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, F E B R U A RY 1, 1910. N o. 18. THE TWENTY-THIRD AN NUAL ORATORICAL CONTEST. T he audience which listened to the program of the twenty-third annual oratorical contest last Friday evening was comparatively large and well pleased. T he program was opened by the college orchestra and closed by the band after the pre sentation of the medals by Miss Helen Dodge. third T he first speaker of the evening was M r. Charles N. Ponitz, w ho took for his subject " T r ue Success." M r. K. D. V an W a g e n en was next introduced and spoke upon the sub ject Of " T he N e w er Justice." Miss Herbert then rendered a couple of solos. M r. G. H. Collingwood, speaker, addressed the the audience on " D a n i el W e b s t e r ," and Mr. S. P. Walker, w ho spoke last, took for his subject, " F or Human ity's Sake." M r. K. D. V a n W a g- enen took first honors and M r. S. P. W'alker second. T he judges were M r. J a m es Schermerhorn, of Detroit, R e v. James Hyslop, of St. Johns, M r. JnO. McClellan, of Lan sing, R e v. Price, of Lansing and Judge C. E. Stone, of Cassopolis. T he winner of this contest, M r. Van W a g e n en will represent M. A. C. in the annual state oratorical contest which will be held at this college in the pavilion of the new agricultural building on the evening of March 4th. A large crowd is ex pected from the nine contesting col leges and the faculty and students here will undertake to care for it comfortablv. T h is is the only time in nine years we shall have the oppor tunity of entertaining and being en tertained by so much college talent. As a host it is our duty to endeavor to show these eight visiting colleges a' good time, As a contestant it shall not be discourteous to win. M. A. C. has won considerable fame on It hardly be her home grounds. hooves- us to lose on the evening of March 4th. M r. V an Wagenen has a good subject and knows how to give it. But that is not all in a right of this kind. A speaker must have encouragement. Some outside enthusiasm and appreciation must be shown. L et us not lag in show ing the usual spirit. We must be good listeners as well as good yellers. - SCROOBY CLUB. T he semi-annual business meet ing of the Scrooby Club was held Friday evening at the home of M r. and M r s. C. C. V, ood. T he fol lowing officers were elected for the remainder of the school year : Pres.—Verne N. T a g g e t t. Vice Pres.— A r t h ur M. Spencer. Sec.—Arthur C. Mason. Treas.—Henri C. Bursma. Member of Executive Com.— H a r ry W. R o w l e y. Other important business was transacted and a good time enjoyed by all present. SECOND ANNUAL FRUIT SHOW. T he second annual Fruit Show was held in the Horticultural Lab oratory, Friday afternoon, January 21 st. T he exhibitions were more numerous and the attendance'much last year. T he room larger was very tastily decorated with or namental plants and Hort. Club banners. the beautiful plants, the fine plates of fruit were displayed, each with its name and locality. A m o ng than P e r h a ps one of the most interest ing exhibits was a collection of sub tropical specimens sent from Louis iana by C. A. Reed, '05. It con sisted of several varieties of oranges, grape fruits, camphor plant, sugar cane and other southern products. These were arranged on a bed of Florida moss. THE ROUND-UP INSTITUTE Which forms a part of the one- week courses will begin a series of lectures upon soils, manures, fertiliz ers and farm crops. These topics will be in the hands of Prof. Jeffery, F. S. Kedzie and Prof. V . ~ M. Srhoe- smith, of the University of Ohio, respectively. O ne lecture on each of these subjects will be given each day. this It is hoped to continue series for a number of years. Other topics will relate to fruit growing. Wendell Paddock, Professor of Horticulture in Ohio State Univer sity at Columbus, will give two lec tures on different phases of fruit speakers culture. A m o ng other from outside the state will be A. T. Haecker, of the University of Nebraska, w ho will talk on " T he Dairy H e r d" and " T he Silo." There will be two lectures on fores- THE FRUIT SHOW. Hood River, Oregon, was repre sented by ten varieties of apples sent by R. C. Brodie, '09. T h e re were about a dozen varieties of apples from N ew York sent by M. J. Dor- sey, '06. J. G. Moore, '03, sent an interesting collection from Wiscon sin. W. J. W r i g h t, '04, formerly editor of the R E C O R D, did not for get us, but represented Pennsyl vania with a fine collection of Y o rk Imperial apples. T he Massachu setts Agricultural College furnished a good collection of Massachusetts varieties of apples. Allegan county, Michigan, was represented by a collection of about 40 varieties sent by Walter Postiff of '09. Geo. W. Lindsley, '09, displayed about 30 plates from E m m et county. son county was represented by 15 plates furnished by E. C. Sanford, '12. Many other counties were rep resented by smaller collections. Jack A photo, showing a part of the room, with the junior and senior Hort. students in the background is shown in this issue. One of interesting the most features was the opportunity that the show afforded to compare the same varieties from different sections. It is hoped to continue these shows as annual affairs, to be held at the time when the short course students are here at the college. try topics by R. S. Kellog, of the U. S. Forestry Department. Considerable attention will be giyeii alfalfa, corn, sugar beets, and other more important farm crops. M r. H. F. Probert, of Jackson, who has been very successful in growing alfalfa during the last ten or fifteen years will open the discussion on alfalfa culture. Tuesday evening will be devoted to the consideration of the opportu nities offered by Michigan as an agricultural state. Representatives of the W e st Michigan Development Association and of the East Michigan Develop merit Association will be present, and by means of the stereoptican will show what is being done by farmers on n ew lands in the north ern part of the state. On Wednesday and Thursday afternoons there will be a women's congress, at which addresses of especial interest to women will be given. W i th '99. Miss Clara J e a n ne Stocum, with '99, and D r. J. F. Warford, were married at high noon at the Asbury M. E. church of Denver, Colo., A u g u st 18th. T he couple now re side at Greeley, Colo. W. T. Snyder, 'S2, is head chem ist of the Michigan Carbon Co., of Detroit. W. T. Langley, '82, is making a pleasure to "paradise." We received a card from him a few days ago postmarked "Bermuda." trip With '00! Mr. F. W. Dodge, with '00, vis ited the college Monday, J a n. 31st. Mr. Dodge was taken down with the spring typhoid term of his senior year. He hopes to complete the course and receive his diploma. fever during '08. J e ss Boyle, '08, is instructor in horticulture at Purdue. '04. Chas. O. Woodbury is horti cultural specialist in the experiment station at Purdue. W i th '04. Fred. T. Sackrider, with '04, is at Sandstone, Mich. He is engaged in special dairying, and is putting on the local market at Jackson a special quality of cream suited to whipping. The demand for his product is ex ceeding his supply. II. T. Brown, '07, is with the Michigan Carbon Co. of Detroit. His address is 292 4th St. L. N. Hayden, '07, is helping in the construction of a tunnel under the Detroit river at Detroit. His address is 292 4th St. '08. T. B. Wilson. 08, has accepted a position in the department of dairy husbandry at the Oklahoma Agri cultural College at Stillwater. W i th '08. A. I I. Chase, with '08, is instruc tor in botany in the high school at Lafayette, Ind. '09. A. B. Stirling, '09, and B, I I. Anibel, '09, are drafting with the Reo automobile works at Lansiii"-. RESOLUTIONS. Whereas; It has pleased the Heavenly F a t h er to call from this life a former classmate, J. E d w a rd Coulter, be it Resolved, T h at the class of 1911 extend to the bereaved parents our heartfelt sympathy in their sorrow, and be it further Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be sent the bereaved par ents, and also a copy be published in the Holcad and the R E C O R D. C L A R E N CE S. R O E, E D M U ND P. W A N D E L, H. B A S IL W A L E S, Committee. T h e 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 E D I T OR S U B S C R I P T I ON - 50 C E N TS P ER Y E AR Entered as second-class mail matter at Lansing, Mich. Remit by P. 0. 