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, J A N U A RY 22, 1907. N o. iS ORATORICAL CONTEST. T he pessimist and the optimist see the same things, only they do not find them in the direction. T he former looks backward ; the latter, forward. H a p py is the man w ho can discern the good of the past, the better of the present and the best of the future. Some tell us that oratory has been, but is no longer. H ow can this be ? Oratory has been, is, and will be so long as man feels the dif ference between beauty and deform ity, right and wrong, truth and fals ity, love and selfishness. O ur only concern is that we keep our sense of distinction keen, that we do feel. T h e re are few w ho fail to see that this is a special season when our na tion the pivot of its conscience, so that the lightness of gold and the worth of altruism are becoming recognized. is sharpening T he above reflection was pro voked by the Twentieth Annual Oratorical Contest, which took place last Friday evening before a large sympathetic and enthusiastic audi ence in the College A r m o r y. T he names of the orators, the titles of their orations and the decisions of the judges are given at another place Last week's number explained w hy no ladies entered the contest. " R E C O R D ." the in T he orations were not all perfect, for then, the judg'es could have made no decision. N o r, indeed, was any of them perfect, for such a condition is not possible among im perfect human b e i n g s; but that none was poor would doubtless be generally conceded. Since, then, the good qualities of the orations were more prominent than the bad, let us consider briefly a few of the former. W i th only one exception, the re frain of every orator was, in the words of St. Paul, " T he love of money is the root of all evil." This root they beheld g r o wn to a mighty tree of death. T he industrial auto crat and the political boss were not spared. Most sensible, however, and wise, was the choice by one of the speakers of the career and char acter of Simon Bolivar as his subject. in words. He gave us a drama H e re we were moved to pity, ad miration and emulation, rather than to disgust and the spirit of immed iate activity. Innate ability and maturing art were evident in the orators' thought, sentence, structure, figures and de livery. T he composure and calm ness of the speakers was admirable. T he ordinary man's work may be from sun to sun, but the student's is also, in addition to this, a long way on the journey from moon to sun. He works away the night. Busy men marvel at how much themselves did when they were in college. T he same person, in addition to being first of all a student, must be an athlete, an editor, an official of his literary so ciety, a worker for the Y. M. C. A ., a knight among the ladies, an ora tor. T he young men w ho so well entertained us and inspired us last F r i d ay evening each merit our as they into tonished admiration, because of the time, effort and pains which their productions made evident. T he presiding at the occasion and the presentation of the medals were gracefully done, and fitly, by two of the y o u ng ladies. T he solos by Prof. Patton and the music by the M. A. C. orchestra were received with involuntary ap plause. It was thought unnecessary to table showing publish a complete markings of each judge at the con test as mentioned in above article so we simply give names of those win ning places. W. E. Piper, repre senting the Columbian Society, was awarded first, S. B. Lilly, of the Hesperian Society, second, and O. W. 'Stephenson, Eunomian, third. M r. P i p er will therefore represent this college at the State contest in March. SPECIAL COURSES. the class and carpenter T he daily program for the 91 young men w ho have elected the short course in general agriculture, first year, is varied and interesting. take work in the Half blacksmith shops from 8 to 10, while the other half take the breeds of live stock under Prof. Shaw and his colleagues. In the shop again each half of the class is divided in t wo sections, one tak ing carpenter work and the other blacksmith. T he class is unusually well prepared, much more than half having had high school work before coming here. T he young men are making rapid progress with tools, and will progress much farther than the average class in eight weeks. In the blacksmith shop, for instance, they are doing now very creditable work in welding, in making rings, chains, and things of that sort. U n der Prof. Shaw they have studied the beef breeds of cattle and are now at w o rk on dairy breeds. T he half of the class which has taken breeds from 8 to 10 take the shop work from 10 to 12. At i o'clock Prof. Jeffery and M r. M c W e t hy give the class a good substantial soils and training crops, while from 2 to 3 D r. Water man keeps them intensely interested in a comprehensive study of veter inary anatomy and medicine. in It became evident early in the term that the class was very desir ous for training along athletic lines. Prof. Brewer organized a class in gymnastics to meet on Tuesdays and Fridays at three in the gym nasium and 65 young men have this work. On Mondays, elected Wednesdays and Thursdays this same class have elected drill. Capt. F u g er very kindly consents to train these men in the elements of mili tary science. T he boys are very en thusiastic in this matter of drill and athletics. " T he laboratory method is n ow the accepted one in research in nat ural science."