cJ|\e J\\. LA. \~/. Jvecora. VOLUME 2. LANSING, MICHIGAN, TUESDAY, APRIL 6, 1897. NUMBER 13. Honor Where Honor is Hue. President Angell in his address at the anniversary of the location of the capital at Lansing, on "the develop ment of higher education in Michi gan," classed the Agricultural College with the University as one of the state's institutions for higher educa tion. He said that the college was one of the best if not the best of its kind in the country. It was the first agri cultural college and those established in other states had used it as a model. He said the state can well afford to support liberally all its institutions of learning and that they had been worth much more than their cost to the state. Long live President Angell. Tuberculosis Experimenl. About the middle of August last Dr. Grange killed some cows in the west ern part of the state that were badly affected with consumption. He brought home with him the lungs and other diseased parts of one of these cows. A few gallons of freshly drawn milk were infected with the expressed juice of these tissues. The milk was then run separator and the cream through a churned in the usual way. The germs of tuberculosis were found in the skim milk, cream, butter and buttermilk. The skim-milk was fed to three pigs for four days. When two of the pigs were killed in the latter part of March they were found to be badly infected with tuberculosis, although they had re ceived diseased milk but four days and were fed perfectly healthy food since. Three other pigs of the same litter fed from the beginning healthy food and kept in an adjoining pen were found to be perfectly healthy when slaughtered. Michigan Academy of Science. The Michigan Academy of Science, at Ann Arbor on Friday afternoon, closed a most successful interesting and The Academy three-days' meeting. was organized in June, 1894, and this was its third annual meeting for the presentation of papers, the two pre vious meetings being held in Lansing. It has grown steadily in membership and importance until it now includes about one hundred and fifty of Michi gan's most progressive scientists, from all parts of the state and representing almost every branch of science. Sec tions of botany, zoology, hygiene and sanitary science, and agriculaure have been organized already, and sections of geography and geology, chemistry, and perhaps others, probably will be organized soon. Subsections of or nithology and conchology are already doing good work, and a subsection of last Thurs entomology was formed day, with Instructor R. H. Pettit of the Agricultural College as chairman. At the meeting just closed four gen eral sessions of the Academy were held, and three of the sections held en thusiastic sessions of their own. In addition, Prof. Israel C. Russell gave a very entertaining and instructive lec ture, Wednesday evening, on an ascent of Mt. Rainier, illustrated with fine lantern pictures; and on Thursday evening, at Tappan Hall, the members of the Academy were tendered a most enjoyable evening reception by their Ann Arbor friends. It is not easy to overestimate the im portance of the work undertaken by the Academy, nor the significance of the this Ann Arbor meeting, by far largest and most successful yet held. About fifty members were present at the various sessions, and an average attendance of thirty was reported from the section meetings. All sessions were open to the public, and there were goodly numbers present every day. Thirty-five papers were presented, most of them being freely discussed, and the utmost harmony and truest scientific spirit prevailed. Representatives were present from almost all the scientific and educational the state, and Friday's sessions were en tirely devoted to the educational as pects of science, the meeting being held jointly with the Michigan School masters' club. institutions of The local committee had spared no pains to make every possible prepara tion, and, altogether, the meeting was a grand success, and will give a note worthy inpetus to science in Michigan. W. B. B. Bacteriology. Bulletins 139-140 by Assistant 'Bac teriologist Charles E. Marshall, are very ineteresting as well as valuable. Bulletin 139 is about bacteria, de scribes the various mici'o-organisms and tells what they do. in language It also con easily understood by all. tains a chapter on laboratory work, which gives a description of labora- toi'y methods and numerous illustra tions of laboratory apparatus. This Bulletin is intended to give a little in struction in the elements of the science of bacteriology for the benefit of those who read Bulletin 140 and others that will be issued from the department from time to time. Bulletin 140 is on ropiness in milk, its causes and ti-eat- ment. L. M. Mooers, secretary of the Microscopical Society of Washington writes of these bulletins, "I want to congratulate you on the plain, untech- nical readable way you have presented the subject." Notes from the Farm Department. laboratory The museum over the class room in the