gjW  911 (gl. ©• jRecoj. 

VOLUME  2. 

LANSING,  MICHIGAN,  TUESDAY,  MARCH  23,  1897. 

NUMBER 12. 

peeping  over  each  other's  heads  in  an 
endless  vista;  u n d e r D r.  Kedzie's  n a me 
a  reckless  maiden  brandished  an  emp 
frantic  gesture; 
ty  wine  glass  with 
while  for  Prof.  E d w a r ds  a  cadaverous 
waitress  shook  some  peptone 
tablets 
from  a  dyspepsia-suggesting  vial. 

The  " l u n c h"  w as  served  in  courses  as 

follows: 

Cream  of  Asparagus  Soup. 

Bread  Sticks, 

Potatoes  Brabant, 

Scalloped  Fish, 
Stuffed  Leg  of  Lamb,  Cranberry  Jelly, 
Chicken  Croquetts,  Cream  Sauce, 
Tomato  Salad.  Mayonnaise, 
Salted  Wafers, 

Charlotte  Russe, 

Whipped  Cream, 

Jumbles, 
Cheese,  Coffee,  Olives,  Salted  Almonds. 
The  guests  were  delighted  with  the 
entertainment,  and 
it  a 
success  from  every  point  of  view.  The 
viands  in  quality  and  preparation  were 
perfect,  the  a r r a n g e m e n ts  were  thought 
out  in  t he  minutest  detail,  and  the  ser 
vice  was  deft  and  graceful. 

pronounced 

We  heartily  congratulate  Miss  Mc-
Dermott  and  her  pupils  on  the  unquali 
fied  success  of  this  their  first  venture. 
It  was  unanimously  voted  t h at  the  r e 
currence  of  such  events  should  be  ear 
nestly  encouraged. 

Botanical  Club  Notes. 

it  h as  several 

At  the  Botanical  Club  Monday  eve 
ning  Mr.  Dean  read  a  short  paper  on 
"The  origin  and  stability  of  varieties." 
He  spoke  of  the  ever-present  tendency 
in  plants  to  vary,  and  cited  the  anple 
as  a  striking  illustration  of  this.  T h at 
change  of  climate  and  condition  aid 
the  variation  of  plants  is  shown  by  the 
rapidly  increasing  number  of  varieties 
of  the  apple  within  a  comparatively 
short  time.  Burbank  plums,  dewber 
ries,  the  Concord  grape,  were  other  ex 
amples  given,  and  the  latter  was  re 
ferred  to  as  being  particularly  stable, 
though 
times  distin 
guished  itself  by  variation.  The  neces 
sity  of  closer  observation  was  briefly 
alluded  to  as  one  of  the  prime  requi 
sites  to  a  study  of  plants. 
Prof.  Wheeler  described 

the  parts 
a 
and  "purposes"  of 
the  flower  of 
South  African  milkwort.  Though 
it 
had  the  general  appearance  of  a  leg 
it  differed  widely  in  construction 
ume, 
t h at  distin 
from 
the  characteristics 
guish  the  order  Leguminosae. 
It  had 
developed  a  fringe  at  the  point  of  the 
the 
keel-shaped  corolla 
essential  organs.  He  showed  t h at  this 
fringe  was.to  serve  the  double  purpose 
of  providing  a  convenient  resting  place 
for  the  insects  t h at  would  aid  cross-
time, 
fertilization;  and,  at  the  same 
brushing  from  the  legs  or  lower  part 
t h at 
of  the  insect's  body  the  pollen 
flower 
might  be  brought  from  another 
and 
the  surface  of 
it  against 
In  the  event  of 
the  hook-like  stigma. 
failure  in  this,  this  bending  over  of 
the  stigma  brought  it  within  reach  of 
the  pollen 
t h at  was  liberated  at  the 
apex  of  t he  bottle-like  a n t h e rs  of  its 
own 

t h at  encased 

flower. 

throw 

reported 

Mr.  Hankinson 

the  pres 
ence  of  two  or  three  species  of  birds 
several  weeks  earlier  this  season 
t h an 
last. 

A  committee,  consisting  of  Messrs. 
Skeels  and  Kedzie,  was  appointed 
to 
watch  the  coming  into  flower  of  some 
of  the  earlier  spring 
flowering  plants, 
and  have  the  data  and  place  properly 

M.  A. C.  at  the  Academy  of  Science 
Meeting. 

Dr.  Beal,  Professors  Barrows  and 
Wheeler,  and  Mr.  Longyear  will  attend 
the  meeting  of  t he  State  Academy  of 
Science  at  Ann  Arbor  March  31  and 
April  1  and  2.  Dr.  Beal  will  present 
" T he  modes  of  dissemi 
two  papers: 
nation  of  some  of  our  trees  and  shrubs 
by  seeds,  fruits  and  living  b r a n c h e s" 
and  "Suitable  topics  for  discussion  by 
young  members  of  a  botanical  club." 
t wo 
Prof.  Wheeler  will 
papers: 
thistle  and 
tumbling  m u s t a rd 
in  Michigan"  and 
"Some  plants  observed  in  Alpena  coun 
ty  in  1895."  Prof.  Barrows  will  pre 
sent  a  paper  on  "Geographical  distri 
bution  of  life  in  Michigan,"  and  will 
t a ke  p a rt  in  several  discussions.  Mr. 
Longyear's  paper  will  be  on  "Notes 
concerning  the  saprophytic  fungi  col 
lected  in  the  vicinity  of  the  Agricultur 
al  College." 

" T he  Russian 

have 

also 

M.  A.  C.  Postoffice. 

P.  M.  LYMAN. 

An  idea  of  the  size  of  t he  Agricultur 
al  College  postoffice  m ay  be  gained 
from  some  facts  about  its  work  which, 
very  likely,  a re  not  generally  known. 

In  the 

first  place,  it  is,  as  yet,  a 
fourth-class  office;  but  the  indications 
at  present  point  to  its  becoming  third-
class,  or  "presidential,"  before  many 
In  I n g h am  county,  L a n s i ng 
months. 
alone  surpasses  it  in  t he  amount  of 
mail  matter  handled,  and  there  is  little 
doubt  b ut  t h at  it  will  equal  in  t h at  re 
spect  villages  in  the  state  having  twice 
our  population.  About  200  letters  a 
day,  or  5,000  a  month,  are  mailed  here, 
which  shows  t h at  college  residents  are 
good 
letter  w r i t e r s;  $100  in  s t a m ps 
and  $40 in  stamped  envelopes  and  pos 
tal  cards  are  sold  each  month.  During 
the  first  two  m o n t hs  of  this  year  180 
money  orders  were  drawn  upon  post-
offices  in  seventeen  states  and  eight 
foreign  countries.  The  largest  n u m 
ber  of  orders  were  drawn  on  Michigan 
offices,  while  Illinois  and  New  York 
come  next  in  order.  The  foreign  or 
ders  were  sent  to  t he  following  coun 
tries:  Austria,  Canada,  Egypt,  Eng 
land,  France,  Italy,  New  South  Wales, 
Australia  and  Turkey.  The  total  cash 
including  money  order 
transactions, 
business,  amount 
to  about  $700  a 
month. 

A  Model  Lunch. 

On  Saturday,  March  13,  a  section  of 
the  class  in 
a  model 
cooking  gave 
lunch  to  a  favored  few  of  their  friends. 
At  12:30 p.  m.,  t he  young  ladies,  in  the 
t he  most 
daintiest  of  costumes  and 
provokingly  becoming  caps, 
received 
their  guests  and  marshalled  them  up  to 
a  table  where  snowy  linen,  beautiful 
flowers  and  plants,  and  sparking  table 
furniture  were  in  themselves  a  feast  to 
the  eyes. 

from 

The  menu  cards  were  souvenir  chefs-
the  h a n ds  of  Miss  Lu 
d'oeuvre 
Baker  and  conformed 
to  Representa 
tive  Goodell's  ideas  of  right  and  j u s 
tice  by  giving  English  names  for  all 
T he  pictures,  however, 
the  dishes. 
with  which  these  cards  were  adorned 
were  sadly  shocking  to  the  tender  sen 
sibilities  of  some  of  t he  guests.  On 
the  background 
the  President's  card 
long-necked  bottles 
filled  with 
was 

I 

recorded 
in  t he  minute  book  of  t he 
club  for  future  reference  and  compari 
T.  G. 
son. 

Foundry  Kinks. 

C.  E.  H O Y T. 

W h en  we  get  a  p a t t e rn  t h at  we  can 
not  r am  up,  roll  over,  and  draw  out 
in  the  ordinary  way  and  m a ke  a  good 
casting,  there  results  a  " k i n k ."  T he 
foundry  is  full  of  them. 

Nearly  every  m an  who  h as 

ever 
shoveled  a  sand  heap  over  can  tell  you 
his  little  story  about  t he  casting 
t h at 
failed 
to  come  out  good  until  com 
pelled  to  by  a  " k i n k ."  The  good  re 
imprint 
sults  attained  by  leaving  an 
future 
of  " k i n k s"  on  one's  mind  for 
reference,  no  one  can  doubt. 

one  with 

"Can  you  m a ke  me  one  like  t h i s ?" 
to  t he 
is  an  inquiry  often  addressed 
a 
by  some 
foundryman 
broken  casting  in  hand,  wishing  to  get 
a  new  one  in  its  place,  "on  short  order, 
too,"—what  we  call  a  ."hurry  up  j o b ." 
It  sometimes  requires  a  good  deal 
of  mental  calculation  before  such  a 
question  can  be  answered,  for  gener 
ally  no  one  begrudges  paying  a  fair 
price  for  a  break-down  j o b;  and  this 
stimulates 
foundry 
t he  chief  of 
to  greater  exertions  t h an  would  other 
wise  be  exercised,  as  no  m an  likes  to 
see  a  paying 
job  go  to  some  other 
shop  just  because  he  can't  quite  see 
how  it  is  to  be  done. 

t he 

sheave-wheel  broke 
to  t r a n s m it 

Take,  for  instance,  a  case  where  a 
t h at  was 
large 
used 
to  a  shop 
where  a  large  n u m b er  of  men  were  em 
ployed,  and  a  new  one  was  wanted 
without  delay,  at  any  cost. 

power 

to 

forming 

three-parted 

the  groove, 

t he  circumference 

t he  broken  wheel  split 

Originally  t he  p a t t e rn  for  this  cast 
ing  may  have  been  a  split  pattern, 
j o b;  or  it 
m a k i ng  it  a 
r u n n i ng 
may  have  had  a  core  print 
receive 
around 
the  core 
t h us 
m a k i ng  it  a  simple  or  two-parted  job. 
As  it  now  appears  it  is  neither,  for  to 
get 
t h r o u gh 
the  center  at  a  right  angle  to  its  axis, 
would  m a ke  it  an  expensive  p a t t e r n; 
and  to  fit  a  core  print  around  it  and 
make  a  core  box  would  also  cost  a 
considerable,  and  w h at  is  more,  either 
method  would  occupy  an  undesirable 
length  of  time.  The  question  is,  there 
fore, 
t h at  will 
find  some  " k i n k" 
make  the  job  simple  and  quickly  done. 
The  " b o s s"  consulted  some  of  his 
best  men.  One  of  them  finally  agreed 
to  do  t he  job  if  he  was  given  a  helper 
and  access  to  the  scrap  pile,  and  was 
to  go  ahead.  He  proceeded  by 
told 
getting 
to 
gether  and  placing  them  on  a  follow-
board. 

the  pieces  of 

the  wheel 

to 

Before 

on  t he 

putting 

drag,  he 
tacked  some  strips  to  it  t he  thickness 
in 
then  put  t he  drag 
of 
place,  rammed  up,  and  rolled  over. 

the  wheel, 

You  will  see  t h at  by  t a k i ng  off  t he 
strips  he  h as  the  lower  edge  of  wheel 
just  even  with  t he  top  edge  of  drag. 
He  made  a  p a r t i ng  on  t he  h ub  and 
a r ms 
in  the  usual  way,  but  around 
the  outside  of  the  rim  t he  p a r t i ng  was 
made  at  lower  edge  of  groove.  After 
putting  on  p a r t i ng  sand  he  riddled  on 
about  one-eighth  of  an  inch  of  mould 
ing  sand.  Meanwhile  the  helper  had 
gone  to  the  scrap  heap  and  picked  out 
some  stove-plate  castings,  which  he 
broke  up  into  pieces  about  one-twelfth 
of  the  circumference  of  the  wheel  in 

inches  wide. 
to 
these 

length  and  about  five 
Getting  enough  of 

t he  groove  was 

reach 
clear  around  t he  wheel,  and  chipping 
off  one  edge  so as  to  fit  up  to  t he  circle 
of  t he  groove,  he  p ut  on  some  good 
clay  wash  and  pressed  each  piece  into 
the  eighth  of  an  inch  of  moulding  sand 
on  t he  joint;  t h en  by  t h r o w i ng  in  or 
filled  with 
tucking, 
sand  on  top  of  t he  pieces.  A  square 
p a r t i ng  was  made  at  the  ends  of  each 
piece  by  use  of  a  piece  of  paper  slip 
ped  between.  The  last  piece  to  be  p ut 
in  place  was  t he  shape  of  a  key,  so 
t h at  it  would  s t a rt  back  freely.  An 
other  p a r t i ng  w as  t h en  made  around 
outside  of  wheel,  cope  p ut  in  place, 
rammed  up  and  lifted  off.  The  p a t t e rn 
was  now  rapped  well,  and,  by  cutting 
away  sand  enough  at  outer  corners 
of  t he  pieces  of  scrap  iron  to  allow  of 
a 
each  one  was  success 
fully  drawn  back  sufficiently  to  allow 
they 
of  p a t t e rn  being  drawn,  when 
were  returned  to  place  and  cope  put 
on.  And  t he  " k i n k"  to  success  in  t h is 
particular  job  had  been 

finger-hold, 

found. 

