The M. A. C. RECORD. MICHIGAN STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. V O L. 15. L A N S I N G, M I C H I G A N, T U E S D A Y, N O V E M B ER 30, 1909. N o. 11. S U B - F A C U L T I E S. CAPT. E. P. A L L EN GONE. for the In order that T he State Board at its last meet ing adopted the following' plan of organization instructional force of the college. responsibilities the of to the faculty may be shared some extent by all members of the teaching force, the president of the college is authorized and directed to force of organize the college four divisions : instructional in the following the 1. T he division of Agriculture. 2. T he divison of Engineering. 3. T he division of H o me Econo mics. 4. T he division of Science and Letters. T he dean connected respectively with each of the first three divisions the executive and named shall be presiding officer of the division to which he belongs. T he president of the college shall be the presiding officer of the division of Science and Letters. At the beginning of each year the presiding officer shall appoint a sec retary to serve for one vear, whose duty it shall be to keep a careful minute of all meetings. All action taken by a division faculty must be approved by . the faculty before it can become opera tive. T h e se division faculties shall have only advisory power except in such vvoik and authority as may be assigned facultv. Meetings may be called bv the dean, or the bodv may adjourn from time to time by vote of its members. them by the to T he division of Agriculture shall consist of the departments—Animal Husbandry, Dairying, Poultry, F a rm Crops, Soils, F a rm Mechan ics Education, Forestry, Horticulture and Veteri nary Science. and Agricultural T he division of Engineering shall consist of departments of civil, elec trical and mechanical engineering, and also drawing and designing. T he division of H o me Economics shall consist of the departments of Domestic A r t, Domestic Science, and all other departments that may be added from time to time by the Board. T he division of Science and Let ters shall consist of the departments of Bacteriology and Hygiene, Bot any, Chemistry, English and the Modern Languages, Entomology, History and Economics, Mathemat ics, Military Science, Physics, P h y s ical Culture and Athletics, Zoology and Physiology, etc. Any teacher whose name ap pears on the pay roll of the college is entitled to membership on one of In cases of doubt, the the divisions. president shall make assignment. T he president shall have the p o w er to appoint to membership on any division professors who may also sub- hold membership faculties. He shall also have the power to assign part of the teachers in a department to one faculty and part to another as may seem proper, in order that each department may have representation in the division in which its work lies. in other T he college lost a staunch friend in the death of Capt. Allen, which occurred at his home in Ypsilanti on lie died T h a n k s g i v i ng morning, suddenly from a stroke of apoplexy. He was at his office in his usual health on the previous evening. Capt. Allen was born in 1837 in W a s h t e n aw county,Mich. He grad uated from the State Normal School at Ypsilanti, and attended M. A. in C. during 1S58—'59. H e . s e r v ed the the Federal army the rank of reaching Civil W a r, captain, and was honorably dis charged in 1865. He then entered the law school in A nn Arbor, and, after graduation in 1867, opened a in Ypsilanti, where he law office has practiced ever since. throughout F or over 30 years M r. Allen was prominent in Michigan politics, hav ing served as alderman and mayor to of Ypsilanti, as representative the State legislatures from 1877 to 1881, as Indian agent for Michigan from 1882 to 1885; as representa tive in congress the second district from 1888 to 1892, and as delegate to the National Republican Convention at St. Louis in 1896. from Mr. Allen was a firm believer in the misgiOn Y. M. C. A. and did all its progress. to aid in his power He was a member of the State Board of Agriculture from 1S99 to 1903, relinquishing this position to accept a place on the board of the Soldiers' Home, an institution which always appealed to him with special force. He brought to his work, during his service as guardian of this college, large experience, great energy and absolute honesty of purpose. He was a member of the the W o m e n 's Build board when ing was erected and endeavored with all his great force to have it placed on the high knoll w h e re the brick residences east of station ter race are located. It is safe to say that had he been successful in this effort few there would be now w ho would regret