« 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, J U NE 30, 1908. N o. 38. COLLEGE YEAR CLOSES WITH AP= PROPRIATE FESTIVITIES. E I C H T Y - F O UR BACHELOR A ND F I VE A D V A N C ED DECREES C O N F E R R E D. Last Tuesday brought to a close the college year and with it the graduation of the class of 1908 con sisting of 84 members of which 22 were of the agricultural course, 45 of the engineering course, 14 of the home economics course and three foresters. Five advanced degrees were also given. T he first exercise of the week was the Baccalaureate service held at the armory at three o'clock Sun day afternoon, J u ne 21 according to the following program : March—Miss Freyhoffer and Miss Bates. Hymn— " Great God of Nations." Invocation—Rev. W. S. Sly, of Lansing. Scripture Reading—Rev. H. R. Snyder, of Pacific Grove, Calif. Anthem—"I Will Sing of Thy Power," M. A. C. choir. Prayer—Rev. J. S. Dice, of Enon Valley, Pa. Solo, "O Lord Be Merciful," Mr. E. G. Killeen. Anthem. Hallelujah Chorus from -'Mt. of Olives," M. A. C. choir. Address. "A Truce or A Challenge." Rev. Ernest Bourner Allen, of Toledo, Ohio, Solo, "Come Unto Him"—Mr. E. G. Killeen. Hymn—"Jesus Shall Reign." Benediction—Rev. Corbit, of Adrian, Mich. R e v. Allen's address was strong and forceful, and as a former pastor of a Lansing church, he is familiar with the college and its work. N e xt to his alma mater he considers M. A. C. his college home. DEDICATION OF ENGINEERING BUILDING. service, occurred On Monday, following the bac calaureate the dedication of the engineering build ing which was finished last fall and which has been in use during the year. T he exercises were held in the grove in front of the build ing at three o'clock p. m. Follow ing the exercise the building was opened for public inspection. T he following is the program : Music, Overture, "Lustspiel," Kelar- Bela. Invocation — Rev.* Wm. C. Hicks, Lan sing. Music, cornet solo," Columbia Fantasia," Rollinson—Mr. Fortune Dogneaux. Announcements—Prof. G. W. Bissell. Music, Selection Operatic, " Bohemian Girl," Balfe. Address—"The Education of an En gineer"—Dr. Rolla Clinton Carpen ter, Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. Music, March, " Gloria," Losey. Fischer's orchestra furnished the music. D r. Carpenter is an alumnus of M. A. C, having been graduated with the class of '73. Later he was graduated from the engineering de partment of the University of Mich igan, was at one time Professor of Mathematics and Civil Engineering at M. A. C, and is n ow Professor of Experimental Engineering at Cornell University. P R E S I D E N T 'S R E C E P T I O N. T he annual President's reception was held at the home of President and M r s. Snyder Monday evening. F r om 8 till 11 o'clock the house w as thronged with faculty, students and friends, all enjoying the last general social function of the college year. T he receiving line was composed of President and M r s. J. L. Snyder, Dr. R. C. Carpenter, W. A. H o p- son, president of the senior class, Dean and Airs. G. W. Bissell, R e v. W. H. Snyder and Hon; William J. Oberdorffer. Refreshments consisting of punch, ice cream and candies were served under the direction of Miss Bessie Beemisof the Domestic Science De partment. Fischer's orchestra fur^ nished the music. T he rooms were simply and tastefully decorated for the occasion and numerous electric fans helped to modify the otherwise oppressive heat. Several parents of members of the graduating class were present. LAYING THE CORNER STONE. T he rapid construction of the new agricultural building made pos sible the laying of the corner stone just preceding the commencement exercises Tuesday morning. It had not been anticipated that this could be done at this time and no prepa ration had been made for the occa sion so that the services were very informal. President Snyder made a few remarks, H o n. A. J. Dough erty, of the State Board, held the trowel, and Dean R. S. Shaw read a list of articles placed inside the stone as follows : 1. Copy of original resolution by the Board of Agriculture, making appropri ation for an agricultural building. 2. Record of the first meeting of the State Board of Education in its capac ity of governing board of the State Agri cultural School organized under the provisions of Act 130, Session Laws of 1855. 3. Copy of the contract with H. G. Christman Company for the erection of the building. 4. Copy of 1908 catalog. 5. Copy of general catalog, 1857-1900. 6. Cut of the building. 7. Copy of the last legislative act granting aid to Michigan State Agricul tural College. 8. Statement regarding plans for heat ing, ventilating, lighting and plumb ing prepared under the direction of Prof. Geo. W. Bissell. 9. Copies of M. A. C. RECORD June 16, 1908 and April 7, 1908. 10. Remarks of Pres. Snyder at the laying of the corner stone. 11. Report of the laying of the cor ner stone of the Botanical Building. P. C. Schroyer, of the senior lass, sealed the box which contained hese articles. COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES. somewhat Departing from the ".sual custom of commencement ex ercises no representatives of the class '-poke at commencement exercises :his year, the time being given up ib an address by Miss J a ne Addams >f Hull House, Chicago. Aside from President Roosevelt gave the address, it is doubtful if so large a crowd was ever before present at commence ment exercises. Disregarding the sweltering heat, people from the college community and Lansing ] loured in until the A r m o ry w as last year when rowded to its utmost capacity. At 10 .-30 o'clock, to the strains "Commencement," the march of Mr. C. C. Taylor and M r. W. D. Frazer, of the junior class, led the way to the platform followed by Pres. Snyder and the speaker, v*ho in turn were followed by the mem bers ' of the State Board of A g r i culture, the faculty, and lastly the senior class. T he members of the board and faculty occupied seats on -J.." platform and the class occupied seats directlv in front, a prettv trib ute to Glenn Dodge, a member of the class claimed by death a few weeks ago, being a pillow of flow ers occupying a vacant chair. T he invocation, pronounced by R e v. M. D. Carrel, of Charlotte, was followed by an overture by the orchestra, after which President Snyder introduced Miss Addams, who spoke on the subject, " T he Changing Ideas of Education." As the speaker unfolded her subject the utmost evidenced. She spoke with the firmness of conviction, which comes from the accomplishment of an successful undertaking and an earnestness coming from a life given unselfishly for others. It was an address both instructive and inspiring, so much so that at all times she held the closest attention. interest was Music followed the- address, after which degrees were conferred upon the following : BACHELORS OF SCIENCE Agricultural graduates are designated by A, Engineering by E, Home Economics by H, and Forestry by F. A L L E N, M A R S H A LL R ., A A N D R E W S, N E I NA F., H B A K E R, P H I L IP J ., E B A R D E N, F L O YD M .. A B A R L E Y, A R T H UR T -, E B A R L O W, F L O R E N CE M ., H B E A L, F A N N IE E . .H B E A R D, H A Z LE A . .H B O R N, F R A NK G . .E B O Y L E, J E S S E, A B R E W S T E R, A R C H IE W ., E B R O W N, W A L T ER P ., E S U R R E L L, L E R OY L ., A C A M P B E L L, J A M ES R .. E C A R R, R A L P H, J .. A C A R R. R O S W E LL G ., A C AR R E L, R U T H, H (Continued on page 2.) T HE B A N D. As the R E C O RD aims to acquaint its readers with the g r o w th and ad vancement of M. A. C. along every line, in this issue the group picture of our military band will call your attention to the best military musi cal organization which o ur college so far in its history has ever had. Trained by the efficient and able work of Director A r t h ur J. Clark it has come to be considered as one of the best amateur bands in the state. T he complete list of instrumen talists playing with the organization during the past year is as follows : Baden,- Burs- ma, Hill, Hopphan, J o r d a n, Saier. Clarinets—Applin, Piccolo—M ar tin. Cornets—Brault, Cavanagh, J ., Cools, J o h n s o n, Keith, S p u r w a y, Werner, Wilhelm. Altos — C l a r k, W ., F o w l e r, Hodgeman, K u r t z, Yuill. Trombones, Slide — Beardsley, Cavanagh, G., Clippert, McGill- vray, S h a w. Baritone— Hallock. Bass—McWilliams, V a n W a g e- nen. Drums—Crosbv, Ellison, Gibbs, A. J. Clark. Director—Arthur Drum Major—Rov I I. Gilbert. T he Band is a part of and under the direct control of the military de Its members serve as partment. musicians in the Band in lieu of military drill. During the fall and winter terms the Hand rehearsed regularly three hours per week, and in the spring term appeared with the battalion on the parade ground at drill. During the year the Band has contributed to the enjoyment of life on the campus bv playing at five football games as well as sev eral games of baseball. T h ey also gave two promenade concerts which were much appreciated and ap peared on the F a r m e r s' R o u n d - Up Co-operating Institute program. with the Athletic Association they gave a highly successful minstrel performance. T he Bund also ap peared with the cadet battalion in the Decoration Day parade and fur nished music for the Masonic memo rial exercises in Lansing. T he college community greatly appreciates the band and its work, and extends its congratulations to the Band membershipand its popular director for what has been accom plished during the year just closed. May its success the coming year be as well marked. NEW PURCHASING SYSTEM. At a recent meeting of the State Board a plan for a new purchasing scheme for the college was adopted whereby everything Deeded by the different departments is to be pur through the secretary's of chased fice instead by the departments themselves as is done at present. T he system will go in force in a few weeks. T he M. A. C. RECORD. T he M. A. C. RECORD PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY DURING T HE COLLEGE YEAR BY T HE MICHIGAN S T A TE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE W. J. W R I G H T, ' 0 4, M A N A G I NG E D I T OR ASSOCIATE EDITORS MAKY G. A L I . K S, *DU K. B. KKII*. "i»l» J. Cf. I>E CAMP, "HI I'.. VOKKKK, '10 K. P. HOLDSWOKTri, '10 MII,DRKI> FKIKU'SON. "10 Z. C. GOO DEI,I,, *11 F. P. FELT, '11 T. (.'