agricultural is being transformed into a laboratory for the study of soil physics. Hot and cold water and steam have been brought into the rooms and suitable tables built. A drying oven forms also part of the equipment. Balances and other apparatus have been purchased and by the beginning of the term the depart ment will be ready to give thorough practical work in the physical examin ation of soils and a study of soil physics as far as that study can be profitably carried in connection with the growing of the crops on the farm. Since, according to the new schedule, the present freshman class will have but this one year on the farm depart ment, the boys will have to study the methods of doing all classes of farm work, growing the various crops, hand ling the different kinds of farm stock, stock feeding, dairy work, accounts and farm management, and, in fact, all the details of regular farm work. This will keep them fully occupied during the afternoons of the next three terms. Prof. H. W. Mumford visited his Hillsdale county home for a few days during vacation. G. H. True is making cheese in Mad ison, Wis., for a month, to become more thoroughly acquainted with the details of the operation. He went to Menominee during vacation and tested some of the Holstein cows of W. S. Carpenter. The Holstein Friesian As sociation of America offers large prizes to the cows making the largest records and producing butter at the least ex penditure of food stuffs. Mr. True will therefore weigh and test the milk the of each of same time weigh the feed so that the data necessary to determine the econ omy of production will be reported. Prof. Smith went to Saline on Thurs day of vacation week to speak to the farmers on the advisability of erect ing a butter factory at that point. He will visit Saranac on the same errand in the immediate future. these cows and at The interest in sugar beet produc tion increases as spring approaches. Large numbers of applications for seed come in by every mail. The Ex periment Station will analyze beets the grown from seed sent out from College and grown as prescribed by . the station. The Department at Wash ington furnishes the seed for distribu tion. In Social Way. Thursday evening of the last week of school the young women of Abbot Hall entertained a few young men. The guests were first ushered into the parlor, where games were enjoyed; then they were invited to the kitchen laboratory on second floor, where the mysteries of warm sugar eating were practically demonstrated. All who at tended declare the "Abbot Hall girls" good entertainers. A few members of the Union Liter the close of ary Society celebrated last term by indulging in an informal hop on Friday evening. Warm sugar was served. Mr. and Mrs. Westeott entertained last Wednesday about forty gxiests evening in honor of the Misses Green tag and Pixley. Six o'clock dinner was served on small tables in their rooms in Howard terrace, after which the guests went to the Hesperian Society rooms and indulged in dancing until eleven o'clock. The guests from the city were Misses Lu and Helen Baker, Gertrude and Mary Humphry, Chai*- lotte and Rebecca McCallum, and Miss Beckwith, and Messrs. E. D. Sander son. C. A. Gower, Jr.. Allan Stone, H. A. Hagadorn and Louis Appleyard. Misses Lilian and Fay Wheeler gave a thimble party Friday afternoon; re freshments were served. Mrs. Gunson gave a six o'clock tea Friday to Mrs. Snyder, Miss McDer- ' mott and Miss Fuller. Six couples enjoyed an informal hop in the Hesperian rooms Friday even ing, from 8 to 10. Millions for the Poor. That capital is not necessarily a hateful and oppressive thing is demon strated by the use to which the Bar oness Hirsch proposes to put a portion of her immense means. Already ex pending for charitable and educational purposes the sum of $2,400,000 annu ally, the baroness has appropriated an amount sufficient to buy land and put up a complete building for the Baron in New York, school Hirsch trade for the for the poor which has already been established. This philanthropic woman will also ex erection of pend $1,000,000 model houses the in crowded tenement district of New York, or wherever the trustees of the firm may determine. Working girls will also be provided with homes on a plan similar to that which she has fol lowed in foreign cities. Thus will the millions of the baroness, which might , go for schemes of selfish pleasure and vainglorious display, bring comfort and cheer and lasting and practical good to the deserving poor of a great city. A Story of Lafcadio Hearn. It is a stupid editor who accepts as true all the stories told about noted literary persons or any other noted persons, that appear in the daily pap- el's; but when a well-known newspaper man puts his own name to an article, the presumption is in favor of its cor rectness. An article signed by Frank Pixley appears in the Chicago Times- Herald telling how Lafcadio Hearn made a newspaper reputation in a sin gle night on the Cincinnati Enquirer: "It was a red-hot night for news. One after another all 'the star members of the staff had been sent out on assignments until the city room was practically vacant. A rough, uncouth, queer-looking tramp sauntered in and asked for a job. The city editor told him there was nothing for him and turned to answer the telephone. Over the wire came the that evidences of a murder had been dis covered at the city gas works. The caller was just shuffling out of the room when the city editor hung up the receiver and called out: 'Wait a min ute! Go outito the city gas works and see what's the matter there. Come back as soon as you can.' information "The stranger was back again with in an hour. 