it. Capt. Allen was a man of strong religious convictions and was al ways found on the right side of moral questions. He labored earn estly and efficiently and the world the is certainly better because of life of E d w a rd P a y s on Allen. A COURSE IN A E R I AL E N GINEERING. T he Cornell Aero Club, which was organized by students a few weeks ago, will see one of its objects accomplished next year, for Sibley College is going to give a course in aerial engineering. T he course will be a to in charge of seniors, and will be Prof. M c D e r m o t t, whose specialty is naval architecture. T he sciences of air navigation and water naviga tion have some important principles in common. technical elective, open Many students slept soundly dur ing classes Monday. PRACTICAL WORK FOR J U N IOR F O R E S T E R S. T he junior foresters are selecting negatives and preparing prints to enter the contest offered bv F. N. Bovec, of Lansing. T he first part of the term work the in field methods was spent in study and use of the camera as a field record maker, and in the mak ing of negatives and prints. M r. Bovee became interested in the work which the men were do ing and decided to offer four prizes for the best negatives and prints along the lines of general landscape, line and detail work. T he prizes offered are, an E x p o. Watch Camera and rolls of films. $3 in trade from Mr. Bovee's in stock. 1 cider set trade from Mr. Bovee's stock. (Dutch), $2 t wo T he negatives are to be placed with Mr. Bovee by T h u r s d ay evening. T he judges selected to award the two professionals and the best amateur photog prizes are one of raphers of Lansing. Beginning Dec. 6th Chief Packer Daly, of the U. S. A r m y, will give instruction on packing one week and pack transportation. Dean Shaw has kindly set aside part of the judging, pavillion to be used for this work on stormy days. Aparejo are enroute from F o rt Des Moines, Iowa, and trees already on hand will give ample equipment. Copies of the revised edition of Daly's Manual of P a ck the Transportation may be had at book store. the cross M. A. C. M EN AS DIRECTORS. Of sixty-three agricultural experi the United States ment stations in its possessions, eleven are di and rected by M. A. C. men. T he latest addition is F. B. M u m p h o r d, M. S., '93, now director of the Col lege Station at Columbia, Mo. T he others are as follows : Alaska -Sitka; son, M. S., '82. C. C. George- Colorado—Fort Cullins ; L. G. Carpenter, M. S., 'S3. . Connecticut—Starrs/ L. A. Clin ton, B. S., '89. Idaho—A/oscozc; E. E. Elliot, (A. M., 18S4, Monmouth College) took special work under Dr. Beal in 1897-98. Illinois—Urbana; E. Davenport, M. S., '95. Nebraska—-Lincoln; E. A. Bur nett, B. S., '87. N ew H a m p s h i r e - —D u r h a m; E. D. Sanderson, B. S., '97. Ne v Y o r k —I t l i a c a; Bailey, M. S., '86. L. H. Ohio— Wooster/ C. E. T h o r n e, with '70. Wyoming—J^aratnie ; J. D. T o w a r, B. S., '85. In the instance of Colorado, Con Illinois, Missouri, Ne necticut, braska, Ohio, N ew Y o rk and W y o m i ng the heads are known as directors. M r. C. C. Georgeson is special agent in charge at Sitka. Mr. L. H. Bailey has a leave of ab sence from the station at Cornell. Professor H. J. W e b b er is Acting Director in his stead. HYDROSTATIC, BALANCES. A simple and sensitive weighing instrument to be known as the W is cousin Hydrostatic Cream Balance has just been devised at the Agri the cultural Experiment Station of University of Wisconsin. T he in-. strument meets the long recognized need and accurate simple method of weighing cream in the testing. test bottles Babcock T he ordinary cheap scales are in accurate, and the mote delicate bal ances are too expensive for general use by farmers. for a for T he new invention consists of a specially devised brass float, similar to a hydrometer, which is placed in a cylinder of water. T he instru ment floats steadily in a vertical position. at)d Supports a platform,on which a cream bottle and nine gram weight are Small, oiie- placed. tenth-gram weights are placed on the platform until the float sinks to a line marked on the spindle. T he is then removed nine gram weight and the water. rises T he cream is then put into the bottle with a pipette in a sufficient amount to again sink the float to a line on the spindle. T h is gives the weight accurately and the device is so sensi tive that it is affected by a single drop of cream. T he weighing can be done rapidly however. tloat the in T he first model of these hvdro- static balances was shn-wn at the National Dairy Show in the exhibit of the dairy department of the col lege of agriculture. F I G U RE OUT THE W E S T E RN FOOTBALL CHAMPION S H I P. Minnesota defeated, decisively, Chicago and Wisconsin. Michigan defeated Minnesota, 15 to 6. Michigan defeated Marquette, 6 to 5. M. A. C. defeated Marquette, 10 to o. N o t re Dame defeated Mi A. C, 17 to o. Notre Dame defeated Michigan, 11 to 3. Marquette and Notre D a me played a tie, o to o. Missouri won the Mississippi Valley championship. T he Chicago Record-Herald says the six best teams are Notre Dame, Michigan, M. A. C, Minne sota, Missouri, Marcpiette, with no team having a clear title. 