fffc 911 a ©. ^Record. VOLUME I. LANSING, MICHIGAN, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1896. NUMBER 45 Notes from t he I n s t i t u t e s. Institutes. Most of Increased interest and large attend ance m a r k ed the second week of F a r m- el's' these were held in the sparsely populated north e rn sections of our state, where those who attended had to drive long dis tances across country, yet, in spite of distance and storm they came. At Benzonia there was a good at tendance. ML S. Gregory, with '92, of Honor, read a paper on, "The value of the Michigan Agricultural College to the F a rm Boy." It was an excellent and strong plea for the education of to the boys, showing t he advantages he gained by an education, and bow this can best be obtained at the Col lege. Crowds came from all parts of the Conductor Ball county to Copemish. advocated breeding only t he best blood ed stock—the Jersey for butter, the short-horn J. N. Stearns for beef. would have fruit growers take several horticultural papers, and above all, be honest in packing and shipping. G. H. True handled in a creditable manner " T he Home Prof. Smith's subject, Dairy." T he question, "Rural F r ee Fostal Delivery; Would It Be J u s t ?" was also discussed. Metaphorically speaking, some of the grass seeds t h at I have sown so lavish ly in many counties of the state during the past 25 years, have begun to show themselves. Mr. Orornan, one of our enthusiastic workers from Grass Lake, was much impressed with o ur exhibit of grasses and clovers in the old store two years ago. He began the use of more kinds, was pleased, and is now "sowing seed" from his crop at Institutes this winter. At Rose City, where the grasses were shown they pointed out the string and one of the clips left for a year and had been trying experi ments suggested. last winter, in the I w as gratified discussion brought out in Roscommon to meet a m an who had been using tall oat grass a nd orchard grass in his mixtures and found them excellent. How did it hap pen? He had formerly attended the Institutes at Grayling. Experiments of this kind in many neighborhoods, successful, must prove contagious and help the College and the Institute. W. J. B. if The Institute at E a st Jordan, Dec. 2 to 3, was one of the most successful thus far. A large crowd attended each meeting. An interesting discussion fol lowed each paper, making more appa rent than ever the value of these meet ings to the agriculturist. W. O. H. It t h at is not often the "Institute workers" receive a more cordial wel come and a more appreciative people t h an were gathered at each session of t he Mio Institute. F a r m e rs w e re eager to learn. Many expressed a deep in terest Institute work among farmers. They were not slow to acknowledge the benefits they had derived from t he institutes held there. The farmers are a w a ke to their best interests and will succeed. in the future H. W. M. On account of poor roads the Oge institute, held at Rose m aw county City, was not so well attended as last live stock and year. The topics presented, hOAvever, were appropriate and well discussed. Questions of forage crops provoked interesting discussions, showing t h at though Ogemaw county is in the woods the farmers are not be hind the times. There seems to be no doubt but t h at fruit c an be successfully raised here, and that some at least of the good housewives know to make and sell good butter. The sub ject of the farmer's hoxise and its sur roundings brought forth healthful dis cussions whenever brought up, wheth er in the women's section or in the general meeting. how G. H. T. The citizens of Midland and the sur rounding country have once more dem onstrated the possibility of holding en thusiastic farmers' institutes in north ern Michigan. It is very seldom t h at farmers and their wives show greater interest than was s h o wn in the institute at Midland. The institute had not closed before the people began to plan for next year. It was decided to hold its next meeting at LaPorte—said to be in the center of one of the richest parts of t he county. H. W. M. The attendance at Roscommon was not large, in fact the county is but lit tle settled as yet and but few farmers could get to the institute. Some inter esting farm products were brought in by farmers, such as corn, roots, peas, clover, fruit, etc. F a r m e rs need en couragement and better markets. H. W. M. S u n s h i ne and Shadow. T he lecture in the chapel on, "Sun shine and Shadow," last Wednesday evening by Prof. Griffiths w as some thing different from anything our peo to hear, but was ple a re accustomed thoroughly enjoyed. Prof. Griffiths speaks with the feelings of an artist and holds his audience closely. T he following is an a b s t r a ct of w h at he said during the hour t h at he spoke: is shadow. Sunshine is all around us. It per vades the vibrating, palpitating air. This feeling is strong in so many of the painters of our present generation. Their pictures saturated with are brightness and sunshine a nd the feel life. But accompanying sun ing of Shadow, but still shine with light in it to convey properly the feeling of reality to the surface illu minated by sunshine there must be the shadowy in its proper complementary the yellow color. You walk sands of the seashore, and how beauti ful are the blue shadows. Yes, there must be with light always, t h at idea of complement in color. You walk out in the evening. Here is a fete—sud denly a blaze of colored lights. See how by this red light the shadows a re cast of a distinct green. along All through t he lives of men a re sun shine a nd shadow. Artists with their sensitive n a t u r es reflect this pervading feature of their lives in their works more than any other class of men. Michael Angelo, strong and self-con fident, with that mighty intellect, mys terious, far reaching. His works do not show the effect of a gay and merry life, but r a t h er one of all seriousness. Witness his great figure of the alert figure and confident David. The grand of t h at mighty leader and law giver, Moses. The mysterious and fascin ating face of the dying slave. Raphael, on t he other hand leading the life of a prince. His gentle, almost effeminate, face suggests to a certain degree that his pictures will lie strong in the ele ments of beauty of form, grace in com position a nd charm of color. Going r a t h er to brightness, beauty and lovely qualities. P e r h a ps the Sistine Madonna this as well as a n y t h i ng of his with which most of us a re familiar. the face of exemplifies If we come down to our own c e n t u ry we find the same thing is true, "Sun Diaz, loving ro shine and Shadow." paint beauty, brightness, strength in nature. Corot, good P a pa Corot, leading t h at tranquil and quiet life. Ah, the beauty, tlie enchanting qualities of his pictures shvery —their grays, the all pervading atmosphere. One loves them. tender greens, their But here is a m an who shows the shadow predominating. Millet, paint ing the lives, the laborious, too often cheerless, lives of the F r e n ch peasants in their ceaseless .struggle with the soil. is also painting into the c a n v as some of the sadness of his o wn life. We must know of the life of the French