. W1I VTK, 'II H ' E L I .A SI1KKKOI). S p. WAI/TEK UERNSTKIN. SP. O. A. I'OKOKNY, 139 A T H L E T IC REPORTER W.i T). KKAZKK SUBSCRIPTION 50 CENTS PER YEAR Remit by P . O. Money On&fcr, Draft or Registered Letter, ho not send stamps. Address all subscriptions and advertising matter to the College Secretary, Bast Lan sing, Mirli. Address all contributions to the Managing: Kditor. Business (tffloe wit h Lawrence A- Van Buren Printing Co.. \±2 Ottawa St. East, Lansing. .Midi. Kntered as second-class mail matter at Lansing, Mich. TUESDAi; JUNE 30, 1908 In this last issue of the year we cannot help but reflect upon the past year, the beginning In Retrospect of the last half of M. A. C.'s century run, with a considerable degree of satisfaction. In many ways it has remarkable. T he at been most tendance has been larger than ever before, the total enrollment for the year being 1191. A large addi tional teaching force has had to be maintained to accommodate this ex increase. T he engin traordinary eering building was completed in the early fall and provides excellent quarters for the engineering depart ments and room facilities. T he agricultural build ing is now well under yvay and when completed will be one of the best in the country. T he United States government has made ap propriation for a weather bureau and meteorological station here which is soon to be erected. increased class T wo deaths and two resignations among the faculty have been chron icled during the year, with w h om a large number of the alumni were acquainted. T he first to pass away was Prof. E. E. Bogue, of the for estry department, w ho died from the result of an operation for ap pendicitis August 19 last. Prof. Holdsworth's death occurred Sept ember 18 at his home just north of the campus, resulting from tubercu losis. Prof. Fletcher, of the horti cultural department, resigned early in the winter to accept the director ship of the Virginia experiment sta tion, and Prof. C. DP Smith accept ed the presidency of the Agricul tural College at Piracacaba, Brazil. In athletics the college has made good by securing the state college championship on football and basket ball, and withdrew from the M. I. A. A. to enter athletic relations with the larger institutions,in competition with which our baseball and track teams made good. T he track team won sixth place in the conference meet at Chicago, one of the team being the Olympic for games at London. chosen And last, but not least, is the 110- ticable good feeling and fellowship that has existed the year whereby every one has upheld the honor of M. A. C. throughout T HE R E C O RD is unfortunate this week in being unable to give in full the address of Miss J a ne Addams given at commencement. It was clearly the type of address coming from long experience along educa tional lines and the result of a life's work ; a life sacrificed for the good of others, the foreign population of Chicago, among whom she has worked to uplift and make desirable citizens. But h er work has not stopped there. She has invaded the politics of the city and by pro viding play grounds and healthful places of amusement, is assisting in breaking up the " gangs " in which are bred and flourish that menace to the government, good political " b o s s ." indeed were Fortunate those w ho heard her. COLLEGE YEAR CLOSES. '.{ 'OiitimuMl f r om pHRr I.t C H A R L T O N. I R V I NG D ., E C H R I S T E N S E N. L E O N A R D, E C O B B, M Y R ON A ., A C O N O L L Y, H E N RY M .. A C O V E . L L, B E S S, H D A R S E E, A C A S T US L ., A Dl C E, J AM ES R., A D! K E M AN , M Y R ON J . .E D O D G E, G L EN W , E D W I G H T, A L B E RT C, E F E R G U S O N. M A UD E ., H F U L L E R, L E W IS S ., E G I L B E R T, R OY H ., E G O N G W E R. J V E R N E. E H A G A M A N, H A R RY W -, E H A L L, M A R I ON E ., E H E L L E R. C H A S. S -, A H I L L. N E W E LL J ., E H O P S O N, W A L T ER A. F « H O R T O N. S A M U EL W .. 4 H U R L B U R T, A MY D ,, H H Y D E, LO RA M -. H I NG LI S, J E AN A .. H K I E F E R. F R A N C I S, F K O E H L E R. I R V I NG G. E K R E H L, E D W A RD C, A L E M M O N, K E L L EY B ,. E » •' M c V A N N E L L, G E O R GE H ., E M A R S H. H E R B E RT E ., E M A R T I N. E V AN S -. E M E R W I N, C L Y DE E ., E M O S H E R, M A B E L, H M U S S E L M A N. H A R RY H ., E N O R T O N, C H A R L ES B . .E O ' G A R A, F R A N C I S, E O W E N, G R A C E, H P A R K ER W A RD H ., A P E A R S A L L, R O P HA V .. E P R A T T, M A RY E -, H R A C E, S H E L BY E ,. E R I D E R. W I L L I AM M ., A R I G T E R I N K, A L B E R T. A " R I L E Y, E A R LE F .. E R O G E R S. B. C A R L, E R O R K, E L M ER J ., E R O S E N, J O S E PH A ., A R O U S E, H E R B E RT M ., E S C H R O Y E R, P E R CY C, E S H A S S B E R G E R, E R N E ST J ,, E S H E R M A N, H A R O LD C, E S H U L L. H U B E R .4 S M A L L, R AY A ., E S M A L L. W A L T ER H ,, E S N Y D E R, A N T H O NY L ., E S T E P H E N S O N, O IE W ., E S U T H E R L A N D. C L A R E N CE H ., E T E N K O N O H Y, F R A N K L IN V ., E V A L E N T I N E, G I L B E RT S .. E W A L K U P, J O HN M ., A W A R N E R. G R A CE L -, H W I L B UR J O HN W .. * W I L C O X, A R T H UR R .. F W I L C O X. E U G E NE I ., A W I L L I A M S, C L A U DE V ., E W I L S O N, F R A NK B .. A W O O D, L L O YD E ., E Z I M M E R, W A L T ER E. A .. E Five advanced degrees were con ferred. To Louis C. Brooks, B. S. '92, the degree of Electrical E n g i neer. To William D. Hurd, B. S. '99, the degree of Master of Agri culture. To F r a nk F. R o g e r s, B. S. '83, the degree of Civil Engineer. To Alva T. Stevens, B. S. '93, the degree of Master of Science. To Dr. E d w a rd A. A. Grange the hon- oray degree of Master of Science. SOCIETY REUNIONS. T he society reunions and parties were held this year on Tuesday evening after commencement and were a fitting close to, the week's festivities and the year's work. The Jlurorean party was given in the Hotel Downey. After a re ception the guests adjourned to the grill room for a twelve course ban quet which w as followed by toasts by Claude Nash, A. W. Brewster and Z. C. Goodell. T he dancing was given in the cony-ention hall, the music being by Boos' Orchestra, of Jackson. T he Patrons were D r. and M r s. L. M. H u rt and Prof, and M r s. Poison. banquet was 7 he. Columbian room of the held in the dining W o m e n 's Building, which w as prettily decorated for the occasion. C. I. Auten of Flint acted as toast- master and introduced the speakers of the evening, M r. J. R. Dice, A. L. Snow, C. W. L a p w o r th and P. H. Piper. After the banquet the party adjourned to the engineer ing building, where dancing w as T he chaperones were enjoyed. Pres. and M r s. J. L . S n y d er and Coach and M r s. C L. Brewer. The Hesperian party was held in the Masonic Temple. T he ban quet was served' by the ladies of T he Church of O ur Father. F r a n cis .Keifer acted as toastmaster, the following members responding to toasts: W. A. Hopson, D. N. Hanson, F. R. Sweeney and L. C. Christiansen. After the banquet the party returned to the ballroom to enjoy the dancing. T he party was chaperoned by Dean and M r s. Shaw and Secretary and M r s. Brown. The Olympic party was held in ""the society rooms and began with dancing. T he banquet was served in Club A. P. A. at 10 o'clock Shuttleworth acted as toastmaster, and called upon the following mem bers w ho responded with toasts : W. H. Parker, R. E. Rudzinski and C. A. Griffin. After the ban quet to the rooms and danced until three o'clock. the guests returned • Dean and M r s. G. W. Bissell chap eroned the party. The Phi Delta society held an informal reception