'It's a murder,' he said, and went into 'the reporter's room. A half-hour later, when the city editor entered the room, he found the new reporter lying full length upon the top of a long table, while 'the blank paper was held close to his face because of an affection of the eyes which pre vented the eyeballs from turning in their sockets. Picking up a few pages of the manuscript, which was beautifully written and had the fineness of copper plate, the editor read it carefully and then laid his hand gently upon the writer's head. This instantly elicited a 'It's snarl like that of a wild beast. 'Keep all right,' remarked the editor. your temper. You may give us all of that stuff you can write.' "The stranger continued to write un til long after midnight, and his matter It gave all the filled three columns. details of one of the most horrible murders in the history of modern crime-—the killing of an official of the gas company by an employe, who dis membered his victim's body and cre mated the fragments in a coke furnace. "The description of this crime had all the fascination of Edgar Allan Poe's grewsome tales, and the story of the 'gashouse murder' became a reportor- ial classic. The unknown who wrote it never had been heard from before that time, tho' his name afterwards ' became well known to lovers of Ameri can literature. It was the initial ap pearance newspaper work of Lafcadio Hearn."—Literary Digest. in 2 T HE M. A. C. R E C O R D. APRIL C, 1897. The M. A. C. Record. PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY THE MICHIGAN AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE E D I T ED BY T HE F A C U L T Y, ASSISTED BY T HE STUDENTS. S U B S C R I P T I O NS SHOULD BE SENT TO T HE S E C RETARY, A G R I C U L T U R AL C O L L E G E, M I C H. SUBSCRIPTION, 50 CENTS P ER YEAR. Send money by P. O. Money Order, Draft, or Registered Letter. Do not send stamps. Business Office with R O B E RT S M I TH P R I N T I NG Co., Printers and Binders, Corcer Washington Avenue and Ionia Street, Lansing, Mich. Entered as second-class matter at Lansing, Mich. 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H C. Skeels, President. W. R. Ked- zie, Secretary. BOTANICAL C L U B - M e e ts Monday even ings at 6:30 in the Botanical Laboratory. Thos. Gunson, President. W. R. Kedzie, Secretary. S H A K E S P E A RE <. L U B - M e e ts Wednesday evenings at 7:30. Dr. Howard Edwards, Presi dent. COLUMBIAN L I T E R A RY S O O I E T Y- Meetings every Saturday evening at 7:30, Mid dle W a r d, Wells Hall. S H. Fulton, President. H. Caramanian, Secretary. ECLECTIC S O C I E T Y - M e e t i n gs every Sat u r d ay evening at 7:30, F o u r th Floor, Williams Hall. C. D. Butterfield, President. W. A. Bartholomew, Secretary. F E R O N I AN every Friday afternoon at 1:00, W f st Ward, Wells Hall. Amy Vaughn, President. Katherir e McCurdy, Secretary. S O C I E T Y - M e e t i n gs H E S P E R I AN S O C I E T Y - M e e t i n gs every S a t u r d ay evening at 7:30, West W a r d, Wells Hall. C. B. Laitner, President. L. E. S«ge, Secretary. OLYMPIC SOt I E T Y - M e e t i n gs every Satur day evening at 7;30, F o u r th Floor, Williams Hall. Elwood Shaw, President. W. K. Brain- erd, Secretary. P HI DELTA THETA F R A T E R N I T Y- Meetings every Friday evening at 7:30, East Ward, Wells Hall. R. W. Clark, President. A. B. Krentel, Secretary. UNION L I T E R A RY SOCIETY - M e e t i n gs every Saturday evening at 7:30, U. L. S. Hall. L. S. Munson, President. G. N. Gould, Secre tary. T AU BETA PI F R A T E R N I T Y - M e e t n gs on alternate Thursday evenings, Tower Room, Mechanical Laboratory. G. A. Parker, Piesi- dent. E. H. Sedgwick, Secretary. CLUB BOARDING A S S O C I A T I O N - I. L. Simmons, President. H. A. Dibble, Secretary. M A. C. A T H L E T IC ASSOCIATION-C. B. Lai ner, President. G. B. Wells, Secretary. How Readest T h o u? It is not our intention to lay out a course of reading. Helpful as orderly reading is, it is n ot indispensable to the use of books. We believe t h at a student m ay begin almost anywhere and read almost anything, found in a college or school library, to his profit r a t h er t h an not read at all. It is more t h at he be a reader of to t he point something t h an abstain en tirely. rather There is too little recognition of reading as a growth. W r i t e rs of ad their monitory essays always counsel readers to read only