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, F E B R U A RY 5, 1907. N o. 20 NOTICE. for At the Faculty meeting held Sat urday the matt r of vacation, com mencement, etc. was taken up. It the seniors that was decided work would cease on May 24, the week to be commence ment week. F or all other students college closes on J u ne 14 as stated the catalog. No change was in made in the spring vacation and the winter term closes Friday, Mah-22, following Y. M. C. A. this orchestra M r. W e b b er spoke on the life of Sir George Williams at the meeting Sunday evening, the M. E. orches tra of Lansing rendered a very good very musical programme, and a good audience came to hear them. T he associations are very grateful to the members of for for us. their kindness Efforts are being made to make next Sunday's meeting especially inter It will be conducted by the esting. students, who will the Christian work that is being carried on in the colleges and universities of first meeting of the year to be led by the; students, so let every one come and make it a success. the world. This in playing tell about the is L. B. M c W e t hy gave an interest ing talk on missions at the Y. M. C. A. meeting Thursday evening, and we hope that his talk will stir up more enthusiasm for missions, as there is a lack of missionary enthusiasm in the association. LULU TYLER GATES. T he concert given by the Lulu Tyler Gates Company last Friday night was highly appreciated by a very large and attentive audience. T he program was highly entertain ing as well as of educational value. E a ch number was applauded en thusiastically, and deservedly so, for the rendition was in every case very accurate. M r s. Gates has shown herself to be a very capable reader, possessing a clear strong voice, clear enuncia in her speaking, tion, naturalness and adapting herself to all' varying moods with ease. Without attempt ing to imitate to any great extent the tone of voice of the characters, M r s. Gates brought very vividly before the listener's mind the scene to be portrayed. T he greatest crit icism of her reading to be offered would be that the emotional effects were too sensational and long-con tinued. One could hardly feel justified in pronouncing any one selection es pecially appreciated and worthy of mention, for all were good. Miss A d a ms is truly a gifted cellist. She displayed an unusual technique, es pecially in the " E lf D a n c e" which was probably the best musical num ber on the program, having an artis tically finished performance in tech nique and interpretation. Schubert's " Serenade," given as an encore was much enjoyed. M r. Smith is the possessor of a pleasing bass voice, strong and vol uminous in quality and he sings with " T he Song of Hybi ias, great ease. the Cretan," especially deserves mention to which he responded with the " A n v il S o n g" as encore. His singing was expres lacking sion and clear enunciation, other wise deserves much praise. in T he pianist has excellent technique the Liszt " Rigoletto " and played very well indeed. He responded to the hearty applause with a light Scherzo like encore, which was very daintily played. Mr. Snyder also showed himself to be a sympa thetic accompanist. T he three musicians do not pos sess as much musical feeling in gen eral as is essential for finished mu sicians, but are nevertheless artists. T he program was very greatly enjoyed by all present, and was one of the best on this year's excellent course. BAND CONCERT. for On the coming Friday evening in the armory will take place the annual winter term band concert. T he program promises to be an ex several ceptionally good one a reasons. Miss Carrie soprano of Lansing, well known has been engaged for this occasion, and also A. J. Clark, a cornet solo last ist of whom we made mention week. the is expected trombone quartet and Mr. H o p p- han's work on the clarinet will also prove strong numbers. Porter, that It T he for itself: following program speaks PROGRAM 1. " Hands Across the Sea" 2. '' Somnambula " Sousa Thornton Karl Hopphan 