at their society house from 7 to 8 o'clock, and then repaired to Club B, where the ban quet was served. J. R. Campbell was toastmaster, the toasts being given by C. A. Lemmon, M. A. Hall, Carl R o g e rs and Paul Ellis. T he armory was the scene of the dancing and was most handsomely decorated for the occasion. Prof, and M r s. F. S. Kedzie and Prof, and M r s. C. P. Halligan were the chaperones. Immediately The Union Literary party began with class day exercises at their rooms, the program being given by J. V. Gongwer, J. G. Boyle, J. S. Wells, J. W. Knecht and L. Hid- following a rosollo. banquet was served in Club D. R. T. Carr acted as toastmaster and A. J. Anderson, O. A. Kratz, M. S. Johnson, and C. C. Taylor respond then ed with taken for Pine Lake were dancing was enjoyed at the pavillion. D r. and M r s. Gordon and Mr. and M r s. Glenn Boyle were the chaperones. toasts. Cars were Miss N o r ma Gilchrist has been ill as a result of a slight operation on her throat. PRESIDENT SNYDER HON ORED BY THE UNIVER SITY OF MICHIGAN. It will be a matter of congratula tion to the friends of the college to learn that the University of Michi gan at its . annual commencement last yveek conferred Upon the presi dent of this college its highest hon that of Doctor of orary degree, L a w s. T h is honor is the more significant from the fact that it was liberally bestowed by our great university. Only two persons were so honored this year, the other honor going to an ambassador to Japan, Hon. T h o m as J. O'Brien, w ho is a former graduate. T h is action on the part of our university authorities is a fine trib ute to this college, b ut more especi ally to P r e s. Snyder, whose admin istration during twelve years has been marked by a period of rapid development and harmoni ous relations both within the college and with the public at large. the past A TRUCE OR A CHALLENGE. BACCALAUREATE ADDRESS BY REV. ERNEST BOURINER ALLEN. fighting there was a perceptible A single sentence often sums up a man's life purpose and gives the key to his character. Grant re vealed his pertinacity of purpose when, after those six days of fear in the Wilderness, he ful sent his decisive message to the President, "I propose to fight it out on this line if it takes all sum mer." W h en Lincoln delivered his second inaugural, the historian tells us thrill passed over the multitude when he uttered the memorable words, re flecting his own magnificent en deavor, " with malice toward none ; with charity for all; w i th firmness for the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in." A nd Lowell catches us in the spirit of his splen did purpose when he says, " My life shall be a challenge not a truce." We live in a challenging age. It does not hesitate to It attacks. take the aggressive. Principles of government which yve supposed were long since settled are vigor ously questioned. A system of ed ucation which has been the marvel of Europe is being subtly changed. T he age challenges our beliefs, our conceptions of God fundamental and the hereafter. It declares the great obligations of human brother hood and demands the homely vir tues of honesty, fidelity, usefulness. W h e t h er the youth of this genera tion shall meet the challenge of the times with the white flag of fear or the red flag of courage is the ques tion you are to answer. W h e t h er like Lowell you make the great decision and cry : " My life shall be a challenge, not a truce," is what the world is asking, for yve need men and women who dare to think, to act, to live in good conscience before God. Today and in the next ten years there comes to you, young men and young women, the challenge of It comes but once — what youth. will you do with it? You have fine powers of body and brain, of heart and hand. A re they to be used in service or in self satisfaction ? Some men, like Lord Byron, an swer thus : "I will work the mine T he M. A. C. RECORD. 3 of my youth to the last vein of the ore,.and then good-night " A nd so- this man, w ho at thirty-three de clared his days were "in the sere and yellow leaf," whose father was a brilliant roysterer, whose mother was a passionate lioness, burned out the powers of a fine personality to the tragic end. T he pathos of life is today. Some of the splendid ships launched in the colleges and at graduation this week universities of America shattered may come back only wrecks unless thev meet the chal lenge of their powers with a bal anced and growing mastery. that men are doing it T h e re is upon us the challenge of current events. We have had ex posures of fraud, of careless admin istration, of deplorable stewardship. N ew and higher standards of hon esty and service have been demand ed. T he responsibility of college- trained men for the right type of public leadership is heavv and plain. W h en 19,000 men in a certain city fail to register and therefore cannot vote, what can we expect in city government? Men w ho do not register their convictions are not entitled to suffrage. T he country man w ho is flimflammed by the city shark is no more an object of ridi the college man w ho is cule than fooled by the political boss. It is well to remember that if "the wicked flee when no man pursueth," they make a great deal better-time when some one is after them ! T he past four vears will be remembered "for the moral uplift given to the busi ness of the country" declares the Wall Street Journal. It is yours to maintain this uplift, by personal righteousness and unselfish service for the public good in any commu nity into which you may go. Let no one betray you into the hands of the pessimist. T h is is as good and glorious an age as the world has ever seen, not worse but better. T h e re were cancers in the body politic in 1776 and in 1S73. I do not T h ey had to be cut out. care so much whether the next president comes from Minnesota or Nebraska, from N ew Y o rk or the old reliable state of Ohio, provided only he be a man of the same fear less spirit as the man now in the W h i te House, w ho dares to rebuke sin, bid sinners fear, and demand a square deal for black and white, for labor and capital, for Cuban or Chinaman. capacity recognizes In view of certain current but veiled attacks on the home life of our country it is reassuring to find institutions like this whose curricu lum the home as a mighty factor in our national life. W h a t e v er some women may have for public service, the majority will doubtless influence the republic most through the home. Home-making and motherhood are as grand and direct service for God and humanity as some more spec tacular methods sought by extrem ists. An education which gives opportunity with woman man, which the the hand, head and the heart, will fit her for the queenliest service, whether she write books, make speeches, man age a farm or preside over her home. the modern battle for position and supremacy, manhood depends upon the purity and inspi ration gathered in the fortress of the home. trains equal In Upon no group of men and women in o ur population do we de pend more than those from our col leges for recognition and response to the highest moral ideals. One of the most discriminating students of our national character declares that the gravest defect is h e r e; upon the serious side of existence men are largely without aim. T he chal lenge to a Christian character is the hardest and highest that will ever come to you. It is the challenge of the matchless life, that of the N a z- arene Carpenter. W h a t e v er you may think of Him now, if vou stay with H im He will g r ow upon you. T he sublimity of His courage, the purity of His life, the magnitude of His plans, the sacrifice of His ser vice,—these will all make their con tribution to the shaping of your life. He is the best the world has t o' seen. You have no choose aught but the best. He makes His appeal to vou today as you stand on the threshold of a new career. President Hadlev of Yale was right when he said to the really students of Yale : " T he fundamental thing in a man's life is his choice of a religion. T wo re ligions are today struggling for the mastery. T h e re is the religion of Mammon, whose dominant purpose is selfishness and whose creed is indifference to moral considerations, reason considerable knowledge of the prop erties of materials and the laws of action of mechanical forces. As time progressed the de mand for public works and large constructions such as light-houses, roads, docks and apparatus for hand ling heavy machinery led to the de velopment of a class of engineers whose productions were devoted to civii rather to military pur poses. T h e se engineers were dis tinguished the military en from gineers by the term "civil." than T he term "civil engineer" in cluded practically all members of the profession not carrying on mil itary work until approximately fifty years ago. At about that time there was a further the profession into special branches, as for instance Mechanical and Mining and in later times Electrical. subdivision