7Yibune T he Chicago gives championship, the Notre Dame with M. A. C. among the four next strongest. T he Grand Rapids Press gives Notre Dame championship, the Michigan second, M. A. C. third, with Minnesota and Marquette as the other strong teams. We make no claim for any place or championship, except that on actual scores and goods delivered during the season; M. A. C. seems to rank as one of the five or six strongest teams in the west. T he M. A. C. RECORD PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY DURING T HE COLLEGE YEAR BY T HE MICHIGAN STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE C H A S. H E N L E Y, M A N A G I NG Eo T OR ASSOCIATE EDITORS G E O. QC C O V E T* J. W. C H A P I N, W. R. W A L K EK W. T. BCIULBB I - A N N IE K i - n r ir GEOKGFI DKWKV P. W". MASON SUBSCRIPTION - 50 CENTS PER YEAR Entered as second-class mail matter at Lansing, Mich. Remit by P. O. Money Order, Draft or Registered Letter. Do not send stamps. Address all subscriptions and advertising matter to the College Secretary, East Lan sing, Mich. Address al! contributions to the Managing Editor. Business Office with Lawrence & Van Buren Printing Co., 122 Ottawa St. East, Lansing, Mich. TUESDA 2", A'O I". jo, 1909. PRACTICAL L U M B E R I NG FOR THE SENIOR F O R E S T E R S. At the close of this fall term the senior foresters will have ten days of practical work in the lumber camps of the O. H. W h i te L u m b er Co., of Bovne City. T he company at present is operat ing six camps located in Charlevoix countv, with from 100 to 125 men trans in each camp, not counting- portation crews. T he W. H. W h i te Company are noted through out the state for their businesslike methods, their well kept yards and fine horses and the camps, quality of board they supply their men. their T he timber cut in the different logging camps is at present mostly hard maple, beech, elm, oak and hemlock, with an occasional white pine. T he logs are shipped to Boyne City where the company's mills are located, three saw mills cutting on an average of 125,000 b. d. ft. per daw These mills are models r e' garding up to day machinery and the arrangement of the same. Be sides these mills the company oper ates liooring mill, novelty mill, wooden bale mill and supply slabs ami waste to a distilling plant. T he company furnish all their hemlock bark to a big tannery located on the outskirts of the city. Thir^ tannery has a monoply on all the bark pro duced in the northern portion of the state and hides are shipped by boat direct from Chicago. T he company own their own docks and their own boats. Last week seven boats cleared carrying lumber to Buffalo, X. Y. foresters «ill start ™ the T he timber and after estimat standing tracts will follow the ing 'different through each operation. At logs the close of the work a represent ative of the company has very kindly consented to give a talk on methods and market demands. T he men will then take up the work in the mills at Bovne,City, and follow the logs through, noting the process in detail until the lumber is ready for shipment. T he men will also observe the process and methods in the flooring mill, the bale mill and the distilling plant. They will also visit the the tannery and note manner of the utilization of hemlock hark. At present the company are cut largest hard their some of representative of the U. S. Forest Service will be in camp with 'the Foresters, and will occupy each evening w i th talks on Forest Products and Forest Statistics. ting woods. A The M. A. C. RECORD. GINSENG ASSOCIATION. T he Michigan Ginseng Growers Association will hold their annual convention at East Lansing, Dec. 1 and 2. D r. W. J. Beal w ho has thoroughly studied the life of this plant, will give the association the benefit of his research. species the edible T h e re is probably no plant out side of that arouses so keen an interest as gin seng. T he raising of ginseng is a true sport. Although it has no very valuable use, the seed balls are yerv often sold at a dollar each and higher. T he plant requires especial care in cultivation the conditions of the forest needed. T h e re are about a hundred mem bers of the association in the state. Dr. G. A. Ross of Big Rapids is president