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VOLUME  2. 

LANSING,  MICHIGAN,  TUESDAY,  MARCH  16, 1897. 

NUMBER 11. 

Military  Hop. 

The  military  hop  held  in  the  armory 
Friday  evening  was  the  third  of  the 
the  most  success 
series  and  was 
ful  yet  held.  At  eight  o'clock 
the 
music  began,  and  in  a  short  time  more 
than  fifty  couples were gliding  over  the 
smooth "floor  of  the  large  hall.  Prof. 
Roy  Bristol,  with  violin,  and  Dr.  Jesse 
Hull,  at  the  piano,  furnished  excellent 
music,  and  the  fourteen  numbers  on 
the  program  and  eight  extras  were  so 
enjoyable  that  we  could  hardly  believe 
that  it  was  eleven-thirty  when  the  last 
strains  of  "Home,  Sweet  Home"  died 
away.  Quite  a  number  of  guests  were 
out  from  Lansing,  and  also  several 
from  outside,  including  Miss  Pixley 
from  Toledo,  Ohio,  Miss  Carruthers 
from  Owosso,  Miss  Russell  from  Kal 
amazoo,  H.  M. Howe  and  E. M.  Kanter 
from  Detroit.  T.  W.  Denton  from  Sag 
inaw.  H.  11. Arnold  from  Constantine. 
Representative  Gustin  from  Bay  City. 
and  Lieut.-Col.  Smith,  assistant  quar 
termaster  general. 

Sugar  Beets  from  Edinore. 

A.  E.  Curtis  of  Edmore  sent  speci 
mens  of  German  Imperial  sugar  beets 
to  the  College  for  analysis.  The  beets 
were  so dried  by  exposure  and  keeping 
that  it  was  impossible  to  determine 
their  content  of  sugar  when  they  were 
taken  from  the  ground—the  condition 
under  which 
usually 
made  for  the  purpose  of  comparison 
with  other 
sugar  beets.  So  much 
water  was  lost  by  evaporation  and  the 
richness  of  the  juice  in  sugar  so  in 
creased  that  the  results  of  analysis 
would  be  too  high,  and  misleading  in 
consequence.  There  is  therefore  little 
use  in  sending  withered  beets  for  an 
alysis  for  purpose  of  comparison. 

analyses  are 

The Edmore  beets  contained  17.6  per 
cent  of  sugar,  unquestionably  more 
than  they  held  when  first  taken  from 
the  ground  and  before  they  had  dried 
so  as  to  wither. 

R.  C.  KEDZIE. 

Botanical  Club  Notes. 

At  the  weekly  meeting  of  the  Botan 
ical  club  Mr.  Johnson  made  some  re 
marks  on  the  peculiar  development  of 
a  fungus  on  the  roots  of  a  hyacinth 
bulb  he  has  growing  in  a  glass  bottle 
in  his  room.  He  showed  that  the  fun 
gus,  after  destroying  the  tender  roots 
of  the  bulb,  checked  the  activity  of 
growth  for  some  time,  but  owing  to  its 
exhausting  itself,  or  to  some  changed 
condition  not  suited 
to  its  develop 
ment,  the  hyacinth  has  renewed  its  ef 
fort  to  complete  its  cycle  and  is,  so  far, 
free  from  fungus  growth.  The  agri 
cultural  juniors  are  having  the  same 
experience  with 
experiments 
they  are  conducting  in  growing  certain 
cereals  and  clovers  by  the  watercul-
ture  method. 

some 

Mr.  Barlow,  on  behalf  of  the  com 
mittee  appointed  at  a  former  meeting 
"to  examine  the  various  methods  by 
which  plants  distribute  their  seeds  in 
winter,  and  report  to  the  club  from 
time  to time what  might  be of  interest," 
gave  a  very  interesting  report  of  the 
work  done.  He  illustrated  his  talk 
with  specimens  of  plants,  and  with  the 
aid  of  a  fan  showed  several  ways  by 
which  seeds  could  be  distributed  by 
the  wind.  Some  plants  have  developed 
certain  characteristics  by  which  their 

seeds  are  suspended  in  the  air  for  an 
indefinite  time,  or  have  some  part  to 
aid  their  bouyancy,  and  thus  secure  a 
better  distribution.  Many  plant  seeds 
like  catalpa  have  "wings"  to  aid  their 
flight,  while  others  have  "pappus" 
like  the  thistle. 
Some  have  a  me 
chanical  device  by  which  the  peri 
carp  suddenly  bursts  open and  throws 
the  seeds  with  some  force  to  newer 
hunting  grounds.  Others  are  depend 
ent  upon  the  hard  frozen  crust  of  snow 
some 
to  scatter 
plants  growing  near  streams  have 
learned  to  develop  small  balloon-like 
bags  around  their  seeds,  so  that  they 
can  be  carried  to  other  shores. 

their  seeds,  while 

The  following  officers  were  elected 
for  the  spring  term:  President,  Thos. 
Gunson;  vice  president,  C.  Townsend: 
secretary,  W.  R.  Kedzie. 

T.  G. 

Notice. 

Those  who  expect  to  take  the  course 
in  Plain  Trigonometry  during  the  com 
ing  term  will  please  place  their  orders 
for  the  necessary  text-books  with  the 
manager  of  the  Co-operative  Associa 
tion  at  once. 
Jones'  Trigonometry 
and  Jones'  Tables  will  be  required. 

This  request  is  also  addressed  -to 
those  who  will  begin  Plane  Geometry 
next  term,  using  Beman  and  Smith's 
text-book  on  the  subject. 

C.  C.  PASHBT, 

Instructor. 

Joint  Meeting  of  the  Hesperian  and 
Union Literary  Societies  for Debate. 

.One of  the  most  delightful  functions 
we  have  ever  attended  was  the  meet 
ing  held  on  the  evening  of  March  13, 
for  a  joint  debate  by  representatives 
of  the  Hesperian  and  the  Union  Liter 
ary  societies.  The  meeting  consti 
tutes  a  new  departure  in  the  annals  of 
society  work  at  the  College,  and  sets 
an  example  that  we  should  like.to  see 
followed  more  largely  in  the  future. 

The  members  of  the two  societies  as 
sembled  at  the  rooms  of  the  Union  Lit 
erary  Society  at  7.:30  p.  m.,  and  were 
called  to  order  by  Pres.  Parker  of  the 
U.  L.  S.  Responses  to  the  roll  calls 
were  made  with  quotations  from  Car-
lyle.  after  which  Pres.  Cartland  of  the 
Hesperian  Society  was  called  to  the 
chair. 

The  exercises  of  the  evening  consist 
ed  of  a  debate  on  the  question:  Re 
solved,  That  the  provisions  of  the  Civil 
Service  Act  should  be  extended  to  all 
departments  of  the  Government  Ser 
vice. 

In  order  to  exclude  as  far  as  possible 
rivalry,  there 
all  feeling  of  society 
were  two  debaters  from  either  society 
on  the  affirmative 
and  the  negative 
sides  of  the  question,  as  follows:  For 
the  affirmative,  Messrs.  Richmond. 
Rigterink, Stone  and  Hale; for  the  neg 
ative,  Messrs.  Sanderson,  Hammond, 
Warren  and  Munson.  Each  man  was 
given  eight  minutes 
for  argument, 
with  eight  minutes  on  the  side  for 
closing  the  debate. 

All  through,  the  debate  was  charac 
terized  by  earnest  and  thorough  prepa 
ration,  entire  good  humor,  and  a  tone 
of  conviction.  Each  debater  made  a 
good appearance  on  the floor, and  man 
fully  played  his  part. 
The  judges. 
Messrs.  Mumford,  Van  Norman,  Rob 
inson,  McLouth  and  Woodworth,  de 
cided  in  favor  of  the  negative. 
It 
that  the  good  points 
seemed  to  us 

scored,  the  readiness  and  resourceful 
ness  displayed  and  the  weight  of  ar 
gument  advanced  were  very  evenly 
divided. 

thinking,  for 

The  training  obtained  in  this  form  of 
forensic  effort  is  second  to  none  in  val 
ue  and  importance.  The  necessity  for 
clear  logical 
thorough 
grasp  of  the  subject,  for  subordination 
and  discipline,  for  coolness,  readiness 
and  self-control  is  just  the  same  that 
exists  in  public  life,  and  as  prepara 
tion  for  the  actual  business  of  life  in 
the  community,  in  contact  with  men 
and  things,  such  debates  seem  to  us 
the  very  best  line  of  helpful  work  to 
which  the  societies  can  devote  them 
selves.  Real  excellence  in  this  form 
of  work  can  result  only  from  severe 
and  well  directed  effort,  and  it  should 
be  the  ambition  of  our  societies  to  see 
to  it  that  the  good  name  of  the  College 
shall  not  suffer  when  drawn  into  rival 
ry,  as  it  inevitably  will  be,  with  other 
colleges  in  this  increasingly  popular 
form  of  competition. 

H.  E. 

Wheat  and  Live  Stock  in  Good  Con 
dition. 

Wheat  in  Michigan  was  not  mater 
ially  damaged  during  February. 
In 
answer  to  the  question,  "Has  wheat 
during  February  suffered  injury  from 
any  cause?"  129  correspondents  in  the 
state  answer  "yes"  and  613  "no." 

The  ground  was  well  covered  with 
snow  during  the  month.  The  average 
depth  of  snow  in  the  southern  counties 
February  15  was  6.48  inches,  and  at 
the  end  of  the  month,  3.60  inches. 
In 
the  central  counties  the  average  depth 
February  15  was  3.79,  and  at  the  end 
the 
of 
northern  counties  there  was  about  6 
inches  of  snow  February  15, and  near 
ly  double  that  amount  at  the  end  of  the 
month. 

the  month,  4.69,  inches. 

In 

to  answer 

Correspondents  this  month  have  un 
dertaken 
the  question, 
"What  per  cent  of  the  wheat  crop  of 
1896  is  the  wheat  now  in  farmers' 
hands?" 
It  will  be  noticed  the  ques 
tion  calls  for  an  estimate  of  all  wheat 
on  hand,  no  matter  when  raised,  the 
estimate  to  be  based  on  the  crop  of 
1896. 

The  returns  indicate  that  there  was 
an  equivalent  of  17  per  cent  of  the 
crop  of  1896  in 
farmers'  hands  on 
March  1.  The  estimates  for  the  south 
ern  counties  range  from  11 per  cent  in 
Hillsdale  and  Jackson  to  23 in  Berrien, 
Lenawee,  Oakland  and  Wayne. 

The 

total  number  of  bushels  of 
wheat  reported  marketed  in  February 
is  571,668, .and  in  the  seven  months, 
is 
August-February,  6,877,443.  This 
170,325  more  than  reported  marketed 
in  the  same  months  last  year. 

Live  stock  is  in  good  average  condi 
tion.  The  figures  for  the  state  are  96 
for  horses,  cattle  and  sheep,  and  98  for 
hogs. 

Bird  Notes. 

PROF.  W.  B.  BARROWS. 