3. Selection from " II Trovatore ".Verdi Foote 4. " Irish Folk Song" 5. " Iola" Carrie Porter —Intermission— 6. " Poet and Peasant" __ 7. "Sernade". A. J. Clark Johnson Suppe Schubert 8. "Traumerie" Schumann Messrs. Dewey, Hallock, Clippert, Cav- anagh Pinsuzi T he band 9. " Queen of the Earth " Carrie Porter 10. " IT. S. Cruiser Maryland ".Rollinson to financially make this affair a success as well as musically, let us turn out and give support. them proper Tickets on sale at secretary's office. is working hard UNION LITERARY. T he Union Literary Society gave an 11 o'clock party in their building Saturday evening, F e b. 2. T h o u gh on account of the usual inefficiency of the car service, the musicians and some of the dancers were delayed a couple of hours, necessarily postpon ing the program until a late hour, the party was a success, and possibly the merrier the delay. Prof, and M r s. Babcock kindly acted as chaperones. Baker furnished mu sic. for ATHLETICS. In the game of basket ball on the evening of Jan. 28 at Detroit the Y. M. C. A. won from our team 31 recently won team to 14. Their from Columbia, one of the strongest universities in America. M. A. C. put up a fine game, and Detroit pa that it was the hardest pers state locals. season this game Capt. Krehl especially put up a fine game. T he boys were given an ice cream supper after the contest and treated royally. A return game will be played here on F e b. 19, and the should be the banner game of year, as the they certainly have strongest team in the state if not in the west. the for At Ypsi on the following even ing M. A. C. won from the normals 50 to 25. Krehl and M c K e n na put up a fine game. After the game the team was entertained by six young ladies of the institution, five of whom were former M. A. C. girls. M. A. C. 41 OLIVET 24. In one of the hardest fought con tests yet seen on our own ground this from season M. A. C. won Olivet in Basket Ball by the above score. Almost every seat was taken and much enthusiasm was shown not only in ball but in the various track events as well. Fouls were frequent. four throws. T he vis points from free itors secured five baskets from the field in each half, while the home team won 27 of the 41 points in the first half. thrown Krehl secured 7, Mills 5, M c K e n na and Vondett each 4. One point was throw. Coach registered on free Kennedy of Olivet officiated. Olivet winning baskets Of the first M. A. c. 2,6%—OLIVET M. A. C. won 131^. indoor the season by defeating meet of Olivet Saturday the afternoon Armory. T he events with winners were as follows, Olivet contestants being designated by " O ". in Dash,—Small 1st V a u g hn 2nd Pearsall 3d. A ll M. A. C. H i gh jump—Chiesman, O, 1st, Allen M. A. C. and Hurlbut, O tied for second. H e i g ht 5 ft. 4 in. H i gh Dive,—- Arnold O, and Small for 1st. H e m e n w ay O, and 3rd. H e i g ht 5 tied for tied Allen ft 934. in. Jacobs and Cathaline gave an exhibition in tumbling. Hurdle—by 8 M. A. C. men. Finals resulted as follows : Small jst, M c K e n na 2nd, Pearsall 3rd. Pole Vault.—Gilbert 1st, Bishop O, 2nd., height 9 ft 8 in. Shot put,—Burroughs 1st, C a m p bell 2nd, Hadden O. 3d. '90 At the farmers' institute held at Marshall last week Prof. Kedzie took supper with Ben K. Bentley of the above class. M r. B. is running a 306 acre farm three miles west of Marshall on the electric line between that city and Battle Creek. He car ries on general farming but is a large producer of milk which is sold to re tail dealers in the city. He is experi menting with the milking machine. ALUMNI. W i th '67. Dear S i r : — W i th pleasure I ac the receipt of calendar knowledge finest, It certainly is the for 1907. thing of the kind I ever saw and when it has outlived its usefulness as a calendar, will keep it as a sou venir of the college and a reminder of for my father (when a very young man) in sawing and delivering all the bill stuff that entered into the construc tion of the college building and or iginal boarding house since burned down. the labor jl performed long A g a in for