—E. W. Allen in the Station Experimental Record. ATHLETICS. A call for track candidates was issued on Wednesday and the result was the largest and most enthusiastic turnout ever seen. About 75 men handed in their names for the work. Of last year men w ho will com pete are Capt. Waite, Allen, Gil bert, Hopson, Burroughs, Small, Carr, Bignell, McKenna, Pearsall, V e r r a n, Hatfield, and Oviatt. A cross country club has been or ganized and will work steadily the remainder of the term and perhaps the first early in April will have contest which it is hoped can be made an annual event. T he Ath letic Association will donate a suit able C. C. sweater (Cross Country Championship). T he purpose is to gain the exercise and to develop long distance runners. Notre Dame has sent in a request for an indoor meet to be held there on F e b. 16, which the management will probably accept. Notre Dame has a regular dirt indoor track so that all the regulation out door events will be held with the exception of the discus and hammer throw. M. A. C. has never competed under such conditions so that the meet will be looked forward to with interest. We shall be handicapped in getting ready on account of not having an indoor track, butall the distance men will work regularly out of doors. W i th the old candidates back M. A. C. should have a well balanced team but will be weak in the dashes and jumps. Notre Dame is sche duled for a return meet some time in May. BASKET BALL. M. A. C. added t wo more games to her string of victories by winning at Saginaw Friday evening from the Saginaw H. S., 35 to 17, and on Saturday from the bank clerks of that city, 29 to 19. T h is makes five straight games to our credit. Capt. Krehl was ill and not able to go with the team. Westerman was somewhat under the weather, but accompanied them and officiated at both games. T he boys all report a good time and are n ow ready to meet M t. Pleasant. T he line-up for both games w as McKenna and Mills, center, forward; Vondett, and Dickson and Hanish, guards. On Friday evening the team play Jackson Y. M. C. A. which will be the dedicating game of the fine n ew $60,000 building. On Saturday M t. Pleasant Normal will play in the A r m o ry early in the afternoon. As a curtain raiser, games will be played juniors and seniors and between freshmen and sophomores in t he in ter class schedule. Miss Harriet Angell, '06, is n ow taking a twelve m o n t h s' business course at the Ferris Institute, and writes that she is enjoying her work very much, although she is kept very busy. S he writes that, " T he other afternoon in chapel w ho should walk in and sit in front of me, but W a l t er Core, a boy of old '05, and we nearly gave nine rahs for M. A. C. right there." H er address is 144 Woodward A v e ., B ig Rapids, Mich. ALUMNI. '82. We time Dear R E C O R D — F r om trust that our alumni w ho read the following and can in any way help M r. Langley in his efforts to organize an association will do so : to time in the R E C O RD we see notices relative to M. A. C. students and graduates w ho are in and near N ew Y o rk city. We wish that all such people would send their address to us, or call on u«, with a view of forming an M. A. C. association here. It will do us all good to get together. Y o u r s, W. T. L A N G- L E Y, M. A. C. " 8 2 ." 150 W. 23d N., N. Y. '96. T h r ee copies of t he Manila 7imes, received recently at the office of experiment stations, contain an excellent continued article by R. L. Clute, '96, on Founding an Agri cultural College in the Philippines. Mr. Clute is teacher of agriculture in the Philippine Normal School at Manila and has made a study of educational and agricultural matters, not only in the Philippines, but in Hawaii. He shows how the agri culture of the islands is not keeping pace with progress along other lines, points out h ow Philippine boys sent to agricultural colleges in the United States do not get proper training, owing to the fact that the products of the North are not comparable to Philippine agricultural products, and to the further fact that Filipinos are not admitted to southern agricultural colleges for whites, and from these premises argues for the establish ment of an agricultural college in the Philippines. Outlines are given of courses in agriculture, horticulture, and domes tic science, and attention is called to the number of trained specialists in agricultural lines already available in the Philippines to start the work. A m o ng these is mentioned George F. Richmond, '98, who has recently published an article on the use of h e mp waste in the manufacture of paper. M r. Clute summarizes his article as follows: " 1. T he Government of the Philippine Islands has sufficient suitable land. 2. A majority of the teaching force required for an agri in the school is already cultural government 3. Equip employ. ment for an agricultural school, such as farm machinery, live stock, etc., is in part already acquired. 