The  birds  of  the  campus  have  been 
reinforced  during  the  past  week  by  ar 
rivals  from  the  South.  At  intervals 
all  through  the  winter  single  robins  or 
small  parties  of  them  have  appeared 
about  the  College,  and  on  clear,  bright 
mornings  even  in  January  and  Febru 
ary  they  were  heard  singing  with  more 
or  less  enthusiasm.  But  last  Monday 
they were seen  in considerable numbers 

and  these  increased  on  the  two  follow 
ing  days,  when 
crow-blackbirds 
the 
and  red-wings  also  appeared  in  num 
bers,  so  that  the  campus  was  fairly 
musical  with  bird  voices  if  not  with 
songs. 
The  penetrating  call  of  the 
killdeer  mingled  with  the  chatter  of 
blackbirds  and  robins,  and  here  and 
there  a  modest  song-sparrow  repeated 
its  simple  chant  at  regular  intervals, 
one  of  the  simplest  but  heartiest  bits 
of  bird-music  which  always  comes 
with  the  opening  spring. 

possession  being 

This  month,  for  the  first  time  in  sev 
eral  seasons, the  bluebird  has  appeared 
again,  several  single  ones  and  a  num 
ber  of  pairs  having  been  seen  in  the 
near  vicinity  of  the  College. 
Their 
scarcity  for  two  years  past  has  been  a 
matter  of  very  general  comment  and 
the  explanation,  though  well  known  to 
most  bird-lovers,  may  be  repeated  here 
for  the  benefit  of  those  who  have  not 
For  a  decade  or 
seen  it  elsewhere. 
two  the  English 
sparrow  has  been 
steadily  crowding  out  several  of  our 
beautiful  native  birds  and  particularly 
those  species  which  habitually  nest  in 
hollows  of  trees  or  in  boxes  or  other 
artificial 
retreats  provided  by  man. 
Thus  the blue-bird,  the  house-wren,  the 
white-breasted  swallow,  and  the  pur 
ple  martin,  each  spring,  on  their  return 
the 
their  winter  quarters  at 
from 
South,  have  found  their  nesting  places 
in  possession  of  the  ubiquitous  spar 
rows,  and 
nine 
points  of  the  law,  have  had  to  content 
themselves  with  less  favorable  places, 
usually  further  from  the  dwellings  of 
man,  and  more  exposed  to  the  numer 
ous  enemies  from  which 
they  were 
largely  protected  by  nearness  to  him. 
All  these  species  have  been  material 
ly  reduced  in  numbers  in  this  way,  and 
the  decrease  of  the  bluebirds  was  note 
worthy  even  a  dozen  years  ago.  This 
species,  as  is  well  known, retires  south 
ward  in  the  autumn  with  most  other 
birds,  but  unlike  the  other  species  just 
mentioned  it  goes  only 
far  enough 
south 
to  escape  the  severest  winter 
weather,  apparently  undaunted  by 
mere  cold  so 
reach  a 
place where  the ground  remains  uncov 
ered  by  the  snow,  for  almost  all  its 
food  is  taken  from  the  ground. 
So 
we  used  to  find  large  numbers  of  blue 
birds  spending  the  winters  in  Missouri, 
southern  Illinois,  Virginia  and  North 
Carolina,  and  smaller  numbers  even 
much  farther  north. 
In  case of  heavy 
snowfall  they  could  subsist  for  a  day 
or  two  on  the  berries  of  the  red-cedar, 
sumac,  bitter-sweet,  smilax,  and  a  few 
other  shrubs  and  vines,  until  a  bright 
day  had  melted  off  the  snow  in  shel 
tered  spots  and  they  could  replenish 
their  larder  with  the  dormant  grass 
hoppers,  beetles,  and  other 
insects 
which  they  so  well  know  how  to  find. 
But  the  winter  of  '94-'95  was  excep 
tional  in  its  severity,  and  particularly 
so  in  the  extension  southward  of  the 
area  over  wmich the  heavy  snow storms 
occurred  and  where  the  snow  lay  un-
melted  for  many  days  at  a  time.  The 
unsuspecting  bluebirds  struggled  along 
for  a  time  on  half  fare  and  perhaps 
some  of  them  whose  wisdom  was  suf 
ficient  for  the  emergency  managed  to 
move  far  enough  south  to  find  a  land 
of  bare  ground  and  comparative  plen 
ty;  but  by far  the  greater  number  seem 
to have  waited  passively  for  the  warm 
er weather  which  for  them  never  came. 
Doubtless  hundreds  of  thousands  of 
these  poor  bewildered  migrants  per-

long  as  it  can 

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T HE  M.  A.  C.  R E C O E D. 

MARCH  16, 

1897. 

ished  miserably  from  hunger  during 
the  few  weeks  of  that  memorable  win 
ter  which  blighted  and  almost  blotted 
out  the  Florida  orange  groves,  and 
turned  the  spring  market  gardens  of 
the  South  into  wastes  of  frozen  vege 
tables.  During  the  summer  of  '95  few 
of  us  were  fortunate  enough  to  see 
even  a  single  bluebird,  and  even  last 
summer  very  few  were  seen,  and  the 
fear  was  very  generally  expressed  that 
the  beautiful  bluebird,  with  its  mel 
low  warbling  notes  and  confiding  hab 
its  was  a  thing  of  the  past,  another 
species  gone  with  the  long  procession 
of  which  the  great  auk,  the  Labrador 
duck,  the  Carolina  parrakeet  and  the 
passenger  pigeon  have been  thelatest  to 
fade  from  view.  But  it  seems  fair 
now  to  hope  that  the  bluebird  is  not  to 
be numbered  with  these at  present,  and 
that,  with  full  protection  during  the 
nesting  season,  and  a  series  of  milder 
winters,  combined  very  possibly  with 
the  dearly  bought  experience  of  the 
past  few  years,  it  may  again  increase 
in  numbers  and  become  once  more  a 
familiar  bird  about  our  orchards  and 
homes. 

Zoological  Department. 

At  the  College. 

Prof.  Smith  is  receiving  a  visit  from 

his  mother. 

Mr.  H.  L.  Arnold  of  Constantine  vis 
ited  Lieut.  Bandholtz  several  days  last 
week. 

E.  R.  Russell,  '99w,  has  been  enter 
taining  his  sister  from  Kalamazoo  for 
several  days. 

Mr.  H.  B.  Brown,  White  Pigeon, 
visited  his  son,  E.  D.  Brown,  '00,  Sat 
urday,  March  6. 

Miss  Fannie  Carruthers  of  Owosso 
has  been  visiting  Miss  Pearl  Kedzie 
for  several  days. 

The  King's  Daughters  will meet  with 
Mrs.  Snyder  tomorrow.  Text,  "Hope." 
Leader,  Mrs.  Krentel. 

Miss  Florence  Greening  of  Toledo, 
Ohio,  will  spend  the  Easter  vacation 
with  her  sister,  Mrs.  Westcott. 

Prof.  Barrows'  office  and  laboratory 
have  been  thoroughly  repaired,—plas 
tered,  painted  and  papered. 

Mr.  Hoyt  took  the  sophomore  me 
chanicals  down  to  the  Bement  found 
ries  Saturday  afternoon  to  see  a  heat 
taken  off. 

Mrs.  C.  J.  Monroe  and  Mrs.  A.  B. 
Chase  are  spending  a  week  with  their 
daughters,  Miss  Lucy  Monroe  and 
Miss  Hattie  Chase. 

The  floor  of  the  lecture  room  of  the 
physical  laboratory  has  been  covered 
with  linoleum.  The  noise  caused  by 
walking  in  the  room  is  much  lessened. 
Miss  Jessie  Pixley  of  Toledo,  O.,  and 
Miss  Mary  Humphrey  of  Lansing  vis 
ited  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Westcott  Friday  and 
attended  the  military  hop  in  the  eve 
ning. 

Prof.  Woodworth  will  lecture  in  the 
physical  lecture  room  next  Friday  eve 
ning  on  "The  History  of  the  Roentgen 
Ray—Illustrated."  All  are  invited  to 
attend. 

The  Red  Cedar  river  has  been  very 
high  for  nearly  a  week.  Friday  the 
water  covered  the  flats  and  came  with 
in  six  feet  of  the  grape  house.  We 
have  not  had  such  high  water  since 
June,  1893. 

Twigs  containing  the  San  Jose  scale 
were  received  from  the  southern  part 
of  Kent  county  last  week.  Prof.  Pet-
tit  spent  several  days  in  Kent  and  Al 
legan  counties  and  found  the  scale  in 
two  places. 

While working  in  the  greenhouse  one 
day  last  week  A.  M.  Patriarche  sev 

ered  one  of  the  tendons  of  the  second 
finger  of  his 
left  hand  at  the  first 
joint.  Dr.  Watson  dressed  the  wound 
and  hopes  the  parts  will  unite  without 
an  operation. 

The  officers  elected  by  the  Eclectic 
Society,  Saturday  evening,  are:  Presi 
dent,  Clinton  D.  Butterfield;  vice  presi 
dent,  W.  J.  Merkel;  secretary,  W.  A. 
Bartholomew;  treasurer,  W.H.  Flynne. 
The  Feronian  Society  elected:  Presi 
dent,  Amy  Vaughn;  vice  president, 
Fay  Wheeler; 
secretary,  Katherine 
McCurdy; treasurer,  Lucy  Monroe. 

The  Sunday  afternoon  services  were 
conducted  by  Rev.  F.  G.  Cadwell  of 
the  First  Presbyterian  church,  Lan 
sing,  whose  theme  was  "Divine  Dis 
content." 
This  was  Rev.  Cadwell's 
first  appearance  at  the  College  and  his 
sermon  was 
thoroughly  enjoyed  by 
those  who  heard  him.  Mrs.  Robson, 
accompanied  by  Miss  Stedman  at  the 
piano,  sang  two  pleasing  solos. 

The  Shakespeare  club is  now  reading 
Tennyson's  "Becket."  Last  Wednes 
day  evening  the  club  met  with  Prof. 
Hedrick.  The  ladies  of  the  club  sur 
prised  the  gentlemen  by  introducing 
Shakespeare's  ghost  scene  from  "Ham 
let,"  with  variations. 
Their  kettle, 
however,  was  filled  with  sandwiches, 
pickles  and  cakes,  and  their  caldron 
with  lemonade. 

The 

senior  mechanical 

students 
made  a  street  car  test  on  the  College 
line  last  Wednesday.  During  the  test 
readings  were  taken,  every  two  hun 
dred  feet,  of  the  time,  voltage,  am 
peres  and  watts,  from  which  will  be 
calculated  the  speed  per  hour  and  the 
electrical  horse  power.  A  graphical 
sheet  is  to  be  prepared  showing  the 
curves  of  the  grade,  the  volts,  the  am 
peres,  the  watts,  the  electrical  horse 
power  and  speed. 

The  Last  Horning  at  Hiram  Univer 
sity. 

"Ha-HA-HA-KAM!  ho-ho-fto-ram!  hi-

7ii-ram  TJni-ver-si-ty." 

The  cheer  rang  blithely  out  upon  the 
frosty  air.  Rob  Grant  threw  up  the 
front  window  of  the  third  story  study, 
which  he  and  his  sister  Nell  used  in 
common,  and  thrust  his  flaxen  head 
out  over  the  sill. 

"Ugh!" 

snatching 
shivered  Nell, 
with  an  indignant  hand  at  her  broth 
er's  coat  tails. 

Rob  shut  the  window  hastily  and 
stood,  framed  by  the  red  curtains,  a 
picture  of  indecision; 

"The  fellows  want  me.  Something's 
up.  But—but  it's  almost  supper  time." 
"Oh,  run  along  and  bring  us back  the 
news!"  cried  Nell,  tossing  him  a  ruf 
fled  fur  cap.  "Supper  will  wait,  and 
so will  Polly  Con." 

Rob  cast  a  reproachful  glance  upon 
the  laughing  girl  curled,  lexicon  in  lap, 
among  the  cushions  of  a.  Well-worn 
"sleepy  hollow," crowded  his long  arms 
and  stalwart  shoulders  into  the  over 
coat  which  had  fitted  him  better  as  a 
freshman,  and  dived  down  the  narrow 
stairway  with  an  impetus  that  nearly 
upset  Polly  Con,  whom  he  encountered 
on  the  first  landing. 

Nell  had  hardly  rescued  her  class 
mate,  registered  as  Mary  Conner,  but 
known  in  university  circles,  ever  since 
taking  the sophomore  prize  for  the  best 
political  economy  paper,  by  the  diminu 
tive  Polly  Con,  when  another  guest 
rarer  but  no  less  welcome,  appeared  in 
the  open  door. 
It  was  Floyd  Wilson, 
as  slender,  straight  and  dark  as  Polly 
Con  was  fluffy,  dimpled,  pink.  Nell, 
strong,  glad  and  glowing  as  a  young 
Aurora,  with  frank,  unclouded  eyes, 
and  hair  Ike  threaded  sunshine,  gave 
them  both  jubilant  greeting;  for  these 
three  girls  were  friends  through  thick 

and  thin.  They  had  trod  no  easy  path 
together. 