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 all contributions to the Managing Editor. Business Office with Lawrence & Van Buren Printing Co., 122 Ottawa St. East, Lansing, Mich. TUBS DAI', FEB. i, igio. ANNOUNCEMENT OF A P POINTMENTS AND PROMOTIONS. Subject to the approval of the president of the college, the follow ing promotions and appointments in the corps are announced : To be Lieut.-Colonel, Major I. D. McLachlan. To be Major, 1st Battalion, Capt. J. E. Shaw. To be Captain, Adjutant, ist Lieut., L. T. Burritt. To be Battalion Adjutant, ist Battalion, ist Lieut., A. P. Pulling. At his own request Captain O. L. Snow, Adjutant, is relieved from to duty as Adjutant and assigned the command of Company " B ," vice Shaw promoted. G. M. H O I . I . E V, ist Lieut. 11th Infantry, U. S. A r m y, Professor of Military Science and Tactics. Approved : J. L S X Y D E U, President. POULTRY SHOW COMING. T he Michigan Agricultural Col the second annual lege announces poultry show to be held in the pavil ion of the Agricultural Building February 0-12. 1910. T h is show is to be held under the direction of the poultry department, and is sub ject the rules of the American Poultry Association. T h e re will be no entrv fee. Ribbons will be third. given the Score cards will be used, and department has been fortunate in securing J. W. Mulinix, of Toledo, to place the awards. first, second and for to It is hoped It is the purpose of the show to afford those interested in poultry an opportunity , to exhibit and learn how to obtain more and better poul try. the breeders will take advantage of this opportunity. Birds will be properly cared for. It is necessary to have all birds leg banded they can be properly scored. T h ey must be entered be fore 9 p. m., Tuesday, February 8th, and in the show room not later than 9 a. m., Wednesday, February 9th. so A cordial to attend is invitation extended to every one. Those who do attend will have an opportunity to visit the College Poultry Depart ment and learn more about the work there. T he pavilion will be open It will be until 9:30 evenings. local closed Saturday noon so that breeders can remove their birds be fore Sunday. Birds from out of t o wn will be returned on Monday unless otherwise ordered. Mani fest your interest and boost by ex hibiting stock, and by your presence. We want you with us. The M. A. C. RECORD. MICHIGAN FARMERS' INSTI TUTES FOR FEBRUARY. MR. J. E D W A RD COULTER. TEAM P L A YS F I NE B A L L. T-vo-day Meetings: L a ke county, Chase, F e b. 2 - 3; Ionia county, Ionia, F e b. 1-2-3 ; St. Clair county, Smith Creek, J a n. 3 1 - F e b. 1 ; Macomb county, Richmond, Feb. 2-3 ; Lapeer county, Hadley, F e b. 4 - 5; Allegan county, W a y- land, F e b. 3 - 4; Calhoun count}', Battle Creek, Feb. 3 - 4; V an Bu ren county, Lawrence, F e b. 4 - 5; Berrien county, Eau Claire, F e b. 7-S ; Cass county, Cassopolis, F e b. 8 - 9; St. J o s e ph county, Constan- tine, F e b. 9 - 1 0; Jackson county, Grass L a k e, F e b. 9 - 1 0; Branch county, Coldwater, Feb. 1 0 - 1 1; Barry county, Hastings, F e b. 11-12 ; Hillsdale county, Jonesville, F e b. 11-12; W a s h t e n aw county, Ypsi- lanti, Livingston 15-16; county, Howell, F e b. 18-19 ; Wayne county, Romulus, Feb. 16-17 '•> Oak land county, Pontiac, F e b. 16—17 '•> Genesee county, Goodrich, F e b. 1 7 - 1 8; Lenawee county. Adrian, Feb. 17-18; Ingham county, Ma son, F e b. 15-16; Shiawassee county, Morrice, F e b. 7-8. F e b. Round-up Institute: Agricul tural College, F e b. 22-25. One-dav Meetings: Jackson county, Michigan Center, J a n. 3 1; Brooklyn, F e b. 1 ; Napoleon, Feb. 2; Henrietta, F e b. 3; Tompkins Center, F e b. 4; Rives, F