" K i n k"  is  only  another  n a me  for  in 
Those  w ho  would  es 
and 
time-saving, 

ventiveness. 
cape 
think,  and  produce 
money-making  "kink.' 

drudgery,  plan,  consider 

t he 

Mechanical 

Department. 

The  United  States  Soldier  of  Today. 

L I E U T.  H.  H.  BANDHOLTZ. 

t h at 

terms 

Although  failure  on  t he  p a rt  of  an 
officer  to  be  also  a  gentleman  h as  al 
ways  rendered  him  liable  to  trial  by 
court  m a r t i al  and  dismissal  from 
t he 
service,  yet  it  was  never  considered 
t he  title  could  by  any 
possible 
construction  be  applied  to  t he  enlisted 
otherwise 
soldier. 
In  communities, 
well  posted,  t he 
soldier  and 
rowdy  are  frequently  considered  syno 
t h at 
nymous,  and  it  is  only  recently 
our  fellow  citizens  have  awakened  to  a 
realization  of  t he  fact  t h at  they  m ay  be 
mistaken  in  their  hastily  formed  opin 
There  possibly  was 
ion  in  this  case. 
recruiting  officers 
a  time  when  our 
were  glad 
to  enlist  a n y t h i ng  in  t he 
form  of  a  male  h u m an  being;  disre 
garding  nationality, 
inteligence,  and 
morals,  and  considering  physical  quali 
This  time,  if  it  ever 
fications 
existed,  h as  certainly  passed,  and  no 
American  citizen  of 
ashamed  when  called  upon  to  describe 
the  character  of  t he  enlisted  part  of 
small,  to  be 
our  army—disgracefully 
sure,  but  composed  of  men,  in  t he 
strongest  and  fullest  sense  of  the  word. 

only. 

today  need  feel  * 

t he  professions 

Officers  a re  frequently  asked  how  it 
is  possible  to  procure  good  material 
In  the  ab 
for  only  $13  per  month. 
stract  it  does  appear  strange,  and  the 
question  is  apparently  a  proper  one; 
but  we  must  stop  and  consider  w h at 
this  $13  means.  Although  there  is  a 
in  our 
springling  of 
r a nk  and  file,  a  large  majority  of  our 
recruits  come  from 
t he  true  working 
people,  among  whom,  and  even  a m o ng 
t he  so-called  higher  classes,  there  a re 
not  m a ny  who  can  say  t h at  they  can 
save  even  $13  each  m o n th  clear  and 
above  all  expenses. 
It  must  be  borne 
in  mind 
t h at  nearly  every  cent  of  a 
soldier's  pay  can  be  saved,  if  he  so  de 
H is 
sires  and  is  at  all  economical. 
lodging,  board,  clothing,  medical  atten 
dance  and  every  reasonable  expense  is 
settled  for  by  our  Uncle  Samuel.  Af 
t er  five  y e a r s'  continuous  service  his 

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T HE  M.  A. 

.  R E C O K D. 

MARCH  23, 

1897. 

pay  is  increased  to  $18  per  m o n th  for  a 
private,  $20  for  a  corporal,  $23  for  a 
sergeant,  and  $30  for  a  first  sergeant. 
If  attentive  to  his  duty,  he  ought  at 
least  to  be  a  sergeant  by  t he  time  desig 
nated. 

While  a  soldier's  life  may  not  be  a 
particularly  hard  one,  he  is  not  by  any 
means  the  loafer  so  may  imagine  him. 
In  the  summer  he  must  report  for  re 
veille  roll  call  at  5:30  a.  m.  (6:00  a.  m. 
in  the  w i n t e r ),  with  breakfast 
imme 
diately  after. 
Sick  call  is  usually  at 
6:00;  drill  from  7:00  to  7:30;  guard 
mounting  at  9:00;  drill  from  10:00  to 
In  the  af 
11:30,  and  dinner  at  noon. 
ternoon  there  is  probably  an  hour's 
drill  in  addition  to  or  in  place  of  one 
of  the  m o r n i ng  drills,  and  a  full  dress 
parade  at  sunset. 
Besides  these  du 
ties  each  soldier  is  liable  to  be  called 
upon  for  room  orderly,  cook's  police, 
fatigue,  and 
other  duties  when  his 
t u rn  comes.  About  once  in  ten  days, 
or  oftener,  he  is  detailed 
for  guard, 
and  is  then  on  duty  for  t he  full  twenty 
four  hours,  and  no  light  duty  either, 
as  all can  testify  who  have  ever  "walked 
In  the  intervals  there  is  also 
post." 
signal  drill, 
litter  bearer  drill,  mili 
tary  gymnastics,  etc.,  the  last  named 
having  come  into  recent  and  prominent 
notice,  and  now  very  properly  receiv 
ing  much  attention. 
summer 
there  is  also  a  practice  march  of  from 
to  a  hundred  miles  or  more,  and 
fifty 
a  week  or  two  at  t a r g et  practice.  Each 
Saturday  m o r n i ng  guard  mounting 
is 
preceded  by  a  rigid  inspection  of  both 
men  and  quarters. 

Each 

the 

sleep 

soldiers 

In  garrison 

in 
large  buildings  called  barracks;  each 
company  being  divided  into  squads  in 
charge  of  non-commissioned 
officers, 
who  are  held  responsible  for  the  condi 
arms, 
tions  of 
accoutrements, 
the 
bunks,  etc.,  of 
t he  men 
spective  squads. 

their  re 

in 

It  would  be  impossible  in  this  brief 
space  to  fully  describe  all  the  routine 
duties  of  the  United  States  soldier,  but 
it  would  be  unjust  to  conclude  without 
adding  t h at  our  soldiers  of  today  are 
unexcelled  by  a ny  on  the  face  of 
the 
globe,  and  will  never  do  otherwise  t h an 
reflect  credit  upon 
the  profession  of 
a r ms  and  upon  t he  glorious  country 
they  serve. 

At  t he  College. 

The  spring  term  will  open  Monday 

evening,  April  5. 

Born,  March  15,  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  H. 

P.  Gladden,  a  boy. 

Waldo  M.  Ball,  '99,  received  a  call 

from  his  father  Friday. 

New  wiring  and  electric  lights  have 

been  put  in  the  library. 

There  will  not  be  another 

issue  of 

T HE  RECORD  until  April  6. 

C.  H.  Spring,  '97,  spent  Saturday  and 

Sunday  at  his  home  in  Grand  Ledge. 

Mrs.  G.  W.  P a t on  of  Almont  was  the 
guest  of  Miss  Tressie  Bristol,  '99,  F r i 
day. 

Mrs.  G.  V.  Triphagen  spent  a  few 
days  visiting  at  her  home  in  Pewamo 
last  week. 

The  office  of  Prof.  Smith  has  been 
greatly  improved  in  appearance  by  be 
ing  papered. 

Miss  Seymour,  state  secretary  of  the 
Y.  W.  C.  A.,  was  at  t he  College  Tues 
day  and  Wednesday. 

The  Rev.  E.  B.  Allen  of  the  Mayflow 
er  Mission,  Lansing,  conducted  Sunday 
services  in  t he  chapel. 

The  offices  of  t he  Horticultural  De 
p a r t m e nt  are  being  papered  at  pres 
ent,  which  improves  t h e ir  appearance 
very  much, 

^ 

finished 

Belle  Sarcastic  has 

her 
year's 
23,189.6 
record.  She  yielded 
pounds  of  milk  and  720.76  pounds  of 
fat,  which  far  surpasses  her  last  year's 
record. 

Mr.  H.  P.  Gladden  has  been  confined 
at  his  home  with  grip  for  nearly  three 
weeks.  He  had  a  relapse  last  week, 
and  when  last  heard  from  was  a  very 
sick  man. 

Some  of  the  seniors  working  in  the 
Botanical  Department  have  prepared 
theses  which  are  better  t h an  m a ny  of 
t he  bulletins 
issued  by  state  experi 
ment  stations. 

Mr.  G.  H.  True  of  the  F a rm  Depart 
ment  has  been  granted  a  m o n t h 's  vaca 
tion,  during  which  time  he  will  go  to 
Madison,  Wis., 
the  a rt  of 
cheese  making. 

to  study 

President  Snyder  has  accepted  an  in 
vitation  to  present  a  discussion 
on 
"Causes  of  Agricultural  Depression" 
before  the  Political  Science  Association 
in  Saginaw,  April  30. 

The  Experiment  Station  will  receive 
from 
the  department  at  W a s h i n g t on 
500  pounds  of  sugar  beet  seed  to  be 
to  such  farmers  as  will 
distributed 
care  for  the  crop  as  directed  by 
the 
station. 

Hon.  T.  B.  Woodworth  of  Caseville, 
father  of  Prof.  P.  B.  Woodworth,  spent 
several  days  last  week  in  Lansing  in 
the  interest  of  the  commercial  fisher 
men,  opposing  certain  amendments  to 
the  fish  and  game  laws. 

On  Monday  last  t he  class  in  stock-
breeding  listened  to  a  lecture  by  Mr. 
Gillett  of  Rosendale,  Wis.,  on 
the 
breeding  and  care  of  Holstein  cattle. 
Mr.  W.  S.  Carpenter  also  spoke  on  the 
breeding  of  t r o t t i ng  horses. 

Professor  and  Mrs.  Smith 

enter 
tained  the  Abbot  Hall  girls  on  Monday 
evening  of  last  week  at  a  sugar  party. 
The  girls  had  their  knowledge  of.do 
mestic  science  put  to  a  practical  use, 
as  it  was  altogether  a  stirring  scene. 

in 

The  union  literary  meeting  of  all  so 
cieties,  usually  held 
the  chapel, 
should  t a ke  place  during  the  early  part 
from 
of  next 
each  society  should  be  chosen  at  once, 
if  this  has  not  already  been  done,  so 
that 
this 
the  work  can  be  arranged 
term. 

term.  Representatives 

Prof.  L.  R.  Taft  was  at  South  Haven 
a  few  days  last  week  investigating  the 
San  Jose  scale 
that  vicinity  and 
in 
looking  after  the  affairs  of  the  Experi 
ment  Station.  The  Hon.  T.  T.  Lyon, 
who  has  charge  of  the  station,  is  very 
low  at  present  from  an  attack  of  con 
gestion  of  the  brain. 

fully  appreciated 

The  family  of  the  late  Mr.  J.  S.  Con 
the  kindness 

way 
shown  to  them  and  to  J a m es  S.  Con 
way  during  the  last  illness  of  the  lat 
ter.  They  feel  t h at  the  students  and 
officers  did  far  more  for 
t h an 
even  Christian  courtesy  could  require, 
which  was  gratefully  received  by  them. 

them 

Prof.  A.  A.  Crozier  writes  from  Las 
Cruces  t h at  he  has  not  seen  a  cloud 
since  he  h as  been  in  New  Mexico;  t h at 
the  oats  are  sown  and  half  the  corn 
planted;  t h at  the  spring  flowers  are  in 
full  bloom;  and  that  he  is  putting  in 
much  of  his  time  botanizing.  He  has 
visited  the  college  and  station  of  t he 
territory. 