peasants; we must, know of life of Millet to appreciate his pictures. the A m an and woman standing in a field of t he plain of Barbizon, the im plements of toil at hand, the sun is down, but the sky is suffused by beau tiful sunset colors. The heads of the peasants are bowed reverently—but one must know in Order to appreciate the picture t h at stealing over the plain comes from tower the gentle command to worship of the evening bell, "The Angelus." the distant church But cities and nations have their sun shine and shadow as well as individ uals. A d a rk pall of shadow came over the city of Pompeii so many hun dred years ago. A curious fact, a coin t h at cidence perhaps, but yet a. fact, Pliny, standing on the hills afar off, witnessed the dreadful catastrophe and noted it down on his tablets as he s aw it. the cause of t he volcano a nd There rose up a great column from the crater of this spread out like the immense top of a great palm. Down came the ashes, into every nook and cranny. filtering the sprinkling of water, Then came then a rain of mud, coming later in torrents and pouring down the moun tain in streams.\ H u n d r e ds of years, hundreds of y e a rs after c a me the exhuming of the buried city. It is intensely interesting to watch the continuation of the pro cess. Here t he workmen come to some object incrusted with greenish earth, it is a copper vessel. H e re is another— the color of the surrounding crust is red-^the object is of iron. One longs to climb over the debris and pick a w ay curiosities the coverings In the museum with his own hands. one sees a sad reminder of the horror of the fatal day. A girl, a poor blind girl, with outstretched, groping hands, t he terrible anxiety of the face, the moving pathos of the mouth, with the d r a wn lines at its corners. Ah! The shadow, the terrible shadow t h at came over t he city. B ut even this calamity is not without its ray of sunshine. May we not find this in the bravery, the de votion to duty of the Roman sentinel from those / Who s aw the coming of the calamity, felt the horrible suffocating fall of the ashes, t h en the driving of the dread ful dull colored torrents, but never swerved from d u ty and still stands at his post, in t h at effigy cast in the mould Some left by his decaying remains. day m ay t he attentively listening ear of his spirit hear t he rattle of a r ms as ins relief approaches. t he this street We cannot find a better illustration of the sunshine and shadow of national existence t h an t h at of t he F r e n ch peo ple. You are in P a r is and a sk the w ay to the Invalides. You a re told to go down to a certain point. then follow t he crowd. You go, and soon find yourself looking at the sar cophagus t h at contains the dust of the great Napoleon. After terrible years of the revolution comes the little Corsican to lead the F r e i i f h ^ e o p le out into the brightness, t h e f j pi P of the empire. Hut that must "ml, and a w ay off on that lonely islan*$ui$fce Atlantic*, t he on a dark forbidding night. amid iiruP battle of the elements, went out the shadowy unknown the spirit of the the m an of destiny, who French people through y e a rs of the most brilliant sunshine and depressing gloom. Victor H u go aptly compares "the French people to gun powder. Tak ing the grains separately, small and insignificant perhaps, but combined in a, mass capable of a dreadful explo sion. had led you that imagine interesting of a work ever chiseled sunshine a nd shadow, illustration of In the house, in a room by itself, stands incomparable work of Greek art, the Yenus de Milo. The history of this piece of marble affords the of an art—its vicissitudes if period of you please. Can this beautiful woman, standing in a Greek temple, perhaps writing upon a shield the n a m es of t he victors in t he Olym pian games? Do you wonder t h at with her beautiful form, her noble face t h at t he Athenians? she is worshiped by a Surely no sculptor figure more divine. H e re a nd t h e re about her go a nd come the Greeks in their easy flowing draperies, old men and boys, young men and maidens, the philosopher and the athlete. Looking out between t he exquisite Ionic col umns you see t he divine deep blue of t he s ky of Greece, with perchance a glimpse of The Yenus is in Sunshine. But here, on the island of Melos, imprisoned layer upon layer of soil, m a y be mutilated by the Turks, the exquisite marble t h at knew the touch of t he creating hand of the g r e at sculptor and t he homage of the Athenian multitude, is in sor rowful shadow indeed. B ut here, in t he Louvre, receiving an homage little short of worship, our Venus is again in sunshine. sparkling sea. the in An t he incident Yenus de Milo t he vicissitudes alike of nations and works of art. connected with illustrates well It To save the statue from the possible results of t he capture of P a r is by the P r u s s i a ns it w as boxed and securely hidden in t he basement of one of the government remained buildings. there, and after the evacuation by t he Prussians burned t he building was during t he commune. As soon as pos sible after the fire w ay w as m a de to the place of concealment of t he Yen as. After the removal of the debris it was discovered had liad been burst and for some pouring a stream of w a t er over t he marble. Thus, Yenus, born of the sea, w as made doubly safe by water. Once more she stands in the sunshine of the French people. t h at a w a t er pipe time <2 THE M. A. C. R E C O K D. DECEMBJ.K 15,1896. noon. The grange reached a final ad journment F r i d ay evening. Both or in ganizations favored t ax public expenditures and various reforms. retrenchment Tuesday evening an open meeting hall, in w as held in Representative which both organizations took part. M. A. C. w as well represented on the program. The welcome to State Asso ciation of F a r m e r s' Clubs w as given by J a s on AVoodman, '81, lecturer of the state grange. It w as an address full of good thought and suggestion. He found reason for gratification in the united efforts for advancement among farmers, and strongly urged t h at they make their influence felt in state gov ernment. "Michigan Agricultural College and the F a r m er Boy" w as t he subject of an address by President J. L. Snyder. Mrs. Mary A. Mayo and Prof. Edith talks on F. McDermott " W h at her for girls?" Among other things, Miss Mc Dermott said: gave good doing is Michigan "We have at last come to realize t h at the way to elevate the world is to be gin at the home. it could also do "The Michigan Agricultural College realized this fact when it added a wo man's course to its college curriculum last fall. They realized t h at because a girl lived in the country, was no crite rion t h at she should be the personifica tion of ignorance and t he horror of her city cousins. They also realized t h at t he girls of our state had just as much right, and just as many urgent needs for an education as did their brothers, but not in the same lines. They looked back over the fields of labor, compared the present, and con the past with cluded t h at w h at science had done for for the workshop the home, if properly applied. is not w h at a man knows t h at is going to be a benefit to him, but