 6:30 a nd Sunday evenings at 7:30. S. H. Ful ton, President. C. W. Loomis, Cor. Secretary. Y. W. C. A. regular weekly meetings for all ladies on the campus Tuesday evenings at 8 o'clock, in the ladies' par lors. Meetings on Sunday evenings with the Y. M. C. A.; Miss Edith F. McDermott, President; Miss Alice Georgia, Cor. Secretary. M. A. C. Grange—Meets every three Natural History weeks on Tuesday evening in t he Co lumbian Society rooms. Prof. C. D. Smith, Master. H. W. H a r t, Secretary. Society—Regular meeting second F r i d ay evening of each month in the chapel at 7:00. H. C. Skeels, President. W. R. Kedzie, Sec retary. Botanical Club—Meets first and third F r i d ay of each month in t he Botanical Laboratory at 6:30. T. Gunson, Presi dent. W. R. Kedzie, Secretary. Dante Club—Meets every Wednesday evening at 7:30 in Prof. W. O. Hed- rick's office, College Hall. Prof. A. B. Noble, President. M. A. C. Athletic Association—C. B. Laitner, President. G. B. Wells, Sec retary. Columbian Literary Society—Regular meeting every Saturday evening in their rooms in t he middle ward of Wells Hall, at 7:00. E. H. Sedgwick, President. C. F. Austin, Secretary. Delta T au Delta Fraternity—Meets F r i d ay evenings in the chapter rooms on fourth floor of Williams Hall, at 7:00. E. A. Baker, President. C. P. Wykes, Secretary. Eclectic Society—Meets on fourth floor of Williams Hall every Saturday at 7:30 p. m. C. D. Butterfield, Presi dent. Manning Agnew, Secretary. Feronian Society—Meets every Fri day afternoon at 1:00 in Hesperian rooms. Miss Sadie Champion, Presi dent. Miss Marie Belliss, Secretary. Hesperian Society—Meetings held every Saturday evening in t he society rooms in the west ward of Wells Hall at 7:00. J. D. McLouth, President. R. H. Osborne, Secretary . Olympic Society—Meets on fourth floor of Wiliiams Hall every S a t u r d ay evening at 7:00. H. W. H a r t, Presi dent. C. J. Perry, Secretary. P hi Delta T h e ta Fraternity—Meets on F r i d ay evening in chapter rooms in Wells Hall, at 7:00. W . G . A m o s, Presi dent. F. H. Smith, Secretary. in Union Literary Society—Meetings held their hall every Saturday evening at 7:00. E. A. Robinson, Presi dent. S. F. E d w a r d s, Secretary. Tau Beta Pi Fraternity—Meets every two weeks on T h u r s d ay evening in t he tower room of Mechanical Laboratory. G. A. Parker, President. . E. H. Sedg wick, Secretary. Club Boarding Association—I. L. Simmons, President. H. A. Dibble, Secretary. Try and T r u st Cirele of King's Daughters — Meets alternate Wednesday. Mrs. C. L. Weil, Presi dent. Mrs. J. L. 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