your thanking you kindness in sending me the calendar. I am respectfully yours, 77 Gully Road, San Jose, Cal. J. J. BROWN, '93- topic, L. W h i t n ey W a t k i ns lead in the discussion of "Stock the F a r m i ng vs. Grain F a r m i n g" at the institute held at Brooklyn. He was unable to attend the second day's sessions on account of an accident to one of his teams. '94 R. A. Bentley '9o-'g2 conducts a plumbing business In Marshall and has one of finest and best equipped shops in that city. the E. A. Richmond is constructing engineer with the Tennessee Copp er Co. where 600 tons daily is the output of the Sulphuric Acid plant. '06. Messrs. M a r k h am and Neilson are with the I. S. R. R. at Linton, Ind. M r. N. states that this is the easy time of the year, work being also almost at a standstill. He states that the R E C O RD is scanned each week for news of M. A. C. DEBATING CLUB. the T he debating on last T h u r s d ay night was the most successful of the term. T he subject, " Resolved that the president's action in the Browns ville case was justifiable," was a live one and both sides handled it with a spirit that kept interest up. T he affirmative was upheld by Messrs. Ingall and Kierstead and the negative by Messrs. Dorland and Rodegeb. T he decision rendered by the judges was two for the negative and one for the affirmative. T he question next week is " R e solved, T h at the H o n or System should be established at M. A. C ." Since this system is being estab lished in many colleges, it should be large of vital interest and draw a to be crowd. T he members are notified by mail as they will be expected to appear before the club, and they are asked to de cide upon the question for debate and submit it to the chairman of the committee as soon as possible. to when THE M. A. C. RECORD. THE M. A. C. RECORD. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY DURING THE COLLEGE YEAR BY THE MICHIGAN STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE B A. FAUXCE. MANAGING EDITOR ASSOCIATE EDITORS. MAUD FERGUSON, '07 G. A. HEINRICH, W A. GARCINAVA. '08 G. S. VALENTINE, '08 R. G. CARE, '08 FLORENCE HALL, '09 B. B. PRATT, '09 H. L. CANTRICK, '09 W. D. FRAZER, '09 ALLEEN RAYNOR, '09 R. J. ALVAREZ, sp Subscription, - ' - Remit by P. O. Money Order, Draft or Regis 60 cents per year, • - 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. TUE.SDA T, FEB. j, 1907. WEEKLY CALENDAR. F e b. Tuesday, 12.—Farmers' Club, Agricultural Building, " S o me Essentials to Success in Practical Agriculture," Dr. Waterman. Nature Study Club, Botanical Building. floor Hort. Building, Wednesday.—Horticultural Club, "Seed 2d Growing and Seed Selling," M r. J a r n c; Satterlee, '69, of Lansing. Dair}- Club, 2d floor Dairy Build ing. Thursday,—-Y. M. & Y. \V. C. A. meetings at 6:30. Debating Club in N o. 7,. College II dl at 7 :oo. Eriday,— Band concert in the armory at 8 :oo. Saturday,—Political Science Club in Reading Room at 7 :3c). R e v. F. G. W a r d, of Lansing, speaker. Sunday,—Chapel service at 9 :oo a. m. Association meeting in the evening, conducted by students. practice Monday,—Chorus at 6 145 in Chapel. OUR MILITARY, MECHANI CAL, AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEER, THE ARTIL LERYMAN. T he following is abstracted from a paoer on the above subject de livered a few weeks ago, before the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, by Mark L. Ireland, of the class of 1901. M r. Ireland is now First Lieutenant in the Or dnance Department, United States A r m y. Reviewed bv G. W. Hayes, '07. T he purpose of this paper is to introduce to the society our Mili tary, Mechanical, and Electrical E n gineer—the Artilleryman—to show something of the method of produc ing him, the conditions under which he works, the number on hand, the possibilities of increasing this num ber to meet a sudden emergency, and finally to invite discussion upon the sufficiency of the peace strength. T he aspirant for an artillery com mission must have acquired a good w o r k i ng knowledge of mathematics, chemistry, optics, surveying, elec