w h at he ap plies to the practical things in this life. It is applied science in its most practi cal form we a re teaching in our col lege. Our woman's course aims to make new women—not t he new wom an of the newspaper, b ut the intelli gent, well educated, womanly woman of today, w ho takes her chemistry into her kitchen and applies it to her cook ing; whose knowledge of physics en t he reqiure- ables her to understand ments of good plumbing other matters connected with t he sanitation of the house; whose course in bacteri ology teaches her t he importance of pure w a t er and pure food; her physi ology helps her to be a wiser mother. and It - It w as in the fertile brain of a wom an t h at the idea of teaching domestic science first materialized, contrary to the theory of Voltaire, t h at ideas were like beards, boys never had them till they grew up, and women never at all. Lectures are given the course on household economy, chem istry of foods, sanitation emergencies, hygiene, and w h at a girl should know." took '83, of Highland, A. C. Bird, throughout an active part in the work of t he farm ers' clubs, a nd w as appointed a mem ber of the legislative committee. He gave an address before the association on the " F u t u re of the F a r m e r s' Club Movement." The College L a n d s. FOUR CLASSES OF TRESPASSERS. The trespassers on College and other state lands may be divided into four classes. The first, because largest, are some of our most wealthy lumbermen. These men a re not usually the actual trespassers, but whenever they cut a land adjoining state parcels tract of they are, and the contracts a re let to jobbers who put the timber in at so much per thousand feet. In too many instances no lines a re marked, or any attention paid to them if no question asked as to where the timber comes from, the only query being. H ow much does it overrun or fall short of the es timate? and the jobber being desirous of cutting as much as he can after building roads, camps and making oth er expensive preparations, cuts every thing in sight and often looks for more. T he second class a re men who m a ke a business of stealing timber and w ho cannot see a valuable tree without for mulating a desire to cut a nd sell it. These are the hardest to catch as they will cut and haul a fine tree in a single night and unless caught red handed there are m a ny chances t h at t h ey will never be apprehended. F o ur men from whom we collected in a certain town ship last spring, were of this class and the fact t h at each m an connected with the affair w as on one or t he other of last the township tickets for election April shows the leaving these m a t t e rs to township officers. fallacy of The third class of offenders are those who in cutting off a piece of timber adjoining a state lot, cut more or less timber just over the line. Many of them do this from ignorance of t he ex act location of the boundaries of their lands and with the intention of paying for any timber belonging to the state when they they are convinced These parties a re us have t a k en it. ually easily disposed of when once found out and the collection is an easy matter. t h at a The fourth class are men who t a ke These jobs for public improvement. contractors have a re idea t h at there is somewhere a law t h at allows them to go a n y w h e re upon t he public domain and cut such material as they need for the construction of bridges, culverts and crossways or other improvements where timber is needed. There is now in process of construction bridge across the Au Sable river and most of the timber used in its building w as cut These men can from College lands. a l w a ys be compelled to pay at least whatever the timber is worth, t he cut ting being usually done on the same plan as the third class—that of paying if caught. Many temporary railroad lines are run lands without a permit of any kind and thou sands of acres of timber have been burned over because of it; often, too, the best timber along the route within a strip 100 feet wide will be cut ami the timber put in with the balance of the cut. through College HOW SHALL WE DEAL WITH TRESPASSERS? t he past in regard timber for T he law The system of dealing with these of fenders is not one which tends toward preventing further acts of t he same kind. Many of them a re caught, it is true, and collection m a de for the value of the timber, and usually for the ex pense and time of the agent who looks it up, but the law of charging triple damages is rarely enforced and I am told t h at no one has been arrested for t w e n ty stealing years. this to makes the taking of more t h an $25 lar worth of timber a case of grand ceny, punishable by not more than five years' imprisonment. informed at t he attorney general's office t h at all necessary assistance will be given by in enforcing this law. Would them not a little earnest prosecution be the proper thing? Or is it better for t he state to go on selling timber at whole sale prices to a ny one w ho m ay desire to cut it. This m a t t er becomes more and more import* u> <*s the large tracts I am Jacobs has professional base ball teams, is back in College and has commenced active training with the other athletic candi returned from a dates. engagement—with Lon professional don, Ont.—to Albion's a m a t e ur "Var sity" team. Is this the kind of ama teur athletes we a re to compete against in the M. L A. A. next year? By far t he best g a me of foot ball we have seen here t h is year was played between the freshmen and sophomores last Saturday forenoon. From start to '^ finish the game was a hot one, full of s h a rp plays a nd brilliant tackles. At t he end of t he first half the score was 0 to 4 in favor of the freshmen, and by the way the second half started out it looked as though they would win, for they rushed the ball rapidly over the goal line. The sophomores rallied, however, and just before time w as called Gould, by a good run, carried the ball over and Brainerd kicked goal, thus tieing the score. F i n al score 10 to 10. V io n\ bn:; ,bno unlit/. oxfctiiUie College. . JC Arney. '00, was ill last week. F. N. Lowry, WItn, does not expect to return next term. A. S. EMrfclge, '99/». entertained his parents last week. Eugene Trice. '(10, entertained his father last Wednesday. A n o t h er for t he Class of 1 9 1 3. G. II. True took Prof. Smith's place in institute work last week. .Mrs. J. J. Deal, nee Sinclair, visited at M. A. C. last Thursday and Friday. C. Leak, of Elbridge, was the guest of 1>. .1. Crosby during the meeting of Hie State Grange. The '!)!) class colors are lavender and white, but T. II. Libby is wearing the black and blue nowadays. Prof. Noble's mother Wednesday for a visit returning to her home in Iowa. last left in Ohio before The farce that was to be given last Friday evening lias been postponed to the first Frida.v evening of next term. ".Military Hop Tickets For Sale ap Here." 'Tis said the above sign peared on Chaoe Newman's door the other day. II. D. Ward and wife, of Charlevoix, visited the College Friday and Satur day. Mr. Ward was on one of our in stitute crews last winter. The King's Daughters will meet Wednesday. Dec. 16, at '2 p. m., with Mrs. Weil instead of with Mrs. Bar rows as stated last week. F. W. Kramer. 