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, M AY 28, 1907. N o. 36 PLANS FOR THE WEEK. Plans for the celebration "have moved along very nicely. T he pro g r am as heretofore planned will be carried out with very few changes. A representative from Washington was here last week and O. K.'cl the for arrangements the Roosevelt meeting. He favored an outside meeting both for the reason that it would be more democratic and a bo safety to both, the insure greater It has, president and spectators. therefore, been decided that if the weather permits the address will be given outside ; if not, it will be giv en in the tent as previously arranged. the It will be necessary to begin Friday morning session promptly on time, and as this is the real jubilee meeting, the usual custom observed on such occasions will be followed out. A procession consisting of and students, alumni will be the campus and will march to the tent. Students, on i his occasion, will not be required to wear uniforms; but as the student body at this time will be under observation by the dele gates from other institutions, every one will, of course, be in his place. This proc.-ssion should be ready to move at S 145 and be seated in the tent at 9 :oo o'clock. T h is will be necessary in order that the morning program may be over before Presi dent Roosevelt and his party ar rives on the grounds. T he presi dent is expected to reach the college any time from I 1 :3o to 11 145, the from Lansing being made in trip autos, and will then be, entertained at luncheon by President and Mrs. Snyder. At 1 130 the battalion will form and march to the lawn in front of President Snyder's residence. delegates on faculty, formed At two o'clock,as PresidentRoose- velt comes from the house the battal ion will present arms and immediately form two lines leading to the plat form between which the president and party will march. A place will be reserved for the battalion, but it will be necessary for all holding tickets to keep them whether the ad dress is given outside or in the tent. After the president's address the degrees will be conferred upon the graduating class. A number of honorary degrees will also be con his T he president ferred. party will leave at once for Lansing and will depart at 4:15 via Lake Shore. and T h e re are to be four companies of state militia and one company of cavalry here to han lie the crowds that every protection possible so may be given. If it is a fine day ample opportunity will be given to from ten to fifteen tl ousand people to hear the president's address. ATHLETICS. A R M O UR 35 M. A. C. 8 2. In spite of the cold rainy weather on Saturday the meet with A r m o ur was a success. M. A. C. did her self p r o jd winning by a large major ity of points. Small broke his own in record in the high hurdle, Burroughs in the shot put, and Oviatt the ha'f and Bignell in the quarter tied the previous college records made by Meek and Moon. We were never better fixed for middle distance men than now, and things look good for Field Day J u ne 7-8. T he winners o-n-'Satvtrday were as follows, Ar mour (A. I.) men only being desig nated : 100 yard dash—McKarahan, A. I., Griffin, Phippeny. Time, 103-5. Pole vault—Gongwer and Gilbeit tie, Small third, all M. A. C. 9 ft 9 in. 120 yd, hurdle—Small, McKenna, Stadeker, A. I. T i m e, 16 4-5. Shot put—Burroughs, Benson, A. I., M c K e n n a. 36 ft. i 1 in. Half mile—Oviatt, Bignell, Bohn, all M. A. C. Time, 2:5 2-5. H i gh jump—Ellett, A. 1., Fitch, A. I. and Allen tied af 5 ft. 4 in. 220 yd. dash—Griffin, McKata- han, A. I., Phippeny. Time, 24 sec. Discus — Burroughs, McKenna, Campbell, all M. A. C. Distance, 94 ft. 220 yd. hurdle—Tregay, A. I., I. Time, Pearsall, Hotchkin, A. 27 1-5 sec. Broad jump—Fitc'"1, A. I., Small, Ellett, A . I. Distance, 20 ft 7 in. 440 yard run — Bignell, F r e g a y, A. I., Griffin. Time, 53 seconds. H a m m er throw — Wheeler, Mc I. Distance, Kenna, Benson, A. 103 ft. 6 in. Mile run — W a i 'e and Carr tied, Frisbie, A. I., third. Time, 5 min. T he baseball games with both Hillsdale and Albion were called off on account of rain. And now for the University on Wednesday at 4 o'clock. We must win. On Saturday, J u ne 1, the last home game will be played with Olivet and that afternoon will occur also on triangular meet — M. A. C . the are Albion-Olivet. the T h e se intercollegiate strong teams in the and will be one of the very best meets of the year. APPRECIATION. An effort was made to arrange for a reception the W o m e n 's at Building for the benefit of our suc cessful debating team, but due to the fact that there is so much going on at the present time in preparation for the