W i th  t he  approaching  w a rm  weather 
we  find  Prof.  Wheeler  and  Mr.  Long-
year  donning 
their  rubber  boots  and 
scouring  the  country  in  all  directions 
for  more  specimens  of  fungi.  Among 
t he 
is  a  beautiful 
specimen—Peziza  coccinea,  or  Scarlet 
is  a  cup-shaped  mushroom 
peziza. 
about  the  size  of  an  apple. 

latest  ones  found 

It 

The  Columbian  Society  have  elected 
the  spring 
the  following  officers  for 
t e r m: 
President,  S.  H.  F u l t o n;  vice 
president,  C.  H.  Spring;  secretary,  H. 
C a r a m a n i a n; 
treasurer,  E.  C.  Green. 
The  Phi D e l t a T h e ta  officers  a r e:  Presi 
dent,  R.  W.  Clark; 
secretary,  A.  B. 
Krentel;  treasurer,  H.  A.  H a g a d o r n e; 
warden,  C.  M.  Krentel;  chaplain,  E. 
Price;  steward,  H.  B.  Clark. 

W.  S.  Carpenter  of  Menominee  and 
W.  J.  Gillett  of  Gillett  &  Sons,  Rosen-
dale,  Wisconsin,  two  of  the  most  ex 
tensive  Holstein  breeders  in  the  west, 
visited  the  College  last  Monday.  They 
came  to  the  College  expressly  to  see 
t he  Holsteins  of  the  M.  A.  C.  herd,  and 
went  away  r e m a r k i ng  t h at  they  were 
as  fine  specimens  of  the  breed  as  they 
had  seen  and  t h at  the  sight  of 
them 
alone  had  repaid  t h em  for  t he  expense 
of  their  trip. 

The  cooking  classes  this  term  have 
been  giving  attention 
to  bread,  cake, 
pastry,  etc.,  without  much  attention  to 
Only  one  course-
planning  menus. 
dinner  h as  been  attempted,  but 
t h at 
was  a  decided  success.  Next  t e rm  at 
tention  will  be  given  to  serving  lunch 
eons  for  six,  t h at  will  cost  25c;  also 
50c.  luncheons  for  the  same  number, 
as  well  as  more 
elaborate  menus. 
Needle-work  and  lectures  on  domestic 
economy  will  be  given  next  year. 

afternoon,  March  15, 

Mrs.  C.  D.  Smith  gave  a  pleasant  re 
ception  to  the  ladies  of  the  faculty  on 
Monday 
from 
three 
to  five.  The  guests  of  honor 
were  Mrs.  Monroe  and  Mrs.  Chase  of 
South  Haven  and  Mrs.  Smith  of  New 
York.  After  enjoying  a  pleasant  visit, 
a  dainty  luncheon  was  served  in 
the 
dining  room,  which  was  prettily  decor 
ated  with 
The 
hostess  was  assisted  by  Misses  Lilian 
and  F ay  Wheeler,  Monroe,  Chase  and 
Phelps. 

roses  and 

smilax. 

The  P o w er  of  H a b i t. 

B E R T HA  M A L O N E, 

'99. 

In  the  discussion  of  even  such  a  sim 
ple  subject  as  "The  power  of  habit," 
it  is  well  to  define  a ny  terms  which 
m ay  not  be  entirely  clear.  T he  word 
"habit"  is  one  of  which  everyone  bas 
a  general  idea,  but  which  some  people 
in  defining  cor 
would  find  difficulty 
rectly  without  careful 
A 
habit  is  a  train  of  t h o u g ht  or  action  so 
that  when 
well  formed  by  repetition 
one 
is 
train 
idea  belonging 
follow 
brougbt 
without  a ny  action  of  the  will  power. 

tlie  others 

to  mind, 

thought. 

this 

to 

The  cause  of  habit  has  been  referred« 
to  in  the  definition.  H a b it  is  formed 
by  the  repetition  of  associations.  When 
one  idea,  by  some  n a t u r al  connection, 
calls  up  another,  which,  in  its  turn,  has 
the  power  of  presenting  still  a n o t h er 
to 
the  mind  and  so  on,  this  action, 
after  being  repeated  often  enough,  be 
comes  so  n a t u r al  to  its  possessor  t h at 
he  performs  it  unconsciously. 

He  is  also  often  unconscious  of 
the 
fact  t h at  he  is  forming  a  habit,  so  i n 
significant  do  the  separate  repetitions 
of  the  act  seem  to  him. 

The  power  of  habits  which  one 
forms  m ay  be  used  so  as  to  be  of  great 
a d v a n t a ge  to  him,  or  a  serious  disad 
vantage. 

Among  the  harmful  habits  a re  pro 
lying, 

the  yielding 

to  anger, 

fanity, 
and  drunkenness. 

One  bad  habit  m ay  lead  to  others, 
which  together  will  m a ke  a  complete 
wreck  of  the  character.  E d g ar  Allen 
P oe  is  a  notable  example  of  one  whose 
life  w as  ruined  by  bad  habits. 

On  the  other  hand,  such  habits  as 
industry,  self-control. 
those  of  thrift, 
Study,  correct  speaking,  e t c,  a re  of 

great  value.  Benjamin  F r a n k l in  had 
such  a  habit  of  s a v i ng  his  time  t h at  it 
became  a  kind  of  mania  with  him. 
a  m i n u te  to 
By  never  allowing 
be 
to  find  a  great 
wasted,  he  managed 
self-im 
time  for  study  and 
deal  of 
provement.  This  habit  w as  invaluable 
to  him,  for  by  m e a ns  of  it  he  became 
one  of  t he  wisest  men  of  the  age  in 
which  he  lived. 

increase 

t he  powTer  of 

T he  practical  side  of 

is  t he  consideration  of 

this  whole 
question 
the 
w ay  to  lessen  the  power  of  bad  habits. 
and 
the  good 
ones.  There  is  a  homely  but  excellent 
illustration  of  t he  growth  of  power  of 
habit  in  t he  old  story  of  the  m an  who 
allowed  himself,  day  after  day,  to  be 
bound*by  t h r e a ds  until  at  last  he  found 
t h at  he  w as  unable  to  free  himself. 
If  he  had  patiently  cut,  one  by  one, 
the  t h r e a ds  with  which  he  w as  bound, 
he  could 
finally  have  escaped.  The 
only  good  w ay  to  break  a  bad  habit 
is  to  resist  every  temptation 
to  yield 
to  it,  until  the  tendency  to  the  habit 
J u st  t he  reverse 
h as  been  overcome. 
of 
in 
this  method  should  be  applied 
order  to  increase  the  power  of  a  habit. 
A d v a n t a ge  should  be  taken  of  every 
opportunity  of  repeating  actions  which 
would  form  a  good  habit;  and  at  last  it 
will  become  so 
to 
break 
possible. 

firmly 
its  power  will  be  almost 

fixed 

that 

im 

F a r m e r s'  I n s t i t u t es  in  I n d i a n a. 

Indiana  makes  an  appropriation  of 
support  of 
the 
$5,000  annually  for 
F a r m e r s'  Institutes. 
Prof.  W.  C.  Lat-
ta,  '77,  of  Purdue  University,  is  super 
intendent  of  institutes;  and  to  him  we 
are  indebted 
1895-6  report. 
for  his 
Prof.  L a t ta  is  certainly  doing  a  good 
work  in  Indiana.  Over  100  institutes 
were  held  in  1895-6  and  the  average  at 
tendance  was  272. 
Some  idea  of  w h at 
this  college  extension  work  is  doing  for 
the  people,  can  be  gained  from  the  fol 
lowing  quotation  from  the  report: 

in 

truer 

living 

"Already  in  m a ny  of  the  counties  t he 
audiences  have  outgrown  the  capacity 
of  the  largest  halls  that  can  be  secured. 
The  constant  aim  of  the  m a n a g e m e nt 
has  been  to  keep  the  work  on  a  practi 
cal  plane  within  the  reach  of  t he  aver 
age  farmer,  and  the  testimony  of  insti 
tute  officers  and  workers  is  conclusive 
t h at  the  lessons  learned  at  the  insti 
tutes  have  been  of  great  advantage  to 
t he  agriculture  of  t he  state. 
The  in 
stitutes  have  very  properly  given  a  new 
impetus  to  the  desire  for  better  homes 
the 
and  higher  and 
country. 
The  papers  and  discussions 
at  m a ny  of  the  institutes  indicate  clear 
ly  that  there  is  a  desire  to  reach  out 
after 
the  possibilities  not  only  in  the 
line  of  production  and  utilization  of 
farm  products,  but  in  the  social  and  in 
tellectual  world  as  well.  One  of  the 
pleasantest  and  most  gratifying 
feat 
ures  of  the  institute  work  is  its  har 
monizing  tendency,  which  is  bringing 
town  and  country  into  closer  and  more 
friendly  relations.  While  agriculture 
is  by  all  recognized  to  be  a  most  inde 
pendent  calling,  the  institutes  have  se 
cured  a  larger  recognition  of  the  fact 
t h at  all  classes  are  interdependent,  and 
t h at  the  prosperity  of  each  depends  in 
a  very  real  m a n n er  upon  the  success 
of  all. 
The  growing  appreciation  of 
the  people  for 
this  fact  is  preparing 
broader  and  more  intelligent  lines  of 
co-operation  and  is  therefore  a  hopeful 
indication  of  better  things  to  come." 

"One  swallow  does  not  m a ke  a  sum 

mer," 

A  long  forgotten  poet  sings, 

But  I  have  seen  a  small  grasshopper 

Make  a  half  a  dozen  springs. 

—Ex, 

I 

MARCH 23. 1897; 

Tfl£  M. A.  C.  RECORD. 

3 

P i ne  Stump  Land. 

ALWAYS  ON TOP 

The  following  letter  from  O.  C.  Hol-
lister  contains  some  original  sugges 
tions  that.fire  well  w o r t hy  of  thought 
and  study: 

^ 

DAVIS  6c G O. 

104  Washington  Ave. North.  104 

years 

se- enty-five 

t h at  of  a ny  other 

Michigan  at  one time  w as covered 
by  a  growth  of  forest  probably  out 
r a n k i ng 
state. 
Throughout  t he  southern  portion  of 
the  state  these  forests  have  during  the 
given  way 
last 
gradually  to t he settler,  until  at  pres 
ent  they  are  entirely  supplanted  by  t he 
farms  "or  which  t he  state  is  noted. 
But  in  the  n o r t h e rn  part  of t he  lower 
peninsula,  where  t he  great  pine  forests 
stood,  the  change  has  been  more  a b 
rupt  and  the  land  has  been  cut  over in 
large  tracts  by t he  lumber  companies. 
Here  it. is t h at  our  study  begins. 

land 

The  n o r t h e rn  part  of  t he lower pe 
ninsula  w as originally  covered  with 
fores; s  of  pine,  hardwood  (beech and 
maple),  hemlock  a nd  cedar,  with  a 
s p r i n k ' i ng  of  " p l a i n s" 
among 
them.  The  pine  comprised  the  greater 
area,  a nd h as been  entirely 
removed. 
It  grows  for t he  most  part  in a  light, 
sandy  soil,  lacking  in  humus,  a nd  al 
most  unfit  for  farms  when  cleared. T he 
extensively 
scattered 
hemlock 
around  t he hardwood,  b ut also  grows 
in  belts  along  t he  edge  of the  pine, on 
the  dividing  line  between  t h at  and  the 
hardwood.  Like  t he  pine,  it  grows on 
a  light,  sandy  soil,  a nd h as been r e 
moved 

largely. 

is 

The  hardwoods  cover  an  area  next 
to  t he pine;  grow  on a  heavier  soil, 
ranging  from  a  sandy  loam  to a  heavy 
clay,  and,  except  in t he  last  two  years, 
wherever  they  have  been  cut  they  have 
given  place  to settlers  and  farmers,  t he 
greatest  share  of our  " p o t a t o"  land  be 
ing  in  t he hardwood  clearings.  T he 
cedar  grows  along  t he  streams  and in 
swamps,  and  the  soil,  when  cleared  and 
drained,  makes 
excellent  grass  a nd 
pasture  land.  T he plain  lands  were 
usually  covered  by a  sparse  growth of 
pines,  with  an  undergrowth,  burned  off 
every  year,  of  oak.  Twenty-five  years 
ago 
they  were  much  sought  by  t he 
"homesteader,"  but  usually  their  crops 
sufficed  to exhaust  t he  soil  and  the  set 
tler  moved  on,  leaving  his  claim, a nd 
many 
sev 
times  buildings  costing 
eral  hundred  dollars. 
I  have  visited 
abandoned  homesteads  on  t he  Big 
Prairie  plains  in Newaygo  county,  and 
also  in Lake  county,  where  t he  sand  is 
drifting  in the  houses  to the  depth of 
several  feet.  Yet these  same  plains 
seemed  destined  to work  out  their  own 
salvation  and  teach  us a  lesson  in  for 
estry. 
these  plains  a nd "pine  s t u m p" 
Of 
lands 
there  a re  upward  of  4,000,000 
acres  in  t he n o r t h e rn  portion  of  t he 
lower  peninsula,  totally  unfit  for  farm 
ing,  growing 
little  weeds,  grass a nd 
t h at  a re burned  over  at 
sweet  fern, 
least  once  every 
from 
three  years, 
fires  s t a r t i ng  in  various  ways.  Thus 
what  little  h u m us  m ay  have  been  in 
t he  soil  when  t he  forest  was  standing 
has  been  thoroughly  removed.  In  ad 
dition  to destroying  t he  h u m us  of t he 
soil,  these 
fires  have  effectually  d e 
stroyed  all t he seeds  of  t he  Pi ne 
t h at 
were  left  by t he forest,  a nd  m a ny 
times  have  killed  t he roots  of  broad-
leaved 
t h at  exist  even  in t he 
trees 
deepest  pine  woods. 