8j>., left College last accept a position with in Saturday Tliiim Bros. & Schmidt, dealers photographic supplies. Grand Itapids. to II. L. Keeker and J a m es MoCallum entertained their uncle, Mr. Neil Mc- Callum and Mrs. Mary E. Robertson, both of whom were attending the State Grange from Hesporia last week. No doubt remains as to the success of military hope at M. A. C. About seventy couples took part in the one given in the armory last Friday even ing, ami, had the music been a little better, only words of praise would ha ve been heard. As it was, everybody seemed lo have a splendid time. The early hours, from 8 to 11:30, will prob ably become the popular hours at Col lege. Johnson, Kalamaizoo's star twirler, after spending t he season in various The RECORD h as said t h at some of the members of the class of 1913, or thereabout, have made their debut. If present indications a re a guarantee of future events, this class will make considerable noise in the world. One t he ijossible prospective members of has evidently m a de up his mind to be come a College m an and h as begun to practice t he class yell, "Ah! Goo!! Ah!!!" etc. He h as also signified his intention of drilling during his senior year, and of walking out should he In miss the last car from down town. the latter respect he will, figuratively and literally tread in the steps of his father. M. G. Kains, '95. He was born Dec. 13. F r a nk N. J a q u e s. Again the hand of death has been laid upon an a l u m n us of our College, again we mourn the end of a bright young life. F r a nk N. J a q u e s. who but four months ago finished his Col lege course, died at his home near Flint, last Saturday, of appendicitis. The news was a great, surprise to his friends here, none of w h om knew of his illness. J a q u es After graduation Mr. re turned to his home and began work with his father in. managing his large farms! A little over a week ago lie was taken ill and, soon after, an opera tion for appendicitis was performed, from which he could not recover. News of his death reached College Sunday morning, and immediately the Columbian society, of which he was a member, called a special meeting and appointed E. H. Sedgwick a nd S. H. F u l t on the funeral, which will be held today. to attend S t a te G r a n ge and State Association ot F a r m e r s' Clubs. Nearly all last week the Capital City was in possession of these two strong state organizations of farmers. The Association of F a r m e r s' clubs com pleted its regular work Tuesday after- DECEMBER 15, 1896. T HE M. A. C. R E C O R D. of timber are opened up a nd t he m a t t er should be considered seriously. T he College and the state at large have al ready too much land t h at h as been made practically unsalable by a class of men who commit depredations on public lands t h at would not for a mo ment be tolerated by private parties or corporations. T he plea h as been made thieves were i>oor t h at these timber men whose families were in need. This is most emphatically u n t r ue and I have not known of a single instance where these parties were not abundantly able to pay for t he stolen timber a nd to pro vide for their families by honest labor on their farms. FUTURE MANAGEMENT OF COLLEGE LANDS. I have been asked to give my opin ion as to the best course to be pursued in the future management of the Col lege lands. I am somewhat loath to advance such ideas to a body of gen tlemen whom I know to have t he wel fare of our grand M. A. C. always with them and uppermost in their thoughts, but as I have lieeu over this tield and looked the lands over carefully I have often thought that if our law makers could only see things as I have seen them and the Board of Agriculture could have t he same view, some action might be taken which would result in good for t he College and the State as interested in t he public domain. The state of Michigan is fast enter ing into those conditions which have confronted many European countries in the matter of forest extermination and forest growth. No attempt what ever is being made by lumbermen to save any tiling from the general de struction. Work is carried on in t he woods with the sole idea of getting out whatever is merchantable for lumber: no attempt is made to save t he under growth, and any person so wild as to thing might be suggest, that such a done at a little expense would undoubt edly l>e jeered at. Trees are felled so as to be convenient for sawing and skidding a nd usually no more attention is paid after taking out t he logs which will make lumber. Unless the lot is near a goerty w as heard. When t he barons forced King J o hn to sign t he Magna Charts t he fate of t y r a n ts w as sealed. struggled Though they sulxsequently long a nd hard forced to yield. W h at mighty strides t he world has since taken! Where darkness and superstition prevailed light h as sprung up: where oppression made life miser able liberty h as sent i ts benediction of peace. F n d er the old regime t he cur rent of thought flowed in one stream; now in a thousand channels. W h at has wrought this marvelous change? Is it not individualism in society? Tliis brings us to t he consideration of t wo questions, individualism and socialism, each of which h as its own peculiar influence upon the moulding of society. True individualism is the right of all members of society to use their own powers in their own way—either individually or by voluntary co-opera tion— for the gratification of their own In theory this right is limited wants. only by the equal right of every other member of society. In fact, however, it can never be enjoyed so long as t he earth, on which t he material w a n ts of all depend, is monopolized by a few, while others can enjoy t he fruits of production only under the conditions imposed by the favored or t he strong. Socialism, on the other hand, is the direction by t he State without regard to individual desire, of all agencies of production a nd distribution. I ts most objectionable feature is t he coercion which so abridges personal liberty as individual a actually to render slave to the state. This is. in fact, the chief characteristic of t he system. All efforts of its advocates to substitute an ideal individual equality without seri indepen ous dence amount only to a presentation of that voluntary co-operation which in dividualism implies. limitation to personal the tendency The frequent abuse of individualism leads us to many shocking practices and .a frightful toward so cialism. This m ay i>ossibly be at tributed to the view which is often taken of individualism: for. as a mat ter of fact, there a re t wo forms of in dividualism easily to be distinguished. individualism lower which is purely a nd simply private selfishness and not a theory of the proi>er relation of t he state to its citi It cares nothing for the com zens. It is t he old enemy mon welfare. which have al w a ys had to fight. religion and morals There is a And then a higher individualism is possible a nd h as long been actual. It respects each person as having some thing of inherited worth in him. It would begin to reform the world in a single spirit, counting no infinite individuals. t h at advance