Hiram  University  .had  bent  a  critical 
regard  upon  them,  searching  for  blem 
ishes,  watching  for  trips;  for  they  had 
been the  first  of womankind  to  gain  ad 
mittance  as  students  within  the  sober 
sandstone  walls.  All  manner  of  evil 
had  been  prophesied  as  a  result  of  this 
experiment  in  co-education,  but  hei'e 
in  the  winter  term  of  their  senior  year 
the  three  invaders  stood  in  buoyant 
health,  near  the  head  of  their  class  of 
some two  hundred  men,  with  a  bearing 
of  undisputed  dignity  and  grace. 

the  saying  that 

Their  fellow-students,  at  first  skepti 
cal,  resentful,  suspicious,  had  come  to 
yield  them  cordial  respect  and  liking. 
Polly  Con,  for  all  her  rose-colored  rib 
bons,  took  to  statistics—so  Tompkins 
said—"like  a  swan  to  water."  Nell 
Grant  skated  and  coasted,  rode  a  horse 
or  sailed  a  boat  with  the  same  fresh 
energy  and  alertness  of  every  sense 
that  won  her  success  in  laboratory  and 
museum.  Ted  Tompkins  again  was 
responsible  for 
the 
geology  professor  could  not  have  been 
prouder  of  her  if  she  had  been  a  mega 
therium.  And Floyd  Wilson,  who  paid 
her  own  way  through  the  university, 
partly  by  doing  housework  in  Profes 
sor Gilbert's  family  and  partly  by  writ 
ing  for  country  newspapers,  had  twice, 
in 
the  annual  examination,  carried 
away  the  mathematical  honors  from 
Arthur  Rayburn,  the  son  of  the  math 
ematical  professor.  Hiram  University, 
democratic,  non-sectarian, 
independ 
ent,  could  resist  much,  but  it  could  not 
resist  scholarship.  The  cause  of  wo 
man's  education  within  those  ponder 
ous  iron  gates  was  won  during  that 
first  year  of  probation  by  the  monthly 
records  of  three  brave,  bright  girls. 

Polly  Con  was  smiling  gleefully  over 
the  remembrance  of  Rob's  scarlet,  hor 
ror-stricken  face.  Floyd  was  white 
and  tense,  her  head  erect  and  her 
dark  eyes  flashing  as  if,  Polly  Con  sug 
gested,  they  would  burn  holes  in  the 
wall  paper. 

"Which  shall  it  be,  tragedy  or  com 
edy?"  asked  Nell,  me«yly,  1 divesting 
\^nd  shaking  the 
her  guests  of  hats 
snow  from  their  skirts. 

"Both,"  replied  Floyd,  in  her  quick, 
incisive  fashion.  "To  begin  with,  Pro 
fessor  Gilbert  has  conditioned  James 
Hamilton.  That's  tragedy." 

Nell's  frank  eyes, blue  when  she  was 
glad,  saddened  to  gray,  and  all  Polly 
Con's  dimples,  except  the  incorrigible 
one  in  the  middle  of  her  chin,  disap 
peared. 

"Was  he?"—  she  began  and  hesi 

tated.  Floyd  nodded  fiercely. 

"I  met  him  in  the  drug  store  the 
morning  of  the  Greek  examination. 
He  tried  to  lift  his  cap  and  dropped  it 
on  the  floor.  He  couldn's  pick  it  up. 
T  handed  it  to him.  He  was  very  grate 
ful.  He  cried  and  wanted  to  buy  me 
the  soda  fountain." 

"How  do  the  men  take  it?"  asked 

Polly  Con,  anxiously. 

"They  mean  to  horn  Professor  Gil 
bert tonight.  That's  the  comedy,"  ans 
wered  Floyd  with  bitterness  in  her 
tone.  "He's  on  the  brink  of  nervous 
prostration  already. 
He  has  over 
worked  for  ten  years  past.  His  brother 
died  in  October.  He  has  two  families 
to  support  now.  That  means  more  pri 
vate  tutoring  and  more  lecturing  trips. 
The  private  pupils  always  come  at 
meal-times,  and  he always  catches  cold 
on  the  lecturing  trips.  The  children 
have  been  ailing  lately,  besides. 
If 
they  are  startled  out  of  their  sleep, 
they'll  cry  half  the  night.  And  Mrs. 
Gilbert—that's  the  worst  of  all.  She 
is  so  proud  of  her  husband,  just  be 
cause  he's  a  scholar  and  a  gentleman 
and  a  christian,  that  she  supposes  the 
university  is  proud  of  him,  too." 

"And  isn't  it?"  queried  Polly  Con, 
softly.  But  Floyd  tossed  her  head  like 
a  restive  horse  and  hurried  on  with  a 
husky  utterance. 

"Mrs.  Gilbert  hasn't  a 

collegiate 
sense  of  humor.  Public  insults  do  not 
strike  her  as  amusing.  Her  husband 
was  never  horned  before—and—and"— 
To  the  dismay  of  her  companions, 
Floyd's  voice  broke  in  one great,  chok 
ing  sob.  She  loved  the  Gilberts.  Be 
neath  their  roof,  which  sadly  needed 
shingling,  she has  washed  dishes,  dust 
ed  furniture,  tended  babies  and  done 
whatever  her  dexterous,  swift  young 
hands  could  find  to  do  for  nearly  four 
years,  carrying  on  her  studies  mean 
while  with  unflagging  vigor  and  de 
light.  Of  recreation,  she  had  allowed 
herself  almost  nothing.  It  was  seldom 
that  either  Nell  or  Polly  Con  could 
coax  her  to  their  rooms.  But  Mrs. 
Gilbert,  fragile  little  lady  tho'  she  was, 
took the  heavier  tasks  upon  herself, ex-
erting  a  queenly  authority  that  not 
the 
even  Floyd  dared  defy,  while 
gentle,  wool-gathering  Greek  profes 
sor,  "Old  Jack-a-Dreams"  in  the  irrev 
erent  parlance  of  the  university,  sooth 
ed the  silent  hurt  of  poverty  and  trans 
formed  the  girl's  prickly  pride  and  in 
dependence  into  something  far  nobler 
by  the  wistful,  delicate  deference  with 
which  he  treated  her,  especially  if  she 
chance  to  be  engaged  in  any  house 
hold  service. 

Harold  Leonard,  to whom,  as the  son 
of  a  New  York  millionaire,  all  this  was 
amazing  enough,  declared 
that  one 
morning  Old  Jack-a-Dreams,  starting 
out  for  his  Plato  lecture  and  passing  a 
broom  which  Miss  Wilson  had 
left 
tilted  against  the  piazza  rail,  took  off 
his  hat,  bowing  profoundly,  and  walk 
ed  uncovered  across  the  campus  to  his^ 
"Gilded  Hal"  had 
class-room.  But 
what  his  classmates  politely  styled 
"an  obliquity  in  his  veracity,"  and 
certainly  neither  Floyd,  the  professor 
nor  the  broom  ever  confirmed  his  story. 
While  Polly  Con  dropped  a  sympathet 
ic  but  cautious  kiss  upon  Floyd's  cuff, 
frayed  on  the  under  side  by  overmuch 
contract  with  the  writing  desk,  Nell 
sprang  to  her  feet  with  a  flush  of  reso 
lution. 

"Girls,"  she  exclaimed,  "it's  time  we 
put  an  end,  once  for  all,  to  this  bar 
barous  practice  of  horning!" 
"We!"  tittered  Polly  Con. 

"I  don't 
believe  the  faculty  could.  Horning  is 
as  old  as  Hiram  University.  The  boys-
regard  it  as  the  charter  of  their  liber 
ties." 

"We  stopped  rushes,  when  we  were 

nothing  but  freshmen,"  said  Nell. 

Polly  Con's  blue  eyes  danced  at  the 

recollection. 

"That  was  easy,"  she  said. 

"All 
we  had  to  do  Avas to  get  in  the  way." 
"And  there  has  been  no  hazing  here 
since  We  were  sophomores,"  Nell  con 
tinued. 

there,"  chimed 
there's 

"The  lower-class  girls  keep  up  our 
iu 
glorious  example 
Polly  Con. 
a 
"Whenever 
sophomore  hazing  affair  afoot,  some 
sister  or  cousin  gets  wind  of  it  and  all 
the  girls  go just  as  we  went  that  night 
the  men  had  planned  to put  little  Wilk-
ins  under  the  pump." 

"And  last  year  we  were  invited  to 
the  class  banquet,  and  not  a  glass  of 
wine was  to be  seen—not  even  a  cigar," 
eyes  brightening 
added  Nell,  her 
again  to  blue.  "Don't  you  remember 
Mr.  Hamilton's  speech?" 

Once  more  the  trio  fell  silent,  while 
on  memory  flashed  the  long  table  of 
the  supper  hall,  the  ranks  of  merry 
youths,  and  blurring  the  rest  the  grace 
ful  figure  and  radiant  face  of  the  class 
president,  beginning  his  address  of 
welcome  by  the  half  voluntary  words: 
"Ladies,  we  have  no  champagne  iu 

MARCH 16, 1897. 

T HE  M.  A.  C.  K E C O K D. 

which  to pledge  you.  How  our  moth 
ers  would  bless  you  for  that!" 

The  love  cherished  by  Hiram  Uni 
versity's  senior  class  for the  brilliant, 
daring,  joyous  fellow  whom  they  had 
proudly  chosen  as  leader  in the  first 
term  of their  course,  was  touching in 
its  stubborn  faith  and troubled  hero 
worship.  For  poor  Hamilton  had  met 
the  enemy  and  was  proving  himself  no 
conqueror.  His  friends  shielded  his 
weakness  all  they  could,  but it  had 
become  an open  shame.  Yet  that  he, 
the  senior  president  and  once  the  star 
scholar  of  the  university,  should  be 
visited  by the academic  disgrace  of 
a  condition,  was  more  than  his com 
rades,  hurt  and humiliated  as 
they 
were, could  bear  with  patience. 

While  the girls  still  sat in  silence, 
grave  and  thoughtful,  a trampling  was 
heard  on the  much-enduring  boarding 
iiouse  stairs.  The study  was dusty 
with  twilight  as  Bob,  Will  Franklin 
.and  Bert  Squire  trooped  in,  each  with 
Strange  protuberances  under  his  coat. 
After  briefest  greetings,  Bob  pushed 
Uis  companions  into  the  small  adjoin 
ing  apartment  which  served  him for 
bedroom. 

Clink! 
"A  pillowcase  will  do  well  enough." 
Bob's  whisper was  almost  more pene 
trating  than  a  shout—"I'll  run  up  for 
them  after  astronomy  lecture." 

Clink!  Clink!  Clink!  Clink!  Clink! 
The  evening  course  of  stereopticon 
lectures  on astronomy  was  so excep 
tionally  fine  that  many  of the  profes 
sors  attended.  Chairs  were  reserved 
for  them  which,  on  this  particular  oc 
casion,  Ted  Tompkins  had  industrious 
ly rubbed  over with  Hour.  When,  at  the 
close  of the lecture,  the lights  were 
turned  on, and the  professors,  for 
whose  exit  the students  respectfully 
waited,  walked  with  due stateliness 
down  the  aisles,  their  broadcloth  backs 
were a derision  and  an  astonishment. 