semi-centennial week, such at It is to be given up. tempts had safe to say, however, that the stu dent body appreciates very highly the.work done by the debaters, and shares with them the laurels of vic that tory. N e xt year, it is hoped greater interest will be taken in the intercollegiate debate. T h e re is no reason why M. A. C. cannot peat the victory again next year for debaters. we have T wo of this year's team will be back next vear. strong some re T he Massachusetts College cele brates its 40th anniversary during commencement week, J u ne 14-19. JUBILEE WOLVERINE. the least T he J u n i or Annual is now a real ity and will no doubt be the topic of conversation the re for at mainder of term. T he mem bers of the faculty are the first to receive attention, some appropriate? remark following the title of each. Following these are the regulation pictures of the literary societies with history of each, mention of the va rious clubs and a number of very good original poems and short stor ies. T he " grinds" are plentiful and the man at the crank has spared none. T he book will form a valuable souvenir for the students in College the past vear, and the p'ice of $1.25 should bring it within the reach of all. No doubt many of our alumni, and former studen s here for the week will want a copy and we pre dict that during the week the 1,000 copies will go rather quickly. T he members of the class deserve great credit for the w been east to N ew York and Washington three times during the winter, twice as t x- pert on the Kansas-Colorado Insti tute Irrigation suit and once as um pire arbitrator on a technical suit submitted to arbitration. T he other from N ew two arbitrators were Y o rk City. He comes direct from Brownsville, T e x a s, where he has been in a professional capacity go ing into Texas on the private train of a large number of high railroad officials. lecture at tirst annual ' 9 1. President K. L. Butterfield, of rural Mass., gave the progress the Western State Normal School, Kalamazoo, on Friday evening. F r om there he went to Chicago, where he attended a meeting of the western alumni of Mass. Agricultural College on Sat urday evening. at Kalamazoo was, " T he Social Factors in Rural P r o g r e s s ." subject His '97- Announcement has been received of the birth of Florence Genevieve to Mr. and M r s. George A. Parker. Mr. P a r k er was a graduate of the above class and is now Mtchamcal Electrical Engineer for the Brown Hoisting Machinery Co., of Cleve land, Ohio. His private address is 1341 S2nd St. N. E. W i th '02. We are indebted to Mrs. Alice Hadley Wise, '03, for the following ( E d na i t e m: M r s. F. J. Klooz, Deyarmond, with '02,) died on J a n. 12, of consumption, at Ft. Morgan, Colorado, where she and her hus band went three years ago, for he r T he body was sent back health for burial to the old home at Lewis- ton, Mich. >°3- Prof, and M r s. W. J. Carrel, of Lexington, Ky., announce the birth of Lucile Yeates Carrel on May 2, 1907. Mr. Carrel is now professor of Civil Engineering at the Ken tucky State College at Lexington. M r. Carrel was instructor in m i t h e- matics at M. A . C. for one year fol lowing his graduation in 1903. A T L A N T A, Ga., M ay 20, '07. Editor M. A. C. R E C O R D: for Unable to be present at the Jubi lee, I still have enough interest in the "Old P l a c e" for a desire to see the announcements that great event, and am returning to the fold by enclosing herewith the price for the R E C O R D. Am at present chem ist for the Svvift Fertilizer W o r k s, which accounts for my residence in the Sunny South. My kindest re gards to all at M. A. C, and with fond recollections of memories that shall always I am, V e ry respectfully, cherishabk? linger, E. G. K E N N Y, '05. THE M. A. C. RECORD. THE M. A. C. RECORD. P U B L I S H ED E V E RY T U E S D AY D U R I NG T HE C O L L E GE Y E AR BY T HE M o I G AN S T A TE A G R I C U L T U R AL C O L L E GE A. FAUNCE, M A N A G I NG E D I T OR A S S O C I A TE E D I T O R S. MAUD FERGUSON, '07 G. A. HEINEICH, '07 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. 3. ALVAREZ, sp Subscription, 50 cents per year, Remit by P. O. Money Order, Draft or Regis tered Letter. Do not send stamps. Address all subscriptions and advertising mat ter to the College Secretary, Agricultural Col lege, Mich. Address all contributions to the Managing Editor. Business Office with Lawrence & Van Buren Printing Co., 122 Ottawa St. E., Lansing. Mich. Entered as second-class mail matter, Lansing, Mich. This paper Is occasionally sent to non subscrib ers. Such persons need have no hesitation about taking the paper from the post-office, for no charge will be made for it. The only way, however, to secure the paper regularly is to sub scribe. 