of the association and will have charge of the meeting this year. Y. M. C. A. NOTES. that have Credentials were yesterday re ceived at the Y . M . C . A. office for the been eight delegates selected to represent M. A. C. at the Sixth International Convention of the Student Volunteer Move ment to be held at Rochester, N. Y., Dec. 29, 1909 to J a n. 2, 1910. Representatives of 26 nations will be there, together with students and professors representing 600 Ameri can colleges. A circular is being sent out to the students bearing the words : "Students of M. A. C. help send seven delegates to the Great International Student Volunteer Convention at Rochester, N. Y ." and judging from the response that is being made by loyal students $ 50 to $ 75 will be raised to help the student delegates bear the expenses of the trip. Following are the names of those receiving credentials : A. P. Pulling, E. C. Lindeman, T r u m an J. Dean, E. A. Close. Miss Harriet Weston, Miss Virginia Crafts, C. W. Hayes. T he L nion meeting Nov. 21, was addressed by F. P. Bayliss, relig ious work secretary of the Lansing Y. M. C. A. and by Miss Lauder state student Y. W. C. A. secre tary. T he claims of the foreign mission field upon the service of technical school students was well set forth and well received. After this meeting came the Y. ' - f e e d" M. C. A. " f e e d /' T h is was an oyster stew served in Wells' Hall, bv the members of three de feated, teams in the Membership Contest. Good fellowship pervaded the atmosphere and toasts rang with good forty-five members sat around the table. humor. About T he L nion meeting November 22, was addressed by Professor Jefferv, w ho talked on " L o y a l t y ." His illustrated by patriotic anecdote. talk was richly T h e re are about one hundred men in the thirteen classes in Bible study which meet for the most part on Sunday morning. This was the report made at the monthly confer ence of Bible study leaders Novem ber 5. Miss Maud Gilchrist was o-uest of the Charlotte W o m e n 's club a t. Charlotte, Saturday. All the club women of Ingham county were ex invitations. Miss Gilchrist tended was one of the speakers of the oc casion. ["ALUMNI | '81. A. B. T u r n e r, '81, is with the Singer Manufacturing Co. at Cairo, "111. H is address is 2402 E lm St. '90. E. J. Rowley, '90, is traveling for the Farmers' Advocate,a. weekly farm paper published in W i n n e p e g, Manitoba. He sends us this in formation : "November 17th, tem perature—12 degrees F. November 20th — 22 degrees F. Some snow on ground ; wheat 80c. or so, depend ing on how badly it frosted ; apples $2.50 per b o x; flour $3.25 to $3.50 per c w t; rent $9 for four-room farmers and house. Keep young hired men in Michigan. After living and existing here four and a half years I say for Great Lakes farmers to stay a w a y ." B. Barlow '03 is head botanist in the N o r th Carolina Department of Agriculture. T he work consists in field and laboratory work and is compensated by a salary of $1000. ; '92 W m. P. Hawley, '92, is with the Lewis Institute in the department of mechanical drawing. His address is 320 North 64th Ave., Oak P a r k, 111. '04. " In J a n u a r y, 1909, the civics com mittee of the Chicago Woman's Club called a public meeting at Ful- lertqn Hall, at which there was ap pointed the Chicago T r ee Commit tee, made up of thirty citizens rep resenting many prominent clubs and societies, with Franklin Mc- V e a g h, now secretary of the treas ury, as chairman. This body pro posed to Mayor Busse the adoption of an ordinance concerning trees and shrubbery in the streets of the. city. " T he proposition was approved by the mayor, and on his recom mendation the city council unani mouslv adopted, on March 12, an ordinance as originally drafted by tree committee, with minor the It was agreed by the amendments. mayor and citizens interested that to be placed in the work ought charge of the special park commis sion, which had already extended its w o rk for small parks and play grounds over the whole city, besides possessing the necessary experience and interest in the subject. T he ordinance accordingly gives control of trees in the streets to the special park commission, and authorizes it to appoint a city forester, who is to direct, assist and advise persons wishing to plant trees, and to have general charge of the care of trees in the streets." J. I I. Prost, '04, is now city for ester of Chicago, and is very actively engaged in making the "City Beau tiful." W i th '05. T he friends of Miss Harriet L. Toan will be grieved to learn of h er death which occurred at Oklahoma City on the 25th inst, following an operation for appendicitis. She had been a teacher of domestic science in that city for the past three years. '07. M r s. G. O. Stoffer '07, formerly Miss Helen A n d r e w s, has changed her address from 307 Douglas ave., Kalamazoo, Mich., to 340 N o r th Catherine ave., La Grange, 111. W i th '08. Mr. R oy N. M u r d a u g h, with 'oS, is florist in Streator, 111. Both M r. M u r d a u gh and M r. H e n ry M. Crowley, '08, attended the flower show in Chicago, Nov. 5. 