The M. A. C. RECORD. MICHIGAN STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. V O L. 13. L A N S I N G, M I C H I G A N, T U E S D A Y, D E C E M B ER 3, 1907. N o. 11 PROMENADE CONCERT PROGRAM. T he following is the p r o g r am which will be presented by the band Friday evening from 7 130 to 9 130 : Songs—"Cheer Boys Cheer," " P ut the Kibosh," etc. Two Step—"Flying Arrow." Euphonium Solo—"Schubert's Sere nade." Waltz—"Fairy Dreams." Songs—"Alma Mater." "Bingo." Two Step—"Idaho." Waltz—"Love Me and the World is Mine." Overture—"Excelsior." Songs—"The Quilting party." '' There is a Tavern in the Town." Two Step—"The Moon Has His Eyes on You." Selection—"Bits of Remick's Hits." Waltz—'' Dreaming." Remember, this is an experiment. If you think it will be a good thing for the College, come out and make it a success. If you are not familiar with the songs, look them up dur ing the week, as we want everyone to join in singing them. We wish to start the program promptly at 7 :3°? so be sure to be at the A r m o ry between 7:15 and 7:3°- LECTURE ON FORESTRY. . Michigan may get a National Forest Reserve. this Last Tuesday evening the chapel was crowded to hear a lecture on Forestry by Dr. Will, secretary of the National Forestry association. In lecture he pointed out the danger from floods, the washing of the soil and the prospect of a timber famine in the near future caused by the reckless cutting and burning of our timber lands. To remedy this evil Dr. Will suggested means of fire protection and cutting in lum bering and pointed out the necessity of national forest reserves at the head waters of our rivers. In his talk he mentioned the fact that we now have national forest reserves equal in area to N ew E n g land, N ew York, N ew Jersey and Maryland, but they are all west of the Mississippi. As Michigan has between 30 and 40 thousand acres of government land, Pres. Snyder at the close of the meeting made the motion that the president of the col lege Forestry club appoint a com mittee of three to place before the authorities at W a s h i n g t on the con ditions existing in this state in or der that this government land may be set aside as a National Forest Reserve. MRS. ROBERT G- BAIRD. T he remains of M r s. R o b e rt G. Baird, widow of former Secretary Baird, of M. A. C, were laid at last in M t. H o pe cemetery rest Wednesday. Previous to occupying the position of secretary of the College, her hus band was a minister of the Congre and from in 1875 gational church. T h ey came to the Canada. College T h ey had a daughter three sons. F or ten years, until Secre tary Baird's death in 1885, the Baird family lived in the cottage in faculty row now occupied by Prof. Bissell. M r s. Baird took a prominent part in the social life of the College and community. quiet, sweet spirited woman. H er great est dimensions were the heart. H er capacity for friendship seemed almost unlimited, for she loved everybody and was fond of terms of endearment. She using was a bosom friend to those of her own age, a mother to students and a saint to the little children of the community. She was a those of several F ew people now living at the College knew M r s. Baird. She was known to the writer when he was a child as his Sunday school teacher. F or she taught a class of children in connec tion with a Sunday school which was held in the College chapel. One of those children is now glad to bear record to the potent influ ence of her gentle character in his own life. years After the death of her husband, M r s. Baird lived for three years in Lansing, and since then has resided life was in Grand Rapids. H er full of sorrow, for she saw one after another of her loved ones taken from her until she was left alone, the only survivor of her family. W M. A. R O B I N S O N. ALL-MICHIGAN ELEVEN. Seven M. A. C. Men draw Positions. T he following is the all-Mich igan eleven selected by the Grand Rapids Press : Player. Moore Campbell Marshall Morrison Ferguson Shedd Vaughan.. Small.. Helmer McKenna Cortright Position. College. Center _M. A. C. ..Left guard M. A. C Right guard Alma ^Left tackle Olivet Right tackle Alma Left end M. A. C M. A. C Rightend M. A. C.-.Capt.-quarter Left half Right half Fullback Alma M. A. C. M. A. C ATTENTION, DEBATORS. All members and friends inter ested in the debating club are re quested to meet in College hall, room 7, T h u r s d a y, Dec. 5. A good debate has been arranged for that date. O ur last debate of N o v. 21 was upheld by Messrs. McDermid and Lyon. T he former sustained the affirmative, the latter the nega tive. T he question was, " R e solved that all Japanese labor should be excluded from the U. S." T h is did not apply to the student class as was pointed out by the debators. T he question proved to be an in teresting discussion. T he affirma tive carried off the decision, given by the club. We want all men en tering the Ypsi M. A. C. prelimin ary debates this meeting as important business is to be transacted. to be present at R. G. H O O P I N G A R N E R, Sec. CHANGES IN ENGINEERING COURSE. Minor Changes Adopted by Faculty. At the suggestion of Dean Bissel the following changes