of T he latter subdivisions have be- • come of great importance during the last 20 years, because of the great development of the manufacturing and electrical industries in this coun try. T he mechanical and electrical branches have created special fields which are now well recognized by the engineering profession gener ally. It is also interesting to note that the development of these bran- ( T h is ity, principally to mechanical eng is ineering constructions. generally considered a branch of Mechanical Engineering in most institutions there is a tendency to bring the mechanical and electri cal engineering courses together ex cept for certain special studies.) and Mining Engineering. — Appli to mining It includes surveying, atul processes cation of engineering operations. assaying, mining machinery. T he number of sub-branches of engineering relating to the special industries can it is evident be as them numerous as the industries selves. A m o ng the sub-branches of engineering mainly mechanical which are organized into national societies m a y be mentioned Heating anil Ventilation, Marine, Automo bile, Electric Railroad, Railroad Master Mechanics, Sanitary, etc. F r om the above it is noted statements \\rork that these various branches of engineer ing differ from each other princi pally as to the field of application and the character of industry de pendent thereon. T he above to tend required give an idea of the of an engineer. It is to be noted that this work covers nearly the en It is tire field of human activity. to under an engineer's business stand of nature. We owe all our great pro ductions in practical lines to the en gineer ; it is he w ho designs and takes in charge the construction of our bridges, our railroads, our eng ines, our electrical machinery and all the great practical appliances of science. and control the forces W O M E N 'S B U I L D I NG FROM P R E S I D E N T 'S OFFICE. except so far as they may be re garded as instruments of individual advancement. T h e re is the religion of God whose purpose is service and whose creed is loyalty to some thing larger than yourselves." E D U C A T I ON OF AN EN G I N E E R. DEDICATION ADDRESS BY ROLLA C. CARPENTER, L. L. D. Engineering can be defined as an application of the laws of nature as revealed by a study of the physical sciences to the practical and useful arts. It deals with all branches of industry which are founded on or related to the physical or chemical sciences, and is divided into numer ous branches depending upon the field of application. In very early days such engineer ing as was practiced related solely to the art of war. Even in the days of the Romans the art was consider ably advanced and the military en gineer was a man of great import ance. He was depended upon for and produced plans of fortifications instruments of warfare, many and of which even at the present time would be considered as showing ches has acted to practically limit the term "Civil E n g i n e e r" to a special ty as narrow as the other branches. T h us at the present time while the term Civil Engineering might in its broad sense cover all branches of engineering not military, as a matter of fact the actual civil engineer is one educated for special work and generally with a practical training for only one branch of engineering. Neglecting military engineering, we find that in the field of education there is broad recognition given to the professions of Civil, Mechanical, Electrical and Mining engineering; in addition special branches of eng ineering comprehended by a single recognized. industry are also often Considering the various branches of engineering as they exist to-day, the fields of industry covered are practically as follows : Civil Engineering. — Devoted principally to surveying, construc tion of static structures, bridges, dams, etc., and to public works. Mechanical Engineering.— De voted principally to dynamic struct ures, including machines, engines of all kinds, construction of mach inery and factories, and operation of works. Electrical Engineering. — De voted to the application of electric T h e re is a difference between en gineering and invention ; invention, in order to produce practical results, may require the services of an en gineer and may involve engineering but nevertheless the work of an en gineer is materially different from that of an inventor. T he difference is so great that it is rare to find that a great inventor has the practical instincts or the ability to produce practical results which must be pos sessed by the great engineer. No college course could safely under take to give instruction in the "art of inventing" if any such art can be said to exist, but it should instruct in the underlying sciences w h o se field of application if extended into new domains might lead to discov It eries which we term is that many engineers in carrying out engineering work have had occasion to take out patents or to make what might be termed a invention ; but this class of minor invention is more in the nature of design, and while in many cases it may have proved remunerative it pertains rather more to the field of than to the field of in- engineering- vention. invention. true, does While engineering n ot necessarily include invention, it is in many respects closely allied. An invention may be defined as a dis covery in the application of the forces of nature which results in the production of new machines or new processes. Engineering makes the discoveries of the inventor of prac tical use by giving shape and pro portion to all the parts and reduc ing the invention to a practical and useful form. T he engineer extends the field of practice by experiment and research rather than by brilliant In his productions, if he discovery. 4 The M/A. C. RECORD. the fact Glasgow University and the advice of the most scientific men of his times. T he practical results which he produced were largely due to the engineering improvements brought about by the use of better tools and training better workshops, and the in the art. As illus of workmen trating the low state of the engi neering art at the time of Watt, I may mention that W a t t, after three unsuccessful trials in the casting of a cylinder for his engine, expressed himself as greatly elated when a cylinder was secured which was n ot more than % in. out of round. T he engineering genius of W a tt and his associates overcame such difficulties, and the develop ment of the steam engine, which was in his hands extremely rapid, was assured more by engineering advances and developments than by invention. From the consideration of what the engineer is required to do, much light is thrown upon what he must know and some of the fundamental things which he must study. It is evident that if he must make application of the laws of nature he them to as must be familiar with great an extent as possible. In col leges laws, yvhich are of principal value to tile engineer, are these ineering courses. One reason which makes them of great importance is this fact that the fundamental stud ies are usually of such a nature that if they are not acquired in college they will never be acquired in after life. T he practical application of these fundamental studies gives us our various engineering courses and if one is well grounded in the funda mental studies the practical applica tions can often be obtained as well or better outside of a college course as in t he course. To an engineer, the most funda studies is without doubt mental It is true that many mathematics. noted engineers have succeeded in certain lines of work without the use of much mathematics ; but it is not certain that even in those lines of work they would not have suc ceeded better and produced better results had the training in math ematics been better. important of all I feel sometimes that a few eng ineers have described the advant ages of the higher mathematics simply because they have not been required to practically apply them to any great extent, and they have entirely overlooked the fact that the logical training produced by the study of mathematics bas been to them of great practical use even the other hand, waste the time of engineering students by taking up matters which although of interest to the specialist in language, is of no earthly value to a man w ho merely needs to learn its use. It is necessary - that an engineer should know h ow to apply the fun damental studies of a college course so as to produce practical useful re sults. To secure that end students in college courses should be trained by lectures, recitations and labora tories in the application of mathe matics, physics, chemistry and E n g lish to the various specialties which they propose to master. as a prepa ration for their future work. T h e se specialties I will not discuss in this place, since they must necessarily differ in different colleges with the time available for instruction, con veniences at hand in the laboratory, and various surrounding circum