tricity, and mechanics. T he suc cessful man finds that this is not only requisite for obtaining his com mission, but that his duties from the first are of such a nature, that this knowledge is assumed. He must be ready to undertake any task from that of counsel for a prisoner before a court-martial, to that of mounting his own guns, and breaking in raw recruits for annual target practice. He must be able to tell h ow a rear guard should defend a retreating army, or w hy a particular generator fails to excite, or a gas engine re fuses to start. We have heard of days when the army officer was so little troubled by his duties that he found life really quite monotonous, but to the young sters at least in the service today this is but a tradition which, strange to say, he hears oftener from his civilian friends than from his super today with its iors. T he army schools, its examinations, its practice marches, and maneuvers, is not the comfortable place it has been sup posed to be by some not over-an- dustrious youths whom the exac tions of business worried into trying the fabled soft snap. Such a man finds that his duties require his un divid d attention for from ten to twelve hours per day, and that, un less he gives that attention, them his superiors soon find a w ay for him to step down and out to make way for the man w ho will. T he enlisted man w ho comes to us in times of p?ace has little or no experience that is of value to him in his new life. It is a matter of no small wonder sometimes how a man of his ability cou'd be induced to ac cept such small pay as $13.00 per month. His training as coast artil leryman is acquired at an expense of time and effort which is far from being commensurate with the com pensation received. He must be thoroughly drilled at the guns, and in the use of various kinds of pro jectiles and explosive*. He must be familiar with the manipulation telephones, anemometers, aero- of scopes, tide-gauges, and search lights. He may, within a short time, find himself detailed as cook, bugler, company mechanic, machin ist, dynamo, storage battery, or gas engine tender. He must learn the drills and general duties of an infantryman, in order that he may, at an hour's notice, march into a panic-stricken San Francisco and bring order out of chaos. To qualify for a position of this kind is by no means an easy matter, and after one has qualified the duties are unusually responsible. T h at it would be highly desirable for the government to retain the services of such men, after the train ing has been given them, is very evident and yet this can seldom be done, as the pay is not sufficient to induce the men to re enlist. engineer, fireman, A g un commander of the coast ar tillery receives only $24 per month and a part of this is his clothing al lowance. T he suboridnate gunners receive lower pay porportionate to their responsibility. In the time of a great war, w h en the solid, ingenious, and patriotic American citizen feels it necessary to lay down his business pursuits and enter the army, not through spirit of adventure, but because the country needs him, the matter of pay will lose much of its importance, and the volunteer artillery will find many men w ho will easily adapt themselves to the work after a short interval of service. However, it must be borne in mind that the needs of war time are immediate and pressing. T he first volunteers have been made u p, to a great ex tent, of adventurers and men with out steady employment. T he cream of the volunteers is not apt to come until the second or third call. In the mean time, the fortunes of w a r, so far as the vulnerability of our naval and coast defense is concerned, will most probably have been decided. If it were a civil w a r, where both sides needed two years of fighting to develop armies and leaders, these conditions would not be alarming, but our coast defense system is in tended to meet the attack of an out side enemy, and necessarily one of skill and preparation. T he consequence Progress in the acquirement of apparatus for