e b. 5 ; Oakland county, Ortonville, Feb. 4 ; Highland, F e b. 5. Hillsdale county, Litchfield, F e b. 1; Allen, F e b. 2; Montgomery, Feb. 3; Cambria, F e b. 4; Pitts- ford, Feb. 5 ; Ranson, F e b. 7. Livingston county, Gregory, Feb. 2 ; P a r k e r 's Corners, F e b. 3; Pinckney, F e b. 4; Brighton, F e b. 5; Oak Grove, F e b. 7 ; DeerfieLd, Feb. 8 ; T y r o n e, Feb. 9. Washtenaw county, Ami Arbor, Feb. 7; Dexter, F e b. 8; Sylvan T o w n s h i p, Feb. 9; Manchester, Feb. 10; Saline, F e b. 1 1; Stony Creek, Feb. 12, Salem, Feb. 14. Barry county, Woodland, Feb. 7 ; Carlton Center, F e b. 8; Freeport, Feb. 9 ; Middleville, Feb. 10. Wayne county, Cherry Hill, Feb. 7; Plymouth, F e b. 8 ; N ew Boston, F e b. 9; Dearborn, Feb. 10; Tren ton, F e b. 1 1; Greenfield, Feb. 12. Genesee county, Gaines, Feb. 15. THE F A R M E R S' CLUB. T he Club was addressed Tues day, J a n. 25th, by Instructor Geo. Brown. His subject was " Sheep- raising in Michigan." He said that the sheep business was on a better footing in Michigan twenty years ago, than it is today. T he chief this decline reason for has been the opening of the great W e st with grazing lands. But now that the western lands are being fenced in, the East is coming again into its own, and the raising of sheep is gradually in creasing here. immense its Mr. Brown spoke upon the con siderations to be looked after in es tablishing a sheep farm. He men tioned the four best breeds—Shrop shire, Hampshire, Rambouillet and Oxford. He also spoke of the care of the sheep, and their housing. T he Club then enjoyed a lunch of apples. It does not promise" ab solutely, that it will have a " s p r e a d" those every Tuesday evening, but are the intentions. Everyone is invited. T he college community was shocked last week to learn of the sudden death of M r. J. E d w a rd Coulter, who was a member of the present Junior class for two years, dropping out of college at the end last year. Mr. Coulter was of working in a sugar Taxas, and suffered a fracture of the jaw bone. T he physician in an endeavor to place him under an anesthetic produced fatal results. factory for Mr. Coulter had the confidence and respect of his teachers and fel low students, all of whom grieve with and for the family. His par ents are Mr. J. E. Coulter and M r s. Alice Weed Coulter, both of whom graduated with the class of '82. HORTICULTURAL CLUB. Last Wednesday evening a full house gathered to hear M r. Chas. Pratt, with '09, speak on " F r u it F a rm Management." He expressed his delight at being back again and spoke of the great increase in the size of the club since he was a mem ber. Mr. P r a tt is a very successful fruit grower, at Benton Harbor, Mich., and gave us the benefits of his experience. F r om the very first he impressed upon us the absolute necessity of strict business management. He com pared a fruit farm to a manufactur ing industry and showed that the one failure was as surely doomed without business management as the other. to Another important factor is to be come thoroughly acquainted with your soil. K n ow the character of the soil of every spot on the farm and know what fruit it is adapted to raise. T h en lay out the farm ac cordingly, having the rows as long as possible so as to save time in turning in cultivating. T he kinds of fruit g r o wn is of It should be so great importance. selected follow that one crop will after the other with no intermissions. T h is makes it possible to engage help for the entire season, and does riot crowd by having everything come on at once. T he following succession .was suggested : Onions and rhubarb, strawberries or sweet cherries, sour cherries, raspberries, blackberries or Dutches apples, Bartlett pears, early peaches, H o w ell pears, late apples, grapes and Kiefer pears. Mr. Pratt suggested work for the winter so as to alleviate things dur ing the busv season. Do your prun ing, if the weather is suitable. A ny handy man with tools can make his own barrels and crates, and have much better ones than he can buy. Grape