stances. T he student should also be ex pected to obtain a certain amount of manual training which shall give him skill in the handling of the in struments of his profession, and it is right and necessary that he should familiar with become practically surveying tools and drawing instruments, and should have as much practice as the time instruments, shop is not confined to the field of prac tice with its definite and well-known boundaries, he extends the field of development cautiously and slowly and only to such an extent as war ranted by well-known theories which are proved, checked and veri fied so far as may be by experi ments. This makes the develop ment of the engineer's art a slow one, since it is rarely ever safe or large expenditures prudent to base of money in great construction or results of theoretical considerations unproved by practical experience. striking Serious mistakes have resulted where engineers have not been con tent to follow the slow period of de velopment through the natural pro cesses of design and practical trials, one recent example of which is the failure of the Quebec bridge, which failure never would have occurred had the form of the bridge and the proportion of its parts been the result of a slow de instead of the applica velopment tion of a theory whose coefficients were developed only for lighter and smaller structures. W h at an engineer does is largely the work of application of well known laws of nature along well developed lines to fields of industry whose limits are well defined or at best are extended slowlv. T he above consideration of what an engineer is required to do also gives somewhat of an idea of what an engineer must kuozc in order to produce satisfactory results with the least waste of energy and inoiicv. It is also evident that if an eng ineer is to succeed in his variou sun- dcrtakings, he must be an educated man and must understand the laws of nature and the method of appli cation of these laws so far as such information can be obtained from the schools and colleges. W h en the fact is considered that that training which very few of the engineering schools . have an age exceeding 50 years, it is clearly perceived the early engineers and main of those who the most noted have performed, achievements, did not possess the special college is now believed essential for good eng ineering. T he early engineer often arrived at his conclusions from stud ies based on experience with similar previous constructions, and his knowledge of the laws of nature in unsystematic obtained perhaps often and imperfectly, but obtained in some manner, was sufficient to enable him to design and produce con structions which while safe and re the field of liable did not extend practice to any great extent. laborious ways and As illustrating the achievements of the early engineers without a general college training it will suf fice to mention J a m es Watt, w ho is often classed as a great inventor. A study of Watt's life, experience, and so-called invention must lead to the conclusion that his work was principally engineering, and the suc cess which the steam engine attained under his hands was due more to the engineering processes of con struction and development than to the fact that its condenser was sep cylinder. arated WTatts was perhaps as well trained this work as any man at that for time living, since, although not a college student himself, he had all the benefit which could arise from the use of the scientific apparatus of the engine from the head of Physics taught under It is at once evi and Chemistry. that in some branches of en dent gineering the composition of ma terials and the internal molecular laws governing such composition as in chemistry may be of little importance, whereas in certain other branches of engineering the laws of nature as revealed in geology and mineralogy may become of great importance. taught T he engineer must also be famil iar with the tools for using and ap plying the laws of nature ; hence he must know mathematics. Mathe matics are the tools necessary in all computations, estimates, and all the preliminary engineering calculations the production of a essential successful result. for Fundamentally, then, the basis of all engineering studies is a training in Mathematics, Physics and Chem istry. I lav great stress on these partic ular studies for they are often dis tasteful to the student, for the rea son that he does not perceive any iinmediate practical use and does not like to put forth the hard men tal work required to master and un I wish to state to derstand them. such students that in my opinion these fundemental scientific studies are the most important in a practi cal way of any taught in the eng- FORESTRY S T U D E N TS AT M. A. C. though many of the applications have been unused. fancy. T he hard beaten and closely de fined paths of mathematics give little opportunity for flights of the imagination or the poetical dreams of logical However, methods precision of thought, accuracy of statement and soundness of conclusions without which an engineer could not pro duce useful or practical results. produce its I should also add as a fundamental study for an engineer, English, since there is no profession so much dependent upon description as re to the development of any lating engineering work in question, t he probable expenses and the financial It is perhaps fair results produced. to state that few engineers have succeeded w ho are not to a great extent masters of their mother tongue. T h ev might be deficient in the art of spelling without serious detriment, perhaps, but not in the art of speaking or writing if they succeed as engineers. F or these various reasons, E n g important lish should occupy an place in the course of every Amer ican engineering college. A criti cism of many of the English studies taught in our colleges can be made that they are not on confined to teaching students h ow to use the English language but on the ground at hand will give in those particular branches. In my opinion the practical train ing which is obtained in the shop, drawing room or surveying is valu able to any engineer even though his line of practice may take him fields. I believe that ah into other engineer in as should be trained many of the practical branches of the art he is to follow as possible while he is in college, although it is doubtless that such training could be obtained in greater amplitude after the college days were over in a practical profession. T he college training has the advantage over the special training obtained later that it is generally broader and more fundamental, and it is given the stu dent as an application of principles which have been enunciated in text books and laboratories. It presents the matter from a field of view dif that of later life and ferent one which is more beneficial, since it involves the method of applica tion of theoretical principles giving a broader and more general culture. It is unquestionably desirable for the engineer to know foreign lan guages, philosophy, economics, his tory, etc., for the same reason that these studies are desirable for any educated man. These studies; will doubtless give him a broader view of life, and a culture desirable for an from T he M. A. C. RECORD. engineer to have and unattainable without them. T he practical ques tion, which is of great importance respecting this class of studies, is the amount of time that can profit ably be devoted to them. T he engineering courses as they require are at present constituted four years of a student's life, and have very few of the so-called cul ture studies as enumerated above. times has T he tendencv of recent been to reduce rather than increase the number of so-called culture stud ies, because of the pressure to give the student more technical work in his college course. T h is desire to make the student practically famil iar with nearly all the applications of engineering principles to the vari ous engineering industries has led in late years to the introduction of a great many special studies, and I am afraid in some cases to the re duction in time which had previously been given to the fundamental stud ies, especially mathematics and its application to physics in the broad fields of mechanics and hvdraulics. My own impression from a long experience with the education of en- probable, however, that the engi neer educated in the college of 30 vears ago could not complete or hold his own under the same conditions with the recent graduate of the en gineering course. T he men of to dav are better and more thoroughly trained both along general and fun damental lines of engineering as well as in the special applications. It is not to be doubted that the en gineering school of 30 vears a go produced many successful and great engineers. T he greatness of a man in any profession is in a large meas ure dependent upon his opportunity, the amount of competition and the surrounding conditions, so it is not certain that under different