the "great books," n o t w i t h s t a n d i ng t he mental strength required to enjoy Shakespeare, t he Bible, or Milton. Most generally, we believe t he reader works up naturally to this pinnacle of great books through Cooper, Scott, a nd Dickens; through Thackeray, Irving, a nd Macaulay's E s says; then Emerson, Ruskin, a nd Car- lyle; a nd t he penalty for n ot t a k i ng books in order is t h at quite frequently the great books of t he commoner grades are not enjoyable a nd can never be returned to with pleasure if n ot read in their proper turn. A common foe to being a reader, t h at Philipp Gilbert H a m m e r t on points out, is t he unwise allotment of time. " It seems so easy to read t h at we intend, in t he indefinite future, to master t he vastest literatures. We cannot bring ourselves to admit t h at t he library we have collected is in great part closed to us simply by w a nt of time. A dear friend of mine, w ho w as a solicitor with a large practice, indulged in won derful illusions about reading, a nd col lected several thousand volumes, all fine editions, but he died without hav W. O. H. ing cut their leaves." S p r i ng T e rm A n n o u n c e m e n t s. A D V A N C ED PHYSICS.—Elective for Agricultural Seniors. Prof. Wood- worth. Text, Atkinson's Ganot a nd M. A. C. Physical Laboratory F o r m s. Daily from 8 to 10 a. m. BOTANY.—Agricultural AGRICULTURE.—Agricultural sen iors. Meet daily from 7 to 7:45 a. m. in t he Agricultural lecture room. sophomores. Prof. Wheeler. Meet Mondays, Wed nesdays a nd F r i d a ys at 10 a. m. in the Botanical Laboratory. CIVIL ENGINEERING.—Required of mechanical seniors a nd will be al lowed as elective for agricultural students. Prof. Vedder. Text-book, Johnson's Surveying. Meet daily in . class-room on except Friday floor of College Hall, at 9 1st chap a. m. ter of t he text-book before t he first meeting of t he class on Tues day morning. Afternoon field prac tice will be a r r a n g ed later. introductory Read CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY.—Elec tive for agricultural seniors, Prof. Hedrick. Text, " H a r t 's Epochs of American History-" Meet daily at 10 a. m. in the English class-room. D E S C R I P T I VE GEOMETRY.—Mech- aneial Prof. Holds- worth. Text, Church. Meet daily at 8 a. in. in the Mechanical labora tory. freshmen. D I F F E R E N T I AL CALCULUS.—Me chanical sophomores. Prof. Babcock. Text-book, Rice a nd Johnson. Meet floor, daily at 8 a. m. on second south side College Hall. No lesson. DOMESTIC SCIENCE.—All students t a k i ng this subject will meet at 1 p. m. Tuesday in t he Kitchen. DRILL.—All students. Lieut. Band- holtz. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 5 p. m. Assemble in t he Armory at 4 p. m. on Wednes day. T he excuses from drill for last term do n ot hold good for this term. It will be necessary for those w ho a re disqualified to make n ew a r r a n g e m e n t s. E L E M E N TS OF M A C H I NE DESIGN. sophomores. Mr. —Mechanical Smith. Text-book, Klein. Tuesdays and Thursdays, 1 to 3 p. m. Draw ing room. E N G I N E E R I NG PRACTICE.—Me chanical seniors. Prof. Weil. Lec tures Tuesdays a nd Thursdays, il to 12 a. m. Recitation room. E N G L I SH MASTERPIECES.—Me chanical seniors. Dr. E d w a r d s. Meet daily at 8 a. m. in t he English class room. F A RM LABOR,—Seniors work on t he farm m ay work 8 to 10 a. m., 10 a. m. to 12 m., or 1 to 3:30 p. m. as they elect. electing from F A RM LABOR.—Agricultural juniors. F r om 1 to 3:30 p. m. Meet Tuesday at 1 p. m. at t he Agricultural labor atory. FRENCH.—Meet daily in Prof, Bab- cook's class-room at 3 p. m. G E N E R AL CHEMISTRY—Agricul t u r al freshmen. Prof. F. S. Kedzie. Text, Bloxam. Meet daily at 1 p. m. L a b o r a t o ry work according to catalog. GEOMETRY.—Agricultural freshmen. Mr. Pashby. Text, Beman and Smith. Meet daily on third floor of College Hall, section B at 9 a. m. a nd section A at 11 a. m. GEOMETRY.—Second • - mechanical. Continuation of t he geometry of t he w i n t er term. Text-book, B e m an a nd Prof. Babcock a nd Mr. Smith. Pashby. 10 a. m. daily. T he class will be divided into t wo sections as before, each student reporting to his instructor of t he previous term. No lesson. GERMAN.—Meet in Prof. Babcock's class-room at 4 p. m. Tuesdays, Thursdays a nd 8 a. m. Saturdays. GRASSES AND WEEDS.—Agricultu ral juniors. Dr. Real. Meet daily at 8 a. m. on second floor of the Botanical Laboratory. H Y G I E N IC B A C T E R I O L O G Y — A g r i cultural seniors. Mr. Marshall. Meet in t he Veterinary laboratory at 11 a. m. F r i d a y s. LABORATORY IN S T R E N G TH OF MATERIALS.—Mechanical juniors. Mr. Westcott. T wo and a half hours per week. Students will m a ke ar r a n g e m e n ts in regard to hours with the instructor. M E C H A N I CS OF E N G I N E E R I NG — Mechanical juniors. Prof. Vedder. 