4. T he students are anxious to study agri cultural science when it is properly presented. 5. We have practically everything but buildings and organ ization. " Since agriculture is the found ation for manufacture and commerce and since 41 per cent of the laborers or 3,000,000 inhabitants are depend taken ent directly upon the wealth from the soil—should we not lay the cornerstone of the permanent financial foundation by organizing an agricultural college in the Philip pine Islands ?" THE M. A. C. RECORD. PUBLISHED EVERT TUESDAY DURING THE COLLEGE YEAR BY THE MICHIGAN STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE B A. FAUNCE. MANAGING EDITOR ASSOCIATE EDITORS. MAUD FERGUSON, '07 G. A. HEINRICH, '07 A. GARCINAVA. '08 G. S. VALENTINE, 'OS FLORENCE HALL, '09 B. B. PRATT, '09 H. L. CANTRICK, '09 R. J. ALVAREZ, sp Subscription, 60 cents per year, Remit by P. O. Money Order, Draft or Regis tered Letter. Do not send stamps. Address all subscriptions and advertising mat ter to the College Secretary, Agricultural Col lege, Mich. Address all contributions to the Managing Editor. Business Office with Lawrence & Van Buren Printing Co., 122 Ottawa St. E., Lansing, Mich. Entered as second-class mail matter, Lansing, Mich. This paper is occasionally sent to non subscrib ers. Such persons need have no hesitation about taking the paper from the post-office, for no charge will be made for it. The only way, however, to secure the paper regularly is to sub scribe. TUESDA r, JAN. 22,1Q07. W E E K LY C A L E N D A R. Tuesday, J a n. 22.—Farmers club, P l mt Selection A g r. Bid. Breeding by M r. Moses C r a i g; Nature study club, Botanical Bid. in Wednesday.—Dairy club, second floor, Dairy Bid.; Hort. club, second floor Hort. Bid. Fruit marketing and transportation problem*, M r. C. E. Bas-ett, of Fenville, secretary of State Hort. society, speaker. Thursday.—Y. M. and Y. W. C. A. meetings 6 : 3 0; Debating club, N o. 7 college hall, at 7 :oo. Friday.—Y. M. and Y. W. C. A. Reception in W o m e n 's Building. Saturday.—Basket ball games in armory beginning at 1 130, Mt. Pleasant Normal. Political Science Club at 7 145 in Reading Room Sunday. — Chapel service at 9 a. m , R e v. E. M. Lake, First Bap tist church, minister ; Union meeting of associations at 7 p. m. Afonday.—Chorus 6 145 p. m. in chapel. p r a c t i ce at D O M E S T IC A RT E X H I B I T I O N. An exhibition of the work of the junior dressmaking class was held in the sewing rooms of the Women's afternoon, building on Saturday J a n. 12, from 3 to 5. Besides the work done by the juniors the dis play included the work of the fresh men during the fall term as well as the art needle work of the senior class. T he work began with sim ple laundry bags and samplers and through progressed aprons, plain and fancy waists, up finished to dresses, designed and in the most approved style, and needle work of the most artistic and exquisite design and execution. step by step T he woodwork room was also open for inspection and was filled with suggestions of the problems considered there, and many tangible proofs that these problems are well solved. Beside the work actually done by the class there' was an interesting exhibit of basketry and of design, which hinted at still further phases that might be considered in the study of domestic art. T he exhibition was very much enjoyed by a large number of visit ors. Airs. Haner and Miss Jones assisted by the girls of the junior class, received. Refreshments were served by the girls of the sub-fresh man class. THE M. A. C. RECORD. Y. M. C. A. T he Thursday evening meeting was very well attended, M r. E. I. Wilcox being leader. T h e se meet ings are interesting and profitable and we hope the attendance will in crease so as to necessitate purchas ing of still more chairs. All en joyed P r e s. Snyder's address on his recent trip through the South ; a per son learns so much more about the different parts of our country, by listening to men who have been there; than by any reading that we may do, and we hope in the near future to have an address on "A T r ip through the W e s t" by one of our faculty w ho is now in the west. We also are expecting to have speakers from Cleveland and Chi cago to give addresses on various phases of the social conditions in the cities. Definite dates of these will be given later. T he long delayed Y. W. and Y. M. C. A. reception is to be given in the women's building next Friday night, and every student and teacher in the institution is invited to attend. T he committee is preparing a pro gramme and every effort will be made to make this occasion an en joyable one, and let every one come and help make it so. F O R E S T RY CLUB. On last Tuesday night the For estry club held its first meeting of the winter term at which the follow ing officers were elected: C. H. Goetz, chief