7 UESDA T, MA Y 28,1907. THE R E C O RD extends hearty welcome to the many alumni and friends of the college who are here to participate in the celebration of our 50th anniversary. To those w ho are unable to be with us we the desire to give a good report of in next week's number. exercises things let us have a A m o ng other complete roster by classes of those present. This will give to the boys and girls at home a knowledge of how each class was represented, an item in which they will surely be interested. We are sure that stu dents and faculty alike will unite in an endeavor to make this season one of the most enjoyable and by our visitors one long to be remembered. BACCALAUREATE. In spite of the storm on Sunday, a large audience was present to hear the baccalaureate exercises. T he order of service as given in our last issue did not include the quartette by Misses Porter and Stretch and Messrs. W e b b er and Schroetter which was certainly enjoyed very much. T he music throughout was exceptionally good and we feel that we were extremely in securing Miss Stretch of A nn Arbor and Miss Porter of Lansing to aid time. T he in the singing at this sermon by Mathew Henry Buck- ham, D. D., L. L. D., President of the University of Vermont, is pub lished herewith : fortunate S E R M ON II Samuel vii, 8. T h us saith the Lord of Hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people. that T h is is so frequent an occurrence in human experience, the calling of men from the sheepcote to national leadership, it has become a common-place of moralists. But it impressive never ceases to be an for fact, and may well be studied the instruction with which is it T he callings of Divine charged. reasons Providence which we may well seek to discover. W hy are shepherds of sheep so often called to be kings of men ? rest on good I.—Let us try to get the essential out of that which is incidental in the fact under review. T he pastoral calling stands for much in itself. It life as first organized— is human £ Idealized in after ages social life in its freshness and sim plicity. it inspires the poetry of the idyl and the pastoral. W h en life becomes luxurious and corrupt a Tacitus or a Rousseau recalls the pastoral life to men's imagination, and it becomes the fashion to mimic its simplicity and innocence. But that which is good in the pastoral life takes on a larger good in the more developed agricultural life with its fixed homes, its seed time and harvests, its gran aries and fruits, God calls men to furrow, from leadership also from the the harvest field, from garden and the vineyard. A nd we every cannot humble calling in life men have been advanced to high station—from fishing and tent-making, from type setting and rail-splitting, from the tanner's vat and the shoe-maker's bench, from the sailing craft and the ferry boat, from opening and shutting of a steam valve, from a hundred arts and„industries. And was not the worldrs supreme leader taken from the bench of the carpen ter? stop here. F r om the in from these But we the have should make a great, if we though common mistake facts should conclude that the larger life is a soil in which the masterful vir'ues cannot grow. T h is life also has furnished to man kind its share of leaders. T he no ble families of the nations have had fields their representatives where been deeds great wrought. "Noblesse oblige" has been not only a cry but a power. for look especially to this life We certain qualities essential to the high est manhood, for what we call the chivalrous qualities, courtesy, refine ment, a delicate sense of the respect due to others, toleration, frankness, charity. But these are councils of perfection not fundamental princi rather than roots of ples, character. A man can have them and not be a leader. T he prime, essential, indispensible virtues and qualities which make strong and prevailing manhood and womanhood are of another order. W h at are them, they? W hy do we look for w hy does God himself seem to find them more frequently in some call ings than in others, and how can we retain them as life becomes more complex and artificial? flowers I I . — We shall very soon in this quest, I think, reach the conclusion that what we call character depends largely on the existence and para- mountcy of a few simple primor dial virtues which are within the reach of all, not dependent on spe cial gifts or opportunities. T h ey a r e: for the and sexes fidelity neighbors, 1.—The economic virtues, indus try, thrift, sobriety, including also an instinctive ancWpersistent horror of waste, waste of substance, of time, of opportunity, of life, of self. 2.