circum stances, limited opportunities, and greater competition, the earlier and less educated engineer would have succeeded so well. Hence a com parison of the work done in differ ent generations is hardly a fair one from which to draw conclusions as to the value of an educational train ing. It is my opinion that the en gineering college course of today produces better trained men than the course of 30 years ago. These only -Such materials are not to be suits. found bv the engineer. No opera tion conducted by man is perfect; as a consequence all results fall short of the theoretical. T he en gineer must know how close to the theoretical results he can reach in actual practical construction. Such knowledge comes from re search and experiement which gives coefficient and constants which en able him to calculate with reason able certainty how far the practical results will deviate from the theo retical. T h is indicates that an en gineer's knowledge must be a com bination of t he theoretical and the practical, and that he must make both branches of knowledge har monize with each other or his re sults will be unreliable and uncer tain. T he question has been frequently raised, especially during the last year or two, particularly by our friends, who are interested in education along the so-called classical courses, as to whether or not the engineer ing courses afford sufficient culture studies to make the engineer a broadlv educated man. Such dis- 4" &" J^ vr • rLtw 1 .-* satfabh >fe «• moor"" 1 « >m ft • ... *i tf Wm Wf:*$&t m*9 * •| & _ j r ^ E. * f c 7 ^ y P * ' f ^M ^ ^ r ^ ^ t o t e f l fr S ki l ^^ m\ i.MmkM: ~rz %% t" p® J $1 ^ ff / :H iAs-MF: S*"""^ ^ ^W tm %Jti A ^Ki JL ** AWk.\ y t rAWtTW^fV^^ M jjk* JZ- , jJT- ( M. A. C. B A N D. gineers is that we have carried this application to special studies some what too far in many instances, and by so doing have weakened rather than strengthened the engineering student. It is mv opinion that the thor fundamental studies well and oughly taught, together with meth ods and practice in application to the principal engineering processes, give us better educated and more capable engineers than the forcing of students through a long list of studies of application, to each of Which can necessarily be given only a raises the time. T h is question as to whether or not we have improved our systems of engi neering education. limited It is frequently claimed that the •old fashioned engineering course of 30 vears ago with its limited num ber of subjects did produce engi neers as good and great as those which are n ow educated in the modern engineering college with its more complete course and its highly developed and organized laborator ies, and ••hat this fact constitutes an argument against our present elabo rate equipment and course. It is men are not only better trained but thev are better able to solve the en gineering problems which arise, and in many cases are producing results not dreamed of or considered possi ble 30 years ago. I am, however, of the opinion, that the college en gineering courses will become more successful as increase the they thoroughness of training in the gen eral fundamental studies and as they make the students thoroughly understand t he application of t he fundamental principles to practical construction. F or this latter pur laboratories, shops pose extensive and drawing rooms are required, since it is impossible in practical life to secure the training and its method of application in a broad and funda mental manner to practical construc tions. While engineering is founded upon the application of the law of nature, as expressed in various sciences, it also depends to a great extent upon the results of experi ment and research. T he immut able laws of nature call for a per fect mode of operation and perfect materials to produce theoretical re- required cussions have been of intense in terest to engineers and they have generally conceded that additional so-called culture studies in history, economics and philosophy would doubtless be desirable for the en gineer, although I do not know that that any engineer h as admitted mental discipline of high value was not obtained in the arduous mental work to complete t he various engineering studies. It is also interesting to note in this con nection that the engineering college course has obtained an excellent reputation as being of great value to men having business interests of any kind, and this has been one of the reasons w hy there has been during the last few vears such an increase in numbers in the engineer ing courses and a corresponding diminution in the old classical courses. I am certain that Sibley College has graduated in its engin eering course many students, w ho never expected to be engineers, but who took the course believing that the combination of theoretical-prac tical training would give them cul ture of a useful kind which would 5 be of more benefit to them in busi ness than that obtained in any other course. As indicating how preva lent such sentiments are, I merely quote a few words from a recent letter of a graduate in a course of mechanical engineering. " I am intruding further upon your time only to say that since 1896 I have been permanently located in Toledo, engaged in real estate development. My technical training, however, stands me in good stead in the work I have to do, and I seem never to lose the deep interest I have always had in mechani cal matters." It has been proposed to increase the length of the engineering course by requiring additional studies along the lines of philosophy, economics, history, etc., and such a proposition has been received with considerable favor by most of our engineering papers and by a few of the engineer ing colleges. T h is proposition if accepted would require the students in ob to spend an additional year taining what are frequently called culture studies before taking up the technical work. T he objections which have been urged to such re those of a quirements are mainly practical nature. It is not for in stance certain that many students w ho are now able to take the engi neering courses could afford either the time or money for the additional studies which have been culture that suggested. It is not certain even culture studies were taken the men would become better engineers or that thev would be better trained for performing any work which engi neers are required to do. It is generally considered a calamity if a man is kept in college too long. T he effect of too long a course is to dampen his enthusiasm and reduce the energy which is necessary in order to obtain and successful'; prosecute engineering work. these additional if T h e re is danger as well as benefit in the proposed addition to the en gineering course and for that reason the large engineering colleges arc- proceeding cautiously in increasing the length of the course although generally agreeing as to the advant age of the additional year for the broader training. the entrance T he engineering courses during the last 30 years have been greatly- advanced in colleges principally by increasing require ments. As an illustration, the en trance requirements for the courses in Sibley College take t wo more years in high school at the present time than in 1890. At the present time two years of foreign languages, one year of English, one year of methematics, in addition to "that re quired in 1890, are required at en trance. T he fact that such an in crease in requirements is possible indicates great improvement in the work done by the high schools dur ing this period. It also makes it possible to give the students much training. T he ex- more technical that indicates perince at Cornell studies of the nature of foreign lan guages and English are taught with better results in the high school than in the university. T h is is probably also true of. geometry and trigonometry, but possibly not so true with respect to advanced alge bra and other studies which require well developed reasoning powers on the part of the students. It is, I think, universally conced ed that a college course should not compete with home schools in t he the education of students, and that requirements to colleges should be based on the possibilities of obtain ing trained students in the various home schools. F or this reason the location of a college must have much to do with the requirements for ad mission, since the college work nat urally should begin at the point in a voung man's course where the training of the prepara tory school is completed. educational 1 have intended to convey t he idea in the foregoing discussion that the work of the engineer is one of responsibility and requires great thoroughly trained minds as well as natural ability. Considering the engineering profession as compared with others, in my opinion it is the most important from all points of Financially, it con view of any. trols practically all expenditures for material improvements of any kind. It deals with sanitary, life-saving