in the engi neering course have been adopted by the faculty : First, that physics in the sub- treshman year be required in every term to the amount of three hours for the fall term, three hours for the winter term, and five hours for the spring term, respectively, and that the physics now required for the five-year men in the fall term fresh the man year be stricken out of course. These changes to go into effect immediately. Second, that in place of physical geography in the winter term of the sub-freshman year shall be given additional plane three hours per week. T h is change to go into effect with next term. geometry, T h i r d, that physics 2d, 2e and 2f, the winter now beginning with term of the freshman year, to be advanced so as to begin with the fall term of the sophomore year, and that the place of physics in the freshman year be taken by German or history, to be substituted by Ger man or economics in the sophomore year instead of in the junior year as at present. F o u r t h, that there shall be offered, as electives with advanced kinema tics for the winter term of the senior year, either water supply engineer ing and astronomy or power station engineering. This change to apply next winter term only, pending fuller consideration of the revision of the entire course of study. Consider well your actions, W h a t 's done you can't recall; No use to pull the trigger, T h en try to stop the ball. "Boil it down until it simmers, Polish it until it g l i m m e r s; W h en you have a thing to say, Say it—don't take half a d a y ." ALUMNI. '85- J. D. T o w a r, now Director of the Experiment at Laramie, Station W y o ., attended the fiftieth anniver sary of his parent's marriage last Saturday. '90. He E. J. Rowley's address is now Strathcona, Alberta. s a y s: "After 11 months winter and cold summer we have had a fine October and very good in November. Crops badly bring more money. Michigan farmers should stay in old Michigan. frosted, but '93- Prof. U. P. Hedrick, of Geneva, N. Y., paid the college a visit while on his way to speak at the horti cultural meeting at Battle Creek. • '02. A. E. K o c h er is with the Bureau of Soils with headquarters at Mt. Vernon, T e x a s. '06. A. S. A r m s t r o ng is now working for the Illinois Central R. R., with headquarters at Gale, 111. G. P. Boomsliter called at the college last week on his way home from Pittsburg, where he has been employed T he money stringency caused the shops in which he was working to shut down temporarily. draftsman. as with '06. F. M. Walker, with '06, spent a short time with his brothers and other college friends last week. He is now manager of a stone quarry at Ozark, Michigan. Miss Edith Hutchins with '06, was married Wednesday, November 27, to M r. Philip Norton, at the home of the bride's parents at H a n over, Mich. M r. Norton is a grad uate of Albion College and repre sented that institution at the inter last collegiate year. oratorical contest '07 L. N. Hayden is now working in Chicago. His address is 440 Engle- wood A v e. E. P. Robinson is now teaching in an academy at North H a m p t o n, N ew Hampshire. s a y s: is now teaching Myrtle B. Craig, of last year's class, domestic science in the State Industrial De partment of the Western University of Quindaro, Kansas. Speaking of the institution in a recent letter to M r s. Landon " O ur she school is young, but growing and progressive. We have about 200 the majority of whom students, come from Kansas, Missouri, In dian Territory, and Oklahoma. T he state supports the industrial side of the work, and the literary depart ment is under the A. M. E. church. T h e re are three buildings with a fourth in process of construction and our four teaching force numbers teen." THE M. A. C. RECORD. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY DUBINO T HE COLLEGE YEAR BY THE MIOHIGAN STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE W. ,T. WRIGHT, MANAGING EDITOR ASSOCIATE EDITORS. F. T. FELT, '11 HELEN ESSELSTYN, sp. D. L. BOYD. '09 G. S. VALENTINE, '08 F. F. BURROUGHS, '09 (ILENNA. I'ANCOAST, *10 LETTA HYDE, '08 W. D. FRAZER, '09 H. L. CANTRICK, '09 K. 1'. IIOLDSWORTII, '10 FRANK DANES, '10 CHAS. G. WATERMAN, '10 ATHLETIC REPORTER E. C. KREHL Subscription, 80 cents per year, Remit liy I\ 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. TUESDAY, DEC. 3, 1907. for insisted that I N a recent number of Collier's an editorial on College Athletics deserves more than passing notice, and we here reproduce it in part. " W h e t h er Harvard wins or loses in football this autumn (it lost to Yale 12 to o) Mr. Joshua Crane, the new football coach, should be thanked introducing methods, of which, more than anything else, in need. our college athletics are there M r. Crane has should be little or no secret practice, that as many men as possible be allowed to play and that they make their playing fun instead of work. Most of the difficulties of college athletics can be boiled down to this one question—shall they be con ducted for the greatest good of "the greatest number, or shall highly effi cient teams of specialized perform ers be perfected for the sole purpose of