forester; F. Kiefer, asst. chief forester; R. W. Taylor, chief of record; G. A. Bignell, chief ranger. Following the regular order of buisiness Prof. Pettit gave a talk on photograph}-, supplementary to one given at the beginning of the fall term. He began by describing the sev eral kinds of dry plates on the mar ket and their adaptation to special uses. He emphasized the fact that different conditions of light subject and contrast, are best met with the specially prepared plates, and al though for general work it was bet ter to adhere to one brand, there are timts when special plates are neces sary. He then took up in detail the plates best adapted to the conditions most often met with by the Forester, the use of double coated plates in taking of skyline pictures, the use of the color screen in bringing out correct color values, and the improv- ment of dense and weak negatives. T he different photographic papers were next discussed. T he superi ority of solio or other glossy papers where the prints are to be repro duced was explained as due to the smoothness of the surface, it having that the rough surface been found of most black and white and all dull finish papers caused to reproduce poorly unless greatly re duced. Of the developing papers, the only ones which will not fade in course of time are platinum, aristo platinum and real carbon. them A few minutes was then given to the principles underlieing artistic composition, the elements which go to make a picture pleasing or un- pleasing to the eye. A m o ng these were mentioned the proportions to be devoted to sky and ground, the relation of light and dark masses, the selection of a background, and the position of the object of principle interest. T he talk concluded with an ex planation of the apparatus used and methods employed in enlarging, re ducing, copying, and making of lantern slides, and in the taking of photo micrographs. On the whole it was a most inter talk, full of esting and instructive points of special importance to the student of forestry. Several visitors were present, and they are always is welcome. A special extended to all new students con templating work along Forestry lines. T he next meeting will be held in the horticultural lecture room on T h u r s d a y, J a n u a ry 29th at 6 130 p. m. M r. J. D. T o w er will talk on " T r e es of Foreign Countries." invitation C O L U M B I A N. George and M a r t ha W a s h i n g t o n, A b r a h am Lincoln, W m. Penn, Hia watha, Nokomis, Topsy and Saman- tha, were among the noted charac ters who attended the second annual fancy dress party given by the Col umbians evening. last Saturday T he dance was a brilliant scene of dazzling and varied colors from the bright uniforms of " Ye olden times" to the more somber costumes of Topsy and her colored " G e m m e n ." Colonial decorations with Hiawa tha's tepee and campfire added to the picturesqueness of the scene and while dreamy music kept time for gliding Satanic Majesty waltzed with demure choir girls or H i a w a t ha forsook his wigwam and flirted with quaintly dressed colonial dames, Lincoln hobnobed William Penn or talked politics w i t h j o s i ah and so through all the evening with unrestrained laughter and fun a splendid time was enjoyed by all un til the soft strains of " H o me Sweet H o m e" brought to a close the most successful party yet given by the society. feet, KING'S D A U G H T E R S. T he T ry and T r u st Circle of the King's Daughters gave an informal reception to the ladies of the vicin ity at the home of M r s. Snyder, Tuesday afternoon, J a n u a ry 15th, from three to five. About eighty ladies were present. Light refresh the dining ments were served the room, and scene of friendly greetings inter spersed with readings by Prof. K i ng and solos by Prof. Patten and M r. Schroetter accompanied on the piano by Miss Thorburn. in the parlors were T he next regular meeting of the circle will be held at M r s. Cornell's, T h u r s d a y, J a n u a ry 24th, from 2:30 to 4 p. m. All ladies are invited to be present. Arrangements will be made hereafter by the hostess of the day for the care of small children so that the mothers can bring them. Dr. L. F. Ingersoll, '74. We are indebted to W m. Ca'd- well, '76, for the following : city " T he sad news was spoken about evening the last Saturday shortly before four o'clock that Dr. Ingersoll had just died in his office in the F a ir building; death being ascribed to heart disease. T he Doctor seemed to be on the point of a collapse for several days but was on the street a number of times during the morning and after noon. About 2 145 p. m. Dr. H. E. Henderson, his partner and brother- in-law returned to the office from some calls. He found Dr. Ingersoll setting in his chair unable to stand. He called other doctors and tele phoned M r s. Ingersoll and all came as quickly as possible. F r om the time his wife and the physicians ar rived he commenced steadily sinking and skill present he passed away at half past three. He was conscious the very end and talked to all w ho were with him. in spite of the medical to raised, attended