structures, and with every mechan ical construction productive of better health and increased life. It deals with the production of manufactur ed articles and consequently the de mand for engineering work must increase so long as the industries of our country improve. F r om these various facts, the im portance of engineering schools ap them pear obvious, since without we could not have properly trained and qualified engineers, and without engineers little material progress of the world could be made. I have not touched in my discus sion on the subject of what is term ed "industrial education," which is generally defined as one which will provide for the world its supply of skilled mechanics in various lines. This branch of education is one of extreme importance, and at the present time it is scarcely developed to any great extent. Until very re cently schools for such lines of edu cation were not needed, because skilled mechanics could be trained as apprentices in the various work shops. T he tendency of trade unionism is to. kill the apprentice system without supplying, a substi tute for it. At the present time there is an actual scarcity of skilled men due to this condition of affairs, and it has been proposed as a rem edy to educate workmen and give them skill in special schools. It seems probable that the demand for these schools will, at no distant time, lead to their formation in near ly all the large cities. It is evident that a course of study for such a school would be very dif that for engineering, ferent from and would involve what is com monly known as a grammar school course combined with a shop course where a student would remain long enough to acquire skill in the spe cial trades in which he desires in struction. It is obvious that my remarks have not been applicable to schools of this character. After this general discussion as to the education of an engineer, it is a matter of some to note what this institution has contributed along these lines, as well as to con sider what it is doing and what it is likely to do. interest This institution, I am happy to say, has always been a leader in educational methods and has occu pied a prominent position in the world of education during the entire period of its existence. especially been the leader in a certain It h as T he M. A. C. R E C O R D. A RE YOU I N T E R E S T ED in a College Education that will fit you for a good pay ing' position and at the same time g'ive you a broad cultural train ing? If so you should investigate tffyQ Michigan Agricultural College It offers four technical courses leading' to the degree of Bachelor of Science, viz., Agriculture, Eng ineering', Home Economics and w wb Mi * wb Forestry. E X C E L L E NT E Q U I P M E NT C O M P E T E NT I N S T R U C T I ON NO T U I T I ON TO R E S I D E N TS OF M I C H I G AN E X P E N S ES M O D E R A TE College Year Begins September 21, 1908. increased by the form of industrial education and was the first to point out methods of applying scientific processes to the material advancement of the greatest industry of our country. In connection with the early work of this institution and preceding the establishment of mechanical or en gineering courses, it obtained be cause of the excellent work done here, a reputation for scientific re search unsurpassed in the annals of the educational world, which repu tation has been excellent -work of the last few years. It was my own good fortune to be a student here some 35 years ago and when the total enrollment did not much exceed 100 students, and in later years, after graduating as an engineer in our neighboring uni versity, I was called back as one of the teachers to aid in the prelimi nary development of an engineering course. W h i le I have not been in close personal contact with the work here during the past 18 years, I have been in position to know in a general way what has been done and I now congratulate the college, its officers and students, for having passed through the period of devel opment and having entered upon the period of production which is now so auspiciously inaugurated by the new structure with which your state has so generously endowed you. It is a great step in the line of material improvement and advance ment since the time when I first saw the institution and became ac quainted with its officers and stu dents. As the epochs of improve the suc ment wdiich have marked cessful progress of the institution from period to period are matters of history and are well-known to nearly every person here^it is un necessary for me to consume your time with a repitition, and I will not refer to the beginning nor in termediate stages of the period of development which convenient, appropriate and the magnificent building and to the per fect system of education for engi neers which vou now possess. finally led to This structure in its completeness, laboratories, with its well equipped class rooms, drawing rooms and shops, speaks for itself in a way more eloquent than words can ex press of what has been accomplished in a material way, and leads me to extend again my congratulations to the president, faculty, students, and the state of Michigan for the mag nificent equipment for engineering education, of which you are the proud possessors. In conclusion I desire to call at tention to the well known fact that although structures and material importance equipment are of great to the institution to which they be long, yet the real improvement on which the institution's reputation depends comes from the character and ability of the teachers to whom the material equipment is entrusted. W i th poor and teaching the best equipment is of little value. On the other hand, good teaching may make great engineers with a very poor equipment. inefficient Respecting the officers and faculty of this institution, I can hardly say that they have always been men of reputation, and be character and the work done by these cause of men the institution owes the ad vanced position which it occupies to-day. T he work of a college is influenced large measure in a very by the character of the President and it is very nearly impossible for a college to succeed when the ex ecutive office is weakly or badly ad respect your ministered. In this college has been it seems to me re fortunate. ' It has been markably my good fortune to know personally and quite intimately four out of the six presidents -which this institution has had. All of these men have been of great ability and thoroughly devoted to the interests of the insti tution. T he second president, T. C. Abbot, administered the affairs the college for a long time suc of cessfully and carried the institution through periods of development, during which time its life and sta bility were threatened and until its institution value as an educational was fully recognized. He was a man beloved of all-and doubtless all here are familiar with the history of his administration. T he present administration has been one of signal, material develop ment, during which time the num ber of students has trebled, and the property and material equipment of the institution have been greatly im proved and enhanced in value. I am delighted that the necessity for engineering education has been recognized, and that so much has been done to upbuild a strong engi neering department. F or the future I can only predict that good results and a steady- growth are certain, and that the en institution will this gineers from make a reputation for the course which will bring additional students and give to the alma mater glory and renown. N I G H T - S H I RT P A R A D E. T he annual night-shirt parade was held on Thursday night pre ceding commencement. T he usual program was carried out and in ad dition a pretty ceremony was ren dered whereby the president of the Senior class presented to the presi dent of the Junior class a banner in scribed with the numerals of the class, and the " p r e p" and sub-fresh men caps were burned. %. T he M. A. C. R E C O R D. 7 A FEW THINGS FROM NORTON'S POCKET KNIVES, RAZORS, RAZOR STROPS EVER RE,flDY SAFETY RftZOR WITH 12 BLADES $1.00 SHEARS, ETC. 