'oS-'og W. D. Frazier writes that the three M. A. C. men recently ap pointed to the Coast Artillery Corps have been assigned to companies at F o rt Monroe and will remain there for six months mainly for the pur pose of getting a longer course of instruction. T h ey are being worked somewhat after the M. A. C. plan with lots to do and not much time to do it in. Although the work is very strenuous it is equally interest ing and instructive. : " It w as very pleasing to the three of us to learn of the results of the Marquette game and to know that the team did so well." T he other two men referred to '08, and R. are J a m es Campbell, R. Lyon, '09. ROBSON L A N DS EXCELLENT POST. F r a nk E. Robson, '78, of Detroit, has been appointed to the position of general attorney of the Michigan Central railroad. T he appointment is made by Henry Russell, general counsel of the system, with the ap proval of Vice-President A. H H a r r i s. T h is appointment fills the vacancy made when Attorney O. E. Butter- field was advanced to the post of representative of the N ew Y o rk Central lines in legal matters having to do with the interstate commerce commission. Attorney Robson is a native of Lansing, Mich., where he was born in 1859. He came to Detroit 19 years ago, in the fall of 1890, and became a member of the firm of Van Zile & Robson, his associate the present prosecutor of being W a y ne county. M r. V an Zile came from Charlotte at the same time. T h r ee years later the part nership was dissolved and up to four years ago Attorney Robson main tained a separate office. In 1905 the firm of Robson & George was formed, which partnership still is in effect. M r. Robson for ten years or more has been connected with the Detroit College of L aw and h as lectured on "Private Corporations," " P a r t n e r s h i p s" and other branches. He has a wide acquaintance among attorneys in the city and state. As general attorney of the Mich igan Central M r. Robson will have active charge of the legal depart ment of the road, under the direc tion of General Counsel H e n ry Russel.—Free Press, N o v. 25. SONG. The chestnuts shine through the cloven rind, And the woodland leaves are red, my dear; The scarlet fuchias burn in the wind— Funeral plumes for the year. The year which has brought me so much woe, That if it were not for you, my dear; I should wish the fuchia's fire might glow For me as well as the year. —F. B Aldrieh in Technical World. T he M. A. C. RECORD. SPECIAL SALE OF FURS ALL THIS WEEK J C A M E R ON <& A R B A U GH CO. SPECIAL SALE OF FURS ALL THIS WEEK Great Suit and Dress Sale We shall place on sale in our Cloak Department every Woman's Suit and Dress we h a ve in our stock at a great reduction in price. E v e ry g a r m e nt is new and the very latest style. Come to this great sale and save money. $20.00 WOMEN'S T/YILORED SUITS $15.00 R e g u l ar $20.00 W o m e n 's Tailored Suits, all made and tailored in in the latest style. Come in black and blue broadcloth. £ _. ^ (\(\ »P I 0» VfU A great suit value $35.00 WOMEN'S TAILORED SUITS $25.00 T a ke your choice of any Tailored Suit in our stock. Regular value, $35.00 ; special $25.00 $25.00 WOMEN'S TAILORED SUITS $20.00 f\(\ «J)/cU» UU Beautiful W o m e n 's Suits that have regularly sold at Special sale price, while they last $25.00. tf»r*/\ GREAT SALE WOMEN'S WOOL DRESSES We are showing some of you have ever seen. Special at the greatest values in W o m e n 's Dresses $18.50 $10.00, $15.00, - C A M E R ON <& A R B Al We are n ow in position to show you the most complete line of Ladies' a nd Gentlemen's Fall z& Winter Furnishings ever shown in this city. N o t h i ng but latest and best find E L G IN M I F F L IN of is ready life, plenty of proper conditions are met with at home, she to bring her knowledge of mathematics, chemis try, physics, sociology and ethics gained at college, to bear on the household problems. She can re duce the work bv systematizing it. She will reduce the amount of sup plies by combining foods properlv. She will be willing to take up the work of the home in a scientific and useful manner. She has a broader view bright thoughts to occupy her leisure mo ments, and no longer considers the w o rk a drudgery because her edu individuality is allowed exer cated cise. T h en the personal is side of