Lovias F. Ingersoll was born in Orangeville, W y o m i ng county, N ew Y o r k, March 1st, 1854. At the age of two years the family moved to Commerce, Michigan, where he was school, and later became a student at the Mich igan Agricultural College, where he graduated in 1874. Later he attend from ed the U. of M., graduating the medical department in 1S80. F or five years he was located at Traverse City, Mich., and in April, 18S5, he came to Grand Junction, since then in its infancy, and has been engaged in the practice of his profession, occupying leading place among the regular practition ers. a Dr. Ingersoll was one of the best known men in Grand Junction and two years has been until the past prominent in every public enter prise or gathering. Of late years he has withdrawn from society and his health has been failing, but to the last moment he answered for his medical sources and seemed to have a clear idea of his cases. calls Not long since he met with an accident wilh his automobile and it has been noted that he has been less active than usual and no doubt it had an influence in bringing about his death.— Grand J'unction Daily News, Dec. 10, igo6. ' S7. Charles E. St. J o hn has just been appointed dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, Oberlin College. M r. St. J o hn graduated from M. A. C. in '87, received both the de gree of M. A. and P h. D. from Harvard, and has done graduate work in the University of Berlin. He has been connected with Oberlin College about ten years. In speak ing of his fitness for the position the Oberlin Alumni Magazine has the following to say after summing up his previous training. " He brings, therefore, to this work an unusal breadth of experience along the lines of the very problems of his office. He is amply fitted to deal with questions of teaching, of the development of the department, of administrative detail, and of rela tions to technical and professional schools. No student nor teacher can fail to secure from him an intel ligent and sympathetic hearing, and an unprejudiced judgment." A committee of the faculty has been appointed to assign rooms for commencement meetings during week. Societies and other organ accommodations izations desiring rooms outside of regular their are applica tion to the chairman, Prof. Taft, of the faculty committee. requested to make One of our lady visitors recently watched with interest the changing of the trolley at the terminus of the street railway. W h en the connec tion was properly made she ex claimed, " Is it possible that thing stays right there all the w ay d o w n ?" that T HE M. A. C. RECORD. $1.00 FOR S&fe-ty R a z or EVERY KIND OF FURNITURE FOR YOUR ROOM. Cots Folding Beds WITH 12 BLADES flatresses It Is a Winner and we stand back ot Every One. Book Cases Desks flORTONS HARDWARE AH Goods Delivered Free. >§33393«3S3§3:-§3333S T he M an we're after is the man w ho usually patronizes a first class high priced tailor—the man w ho gives up from thirty to sixty dollars for an overcoat—that this overcoat line is c esigned for. We Know the Cloth, Style and M a k i ng is equal to that of any reputable tailor and it is our business to see that you shall have a perfect lies the difference— fit. E v e r y t h i ng being equal wherein except price ? We carry all kinds of up-to-date furnishings for College M e n. m 8 Elgin Mifflin. s m •a ii ft ii © Hi i> Hi in Hi m m Hi Hi Hi 111 Wash. Ave. South. M. J. & B. M. Back. ^S3S.;3S3«aSS^^-§SSSS^S§33i3ia&g-:&S;&&g;&&&&g&:6&:&&©6&e&&^ THE JEWETT & KNAPP STORE Where you will find the largest and most complete = stock of = == ^^ = = = ^ Women's flisses' and Children's Ready-to-wear Garments, Knit Underwear, Hosiery, Gloves and Ribbons. AH t he new things in Laces, : : Embroideries, and Wash Goods, See our New Silks, Dress Goods and Trimmings. If you want an Exclusive Gown or Suit, go to : Lansing's Reliable Store. : : : : J E W E TT & K N A PP 2 2 0 - 2 22 AND 2 24 WASHINGTON AVENUE SOUTH, L A N S I N G, MICHIGAN. WINTER SHOES TO K E EP YOUR F E ET DRY <£2 so per f a ir «P*J.— GUN METAL OR BOX CALF LEATHERS These Shoes are built to stand rough stormy weather. C. D. Woodbury's Shoe Store H O L L 1 S T ER B L O CK *£ A B O UT T HE C A M P U S. *g Prof. Sawyer w as in Chicago a few days the past week. N ew bulletin boards have been placed, one in College Hall and one on Williams. F. T. Sackrider is doing some special work in the Dairy depart ment this term. T he team freshmen basketball won from Mason H. S. on Satur day 29 to 8. Dr. Blaisdell attended a farmers' institute at Vernon on Friday and Saturday last. C. P. Reed, the meeting of Holstein breeders at the college last week. ' 0 1, attended L O S T — K ey charm with name en graved on back. Finder please re turn to Prof. Pettit. T he track meet with Notre D a me is now assured and work to prepare for same will be hurried along. All the junior agricultural stud ents are requested to call at the Horticultural Department office and get pomology note books. Mr. Floyd W. Robison addressed the Dairy club on Wednesday eve ning on the history and work of the