This  was  naturally  gratifying  to 
Ted's  friends,  and  it  was  in the  best 
of  spirits  that  Rob, a few  minutes  after 
nine,  came  bounding  up  for his  loaded 
pillowcase.  Nell,drowned  in  a  note 
slight  attention  to  her 
book,  paid 
brother,  while  he  hastily  expressed 
surprise  at her absence  from  his  lee-
ure,  and  suggested,  a trifle  awkwardly, 
that  she  should  not  sit up  for him, as 
he  might  be late.  Nell  responded, in 
an  absent-minded  fashion,  by the  re 
mark  that  he had  chosen  an  unlucky 
time  to take  supper  at the  club-house, 
for  Floyd  and  Polly  Con  both  stayed 
to  tea,  and  afterwards  Mrs.  Reynolds 
gave  up her kitchen  to the three of 
them  for an old-fashioned  candy-pull, 
Rob,  who  had a sweet  tooth,  of which, 
as  an  athlete,  he  was  ashamed,  turned 
about  expectantly,  with  his hand on 
the  knob  of his  bedroom  door. 

"Yes,  we've saved  some  for  you,"  re 
plied  his  sister,  too  much  preoccupied 
to  raise  her  eyes;  "but  I  really  can't 
stop  to get  it now.  You  shall  have  it— 
a  little  later." 

As  Rob  emerged  from  his chamber, 
the  contents  of the  pillowcase  rattled 
at  every  step;  but  Nell,  her  white 
-brows  knotted  over  a  page  of  dia 
grams,  took  no  heed.  Rob  admired 
her  power  of concentration.  His  own 
supreme  talent  lay  in  cunning,  as  more 
than  one  silver  cup  on  the  mantle  bore 
proud  witness.  Freighted  as he was 
the  clock tower  had  but  just  pealed  the 
half-hour  when  he  joined  his  mates 
on Professor  Gilbert's  lawn.  The  snow 
crust  bore  up  the  full  masculine  con 
c l a s s-
tingent  of 
dignified  Arthur  Rayburn,  roguish  Ted 
Tompkins,  "Gilded  Hal,"  tall  Ranklin, 
chubby  little  Squire  and  the  rest  save 
Hamilton  himself. 

the  senior  Greek 

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sterner  when  the  word  was  whispered 
about,  from  Sidney  Bell,  Hamilton's 
devoted  chum,  that  their  conditioned 
president  had  not  been  seen  nor  heard 
from  since  the  unhappy  examination, 
four  days  ago. 

Silently  they  crowded  around  the 
pillowcase  which  Rob,  breathless  from 
running,  dumped  on the  snow. 

Clink! 
At  the  sound  every  man glanced 
nervously  toward  the peaceful  gleam 
of  Professor  Gilbert's  study  windows. 
While  the long  tin horns  were  being 
distributed,  Franklin  went  up to  the 
house  and reconnoitered.  His report 
was  given  gruffly. 

"Old  Jack-a-Dreams  is  on  the  lounge, 
head  in his wife's  lap.  She's  bathing 
his  forehead  with  camphor  or cologne 
or  something  of the  sort,  and  there's a 
kid  trying  to  reach  up  and  bathe  hers. 
There's  another  kid lying  on the  rug 
before  the  fire,  patting  a  sulphur-col 
ored  old cat.  Cat seems  to  like  it. 
And  the  room  is all  still  and  shiny." 

George  Hovey,  known  to university 
fame  as the  senior  class  poet,  deliber 
ately  drove  his horn  into  his pocket, 
but  not a  man  followed  his example. 
Sidney  Bell  grimly  gave  the  signal  and 
in  an instant  a  score of horns  silvered 
by  the  moonlight,  pointed  towards  the 
quiet  home  with  the  bright  windows. 
A  score of seniors  swelled  their  manly 
breasts  and  puffed  their  cheeks  like so 
many  misguided  cherubim.  But  in 
stead  of the insulting  blare  expected 
to  strike  confusion  to the  heart  of the 
offending  professor,  there  came—noth 
ing.  Blow  as they  might—nothing. 

One  after  another  the  horns, not 
without  mysterious  difficulties,  were 
withdrawn  from  the  mustached  lips. 

"Plugged!  And  with  molasses candy, 
as  sure  as  I'm  a fool,"  ejaculated  Ted 
Tompkins,  and sank  in a  dislocated 
heap  upon  the  snow. 

Rob  gave  a  hollow  groan: 
girls!"  and dropped  beside  him. 

"Those 

Twenty  minutes 

later  a  troop  of 
sulky  young  men  were  tramping  along 
the  sidewalk  in  front  of  Mrs.  Reynolds' 
boarding-house.  At  the  gate  they  hes 
itated  rather  than  halted,  while Rob 
slowly  swung  it open. * 

"If  you  fellows  would  like  to have 

me  look  after  your  horns,"  he began, 
in  a  deprecatory  tone. 

"You  had  better  let us take  charge 
of  yours,"  replied  Cyril  "Waters,  stern 
ly. 

Waters'  father  was  a  judge  of  the 

supreme  court,  and the son  had bor 
rowed  from  him  a  certain  severity of 
manner  which  made  poor  Rob,  on  the 
present  occasion,  feel  as if he  had  been 
stealing  melons—his  blackest  experi 
ence of crime. 

A  door  flew  open,  and Nell  Grant, 
with  eyes  like  happy  stars,  came  run 
ning  down  to the  gate. 

"Oh,  come  in!"  she  exclaimed,  draw 
ing  her  brother  by  the  arm—"come  in, 
every  one,  and  see  what  a surprise  we 
have  for you!" 

"Humph!"  ejaculated  Rob. 
But  his  classmates,  even  Waters  and 
Rayburn,  melted  like  snow  men  under 
a  burst  of sunshine.  They  held  back 
for  a  moment;  but  Nell,  starting  with 
a  merry  exclamation  of  cold  toward 
the  house,  slipped  a  little  on the  icy 
path,  and  instantly  a  score  of  gallant 
lads  sprang  after  her  to render  aid  that 
was  quite  unneeded.  Polly  Con's  rip 
pling  laughter  guided  them 
through 
the  gloomy  hall,  which  Mrs.  Reynolds, 
for  economy's  sake,  regularly  forgot to 
light,  to the cheery  kitchen  beyond, 
where  Floyd  Wilson  was showering 
sugar  into  a huge  pitcher  of lemonade, 
while  beside  her,  lemon-squeezer  in 
hand,  stood—James  Hamilton.  Gilded 
Hal,  obvious  of those  New  York  man 
ners  which  were  his  special  pride,  toss 
ed  his cap  into  the air.  Sidney  Bell 
dashed  at  his  recovered  chum  and  fair 
ly  hugged  him  for delight. 

Hamilton's  face  was haggard; but 
his  look  was  clear  and  resolute  as it 
had  not  been  for  months,  and  the  grip 
of  his  hand,  as tie  greeted  his  friends, 
was  firm. 

"My  dear  fellows,"  he  said,  in  his  old 
cordial  fashion,  "the  condition  is made 
off. 
I've  worked  day  and  night  to get 
in  the  papers  Professor  Gilbert  set  me, 
before  the  Mid-years  should  be  over.  I 
took  them  to him  early  this  evening. 
It  was  the  eleventh  hour,  and  he was 
down  sick  with  a  neuralgic  headache; 
but  he read  them,  like  the  old trump 
them,  and had 
he  is, and accepted 

my  marks  in  at  the  record  office 
just  four  minutes  before  closing  time." 
Some  of the men  started  applause; 
but  Hamilton  checked  it by  a peremp 
tory  motion  of  his hand  and  went 
bravely  on, a  wave  of crimson  surging 
from  throat  to temples. 

"Boys,  Professor  Gilbert  has done 
me  the  best  turn  of my  life.  For  the 
Greek-into-English  paper  he set me  a 
list  of  readings  on temperance  from 
Plato,  and  gave  me  the  drinking  scene 
in  "Othello"  to put into  Attic  prose. 
He  knew  what  he  was  about  when,  in 
stead  of letting  the  faculty  loose  on a 
fellow,  he  handed  me over  to  Plato 
and  Shakespeare.  They  did  the  busi 
ness. 

"I  told  the  professor  tonight  that  I 
would  sign  the  pledge.  I  mean  to  do 
it  Monday,  at senior  class  meeting, in 
presence  of all  our  two  hundred  men— 
who—who—have  stood  by me—so  gen 
erously—when  I"— 

For  all Hamilton's  pluck  he  could 
not  get  any  further.  It was  not  neces 
sary.  Sidney  Bell,  standing  with his 
arm  over  his  chum's  shoulder,  turned 
and  looked  him  in the  face  with  glad, 
affectionate  eyes.  Bob  impulsively 
lifted  his horn,  whose  plug  still  held, 
and  poured  in a  stream  of lemonade. 

"I  give  you  Old  Jack-a-Dream!" he 
called.  "Who  says  we shan't  horn  him, 
one  way  or another?" 

The  toast  was  drunk  with  enthus 
iasm,  the  boys  joyously  draining  their 
horns  like  young  heroes in  Valhalla. 

Yet  the  pitcher  was not  empty. 
"Lasses,  and  Mo'Lasses!"  proposed 
Ted  Tompkins,  and  the  toast  was  hon 
ored  with  elaborate  bows  and  scrap 
ings,  while  Hovey,  hanging  his horn 
(with  difficulty)  on the stovepipe,  in 
default  of  a  willow, 
significantly 
whistled  "The  Lost  Chord."—Kathafine 
Lee Bates in The  Independent. 

Prof.—"How  many  feet  have  in 
sects?"  Mr.  Dickens—"They  have  one 
for  each  leg."—Ex. 

A  western  student  has  discovered 
that  there  is one  thing  he  knows 
about  trigonometery  and  that  is,  "the 
logarithm  of  laziness  plus  the loga 
rithm  of  procrastination  equals  the 
logarithm  of  flunk." 

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The  Agricultural  Problem. 

The  industrial  situation  of the  farm 
er  during  the last  part  of this  century 
has  not  only  perplexed  and  mystified 
himself,  but it has  become  the  concern 
of  all persons  interested  in our social 
welfare.  "Why  the  Farmer  is  not 
Prosperous,"  "The  Farmer's  Discon 
tent,"  "The  Farmer  on  Top," and "The 
Embattled  Farmer,"  are typical  titles 
of  recent  magazine  articles  illustrative 
of  the peculiar  condition of the  agricul 
turist.  More  positive  proof  of an agri 
cultural  problem  is  found  in  the dis 
content  of the farmer,  the  appearance 
of  aggressive  farmers'  associations, the 
decline  in value  of  farming  lands and 
the  decreasing  importance  in  wealth 
and  population  of  the  rural  as  com 
pared  with  the city  community.  The 
literature  upon  this  subject  has  been 
recently  added 
to  by  contributions 
from  two former  students  of  this  Col 
lege—Mr.  C. F. Emerick,  postgraduate 
'91,  of  Columbia  University,  and Prof. 
L.  H. Bailey,  '82,  of  Cornell.  The  es 
say  from  Mr.  Emerick  is entitled  "Ag 
ricultural  Discontent,"  and was called 
forth  by a  prize  offered  for  the  best 
discussion  of  this  subject  from  a  uni 
versity  student  by a  Mr.  Lupin  of Cal 
ifornia.  Mr. Emerick  won the prize, 
and  has  allowed  the publication  of  his 
study  in the Political  Science  Quarter 
ly of recent  date. 

Mr.  Emerick  in  discussing  the rem 
edies  for  agricultural  depression  con 
tends  that  "any measure  capable  of 
promoting  the  per  capita  consuming 
power  of  the masses,  or  diverting en 
ergy  now  expended  in food  production 
to  some  other  profitable  field  of em 
ployment  would  afford  some  relief. 
The  curtailment  of production  through 
the  development  of a taste  in the  com 
munity  for other  than  productive em 
ployment  would  also  have  a  favorable 
influence.  The unfriendly  influence of 
climate  can to a small  extent  be over 
come  by irrigation  or by the  adoption 
of  a system of  agriculture  better  suited 
to  climatic  environment.  By  increas 
information,  so 
ing  the  diffusion  of 
that  the farmer  can expend  his  ener 
gy  with  a  better  knowledge  of  what 
his  fellows  are doing,  the evils  of dis 
proportionate 
production  may  be 
the 
slightly  diminished.  But  here 
prospect  of amelioration  ends."  These 
remedies  are  clearly  non-political  in 
nature,  would  deny  that  legislation  can 
help  the  farmer,  and  while  implying 
ill-adjustment  to modern  economic  con 
ditions as the  chief  cause of agricultur 
al  distress,  they  necessitate  the  farm 
er's  dependence  largely  upon  his  own 
efforts  to  secure  relief. 