beating similar teams from rival * As long as a colleges ? season which ends is called a success, although only a score or so of men have got any benefit from it, while a season which has seen continuous, good humored competition between a large body of undergraduates, ends with one defeat, is called a failure, • just so long will our college athlet ics miss the end for which they are intended and be .overwrought and unwholesome. T he time will come when professional coaching will be abolished and intercollegiate contests restricted to one or at most a few meetings at the end of the season inter-club after contests and other good-humored that would then be possible had been plaved." the inter-class and but which in victory * * THANKSGIVING AND THE COLLEGE. Address fay Mr. C. w\ Mason, 09, at the Thanksgiving Exercises at the College. Its observance Thanksgiving means much to most of us. in the church, school and home has always been one of the pleasant events of the year. But does it really mean to us? Of course it is a enough pleasant event, with the vacation from studies, the opportunity of to get home, and fered bounteous to the traditional day. It is no wonder we look for for many table THE M. A. C. RECORD. ward to it with eager anticipation, and it has its benefits in the relaxa tion and change, but it should have a deeper significance. To thanks the Pilgrim Forefathers it meant a privilege, and holy duty to the All-Wise to render F a t h er for their blessings, which to us would seem scanty indeed. But now when liberal and independent thought has taken the pi ice of dog matic theology we should appreciate more of Thanksgiving in its highest seflse, for at the same time the. earth has been made to yield a hundred fold and science and art has brought to us as every day necessities things undreamed of then, or at least un told luxuries. the meaning keenly And it means as much to the col lege, the educational unit of society, as it does to the church, the home and the nation. And in that it deals with men and women of a higher plane in life than the average, it means more. We are also depend ent on the bounties of nature and peace and prosperity among men, but as a class have the advantages of being in the advance guard of civilization. We have had some training before coming here, but here we receive the best they can give, at the hands of some of the world's leaders in science and educa tion. We receive not only instruc intercourse tion, but have personal with them and with fellow students w ho are fitting themselves for the positions left vacant in the teaching force by the ravages of time. T he mere knowledge gained from books seems to me to be of less import ance than this social side of life. A man is rare indeed w ho by mere mastery of books can make himself a high place in the world, and if he does he narrows his own life and that of those around him. W h en Bacon said " W r i t i ng maketh an ex act man, reading a full man, and speaking a ready man" he meant to make it clear that to be a com plete man he must exercise all his faculties and he might well have added, thinking. F or many of us too much, and our use our memory too little, imagination and and the world's knowledge without inde pendent thought. a man cannot reason add to Yet a man cannot expect to make progress without making use of all that those w ho have preceded him have found It is only to be true; then that he can begin to add to what is already known. ' A nd colleges agricultural T he value of are especially blessed at this time as all the work of the past is beginning to labor bear fruit. along these lines is beginning to be appreciated. So all w ho start have added to their ambitions the hope and promise of carrying a great and useful work on to a higher state of perfection. T he conditions existing now in relation to agricultural colleges are especially good for a rapid increase importance among colleges and in usefulness in the nation. T he fed that of eral government and the state realize importance and are doing all in their power to im prove and support them. T he lib eral funds at our command and gen erous equipment at the expense of the state make it possible for the faculty to give excellent instruction and also to add to the present store of knowledge by research work. their One great point of superiority over other colleges is that, while giving as good training and oppor tunity for the more exceptional stu dent, they make of all capable, and women. trained, useful men T he great percentage of tramps that come from the ranks of uni that versity men is due to the fact unless they are able to compete with the best in professional, classical or literary lines they have no training fitting them to make a living. So an agricultural college offers an op portunity for men to fit themselves for a different sphere in life, by giv ing them a trade and education. Success does not mean necessarily to have developed genius along some line. T he man who lives a good, honest, upright is successful, and, with the advantages of an edu rich cation such a life may be as to and happy as a man could wish make it. life first. And