coast defense went on very slowly until 1898 when the Atlantic seaboard began to clamor for protection against Cervera's fleet. T he great impetus given to the work by this agitation resulted appropriations, in an increase of largely used in which have been that bringing up to date the work time back, been had, for some neglected. is that the country today possesses, in material, one of the finest coast de fense systems in the world. T he thing now lacking is the personnel with which to man the equipment. It is not the purpose of this article to advocate a great peace establish lack of ment, which would, from employment, turn to playing politics like the P r a e t o r im Guard of R o m e. T he surest way of avoiding such a calamity is to keep, in peace, the minimum number necessary to pre vent the knowledge of war from becoming a lost art among our people, against the time of its sure need to avert a national disaster, and to keep this small body fully occu pied with perfecting itself, and lay ing plans for the defense of the country. N o r th Sack River is the Alberta capital with Calgary as the metro polis. E d m o n t on is on the north side of the river with a population of 12,000 and Strathcona is on the south side with 3000 people. Bay Port, and now is becoming known the world over as boom town in the far northwest. Although there is a great immi gration from the states of Minnesota, N o r th and South Dakota, Kansas and Nebraska, not many Michigan people are here yet. After nearly a two years' residence I advise all Michigan people who are pleasantly situated and making a comfortable living to stay. A great blow is made about B. lands in the valleys but C. fruit land there is said to be high in price and the market is east on the prairie and over the mountain. Western Michigan with Chicago across the lake is a better proposition to my mind. This winter is a record breaker. Snow came N o v. 1st and is now from 2 to 3 feet deep. Since last of December from 15 degrees to 50 de grees below zero every morning. Not so much sunshine either, and this is advertised as " Sunny Al berta " with the accent on " Sunny." T he soil is rich and deep here and practically all underlaid with a choc olate clay running down 20 to 50 feet. F or oats, wheat, barley, wild hay and for cattle it is a winner. Out on the open prairie not a shade tree and in the timbered por tion poplar poles and willow brush till you can't rest. Small game is plentiful. I enclose 50c. for the R E C O RD an other year. Wish 1 could be back for the semi-centennial but hardly think I can. E. J. R O W L E Y, '90 torpedo U n d er the best weather conditions a hostile ship may be sighted about 12 miles at sea in the daytime, or by the use of the most powerful 60 inch search-lights, at a distance of 7 miles or 12,003 yards at night. A rather low rate of speed for an at tacking fleet would be 15 knots an squadron 20 hour, for a cruiser knots, and for a flotilla making a dash, about 27 kno s. T h at is, for a day attack, from the time a call to arms could be sounded until the fleet had run by, less than 42 minutes would elapse. F or the cruiser squadron this time would be but 30 minutes, while for the torpedo flotilla it would be but 23 minutes. At night these times would suffer a 43.25 per cent reduction, leaving them as 23.6 minutes for the fleet, 17.7 minutes for the cruisers, and 13.3 minutes for the torpedo flotilla. that It should be borne in mind these from are computed speeds which are only from 70 per trial cent to 90 per cent of the speeds already obtained with the various classes of ships. times (Continued next week.) Strathcona, Alberta, J a n. 24, 1907. D E AR R E C O R D : — H e re I am 312 miles north of the 49th parallel in what was called British America It was when I studied geography. a part of the ever receding North west Territories until Sept. 1905, w h en the four districts or territories of Athabaska, Alberta, Saskatch ewan and Assiniboia were formed into two n ew provinces, Alberta and Saskatchewan. the old territorial capital is now the