The  industrial  conditions  most  close 

ly  associated  with  modern  agriculture 
our  author  thinks,  are  first,  the  rela 
tively  greater  increase  in  population 
and  wealth  in cities  than  in the coun 
try;  second,  the new  dependence  of  ag 
transportation,  and 
riculture  upon 
third,  the  growth  of  tenant  farming 
and  of  mortgages. 

Regarding  the force  of  these  condi 
tions,  he  concludes  that  the  superior 
attainments  of the  cities in wealth and 
numbers  during  the  past  few  years 
has  not  been  at  the  expense  of the 
country  to  any  degree,  but has  been 
caused  by  changed 
industrial  pro 
cesses—by  the  larger  use  of  steam. 

The  improved  means  of  transporta 
tion  has  been the  chief  cause  of the  de 
cline  in  value  of farming  lands  in  the 
older  states.  As  this  decline  came 
through  reduced  demand  for 
about 
these  lands,  agricultural  interests  suf 
fered  in these states  to the  same  extent 
that  farm  values  declined. 

There  is no tendency,  in  Mr.  Emer-
ick's  opinion,  toward  the formation of 
a  distinctive  tenant  class  of  farmers. 
"The  increasing  numbers  of our popu 
lation,  the exhaustion  of the desirable 
portion  of the public  domain,  the pros 
perity  of  farm  owners,  the rise  in  the 
standard  of  living,  and  in  some  in 
stances  agricultural  disaster,  are the 
facts  that  largely  explain  the compar 
ative  growth  in  numbers  of  farm  ten 
ants." 

Mr.  Emerick's  essay  abounds  in apt 
quotations  to  Sustain  his  conclusions, 
and  in  interesting  facts  from  his  own 
It  bears  the 
observation  or  study. 
marks  of  a  careful  search  for  truth 
among  the multitude  of  causes  given 
for  our agricultural  discontent. 

The  contribution  from  Prof.  L. H. 
Bailey  discussed  the  question  "Is there 
a  Distinct  Agricultural  Question?"  and 
was  read  before  the  members  of the 
American  Economic  Association  at 
their  annual  meeting  recently  held  in 
Baltimore.  Briefly  stated,  Mr. Bailey 
claimed  that  "the absorption  of  small 
holdings  by wealthy  landowners" was 
in  progress  and would  be beneficial  to 
farming  interests.  The  efflux  of young 
people  from  the farm  has been  due  to 
a  desire  to  work  under 
supervision. 
Unvaried  cropping  of  land  has  been 
detrimental  to the mental  aptitude of 
the  farmer,  making  him an  unskilled 
laborer.  The farmer  is  ready  for  a 
better  education.  Mr. Bailey  was  un 
able  through 
illness  to  present  his 
paper  in person—an  abstract,  only, be 
ing  read.  This  together  with  the dis 
cussions  called  forth  are published  in 
the  current  handbook  of the Economic 
Association. 

W. O. H. 

Debating. 

PROF.  A.  B.  NOBLE. 

The  debate  Saturday  evening  be 
tween  chosen  members  of  the  Hes 
perian  socie.ty  and the Union  Literary 
society  indicates  a  growing  interest in 
debating  as a  feature  of  society  work. 
It  is only  within  recent  times  that the 
College  societies  have  recognized  de 
bating as worthy  of a place on  the  for 
mal  weekly  program,  and I  doubt  if 
its  place  is yet as secure  as that  of  the 
oration  and  the essay,  its most  worthy 
competitors.  But that  it has  been  rap 
idly  advancing  in  favor  is shown  con 
clusively  by  this  joint  debate,  consti 
tuting,  as  it  did, an  entire  evening's 
program  for two societies. 

Elsewhere,  also,  there  has  been  a 
similar  growth  of  interest,  or  more 
strictly  speaking,  a revival  of  interest. 
An  excellent  article  in  the  January 
Forum  on  "Intercollegiate  Debating," 
traces  this  revival  of  debating  in the 
leading  colleges  and  universities  of our 

country,  from  the  Yale-Harvard  con 
test  of  1892  down  to the present  time. 
The  writer  of  the  article,  Mr. R. C. 
Ringwalt,  was a  member  of the  Har 
vard  team  in  the  contest  with  Yale 
in  1895,  and  is  now  completing  his 
second  year  as assistant  in rhetoric in 
charge  of  debating  in  Columbia  Uni 
versity.  His experience,  therefore, en 
ables  him  to  write  understanding^, 
and  his description  of  the methods of 
preparation,  the  choosing  of  contest 
ants,  the  diligent  search  for  every 
thing  that  bears  on  the  subject,  the 
extensive  reading,  the planning  of the 
brief,  or  outline,  the  dividing  of the 
work  among  the members  of  a  given 
team,  the practice  debates,—and  then 
the  final  contest  with  the  excitement 
and  rivalry  necessarily  accompanying 
such  an event,—this  description  is  one 
well  calculated  to  arouse  the  enthus 
iasm  of  every  college  student  who has 
enough  life  and vigor  to  enjoy  a  con 
test.  And now  that  debating  is estab 
lished  as a  form  of intercollegiate  con 
test,  we  may  expect  it  to  grow 
in 
power  and  influence.  The  Sunday Free 
Press  of  a  week  ago reported  the  ar 
rangements  for such a  contest  between 
the  State  Normal  School  and  Albion 
College.  How  soon  may we expect  it 
to  strike  nearer  home ? 

Accompanying  this  revival  of  inter 
est  there  have  appeared  several  books 
on  debating,  notably  "The Principles 
of  Argumentation,"  by Asst.  Prof.  Geo. 
P.  Baker of Harvard  University;  "Pub 
lic  Speaking  and Debate,"  by  George 
Jacob  Holyooke,  a  new  edition  of 
which  has  recently  appeared;  and 
"Briefs  for Debate,"  by W. B. Brook 
ings  of  Harvard  aud R.  C.  Ringwalt 
of  Columbia.  The  rhetorics, of  course, 
all  contain  chapters  on  argumentation, 
of  which  the best  treatment  is  to be 
found,  probably,  in  Genung's  "Practi 
cal  Rhetoric,"  A. S.  Hill's  "Principles 
of  Rhetoric,"  and D. J.  Hill's  "Science 
of  Rhetoric."  Mention  should  also be 
made  of  Higginson's  "Hints  on  Writ 
ing  and Speech  Making,"  and M.  Bau-
tain's  "Art of  Extempore  Speaking," 
in  both  of  which  may be found  many 
excellent  suggestions. 

But  how  long is  this interest in debat 
ing  likely  to  continueV  Will  it  soon 
fade away, or will it endure?  The  only 
safe  answer  is,  Wait  and see.  But, 
considering  its new  function  as a  form 
of  intercollegiate  contest,  there  seems 
good  reason  to believe  that  it  will not 
soon  disappear.  Its give  and take, its 
thrust  and  parry,  make  it  more  ex-
hilerating  to the participants  and  more 
interesting  to  an  audience  than  the 
oratorical  contest,  and  that  has en 
dured  for  many  years.  But a  much 
stronger  claim  to a continued  existence 
is  in  its  disciplinary  value.  As  com 
pared  with  the  oration,  it  requires  a 
fresher,  more vital,  more practical  sub 
ject.  The real oration,  it is true,  deals 
only  with  vital  topics;  but the average 
contest  oration  shuns  such  a topic,  lest 
perchance  some  judge  should  hold  an 
opposite  opinion.  But  debate  cannot 
flourish  on  dead  questions;  it  must 
have  something  fresh  and  living,  some 
thing  practical. 

Moreover,  the thought  basis  of the 
debate  is  better  than  that  of  the con 
test  oration.  The  would-be  orator  sees 
no  skilled  opponent  watchful  to de 
tect  the slightest  misstatement,  quick 
to  expose  any and every  fallacy,  no 
matter  how  plausible,  and  alert to turn 
aside  every  argument  that  does  not 
drive  straight  home.  The  oratorical 
contestant  is  apt  to  care  little  how 
weak  the thought,  for if  he can dress 
it  up so  as  to  make  it  "sound  well," 
he  stands  a  good  show  of  winning the 
prize.  Not  so the  debater.  His  speech 

must  not  only  "sound  well,"  it  must 
also  be  logical,  and  consistent,  and 
true;  at  least,  it is hazardous  for it to 
be  otherwise.  The debater  must  not 
consider  himself  above  the use of  evi 
dence,  and  he must  treat  that  evidence 
fairly.  If  there  is an exceptional  case, 
more  striking,  or thrilling,  or  dramatic 
than  other  cases belonging  in the same 
class,  this  exceptional  case  is  to the 
orator  more  valuable  than  all the oth 
ers  put together;  to the  debater  it is 
practically  worthless,  for  the rule  or 
general  principle  is determined  by  the 
cases  that  are  not  exceptional. 
In 
brief,  the  debater  must  seek  to  base 
his  conclusions  on facts  that  are  un 
questioned  and on  arguments  so log 
ically  constructed  that  they  cannot  be 
shaken.  If  he does  not, it is the busi 
ness  of  his opponent  to  expose  every 
fallacy,  to lay bare  every  weakness. 

In  the method  of  presentation,  also, 
the  debate  affords  a  better  discipline 
than  the oration.  The orator  does his 
wrork  in  the  quiet  of  his study,  with 
nothing  to  distract  his  attention.  In 
choosing  words,  in  constructing  sen 
tences,  in  marshaling  his thought  he 
has  time  for deliberation.  If  all is  not 
arranged  to his  satisfaction  at the first 
sitting,  he is at  liberty  to lay it  aside 
and  come  back  to  it  fresh  the  next 
day  or the next  week.  The  debater, 
on  the other  hand,  must  learn  to  test 
and  analyze  arguments  on the spur of 
the  moment,  to  decide  at  once  what 
is to be done  and how  to do it, to coin 
his  thought  into  words  and  cast  the 
words  into  sentences  while  standing 
before  his audience,  and all the while 
to  keep  clearly  in  mind  the course of 
his  argument  and an  estimate  of the 
amount  of  time  he can afford  to  give 
to each  point.  An afterthought  as to a 
better  word,  a  more  telling  sentence, 
a  more 
arrangement  of 
thought,  is  without  value.  He  must 
cultivate  readiness.  He must  think on 
the  spot  and speak  immediately. 

effective 

Practice  such  as this  is valuable not 
only  as  discipline,  but  also  as  direct 
training  for the practical  duties,  or at 
least  opportunities,  of  life,  especially 
the  life  of  an  educated  man.  Every 
community,  be  it  large  or  small,  is 
constantly  confronted  with  problems 
pressing  for  solution.  The right  so 
lution  is  based  upon  facts,  and the 
method  of  reaching  that  solution  is, 
first,  to  find  out  the  real  facts,  and  sec 
ondly,  to draw  correct  inferences  from 
them.  This  is  no  easy  matter,  and 
many  there  are  that  fail.  He who 
reasons  on  practical  problems  must 
learn  to 
apparent  re 
semblances,  to search  for  fundamental 
principles,  to  guard  against  fallacies, 
and  to  test  patiently  and  carefully 
every  step  in the course  of  reasoning. 
Moreover,  he  must  learn  to  think  at 
once  and to  speak  at  once.  He  must 
be  ready  when  the  occasion  arises, 
must  "strike  while  the  iron  is hot." 
Men  need  practice  in  dealing  with 
such  problems,  and I  for one know of 
no  better  training  for the forcible  dis 
cussion  of  the  practical  problems  of 
life  than  long  continued,  faithful  prac 
tice  in  debating. 

look  beneath 

To  be sure,  these  real  problems  are 
not  always  dealt  with  in  formal  de 
bate.  Many  a  time  the work  is  done 
by  informal  discussions  in the field or 
shop  or  street;  sometimes  the  discus 
sion  gets  into  the  papers,  and some 
times  upon  the  platform.  But  how 
ever  or  wherever  done,  the  man 
trained  in debating  has an  advantage, 
and  the community  soon  learns  of his 
power,  and  pays  him for  it,  too, by 
advancing  him to a  higher  rank  in its 
Indeed,  if  we are  unwil 
estimation. 
ling  to be set down  as nonentities, we 

MARCH 16, 189?. 