10 a. m. daily in class-room on first floor of College Hall. Continuation of t he subject as studied by t he same students last term. F or lesson Tuesday read first four pages of t he chapter on Dynamics of Rigid Bodies. M E T A LS AND M I N E R A L S . - M e c h a n- ical sophomores. Prof. F. S. Kedzie. Meet at 9 a. m. Mondays, Wednes days a nd F r i d a y s. MILTON.—Agricultural seniors. Dr. Edwards. Meet on Tuesday at 4 p. m. O R I G I N AL D E S I GN — Mechanical Seniors. Class will continue work in Advanced Design u n d er Mr. Leon ard. Mondays, Wednesdays and F r i days, 10 to 12 a. m. Drawing-room. P H Y S I C AL L A B O R A T O RY W O R K. —Mechanical freshmen. Prof. Wood- worth. One d ay per week from 1 to 3 p. m. P H Y S I C S, SECOND TERM.—Mechan ical freshmen. Prof. Woodworth. Recitations on Sound a nd Light. Text, Atkinson's Ganot. F o ur days per week, 11 a. m. to 12 m. P H Y S I C S, SECOND TERM.—Agricul t u r al freshmen a nd specials. Prof. Woodworth. Lectures on Sound a nd from Light. F o ur days p er week, 3 to 4 p. m. P L A NE TRIGONOMETRY.—Agricul sophomores. Mr. P a s h b y. t u r al Text, Jones' Trigonometry a nd Jones' Logarithmic Tables. Meet in Engineering class-room at 8 a. m., Mondays, W e d n e s d a ys a nd F r i d a y s. Q U A L I T A T I VE ANALYSIS. — Agri cultural sophomores. Prof. F. S. Kedzie. 11 to 12 every d ay a nd 10 to 11 Tuesdays a nd T h u r s d a y s. R H E T O R I C. — Mechanical freshmen. Dr. E d w a r d s. Text, Genung's Out lines of Rhetoric. Meet daily at 9 a. m. in t he English class-room. Agriculturals, R H E T O R I C A L S. — Sophomores. Mr. Crosby. Meet in Prof. Noble's class room. section A, Tuesdays a nd T h u r s d a ys at 9 a. m .; section B, T u e s d a ys a nd T h u r s d a ys at 4 p. m.; Mechanicals, T u e s d a ys and T h u r s d a ys at 3 p. m. R H E T O R I C AL PRAXIS.—Agricultur al freshmen. D r. E d w a r d s. Meet in English class-room; section A. at 10 a. m. on Mondays a nd Wednes d a y s; section B at 2 p. m. on Tues days a nd T h u r s d a y s. S H A K E S P E A R E. — Agricultural j u n iors. Dr. Edwards. H e n ry t he E i g h t h. Meet on T h u r s d ay at 11 a. m. in t he English class-room. S H OP PRACTICE.—Mechanical fresh men. Mr. Hoyt. Tuesdays, Wednes days a nd T h u r s d a y s, 1 to 4 p. m. Machine shop. S H OP P R A C T I C E . - M e c h a n i c al sopho mores. Messrs. Hoyt, Theodore a nd Smith. F o u n d r y, blacksmith shop and machine shop. See Mech'l Dept. Bulletin board.) S H OP PRACTICE.—Mechanical jun iors. Mr. Leonard. Tuesdays, Wed nesdays a nd T h u r s d a y s, 1 to 4 p. m. Machine shop. SOIL P H Y S I C S, ETC.—Agricultural freshmen. Meet daily in t he Agri cultural laboratory; section A, from 8 to 10 a. in.; a nd section B from 10 a. m. to 12 m. Both sections meet Tuesday. SOILS.—Agricultural juniors.—Meet in the Agricultural laboratory from 4 to 5 p. m. on T u e s d a ys a nd T h u r s days. STEAM ENGINE.—Mechanical soph Text-book, Prof. Weil. omores. Holmes. Mondays, W e d n e s d a ys a nd Fridays, 11. to 12 a. m. Recitation room. S T R E N G TH OF MATERIALS.—Me juniors. Mr. Westcott. chanical Text-book, Church. Five days, 8 to 9 a. m. Recitation room. SURVEYING. — Agricultural sopho mores. Prof. Vedder. Text, Hodg- m a n 's Surveying. Provide also t he regulation field notes. Class-room on 1st floor of College Hall. F i r st meeting of class Tues day morning at 8 o'clock. Field work to be a r r a n g ed later. book for T H E S IS WORK.—Mechanical seniors. Prof. Weil. Ten hours p er week. Students will m a ke a r r a n g e m e n ts in regard to hours with instructor. V E T E R I N A RY SCIENCE.—Agricul t u r al seniors. Dr. Grange. Meet at 11 a. m. in t he Veterinary laboratory every d ay except F r i d a y. Real Kindness, D. E. H O A G, '1,9. Men a re said to be kind or u n k i n d, according to their outward actions. If a m an speaks courteously, helps us out of difficulties, and makes himself agreeable generally, we say he is kind. And perhaps he i s; b ut is he as truly kind as he might be? Kindness, as t he word is popularly used, means the m a k i ng of other people happy.^ Real kindness h as for i ts o b ject the doing of some p e r m a n e nt good. Kindness m ay accomplish i ts a im by simply removing obstacles from t he way of those whose happiness it seeks. Real kindness may, a nd often is, obliged to place obstacles, which m u st be overcome alone a nd unaided, in t he way of its objects. No better example of real k i n d n e ss kindness can be cited t h an t he relation of par ent to child. A friend who is kind to the child simply aims to m a ke it h a p py, to give it pleasure. The p a r e n t 's real finds it necessary to make t he child unhappy, to inflict pain by punishment, sometimes, in order to bring about t he greatest good t h at t he child can receive. If o ur teachers were only kind to us, they would help us solve all t he hard problems, a nd would lessons let us slip over t he difficult real w i t h o ut h a rd work; b ut t h e ir long kindness compels us to work and hard at t he difficult t h at t h i n gs we encounter, in order t h at we m ay r e ceive good thereby. Real kindness seems at times t he height of cruelty a nd unkindness, b