permanent not founded on re formed Some claim individualism di minishes charity. H o w e v er much t he socialist m ay have done for m an through charity a nd public spirit, y et t he amount done by t he mass of m en and women outside of their organiza tion can never be lost sight of. And to s ay leave those naturally incapable of t he strug gle for existence at t he mercy of the elements, is certainly to deny to hu manity those humane qualities which have marked our civilization. individualism would t h at T he aim of socialism is to remove as far as possible undesirable individual care a nd effort. A considerable a m o u nt of regular exertion is essential to in dividual character a nd national prog ress. J o hn Stuart Mill says, "A people among whom there is no habit of spontaneous action for collective in look to their terest, who habitually government to command or prompt them in all m a t t e rs of joint concern, have their faculties only half devel- oped; their education is defective in one of the most important branches." for argument The condition of m en in t he tropical regions, where the bounty of n a t u re accomplishes w h at socialists would have governments of t he temperate zones achieve—the gratification of in dividual desire with t he minimum of effort a nd anxiety—is a individual strong individualism and against socialism. ' Another we in t he innate desire for owner find ship. A r t h ur Young h as well said, "Give a m an but t he secure possession of a. bleak rock and lie will turn it into "Mine" a nd "Ours" a re a garden." family a nd ideas of the essential home, both of which a re incompatible with a ny scheme of socialism ever suggested or tried. AVe all have an inborn love of privacy, security a nd possession. T he spirit of true individualism is voluntary co-operatiou. In t he social istic state there would be no room for small associations to carry out a ny re forms or plans of philanthropy. T he state would overshadow a nd blight every such attempt. The individual would be pauperized a nd t he state magnified continually. Consider for a moment reforms de manded by t he sober thinkers of to day and see how voluntary action would work on the plan of higher in dividualism. One or more members find something wrong, out of adjust ment, a nd forthwith endeavor to ad just it; only those w ho feel the wrong take part in t he effort to set it right. Xo one's individuality is forced. A striking example in t he line of needed reforms is our tenement houses. H e re we find congregated in filth the ele ment from which society h as most to fear-Nthe uneducated foreigner. W h at has government done to improve his condition? T he only solution practi cable seems, not government interven tion, but reforms accomplished by in dividual find many noble men a nd women who have dedicate! their lives to this kind of work. The work of Mrs. Alice N. Lin coln will never be forgotten. George Peabody gives us a striking example of such a reform by his gift of $-s,500,- 000. which now affords pleasant a nd healthful homes at a low rent for 30,- 000 people in the city of London. Great public institutions of learning have been established through personal benevolence. These exam ples give us a general idea of t he re that can be accomplished by forms purely every effort. phase of o ur social life mankind in t he libraries a nd H e re we individual effort. In mass needs its reforms a nd its leaders. It w a n ts them in t he regiment, t he ship, the factory, t he shop, at school, in congress, in courts of in science a nd opinion. justice, their principles He who b r a v es opposition m u st often suffer, calumny a nd abuse. Yet this is the record of all reformers whom t he world calls great. T he hands t h at sow a re not t he h a n ds t h at reap. H ow often e a r t h 's greatest benefactors have been despised a nd rebuked by one generation a nd honored by t he n e x t? h a ve stood t he Rut It is in this w ay t h at test of criticism. all t r ue It is not reforms a re made. due to a simple impulse, b ut to t he life work of individuals w ho h a ve showed t he h ow a nd w hy of affairs. Even in our socialistic Germany we can trace t he fact t h at t he reformed individual is t he back bone of society, t h at t he development of man, not t he establishment of institutions, is t he true aim of o ur national life. Goethe, t he poet, raised his voice_ unheeded by princes; L u t h er raised the cry a nd pre pared individual con science; Frederick t he Great conceived service of a power himself greater than himself; Leibnitz by re jecting l>eliefs incompatible with rea son made t he same cry for t he individ ual intellect. t he w ay for in t he Every developed individuality is f ar more desirous of improving life in this way than t he individuality t h at is. so to speak, stereotyped. Many lines of a r g u m e nt converge to t he conclusion that intolerance a nd suppression of iu- dividtiality should lessen as civiliza tion increases, t h at state regulation of affairs Should be narrowed in its scope as the lives of men grow wider a nd more complex. State action stiffens, stereotypes individuality; a nd by its legislation fossilizes, atrophies whole organs of activity. It tells people their poor a re looked after, their children educated. Healthy exercise is stopi>ed, stiffness sets in, a nd life is rendered less complete. W h e t h er we consider the individual or community, w h e t h er we examine it in t he abstract or t he concrete, w h e t h er we look for mental or moral progress, we emphatically assert society progress is greatest w h e re s t a te ac tion h as given w ay to t he largest ex t e nt to voluntary action of t he indi vidual. for a complex t h at to a socalled W h e t h er we recognize t he fact or not there is not a phase of o ur social or national life t h at is not affected by a lack of proper development of in dividuality. T he whole tendency of our civilization h as been to make all people as nearly as possible alike. Those of a marked individuality a re relegated class of "cranks." To differ with general sen timent is decidedly bad form. T he work of taking out of people charac teristics placed in them by n a t u re a nd making i>eople who think a nd do as others, h as m a r k ed our earliest stagest. Among t he results is t he loss It of great spirit a nd mental vitality. is time to call a halt, to change o ur methods, individual to encourage training, to a t t a in t r ue individualism, and m a ke our country free in fact as well as in name. civilization them over from into its B e w a re of t he U n i in S u i t. We have all heard of the tricks of folding beds, when not properly con structed or judiciously managed, a nd now comes t he unfortunate experience of a m an near Chicago, who w as out in a drizzling rain having put on a union suit. After drying, it shrunk so t h at he could not get his feet to t he ground. i I DECEMBER 15, 1896. THE M. A. C. E E C O E D. 5 N ew F r u i ts f r om O ur I n s t i t u te W o r k. ALWAYS ON TOP is m u l t i p le t he u n i v e r s al of t h e se c l u bs ( C o n t i n u ed f r om p a ge t h r e e .) s t a te l i n e s. T he v a l u a b le w o rk a nd in fluence iu c h a r a c t e r. T h ey c r e a