T HE  M.  A.  C. 

ftECOKt). 

t he  community 

t h at  we 
m u st  show 
h a ve  opinions  a nd 
t h at  we  can  s et 
them  forth  a nd  defend  them,  a nd  t h at 
is  virtually  debating.  Moreover,  if  our 
defense  of  our  opinions  is  weak,  we 
get  little  credit  for  them,  however  good 
they  m ay  be.  T he  real  d e b a t e rs  in  any 
community  are,  after  all,  few  in  num 
ber,  a nd 
t he  community  k n o ws  who 
they  are.  F o r t u n a te  is  t h at  commun 
ity  whose  leaders  a re  t r a i n ed  to  care 
ful, 

logical  reasoning. 

a 

It 

search 

ideally. 

conducted, 

Debating,  rightly 

a 
is 
to 
search  for 
t he  t r u t h,  an  a t t e m pt 
reach  j u st  conclusions;  a nd  upon 
the 
finding  of  t r u t h,  a nd  t he  reaching  of 
j u st  conclusions,  depends  the  welfare 
of  each  and  all;  or,  in  other  words, 
the  progress  of  t he  world.  T h is  view, 
it  is  true,  comes  only  w h en  we  look  at 
is 
debating  as  conducted 
well,  perhaps,  to  a d m it  t h at  it  is  not 
a l w a ys 
for 
disinterested 
truth;,  t h at  t he  rivalry  of  t he  contest 
trickery  a nd 
frequently  brings  forth 
deceit  and  cunning.  G r a nt  it  all.  B ut 
if  t he  debate  has  been  ably  conducted 
on  both  sides,  after 
it  is  over  every 
unprejudiced  man,  w h e t h er  debater  or 
listener,  ought  to  be  able  to  approx 
imate  somewhat  more  nearly  that  he 
could  at  the  outset  t he  real  t r u th  of  the 
matter.  Or  if, 
in  extreme  cases,  all 
or 
t he  majority  have  not  caught  a 
clearer  glimpse  of  t he  t r u t h,  some  at 
least  m ay  be  expected  to  h a ve  done  so, 
a nd  t h at  is  a  gain.  T he  m a in  argu 
m e nt  for  freedom  of  speech  a nd  of  the 
press 
to 
If,  then,  it  is  well 
bring  out  the  t r u t h. 
to  have  freedom  of  discussion,  let  col 
lege  m en  t r a in  themselves  to  be  skill 
ful  in  debate. 
It  will  give  them  a  bet 
ter  standing  in  their  community,  a nd 
at  the  same  time  will  help  s o m e w h at 
in  reaching  r i g ht  conclusions. 

this  freedom  helps 

t h at 

is 

Debaters,  we  welcome  you.  Do  your 
is 

very  best.  T he  t a sk  you  a t t e m pt 
great,  but  great  also  is  t he  r e w a r d. 

Department  of  English. 

A  Glimpse  of  R a i l r o ad  Life. 

Read  before  P hi  Delta  F r a t e r n i ty  by 
E u g e ne  Price,  '00. 

flying 

leisurely  along; 

W h at  boy  is t h e re  who,  w a t c h i ng  the 
swift  express 
into 
t r a in  come 
town,  does  not  wish  t h at  he  were  in 
charge  of  the  throttle  a nd  brake-valve 
which  control  the  train;  a nd  does  not 
register  a  solemn  vow  to  be  an  engi 
neer  or  conductor  " W h en  I'm  a  m a n" ? 
P e r h a ps  he  holds  t he  plow  or  t he  hoe 
on  a  sultry  day  in  J u ly  or  August,  a nd 
t r a in  plod 
watches  a  heavy  freight 
locomotive 
ding 
t he 
im 
puffing  and  snorting  as 
patient  because 
faster; 
t he  engineer  seated  in  the  cab,  his  el 
bow  resting  on  t he  window  sill,  head 
and  shoulders  outside  t he  window  as 
he  w a t c h es  w i th  pride  t he  work  his 
engine  is  doing,  responding  quickly  to 
the  slightest  touch  of  t he  throttle. 
p u ts 

in 
two, 
t h r ee  or  four  shovelfuls  of  coal, 
which  causes  clouds  of  smoke  to  rise 
from  t he  stack  a nd  float  slowly  back 
over  the  train. 

it  cannot  go 

occasionally 

though 

fireman 

The 

P e r h a ps  a  couple  of  b r a k e m en  a re 
seated  on  t he  roof  of  a  c ar  a nd  seem 
to  h a ve  nothing  to  do  b ut  view 
t he 
country  a nd  be  fanned  by  t he  breeze 
created  by  t he  moving  train.  T he  con 
ductor  is  seated  in  t he  cupola  of 
t he 
caboose  and,  like  the  brakemen,  is  get 
ting 
refreshing 
breeze. 

t he  benefit  of 

t he 

T he  boy  looks  at  t h is  t r a in  a nd  s a y s: 
" W h at  an  easy  life  t h e se  railroad  m en 
lead." 

He  little  realizes  t he  g r e at  responsi 
bility  resting  upon  t h em  as  a  whole 
T h ey  a re  contin 
a nd  as  individuals. 

r e g a r ds 

t r a in  a nd  all 
individuals,  each 

ually  in  a  position  perilous  to  life  a nd 
property.  As  a  whole,  they  m u st  ex 
t he 
ercise  great  caution  as 
railroad 
safety  of 
t he 
property.  As 
one 
m u st  be  very  careful  as  to  his  o wn 
safety  a nd  t h at  of  his  fellow  workers. 
Many  a 
t r a i n m an  h as  bravely  met 
death  in  an  a t t e m pt  to  save  t he  lives 
of  employes  a nd  passengers  w h en  he 
life  a nd 
might  h a ve  saved  his  own 
been  unmindful  of  others. 

loaded  passenger 

Imagine,  for  a  moment,  the  engineer 
of  a  heavily 
t r a in 
s t a r t i ng  out  on  a  long  r un  of  150  or 
200  miles.  He  h as  t he  time-table  be 
if  he  does 
fore  him  a nd  k n o ws  t h at 
not  m a ke 
time  he  will 
to 
h a ve 
frequent  messages 
the  t r a in  dispatcher,  explaining 
from 
w hy  he  does  not  do  better. 

t he  required 
a n s w er 

P e r h a ps  t he  night  is  pitch  dark,  a nd 
if  so  he  cannot  see  more  t h an  150  to 
200  y a r ds  ahead,  depending  on  t he  na 
ture  of  t he  headlight.  Or,  worse  still, 
if  there  is  a  dense  fog  he  cannot  see 
10  feet  ahead  of  t he  pilot,  a nd  no  one 
realizes  more'  fully 
t h at  a 
broken 
rail,  a  w a s h o ut  or  an  open 
switch  will  hurl  them  down  an  em 
into  a  sidetrack  prob 
b a n k m e nt  or 
t h at 
ably  filled  with  cars.  He  k n o ws 
t r a i ns  a re  approaching  him,  as 
there 
a l w a ys  a re  on  busy  roads,  which  he 
h as  orders  to  meet  at  certain  stations 
or  sidetracks. 

t h an  he 

W h en 

the  engineer  cannot  see 

fa 
miliar  l a n d m a r k s,  such  as  fences,  trees 
and  buildings,  is  it  not  hard  for  him 
to  tell  j u st  where  to  shut  off  steam  to 
prevent  r u n n i ng  by  t he  s w i t c h?  He 
must  keep  his  eyes  rivited  on  t he  ten 
or  twelve  feet  of  rails  and  ties  a h e ad 
of  him  a nd  dares  not  look  at  steam-
gage  or  water-glass  lest  some  familiar 
culvert  or 
un 
heeded. 

be  passed 

crossing 

Added 

j u st  compensation 

to  this  great  s t r a in  on  his 
nerves  is  the  continual  j ar  and  s w ay 
of  t he  swiftly  moving  engine,  which 
he  must  overcome.  True,  his  position 
offers  a  great  variety  of  scenery  a nd 
surroundings,  unlike 
t he  office,  store 
or  schoolroom;  he  also  receives  good 
• wages,  b ut  is  $3  or  $3.50  per  one  hun 
for  a 
dred  miles 
man's  health,  w h en  we  consider 
t h at 
there  are  very  few 
trainmen  whose 
health  is  not  seriously  impaired  in  one 
w ay  or  another  at  t he  age  of  35?  This 
in  most 
decline 
cases,  by 
insufficient 
irregular  and 
sleep  a nd  cold  meals.  H is  lungs  a re 
affected  by  coal  gas  a nd  by  becoming 
heated  in  t he  w a rm  cab  and  then  com 
ing  in  contact  with  the  cold  air. 

is  caused, 

in  health 

Railroad  men  experience 

trouble  when  the  snow 
course  snow-plows  a re  r un  over 
road  frequently,  but  if 
light 
track. 

it  soon  drifts  back  upon 

t he  most 
is  deep.  Of 
t he 
is 
t he 

the  snow 

is 

t he  snow 

If  an  engine  is  r u n n i ng  at  t he  r a te 
of  30  miles  per  hour  or  faster,  a nd 
strikes  a  drift, 
raised, 
sometimes  in  large  chunks,  above  t he 
cylinders  and  strikes  the  front  of 
the 
cab,  often  with  force  enough  to  crush 
t he  w i n d o w s;  a nd  then  t he  men  inside 
encounter  a  storm  t h at  would  surprise 
even  a  resident  of  Dakota.  T he  j ar  of 
an  engine  will,  in  a  s h o rt  time,  loosen 
the  joints  a nd  windows  of 
a  cab, 
through  which  t he  fine  snow  sifts  and, 
Settling  on  t he  boiler  head, 
t he 
c ab  with  vapor  t h at  will  drench  a  per 
son  as 
b ag 
t h r o wn 
third-story  window. 
W h en  the  snow  is  deep,  engineer  a nd 
fireman  cannot  see  each  other  for  long 
distances  at  a  time.  W h en  the 
fireman 
opens  t he  door  to  p ut  in  more  coal,  all 
he  sees  through  t he  thick  mist  which 
envelopes  him  is  a  pale,  glimmering 

thoroughly  as  a  w a t er 
from  a 

fills 

light,  j u st  t he  size  of  the  do6r,  t o w a rd 
which  he  a i ms  his  shovel,  which  often 
contains  more  snow  t h an  coal,  a nd  low 
steam  p r e s s u re  results. 

W h en  Stanford  University 

receives 
its  final  s h a re  of  t he  Stanford  e s t a te 
it  will  be  three  times  as  rich  as  Har 
vard.—Ex. 

in 

ton  or  more. 