J u st  w h at  to  do  with  these  plains 
and  pine  s t u mp  barrens  is  a  problem 
t h at  at t he present  time  is  attracting 
the  a t t e n t i on  of both  t he  business  and 
scientific  people  of  t he  state  to a  con 
siderable  degree.  Our conditions  a re 
such  t h at  we  cannot  irrigate.  Nor do 
I  believe  t he soil  is  such  t h at 
irriga 
tion  would  be  profitable  if it were  prac 
In  their  present  condition 
ticable. 

OUR  WINTER  GOODS  ARE  NOW  IN—WE  WILL  BE PLEASED  TO SHOW  THEM  TO  YOU. 

OVERCOATS,  ULSTERS,  BICYCLE  OVERCOATS 
PEA  JACKETS  AND  VESTS,  SINGLE  AND  DOUBLE  BREASTED  MELTON  SUITS 
ALL  UP TO DATE. 

Also  Full  Line  of  . . . 
Furnishings  and  Hats 

Gome in and  see  us anuwau 

How  Did  The 
How  Did  The 
Last  Pair  Wear? 
Last  Pair  Wear? 

Only  f a i r ly  well,  if  y on  b uy  y o ur 
Only  f a i r ly  well,  if  y ou  b uy  y o ur 

s h o es  e l s e w h e r e;  s p l e n d i d,  if  y ou  b uy  t h em  of  n s.  B r a g? 
s h o es  e l s e w h e r e;  s p l e n d i d,  if  y ou  b uy  t h em  of  u s.  B r a g? 

No  S i r - e - e!  S t r a i g ht 
No  S i r - e - e!  S t r a i g ht 

s t a t e m e nt  of  a  well  k n o wn 
s t a t e m e nt  of  a  well  k n o wn 

f a c t. 
f a c t. 

People  all  o v er  t h is  t o wn  will  tell  y ou  t h at  t he  s h o es  t h at 
People  all  o v er  t h is  t o wn  will  tell  y ou  t h at  t he  s h o es  t h at 

go  o ut  of  t h is 
go  o ut  of  t h is 

s t o re  will,  a l m o st 
s t o re  will,  a l m o st 

i n v a r i a b l y,  g i ve  b e t t er 
i n v a r i a b l y,  g i ve  b e t t er 

wear  f or  t he  m o n ey  t h an  s h o es  s o ld  e l s e w h e r e. 
wear  f or  t he  m o n ey  t h an  s h o es  s o ld  e l s e w h e r e. 

REPAIRING—Shoes  a nd  Rubbers  repaired  n e a t l y. 
REPAIRING—Shoes  a nd  Rubbers  repaired  n e a t l y. 

6.D.W00DBW 
6.D.W00DBW 

H l 0 3h 
H l 0 3h 
WASHINGTON  AVENUE 
WASHINGTON  AVENUE 
S O U TH 
S O U TH 

they  a re certainly  worthless  for  a ny 
intensive  agriculture. 

As  intimated,  the  plain  lands  are of 
fering  us  a  possible  solution  of  this 
matter. 
Over  these  plains,  scattered 
among  t he  tall  white  a nd  Norway 
pines,  we  find  innumerable  " c r o w n s" 
of  oaks  t h at  regularly  every  summer 
send  up  sprouts  to be,  almost  as  regu 
larly,  burned  off the  following  spring. 
In  this  way these  " c r o w n s"  have  grown 
below  t he surface  away  from  t he  fire 
until  now  many  of them  measure  four 
feet  across,  with  strong  taproots.  So 
strong  are  these  roots  t h at  in  protected 
areas  in a  few  years  the  sprouts  reach 
the  height  of ten  feet  and  upward. 

If  some  effort  could  be  made  to  pro 
tect  these  young  trees,  and  prevent  the 
destruction  of  those  existing  on  t he 
stump 
lands  recently  chopped  over; 
with  a  systematic  sowing  of the  seeds 
of  t he  oaks  a nd other  broad 
leaved 
varieties,  might  we n ot  in  time  grow 
a  crop  t h at  would  amply  repay  t he 
necessary  outlay  of  time  and  money? 
At  t he  same  time,  by  t he  annual  mulch 
leaves  a nd t he grass  t h at  always 
of 
comes  to  t he  soil  shaded 
from  t he 
scorching  summer  sun,  would  we  n ot 
expect  t he soil  to recuperate  from  t he 
effects  of its  " a n n u al  baptism  of  fire?" 
Nor  need  t he labor  cease  with  o ne 
crop,  but  by  a  systematic  line  of  forest 
culture  we can perpetuate  t he growth 
as  did t he farmers  near  t he  chestnut 
fields  in  Connecticut. 

Neither  would  these  lands  have  to 
be  given  over  entirely  to t he  growth 
of  forests,  for as  soon  as  t he  young 
trees  were  large  enough  to be  beyond 
the  reach  of  stock,  t he ground  would 
furnish  a b u n d a nt  grass  for  cattle  to 
graze,  and  t he  acorns  would  fatten i n 
numerable  head  of  swine. 

J u st  who  shall  u n d e r t a ke  t h is  forest 
culture  is  another  unsettled  problem. 
It  m ay  be entirely  in t he province of 
the  experiment  stations  in  connection 
with  our  agricultural  colleges  to  under 
t a ke  the  work  on a  small  scale  of, say, 

a  section  in each  of t he  principal  coun 
t h at  t he  example 
ties,  in  t he  hopes 
might  stimulate  others;  but  to  protect 
such  experiments  and  get t he greatest 
results  will  require  t he h e a r ty  co-op 
eration  of  t he state.  This  it  would 
seen  entirely  reasonable  to  expect,  as 
most  of these  lands  after  t he  timber is 
removed  a re allowed  to  revert  to  t he 
state  for  taxes,  a nd  by  protecting 
t h em  a nd adding  to  their  value, t he 
state  would  be adding  to t he  value of 
her  public  d o m a i n.  Other  states  have 
same  problem  to  deal  with.— 
this 
'89,  in N. Y.  Tribune. 
O.  ft  Hollister, 

owe  her of  h er  'folly,'  b ut  without 
avail;  and  gradually  she  fell  ill.  W h en 
she  w as  at B a th  for t he  benefit  of  her 
health  (about 
1750),  s he  wrote  t he 
verses  n ow so  popular,  a nd  adapted 
them  to t he  melody  of  'Eileen  Aroon.' 
which  Robin  Adair  h ad  doubtless 
often  sung  to her.  At last  t he  separa 
tion  from  Adair  a nd  the  importunities 
of  her  relatives  caused  her to  become 
so  dangerously  ill that,  upon  t he doc 
tors  despairing  of  her  life,  and  seeing 
t he  disease  w as  more  of the  heart  and 
mind  t h an  of  t he  flesh,  t he union  of 
the  faithful  pair  w as  consented  to." 

T he  Story  of  Itohin  Adair. 

F ar  Ahead  of  Columbus. 

T he  famous  song,  which  h as  sung it 
self  into  so m a ny  hearts,  w as  written 
from  t he heart  a nd to  a  real  Robin 
like  a 
Adair.  T he little  tale  r e a ds 
fairy  story  and  ends  as happily.  Robin, 
according  to  8.  J.  Adair  FitzGerald 
(McClure's,  F e b r u a r y ),  w as  a  native of 
county  Wicklow,  Ireland,  and,  getting 
into  trouble  of  some  kind  in  Dublin, 
while  studying  medicine,  fled  to  Lon 
don.  On  t he  w ay  he rescued  a  fash 
ionable 
lady  whose  coach  h ad  been 
overturned,  a nd  from  h er  secured 
entree  into  London  society.  T he  story 
proceeds  as follows: 

"Robin  Adair  w as  a  wise  a nd  ener 
getic  young  man,  a nd  took  full  ad 
v a n t a ge  of t he lucky  t u rn  in his for 
tunes  to  study  assiduously;  a nd  soon, 
with  t he assistance  of  his  patroness, 
acquired  a  good  connection  at t he  best 
end  of  the  town.  He w as  frequently 
at  t he dances  given  by this  lady a nd 
others,  a nd  one  night,  at  a  party,  he 
found 
t h at  his  p a r t n er  w as  L a dy 
Caroline  Keppel,  t he second  d a u g h t er 
of  t he E a rl  of  Albermarle.  It  w as  a 
case  of love  at  first  sight—mutual  love; 
a nd  L a dy  Caroline's  a t t a c h m e nt w as 
as  sincere  as it w as  sudden.  H er  kins 
folk  were  stupified  w i th  amazement. 
She  w as  sent  abroad  to see if  travel 
would  alter  Her determination  a nd 

The  late  Prof.  Horsford  of  H a r v a rd 

was  laughed  at  by h is fellow  profes 
sors  because  he  maintained  t h at  he  had 
discovered  on  t he  b a n ks  of the  Charles 
river  in  Cambridge,  Mass.,  evidences 
of  a  Norse  settlement, 
t h at  of one 
Lief  Ericson,  who,  he  said,  came  to 
this  country  in  or  about  1000  A.  D. 
Now  come  Dr.  Valtyr  Budmundsson, 
a  Danish  professor,  a nd Mr.  Gerard 
Fowke,  a  distinguished  Ohio  archaeol 
ogist,  who  declare  t h at  probably  Prof. 
Horsford  was  right.  They  have  found, 
by  excavating  in  Cambridge,  a  foot 
path  a nd traces  of  a  building,  a ll  of 
which  was  certainly  n ot t he work  of 
Indians,  nor  of F r e n ch  or E n g l i sh  peo 
It is more  t h an  possible,  they  say, 
ple. 
t h at  these  constructions  were  t he  w o rk 
t h an 
of  t he  Norsemen.  F ar  earlier 
this,  according 
records 
which  are  regarded  by scholars  as au 
thentic,  a  Chinaman  visited  Mexico 
and  found  there  Buddhist  cities.—The 
Antiquarian. 

to  Chinese 

A  maid,  a  man, 
An  open  fan, 

* 

% 

A  seat  upon  t he  s t a i r; 

• ,* 

A  stolen  kiss, 
Six  months  of  b l i s s-

T h en  t w e n ty  y e a rs  of  care. 

—Vidette 

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how.  There  is  a l w a ys  a  m a r k et  for 
t he  m an  w ho  can  do  anything  well, 
from  sweeping  a  street  to  r u n n i ng  a 
railroad;  b ut it  is  very  h a rd  to  find  a 
niche  for  t he young  fellow  w ho  does 
not'  k n ow  h ow to  do a n y t h i ng  in  par 
learned  even 
ticular,  a nd  h as  never 
howr  to  work.  It is  this  sort  of  candi 
date  w ho 
occupation 
crowded. 

every 

finds 

A  P r o b l e m:  How  s h a ll  it be Solved? 

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E.  A.  EOBINSON,  '97. 

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Athletics. 

Not  least  among  t he  attractions  of 
the  coming  term  will  be t he return  of 
opportunity  for  out of  door  athletics. 
It  is a  Saturday  afternoon  of note  when 
the  first  ball  game  is  played,  and  t he 
r e t u rn  of  t he  bicycle  and  revival  of 
field  day  t r a i n i ng  will  invigorate  in 
every  w ay t he  more  or  less  confined 
student  of  t he present  term.  We  be 
lieve  a  better  spirit  pervades  college 
athletics  t h an  in t he past. 
between 
sirable  distracting  struggle 
colleges  for  supremacy  in  medal  win 
ning" is  giving  place  to  t he practice  of 
athletics  for t he amusement  a nd bene 
fit  had therefrom.  We hope  t h at  t he 
examples  set  by  t he  universities  will 
still  more  influence  t he colleges  in  this 
respect. 