the question, the real gain to character. It is lifting your daugh ter into the position of a cultured It gives and well educated woman. her a polish and standing to enter any kind of society, and enables her to for herself, if the occasion should ever arise. It places her on an equal footing with the scientificallv educated young farmer whom she informed may marry, or the well business man of She graduates into matrimony a self- educated home maker and when her voung husband is struggling with the financial world, she is able to sit at his elbow and plan with him, a true and practical helpmeet. the city. there A H I NT TO F A T H E R S. Is She should be given Should we send our girl to col lege ? T h at is the question a great many fathers and mothers are now it essential? pondering over. Would it really benefit her? F a t h er thinks she the chance, but mother says she never had a college education, and she has insists made a good wife. that she will not have her daughter going to the city to be a stenographer or clerk, and that is what she will want to do if she is allowed a higher education. She doesn't need it to be a good housewife, so what's the use? Doesn't she need it? R i g ht there, mothers, is where you are making a grave mistake. Do not be afraid of educating your daugh ter away from the farm. R e m e m ber what was considered a fair edu cation for a girl a quarter of a cen tury ago, is insufficient now. After thoughts. the girl has to occupy her the routine w o rk of finished her little home school and considers her self a young lady, she soon g r o ws tired of the house. She has nothing in particu She lar has had no training in any particu lar is all line, naturally, drudgery she sees ahead of her. T he same old thing from morning until night. T h en it is that the lure of the city calls to her, she reads some story in which the fair stenographer is the heroine in a thrilling episode, she becomes discontented with her lot and resolves to leave the farm. If she is sent to a good school, a is opened unto' her. new world W h en vacation days come she is glad to get back to the old home. She has learned its value. She is full of new ideas and theories and them. W h en her anxious to the college course is completed, if try "COLLEGE SPECIAL" S H O ES FOR FALL are certainly there with style. Snappy, nifty, and for service are better than ever. We repair shoes by electricity. " Not better than the best, but better than the rest." S H U B EL LANSINC „*. \„ Y. M. C. A. IN N EW F I E L D. " T he rural group work will soon become the greatest feature of the county Y. M. C A. w o r k ," says County Secretary O. O. Stanchfield in referring to the newlv-organized group in the Hoxie school district in Wheatland township. T he feature of this group is the study of agricul ture and approved farming methods. T he group is under the leadership of J o hn Corbett, a prominent farm er, and a series of talks is being ar ranged to be given by local agricul live stock men, and turists and teachers of agricultural branches. less Although than a year has elapsed since the organization of the Hillsdale County association, the membership numbers 215. Many rural groups will be organized as a result of the success with which the Hoxie organization is meeting and other counties will take up the agri cultural feature. A STORY OF P 0 E. A lady employing a colored man asked his name. " M ah name is P o e, ma'am." " Poe ? P e r h a ps some of your for E d g ar Allen family worked Poe." F or A n y t h i ng y ou m ay n e ed in t he H A R D W A RE L I NE NORTON'S HARDWARE 111 Wash. Ave. South. COLLEGE BUS HEADQUARTERS T he advanced geology class vis ited the brick yard Monday morn ing to study the making of tile and brick. T he W o m e n 's Society of the People's Church will hold a bazaar in the college chapel Friday after noon Everybody evening. and cordially invited. Dr. G. A. W a t e r m a n, who was professor of veterinary science here from 1897 to 1907, will have charge of the short course in that depart ment this coming winter. Dr. and Mrs. Waterman will reside at M r s. Ella Kedzie's until more commodi ous quarters can be found. Prof. R. S. Shaw the left the city Friday to attend International Live Stock Exposition at Chicago. He has consented to judge certain classes of cattle. N e xt week he will visit Omaha for the purpose of installing the M. A. C. exhibit at the Third National Corn Exposi tion. W h at those M. A. C, gladiators did not do was to take the D. A. C. grounds with them. T h ey mopped the subsoil and to up everything could very appropriately have gone home on the gravel train. Can they play football ? In the language of the good old deacon yvho never lightning, s