Some  officials  a re  u n j u st 

their 
t r e a t m e nt  of  employes.  F or  example, 
on  a  railroad  in  Michigan  is  situated 
a  busy  city,  which  lies  in  a  river  valley 
a b o ut  one  a nd  one-half  miles  wide; 
there  is  a l w a ys  an  engine  switching 
a b o ut  t he  y a r d s,  which  a re  quite  exten 
sive.  On  either  side  of  this  city  t r a i ns 
m u st  climb  a  steep  incline  about 
five 
miles  in  length,  a nd  ten  loaded  cars 
is  a  full  t r a in  for  an  ordinary  engine, 
so  it  takes  t h r ee  engines  to  get  a  full-
sized  t r a in  up 
this  hill.  About  half 
w ay  up  is  a  gravel  pit,  at  which  a  train 
w as  loading  gravel  one  morning.  F or 
unloading  gravel  they  use  a  steel  plow 
The 
which  weighs  a 
b r a k e m an  placed  the  car  which  held 
the  plow  on  t he  main  track,  intending 
to  leave  it  there,  w h en  t he  b r a ke  chain 
broke  a nd  a w ay  w e nt  car,  plow  a nd 
b r a k e m an  down  t he  hill  with  rapidly 
increasing 
h a ve 
speed; 
j u m p ed  off  when 
it  started,  b ut  he 
thought  of  t he  car  p a s s i ng  t h r o u gh  the 
city  with  nothing  to  w a rn  the  people 
on. 
its  approach,  so  he  stayed 
of 
Down  the  hill  they  went,  n e a r i ng 
t he 
city  at  a  furious  r a te  of  speed,  over 
crossing  a nd  crosswalk,  he  yelling  like 
a  m a d m a n,  w a r n i ng  people  to  keep  off 
t he  engine  at  work 
the  track.  H ad 
in  the  y a rd 
left  a  car  on  the  m a in 
t r a ck  his  chances  of  life  would  h a ve 
been  very  slim,  b ut  fortunately 
there 
w as  none,  and  he  passed  safely  on. 
A  short  t i me  after  he  w as  "fired"  for 
a  slight 
infraction  of  t he  company's 
rules. 

he  might 

These  a re  b ut  a  few  of  t he  things 
railroad  employes  m u st 
with  which 
contend,  a nd 
their  work 
seems  pleasant,  yet  a  great  m a ny  men 
find 
they  have 
been  thoroughly 

it  disagreeable  after 
initiated. 

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Rub  down  after  exercise. 
There  is  talk  of  moving  the  diamond 

TO  the  northv/t-ar. 

Don't  overdo!  Sore  muscles,  sprains 

and  bruises  mend  slowly. 

Arrangements  are  being  made  for  a 

training  table  for  athletes. 

The  boys  tried  the  diamond  a  little 
Saturday,  but  found  it  pretty  muddy. 
The  track  is  to  be  improved  by  grad 
ing  up  the  outside  and  adding  cinders. 
There  is  room  to  practice  where  you 
will  not  break  windows  or  valuable 
instruments. 

Have  you  kept  up  your  standings 
and  made  up  your  conditions'?  You 
can't  play  in  our  yard  if  you  haven't. 

Local-field-day  Manager 

Elliott 
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and 
room  training. 

is 
Some  good  base  ball  material 
showing  up.  It  looks as  though  the  in 
field  positions  would  all  be  strength 
ened  quite  materially. 

No  man,  unless  practicing  for  first 
base  or  behind  the  bat,  should  allow 
to  become  accustomed  to  a 
himself 
large  mit.  Such  mits  can't  be  used  in 
intercollegiate  games. 

Professionalism  in  the  M.  I.  A.  A. 

There  are  two  reasons  why  the  di 
rectors  of  the  Michigan  Intercollegiate 
Athletic  Association  do  not  accomplish 
much  toward  elimiuating  professional 
ism  from  the  intercollegiate  contests. 
In  the  first  place, they  haggle  too  much 
in  a  half-hearted  way  at  the  rules;  and 
secondly,  they  do  not  rigidly  enforce 
the  rules  after  adopting  them. 

As  an  example  of  the  first  weakness 
we  have  but  to  look  at  the  amend 
ment  proposed  at  the  last  meeting  of 
the  board  "to  do  away  with  profession 
alism." 
It  provides  that  a  student 
must  be  in  college  twenty  weeks  be 
fore  entering  an  intercollegiate  eon-
test.  Good,  so  far  as  it  goes;  but  it 
does  not  go  far  enough.  What  is  there 
in  this  rule  to  prevent  Albion's  "south 
the  Canadian 
paw,"  who  played 
league  last  summer,  from  pitching  in 
the intercollegiate games;  or  who  shall 
say  that  Kalamazoo's  star  twirler,  who 
spent  part  of  the  summer  with  Muske 
gon  and  part  of  it  with  an  inter-state 
league  team,  can  not  occupy  the  box 
at  field  day;  or  who  can  restrain  Hills 
dale's  "high  school  boy,"  who  pitched 
all  over  southern  Michigan,  if 
he 
wants  to  be  an  amateur  when  the  col 
leges  come  together  again  to  test  their 
skill  on  the  diamond? 

in 

So,  then,  how  far  does  this  proposed 
establishing 
toward 
amendment  go 
purity  in  the  intercollegiate  athletic 
contests?  It  shuts  out  the  young  man 
who  has  been  out  of  school,  teaching 
or  engaged  in  other  legitimate  employ 
ment,  to  get  money  to  continue  his 
struggle  for  an  education;  but  it  does 
not  shut  out  the  young  man  who  at 
tends  college  for  the  money  he  can  get 
in  athletics,  or  who  plays  for  money 
outside  of  college. 

A  word  about  the  enforcement  of 
rules.  The  last  field  day  furnishes  an 
example  familiar  to  all  at  the  time  and 
still  fresh  in  our  memories. 
If  there 
was  any  reason  for  throwing  Ypsilanti 
out  of  the  contest  for  the  silver  cup 
after  she  played  M. A.  C,  there  was  as 
good  reason  for  throwing  her  out  be 
fore  that  game.  All  the  facts  were 
known  before  the  game.  It  looked  to 

THE  M.  A.  C.  R E C O RD 

MARCH  16, 

1897. 

many  observers  as  though  the  direct 
ors  hoped  that  M. A.  0.  would  win  and 
thus  relieve  them  from  the  responsibil 
ity  of  deciding.  But  Ypsilanti  won, 
and  then  the  directors,  after  the  M.  A. 
C.  boys  had  rendered  themselves  unfit 
for  playing  by  spending  the  night  at 
the  indoor  sports,  had  a  meeting  and 
decided  that  Ypsilanti,  by  playing  a 
man  who  did  not  come  within  the  time 
limit,  had  forfeited  her  right  to  contest 
for  the  cup. 
I  submit  that  such  an 
action  at  such  a  time  was  unfair  to 
both  Ypsilanti  and  M. A.  C.  Other  ex 
amples  might  be  cited,  but  this  is  suf 
ficient  for  illustration. 

Now,  what  do  we  need?  Why  sim 
ply  an  amendment  to  the  M.  I.  A.  A. 
constitution  that  will  shut  out  all  pro 
fessionals;  and  then,  impartial  enforce 
ment  of  that  amendement.  I  am  aware 
that  such  an  action  would  be  some 
what  of  a  hardship  to  several  colleges 
this  year,  but  it  is  the  only  fair  way, 
and  we  must  be  fair  if  we  would  pre 
serve  harmony  in  the  association. 

D.  J.  C. 

"That  the  M.A.  C.  may  continue  to 
hold  the  deserved  support  of  the  citi 
zens  of  this  fair  state  and. that  she 
may  continue  to  maintain  the  honor 
able rank  she  has  won  through  the  un 
tiring  efforts  of  those  Avho  have  had 
her well  being in  charge,  is  the  earnest 
desire  of." 

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News  from  Graduates  and  Students., 

Et.  E.  Doolittle,  '96, Lansing,  is-  ill 

with  grip. 

H.  B. Cannon,  '88, rejoices  over the 

arrival  of a son. 

T. W. Denton,  with  '98m, is  farming 

about  ten miles  east  of Saginaw. 

E.  M. Kanter,  with  '96m, visited  in 
Lansing  and at M. A. 0. several  days 
last  week. 

H. R. Parish,  '95m, is a draughtsman 
in  the hull  department  of the Chicago 
Ship-building Co. 

H.  B. Gunnison,  with  '98, visited his 
brother  at M. A. C. Saturday.  He has^ 
been  teaching  since he left  college. 

Harry  A.  Martin,  '89.  Lawrence, 
Mich., in renewing  his subscription to* 
the  M.  A.  C.  RECORD,  says:  "It  and 
the  Chicago  Record  are the best  papers 
that  I  read." 

Six  members  of the class of '93 were 
at  the  military  hop Friday  evening: 
Mrs.  Woodworth,  Miss Lilian  Wheeler,. 
Roy  C. Bristol,  Fred  P.  Clark,  V. J. 
Willey  and D. J. Crosby. 

,T. E. W.  Tracy,  '96, visited  at M.  A. 

C. a few days  last  week.  He is visit 
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ing  east  to  accept  a  position  with E. 
B.  Clark  & Co., seedsmen,  at  Milford. 
Conn. 

H.  M.  Rich,  with  '92, is  editor-in-
chief  of  the  Inlander,  which  is  a 
monthly  magazine  published  by the 
students of the University of Michigan. 
He  recently  contributed  the prize  song 
for  Tlie MicMaansee. . 

H.  M. Howe  has been  spending  sev 
eral  days  at  College.  He and A. S. 
Eldridge,  '99m, left  yesterday  for  De 
troit,  where  they  are going  into the 
real  estate  and  insurance  business, 
with  offices  in the  new Majestic  build 
ing. 

We  have  received  from  Prof.  C. P. 
Gillette, '84, two contributions for  the 
alumni  library—"A  Monograph  of  the 
Genus  Synergrus,"  by C. P.  Gillette.  , 
and  "A Preliminary  List of the Hemip-
tera  of Colorado," by C. P. Gillette and 
C. F. Baker, '91. 

Edmund  Schoetzow.  '83.  superin 
tendent  of  Marcellus  schools,  is the 
democratic  and populist  candidate for 
commissioner  of  schools  in Cass  coun 
ty.  The National Democrat,  Cassopolis, 
devotes a column  to the good  qualities 
of  Mr. Schoetzow. 

W.  J.  Goodenough,  '95m,  stopped  at 
M. A. C. Wednesday  on his way  from 
Chicago  to Flint.  He has accepted  a 
position  as draughtsman  with  Horace 
See,  consulting  naval architect  and ma 
rine  engineer  of New York  city,  where 
he begins work this  week. 

TL R, Smith,  '95, is editor  of the Til-
ford  Student, a  new  eight-page  month 
ly  published  by the faculty  and stu 
dents  of the Tilford  Academy.  Vinton. 
Towa.  Volume  1,  number  2. of  this 
paper  is a  bright,  newsy,  well-edited 
little  sheet.  In the list  of academy of 
ficers  Mr.  Smith's  name  appears  with 
"Professor  of  Science  and Mathemat 
ics"  after  it.  One of the items  in  the 
news  column  says  he is  now spend 
ing  three  weeks  in visiting  a  sister in 
Leavenworth  and cousins  in  Topeka, 
Kansas. 

From  an Old Student. 

At  the end of the last  summer  term 
of  school,  H. H. Rhodes,  with  '97, gave 
up  school  work  for the time  and went 
west  to  recover  his health.  We take 
the liberty  to quote  portions  of a letter 
from  him to  President  Snyder,  dated 
Greeley,  Colorado,  March  5,  1897: 

"I  am  thankful  to  say that  I am 

much  better  than  when  I  came;  have 
gained  some in weight  and a good  deal 
in  strength. 

"Enjoyed  crossing  the  Mississippi 
river  by  moonlight;  also  the ride  from 
Colorado  Springs  to  Denver,  which 
gave me a good  view of the mountains. 
I  arrived  in Denver  August  21 and  the 
next  day secured  rooms  in  that  part 
of  the city called  'The Highlands.' The 
room  was a  very  pleasant  one, and  1 
made it my home  during  the six weeks 
that  I  was in that  city.  I enjoyed  vis 
iting  the points of interest  and  breath 
ing  Colorado  air.  I  called  upon  Rev. 
J.  W. Rankin  the day after  I  arrived, 
but 
found  that  he was visiting  in 
Omaha. 