capital of Sash, and Edmonton on the Regina, think R E C O RD E D I T O R . —I T he following letter from H. L. Mills, '02, will we trust receive at tention from all M. A. C. students who have recently moved to the windy city so that a complete list of our Chicago boys may be at hand : it would be a good plan for all M. A. C. men locating in or near Chica go to send their address to Prof. Wood worth, care of Lewis Institute, Chicago. Prof. Woodworth is sec retary of the Chicago M. A. C. as sociation and keeps a list of the names and addresses of all M. A. C. men reporting to him and notifies them of the date of the annual ban quet and other M. A. C. doings. If all would do this it would provide a valuable means of locating friends w h om we know to be in the city. '03. Born to M r. and M r s. Sidney A. W i se (Alice Hadley '03) J a n. 14, a daughter, at Woonsocket, S. D a k. with '03. August F. F r ey is now drafting with the N ew Consolidated Copper Co. of E l y, N e v. He is much pleased with the western country, but had a little difficulty in keeping warm during the recent coal trouble out there. '°3- At the F a r m e r s' Institute, held at Brooklyn recently, Burr Hesse took part in the discussions and also sang a solo. T he band has issued complimen tary tickets to t he Athletic Board of Control for the concert Friday eve ning. T HE M. A. C. 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T he n o t ed M o d j e s ka a p p e a rs " M a c b e t h ," W e d n e s d ay F e b. 6, at B a i r d ' s. in e v e n i n g, T he n e xt M i l i t a ry H op of t he t a k es p l a ce on t he e v e n i ng s e a s on of F e b. 15. O ne p r i ce to all. T he special c o u r se in c r e a m e ry m a n a g e m e nt e n ds on F r i d ay of t h is w e e k. C h e e se m a k i ng c o u r se b e g i ns F e b r u a ry 1 1. P r o f, a nd M r s. S m i th w e re called to t h e ir old h o me in N ew Y o rk l a st w e ek on a c c o u nt of t he d e a th of t he p r o f e s s o r 's m o t h e r. R e m e m b er F r i d ay e v e n i n g. T he b o ys b e en w o r k i ng w e ll a nd s h o u ld h a ve a g o od h o u s e. t he B a nd C o n c e rt on h a ve l o ng a nd P r o f. S h aw w as in U r b a n a, 111., a last w e ek w h e re he -at f ew d a ys t e n d ed a m e e t i ng of t he Illinois L i ve S t o ck B r e e d e rs A s s o c i a t i o n. P r o f. F l e t c h er l e a v es T u e s d ay f or M a d i s o n, W i s ., w h e re he s p e a ks b e fore t he S t a te H o r t i c u l t u r al S o c i e ty on t he c o st of p r o d u c t i on fruit g r o w i n g. in L. B. W e s t e r m an ' 07 h as b e en e n g a g ed by t he L a n s i ng H. S. as i n s t r u c t or in p h y s i cs H is w o rk w i ll be g i v en in t he a f t e r n o o n s. l a b o r a t o r y. M i ss S h i r l ey G a r d n e r, ' 0 9, r e c e n t ly s p e nt a v e ry p l e a s a nt w e ek w i th h er b r o t h er in I o w a. In t he M. A. C. d a sh on S a t u r t h e re w e re e i g h t e en d ay s t a r t e r s. P h i p p e ny w on 1st a nd H a n s en 2 n d. R e m e m b er t he b a nd c o n c e rt at t he A r m o r y, F r i d ay e v e n i ng 8 : 0 0. E v e r y b o dy c o m e. A d m i s s i on 3 5 c. r e c e n t ly P r o f. K e d z ie a p l e a s a nt e v e n i ng w i th L o o m is a nd B r i s t ol of t he A l a mo M f g. C o ., H i l l s d a l e. s p e nt W h i le at B r o o k l yn l a st w e ek P r o f. K e d z ie m et P r o f. D. P. M c- A l p i n e, s u p e r i n t e n d e nt of s c h o o l s, w ho is a b r o t h er of B r u ce Mc A l p i n e, 'o5- Farmer The Michigan of F e b. 2 p r e s e n ts a p i c t u re of s o me of o ur f o r e s t ry s t u d e n ts t r e es in o ne of t he t i m b er l e g e. t r i m m i ng lots at t he C o l M r. a nd M r s. J o hn B a c k us w ho h a ve b e en g u e s ts of t h e ir d a u g h t e r, s e v e r al M r s. A l g e r, l e a ve T h u r s d ay in H e s- for t h e ir h o me p e r i a. d a y s, B o th M i ss R o x ie P a l m e r, ' 6 8, a nd W. C. S e v e r a n c e, ' n, w ho a re in t he h o s p i t a l, a re r e p o r t ed m u ch b e t t e