ut its end is far nobler t h an t he end of simple, insipid kindness. APKIL 6, 1897. T HE M. A. C. R E C O R D. 3 At t he College. Sheep shearing began Saturday. Mrs. Dean t he vacation spent Grand Rapids. in 0. D. Butterfield spent Tuesday of last week in Howell. Prof. W. O. Hedrick spent the vaca tion in I n d i a na visiting relatives. Mr. Dean was called to Napoleon F r i d ay by the death of his grandfather. H. P. Gladdee has recovered suffi t he ciently to be at College most of time. Miss May Butterfield visited Miss Margaret L a y t on in Ann Arbor several days last week. Joseph Robertson, Mason, and Rob ert Grocock, Menominee, were visitors at t he College T h u r s d a y. A general overhauling and cleaning up has t a k en place at t he mechanical laboratory during vacation. Prof. Taft spent most of the vaca tion week at South H a v en and Byron Center spraying for San Jos§ scale. Prof. Noble left Sunday afternoon for Chicago to spend six m o n t hs at post graduate work in the Chicago Uni versity. Saturday m o r n i ng Mrs. Taft received the sad news of the death of her bro t h e r 's wife, Mrs. Maynard, of Rock- ford, 111. George Bonnell, of Leslie, spent most of the closing week of last term tak ing photographs, mostly interiors, for new lantern slides. ^ Lost—Somewhere the School for the Blind and College, a '"96 Searchlight" bicycle lamp. F i n d er to H. E. Smith, please r e t u rn mechanical department, and receive r e w a r d. between it All society editors of the RECORD are requested to meet with Mr. Crosby in the English class-room today (Tues day) at 12:20 to a r r a n ge w o rk for the term. Prosecuting Attorney Crandell of Sanilac Center w as here on Monday of last week making a r r a n g e m e n ts for three sons to enter College n e xt fall. The Thursday evening meeting of the Y. M. C. A. will be in charge Of Mr. C. W. Loomis. Sunday evening Mr. A. T.Cartland will lead; the subject will be announced later. Prof. F. S. Kedzie gave a lecture on "Kitchen Chemistry" last Tuesday the Tourists Club of evening before Jackson. T he meeting w as held at the residence of Dr. A. E. Bulson. Hon. Oscar Palmer, Grayling, w ho w as a m e m b er of t he S t a te Board of Agriculture, 1889-91, h as been nomin ated by President McKinley for reg ister of the U. S. land office at Gray ling. in the museum Forty-five visitors at the College left register their names during vacation week. to say t h at this number represents but a small percentage of the visitors dur ing t h at week. It is safe W. S. H o w l a nd received his diploma at the end of t he w i n t er t e rm and left last for his home at Jefferson, Ohio, Tuesday. several He will months recuperating his health, after which he may study medicine. spend President Snyder attended the meet ing of the Schoolmasters' Club in "Ann Arbor last Friday, w h e re he met com mitteemen from the several colleges in t he Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association for a conference on ath letics. The officers of the Young Men's the coming Christian association for year a r e: President, C. W. Loomis; vice president, C. E. Townsend; corre sponding secretary, E. M. H u n t; re cording secretary, A. J. Cook; treasur er, C. H. Hilton. the Lieut. Bandholtz w as promoted on t he 12th of F e b r u a r y, from second to lieutenant. He was assigned first (colored to infantry Salt regiment) L a ke City, Utah, and transferred at his own request to the 7th i n f a n t ry at F o rt Logan, Denver, Colorado. F o rt Douglas, 24th at t h at H e re is still another evidence are t he special courses at M. A. C. a good thing. B. B. Smith, of Haslett, sends samples of clover seed for ex t he amination saying, "Since t a k i ng course at I am quite particular as to t he quality of seed t h at I scatter broadcast. t he College last winter In t he the west room of forcing house are large, strong t o m a to vines, which have been bearing ripe toma toes for nearly a month. T he room also contains beets, J a p a n e se cucum ber vines in fruit, and small Ameri can cucumber vines for transplanting. T he east room contains lettuce in all stages of development, radishes, celery and r h u b a r b. Prof. Edith McDermott and five of the students in t he Women's Course remained at Abbot H a ll during vaca tion. Misses Jacobs and Smith p ut into practice the instruction received during the past six months, and Miss McDermott is authority for t he state ment t h at m a ny tempting dishes have been served. T he others w ho re mained were Misses Belliss, Nichols and Lockwood. T he the third a n n u al meeting of Michigan Academy of Science w as held in Ann Arbor last week. Prof. B a r r o ws w as re-elected secretary of the association; Prof. Wheeler w as elected vice-president of t he botany section, Prof. Smith of agriculture, and Mr. P e t t it w as made chairman of the new sub-section on entomol ogy. Profs. B a r r o ws and C. D. Wor '93, cester and Mr. L. W. Watkins, look to were appointed a committee after m e a ns for the protection of