among agricultural colleges ours ranks Its location is as good as the best in a state where agriculture is recognized and appre ciated. to give It has the name backing to graduates, owing to be ing the oldest and widest known. It is at a booming period in its his and tory. new buildings are giving increased enrollment and facilities for handl ing the students that are bound to come. Its dormitories and boarding cluns give it a democratic basis. Its informal social events make life congenial and tend to round out the perfect man or woman. semi-centennial T he To show our appreciation is to make the best use of our opportuni ties, and we should recognize them as privileges, and on this Thanks giving day we should be deeply grateful for such exceptional bless ings- THE NEW BOILER. It Will Develop 350 H. P. If two of T he boiler To the casual visitor at the college power house a new boiler is being placed and it seems to be a "whale." If he asks he will probably be told furnishing that it will be capable the than any more steam other boilers beside it. instead of being merely a casual visitor he proves to be a man of mechanical bent he will see and learn much of interest concerning the new boiler. is of the " Bonson " type, built by Lyons Brothers Boiler Co., D e P e r e, W i s. This type of boiler was first devised and built at the Iowa Iron W o r ks Co., Dubuque, light draught government gun boats and w a s / t h en known as the " I o w a" boiler. T he boiler is essentially a large return tubular boiler of such size that it would be impracticable to expose the shell to direct heat from the fire as is done with smaller boilers. To protect the furnace and space behind the bridge- wall are provided with a roof or fire-brick supported on flat arch of in a row of water tubes expanded hollow headers or water legs at tached to and opening into the shell of the boiler at front and back. the shell Iowa, some for is built under the T h us the water tubes form a part of the circulation path of the water in the boiler and are kept cool enough to support the furnace arch. T he fire front portion of this arch and the products of combustion travel under the arch to the rear end and thence return through the flues of the main shell to the uptake as in the standard re tubular boiler. By this con turn advant following struction the ages are obtained : (a) M o re horse power per square foot of floor space, (b) More capacity in a single unit, and ( c) Reduced cost per unit of capacity than in the horizontal re turn tubular type, without sacrific ing the desirable features of the lat ter, chief of which is large reserve steaming capacity. T he capacity of the " Bonson " the boiler now being and a is 350 horsepower college pressure of 150 pounds per square inch can be carried safely. T he Jones underfeed stokers are being fitted to the boiler, thus making the the system of firing uniform with rest of the plant. installed at G. w. B. FARMERS' INSTITUTES FOR DECEMBER. Lake County, Bristol, December 4 and 5. Ogemaw County, West Branch, De cember 4 and 5. Crawford County, Grayling, Decem ber 6 and 7. Mason County, Ludington, December 6 and 7. Shiawassee County; Durand, Decem ber 6 and 7. Montmorency County, Atlanta, De cember 9 and 10. Benzie County, Beulah, December 18 and 14. Osceola County, Reed City, December 16 and 17. Wexford County, Manton, December 17 and 18. Emmet County, Petoskey, December 18 and 19. Cheboygan County, Wolverine, De cember 19 and 20. Also the following local institutes: Mason County, Riverton Town Hall, Dec. 2; Grant Town Hall, December 3; Scottsville, December 4 and 5. Muskegon County, Ravenna, Dec. 2 and 3; Dalton, Dec. 4; Holton, Dec. 5 and 6; Trent, Dec. 7; Norton Town Hall, Dec. 9. Presque Isle County, Ocqueoc, Dec. 3; Onaway, Dec. 4. Wexford County, Pleasant Lake, Dec. 3; Mesick, Dec. 4 and 5; Cadillac, Dec. 6 and 7. Oceana County, Oceana Centre, Dec. 4; Walkerville, Dec. 5; Cargill, Dec. 6; Cranston, Dec. 7. Shiawassee Co., Laingsburg, Dec. 5. Alpena Co., Alpena Twp., Dec. 5; Wilson Twp. Dec. 6; Hubbard Lake, Dec. 7. Lake Co., Samir Schoolhouse, Dec. 9; Chase, Dec. 10; Luther, Dec. 11. Osceola Co., Leroy, Dec. 9; Avondale, Dec. 10; Evart, Dec. 11. Emmet Co., Epsilon, Dec. 10; Harbor Springs, Dec. 11; Stutsonville, Dec. 12; Ely, Dec. 13; Bliss, Dec. 14. Manistee Co., Kaleva, Dec. 10; Arca dia, Dec. 12. Kalkaska Co., South Boardman, Dec. 4; Spencer, Dec. 5; South Excelsior, Dec. 6; Cold Springs, Dec. 7; Rapid City, Dec. 9. Ottawa Co., North Holland, Dec. 5; Jamestown Center, Dec. 6; Coopersville Dee. 7. Kalamazoo Co., Richland, Dec. 12; Augusta, Dec. 13; Fulton, Dec. 14; Pa vilion, Dec. 16; Schoolcraft, Dec. 17; Texas, Dec. 18; Oshtemo, Dec. 19; Cooper, Dec. 20. Grand Traverse Co., Acme, Dec. 18; Elk Lake, Dec. 19; Monroe Center, Dec. 20; Summit City, Dec. 21. Otsego Co., Hayes Twp. Dec. 17; Gaylord, Dec. 18; Elmira, Dec. 20. Jackson Co., at places to be selected and announced later, Dec. 16 to 20. Gladwin Co., Dale, Dec. 3; Beaverton, Dec. 4; Grout, Dec. 5; Wagerville, Dec 6. Leelanau Co., Provemont, Dec. 17. T HE M. A. C. RECORD. 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