r. E a ch h ad an a t t a ck of p n e u- A nd n ow for t he n ew c a t a l o g. We t r u st t h at e v e ry d e p a r t m e nt will be t h i n k i ng of t h is m a t t er a nd be a b le to r e p o rt all c h a n g es as e a r ly as p o s s i b l e. A little m o t or g e n e r a t or h as b e en installed to d r aw c u r r e nt t he l i g h t i ng s y s t em a nd f u r n i sh c u r r e nt tele for t he s t o r a ge b a t t e ry f or t he p h o ne s y s t e m. f r om f a r m e rs A m o ng M. A. C. m en to a t t e nd t he i n s t i t u te at M a r s h a ll last w e ek w e re B. K. B e n t l e y, ' 9 0, J. H. B r o wn w i th ' 87 a nd F. J. G a r r a t t, ' 9 4 - ' g 5. T he O ld P l a n t a t i on Q u a r t et a nd J u b i l ee S i n g e r s, s u c c e s s o rs to F i sk J u b i l ee S i n g e r s, g i ve an e n t e r t a i n m e nt at t he P i l g r im c h u r ch t he city t o n i g ht at 8 o ' c l o c k. in M. E. L o n g, ' 1 1, w ho h as b e en ill in t he h o s p i t al f or s e v e r al d a y s, will r e t u rn h o me as s o on as h is c o n- d i t i on will p e r m i t, a nd will n ot r e t u rn for t he r e m a i n d er of t he t e r m. O. S. B. V a r r i e r, ' 1 1, is v e ry sick at his r o o m i ng p l a c e, M r. R o g e r s, on O a k w o o d. a nd m o t h er of B ay C i t y, a re w i th h im a nd w i ll r e m a in until he is able to be m o v e d. f a t h er H is We a re g l ad to r e p o rt t h at P r o f. J e f f e r y 's d a u g h t e r, w ho w as i n j u r ed in a s t r e et f o ur w e e ks a g o, is s t e a d i ly i m p r o v i n g, a nd h er c o m p l e te r e c o v e ry is p r a c t i cally a s s u r e d. a c c i d e nt r a i l w ay f e e l i ng t he m o st We a re g l ad to r e p o rt t h at P r o f. B o g ue w as l i ke h i m s e lf t h is m o r n i ng t h at he h as for s e v e r al d a y s, d ue l a r g e ly to t he fact t h at he p a s s ed q u i te a r e s t f ul n i g h t. It t he p r o f e s s or w i ll g a in r a p i d ly a nd s o on be w i th us a g a i n. is s i n c e r e ly h o p ed t h at T. H. M c I I a t t o n, w ho h as b e en ill in t he h o s p i t al w i th an a t t a ck of p n e u m o n i a, left W e d n e s d ay of last in M a c o n, G a. w e ek f or h is h o me He will n ot r e t u rn until t he b e g i n t e r m. n i ng of t he s p r i ng W i th t he e x c e p t i on o n ly of w h en is first p u t t i ng f o r th t he c a m p us its t he it w as t he s p r i n g, in b e a u ty m o st b e a u t i f ul on F r i d ay m o r n i n g. T he w h i te e v e ry c l u ng b r a n ch l i ke so m a ny c r y s t a ls a nd r e m a i n ed m o re t h an half t he d a y. frost to A f ew d a ys a g o, M r. P i e r c e, j a n i t or in t he M e c h a n i c al B u i l d i n g, w as n o t i c ed r u n n i ng a r o u nd w i th s e v e r al b a r r el h o o p s. W h en q u e s t i o n ed as to t h e ir u se he s t a t ed t h at t h ey w e re It w as to " p ut a r o u nd B a k e r ." t h en l e a r n ed j u st r u n n i ng an 8 00 s u c c e e d ed in s a f e ly p o u nd c a s t i n g, t he shell f or a l a r ge s u r f a ce c o n d e n s er w h i ch t he d e p a r t m e nt l a b o r a is b u i l d i ng t o ry a nd t h e s is w o r k. t h at M r. B. h ad for s e n i or M r. N. C. T h o m a s, w i th ' 9 7, of C a l e d o n i a, a nd W. A. T h o m a s, w i th ' 8 8, of C o o p e r s v i l l e, b r o t h e rs of M r s. H. W. C o l l i n g w o o d, visited t he C o l l e ge on F r i d a y. As t h ey p a s s ed f r om o ne b u i l d i ug to a n o t h er s t o r i es of m a ny t h e ir i n t e r e s t i ng t o l d. T he m a ny c o l l e ge d a ys w e re c h a n g es w e re n o t e d, a nd t h ey w e re d e l i g h t ed w i th i m p r o v e m e n t s. t he T h ey w e re in L a n s i ng on a c c o u nt of t he s e r i o us illness of t h e ir m o t h e r. THE M. A. C. RECORD. D r. W h i t e, of C o r n e ll U n i v e r s i t y, f r om r e a s o n s, as s u ms up t he benefits d e r i v ed m i l i t a ry drill f o l l o ws : t h r ee in F i r s t, b e c a u se it t r a i ns up a l a r ge b o dy of e d u c a t ed m