song birds in this state. Friday evening, March 26, President Snyder, Prof. Woodworth and Miss Mc Dermott entertained a large audience in All Souls' church, Grand Rapids. President Snyder lectured on the Agri cultural College, while Prof. Wood- worth entertained the people with lan tern views. Miss McDermott followed with a lecture on Domestic Economy, in which she urged the establishment of cooking schools in city high schools. The Grand Rapids morning papers spoke very highly of the lectures. P u r p o s es of R e a d i n g. K A T H E R I NE M C C U R D Y, '99. t r u th shows I t h i nk it has been said t h at a very accurate estimate of a person's charac ter can be formed by simply knowing t he kind of m a t t er t h at person reads. the importance of This choosing the best works of the best writers, and in such a time of plenty, it is certainly unnecessary to accept anything b ut the best. K n o w i ng the necessity of good reading, we may more correctly judge of the true object of such reading. There a re t wo purposes for which reading is done; namely, improvement and pleasure, t wo broad t e r ms which include a great deal. If improvement is t he aim, information is sought for. to grow, Every person should t h at is, become mentally stronger in every line. F r om a practical point of view, to be re quired, but, upon this m ay not seem investigation, t ry it though will be found t h at t he most success ful men or women are those w ho pos sess a large stock of general informa tion, a large p a rt of which can only be obtained through reading. Such a one may not necessarily h a ve com pleted a college course, t h at is one of the best w a ys of developing t he mind large a nd obtaining a m o u nt of general knowledge; b ut m u st be one, as H u x l ey says, " W h o se intellect is a clear, cold, logic engine, with all its p a r ts of equal strength and in smooth working order; ready like a steam engine to be turned to any kind of work, and spin the gossamers as well as forge the mind." t he anchors of a side of the esthetic im Another phase of reading for provement is for t he purpose of devel oping h u m an nature. Beauty is not seen by every one unless pointed out, and it is t he duty of the t r ue a r t i st to point out such b e a u ty and t h us help to h a ve it t he m a ss of understood. To reach people this m u st be written, and t he readers receive their r e w a rd by read ing. An entirely different purpose of read ing is t h at of pleasure. T h e re is a sensational pleasure, a love for ex citement, which is easily gratified, b ut the gratification of which is not con ducive to proper mental growth; its influence is very often harmful. On the other hand, reading may be done simply for a m u s e m e nt at times w h en least a t he mind needs a rest or at change. Wit and h u m or should h a ve a place in every day life. W h e t h er our reading is for one purpose or another, it should not be confined to one sub include w h a t ject alone b ut should ever would benefit or help in any way ourselves and our people. Colleges and Exchanges. social On the fifth of March the U. of M. alumni, w ho are studying in Leipsic, formed an association whose object will be "not only to serve t he social fellowship, b ut also ends of to informa tion to those who intend to do gradu ate work here, as well as to aid new arrivals." C. C. Townsend is president is of the association and S. H. Baer secretary. desired furnish any Friday, March 26, was Anniversary Day at the State Normal, and the day was made memorable by the dedica tion of the new Student Christian As sociation building, a splendid two-story structure built of rough stone and fin ished with sandstone. * * * The students of Alma College pre sented President B r u s ke with a new office chair. * * * Albion and Ypsilanti have a r r a n g ed a debate, which will occur in May, on the question, " T he peaceful acquisition of Cuba should be t he policy of the United States." Ypsilanti will have the affirmative. There are over twenty seniors at Olivet, but all m u st take part in com mencement exercises. * * * Culver Military Academy, Culver, Ind., h as purchased the entire troop of famous black horses ridden by Troop A, of Cleveland, at the inauguration of President McKinley. GIVE YOUR O R D E RS TO TRAGER BROS. THE MEAT MEN 5 09 MICHIGAN AVE. E. M. A. C. S P E C I AL R A T ES ON P H O T OS AT SHARPSTEEN'S STUDIO. ..•My... Neckwear Stock C o n t a i ns all I d e as as t he to L a t e st SHAPE, COLOR AND PATTERN lower t he p r i ce a nd ever before. W o u ld p l e a s ed t h an be to h a ve y ou c o me in a nd see i t. BEFORE PURCHASING YOUR FALL AND WINTER = H A T= to s h ow A l l ow me s o me n a t ty " Up styles. N o t h i ng b ut ble q u a l i t i es y on to D a t e" relia find p l a ce in my s t o c k. STUDENT'S PATRONAGE SOLICITED. ELGIN MIFFLIN THE OUTFITTER. 