—Next are the domestic virtues to home — love of kin, the and friends respect of each other and the sanctity of marriage. the patriotic virtues. 3 — A g a i n, 4.—And, crowning all, the relig ious virtues, those which have their source in religion, and especially in what the Scriptures call the fear of God, which does not mean dread of God, terror in the thought of God— and yet is not the same as the love of God which is a high attainment, the outcome of experience and re flection t h at toward God primary right feeling which is made ug of awe and rever ence and devoutness—the and prayer — but feeling toward God which men have who get their religion from nature and much personal thought and the spirit of God, rather than from books and teachings. Other environ human ments are favorable to other types of religion—beautiful types some of them, the ascetic, the contemplative, the mystic—but the religion which tends to make men staunch, robust in practical affairs, good at need, good in all winds and weather, is the kind which comes through the ex periences of tent- makers and shepherds and fishermen. the I I I. But that have the youths had this training in the pastoral and home-bred virtues, can they keep it in the larger life which opens before them ? No doubt the life of free dom and opportunity endangers these virtues. T h ey were never more sympathetically portrayed than in the '"Cottar's Saturday N i g h t ," and yet Burns went out from such a home to encounter the temptations of luxurious society and to fall be the man fore them. T he son of whom God called from the sheep cote to leadership, lost funda mental virtues of which we have spoken—lost his strenuous manhood voluptuary—lost and domestic virtue—-lost national pride and loyalty in a lax cosmopolitanism in con —lost the fear of God—and sequence descended from the high place he ought to have kept to be a roue, a cynic, a trifler, a virtuoso in "ivory and apes and peacocks." Men doubtless moralized on it as men do now, and said, " See what the man has befallen the sheep whom God called from cote Israel, and leader of know that wealth and prosperity and power are not good for m a n; they ensnare and corrupt him, it were better for him to have followed the sheep." became son'of to be the a just ? W e re But is this so ? Is such moral izing it not strange that God has made this life full of things of beauty and made us eager to get them—has made us capable of manifold lovely arts and high adornments, and enrichments of life rewards and made these things the of virtue, of earnest striving and patient well doing, and then has put his curse on them agencies for our corruption and un doing ? Shall we bid the shepherd in his sheepcote, the lad forge, the blacksmith stick to his poet live on in his cottage, lest in the great world they come to grief? them and made remain in is sophisticated No—but we will say—"Be the K i ng if you can, but be the Shep herd King. Be the U. S. Senator if you can, but keep the virtues of the blacksmith's home in the Sen atorial life. W h en you feel that the society around you is growing arti insincere ficial and intercourse and and everything touch unreal, go back and get again with the simpler and more genuine life out of which you came. As the Queen used to go to Balmoral and sit by the ingle of her humble cottagers and learn useful lessons of life ; as Mr. Lincoln loved to have a chat with one of the plain men from whom he c a m e; as every wise statesman consults with his constit- utents back in the country h o m e s; as the divine, learned in rabbinical and patristic lore gets some of his best divinity and his sermons by talking with his sexton or his gar dener—so it is good, it is wholesome the to the mind, and sanitary to keep con soul, for every one life, whatever it nection with that to may be, which is nearest to nature and reality. the life is for the best of Again we will bid our y o u ng aspirants cherish the spirit of youth and cling to the best things gained in youth. W o r d s w o r th wished that his days should be joined each to It w e re good each in natural piety. for us all that each period of life should pass on to t he It were good to keep as long next. ideality of y o n t h. as possible instance the college T h e re idealism. One w ho has had t he great privilege of being a m e m b er tie which binds of a college has a him to for the conception of which a college stands. A nd then there are one's church relations. Most right-minded young persons into church in those relations. T h ey do is youthful years when conscience tender and active, when the heart