e n, w h o, if n e c e s sity c o m e s, c an be d r a wn u p on f or m i l i t a ry s e r v i c e. is f e w er T h at t h is a r g u m e nt is valid t h at no s h o wn by t he fact t h an s i x t y - e i g ht C o r n e ll g r a d u a ' es h ad p o s i t i o ns in t he a r my d u r i ng o ur late w ar w i th S p a i n, a nd to o ne of lost h is life at El C a n e y, a n o b le m e m o r i al in b r o n ze h as b e en e r e c t ed in t he u n i v e r s i ty l i b r a ry by h is fellow s t u d e n t s. t h e m, w ho S e c o n d, on a c c o u nt of t he fact, w h i ch I h a ve often s t a t ed in p u b l ic a d d r e s s es h e re a nd e l s e w h e r e, t h at a g r e at r e p u b l ic l i ke t h is is n ot to e s c a pe civil c o m m o t i o ns f r om t i m e, a nd t h at t he m o re of its e d u cated m en w ho h a ve s o me k n o w l e d ge of m i l i t a ry tactics a nd s o me m i l i t a ry s p i r i t, t he less l i k e ly a m e re w i l d, u n t h i n k i ng m ob is to t e r r o r i ze o ur v a r i o us c o m m u n i t i e s. t i me to t h ey r e a ch T h i r d, I h a ve s t e a d i ly s u p p o r t ed t he m i l i t a ry d e p a r t m e nt on a c c o u nt of its v a l ue to t he y o u ng m en t h e m s e l v e s. T he s t u d e n ts of C o r n e ll a re l a r g e ly f r om t he p e o p le of c o m p a r a t i v e ly s m a ll m e a n s. V e ry m a ny of t h em c o me from t he f a r ms a nd t he c o u n t e r s, a nd t h o u gh as a r u le t he v e ry b e st of f e l l o w s, t h ey a re o f t e n, w h en t he u n i v e r s i t y, c a r e l e ss a nd r a t h er " s l o u c h y ." M i l t h em u p ," m a k es i t a ry drill " s e ts t h em t h em t h ey a re l o ok a p e r s on in t he face, e n s p e a k i ng s t r a i g ht ables to g i ve a nd t a ke t he t h em w o rd of c o m m a n d, a nd if I w e re called u p on to n a me t he o ne t h i ng w h i ch I t h i nk we s h o u ld n ot dis p e n se w i th in C o r n e ll U n i v e r s i t y, it is t h is s a me m i l i t a rv drill. s t r a i g h t, m a k es to w h om s t a nd BOOKS ADDED TO T HE LIBRARY SINCE OCTO BER LAST. McMaster, History of t he people of t he U. S., vol. 6. ^ l a c y, Party organization a nd machin ery. 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Ravenel, Charleston; t he Place and t he People. Ribot, Essay on t he Creative Imagina tion. Reade, T he Cloister and t he H e a r t h. Richards, The Silver Crown. Richards, jThe Apostles' Creed in Modern Worship. Sexton, Chemistry of t he Materials of Engineering. Strong, Exhaustive Concordance to t he Bible. S o me of t he e x p e r i m e n ts in p r o in t he H o r t i c u l t u r al D e p a r t g r e ss m e nt a re as f o l l o w s: J. C. W i l c ox is c o n t i n u i ng e x p e r i m e n ts of M . J. D o r s e y, ' 0 6, in s t o r a g e. t he s p r i n g. R e s u l ts w i ll be p u b l i s h ed in O. I. G r e gg is d u p l i c a t i ng h is e x p e r i m e n ts in t he c r o ss of t o m a t o es in t he g r e e n h o u s e. fertilization L. L. B u r r e ll is c a r r y i ng on e x p e r i m e n ts b e g un by M r. M c H a t t on in t he c r o ss p o l l e n a t i on of s t r a w b e r r i e s. A. L. D a r b ee is w o r k i ng on t he s t e r i l i ty of soil f or g r e e n h o u se t o m a t o e s. J. V. S h e ap is m a k i ng a c o m p a r a t i ve s t u dy of v a r i e t i es of p e a s. is O. K. W h i te c o r r e s p o n d i ng w i th fruit g r o w e rs in different p a r ts of t he c o u n t ry f or t he p u r p o se of d e t e r m i n i ng t he influence of v a r i o us c o n d i t i o ns on t he a ge of b e a r i ng of fruit t r e e s. F o l l o w i ng t a b le s h o ws w e a t h er c o n d i t i o ns at M. A. C. f or t he m o n th of J a n u a r y. iTem- fe 3 pera- o * ture c 15 GO-3 *Z& a 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. PIELLA. LEAVE your Fine Watches and Jewelry witn> J. J. Heath for repairs. He will please you. Jeweler and Optician. LAUNDRY. I^HE AMERICAN LAUNDRY solicits a share of your patronage. 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