Dairy and Food Department. Miss M ae Munson 'n was called home last Saturday on account of the illness of her mother. She will not be able to return this year. A recent letter from Dorsey, '05, states thermometer has dropped to 40 below and it is quite chilly. Coldest ever in Maine. that the President and M r s. Snyder gave a reception to the members of the Live Stock Breeders' Association on Tuesday evening of last week. M r. H e n ry Schmidt has resigned his position as Instructor in Mechan ical Engineering and is succeeded by Louis L. Appleyard '00, of Lan sing. President Slagle of the South Dakota Agricultural College called on President Snyder and some of the departments Wednesday of last week. Prof, and M r s. Barrows have closed their house on Faculty R ow for the winter and have taken rooms with M r s. Whitmore, N o r th Oak- wood. L. F. Bird '04, of Millington, and Leo C. Reynolds with '08, of Owosso, were among those in at tendance at the breeders' meetings last week. T he Sanday Detroit Free Press, J a n. 13, publishes an account of the promotion of W. J. Graves, with '92, mentioned in last week's R E C ORD, together with a likeness of Mr. Graves. term as elected T he officers of the Dairy club for the ensuing last Wednesday are as follows : W. B. Liverance, president; W. M. Rider, vice president; J. R. Dice, secretary and treasurer. T he first class games in basket ball were played Saturday. T he sophomores won from the juniors 58 to 3 and the freshmen from the seniors 23 to 17. Hatfield for the secured 12 sophomores baskets thrown. T he latter game was close and exciting, both teams doing some good work. Clark for the fresh men threw the greatest number of baskets. A. R. Carter, '04, and wife, w ho three have been spending two or veek3 at M r. Carter's home at N e w a y g o, spent Saturday and Sun day with Instructor Alger and wife and also called on M r. C's numer ous friends. for institute work T he following college people are this scheduled w e e k: D r. Blaisdell, D r. Water man, Profs. Kedzie, Bogue, Fletcher, Taft and Jeffery ; Miss Jonf-s, I n structors M c C u e, R y d e r, Halpin and Bemis and M r s. Bogue. Peter Engelgaer, w ho is taking the special course in general agri culture, was called to his home last week, on account of the death of his father. T he class at once passed resolutions of sympathy, which were forwarded to him at St. Clair. T he J a n u a ry issue of the Jour nal of the American Chemical Soci ety contains an article by Herman Schreiber, '04, on the "Determina tion of the Saponification N u m b er of Lubricating Oils Containing Saponifiable F a t s ." Prof. Fletcher returned yesterday from Oregon where he gave a series of lectures to short course students in fruit culture. About 150 students were in attendance, with Prof. W. Paddock '93 in charge. He reports a visit also with C. P. Gillette '84. N e ws comes to us that the baby daughter of Prof, and Mrs._U. P. Hedrick has scarlet fever and chick- enpox. M r s. Hedrick is in quaran tine with her baby, but M r. Hed rick and older daughter have not been exposed to the disease. Mr. Joseph S. Schwartz, of Santo Domingo, and an exporter of Santo Domingo mahogany, called at the College one day the past week. M r. Schwartz spent a couple of hours in looking over our Agricultural and Forestry departments in which he was especially interested and was very enthusiastic in his praise of the work being accomplished. T he Breeders' Meetings at the College last week were well at tended, Tuesday evening's session especially being an enjoyable one. M u ch interest w as manifested in the various sectional meetings and that the members were satisfied with the place of meeting was evident from the fact that it was voted to hold the meeting at M. A. C. again next winter. H o n. L. W. Watkins was re-elected President of the Associa tion, Prof. C. D. Smith, Vice-presi dent, Instructor, A. C. Anderson, Secretary and E. N. Ball, of H a m burg, Treasurer. T he executive committee is composed of A. H. Zenner, chairman, H. H. Hinds, Stanton, F r a nk Crandall, Howell, J. B. Hibbard, Bennington, and A. E. G r e e nt Orchard Lake. T he program committee, all of Detroit, are, A. H. Zenner, chairman, J a s. Slocum, F. F. I n g r a m, I. R. W a t er bury and Robert Gibbons. T HE M. A. C. RECORD. A N EW B O O K. A book of more than ordinary in terest to Michigan people has re cently appeared, entitled, '' History of the University of Michigan, by the late Burke A. Hinsdale, L . L. D ." T h is work was undertaken by Prof. Hinsdale as a portion of the series known as " Universities and Their Sons," published by the R. Hern- don Company of Boston. Prof. Isaac N. Demmon, now and for many years at the head of the E n g lish Department of the university, was engaged to edit the biographi cal sketches accompanying the his tory. T he sudden death of D r. Hins dale when his work was scarcely completed and a little later the death of M r. Herndon, head of the pub lishing house that had already pre pared the plates, brought the whole matter to a standstill. Later the plates were offered for