readily responds to the appeals of Divine love, and the will rejoices in It is good acts of holy obedience. It is to hold fast to this early faith. lose it not a sign of superiority to for it is usually lost by neglect. In these stirring times when the trum pet is ever ringing out the challenge who is on the Lord's side, it is good to feel that this question is decided, that one is committed, and pledged, and can be counted on in the good enterprises in which the Christian church is leader. times enter these this in let in a the temple religion which And this brings us to say finally, let us cultivate a religion which puts the ethical and due emphasis on practical side of human life. I do not plead for an undue emphasis on this side—to the disparagement of the imagination, the emotional, the mystic elements in the religious life —those which make men devout and unworldly and saintly. But, strange as it may sound, these are religion. the easier attainments in It was easier for Solomon to make that sublime praver at the dedica than to live a tion of blameless life. It is easier for any of us to be pious than to be honest. But hard as it is to be honest, to be true to that in us and above which is deepest and highest and best, it is easier with religion than without it. To bring heavenly natives down to help us in the discharge of earthly duties of one of the holiest offices of the man religion. Therefore whose integrity is in danger of be ing overborne by conventionalties is seek aid -strongly realistic—which never gets away from the fear of God—which can sing and soar with St. Paul in the Epistle to the Ephesiansand the 13th of Corinthians but never let go of the sermon on the Mount and the Epistle of James—which re quires hard work during six days, that Sunday will be welcomed as a day of real rest—which sympathizes with and blesses men who use tools and ply manual arts—which mel the cares and lows and sanctifies troubles, joys and sorrows of family and kindred, friends and neighbors —which calls no human art or rela it can fill with tion common which so make holy. its blessing and T h us in great cities, amid civiliza tion, however splendid, in society, however lnxurious, ministered to by all the arts, beset by all the corrup tions of modern life, young men and themselves as maidens may keep simple, and pure, and true-hearted, and strong as in the days of antique virtues and may add thereto the n ew living facilities powers and which the new civilization, essen- (Continued on page i ) for so THE M. 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MEN'S OXFORDS PATENT COLT GUN M E T AL BUTTON BLUCHER PRICE $ 4#00 PER PAIR OTHERS AT $3.00 AND $3.50 E v e ry pair has a dash of style unusual, especially commended for fitting qualities, shapely creations revealing all the their perfect fashionable requirements, they will please you. C. D. W 0 0 D B U R Y ' ST7, E RE H 0 L L S T E R B L O CK *£ A B O UT T HE C A M P U S. *£ L O ST — R i ng . and t wo keys. Please return to secretary's office. Mr. W. R. L y nn of Grand R a p ids called on G. B. K a m ps Tuesday. last Prof. Taft is receiving a visit from his mother, M r s. Austin Taft, of Massachusetts. T he librarian respectfully re quests that all books belonging to the library be returned on or before M ay 31. T h is does not apply to books drawn for department use. T he P. M. railway are to run special trains from the city to the Cpllege grounds every half hour on Friday, which will help materially in handling the large crowds on that day. M r s. Cornelia S. P e r r y, of E lk R a p i d s, is here for the Semi-Cen- tential. She has been spending the past week with her daughter Mabel, in Lansing, and son Neal at the college. M. A. C. girls w ho go to Albion for the Field Day exercises will be free of charge by the entertained Albion Association on Friday night for lodging and at breakfast Satur day morning. T he loop at the terminus of the street car line is now a reality and it is believed will save much valu able time this week. T he worst feature it would seem are the un sightly guy poles. D r. Blaisdell spoke in chapel F r i day morning on Roosevelt. He mentioned stveral incidents in his h early life, of his college days at Harvard, and something of the be ginning of his college career. W. L. Hart, '07, has accepted; a position as manager of a large fruit and poultry farm near Holland, his work I. T h e re are about 10,000 fruit trees on the farm, and several hundred fowls are raised annually. to begin J u ly H. B. W e e ks '07 will be with D. M. F e r ry C o. this summer. M r. W e e ks is interested in plant breed ing as applied to seed g r o w i ng and selection