The  unde 

To  t he Class  of  '97. 

We  feel  sure  you will  all be glad  to 
read  t he  following  by Moorfield  Storey 
regarding  H a r v a rd  in t he sixties,  as it 
appears  in  T he  H a r v a rd  Graduates' 
Magazine,  and  if a  rising  junior  OF  am 
bitious  sophomore  or modest  freshman 
read  it, no h a rm  can  come  from  it. 

In  t he  sixties  we  enjoyed  t he ines 

timable  a d v a n t a ge  of  poverty, 
t h at 
most  efficient  n u r se  of  virtue  in t he 
young. 

There  is something  also  to be said in 
favor  of  required  labor.  Much  of  t he 
work  that  one  does  after  he  graduates 
in  medicine,  in architecture,  in law, or 
in  business  is  dull  a nd  disagreeable. 
Every  profession  a nd calling  involves 
its  own  drudgery,  and  the  first  task of 
the  graduate  is to  learn  how to  make 
his  nose  reasonably  comfortable  on  t he 
grindstone.  T he  contact  is  offensive, 
and  at  intervals  all through  life  there 
come  moments  w h en  it  seems  unbear 
able,  b ut t he kingdom  is  not for  him 
takes  his  hand  from  t he  plow. 
who 
"Talent  is  t he  capacity  for  continued 
exertion,"  and  no m an  can  hope  to suc 
ceed  who  is  not willing  to do a  great 
deal  of very  unpleasant  work. 

If  these  (unpleasant  a nd hard  stud 
ies)  t a u g ht  us nothing  else,  they  t a u g ht 
Us  h ow to  do  disagreeable  work,  a nd 
m a ny  of  us  found  in  t he  most  unat 
discipline, 
courses  mental 
tractive 
Which  h as  toughened  our  intellectual 
muscles  through  life. 
I  am very  sure 
t h at  t he  young  gentlemen  w ho  study 
how  to m a ke  the  four  years  here  easy, 
and  w ho t a ke  only  pleasant  courses, 
a re  laying  up for themselves  if  not a 
miserable  old  age,  at  least  a 
rude 
a w a k e n i ng  after  they  graduate.  There 
are  no  soft  electives  in t he  professions, 
in  the  factories,  or on t he  street;  nor is 
the  world  full  of pleasant  sinecures es 

[Oration  delivered  before  the Union  Lit 
erary  Society,  February  27,  1897.] 

F o r ty  years  ago t he  great  English 
historian,  Lord  Macaulay,  in a  letter  to 
Mr.  Randall  of New  York,  acknowledg 
ing  t he receipt  of  h is book  on t he  life 
of  Jefferson,  took  t h at  occasion  to  ex 
press  his estimate  of t he principles of 
our  form  of  government.  He  antici 
pated  t he  most  direful 
sooner  or later, to  come  from  our  demo 
cratic 
Under 
form  of  government. 
such  a  government,  he  said,  either 
civilization  or  liberty  or  both  must, 
sooner  or  later,  be  destroyed,  a nd he 
cited  the  French  Republic  of  1789 as  an 
example. 

results, 

sure, 

In  1873,  Mr. Garfield,  in  an  address 
entitled  T he F u t u re  of  t he  Republic, 
which  he  read  before  t he literary  so 
cieties  of  Hudson  College,  Ohio,  dis 
cussed  t he  then  apparent  fallacies  of 
Mr.  Macaulay's  argument.  He argued 
t h at  Mr. Macaulay  labored  under  t he 
mistaken  impression,  common  to  near 
ly  all British  writers,  that,  in  America 
as  in  England, 
there  exist  certain  well 
defined  strata  of  society,  t he  majority 
of  t he population  being  profoundly  ig 
norant  of both  governmental  and  social 
affairs. 

Mr.  Garfield  claimed  t h at  such  a  con 
dition  never  h ap existed,  did n ot  then 
exist,  and  w h a t /s  more,  he  prophesied, 
never  could  exist  in  America,  because 
here  education  is  an  universal  accom 
plishment  among  all  classes.  While 
we  can  agree  t h at  Mr.  Garfield  unques 
tionably  w as correct 
in  h is  opinion 
with  regard  to t he then  past  and  pres 
ent,  can we agree  t h at  he w as correct 
with  regard  to t he future?  Since  1873, 
m a ny  conditions  have  arisen  t h at h ad 
not  then  been  even  thought  of.  As a 
consequence  of  t he  American 
policy 
from  t he beginning,  inviting  with  out 
stretched  a r ms  t he oppressed  of  every 
nation  to come  and  partake  of our  wed 
ding  feast  of  freedom,  thousands, yes, 
millions  of  ignorant  foreigners,  whose 
minds  were  predisposed  to  anarchical 
and  socialistic  ideas,  have  come  to Am 
erica  to  realize  their  fond  dreams  of 
freedom,  expecting  wealth  to  come  to 
them  without  an effort  while  they  revel 
in  lawlessness  without  restraint. 

W h at  will  be t he result  upon  Ameri 
can  liberty  and American  civilization? 
The  probable  results  m ay be  consid 
ered  under  two  heads:  namely,  The  pe 
cuniary  interests  of  t he laboring m an 
as  affected  by faulty  immigration  laws, 
and,  T he maintenance  of  t he  stability 
of  the  government  as influenced  by  t he 
intelligence  and  education  of  t he 
masses. 

The  pecuniary  interests  of t he labor 
ing  men a re  endangered  by  a  most 
lamentable  condition,  constantly  be 
coming  established;  namely,  t he exist 
ing  a nd  growing  enmity  or  perhaps 
jealousy,  between 
rich  or,  in other  words,  labor  and  capi 
tal. 
This  condition  was  comparative 
ly  u n k n o wn  at  t he  time  of  Mr.  Gar 
field's  address. 

This  enmity  m ay  be 

t he poor  and  t he 

ascribed  to several  causes, two  of  which 
are  especially  w o r t hy  of  mention. 

Until  within  t he  last 

decade,  a ny 
man,  dissatisfied  with  h is  pecuniary 
condition  a nd  wishing  to  better  it, 
could  migrate  to  t he  sparsely  settled 
regions  of t he west  or northwest,  take 
up  a  homestead,  and,  in t he course  of 
a  few  years,  find  himself  established  in 
a  comfortable  home,  if  n ot  become 
wealthy.  B ut now nearly  all  (if not 
all)  of  t he valuable  land  t h at  h as  n ot 
been  homesteaded  h as been  either  giv 
en  to railroad  companies  or bought  up 
by  landed  proprietors  for  purposes  of 
speculation.  T h us  this  once  great  ave 
nue  for t he employment  of t he surplus 
labor  h as  been  closed,  t he  first  cause 
creating  envy  a nd discontent  a nd pov 
erty. 

Again,  this  enmity  h as been  intensi 
fied,  and  the  pecuniary  interests  of  Am 
erican  laboring  men  greatly  affected  by 
the  wholesale 
importation  of  foreign 
laborers  into  o ur mining  and  manufac 
t u r i ng  districts,  there  to take  the  places 
of  nearly  as  m a ny  Americans,  because 
they  will  work  for less  wages. 

they 

always  having 

laboring  men,  b ut 

Not  only  h as this  vast  a r my  of  for 
eigners  been  responsible  for  t he e n 
forced  idleness  of  thousands  of  Ameri 
can 
have 
brought  with  t h em  m a ny  of  t he  vices 
and  t he weak  mindedness  of t he peas 
These  peo 
a n t ry  of  t he Old World. 
ple,  never  having  felt  t he  emotion  of 
patriotism; 
believed 
government  to  be a  tax-levying  insti 
tution  of the  rich,  antagonistic  to  their 
individual  interests;  never  having h ad 
any  well  defined  principles  of  morality 
or  rational  views  on  religion;  and, 
what  is  worst  of  all,  having  a  blunted 
intellect,  t he  result  of  generations  of 
ignorance  and vice,  constitute  an  ele 
ment  in  our  society, 
t h at  m ay  well 
cause  consternation  a nd  alarm  in t he 
minds  of  all  true  American  citizens, 
for  t he future  welfare  of  American  lib 
these 
erty  a nd  civilization. 
circumstances  should  n ot  a  thorough 
revision  of  our  immigration 
laws  be 
demanded  of our federal  legislature? 

Under 

Now  let us t u rn  o ur attention  for a 
to  the.  second  proposition, 
moment 
The  maintenance  of  t he  stability  of 
the  government  as  influenced  by t he 
intelligence  and  education  of t he  mass 
es. 

Having  then  a  large  and,  within  cer 
tain  limits,  dangerous  foreign  element 
scattered  t h r o u g h o ut  our  Republic,  this 
problem  becomes  at  once  more  difficult 
and  more  important.  Go  where you 
will,  into  t he  cities,  into  t he  mining 
regions,  or  into  t he  agricultural  r e 
gions,  a nd you will  find  thousands  of 
children, 
citizens, 
future  American 
working,  yes,  even  begging,  for a  mis 
erable  living,  their  very  poverty  pre 
venting  them  from  obtaining  an  edu 
cation. 
They  constitute  an  a r my  of 
prospective  citizens  whose  education  is 
alarmingly,  even  shamefully  neglected. 
It  is not  impossible  t h at  the  wide  dif 
ferences  between 
t he  poor  a nd t he 
rich,  in  habit,  in  environment,  a nd in 
aspirations,  if  n ot overcome,  m ay lead 
to  t he destruction  of  American  liberty 
or  civilization  or  both.  W h at  more 
t h i ng  can  our  federal 
commendable 
legislature  do,  t h an 
to  establish  in 
every  state  one  or  more  schools  in 
which  the  children  of the  poor  m u st be 
educated  at 
expense? 
Make  it  compulsory.  Gather  in  every 
waif  from  t he streets  of  our cities,  or 
from  wherever  found,  a nd educate  him, 
not  simply  in reading  and  writing, but 
in 
underlying 
good  government,  and  give  him  a  thor 
ough  knowledge  of  t he  methods  of 
Instil  patriot 
their  administration. 
soul.  Our  great 
ism  into  h is  very 
hope  for  t he  future,  o ur  great  safe 

t he  great  principles 

government 

to be 
guard  against  danger,  is  only 
found  in the  general  and  thorough  edu 
cation  of  our  people,  a nd in  t he  vir 
tue  which  accompanies  such  education. 
And  all  these  elements  depend,  in  a 
t he  intellectual 
large  measure,  upon 
and  moral  culture  of  t he  young m en 
and  women  who  go out from  our high 
er  institutions  of  learning. 

Influence  of  Companions. 

T.  C.  L E W I S, 

'99. 

There  a re  some  m en w ho have  so 
few  interests  in common  with  t he  rest 
they  a re  averse  to 
of  mankind,  t h at 
any  companionship. 
Their  condition 
seems  miserable  indeed;  for  most  of 
us,  r a t h er  t h an  be  so  situated,  will 
make  a  companion  of a  dog,  a  cat,  or a 
bird.  Crusoe,  with  all  three,  passed 
many  peaceful  years  without  sight  of 
man,  while  if he h ad  been  denied  their 
company  he would  doubtless  have  gone 
mad. 

Some  have  t he  pleasure  of  compan 
ionship  with  their  superiors.  Though 
not  entirely,  this  may  in a  measure  be 
advantageous  and profitable. 
Though 
such  an one,  to such  a  companion,  may 
be  an  object  of  pity,  good-natured  in 
dulgence,  or  mercenary  motive,  yet 
such  a  relationship  m ay  nevertheless 
be  fruitful,  as is exemplified  in  t h at of 
Boswell  and  Johnson.  Boswell's  "Life 
of  J o h n s o n" 
is  no  doubt  t he  only 
worthy  effort  h is  frivolous  mind  h ad 
the  ability  to give  to mankind.  To  t he 
companionship,  if  kindly,  of  our  con 
ceded  superiors  we a re  very  suscepti 
ble;  not  only  m a k i ng  use  of their  coun 
sel,  but  copying  m a ny  of their  m a n n e r 
isms. 
This  m ay be  easily  seen  in  a 
child,  which,  having  been  subjected  to 
the  influence  of  some  strong  character, 
or  captivating  nature,  acquires 
from 
such  influence  certain  easily  recognized 
habits  of body  or mind. 
This,  indeed, 
forms  t he major  influence  of  w h at  we 
term  environment.  By it, in no small 
measure,  is  decided  whether  we  will 
become  well  bred  or  discourteous,  act 
ive  or  slow,  imaginative  or  matter-of-
fact,  open  hearted  or  cunning. 