w o r e: Press. M a r i a ! " —D e t r o it Free " T h u n d er and An iron recently- spear head excavated in E g y pt bears witness to a knowledge of iron and its uses at a period several centuries earlier than hitherto supposed. T he dis covery of it at Behen corroborates the view previously expressed by several archaeologists that iron work ing originated not in Asia, as some times conjectured, but in Central Africa. A JOKE M A DE IN H E A V E N. with great surprise. T he darky's eyes opened wide Mr. Jones had recently become the father of twins. T he minister stopped him on the street to con gratulate him. " Well, J o n e s ," he said, " I hear that the Lord has smiled on you." " S m i l ed on m e !" repeated J o n e s. " He laughed out loud at m e ! "— Everybody's. " W h y —" he gasped, pointing a to himself, " w*hy, dusky forefinger Ah am E d g ar Allan Poe !"—Every body's. Mr. Simon H a g a d o r n, of F e n t o n, Mich., M r. J. B. Gilbert, of W e b- berville, and M r. Claude Grove, of Litchfield, will act as instructors in the dairy department during the short course beginning in J a n u a r y. T he M. A. C. RECORD. J. W. KNAPP & CO. are known by their low prices. J. W. K N A PP & COMPANY LANSING'S BUSY RELIABLE S T O RE THE REAL T E S TS It is not what you pay but what you get that counts Of g o od u n d e r w e ar a re w a r m t h, w e ar a nd w a s h i n g. W a r m th m e a ns w o ol a nd p l e n ty of t oo often a m a t t er of c o n j e c t u r e. s h r i n k i n g. s e a m s, w h i ch m a k es it c o m f o r t a b l e, a nd its w e a r i ng q u a l i t i es m a k es it t he m o st s a t i s f a c t o ry u n d e r w e ar at p o p u l ar p r i c es T he w a s h i ng q u a l i t i es can o n ly be d e m o n s t r a t ed in t he t u b. G o od u n d e r w e ar r e c o m m e nd o ur " / M ^ ^ S / ^ g,, u n d e r w e a r. It is for t h e se e s s e n t i al q u a l i t i es we is is w a r m, soft, firm a nd n o n- flat t h at can be p r o d u c e d- f a b r ic closely w o v e n. W e ar t h o r o u g h ly g o o d, p e r f e ct it, or a fine c o t t on f i t t i n g, all It is LADIES' UNION S U I T S — $ 1 . 0 0, $ 1 . 5 0, $ 2 . 0 0, $ 2 . 5 0, $ 2 . 75 and $ 3 . 00 LADIES' S E P A R A TE GARMENTS—50c, 7 5 c, $ 1 . 0 0, $ 2 . 00 MEN'S UNION S U I T S - $ 1 . 0 0, $ 1 . 5 0, $ 2 . 50 and $ 3 . 00 MEN'S SHIRTS AND D R A W E R S - 3 9 C, 5 0 c, and $ 1 . 00 each J. W. K N A PP & COMPANY. T HE F A R M E R 'S I M P O R T A N CE W I L L I NG TO T R Y. "Civilization of triumph James J. Hill. is mostly the human the story of the stomach." — "Too much Waldorf-Astoria Babylon and Nineveh.—Elbert destroyed Hubbard. T h e re a re f ew c h a p t e rs in h i s t o ry i n t e r e s t i ng or s t o ry of or e c o n o m i cs m o re t h an m o re e x c i t i ng m a n 's s t r u g g le for food. t he in t he stability of H is c o m p l e te confidence at o ne t i me s u p p l y, and t he h e a r t - r e n d i ng a g o n i es w h en he fails -to cope w i th c i r c u m s t a n c es a re t he h u m an t r a g e d i es of s u p r e me f a m i l y. t he t he a re it w as to o t h er last o n ly a We A m e r i c a ns a re c e r t a i n ly a in a w a y. At one c a r e l e ss p e o p le t he t h at we fed said t i me food w o r l d. T o d ay o ur s u p p ly of p r o d u c ts w o u ld t w e l ve m o n th in case of a f a m i n e, a nd yet c o u n t r i es we a re s h i p p i ng of c o u n t l e ss m i l l i o ns of b u s h e ls w h e a t, c o r n, o a t s, p o t a t o e s, a nd t he like, a nd c o u n t l e ss c a r g o es of m e a t. T h e re is vet a n o t h er folly we a re c o m m i t t i n g. We g r a d u a l ly a b a n d o n i ng t he f a r ms a nd m o v i ng to t he cities w h e re we b e c o me con s u m e rs e n t i r e ly and n ot p r o d u c e rs of t he staple w e a l th of t he c o u n t r y. In 1790 only a b o ut 34 p er cent, of t he A m e r i c an p e o p le lived in t o w n s. In 1S60 t he c e n s us s h o w ed t h at 16 p er cent, w as in t h an 31 p er cent w as 1900 m o re u r b a n. t he p er t h at cent, is j u st a b o ut d o u b l i ng e v e ry 30 y e a r s, so that in 1930 t h e re will t w o - t h i r ds of o ur nation be a b o ut f e e d i ng off t he r e m a i n i ng o n e - t h i r d. B ut t he h e g i ra c o m m e n c ed about 1660 w i th s u ch accel t he e r a t i on that in all p r o b a b i l i t i es c e n s us of - 191b w i ll s h ow t h at t he a b o ve condition a l r e a dy e x i s t s. t he cities and I his s h o ws toils of t he in s h o w n, r e p r e s e nt r a t i o n al T he cities of a n a t i o n, as h i s t o ry t he h as a l w a ys s u r p l us of a n a t i o n 's ca p a c i t y. T he a m o u nt c o n s u m ed by t he