sale and the University of Michigan purchased them and published a handsome and beautifully illustrated volume in an edition of 1500 copies. Those Michigan's influence upon educa tion in this country is both unique and interesting. S he has virtually been a pioneer in the establishment of state universities, in laying the foundation for agricultural educa tion and in building up a compre hensive system of primary and sec ondary schools. influences in her early territorial days, so pro phetic of her later educational de velopment, centered about the idea of a great state university or Cathol- eopistemiad as it was then termed. As a consequence no history of the university could be written without in a large measure telling the story of Michigan's educational system. This D r. Hinsdale has done most interestingly in his last literary pro duction. T he fortunate circumstance of a copy of U. Victor Cousin's Report on the State of Public Instruction in Prussia finding its w ay into the new territory and the presence of . two such well trained and scholarly men as John D. Pierce and Isaac E. Crary, both deeply interested in educational matters, were factors of significance to Michigan's untold educational system. Dr. Hinsdale in his lucid style, has shown the im portant part played by all these in those early days. It will he of interest to the read ers of the R E C O RD to know that in the early fifties, under the adminis tration of Dr. Tappan, R e v. Chas. F ox was appointed lecturer on Practical Agriculture. This gentle man, who proposed to give instruc tion in "practical agriculture," was a student of Dr. T h o m as Arnold at R u g b y, where he was born, and later at Oxford. H is right to as sume the title of lecturer upon Prac tical Agriculture seems to have been derived from the fact interested editor of The Farmer's His death the same year left Practi cal Agriculture without an ex pounder of its mysteries. that he was in agriculture and was Companion. T he university seems to have ex perienced, even in greater degree* the financial misfortunes that were so familiar to M. A. C. during its earlier years. Prof. Demmon has performed the difficult task of editing the biographi cal part of this work with taste and discrimination. It is a rare compen dium of the lives of all those con nected in any prominent way with the affairs of the University. T he volume will stand as a valu able and permanent record of what Michigan has done in one great de partment of h er educational system. D r. Blaisdell, Prof. Jeffery, D r. W a t e r m an and Miss Bemis were out on institute work last week. No mention of the weather man's doings please. He is likely to change his tactics at any moment. Chester W a g n er received a s^ort visit from his father, Hon. Carl W a g ner, of P o rt Huron, Sunday. M r. W a g n er is inspector general of state troops. Mt. Pleasant will send t wo teams here on Saturday, which with the two class games will make an in teresting afternoon's work. T he class games will be freshmen v s. sophomores and juniors vs. seniors. T he former, between the two present leaders promises to be a most in teresting game. T he first game will be called at 1 130. the T he Editors of Jubilee Wolverine are looking for " d i g s" on the members of the Faculty, or on anybody else. A n y t h i ng ridicul ous that you have heard or seen them do, either at large or in class room, write up in prose, doggerel, or limerick form, and drop in R E Junior CORD boxes addressed to Annual. We cordially invite, and will gratefully receive all contribu tions. This offer begins to expire at the middle of February. C. A. P r a tt of class '06, b ut n ow of Benton Harbor, gave an interest ing talk before the Hort. Club last Wednesday night on " T he P r o b lems and Profits of a Lake Shore Fruit F a r m ." M r. P r a tt maintains that success on fruit farm means solving its problems. Some of the problems he meets with are soils, their requirements, etc., varie ties adapted to various soils, fogs, cutworm, early ripening of fruit, etc. M r. Pratt also explained his apparatus for cooking and handling apples spraving mixtures. N e ro were served which all declared were excellent. is the A dramatic event which should prove of the very greatest interest to the students of the M. A. C. is the appearance of the Ben Greet Players in the Merchant of Venice at fiaird's opera house Friday, J a n uary 25th. This famous English company which acts Shake speare's plays as given in Shake? speare's time, and these actors have been invited to appear at Oxford, Cambridge, Yale, Harvard, and other great universities, and on the engagement day here the company will give their fourteenth play at University Hall, the University of Michigan, A nn Arbor. M r. Greet brings his com pany to Lansing largely because it is a college town. T he company consists of thirty-five leading London players, and is now in its fifth Amer ican tour. W h en the Merchant of Venice was given at Ann Arbor last year, two thousand people witnessed the performance. following their CALL ON- L A W R E N CE ®. V AN B U R EN P R I N T I NG CO. WHEN IN NEED OF DANCE PROGRAMS or SOCIETY PRINTING 122 Ottawa St. E. JANUARY SALE OF STATIONER! 