baskets can be bought much cheaper during the winter than dur ing the grape season. Tools can be repaired and painted. A lively question box followed the talk, during which Maiden's Blush apples were served. M r. J. G. France gave a short history and description of them. T he meeting was closed by giving M r. P r a tt a rising vote of thanks. T he meeting this week will be addressed by M r. Henry Walter, of Cheboygan, on "Orchard Methods in the N o r t h w e s t ." L O S T . — An overcoat, probably at Club D. Finder please leave at president's office and receive reward- T he "basketball team on its Indi ana trip last week played splendid ball, and in all its games was given credit for being one of the fastest teams seen the Hoosier state. T he press was especially kind, and praised the team, players and col lege throughout the trip. in T he first g a me was played in the Y. M. C. A. of Jackson with that city, and resulted in a victory, 27, to 18. This, game was sched uled for later in the year, but was switched, as it was found necessary to spend the evening there to make connections for Purdue the follow ing day. T he Purdue boiler makers were the following evening, the played game being to 9. T h is lost, 35 game was the poorest played by the team on the trip. Tired from the all day ride and apparently suffer ing from stage fright from the 1,500 people present and the enormous floor of Purdue's magnificent new- gymnasium, the men were unable to find the basket, although playing a good floor game and handling the ball well. Busch was the star for M. A. C, scoring all the points for the team. T he team was splendidly treated by the crowd, and the visit the following morning to the uni versity and buildings was worth many days of college work. laboratories shops, T he following night Rose Poly technic was met at T e r re Haute, the engineers winning 31 to 28 in a thrilling game with the lead alter n a t i ng every few moments. Busch was again the scoring machine, ring ing up 2 1 points himself. T he following day the team jour for the to Crawfordsville neyed trame with the "Little Giants." T h is wonderful little college, year after year, has turned out basketball teams second to none in America, and, on their own box-like floor, have been always considered unbeatable. T he game was a thriller and kept the crowd in an uproar from vvhistle to Whistle. T h r ee score in the last five minutes, tied was Leffel, Wabash's big forward com through with a basket, with ing thirty seconds to plav, winning the game 23 to 21. Big A rt Campbell played a wonderful game, scoring four field baskets and covering his man throughout, while the guarding of Hanish and Chamberlin was said to: be, the best ever seen on their floor. times the the T he last game of the trip was with our old friends, Notre Dame, them and to record that we beat and licked them 28 to 21 "on their own floor is proof of the grade of basketball team was playing. Only once before since their gym nasium was built, and that by Wa bash, has a college team been able to carry off the big end of the score on their court. T h e ir court is an immense one, 100 feet length, with a dirt floor, an unusual handi cap for a visiting team, to say noth ing of the known aggressiveness of all Notre Dame teams when playing at home. T he game was the most exciting and aggressive of the trip, both desperately fighting throughout. At the end of the first half the score was a tie at 12 all. the second half M. A. C.'s con In dition told and she slowly forged ahead. Notre Dame kept sending than in fresh men, using no to stave off defeat, but nine men teams less in (Continued on page 3.) The M. A. C. RECORD. SPECIAL SALE OF FURS ALL THIS W E EK CAMERON ®. A R B A U GH CO. Great Suit and Dress Sale SPECIAL SALE OF FURS ALL THIS WEEK We shall place on sale in our Cloak Department every Woman's Suit and Dress we have in our stock at a great reduction in price. Every garment is new and the very latest style. 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