and will be on the large seed near farm of M r. F e r ry Rochester, Mich. T he Union Literary society have elected the following officers for next fall term : Pres., R. J. C a r r; Vice Pres., H. H. H a r r i s o n; S e c, Glen B u r k h a r t; Treas., C. J. Ovi- a t t; Record Ed., R. P. Holdsworth ; Janitor, C. C. Taylor. T he military inspection by Capt. P e nn passed off very nicely on Wednesday. It rained all the fore noon, but stopped until the inspec tion was over, then began again in earnest. This made 22 inspections made by Capt. P e nn and about the only rainy day he had experienced. T he seven copies of the Bubble, the first college paper printed, have been bound and a number of blank leaves have also been included. It is hoped that during the week those of our alumni and students w ho were in college during the early years especially will place their au tograph in this book. Hon. Victor Johnson, a represent ative of the Swedish government, was the guest of Prof. Smith one day the p at week. He is in this country studying American machin ery and American methods. He was shown over the experimental plots and in the evening Prof. Smith took him to the mass meet ing in the A r m o r y. He was de lighted with the music and singing, but the yells nearly took him off his feet. He for Canada where he had been directed by the government. left here Mr. G. Reutter has just made a purchase from the college of twenty head of fat cattle. These are what are known as baby beeves, having attained the weight of about 1,000 pounds at 18 months of age. T h ey consist of t wo lots of experimental cattle individual record having been kept from birth to the present time, in which t wo methods of beef pro duction have been employed. T he animals haive made good gains, have acquired prime finish and will fur nish the college people and citizens of Lansing with a fine article of semi-centennial beef week. during the T he caucus and registration of East Lansing will, it is expected, be held J u ne 1. Delegates, alumni and old stu dents are beginning to flock in, and by the great majority of visitors will have ar rived. tomorrow morning M. A. C. is not the only com munity to receive attention this \ Lansing is decorating in week fine shape for the great event of Friday; WEDNESDAY. On Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock in the tent, will occur the addresses under the division of " T he College and the Srate." At 2 :oo p. m. in the assembly tent will occur one of the most in teresting sessions. " T he Builders of the College" will be the subject and the speakers those w ho were prominent in the early college his tory. T he big base ball game will be held at four o'clock on the ath letic field and in the evening in the big tent will be given the ora'orio "E ijah." THURSDAY. T he addresses relating to land grant colleges will be given in the assembly tent at 9 :oo o'clock T h u r s day. This will be followed at 11 :oo by the business meeting of alumni. At 12 :oo o'clock luncheon to alumni literary exer followed by alumni cises. Memorial D av exercises pre ceded by battalion parade will be held at 4 :oo p. m. in the tent. H o n. Washington Gardner, M. C, will deliver the address. the occur In the evening at 8 :oo o'clock will illumination of campus, students parade," bonfire, etc., followed at 9 :oo o'clock by the reception to delegates, alumni and friends of the College. T HE M. A. C. RECORD. tially a Christian civil'zation, has put into their hands for the adorn ment and enrichment of their lives. they live. . implies in which their moral more A D D R E SS TO T HE C L A S S. Members of the Graduating C l a s s: I suppose it would be regarded as a bit of baccalaureate flattery to as sume that college graduates are foreordained to be leaders of men. As individuals, of course, they are not all so destined—as a class they are. More and more in our time and country they are coming to be, and are expected to be, leaders in the communities Some leaders of few — some of into many. W h en a man emerges public prominence and his biography is given, we expect to be told at what college he was graduated. This the acknowledged potency of a liberal education in life. But it implies much more than that. Graduation in a college of high selects men and women grade by than by intellectual qualities. Many their are called "tut few are chosen. Many start ritrt_levy arrive. A hundred enter a class and fifty are graduated. • N ot that all w ho fall out by the way fail because they are unworthy to reach the en 3. T h at we could not say, remembering those w ho have been with you for a time and whom you miss today. But in general in our