te a w h o l e s o me s o c i al a t m o s p h e r e; r e p l a ce s u s p i c i on in t he c o m m u n i ty w i th c o n f i d e n c e; do n e a t n e ss a nd a d o r n m u ch to s e c u re m e nt in a ll t he p r e c i n c ts of t he h o m e; t e nd to m a ke t he b e st m e t h o ds of c u l t u re a nd m a n a g e m e nt m e t h od in a ll t he r e g i o n; w o rk p o w e r f u l ly to s t i m u l a te t h o u g h t, s t u d y, a nd a b e t t er i>ower of e x p r e s s i on a m o ng a ll t he m e m b e rs of t he c l n b; m ay h a ve a m i g h ty to disc-over u n j u st l a w s, a nd e v i ls of l e g i s l a t i o n, a nd w o rk s u c c e s s f u l ly to c h a n ge I b e l i e v e, as t he r e s u lt of c o n s i d e r a b le o b s e r v a t i on a nd s t n d y. t h at s u ch c l u bs m ay b e c o me o ne of t he m o st p o w e r f ul a g e n ts f or g o o d, in o ur c o u n t r y, a s s o c i a t i on is o ne of t he m o st d e s i r a b le con s u m m a t i o ns to be effected in o ur a g r i f r om c u l t u r al e c o n o m y. Y et f a r m e rs t h e ir r e t i r ed l i v es a re s u s p i c i o u s, e v en of e a ch o t h e r. a nd s l ow to o r g a n i ze a s s o c i a t i o n s. T he ( d ub w i ll do m o re t h an a ny o t h er o ne t h i ng to effect a c h a n ge in t h is r e s p e c t. i s o l a t i on a nd n e c e s s a r i ly i n f l u e n ce t h e m. t h is w o r k. S o u t h e rn C a l i f o r n ia T h us it w as t h at w h en I w as a s k ed I n s t i t u te of to d i r e ct t he F a r m e r s' t h at 1 c o n c e i v ed S o u t h e rn C a l i f o r n i a, I n s t i t u te t he t he p l an to m a ke e a ch i n f l u e n t i al p a r e nt of o ne or m o re l i ve F a r m e r s' C l u b s. So f ar as I k n ow no s t a te I n s t i t u te b e f o re o u rs h as a t In t he t wo y e a rs t e m p t ed w h i ch h a ve e l a p s ed a b o ut t w e n ty s u ch c l u bs h a ve b e en s u c c e s s f u l ly o r g a n i z e d, a nd m a ny of t h em a re n ow d o i ng m o st effective s e r v i c e. h as m u ch to b o a st of in w ay of s c e n e r y, c l i m a te a nd f e r t i l i ty a nd p r o d u c t i v e n e ss of h er s o i l; y et 1 b e l i e ve h er g r e a t e st s u p e r i o r i ty c o n s i s ts in t he c u l t u r e, a b i l i t y, a nd i n t e l l i g e n ce of h er r u r al I b e l i e ve it w i ll be h a rd p o p u l a t i o n. to e s t i m a te t he g o od t h at m ay c o me to us if a l i v e, w i de a w a ke c l ub be o r g a n in e a ch ized a nd w i s e ly n e i g h b o r h o o d. I n s t i t u t es c o n t i n ue as t h ey h a ve b e en g o i ng f or t he p a st t wo y e a rs we s h a ll s o on s ee t he a m p le f r u i ts of t h e se o r g a n i z a t i o ns in a ll o ur r u r al d i s t r i c t s. If t he F a r m e r s' c o n d u c t ed B ut I b e l i e ve we a re n ot y et at t he e nd of t he g o od w o rk a nd i n f l u e n ce of I n s t i t u t e s. o u r' F a r m e r s' I b e l i e ve t h at t h e re a re t wo m o re e n t e r p r i s es t h at Ave m ay n ow u n d e r t a ke w i n ch c an be m a de of g r e at s e r v i ce in p r o m o t i ng a h i g h er a nd b e t t er s y s t em of a g r i c u l t u r al p r a c t i ce in o ur b e l o v ed S o u t h e rn C a l i f o r n i a. T he first c an be o r g a n i z ed in t he I n s t i t u t e s, a nd c a r r i ed o ut m u ch e a s i er a nd q u i c k er t h r o u gh t he i n f l u e n ce of t he c l u b s; I r e f er to a F a rm H o me R e a d i ng C i r c l e. S u c li c i r c l es a re a l r e a dy in o p e r a t i on in s e v e r al s t a t es a nd a re v e ry p o p u l a r, as w e ll t h ey m ay b e. T h is p l an c o n t e m p l a t es g i v i ng to e a ch p e r s on w ho m ay d e s i re to t a ke i t. a c o u r se of s t u dy in f a rm or o r c h a rd e c o n o m y, in g e n e r al f a r m i ng a nd s t o ck b r e e d i n g; h o me m a k i ng B o o ks w i ll be a nd p o l i t i c al s c i e n c e. a d v i s ed in e a ch of t h e se l i n e s, a nd if d e s i r ed an e x a m i n a t i on m ay be g i v en on e a ch s u b j e ct p u r s u e d, a nd a certifi c a te g i v en by t he U n i v e r s i ty t h at t he c o u r se h as b e en s a t i s f a c t o r i ly c o m p l e t e d. I h a ve n ot as y et c o n s u l t ed t he u n i v e r s i ty a u t h o r i t i e s, b ut I b e l i e ve t h ey w i l l, c o - o p e r a te to m a ke t h is p l an in t he h i g h e st d e g r ee s u c c e s s f u l. T he W o r ks to be p u r s u ed w i ll be of h i gh C h a r a c t e r, b ut n ot t e c h n i c a l, so t h at a ny o ne w ho is w i l l i ng to w o rk m ay e a s i ly a nd s a t i s f a c t o r i ly m a s t er t h e m. T h e se w o r ks w i ll be s e c u r ed at w h o l e s a le r a t e s, a nd t he o n ly e x p e n se i n - t a k i ng t he c o u r se w i ll be t he p u r c h a se of ^ DAVIS & CO 104— -Washington Ave. North 104 OUR WINTER GOODS ARE N OW I N — WE WILL BE PLEASED TO SHOW THEM TO Y O U. 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 t he ln>oks, a nd t h is w i ll be q u i te i n s i g n i f i c a n t. s u ch a I am c e r t a in s c h e me c an be c a r r i ed to hi,srh s u c c e ss h e r e, a nd will a dd a n o t h er g l o ry to t he a c c o m p l i s h m e n ts of o ur F a r m e r s' I n s t i t u t es of S o u t h e rn C a l i f o r n i a. t h at t h an It s h a ll be u n d e r s t o od T he o t h er a c c o m p l i s h m e nt w h i ch I d e s i re to h a ve c o n s i d e r ed is s o m e t h i ng l i ke t he w i n d - up I n s t i t u te of W i s c o n s i n. t h at e a ch y e ar t h e re s h a ll be a g r e at c e n t r al a n n u al m e e t i n g, w h i ch s h a ll be c o m p o s ed I of d e l e g a t es f r om e a ch of t he c l u b s. b e l i e ve a b e t t er u se c an be m a d e' of t h is m e e t i ng t h at Of W i s c o n s i n, v a l u a b le as t h at is. T h e re t h ey h a ve t he s e v e r al l e a d i ng s p e a k e rs of t he s e v e r al I n s t i t u t es to g i ve a d d r e s s es w h i ch in e s s e n ce a re v e ry l i ke t h o se g i v en at t he I n s t i t u t e s. T h e se h a ve b e en s u m m a r i z ed o v er a nd o v er in I lie p a p e r s; a nd so w h i le a p e r s o n al p r e s e n t a t i on ^'ive e m p h a s is a nd a d d ed v i v i d n e ss a nd v a l u e, it o c c u rs to me t h at a c o u n c il of a ll t he c l u b s, b r i n g i ng to t h is c e n t r al m e e t i ng t he f r u i ts of t h e ir e x p e r i m e n t s, d i s c u s s i o n s, p l a ns f or c o - o p e r a t i o n, in a t t e m p t i ng t he f o r m a t i on of e x c h a n g es, t he i n f l u e n c i ng of l e g i s l a t i o n, t he r e d u c t i on of s a l a r i es a nd t a x es m i g ht a ll be c o n s i d e r ed a nd s u ch u n i t ed a c t i on d e t e r m i n ed u p on as w o u ld w o rk p o w e r f u l ly f or t he b e t t e r m e nt of o ur e n t i re I n d e ed I n e ed n ot so l i m p o p u l a t i o n. a i ds it t he g r e at p r o d u c i ng t o u c h es w i th b e n e f it a ll c l a s s es of s o c i e t y. t h is b e n f a c t i on f or w h a t e v er c l a s s es t h an I b e l i e ve we m ay so c o - o p e r a te as to m a ke t h is h o me r e a d i ng c i r c le a nd t he a n n u al m e e t i ng of t he c l u bs a n o t h er j e w el in t he c r o wn of e n t e r p r i s es t h at we m ay e x p e ct to lift S o u t h e rn C a l i f o r n ia s t i ll h i g h er in t he r a nk of e n t h at e v en l i g h t e n ed c i v i l i z a t i on w h i ch s he h as a l r e a dy a t t a i n e d; A nd t h us I b e s p e ak of e a ch a nd a ll of y o u. t h at y ou l e nd y o ur a id to t he w o rk of e s t a b l i s h i ng a nd m a k i ng m o st u s e f ul a w i de a w a ke c l ub in e a ch n e i g h b o r h o o d. 