Times  of  danger 

level  all  distinc 

t h an 

seldom  other 

tions;  a nd  where  common  interests a re 
at  stake,  there  is  companionship.  B ut 
companionships 
the  results  of  such 
temporary; 
are 
while  t he  most  lasting  influence, a nd 
the  deepest  friendships  proceed 
from 
those  deliberately  sought.  T he  best 
example  of  this  latter  is  t he  relation 
ship  of  m an a nd  wife,  where,  as t he 
Bible  expresses  is, they  become  "bone 
of  one  bone  a nd  flesh  of  one 

flesh." 

The  best  books  may,  a nd do,  exert  a 
mighty  influence,  for  they  contain  t he 
thoughts  of those  noble  men  who  have 
had  t he truest  conception  of t he needs 
of  their  fellow  men,  t he w ay of  prog 
ress,  or  t he  mysteries  of  h u m an 
life. 
And  just  as truly  nothing  can be  more 
pernicious  t h an  t he  bad  novel,  t he pro 
duct  of a  base  soul. 

The  recognized  king  of  books  is t he 
Bible,  a  never-failing  counsel,  an  ever 
ready  guide,  a nd t he means  of  commu 
nicating  to  m a n k i nd  his highest  hope, 
t h at  of  an  eternity  of  companionship 
with  Christ. 

She  frowrned  on  h im a nd  called  him 

Mr,, 

Because,  in fun, he only K r ,: 

And  so, in  spite, 
T he  very  n e xt  night, 

This  n a u g h ty  Mr. K r.  Sr. 

—Ex. 

T he  latest  scientific  proposition  is to 
apply  t he pneumatic  principle,  so fa 
miliar  in t he  tires  of  bicycles  and  auto 
mobile  carriages,  to  t he  m a n u f a c t u re 
of  horse  collars. 

MAKCH  23, 

1897. 

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vol.  11;  Education,  vol.  16;  Engineer 
ing  magazine,  vol.  10;  Ely,  Social  law 
of  service. 
Farmer, 

cooking-school 
in  Ger 
literature;  Froude,  The  Council 

book;  Francke,  Social  forces 
man 
of  Trent. 

Boston 

Grawshaw,  The  interpretation  of  lit 
erature; 
k i t - k a t s; 
Gosse,  Critical 
Gosse,  Jacobean  poets;  Goethe,  Max 
for 
ims  and  reflections;  Garden  and 
est,  vol.  8;  Garden,  vol.  50;  Great  pub 
lic  schools;  Green,  Food  products  of 
the  world;  Griffin,  Chemistry  of  paper 
making. 

thought 

Howells, 

Impressions  and 

experi 
ences;  Howells,  Poems;  Harrison, 
Studies  in  early  Victorian 
literature; 
Hamlin,  Hist,  of  architecture;  Herrick, 
supper;  Hutton,  Criti 
Chafingrdish 
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and 
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Text-book  of  shades,  shadows  and  per 
spective;  Harding,  Contest  over 
the 
ratification  of  the  Federal  Constitution 
in  Mass.;  Hugo,  Selections  from  poet 
ical  w o r k s;  Hinsdale,  Teaching 
t he 
language 
a r t s;  Harper's  magazine, 
vols.  90,  91,  92;  Hassall,  The  making 
the  British  E m p i r e;  Helfenstein, 
of 
Comparative  g r a m m ar  of  the  Teutonic 
languages. 

Illinois,  Agricultural  report,  1895. 
Jackson,  Commercial 

arithmetic; 
Jago, 
Jackson,  Alternating  c u r r e n t s; 
The  science  and  a rt  of  bread  making; 
Jersey  bulletin,  vol.  14;  Jewett,  A  na 
tive  of  Winby,  and  other  tales;  Jor 
dan,  Science  sketches;  Johnson,  Cha 
the 
fing-dish 
Ass'n  of  Engineering  Societies,  vol.  15; 
J o u r n al  of  anatomy  and  physiology, 
vol.  29;  J o u r n al  of  comparative  a n a t 
omy,  vol.  16. 

J o u r n al  of 

delicacies; 

Khayyam,  Rubaiyat;  Kapp,  T r a n s 

formers. 

La  Fontaine,  Fables,  tr.  by  W r i g h t; 
Lord,  Beacon  lights  of  history,  2  vols.; 
Lang,  Essays  in  little;  Leypoldt  and 
lies,  Books  for  girls  and  women;  Lint-
ner,  11th  report  en  injurious 
insects; 
Loewy,  Questions  in  elementary  phys 
ics;  Lancet,  1895,  vol.  2;  Linnean  So 
ciety,  T r a n s.  Botany,  vol.  4,  new  ser.; 
ele. 
Long,  Laboratory  m a n u al 

of 

chemical  physics;  Lubbock,  The  scen 
ery  of  Switzerland,  and  the  causes  to 
which  it  is  due. 

Michigan  F a r m e r s'  Institutes,  Bul 
letins,  vol.  2;  Meehan's  Monthly,  vols. 
5,  6;  Matthews,  Aspects  of  criticism; 
Matthews,  Studies  of  the  stage;  Mar-
quand  and  F r o t h i n g h a m,  History  of 
sculpture;  Minto,  Literature  of 
the 
Georgian  era;  MacMillan's  magazine, 
vol.  73;  Modern  language  notes,  vols. 
10,  11;  Moulton,  Modern  reader's  Bible 
—Judges,  Chronicles,  K i n g s;  Miller, 
Four-handed  folk. 

Nature,  vol.  53;  N.  Amer.  Review, 
vol.  162;  Noble,  The  sonnet  in  E n g 
land;  Nichols  and  F r a n k l i n,  Elements 
of  physics,  2  vols.;  Northend,  The  Bay 
colony. 

Popular  science  monthly,  vol.  48; 
horticultural 

to 

Paul,  Contributions 
literature. 

how" 

founded  on 

Salisbury,  Minerals 

Rood,  The  World's  Congress  on  Or 
nithology;  Raleigh,  The English  novel; 
Risteen,  Molecules;  Ruggles.The  plays 
literary 
of  Shakespeare 
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ing;  Robinson,  In  New  England 
fields 
and  woods;  Rees  and  Britton,  Remin 
iscences  of  literary  London. 
and 

to 
study  t h e m;  Smith,  Electro-chem.  a n 
alysis;  Sangster,  W i th  my  neighbors; 
Spahr,  Distribution  of  wealth;  Scud-
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impressions; 
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Foods;  Springsteed,  The  expert  wait 
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Reading  for  the  young,  2  vols.;  Scott, 
Repudiation  of  state  debts;  Stringiel-
low,  The  new  horticulture;  Smithson 
ian  report.  1894;  Smithsonian 
report 
U.  S.  Nat.  Museum,  1894;  Shearman, 
Natural 

taxation. 

Taylor,  Names  and 

their  histories; 
Thomas,  Lyrics  and  sonnets; 
Ten 
Brink,  Five  lectures  on  Shakespeare; 
Thompson,  The  Roentgen  r a y s;  Tuck-
fiction. 
erman,  Hist,  of  English  prose 
U.  S.  Commissioner  of  Education  re 
port,  1894-95,  2  vols.;  U.  S.  Rebellion 
records,  vol.  48,  pt.  2;  U.  S.  Labor  Bu 
reau,  8th  special  report;  U.  S.  Chief  of 
Engineers  report,  6  vols. 

Veterinarian,  vol.  68;  Vick's  m o n t h 

ly,  vol.  18. 

Winkler,  Vegetable 

forcing;  Wil 
liams,  Chemistry  of  cookery;  Wiley, 
Principles  and  practice  of  Agr'l  analy 
sis,  pt.  1,  soils,  pt.  2,  fertilizers;  W a r 
ner,  Relation  of 
life; 
Willard,  Organic  chemistry;  Weber, 
History  of  philosophy;  Wells,  Modern 
literature;  Wendell,  William 
French 
Shakespeare. 

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to 

Yeo,  Food  in  health  and  disease. 
• 
Zangwill,  The  children  of  the  Ghetto. 

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It  is  said  t h at  even  conservative  col 
the 
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regarding 
change  of  public  sentiment 
It  has  long  been  the  rule  of 
women. 
Yale  classes  to  present  a  silver  cup  at 
triennial—the  first  reunion  after  grad 
uation—to  the  Class  Boy,  the  first  son 
born  to  a  member  of  the  class.  W h en 
included 
class  of  1856—which 
the 
Judges  Brewer  and  Brown  of 
the 
United  States  supreme  court,  Chauncey 
M.  Depew,  and  t he  Rev.  Wolcott  Calk 
ins, 
its  tri 
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and  r a t h er  than  give  the  cup  to  a  girl 
the  ceremony  was  omitted  altogether. 
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niversary, 
tardy 
amends  by  sending  at  Christmas  time 
to  Mrs. 
a  beautiful  silver  loving-cup 
Rowena  E,  Overall 
of  Murfrees-
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Her  father  died  in  1864.  Mrs.  Overall 

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t he  class  has  made 

is  probably  t he  only  recognized  "Class 
firmly 
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had  the  Salic  law  h i t h e r to  held  in  the 
award  of  the  cup.—The  New  Hampshire 
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T HE  M.  A.  C.  R E C O K D. 

MAKCH  23, 

1897. 

1 ATHLETICS 1 

one  or  t wo  other  colleges  can  say  t he 
same  thing.  W i th  them,  let  us  go  into 
to 
t he  contests  with  a  determination 
win  all  we  can  by  honorable  means; 
more  we  do  not  want. 

I n t e r c o l l e g i a te  R u l e s. 

Colleges  and  E x c h a n g e s. 

the  Michigan 

At  a  meeting  of  the  board  of  direc 
t o rs  of 
Intercollegiate 
Athletic  Association,  at  t he  Hibbard 
House  in  Jackson  Saturday,  the  follow 
ing  a m e n d m e nt  was  adopted,  purport 
ing  to  regulate  professionalism  in  field 
day  sports: 
"No  person  shall  be  eli 
gible  to  compete  in  a ny  field  day  of 
this  association,  first,  unless  he  be  a 
bona  fide  student  of  t he  college  which 
he  represents,  doing  at  least  one-half 
full  work  in  some  regular  or  special 
course,  as  defined  in  the  curriculum  of 
his  college;  second,  unless  he  has  been 
in  regular  attendance  for  at  least  six 
teen  weeks  preceding  field  day  during 
college  year; 
third,  if  he  receives  re 
muneration  for  his  services  in  athletic 
team;  fourth,  list  of  entries  sent  to  the 
secretary  of  this  board  shall  be  accom 
panied  by  a  statement  from  the  head 
of  t he  institution  t h at  he  has  examined 
the  list,  and  t h at  all  men  entered  are 
eligible  under  the  first  two  sections  of 
this  article. 

The  following  schedule  for  baseball 

was  adopted: 

At  Albion—Olivet  April  10,  M.  A.  C. 
April  17,  Ypsilanti  May  8,  Hillsdale 
May  15,  Kalamazoo  May  29. 

At Ypsilanti—M.  A. C.  April  10,  Hills 
dale  May  10,  Olivet  May  15,  Albion 
May  22,  Kalamazoo  May  28. 

At  M.  A.  C—Albion  April  24,  Hills 
dale  May  3,  Kalamazoo  May  15,  Ypsil 
anti  May  29,  Olivet  May  31. 

At  Kalamazoo—Hillsdale  April  17, 
M.  A.  C. May  1, Ypsilanti  May  7,  Albion 
May  14,  Olivet  May  22. 

At  Hillsdale—Ypsilanti  April  24,  Oli 
vet  April  26,  Kalamazoo  May  8,  M.  A. 
C.  May  22,  Albion  May  31. 

At  Olivet—Ypsilanti  April  12,  Kala 
mazoo  April  24,  Albion  May  3,  M.  A.  C. 
May  8,  Hillsdale  May  24. 

field  day 
The  question  of  where 
sports  will  be  held  was 
left  open, 
as  was  also  t he  awarding  of  contract 
for  furnishing  medals  until  the  next 
meeting. 