American communities the struggle for sur vival to the end of a college course, •the struggle with poverty and hard ship and the chances of life, is a moral struggle, and success means the survival of the qualities that make up strong masterful character. A nd the same law holds all through life. Success in any high sense is moral superiority—the ascendency of virtue. A nd the virtue which here prevails is the aggregate of the simple and elementary virtues which all men may have if they will. W h at I have been trying to do for you today is to glorify in your minds these simple virtue8, to help you to see that they make a plain, humble life bright and strong and even noble, and that no other qualities however brilliant can in any life supply the lack of them. Y ou will be quite likely to meet men who are not college men and who will be your superiors—men w ho will do more for your art or profession, more for invention, or statesman ship, or philanthropy, or religion. It may be because they will have than you—but more more genius probably because they will have more industry, more resoluteness, a higher purpose. three Revolving very often in my mind during my many years of college experience the question of the rela tive importance of the moral and the intellectual factors in the product which we call success in life—suc cess of a high order I mean—I have come to the deliberate conclusion they stand in the ratio of at that least saying to one, that nothing about heaven above and the life hereafter, the worth of a man or a woman here and now is one part intellect and three parts affec tion, conscience and will. H as one a brilliant mind? W i th a d e q u a t e- moral force behind it and within it, it becomes a mighty p o w e r; not so ^ consorted and energized it avails little. A re you conscious of having only moderate intellectual gifts? You can triple their momentum by aid from the moral side of your nature if that is true and strong. But some of you may say, "I do not aspire or care to be a leader of men. into an easy I am content to slip place and go through life without ambition o r s r u g g le or prominence." It is too late for you to choose that position. It is shut against you. In accepting the great trust of a liberal education, in consenting to receive from society this loa'i of leisure and seclusion, and the costly appliances of study, you have undertaken a responsibility which you great cannot now throw off. Noblesse oblige. Y ou are hereby called of God to service, to influence, to the leadership. labor and dignity of this of you. Y o ur college expects It v\ ill be disappointed if you do not, in some sphere, do some effect ive, helpful, honorable work. Your Alma Mater will rejoice with the great joy at once of self congratula tion and of sympathy when she hears of such good work done by you. Go with I er blessmg and p ' a y e rs and come again to receive her felici tations and to join with her in thanksgivings. Editor State Republican :—Two articles appeared in your paper of Wednesday, which were very mis leading, and the source of consider able annovance to both students and faculty. T he article with reference to the College band was especially misleading. W i 'h two or three ex ceptions, I think the soirit of the boys in the band is all that could be desired, and thev are doing their best to prepare for first-class service. T h e re has been no threat on the part of the faculty to send the band home in case it did not play, and as far as I know there has been no dis position on the part of the band at any time to refuse to play. A large number of new instru ments were purchased for the band last fall, and they have made good use of them, and have reached a standard of excellence very seldom equaled by a collge organization. All the plans for the Semi-Centen- nial are coming along finely. Very truly yours, J. L. S N Y D E R. On account of some very errone ous statements concerning the band the above letter was published in the State Republican of the 24th. By special request it is repeated in the R E C O R D. AUROREAN ELECTION. T he Aurorean Literaray Society held its election of officers for the fall term, Saturday evening, result ing as follows : President—A. W. Brewster. Vice P r e s , — R. G. Hoopengarner. Secretary—M. L. T o w e r. T r e a s u r e r — H. A. Dorman. Sargeant-at-Arms—E. C. Sauve. Record E d i t o r — F . F. Burroughs. Preceding this was a spread given in honor of the senior members from M r. followed by remarks W a l k u p, representing the under classmen and M r. Stone who spoke for the seniors. CALL ON ™» L A W R E N CE (SL V AN B U R EN P R I N T I NG CO. WHEN IN NEED OF DANCE PROGRAMS or SOCIETY PRINTING. 