"I  visited  a  week  at  Palmer  Lake 
with  a  second  cousin  of mine  whom  I 
had  never  seen  before.  Enjoyed  it very 
much,  and  there,  for  the  first  time, 
climbed  the moutains. 

"Returning  to  Denver,  I  remained 
during  the 'Festival  of  Mountain and 
Plain,'  then  came  to  Greeley,  near 
which  place  I  lived  on a  ranch  for 
nearly  three  months.  I  moved  from 
there  into  Greeley,  where  I  am  now 
living,  about 
State  Normal  School.  *  *  * 

two blocks  from 

the 

"I  went  to  Denver  again  February 
15,  and this time  found  Doctor  Rankin. 
Enjoyed  the visit  with him very  much. 
Wednesday  morning,  February  17, I 
met  Miss  Riggs  (from  Lansing), and 
we were married at 4:30 that  afternoon 
at  the home  of Rev. J. W. Rankin.  * 
*  *  We remained  in Denver  nearly 
a  week,  then  came  to Greeley,  where 
we are now living  at 1536 8th avenue. 
"It  seems to me that  we have  almost 
no  winter  at all here,  the weather has 
been  so pleasant." 

Miss  Riggs was well  known  to many 
of  the College  people  and was highly 
esteemed  by  all.  The  RECORD  ex 
tends  congratulations  to Mr. and  Mrs. 
Rhodes,  and  wishes  Mr. Rhodes  a 
speedy  return  of  health. 

Board  of Agriculture. 

Hon. Franklin  Wells, President 

Constantine. 
Hon. Chas.W.  Garfield.  .Grand  Rapids. 
St. Clair. 
Hon.  Chas. F. Moore. 
Hon. C. J. Monroe 
South  Haven. 
Hon. T. F. Marston  West  Bay City. 
Highland. 
Hon.  A. C. Bird 
Ex  Officio 
Gov. Hazen  S. Pingree 
The President of the College..Ex  Officio 
Hon. I. H. Butterfield,  Secy... 

Mich. Agr. College. 

Faculty  and Other  Officers. 

J.  L. SNYDER,  A. M., Ph. D., Presi 
dent. 

ROBERT  C. KEDZIE,  M. A., M.  D., 
Professor  of  Chemistry,  and  Curator 
of  the  Chemical  Laboratory. 
WILLIAM  J. BEAL, M. S., Ph.  D.. 
Professor  of Botany  and Forestry, and 
Curator of the Botanical  Museum. 
.  E. A. A. GRANGE.  V.  S.. 
Professor  of  Veterinary  Science. 
LEVI  R. TAFT,  M.  S., 
Professor  of  Horticulture  and  Land 
scape  Gardening,  and Superintend 
ent  of  the  Horticultural  De 
partment. 
HOWARD  EDWARDS,  M. A., LL.  D.. 
Professor  of  English  Literature and 
Modern  Languages. 
HERMAN K. VEDDER,  C. E., 
Professor  of  Mathematics  and Civil 
Engineering. 
HARRY  H. BANDHOLTZ,  2d  Lieut. 
6th  Inf.,  U..S. A., 
Professor  of Military  Sciences  and 
Tactics. 
I.  H.  BUTTERFIELD, 
Secretary. 
CLINTON  D.  SMITH,  M.  S. 
Professor  of Practical  Agriculture, and 
Superintendent  of the Farm. 

CHAS.  L. WEIL,  S.  B., 
Professor  of  Mechanical  Engineering 
and  Director  of the Mechanical 
Department. 
WALTER  B. BARROWS, S. B., 
Professor  of  Zoology  and Physiology, 
and  Curator  of the General 
Museum. 
FRANK  S. KEDZIE,  M.  S.. 
Adjunct  Professor  of  Chemistry. 
WILLIAM  S. HOLDSWORTH,  M.  S., 
Assistant  Professor  of  Drawing. 
PHILIP  B. WOODWORTH,  B.  S., 
M.  E. 
Assistant  Professor  of Physics. 
ALVIN  B. NOBLE, B. Ph., 
Assistant  Professor  of English  Litera 
ture  and Modern  Languages. 
CHARLES  F.  WHEELER,  B.  S., 
Assistant  Professor  of Botany. 
WILBUR  O. HEDRICK,  M.  S., 
Assistant  Professor  of History  and Po 
litical  Economy. 
WARREN  BABCOCK,  Jr., B.  S., 
Assistant  Professor  of  Mathematics. 
EDITH  F. McDERMOTT, 
Professor  of  Domestic  Economy and 
Household  Science. 
MRS.  LINDA  E. LANDON, 
Librarian. 
H. W. MUMFORD, B. S. 

Assistant  Professor  of Agriculture. 

RUFUS  H. PETTIT,  B. S.  A. 
Instructor  in Zoology. 
A.  L. WESTCOTT,  B. M.  E., 
Instructor  in Mechanical  Engineering. 
DICK  J.  CROSBY,  B.  S., 
Instructor  in English. 
MERRITT  W. FULTON,  B.  S., 
Instructor  in Agriculture. 
BURTON  O. LONGYEAR, 
Instructor  in Botany 

CYRUS  C. PASHBY,  B.  S., 
Instructor  in  Mathematics. 
GORDON  H. TRUE,  B.  S., 
Instructor  in Dairying. 
CHARLES  E.  MARSHALL,  Ph.  B,. 
Instructor  in Bacteriology. 
H.  E. SMITH,  B.  S. 
Instructor  in Mechanical  Engineering 
K. L. BUTTERFIELD,  B.  S., 
Supt.  Farmers'  Institutes  and College 
Field  Agent. 
D.  B. BALDWIN, 
Engineer. 
THOMAS  GUNSON, 
Foreman  of Greenhouse. 
F.  C. KENNEY, 
Assistant  Secretary. 
ERNEST  WITTSTOCK, 
Foreman of the Farm. 
W.  S. LEONARD, 
Foreman  of Machine  Shop. 
THOMAS  DURKIN, 
* oreinan  of the Horticultural  Depart 
ment. 
CHARLES E.  HOYT, 
foreman  of  the  Wood  Shops  and 
Foundry. 
E.  S. GOOD, 
Clerk  to President. 
CHACE  NEWMAN, 

Clerk of Mechanical  Department. 

. 
Station  Council. 

Clinton  D. Smith,  M. S 

Director and Agriculturist. 

Jonathan  L.  Snyder,  Ph. D., Pres 

L. R. Taf t,  M. S 
Robert  C. Kedzie, M. A., M. D 

Ex  Officio. 
Horticulturist 

E. A. A. Grange,  V. S 

Consulting  Veterinarian. 

W. B. Barrows, S. B 

Consulting  Zoologist. 
R. H. Pettit. .Assistant in Entomology. 
Botanist. 
Chas. F. Wheeler,  B. S 
Mrs.  L. E. Landon 
Librarian. 
T. T. Lyon,  So. Haven 

In  charge of Sub-Station. 

R.  L. Taylor,  Lapeer 

In  charge of Apiary. 

Sub-Stations. 

Grayling,  Crawford  county,  80 acres 

deeded. 

South  Haven,  Van Buren  county, 10 

acres  rented; 5 acres  deeded. 

The  Farm  Home 

Reading  Circle 

MICHIGAN  STATE 
AGRICUI/TT7RAI,  COI,I,EG]3. 

THE  AIM OF THE  FARM  HOME  READING  CIRCLE 

The fundamental  purpose of the  Agri 
cultural  College  is to  educate  farmers' 
sons and daughters toward  the farm and 
not away  from  it.  She is doing this and 
in addition is making it possible for those 
who  cannot  afford  a  college  course to 
become  posted  on  agricultural  topics 
through  the Farm  Home Reading Circle. 
One  of the objects  of the Farm  Home 
Reading Circle is to recommend  the best 
books for the farmer, gardener and stock 
breeder to read, and at the  same  time to 
furnish  an opportunity  for the farmer to 
buy  those  books  at  greatly  reduced 
prices. 

The  course  of  reading  outlined  has 
been prepared by men who are authority 
in their special lines.  The books  offered 
in the course are thought  to be as good 
as can be secured at a reasonable  figure. 
The  privileges  of  the  Farm  Home 
Reading Circle are not limited  as to  age 
or  occupation.  Anyone  who is a resi 
dent of Michigan may become a member. 
One  of the most  commendable  features 
of this course of reading is that  you  can 
read alone. 

You do not have to organise a society 

MEMBERSHIP  COSTS  NOTHING 

ADVANTAGES  TO  MEMBERS  OF THE FARM 

HOME  READING  CIRCLE. 

1-  An opportunity  to pursue  a sys-
tematic  course  of  reading  under  the 
direction  and with the aid of all depart-
ments  of  the  Michigan  Agricultural 
C o l l e g e-

2.  The  publications  of the Michigan 
State Experiment Station are mailed  free 
to m e m b e rs  of t he Farm  Home  Reading 
Circle. 

3.  You can secure  standard  books at 

greatly reduced  rates. 

4.  You not only  secure  the  benefit 

Ira  H. Butterfield,  . . .. 

SecreTrv  ^ " f"  •' b Ut J™ ?* v  <*/***?**  on t he 

Advisory  and Assistant  Staff. 

A. A  Crozier  MS 

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and  Treasurer. 

completion  of  each  book which  cannot 
f a il  to be a  s o u r ce  of satisfaction  to  you. 
,  5>  Y ou T 
a n s w er 
to any question in regard to farm  topics 
by »PPfrinS  to the college  through the 

r e c e i ve  a /fTpt 

' Assistant  'in Agriculture.  Secretary  of the Farm  Home  Reading 

Herbert  W. Mumford,  B. S 

Circle. 

Assistant  in Agriculture. 

H.  P. Gladden,  B. S 

Assistant in Horticulture. 
M. L. Dean. .Assistant  in Horticulture. 
Thorn  Smith,  B. S 

F u l1 inf°rmation  in regard  to how to 
Join  and the different  courses  offered 
w i l1 be furnished  promptly upon  appli-
cation to the secretary, 

H E R B E RT  w.  M U M F O R D, 

Assistant  in Chemistry. 

Agricui 

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culties  in the way, they  are  not likely  to become  less 

formidable  if  you go plodding  on without  preparation 

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training  along  practical  lines. 

Life  is too  short  to spend  much  time  in weaving  fanciful  theories. 
FOR  THE  YOUNG  MAN  who is ambitious  to become  a  use 
ful  American  citizen,  strong  and  self-reliant, or 

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YOUNG 

WOMAN  who would  prepare  herself  to 
wisely  conduct  t he affairs  of a  home  — and  there  a re  no 
higher  ambitions—there  can be no better  place  than  at 

.. .The  Michigan  Agricultural  College. 

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The  Fame  of Our  College  Has  Gone  Abroad  — 
Our  last  Catalog  shows  that  WE  HAVE  STUDENTS  FROM 
JAPAN,  SIBERIA,  SWEDEN,  SCOTLAND,  ENGLAND,  ARMENIA, 
QUEBEC,  ONTARIO,  NOVA  SCOTIA,  ELEVEN  STATES  AND  THE 
DISTRICT  OF COLUMBIA  IN OUR  COUNTRY,  BESIDES  FORTY-
NINE  COUNTIES  IN  MICHIGAN. 

We  number  among  our post-graduate  students,  men and  women  from the 
University  of  Michigan,  Amherst,  Oberlin,  Olivet,  T he State  Normal,  and  many-
other  institutions  of learning. 

But  our most  laudable  pride  is in the work  our .graduates  are  doing  — they  occupy  positions  of  honor 

and  trust  in all the walks  of life,  and  their  work  is a  proud  monument  to the training  received  here. 

WE  HAVE  THREE  COURSES 

T he  A G R I C U L T U R AL  C O U R SE 
T he  MECHANICAL  C O U R SE 
T ^ T W O M E N 'S  C O U R SE 

If  you wish  to know  more  about  these  courses  you can  get our  catalog 

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AGRICULTURAL  COLLEGE,  MICH.