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Dr. H u rt is working on a case of cattle poisoning which is occurring near Big Rapids. thought that thcv eat some poisonous weed or plant. It is M r. A. J. Clark and Miss Minnie Elva Crawford were united in mar riage at Barron, Wisconsin, J u ne 24. Mr. and M r s. Clark will reside at the college next year. M r. E. E. Nies, with '08, and Miss Grace Perry, sp., were united in marriage at Charlotte, Mich., J u ne 20th. At home 324 W e st Henry St., Charlotte, Mich. M r. Nies will engage in the newspaper business with his father-in-law. T he summer school in agriculture opened Monday with a good at In tendance and much struction is given in seven different lines as follows : Soils and crops, horticulture, live stock, ornithology, entomology, plant life and agri cultural pedagogy. interest. C. S. Heller, '08, has accepted a position with L. P. Height of Mus kegon, as manager of a large tract •of land and ultimately to form an agricultural or training school for foreigners to assist them in subdu ing the " pine barrens " in that lo cality and the crops best adapted. learn Prof. Sawyer now rides in an Olds touring car. E. C- Krehl has accepted a posi tion on the Mumford farm, west of A nn Arbor, as herdsman and dairy man. T he marriage of J. E. Fiske, '06, Irene W a y, with '08, and Miss occurred J u ne 17, 1908. At home at 1204 E. 60th St., Chicago, III. W. A. Ilopson, Francis Keifer, and A. R. Wilcox, '08, forestry, have received appointments in the U. S. Forest Service. T h ey re ported for duty July I. L O S T — At commencement exer cises, a broach set with small pearls and amethyst. Finder please leave at secretary's office or notify M r s. H. C. Hedges, 921 Washington Ave. N ., Lansing, Mich. Dean Bissell, Professors Yedder, Sawyer and Babcock and Instruc tors Lodge, Bates, W e n d t, Wilcox and Poison attended the society for the promotion of engineering edu • cation at Detroit last week. T he Lansing Gas Co. have ex their main, w o rk on which tended fall, to the last was discontinued residents East Lansing college. may soon be using g a s. It may also be used in the laboratories. M r. J. C. Button, '07, and Miss Z. Estella Angell were married at the home of the bride's parents at Farmington, Michigan, Saturday, J u ne 20th. At home after August 1 at Bitter Root Valley, Hamilton, Mont. The-junior class officers for next year are as follows : President, T. A. J o r d a n; Vice-President, Lois M. G a r b e r; secretary, G. A. Ban croft ; Treasurer, R. P. Holdsworth. Prof, and M r s. W. B. Barrows left Monday for Boston, Mass., to the marriage of their son, attend W. Morton Barrows, '03, which occurred at Appleton Chapel, Cam- bride, J u ne 25. Director Brewer will have charge of the Boston branch of D. M. Ferry & Co.'s stores this summer, and will also school work at Harvard University along the line of physical culture. take summer J a m es R. Dice, 'oS, has engaged for the season with C. S. Bartlett, of Pontiac, for the coming year. He will assist in caring for M r. thoroughbred Bartlett's Berkshires and also assist in man aging the dairv. herd of Pres. Snyder will attend the opening of the Graduate School of Agriculture at Cornell University, July 6, held under the auspices of the Association of the American Agricultural Colleges and Experi ment Stations of which he is presi dent. J. M. W a l k u p, '08, has engaged for the season with E. N. Moore, of Orchard Lake, Mich., and will have charge of the fitting and show ing of his extensive herds of meri no sheep. M r. Moore is the larg est breeder of fine merino sheep in Michigan. Captain F u g er now rides in a new touring car. Prof. French began his duties as professor of agricultural education July 1. A Fourth of July celebration ami picnic will be held in the grove near C. B. Collingwood's house in the afternoon and evening. Many repairs are being made on this vacation. is receiv the college buildings T he Women's Building ing particular attention. President Snyder and family are attending the N. E. A. at Cleveland there they will this week. F r om go to Cornell to attend the Opening of the Graduate School of A«ricul- ture at which President Snyder will speak. T h ey will also spend a few- weeks in Pennsylvania. T he People's Church, of East Lansing, has extended a call to Rev. Corbitt, of Adrian, who takes up his work J u ly 1. T he society has also purchased a lot of Prof. Pettit just east-of the brick store, and will begin work at once on plans for a church building. '99. W. K. Brainard has recently been appointed professor of dairy hus bandry at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute at Blacksburg, Va. He- had previously been offered a simi lar position at the Utah State Uni versity, but declined, to accept the Virginia proposition. 8 The M. A. C. RECORD. SOCIETY OFFICERS. T he following society have been elected for of 1908 : officers term the fall TAU BETA PI. President, Albert Sobey. Vice President, Claude Greenhoe. Rec. Secretary, C. B. Gorton. Cor. Secretary, H u b e rt Pratt. Treasurer, O. W. Fairbanks. ALPHA ZETA. Chancellor, B. B. Pratt. Censor, W. Postiff. Scribe, G. A. Gilbert. Treasurer, H. L. Kempster, Historian, C. H. Spur-way. J U N I O R S, BASEBALL C H A M P I O N S. from T he Juniors, class baseball cham pions, added to their glory T h u r s day, by winning the Sub- faculty team to the tune of 9 to 2. Belknap for the Juniors served up a style of pitching which put the old time stars of the Subfaculty to the bad and was largely the cause of their defeat. T he score : Sub-Faculty Juniors 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0—2 0 3 0 0 0 23 1 0—9 Batteries — Belknap and Burrows; Miller and Smith. STUNG! ECLECTIC. T he leap-year girl had just pro posed. " But I don't earn enough to sup port a wife," protested the cautious young man. " O h, that's all right,"assured the live on maid eagerly. bread and cheese and kisses." " We can But the cautious young man shook his head. " N o ," he replied, " that would never do. If you baked the bread it would kill me, I could never en dure cheese and there are microbes in kisses. G o o d n i g h t !" Calling for his hat and cane, he vanished into the blackness of the night. ggfiaaa^ £-'*• .. ". J ? ^ | | '; «J^^----:V- - YO our spec W. WOODBURY.—Boots and Shoes. We shoe the students. See ad. BOOK BINDERS. G EO.G.BLUDEAr & CO.—Bookbinders, account hook makers, paper ruling, library and fine art bindings, tile boxes. map mountings, albums, pocket books, etc. Citizens phone No. £61 In City National Bank Building. CLOTHING. LOUIS BECK,-Clothier. Gents' Finnish ings. Hats and Caps. 112 Washingtoi gton Ave. North. CROCKERY AND GLASSWARE. H, H. LARNEI>.—China, (41a*s A Lamps DENTISTS. 105 Washington Ave. S. A, F. GORDON, P. P. S. M. A. O. Vt tT. of M. fll.' 218 Washington Ave. South. Phone, Citizens (>>£>. [ E. STOFFER, D. D. S "' Office 803 City J . National Rank Bldg. Citizens phone 1019. Former M. A. C. student. . N H. MOORE, I>. I>. S. Office -111-41;$ Hol- lister Building, Lansing, Mich. Citi zens phone 175. . TO W. MORSE, P. 1). S. Hollister Block, XV. room 517. Citizens phone 52, Bell phone 898. D E..PARMKLEK. Dentist lli% Wash- • ington Ave. S.. Lansing, Michigan. Citizens phone, office 275; residence, 261. DEPARTMENT STORES. CAMERON * ARBAUGH ,CO. Largest and best lighted store in Lansing. DRUGGISTS. R OUSER'S CAPITAL DRUG STORE. Up to date. Corner store. Opposite Hollister Block. R OBINSON DRUG CO., successors to Als- dorf&Son. Drugs and Druggists'Sim- dries. 102 Washington Ave. N. HARDWARE, STOVES & TIN w"'RE. N O R T O N 'S HARDWARE.—General Hardware, Tinware, Graniteware, Cut Ill Washington Ave. S. lery, Stoves, etc. See ad. JEWELERS. / " H A S. A. PIELLA—Jeweler and Opti- cian. 121 Washington Ave. N„ Lan \s sing, Mich. L EAVE your Fine Watches and Jewelry with J. J. Heath for repairs. He will please you. MANICURE AND HAIRDRESSING. M RS. O. T. CASE.—Manicure and Hair- dressing Parlors, Masquerade wigs for rent. Switches made of cut hair or combings. The France-American Hygienic Toilet Requisites a specialty. New phone 11R. 222% Washington Ave. S., up stairs. MUSIC, PIANOS, ETC. GRINNELL BROS—Pianos, Organs and everything in the line of music. 219 Washington Ave. N. OCULISTS. / " H A S. G. JENKINS. M. D.—Diseases Of V— Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat. Hours, 9 to 12 a. m. and 2 to n p. m. Citizens phone 1080. Rooms 2iEJ-rt>l Prudden Block. JOSEPH FOSTER, M. D.—Eye, Ear, Nose J and Throat. Hours, U to 12a, m.; 2 to 4 p.m.; Sundays 12 to 1: Evening 7 to 8. Cor ner Allegan St. and Capitol Ave., Lansing. Both phones. PHYSICIANS. D R. H. W. LANDON. Office and" resi dence M. A. C. Office hours from 7 to s::«i a. m. and 12:80 to 2 and 6:86 to 8 p. m. Sunday office hours, 4 to. 5 and 7 to 8 p. m. New phone 1580. D R. OSCAR H. BRUKGEL. Hours, 9 to 11 a.in.; 2 to 4 and 7 to 8 p.m. Sundays 12 to 1 and S to fi p. m. Agricultural College, Mich. Citizens phone 1§02. PLUMBERS. "HIELDS & LEADLEY.—Plumbing and ) Heating. 300 Washington Ave. N., Lan . . sing. Both phones. SPORTING GOODS. f H. LARRABEE.—Base Ball Goods, Foot J • Ball Goods, Tennis, Golf, Guns, Ammu nition and Fishing Tackle. H25 Washington Avenue South. Canner $ Curner Ho. 6 D, Wells Hall DRY GOODS. Full line of J. I I. Larrabee's W. KNAPP & OO. successor to .Tewett & . Knapp. Dry Goods—222-221 Wash.Av.S. ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES. c APITOL ELECTRIC ('< I.—E I ec t r i ca 1 Supplies. Telegraph Instruments and Telephones. 11 Michigan Ave. E. FURNISHING GOODS. ~LGIN MIFFLIN.—Ladies and Gentle- * men's Furnishing Goods. See ad. FURNITURE DEALERS. M J. * B. M. BUCK.—Furniture. Corner Washington Ave. and Ionia Street See ad. ATHLETIC GOODS A nice assortment of Tennis Rackets, also Balls. Ij Call on us or ask us to call on you. At home after -breakfast, din ner or supper.