cities r e p r e s e nt t he s u r p l u s, to a l a r ge d e g r e e, of t he p r o d u c t i v e n e ss T h is city s u r p l us of w i t h in loose t he soil a nd d e b r is of s o c i e t y 's m o u n t a in side to be p a r t ly or w h o l ly w a s h ed a w ay w i th e a ch s t o rm of p r o d u c t i ve fluctuation. t he c o u n t r y. itself r e p r e s e n ts " Do y ou t h i nk y ou can m a n a ge w i th my s a l a ry of t h r ee p o u n ds a w e e k, d a r l i ng ?" he a s k e d, a f t er s he h ad said y e s. " I ' ll t r y , J a c k , " r e p l i ed s h e. w h at will y ou d o !" — London Bits. " B ut Tit- P r o f. S a w y er a nd M r. and M r s. R o l l er w e re b u s i n e ss callers at D e t r o it M o n d a y. STUDENTS! See the Moire, Mexican and other IM PORTED PAPERS. They make F i ne P r o g r a m s. Allen P r i n t i ng Co in Grand ave S. Bell 1094 Aut .matic 4006 CHOICE MEATS ~WM. S A I ER :>i3 Washington Ave. S. Phones: New. tSSt Old. KW Daily Deliveries to College . . . C A L L. O N . .. Lawrence & Uan Bureit Printing Co. W H EN IN N E ED O F C A L LI NC C AR DS 12 2 O T T A WA S T. E. EVERY KIND OF FURNITURE FOR YOUR ROOM Cots Folding Beds Matresses Book Cases Desks ALL GOODS DELIVERED EREE M.J.&B.M.BUGK 1T0 be continued*.] N EW F A LL S T Y L ES Misses' and Women's Coats, Dresses, and Suits. M. A. C. G y m n a s i um S u i ts f or Y o u ng L a d i e s, $ 3 . 50 RUCS — C U R T A I NS — ROOM F U R N I S H I N CS SIMONS DRY GOODS CO. ^ t ^ ^ f t" Filing Cases, Book Cases, Inks, Pens, Pencils ALLEN PRINTING CO Engrayed Cards • 111 GRAND AVE. SOUTH Printing and Office Supplies Automatic 4006 Bell WM Carbon Paper, Typewriter Ribbon, Loose leaf Books Fine Stationery After Football, then H O C K EY We have Skates, Hockey Sticks, etc, Or, if indoor, then B A S K ET BALL We have suits in various colors for class teams, as well as rubber sole shoes for all gym. work. J. H. LARBABEE, 825 Wash. Aye. S. The wise man Never leaves school We are always in t he school of DRY GOODS, eyer t r y i ng to improve our business and advance the interests of our patrons. That is the reason we w a nt to talk to you about - Q u i l t s, Bed S p r e a d s, C o t t on S h e e t s, Pillow C a s e s, P i l l o w s, and O u t i ng F l a n n el S h e e ts Our stock is t he most com plete and prices are t he low est where quality counts. We are prepared to meet most any demand t h at comes to us in this line. DANGER. BR0GAN& GO LANSING'S LEADING STORE D I R E C T O RY L A N S I NG B U S I N E SS A ND P R O F E S S I O N AL M E N. The names in this Directory, as well as those of all our other advertisers, are of reliable parties. "We hope that the faculty and students will take pains to patronize those who patroni/.e us. BARBERS. C O LL E G K BARBER SHOP. — In New- Ernie—Morgan—Andy. First class work guaranteed, (-rive us a trial. Bat h House. BOOKS AJJD STATIONERY^ A M. EMERY, 116 Wash. Ave. N. Books, . Fine Stationery, Engraved Calling Cards, Fountain Pens, Pictures, Frames. Fine Framing a Specialty. Up-to-date styles. Out Glass—cut in Ionising. BOOK BINDERS. G EO. G. BLUDEAU & CO.—Bookbinders, account book makers, paper ruling, library and fine art bindings, file boxes, map mountings, albums, pocket books, etc. Citizens1 phone No. £6. In City National Bank Building BOOTS AND SHOES. SHITBEL'S SHOE STORE.—210 Washing ton Avenue North. Repairing done by electricity. Student patronage solicited. CROCKERY AND GLASSWARE. H H. LARNED.—China, Glass & Lamps. 105 Washington Ave. S. CLOTHING. ELGIN MIFFLIN.—Ladies and Gentle men's Furnishing Goods. See ad. H K O S I T O H EK & BROS.—Clothiers, . Furnishings, Dry Goods. 118 Wash ington Ave. N. Ave. North. • ings, Hats and Caps. 112 Washington L OTJIS BEOK.^Olothier. Gents'Furnish- DENTISTS. C.E 5. COCHRANE, D. D. S. N H. MOORE, I). D. S. Office 111-413 Hol- lister Building. Lansing, Mich. Citi zens phone, Automatic SHSHI D E. PARMELEE, Dentist, 117% Wash- ington Ave. S., Lansing, Michigan. Automatic phone, office 3102; residence. 3403. T E. STOPFER, D. D. S. Office 301 City J . National Bank Bldg. Citizens phone . 101S). Former M. A. C. s t u d e nt DEPARTMENT STORES. AM E RON & ARBAUGH CO. Largest and best lighted store in Lansing. c DRUGGISTS. R OUSER'S CAPITAL DRUG STORE. Up to date. Oornev store. Opposite Hollister Block. DRY GOODS. DANCER, BROGAN A- CO. — Lansing's 11S-121 Leading Dry Goods Store. Washington Ave. N. I" W. KN-A PP & CO.. successor to Jewett lege, Mich. Office hours: 7 to 8:30 a m., 12:30 to 2 and «:30 to 8 p. m. Sundays, 10 to 11:30 a.m.,7 to 8 p.m. Citizens'phone9228 TRUNKS AND LEATHER GOODS. T W. EDMONDS' SONS. Everything for J • the traveler. Leather Goods. Harness. Established 1854. 107 S. Washington Ave.