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DECEMBER 15, 1896. Additional At College. Official Directory. Gager C. Davis left last week with his household goods, for Redlands, California, where he will make his fu- tuer home. Miss Lu Baker entertained t he Sau- gatuck crowd at t ea last Saturday evening. Prof. Smith returned yesterday from AVashington, where he went to attend the funeral of his brother. Not long since we saw two of t he girls standing in front of Alsdorf's drug store while their escorts were in side treating themselves at t he soda fountain. Wonder if this is a "new wo man" idea. At the Institutes. In the new northern counties we And the clearness of the air and t he pure spring water or something else tends sometimes to make people exaggerate in their statements. Everything up t h at way is "big;" trout are large and numerous in every brook, deer were never more abundant. If you exhibit a Canada thistle or a bunch of grass or sheet of clover, it isnt' so tall as they can grow on their soil. We heard very little complaint of hard times. One of the oldest residents of Mio, the county seat, Oscoda county, is John Ranall. He is a tall and striking fig ure and is noted for his enterprise. He is editor of the town paper, county sur veyor, proprietor of a dry goods store, brick yard, shingle mill, saw mill, t he leading stockholder and manager of the telephone and water works, and a dealer in real estate. Last year he was secretary of the farmers' institute, this W. J. B. year he was president. Where t he Money W e n t. to be greeted The vicar of a rural parish who had waxed eloquent on t he subject of for eign missions one Sunday, w as sur prised on entering the village shop dur ing t he week with marked coldness by the worthy d a me who kept it. On seeking to know the cause, the good woman pixxluced a coin froni a drawer, and throwing it down before the vicar, exclaimed: "I marked that holy crown and put it in. the plate last Sunday, a nd here it is back again in my shop. I knowed well them nig gers never got the money." IT W : LL P AY Y OU .... TO.... A D V E R T I SE IN THE M. fl. G. RECORD Our paper goes each week to 2 500 resi dents of this a nd other states. F OR R A T F S, A D D R E SS T HE M. A. C. R E C O R D, Sunday Chapel Service—Preaching at 2:30 p. m. Y. M. C. A.—Holds regular meetings every Thursday evening at G:30 and 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 weeks on Tuesday evening in the Co lumbian Society rooms. Prof. C. D. Smith, Master. H. W. Hart, Secretary. Society—Regular meeting second Friday evening of each month in the chapel at 7:00. H. C. Skeels, President. W. It. Kedzie, Sec retary. Natural History Botanical Club—Meets first and third Friday of each month in the 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 the middle ward of Wells Hall, at 7:00. E. H. Sedgwick, President. C. F. Austin, Secretary. Delta Tau Delta Fraternity—Meets Friday 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 the 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 Williams Hall every Saturday evening at 7:00. H. W. Hart, Presi dent. C. J. Perry, Secretary. Phi Delta Theta Fraternity—Meets on Friday evening in chapter rooms in Wells Hall, at 7:00. W.G.Amos, Presi dent. F. H. Smith, Secretary. Union Literary Society—Meetings held in their hall every Saturday evening at 7:00. E. A. Robinson, Presi dent. S. F. Edwards, Secretary. Tau Beta Pi Fraternity—Meets every two weeks on Thursday evening in the 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 Trust Circle of King's Daughters — Meets alternate Wednesday. Mrs. C. L. Weil, Presi dent. Mrs. J. L.' Snyder, Secretary. every FOR ANYTHING IN HARDWARE, STOVES, TINWARE, GRANBTE WARE, CUTLERY, ETC. TRY ... Norton's Hardware 111 Washington Ave. S. ...COLLEGE BUS... Leaves M. A. C. for Lansing at 8:30 a. m. and 1:30 p. m. Returning, leaves Lans ing at 10:30 a. m. and 4:30 p. m. Packages left at Emery's will receive Livery or Bus for prompt attention. picnics at resonable rates. NEW PHONE H. O. PALMER HAVE YOU FIVE OR MORE COWS ? If so a " Baby " Cream Separator will earn its cost for you every year. Why continue an inferior system another year at so great a loss? Dairying is now the only profitable feature of Agriculture. Properly con ducted it always pays well, and must pay you. You need a Separator, and you need the BEST,— the " Baby." All styles and capacities. Prices, $75. upward. Send for new 1894 Catalogue. THE DE LAVAL SEPARATOR CO., G E N E R AL O F F I C E S: 74 CORTLANDT STREET, NEW YORK. BOYS ! BUCK s SELLS Furniture —= R I G H T. ALL GOODS DELIVERED TO THE COLLEGE FREE. Best Woven Wire Cots, - - $\ 25 Best Woven Wire Springs, - 1 50 WE SELL EVERYTHING. /Vl.J.&B./VLBUCK OPEN EVENINGS. LOWEST PRICES Will be quoted to SCHOOL ... LIBRARIES... And others sending lists of books wanted to Lansing Book & Paper Co., L A N S I N G, M I C H. <^5 ' ...My... Neckwear Stock Contains all t he Latest Ideas a s, to SHAPE, COLOR AND PATTERN lower than and t he price ever before. Would be pleased to have you come in and see it. BEFORE PURCHASING YOUR FALL AND WINTER = H A T= Allow me to show you some natty " Up to D a t e" styles. Nothing but relia ble qualities find place in my stock. STUDENT'S PATRONAGE SOLICITED. ELGIN MIFFLIN THE OUTFITTER. barefoot girl5 $2.95 will not be particularly interested in the very latest style shoes made up on the new round toe lasts, but girls who wear shoes will be pleased to see them. Made in finest Vici Kid, hand turned or welt, (extension) soles, lace or button. We call special attention to a heavy sole street shoe, made from soft, dull goat skin, fine as silk, tough as calfskin, at $3.50 a pair. We offer these to get them started at TWO N I N E T Y - F I V E. REPAIRING. and mend rubbers C D. WOODBURY We repair shoes 103 Washington Ave. S. ONE OF T HE L A T E S T. L A N S I N G, M I C H. XKKXK>«00000«000', K. L. Buttertield, '91, and Dr. R. C. Kedzie. in a Detroit school Clifford C. Curualia, with '92, after graduating for actors and following the business for a year or so, became dissatisfied with the Ins choice and Eclectic Medical College of Cincinnati, and is now practicing in Roscommon county. took a course in J. Burt Keely, with '92, h as been at Roscommon. deputy postmaster L a st spring he began traveling for the New York Mutual Life Insurance Company. He succeeded so well that he has been appointed district manager of Sanilac and St. Clair counties for the Northwestern Insurance Company of Chicago. T he office of assistant cashier of the Peninsulair Savings bank, left vacant by t he promotion of John H. Johnson to t he office of cashier, h as been filled by t he appointment of Charles F. Law- son to t he position. Mr. Dawson is 32 years old and a