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Cook, '91, m a de a business call at t he College, Thursday. He reports Bert as entirely recovered from h is severe illness in California. D. W. Roberts, with '94, w as a visi tor at M. A. C. last week. He is now an M. D. from Cleveland University and will begin practice at Holt. T he chemical investigations of George L, Teller, '88, h a ve recently been reprinted in t he highly exclusive American Chemical Journal, Baltimore. W. S. Delano, '81, Lee P a r k, Neb., has been a delgate from N e b r a s ka to the National F a r m e r s' Congress for six years, a nd h as presented original pa pers at t he several sessions. L. Whitney W a t k i n s, '93, Manches ter, w as at t he M. A. O. a f ew days l a st week m a k i ng a r r a n g e m e n ts for this his sister, w ho enters College term and plans to finish w i th '98. include Recent additions to our alumni lib r a ry " E m b a l m i ng a nd E m balming Fluids," by D i\ Charles W. McCurdy, '81, a nd three pamphlets on veterinary subjects by Dr. N. S. Mayo, '88. W. L. Rossman, '89, left week before last to take t he position of consulting chemist with Reid, Murdoch & Co., wholesale m a n u f a c t u r i ng grocers of Chicago. Mrs. Rossman w e nt to Chi cago last week. While in J a c k s on l a st week Prof. F. S. Kedzie called on Robt. McNaugh- ton, '78, w ho is in business in t he city, a nd s aw H. R. Breck, with '93, who is farming w i th his father about three miles from Jackson. Charles L a w t o n, '88m, w as in Wash ington, D. C, a short time ago on business for a Cripple Creek, Col., min fifteen ing company. He h as about young mining engineers u n d er his charge, none getting less t h an $125 per month. F r a nk F. Stephenson, w ho took spe cial work here in '94, w as t he unanim ous choice of t he Iosco County repub lican convention for commissioner of schools. As t he democratic convention also endorsed his nomination, he feels reasonably sure of his election. The engagement is announced of U. P. Hedrick, '93, to Miss A my Plum- mer of Corvallis, Oregon. Mr. Hed rick is professor of Botany a nd Horti- in t he Oregon Agricultural . culture College; Miss P l u m m er is the daughter of t he rector of t he Episcopal church in Corvallis. " B a r n e y" Hall, '90m, married Ethel Maud Manning Tremaine at Buffalo, N. Y., November 28, '96. They stopped, on their wedding trip, a few days in Washington with friends of Mrs. Hall's. " B a r n e y" is one of t he officials of t he Penn. R. R., with h e a d q u a r t e rs at J e r s ey City, N. J. F r ed L. Chappell, '85, is a success ful p a t e nt attorney in Kalamazoo. In L a n s i ng on business week before last, he m a de his first visit to M. A. C. since graduation. H is 247 pounds of cheer ful t h at friendliness bear evidence panics a nd failures in t he celery crop do n ot seriously affect him. J. H. F r e e m a n, '90m, kindly sends us items r e g a r d i ng H. F. Hall, a nd Charles L a w t o n. Mr. F r e e m an h as a good position in t he p a t e nt office at Washington, a nd enjoys t he work very much. He is also taking a l aw course in the Georgetown College a nd expects DAVIS 6c C O. 104 Washington Ave. North. 104 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 anyway How Did The Last Pair Wear? 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 u s. B r a g? 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 f a c t. People all over t h is t o wn will tell y ou t h at t he s h o es t h at go ottt of t h is s t o re will, a l m o st i n v a r i a b l y, give 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. REPAIRING—Shoes and Rubbers repaired neatly. N EW " C H D ET T O E" 6. D. WOODBURY -t 1 03 \- WASHINGTON AVENUE to be an expert in p a t e n ts a nd patent law some time. June. During his It is reported t h at O. H. Pagelsen, '93, will g r a d u a te from t he medical d e p a r t m e nt of N o r t h w e s t e rn Univer sity next three years at t he Northwestern, Pagelsen has been assistant in chemistry, h as tutoring to p ay done enough private expenses, a nd h as successfully carried forward his medical studies. 1 ATHLETICS J Kalamazoo College claims t he best college baseball diamond in t he state. This year, J u ne 12, t he great U. of M.-Cornell g a me will be played in Ann Arbor instead of Detroit as formerly. baseball T he Ypsilanti m a n a g er writes t h at the Normal cannot play us April 10, owing to their E a s t er vacation. F or t he first time in years our schedule of classes is so arranged t h at 5 to 6 p. m. is an open hour. This will leave athletes no excuse for n ot being in excellent training when field d ay comes. "Bobby" t he Detroit fjayle of "Tigers" h as been engaged to coach our base ball team a nd is expected to report tomorrow. A great many people a re like bi cycles. They roll along through life in a proud manner until t he tire is punc tured, and then we find they were mostly built on air.—Rocky Mountain Collegian. W ho wrote t he most, Dickens, W a r ren or Bulwer? W a r r en wrote "Now and T h e n" Bulwer wrote "Night a nd Morning," Dickens wrote "All t he Year Around."—Ex. 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