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, A P R IL 16, 1907. N o. 30 SEMI-CENTENNIAL. it F or committees several weeks have been busy preparing for the greatest event in the history of M. is as yet A. C., and, although early to give in detail the program to be carried out at that time, we feel sure that something concerning the order of events will be appreci ated by the readers of the R E C O R D. After deciding to come, the first to arise is question which " h ow about In order that our guests may be taken care of, a committee has been appointed whose business will be to secure a to list of all available rooms and make assignments for those w ho Prof. F r a nk make Kedzie the com mittee. application. is chairman of is apt r o o m s ?" Ample provisions will be made for rrfeals at different points on the campus. A tent is to be erected with a seating capacity *of 5000, in which will be held the meetings most largely attended, especially those on M ay 31. One ticket for admission was en closed with each invitation. T h is ticket will admit also the wife or the husband of the person receiving it, but under no other condition will it be good for two. Commencement weekwill open on Sunday, May 26,with thebaccalaure- ate sermon at 3:30 p. m. by Dr. M. H. Buckham, President of the University of Vermont. Classes will continue as usual on Monday and Tuesday, but will be dismissed for the remainder of that week. T he meetings of the American Associa tion of Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations will hold their sessions on Tuesday and W e d n e s day, May 28 and 29. On Wednesday, M ay 29, at 10 a. m. addresses will be given by rep resentatives of the various farmer and engineering organizations, and the educational the state. As now arranged the order will be as follows : institutions of Governor, Hon. F r e d . M. W a r n e r. Grange, Hon. George B. Horton, Fruit Master of State Grange, R i d g e. F a r m e r s' Clubs, Hon. L. Whit ney Watkins, President F n r m e r s' Clubs, Manchester. Agricultural Society, H o n. I. H. Butterfield, Secretary. Engineering Society, Mr. F r a nk Hodgman, Climax. Normal Schools, President L. H. Jones, Ypsilanti. Colleges of State, President Au gust F. Bruske, Alma. State Board of Education, State Supt. L. L. W r i g h t. " T he College, and the Men w ho Made it," will be the subject for the afternoon session at 2 o'clock. T h o se on the program for this meeting are: Hon. C . J. Monroe, " T he College and Students of '57 ;" Prof. A. J. Cook, " M e m b e rs of the early fac ulty ;" Dean C. E. Bessey, " H ow they T a u g ht in the Early D a y s ;" Dr. W. J. Beal, " T he College in 1870." Others are also to be added to this list. soloists, and At 8 o'clock in the evening will be given the oratorio " Elijah " by the College Chorus, assisted by noted B a ch orchestra of Milwaukee. T h is will be without question the greatest concert attraction ever held at M. A. C. and we shall all want to take advantage of it. the At 10 o'clock T h u r s d ay morning the meeting will be under the aus pices of the A. A. A. C. & E. S. T he addresses will be along the line of the Development of Agricultural and Engineering Education and Research W o r k. following T he addresses will be given : ''Development of Agricultural Education," Com. E. E. Brown, Washington, D. C. " Development of R e s e a r ch W o r k ," Director W. H. Jordon, Geneva, N. Y. ''Development of Engineering Education," Pres. W. E. Stone, P u r d u e, Indiana. T he meetings for the afternoon are arranged as follows : 1 :oo o'clock, Alumni Banquet. 4 :oo o'clock, Memorial Address. 8 :oo o'clock, Students' Parade, and Illumination. 9 :oo o'clock, Reception to dele gates and visitors. On Friday, M ay 31, at 9 a. m .: Congratulatory addresses from in stitutions and learned societies will be received. T h is will be followed by short addresses given by repre sentatives from different parts of the country and includes the follow ing : Department of Agriculture, Sec retary J a m es Wilson. Michigan and the University, President James B. Angell. F or the East, President Rufus the Connecticut W. Stimson, of Agricultural College, Storrs. F or the South, President H. C. W h i t e, of the Georgia State College of Agriculture and Mechanic A r t s, A t h e n s. F or the F ar West, President Benjamin Ide Wheeler, of the Uni versity of California, Berkeley. F or the Central West, President E d m u nd J a m e s, of the University of Illinois, Urbana. At 2 p. m. President Roosevelt will give an address, after which the graduation exercises and con ferring of degrees will take place. On Friday evening will be held the society reunions and banquets. Y. M. C. A. T he T h u r s d ay evening meeting led by P r e s. Barden. T h e re was the was a good attendance and meeting was a good one. T he association has secured new song books which will add to the enjoy ment of the singing. T h e se books will be used next Thursday evening for the first time. Come and learn some new songs. R e v. L. S. Brooke, of Howell, spoke Sunday morning the Chapel both morning and evening. Mr. Brooke is an interesting speaker and being a young man his talk was especially to y o u ng applicable people. in BASE BALL. s