g r a d u a te of t he Michi g an Agricultural College ['86]. E i g ht years ago he became receiving teller of t he Peninsular bank, later being pro moted to t he position of paying teller. —Detroit Free Press. W. F. Johnson, with '91, of Roscom mon, w as re-elected secretary of the farmers' institute association. He w as appointed clerk of the house committee on railroads in t he legislature of '89, and thus strayed away from Ins class. He has been county clerk and register of deeds of Roscommon county for the past t wo years, and this fall w as re elected. He was»raised on a farm and has great faith in Northern Michigan as a farming country. He has a wife and two children and expresses great regret at not having finished his course at M. A. C. He likes t he RECORD. Board of A g r i c u l t u r e. Hon. F r a n k l in Wells, President Constantine. Hon. Chas.W. Garfield. .Grand Rapids. Hon. Chas. F. Moore St. Clair. Hon. C. J. M o n r o e . . . . . . . S o u th Haven. Hon. Henry Chamberlain. Three Ooaks. Delhi Mills. Hon. W. E. Boyden Ex Officio Gov. John T. Rich ^ T he President of the College..Bar Officio Hon. I. H. Butterfield, Secy... Mich. Agr. College. Faculty and Other Officers. J. L. SNYDER, A. M., Ph. D., Presi dent. R O B E RT C. K E D Z I E, M. A., M. D., Professor of Chemistry, and Curator of the Chemical Laboratory. W I L L I AM J. BEAL, M. S., Ph. D., Professor of Botany and Forestry, and Curator of the Botanical Museum. E. A. A. GRANGE, V. S.. Professor of Veterinary Science. L E VI R. T A F T, M. S., Professor of Horticulture and Land scape Gardening, and Superintend ent of t he Horticultural De partment. H O W A RD E D W A R D S, M. A., LL. D., Professor of English Literature and Modern Languages. H E R M AN K. V E D D E R, C. E., Professor of Mathematics and Civil Engineering. H E N RY H. BANDHOLTZ, 2d Lieut. 6th Inf., U. S. A., Professor of Military Sciences and Tactics. I. H. B U T T E R F I E L D, Secretary. CLINTON D. SMITH, M. S. Professor of Practical Agriculture, and Superintendent of the F a r m. CHAS. L. W E I L, S. B., Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Director of the Mechanical Department. W A L T ER B. BARROWS, S. B., Professor of Zoology and Physiology, and Curator of the General. Museum. F R A NK S. K E D Z I E, M. S., Adjunct Professor of Chemistry. W I L L I AM S. H O L D S W O R T H, M. S., Assistant Professor of Drawing. P H I L IP B. W O O D W O R T H, B. S., M. E. Assistant Professor of Physics. ALVIN B. NOBLE, B. Ph., Assistant Professor of English Litera ture and Modern Languages. C H A R L ES F. W H E E L E R, B. S., Assistant Professor of Botany. W I L B UR O. H E D R I C K, M. S., Assistant Professor of History and Po litical Economy. W A R R EN BABCOCK, Jr., B. S., Assistant Professor of Mathematics. E D I TH F. McDERMOTT, Professor of Domestic Economy and Household Science. MRS. L I N DA E. LANDON, Librarian. H..W. MUMFORD, B. S. Assistant Professor of Agriculture. GAGER C. DAVIS, M. S., Instructor in Zoology. A. L. W E S T C O T T, B. M. E., Instructor in Mechanical Engineering. D I CK J. CROSBY, B. S., Instructor in English. M E R R I TT W. F U L T O N, B. S., Instructor in Agriculture. BURTON O. LONGYEAR, Instructor in Botany CYRUS C. P A S H B Y, B. S., Instructor in Mathematics. GORDON H. T R U E, B. S., Instructor in Dairying. C H A R L ES E. MARSHALL, Ph. B,. Instructor in Bacteriology. H. E. SMITH, B. S. Instructor in Mechanical Engineering. K. L. B U T T E R F I E L D, B. S., Supt. F a r m e r s' Institutes and College Field Agent. D. B. B A L D W I N. Engineer. THOMAS GUNSON, F o r e m an of Greenhouse. F. C. K E N N E Y, Assistant Secretary. E R N E ST W I T T S T O C K, F o r e m an of the F a r m. W. S. LEONARD, F o r e m an of Machine Shop. T H O M AS D U R K I N, Foreman of the Horticultural Depart ment. C H A R L ES E. HOYT, F o r e m an of the Wood Shops and Foundry. E. S. GOOD, Clerk to President. CHACE NEWMAN, Clerk of Mechanical Department. S t a t i on Council. Clinton D. Smith, M. S Director and Agriculturist. J o n a t h an L. Snyder, Ph. D., P r es L. R. Taft, M. S. Robert C. Kedzie, M. A., M. D Ex Officio. Horticulturist Ira H. Butterfield, Chemist. Secretary and Treasurer. Advisory and Assistant Staff. A. A. Crozier, M. S Assistant in Agriculture. Herbert W. Mumford, B. S Assistant in Agriculture. H. P. Gladden, B. S Assistant in Horticulture. M. L. D e a n. .Assistant in Horticulture. Thorn Smith, B. S Assistant in Chemistry. E. A. A. Grange, V. S Consulting Veterinarian. G. C. Davis, M. S Consulting Entomologist. Botanist. Librarian. Chas. F. Wheeler, B. S . .. Mrs. L. E. Landon T, T. Lyon, So. H a v en In charge of Sub-Station. R. L. Taylor, Lapeer In charge of Apiary. Sub-Stations. Grayling, Crawford county, 80 acres deeded. South Haven, Van Buren county, 10 acres rented; 5 acres deeded. ...THE Farm Department O F F E RS FOR S A L E: Two very fine Duroc Jersey Sows, seven m o n t hs old, eligible to r e g i s t r y; all color a nd f o r m. r i g ht in Poland China Six Pigs, six m o n t hs old, in e x c e l l e nt b r e e d i ng c o n d i t i o n, l a r ge a nd t h r i f t y; p e d i g r ee t he b e s t. A pure bred Holstein- Friesian Bull Calf, b o rn in S e p t e m b e r, 1896, o ut of College Rosa B o n h e u r, a d a u g h t er of R o sa B o n h e ur F i f th w i th a r e c o rd of 106 lbs. of m i lk in a day. College Rosa g a ve 50 lbs. of m i lk a d ay for seven c o n s e c u t i ve d a ys in n e a r ly O c t o b e r, twelve b u t t e r. T he calf was M a u r i ce C l o t h i d e, for several y e a rs at t he h e ad of t he H o l- s t e i n h e rd at t he College. T h is i n to a b u ll calf will d e v e l op fit a ny H o l s t e in h e rd c o n t a i n i ng of in t he c o u n t r y. sire of p o u n ds h e ad t he to .Also... Show Birds of several of the leading Breeds of Poultry Homes Cheap! Address, Read our article on " College L a n d s" CLINTON D. SMITH, in this issue and last. Much of this Superintendent of Farm, land is now on the market. Agricultural College, Mich. 8 : T HE M. A. C. R E C O R D. DECEMBER 15, 1806. £*Jj JJ*. JJV JJV JJV ^J> 4* A Committee from the State Grange, after looking over our Institu- tion, reported: "The Michigan Agricultural College is not well enough advertised/' 4 4 * 4 4 4 S WE ADMIT THE TRUTH OF THE REPORT ... WE K N OW ... that not half the people of Michigan are aware of the superior a d vantages for a good education that our College offers. WE HAVE three four year courses running nine months in the year. These are the AGRICULTURAL COURSE 4- -.MECHANICAL COURSE AND WOMEN'S COURSE r^ The instruction of the class-room is put in practice in field, shop, and kitchen, and so these courses develop all-round men and women. Just now we want to call your attention more especially to our four special courses. These are six weeks courses, beginning J a n uary 4, and are planned for those who have not the time or money for a full course. These courses include Dairy Husbandry Live Stock -Husbandry Fruit Culture Flnrir.iiltnr^ and Winter Vegetable Gardening \ We can't give full particulars here, but if you are interested write to r> President J. I. SNYDER, AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, MICH. <*#£ <**£ <**£