The  above  schedule  does  not  in  any 
way  change  the  schedule  arranged  by 
our  manager,  except  t h at  two  games 
are  added—M.  A.  C.  at  Ypsilanti  April 
10,  and  Ypsilanti  at  M.  A.  C.  May  29. 
Every  game  in  the  schedule  will  count 
for  the  cup;  in  other  words,  we  are  to 
play  on  the  percentage  plan  until  field 
that  we  shall  play 
day.  This  means 
hall  frbm 
the  first  swing  of  t he  bat. 
There  will  not  be  a  half  dozen  or  a  doz 
en  games  for  development,  and  then  a 
final 
a 
struggle  all  the  way  through.  This 
means,  too,  t h at  those  who  expect  to 
play  on  the  M.  A.  C.  team  this  year 
must  be  here  for  practice  on  the  after 
noon  of  the  first  day  of  next  term.  They 
them 
m u st  also  take  good  care  of 
selves  during  vacation—abstain 
all  excesses  and  handle  the  bill  daily. 

field  day,  but 

struggle  at 

from 

* 

* 

* 

a n y t h i ng 

The  directors  did  not  do  all  t h at  we 
might  have  wished  toward  the  elimi 
nation  of  professionalism.  They  care 
fully  avoided  doing 
t h at 
would  throw  out  the  boys  who  play  for 
money  during  s u m m er  vacations.  They 
refrained  from  requiring  presidents  of 
the  various  colleges  to  certify 
that 
their  students  are  not  receiving  remu 
neration  for  services  in  athletic  teams. 
But  we  m u st  not  expect  too  much;  we 
m u st  be  thankful  for  w h at  has  been 
done  and  m a ke  the  best  of  existing  cir 
cumstances.  We  can  truthfully 
say 
t h at  we  have  not  a  man  who  is  not  an 
a m a t e ur  in  every  sense  of  t he  word; 

Oregon  Agricultural  College  h as  a 

Feronian  Society. 

The  College  of  Mexico  is  the  oldest 

in  America  by  fifty  years. 

Hon.  Wiliam  L.  Wilson,  a u t h or  of 
the  existing  tariff  law  and  ex-postmas 
ter  general,  h as  been  elected  president 
of  Washington  and  Lee  University. 

An  exchange  says: 

"Chapel  exer 
cises  are  so  very  interesting  at  Cornell 
University  t h at  seats  have  to  be  re 
served  for  the  students." 
* 

* 
The  state  legislature  of  Nevada  has 
appropriated  $2,000 
t he 
gymnasium  at  the  University  "of  Ne 
vada. 

to  complete 

* 

as 

the  question 

The  University  of  Utah  is  agitating 
with  much  zeal 
to 
whether  or  not  students  should  wear 
the  cap  and  gown.—£7#. 
* 

* 
The  attendance  this  year  at  the  larg 
fol 
H a r v a rd  has  3,350  students, 
Pennsylvania 

est  American  universities 
lows: 
Michigan 
2,900.—Ex. 

3,100, 

is  as 

and 

* 

•<  * 

# 

the  Pasteur 

The  widow  of  Baron  Hirsch  has 
Institute  $400,000. 
given 
This  gift  will  be  used  to  enlarge 
t he 
chemical  and  biological  laboratories.— 
Berk&leyan. 

* 

* 

* 
The  requirements  of  J o h ns  Hopkins 
University  have  been  of  such  a  high 
character 
t h at  of  2,976  persons  who, 
have  been  students  at  the  University 
but  784  obtained  degrees.—Ex. 

Two  Chinese 

girls  who  came 

to 
America  three  years  ago,  hardly  know 
ing  a  word  of  English,  stood  the  high 
est  in  the  recent  medical  examination 
at  the  University  of  Michigan.—Ex. 

Professor 

* 

* 
in  German—"Miss  V., 

* 

please  decline  ein  yuter  mann." 

Miss  V.—"Professor,  I  don't  believe 

I  can." 

Prof.—"Gentleman,  take  notice,  Miss 
to  decline  a  good 

Van  Stone  refuses 
man."—Ex. 

* 

* 

* 
Mr.  J.  Howard  Nichols  has  given 
Harvard  College  $5,000  for  the  estab 
lishment  of  the  Howard  Gardner  Nich 
ols  scholarship,  in  memory  of  his  son. 
Students  from  northern  Alabama  are 
to  have  the  preference  in  the  assign 
ment  of  t he  scholarship.—Ex, 
* 

* 
Women  are  gradually  working  their 
way 
universities, 
where  a  few  have  been  admitted,  not 
as  of  right,  but  as  of  favor. 
Five 
ladies  have,  up  to  this  time,  taken  the 
doctor's  degree  at  Heidelberg.  One  of 
them,  an  American,  made  so  brilliant 
a  success  t h at  she  was  at  once  offered 
an  appointment  at  the  German  zoolog 
ical  station,  near  Naples.—Ex. 

the  German 

into 

* 

F l o r i c u l t u r e. 

rare 

Among  t he  new  a nd 
in 

'things 
described 
t he  valuable  catalogue 
j u st  issued  by  t he  Storrs  &  Harrison 
Company,  Painesville,  Ohio,  a re 
t he 
giant  orchid  flowered  Cannas,  Austria 
and  Italia.  They  reveal  t he  wonder 
ful  capacity  for  development  inherent 
in  some  of  our  ordinary  species  of 
flowers 
in  t he  h a n ds  of  skillful  ma 
nipulators.  T he  firm  carry  a  full  line 
lawn, 
of  everything  for 
garden  and  greenhouse,  and  publish 
one  of  the  most  comprehensive  cata 
logues  issued,  which  will  be  sent  free 
if  you  send  them  your  address  on  a 

t he  orchard, 

Official  D i r e c t o r y. 

M.  A.  C. 

Sunday  Chapel  Service—Preaching 

at  2:30  p.  m. 

Y.  M.  C.  A.—Holds  regular  meetings 
every  T h u r s d ay  evening  at  6:30  a nd 
S.  H.  Ful 
Sunday  evenings  at  7:30. 
ton,  President.  C.  W.  Loomis.  Cor. 
Secretary. 

Y.  W.  C.  A.  regular  weekly  meetings 
for  all  ladies  on  the  c a m p us  Tuesday 
evenings  at  8  o'clock,  in  the  ladies'  par 
lors.  Meetings  on  Sunday  evenings 
with  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.;  Miss  Edith  F. 
McDermott,  President;  Miss  Alice 
Georgia,  Cor.  Secretary. 

N a t u r al  History 

Society—Regular 
meeting  second  F r i d ay  evening  of  eacb 
montb  in  t he  chapel  at  7:00.  H.  C. 
Skeels,  President.  W.  R.  Kedzie,  Sec 
retary. 

Botanical  Club—Meets  every  Mon 
day  evening  in  the  Botanical  Labora 
tory  at  6:30. 
T.  Gunson,  President. 
W.  R.  Kedzie,  Secretary. 

Shakespeare 

Club—Meets 

every 

Wednesday  evening.  Dr.  H o w a rd  Ed 
wards,  President. 

M.  A.  C.  Athletic  Association—C.  B. 
Laitner,  President.  G.  B.  Wells,  Sec 
retary. 

Columbian  Literary  Society—Regular 
in 
meeting  every  S a t u r d ay  evening 
their  rooms 
the  middle  w a rd  of 
Wells  Hall,  at  7:00.  T.  A.  Chittenden, 
President.  A.  J.  Weeks,  Secretary. 

in 

Eclectic  Society—Meets  ou 

fourth 
floor  of  Williams  H a ll  every  S a t u r d ay 
at  7:30  p.  m.  D.  C.  McElroy,  Presi 
dent;  T.  H.  Libbey,  Secretary. 

F e r o n i an  Society—Meets  every  Fri-
in  Hesperian 
d aj  afternoon  at  1:00 
rooms.  Miss  P e a rl  Kedzie,  President. 
Miss  H a t t ie  Chase,  Secretary. 

Hesperian  Society—Meetings 

held 
every  S a t u r d ay  evening  in  the  society 
rooms  in  the  west  ward  of  Wells  Hall 
at  7:00.  A.  T.  Cartland,  President.  D. 
E.  Hoag,  Secretary. 

Olympic  Society—Meets  on 

fourth 
floor  of  Williams  Hall  every  S a t u r d ay 
evening  at  7:00.  W.  R.  Goodwin,  Presi 
dent.  E.  R.  Russell,  Secretary. 

Phi  Delta  Theta  Fraternity—Meets 
on  F r i d ay  evening  in  chapter  rooms  in 
Wells  Hall,  at  7:00.  H.  A.  H a g a d o r n, 
President.  C.  M.  Krentel,  Secretary. 
Society—Meetings 
held 
their  hall  every  S a t u r d ay 
evening  at  7:00.  G.  A.  P a r k e r.  Presi 
dent.  A.  E.  Wallace,  Secretary. 

Union  Literary 

in 

T au  Beta  Pi  Fraternity—Meets  every 
two  weeks  on  T h u r s d ay  evening  in  the 
tower  room  of  Mechanical  Laboratory. 
G.  A.  P a r k e r,  President. 
E.  H.  Sedg 
wick,  Secretary. 

Club  Boarding  Association—I.  L. 
Simmons,  President.  H.  A.  Dibble, 
Secretary. 

T ry 

and  T r u st  Circle  of  King's 
D a u g h t e rs  — Meets 
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T HE  M.  A.  C.  R E C O R D. 

News  from  G r a d u a t es  a nd  S t u d e n t s. 

H.  B.  Cannon,  '88,  writes  t h at  he  ex 

pects  to  attend  the  "Triennial." 

E.  A.  Winegar,  with 

'99,  is  at  134 

Grummond  avenue,  Detroit,  Mich. 

Alfred  W.  Chase,  with  '95,  is  south 
ern  traveling  agent  for  D.  M.  F e r ry  & 
Co. 

R.  J,  Coryell,  '84,  is  a  candidate  for 
the  position  of  superintendent  of  p a r ks 
and  boulevards  in  Detroit. 

F.  H.  Hall,  '88,  h as  been  elected  to 
the  position  of  editor  of  bulletins  at 
the  Geneva  Experiment  Station,  N.  Y. 

The  alumni  library  is  in  receipt  of 
six  of  the  Maine  Horticultural  Reports, 
which  are  from  t he  pen  of  "W. M.  Mun-
son,  '88. 

Leander  Burnett,  '92,  and  R.  L.  Rey 
nolds,  '95m,  who  are  at  Cornell,  write 
t h at  they  expect  to  attend  the  "Trien 
nial  Reunion." 

M.  A.  Jones,  with  '84,  who  h as  been 
for  several  years  with  Alsdorf  &  Son, 
Lansing,  has  moved  to  Benton  H a r 
bor  and  gone  into  the  drug  business 
for  himself. 

in 

The 

leading  article 

the  current 
number  of  Tire  Outlook  is  by  H.  W.  Col-
lingwood, 
'84,  on  "The  Negro  as  a 
F a r m e r:  W h at  t he  Tuskegee  Confer 
ence  Shows." 

A.  N.  Bateman,  '92,  finished  the  col 
lege  graduate  course  at  the  State  Nor 
mal  in  February  and  is  now  taking  ad 
vanced  work.  Dor  N.  Stowell,  '92,  and 
F.  W.  Lewis,  '94,  are  also  at  the  Nor 
mal. 

L.  C.  Gibbs,  with 

'92,  spent  several 
days  of  last  week  in  Lansing.  He  is 
now  one  of  the  partners  in  the  South 
ern  Commercial  Co.,  Atlanta,  Ga.,  pro 
moters  of  commercial  enterprises 
in 
the  south. 

A.  C.  McKinnon,  with  '95m,  has  se 
t he  N o r t h e rn 
cured  a  position  with 
Steamship  Co.,  on 
t he  "Northwest." 
He  is  now  located  at  St.  J a m es  hotel, 
Duluth,  Minn.,  where  he  will  remain 
until  he  goes  on  the  boat,  J u ne  1. 

F r om  L.  H.  Dewey,  '88,  we  have  re 
to 
ceived  t he  following  contributions 
library:  Nut  Grass,  The 
the  alumni 
Russian  Thistle,  Tumble  Mustard, 
Wild  Garlic,  Weeds—How 
to  Kill 
Them,  Legislation  Against  Weeds, 
Two  Hundred  Weeds. 

is 

the 

'tie 

located 

H.  C.  Matheson,  with  '97,  who  has  re 
cently 
at  Lewiston,  Idaho, 
promises  to  tell  us  something  of  t he 
country  as  soon  as  spring  opens.  He 
says  " T HE  RECORD 
t h at 
binds,'  and  old  M.  A.  C.  seems  grander 
t h an  ever  after  a  fellow  has  left  it." 
for 
W m.  T.  Wallace  of  Jonesville, 
two  summers  a  special  student  at  t h is 
College,  teaches  one  department  of  the 
Litchfield  high  school.  While  in  Col 
lege,  Mr.  Wallace  was  an  enthusiastic 
botanist,  and  not  long  since  this  sci 
ence  was  added  to  the  list  of  studies 
he  has  to  teach. 