122 Ottawa St. E. CLOTHING, OXJIS BECK.—Clothier. Gents' Furnishings, j Hats and Caps. 112 Washing-ton Ave. North. CROCKERY AND GLASSWARE. H H. LARNED.—China, Glass and Lamps. 105 Washington Ave. S. DENTISTS. A F. GORDON, D. D. S. M. A. C. '91, U. of M. -01. 218 Washington Ave. S. Phone, Citizens 68 i. T E. STOFFER. D. D. S. Office 301 City Na- tional Bank Building. Citizens' Phone 1049. j Former 51. A. C. student. H. MOORE, D. D. S. Office 411-13 Hollister Building, Lansing, Mich. Citizens phone 475. N R W. MORSE, D. D. S. Hollister Block, Room D E. P A R M E L E E, Dentist, 117% Washing- ton Ave. S., Lansing, Michigan. Citizens 517. Citizens Phone 52. Bell Phone 396. Phone, office 275; residence, 261. , DRUGGISTS. date. Corner store. Opposite Hollister Block. ROUSER'S CAPITAL DRUG STORE. Up to R OBIN'SON DRUG CO., successors to Alsdorf HAS. A. PIELLA. / 121 Washington Ave. N., Lansing, Mich. L EAVE your Fine Watches and Jewelry with J. J. Heath for repairs. He will please you. Jeweler and Optician. LAUNDRY. ""THE AMERICAN LAUNDRY solicits a share 1 of your patronage. Remember the number. 309 Washington Ave., S. New Phone No. 420. Julia Flndley & Edwin Lewis, Props. S. W. Doty and I. D. Smith, College Age.its. MANICURE AND HAIRDRBSSING. M RS. O. T. CASE—Manicure and Hairdress- lng Parlors. Ma-querade Wigs for Bent. Switches made of cut hair or combings. T he France-American Hygienic Toilet Requisites a specialty. New 'phone 118. 222J4 Washington Ave. S., up stairs. MUSIC. PIANOS, ETC. ion Ave. N. thing in the line of music. 219 Washing- GR I N N E LL BROS. Pianos, Organs and every M R. and MRS. GEO. O. CLARK. Violinist and Pianist. Cit. phone 295. Bell phone 75 112 Hosmer St. S. Lansing Mich. OCULISTS. CHAS. G. J E N K I N S, M. D. — Diseases of Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat. Hours, 9 to 12 a, m., and 2 to 5 p. m. Citizens Phone No. 1930. Rooms 2^)3-204 Pmdden Block. J OSEPH FOSTER, M. D., Eye, Ear,Nose and Throat. Hours 9 to 12 a. m.; 2 to 4 p. m.; Sun days, 12 to 1; Evening 7 to 8. Corner Allegan St. and Capitol Ave., Lansing. Both 'phones. PHYSICIANS DR. H. W. LANDON. Office and residence, M. A. C. Office hours from 7 to 8:30 a. m., and 12:30 to 2, and 6:30 to 8 p. rn. Sunday office hours 4 to 5 and 7 to 8 p. m. New phone 1560. m.; 2 to 4 and 7 to 8 p. m. D R. OSCAR H. BRUEGEL. Hours 9 to u a Sundays 12 to 1 and 5 to 6 p. m. Agricultural Col ege, Mich. Citi- zens phone 1602. PLUMBERS. SHIELDS & LEADLEY, Plumbing and Heat ing. 300 Wash, Ave. N„ Lansing. Both Phones. SPORTING GOODS. CALL AND SEE US FOR YOUR N EW SPRING SUIT, TOP COAT and RAINCOAT Finest Assortment in the City -| (\ per cent DISCOUNT GIVEN TO 1 " ALL STUDENTS. .. . . . F I NE L I NE OF FURNISHINGS, H A T S, a nd U N D E R W E A R. Cameron & Arbaugh Co. DEPARTMENT STORE. WATCHtlE WATCHES, AND ALL OTHER KINDS OF CLOCKS, Repairing in a workman-like manner. JEWELRY H p P I PE P wiH t>e at the M. A. C. • L . I ll L»1V Book Store from 4 to 6 p. m. to receive and deliver work. all Work Warranted. ALL MEATS . . .. May look alike to y o u, b ut t h e re Is a v e ry g r e at difference in t he q u a l i ty we han dle a nd t h at sold by s o me o t h er m a r k e t s. We h a n d le none b ut t he v e ry best. L i ke t he p u d d i n g, t he proof of good m e a ts Is In t he e a t i n g. A trial will convince y ou t h at you ought to t r a de with u s. We make dailv trips to the College. BOTH PHONES. Careful attention given to 'phone orders. GOTTLIEB RBUTTER. "Washington Ave. South. Stalker Prints " Swell " Dance Programs Fine Stationery and other gd (hinge. 117 Hichigan Avenue West Ground Floor. DIRECTORY LANSING BUSINESS and PROFESSIONAL M E N —^ T he n a m es in this Directory, as well as those of all o ur o t h er a d v e r t i s e r s, a re of reli able p a r t i e s. We hope t h at t he faculty a nd s t u d e n ts will t a ke p a i ns to patronize those who patronize u s. BARBERS. M A. C. BARBER SHOP, Rooms in Nev . Bath House. H. A. Sias, Propr. BOOKS AND STATIONERY. A .M. E M E R Y. 116. Wash. Ave. N. Books, Pine Stationery, Engraved Calling Cards, Fountain Pens. Pictures, Frames. Fine Framing a Specialty. Up-to-Date^Styles. BOOK BINDERS GEO. G. BLUDEAU, & CO—Bookbinders Ac count book makers, paper ruling, library and line art bindings, file boxes, map mounting, albums, pocket books, etc. Citizens phone No. 56. 109 Wash. Ave. N. w AGENVOOKD & CO.—Bookbinders, Blank- hook Makers, 116-118 Ottawa St. E. BOOTS AND SHOES. D. WOODBURY.— Boots and Shoes. We shoe the students. See ad. J H. L A R R A B E E. Base Ball Goods, Foot Ball Goods, Tennis, Golf, Guns, Ammunition and Fishing Tackle. 828 Wash, Ave. S.