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. \l/ \li \fc Our leader for this month is 50 envelopes and 50 sheets of CftviOC Persian Eawm writing paper, the regular 50c quality. Special price of 16c box, to those this add. mentioning One box to a customer. Vl/ \ti Vl/ ^ Citizens 68 >. M. '01. 218 Washington Ave. S. Phone, tional Bank Building. Citizens' Phone 1049. Former M. A. C. student. A F. GORDON, D. D. S. M. A. C. '91, U. of J E. STOFFER, D. D. S. Office 301 City N a N H . M O O R E, 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, U7lA Washing- 517. Citizens Phone 52, Bell Phone 396. ton Ave. S., Lansing, Michigan. Citizens'' Building, Lansing, Mich. Citizens phone 475~ Phone, office 275; residence, 261. , DRUGGISTS. date. Corner store. Opposite Hollister Block. R OUSER'S CAPITAL DRUG STORE. Up to ROBINSON DRUG CO., successors to Alsdorf & Son, Drugs and Druggists' Sundries. 102 Washington Ave. N. Cameron S: Arbaugh Co. DRY GOODS. THE JEWETT & K N A PP STORE. Dry Goods. 222-224 Washington Ave. S. ELECTRICAL SVPPLIES. • * CAPITOL ELECTRIC CO. Electrical Supplies, Telegraph Instruments and Telephones. 11 Mich. Ave., E. FURNISHING GOODS. |>LGIN MIFFLIN.—Ladies' and Gentlemen's j Furnishing Goods. See ad. PURNITURE 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. HE DYER-JENISON-BARRY CO., LTD., Incorporated) Hollister Block. All kinds of the best insurance. Strongest agency in citv. . M A. C. Keal Estate Agency. All kinds of real estate for sale or rent, F I RE A K» L I FE I N S U R A N C E. Students property Insured In dormitories and private houses at lowest Office at College Grocery Building. rates. JEWELERS. 121 Washington Ave. N., Lansing, Mich. CHAS. A. P I E L L A. LEAVE your Fine Watches and Jewelry with J. J. Heath for repairs. He will please you. Jeweler and Optician. LAUNDRY. I^HE AMERICAN L A U N D RY solicits a share of vour patronage. Remember the number. 309 Washington Ave., S. New Phone No. 420. Julia Flndley & Edwin Lewis, Props. S. W. Doty and I. D. Smith, College Agents. MANICURE AND HAIRDRESSING. KS. 0. T. CASE-Manicure and Halrdress- lng Parlors. Masquerade Wigs for Rent. Switches made of cut hair or combings. T he France-American Hygienic Toilet Requisites a specialty. New 'phone l i s. 222^ Washington Ave. S., up stairs. MUSIC, PIANOS, ETC. GR I N N E LL BROS. Pianos, Organs and every thing in the line of music. 219 Washing ton Ave. N, R. and MRS. GEO. O. CLARK. Violinist and Pianist. Cit. phone 295. Bell phone 75 112 Hosmer St. S. Lansing Mich. OCULISTS. CHAS. G. J E N K I N S, M. D. — Diseases of Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat. Hours, 9 to 12 a. m., and 2 to 5 p. m. Citizens Phone No, 1030. Rooms 203-204 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 1 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 p. m. New phone 1560. DR. OSCAR H. BRUEGEL. Hour, 9 to 11 a. and 5 to 6 p. m. Agricultural College, Mich. Citi- zens phone 1502. m.; 2 to 4 and 7 to 8 p. m. Sundays 12 to 1 PLUMBERS. SHIELDS & L E A D L E Y. Plumbing and Heat ing. 300 Wash. Ave. N., Lansing' Both Phones. W A TC WATCHES, AND ALL OTHER KINDS OF CLOCKS, Repairing in a workman-like manner. JEWELRY p i pe D Will be at the M. A. C. II p I I. I. r i r B Il Book Store from 4 to 6 p. m. to receive and deliver work. fill Work Warranted. ALL WEATS May look a l i ke to y o u, b ut t b e re Is a v e ry g r e at difference in t he q u a l i ty we han d le a nd t h at sold by s o me o t h er m a r k e t s. We h a n d le n o ne b ut t he v e ry best. Like t he p u d d i n g, t he proof of good m e a ts Is In t he e a t i n g. A trial will c o n v i n ce y ou that y ou ought to t r a de with u s. We make daily trips to the College. BOTH P H O N E S. Careful attention given to 'phone orders. GOTTLIEB REUTTER. Washington Ave. South. Stalker Prints " Swell" Dance Programs Fine Stationery and other good things. 117 flichigan Avenue West Ground Floor. DIRECTORY LANSING BUSINESS and PROFESSIONAL MEN -* T he n a m es in this Directory, as well as those of all o ur o t h er a d v e r t i s e r s, a re of reli able p a r t i e s. We h o pe t h at t he faculty a nd s t u d e n ts will t a ke p a i ns to p a t r o n i ze t h o se who p a t r o n i ze u s. BARBERS. M A. C. BARBER SHOP, Rooms in New , Bath House. H. A. Sias, Propr. BOOKS AND STATIONERY. A M. E M E R Y. 116 Wash. Ave. N. Books, Fine Stationery, Engraved Calling Cards, Fountain Pens. Pictures, Frames. Fine Framing a Specialty. Up-to-Date Styles. BOOK BINDERS. GEO.-G. BLUDEAU & CO—Bookbinders Ac count book makers, paper ruling, library and fine art bindings, file boxes, map mounting, albums, pocket books, etc. Citizens phone No. 56. 109 Wash. Ave. N. w AGENVOORD & CO.—Bookbinders, Blank- book Makers, 116-118 Ottawa St. E. BOOTS AND SHOES. C D. WOODBURY.— Boots and Shoes. We shoe the students. See ad. SPORTING GOODS. H. L A R R A B E E. Base Ban Goods, Foot Ball Goods, Tennis, Golf, Guns, Ammunition and Fishing Tackle. 826 Wash. Ave. S,