O.  C.  Hollister, 

'89,  of  Laingsburg, 

t he  National  P a rk 

while  spending  last  summer  in  Wyom 
ing  south  of 
in 
charge  of  a  government  survey,  col 
lected  a  considerable  quantity  of  seeds 
of  wild  flowers  for  our  botanic  garden. 
The  greater  p a rt  of  t h em  were  col 
lected  9,000  to  12,000  feet  above  sea 
level. 

Samuel  P.  Orth,  with  '94,  who  gave 
us  an  interesting  lecture  last  summer 
on  his  experiences  with  t he  Cook  Arc 
tic  expedition  in  t he  ill-fated  Mirandi, 
has  entered  the  law  department  at  the 
U.  of  M.  He  is  preparing  himself  for 
journalistic  w o rk  and  t h i n ks  nothing 
will  help  him  so  much  in  t h at  line  as 
a  legal  education. 

A  letter  from  Prof.  E,  A.  Burnett, 

'87,  of  the  South  Dakota  Agricultural 
" We  got  $25,500  from 
College,  s a y s: 
the  legislature  for  the  next  two  years. 
Of  this,  $5,000  is  to  go  for  extension  of 
shops.  The  a m o u nt  granted 
is  only 
half  t he  a m o u nt  asked,  but  is  nearly 
two  and  one-half  times  t he  a m o u nt  on 
which  we  have  been 
is 
greatly  appreciated." 

living,  and 

O r c h a rd  P e s ts  in  Oregon. 

The  Ashland  Tidings,  Oregon,  gives  a 

report  of  an  interesting  series  of  lec 
tures 
t h at 
t h at  h a ve  been  given  at 
place  on  "Insect  and  F u n g o us  Pests  of 
the  Apple,  Pear  and  P e a c h"  by  Prof. 
A.  B.  Cordley,  '88,  of  t he  Oregon  Agri 
cultural  College.  We  quote  from 
this 
paper: 

informs 

trees 
In 

"Prof.  Cordley 

the  Tidings 
t h at  he  has  never  seen  orchards  freer 
from  pests  t h an  they  are  in  this  vicin 
ity  nor  has  he  ever  seen  prettier  or 
trees.  He  was  enthusiastic 
healthier 
in 
particularly  over 
t he  peach 
the 
t he  orchards  about  Ashland. 
orchards  of  the  famed  peach  districts 
of  Michigan, 
in  which  state  he  was 
raised,  and  in  Maryland  and  Delaware, 
looking 
he  had  never  seen  such  fine 
disease 
prevalent 
trees.  The  most 
found  on  the  peach  trees  here,  he  re 
ports,  at  this  time,  is  what  is  common 
ly  known  as  the  'brown  rot,'  a  fung 
ous  growth  t h at  is  seen  on  the  twigs 
of  the  trees  in  some  instances  at  this 
season  of  the  year,  and  which  most 
of  t he  samples  brought  to  him  here  for 
examination  proved  to  be. 
Its  pres 
ence  is  not  alarming  at  all,  but  grow 
ers  should  spray  it  where  found  to  pre 
vent 
trees. 
injury 
Prof.  Cordley  says  he  is  n ot  satisfied 
to  what  extent  or  injury 
'brown 
rot'  would  work  here  if  not  heeded, 
as  the  soil  and  climatic  conditions  are 
so  different  from  those  of  the  eastern 
peach-growing  regions,  where 
it  be 
comes  a  serious  disease." 

further 

the 

the 

to 

Board  of  A g r i c u l t u r e. 

Hon.  F r a n k l in  Wells,  President 

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

Mich.  Agr.  College. 

F a c u l ty  and  Other  Officers. 

J.  L.  SNYDER,  A.  M.,  Ph.  D.,  Presi 
dent. 
R O B E RT  C.  K E D Z I E,  M.  A.,  M.  D.. 
Professor  of  Chemistry,  nnd  Curator 
of  the  Chemical  Laboratory. 
W I L L I AM  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. 
L E VI  R.  T A F T.  M.  S.. 
Professor  of  Horticulture  and  Land 
scape  Gardening,  and  Superintend 

ent  of 

the  Horticultural  De 

partment. 
H O W A RD  E D W A R D S,  M.  A..  LL.  D.. 
Professor  of  English  Literature  and 
Modern  Languages. 
H E R M AN  K.  V E D D E R;  C.  E.. 
Professor  of  Mathematics  and  Civil 
Engineering. 
H A R RY  H.  B A N D H O L T Z,  2d  Lieut. 
6th  Inf..  U.  S.  A.. 
Professor  of  Military  Sciences  and 
Tactics. 
I.  H.  B U T T E R F I E L D. 
Secretary. 
CLINTON  D.  S M I T H.  M.  S. 
Professor  of  Practical  Agriculture,  and 
Superintendent  of  t he  F a r m, 

CHAS.  L.  W E I L,  S.  B., 
Professor  of  Mechanical  Engineering 
and  Director  of  t he  Mechanical 
D e p a r t m e n t. 
W A L T ER  B.  B A R R O W S.  S.  B., 
Professor  of  Zoology  a nd  Physiology, 
and  Curator  of  t he  General 
Museum. 
F R A NK  S.  K E D Z I E,  M.  S.. 
Adjunct  Professor  of  Chemistry. 
W I L L I AM  S.  H O L D S W O R T H,  M.  S., 
Assistant  Professor  of  Drawing. 
P H I L IP  B.  W O O D W O R T H,  B.  S., 
M.  E. 
Assistant  Professor  of  Physics. 
ALVIN  B.  NOBLE,  B.  Ph., 
Assistant  Professor  of  English  Litera 
t u re  a nd  Modern  L a n g u a g e s. 
C H A R L ES  F.  W H E E L E R,  B.  S., 
Assistant  Professor  of  Botany. 
W I L B UR  O.  H E D R I C K,  M.  S., 
Assistant  Professor  of  History  a nd  Po 
litical  Economy. 
W A R R EN  BABCOCK,  Jr.,  B.  S., 
Assistant  Professor  of  Mathematics. 
E D I TH  F.  M c D E R M O T T, 
Professor  of  Domestic  Economy  and 
Household  Science. 
MRS.  L I N DA  E.  LANDON, 
Librarian. 
H.  W.  M U M F O R D,  B.  S. 

•*! 

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Assistant  Professor  of  Agriculture. 
R U F US  H.  P E T T I T,  B.  S.  A. 
Instructor  in  Zoology. 
A.  L.  W E S T C U T T,  B.  M.  E., 
Instructor  in  Mechanical  Engineering. 
D I CK  J.  CROSBY.  B.  S., 
Instructor  in  English. 
M E R R I TT  W.  F U L T O N,  B.  S., 
Instructor  in  Agriculture. 
BURTON  O.  LONGYEAR, 
Instructor  in  Botany 
CYRUS  C.  P A S H B Y,  B.  S., 
Instructor  in  Mathematics. 
GORDON  H.  T R U E,  B.  S., 
Instructor  in  Dairying. 
C H A R L ES  E.  M A R S H A L L,  Ph.  B  . 
'  Instructor  in  Bacteriology. 
H.  E.  S M I T H,  B.  S. 
Instructor  in  Mechanical  Engineering. 
K.  L.  B U T T E R F I E L D,  B.  S., 
Supt.  F a r m e r s'  I n s t i t u t es  and  College 
Field  Agent. 
D.  B.  B A L D W I N, 
Engineer. 
T H O M AS  GUNSON, 
F o r e m an  of  Greenhouse. 
F.  C.  K E N N E Y, 
Assistant  Secretary. 
E R N E ST  W I T T S T O C K, 
F o r e m an  of  t he  F a r m. 
W.  S.  L E O N A R D, 
F o r e m an  of  Machine  Shop. 
T H O M AS  D U R K I N, 
r  oreinan  of  t he  Horticultural  Depart 
ment. 
C H A R L ES  E.  HOYT, 

.;  V 

E.  A.  A.  Grange,  V.  S 

Consulting  Veterinarian. 

W.  B.  Barrows,  S.  B 

Consulting  Zoologist. 
R.  H.  P e t t i t.  . A s s i s t a nt  in  Entomology. 
Botanist. 
Chas.  F.  Wheeler,  B.  S 
Librarian. 
Mrs.  L.  E.  Landon 
T.  T.  Lyon,  So.  H a v en 

R.  L.  Taylor,  Lapeer 

In  charge  of  Sub-Station. 
.».. 
In  charge  of  Apiary. 

S u b - S t a t i o n s. 

Grayling,  Crawford  county,  80  acres 

deeded. 

South  Haven,  Van  B u r en  county,  10 

acres  r e n t e d:  5  acres  deeded. 

The  Farm  Home 

Reading  Circle 

OF  THE 

M I C H I G AN  S T A TE 
A G R I C U L T U R AL  C O L L E G E. 

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  F a rm  Home  Reading Circle. 
One  of  the  objects  of  the  F a rm  H o me 
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 
reduced 
buy 
prices. 

those  books  at  greatly 

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 
figure. 
as  can  be  secured  at  a  reasonable 
The  privileges  of  the  F a rm  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 

M E M B E R S H IP  COSTS  NOTHING 

a nd 

ADVANTAGES  TO  MEMBERS  OF THE FARM 

HOME  READINC  CIRCLE. 

f o r e m an  of 

the  Wood  Shops 
F o u n d r y. 
E.  S.  GOOD, 
Clerk  to  President. 
C H A CE  N E W M A N, 

,'•'. 

Clerk  of  Mechanical  Department. 

S t a t i on  Council. 

Clinton  D.  Smith,  M.  S 

Director  and  Agriculturist. 

J o n a t h an  L.  Snyder,  Ph.  D.,  P r es 

L.  R.  Taft,  M.  S 
Robert  C.  Kedzie,  M.  A..  M.  D 

Ex  Officio. 
Horticulturist 

Ira  H.  Butterfield, 

Chemist. 
.Secretary 
and  Treasurer. 

Advisory  a nd  A s s i s t a nt  Staff. 

A.  A.  Crozier,  M.  S 

Assistant  in  Agriculture. 

Herbert  W.  Mumford,  B.  S 

Assistant  in  Agriculture. 

H.  J'.  Gladden,  B.  S . . .; 

Assistant  in  Horticulture. 
M.  L.  D e a n.  .Assistant  in  Horticulture. 
Thorn  Smith,  B.  S.. 

Assistant  In  Chemistry. 

1.  An  opportunity 

to  pursue  a  sys 
tematic  course  of 
tlw 
direction  and  with  the  aid  of  all  depart 
ments  of 
the  Michigan  Agricultur.il 
College. 

reading  under 

2.  The  publications  of  the  Miehigm 
State  Experiment  Station  are mailed  f r •<• 
to  members  of  the  F a rm  Home  R e e l i ng 
Circle. 

3.  You  can  secure  standard  books  at 

greatly  reduced  rates. 

4.  You  not  only  secure  the  ben Wit 
yourself,  but  you  get  a  certificate  o  i  the 
completion  of  each  book  which  cannot 
fail  to  be  a  source  of  satisfaction  to  you 
5.  You  can  receive  a  prompt  answer 
to  any  question  in  regard  to  farm  topics 
by  applying  to  the  college  through  the 
Secretary  of  the  F a rm  H o me  Reading 
Circle. 

Full  information  in  regard  to  how  to 
join  and  the  different  courses  offered 
will  be  furnished  promptly  upon  appli 
cation  to  the  secretary, 

H E R B E RT  W.  MT7MFORD, 

Agricultural  College,  Mich, 

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The Fame  of  Our  College  Has Gone  Abroad  —-
Our  last  Catalog  s h o ws  t h at  WE  HAVE  S T U D E N TS  FROM 
J A P A N,  SIBERIA,  S W E D E N,  S C O T L A N D,  ENGLAND,  ARMENIA, 
QUEBEC,  ONTARIO,  NOVA  SCOTIA,  ELEVEN  S T A T ES  AND  T HE 
DISTRICT  OF  COLUMBIA  IN  OUR  COUNTRY,  BESIDES  F O R T Y-
NINE  C O U N T I ES  IN  MICHIGAN. 

We  number  among  our  post-graduate  students,  men  and  women  from  the 
University  of  Michigan,  Amherst,  Oberlin,  Olivet,  The  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 

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If  you  wish  to  know  more  a b o ut  t h e se  c o u r s es  you  can  get  our  catalog 

by  writing  t o_ 

— 

President  J.  L  SNYDER, 

AGRICULTURAL  COLLEGE,  MICH.