give  511.  a  ©.  <Recc*l 

VOLUME  2. 

LANSING,  MICHIGAN,  TUESDAY,  APRIL  20, 1897. 

NUMBER 15. 

ing  was  done  in  1888  and  three-fourths 
of  t he  trees  are  six  years  old  or  more, 
and  will  bear  good  crops 
this  year. 
Mr.  Lyon  has  been  a  thorough  culti 
vator  and  the 
trees  have  been  care 
fully  pruned,  sprayed  and 
fertilized 
each  year,  so  t h at  the  growth  of  the 
trees  has  been  good,  and  in  every  re 
spect  they  are  models  in  form  and  ap 
pearance. 

Upon  the  five  acres  belonging  to  the 
station  we  find,  beginning  on  the  east 
side,  17  rows  of  apples,  8  of  pears,  8 of 
grapes,  5  of  cherries,  15  of  peaches  and 
9  of 
trees,  and  24 
grapes,  in  a  row. 

plums,  With  12 

The  Lyon  ten  acres  contains,  begin 
ning  on  the  n o r th  side,  3  rows  of  ap-

methodical  in  his  note  t a k i ng  and  r e 
furnished 
cording,  and  has  each  year 
a  valuable  report  of  his  operations,  in 
cluding  descriptions  of  all  of  the  new 
sorts  as  they  come  into  bearing,  and 
notes  upon  t he  results  obtained  from 
the  use  of  fertilizers,  insecticides  and 
fungicides. 
Taken 

the  ex 
in  connection  with 
perimental  work  carried  on  in  testing 
varieties  of  fruit  at  t he  College,  and  by 
the  volunteer  stations  scattered  over 
the  state,  these  reports  furnish  to  the 
fruit  growers  of  Michigan  much  valu 
able  information  as  to  the  value  of  the 
different  varieties  and  their  adaptation 
to  the  various  sections  of  the  state. 

Horticultural 

Department. 

The  A l u m ni  R e u n i o n. 

Following  is  t he  program  for  Com 

mencement  Week: 

Sunday,  J u ne  13—Baccalaureate  Ser 

m o n. 

Tuesday  evening—Medal  contests. 
Wednesday  forenoon—Class  day. 
Wednesday 

afternoon—Review 

of 

"battalion. 

Wednesday 

evening—Society 

r e 

unions. 

Thursday—Alumni  d a y. 
8  a.  m.,  alumni  business  meeting. 
10  a.  m.,  alumni  literary  program. 
2  p.  m.,  fortieth  a n n i v e r s a ry 

exer 

cises. 

5  p.  m.,  business  meeting  (last). 
6  p.  m.,  banquet,  followed  by  the 
informal 

president's  reception  and  an 
hop. 

Friday—Commencement  day. 
It  will  be  seen  t h at  all  alumni  exer 
This 
cises  will  occur  on  Thursday. 
will  allow  those  to 
attend  who  can 
only  get  away  from  business  one  day. 
Committees  on  e n t e r t a i n m e nt  and  rail 
road  rates  are  at  work,  and  further  an 
nouncements  will  be  made 
in  T HE 
RECORD  as  soon  as  a n y t h i ng  of  inter 
est  develops. 

T he  South  Haven  Sub-Station. 

P R O F.  L.  R.  T A F T. 

political 

of  cruelty,  have  given  way  to  the  scien 
This  h u 
tific  or  hospital  method. 
m a ne  t r e a t m e nt  is  carried  on  in  three 
different  ways,  the  concentration  plan, 
cottage  plan,  and  colony  plan. 
F r e e 
dom  from 
influences, 
local 
better  buying  facilities,  and  ability  to 
employ  experts,  m a ke  state  supervision 
much  superior  to  county  supervision. 
In  reply  to  the  question,  "Can  insanity 
be  c u r e d ?"  Dr.  Hitchcock  said 
t h at 
since  the  establishment  of  the  eastern 
asylum  at  Pontiac  14^  of  its  p a t i e n ts 
had  been  cured  permanently. 

are 

little 

Epileptics 

understood, 
though  they  have  been  t he  objects  of 
therapeutical  study  for  more  t h an  3,000 
years.  Colonies  for  these  unfortunates 
have  been  established 
in  Germany, 
England,  France,  and  other  E u r o p e an 
countries  and  in  fourteen  states  of  t he 
Union,  including  the  home  for  epilep 
tics  and  feeble  minded  at  Lapeer.  One 
institu 
of  the  most  notable  of  these 
tions  is  the 
t he 
Genesee  valley,  New  York,  where  has 
in  which 
been  established  a  village 
these  w a r ds  of  the  state  will  live  and 
engage  in  productive  industries. 

"Craig  Colony"  in 

In  Michigan  there  are  between  20,000 
and  30,000  feeble  minded  people.  Of 
these  about  5,000  are  cared  for  in  va 
rious  institutions,  most  of  t h em  in  p r i 
vate  institutions. 
Fully  one-half  of 
the  feeble  minded  will  need  custodial 
care  as  long  as  they  live.  Of  the  r e 
mainder  m a ny  are  t a u g ht  trades 
t h at 
m a ke  them  self-sustaining. 

In  the  school  for  the  blind  at  L a n 
sing  and  the  institution  for  deafmutes 
at  Flint,  two  classes  of  defectives  are 
nearly  all  who 
being  educated;  and 
graduate  from 
schools  become 
these 
self-sustaining. 

A m o ng  the  potent  causes  of  defect 
ive  faculties,  Dr.  Hitchcock  mentioned 
heredity,  excesses,  crowded  tenements, 
Hereditary  causes 
and  immigration. 
Alco 
are  among  the  most  powerful. 
holic  and  business  excesses  swell 
the 
r a n ks  of  our  defective  classes.  Many 
business  men  become  insane  from 
too 
great  mental  activity,  and  m a ny  farm 
Business 
ers'  wives  from  monotony. 
m en  should  be  less  active  a nd 
farm 
intellectually. 
ers'  wives  more  active, 
We  have  the  defective  classes  with  us, 
and  it  is  a  p a rt  of  Christian  charity  to 
care  for  them  and  m a ke  t h em  as  h a p py 
as  possible. 

The  Hesperian  orchestra  of  six  pieces 
furnished  excellent  music  for  the  occa 
sion  and  contributed  much  to  the  en 
j o y m e nt  of  those  who  attended. 

S p r i ng  T e rm  L e c t u re  Course. 

F or  the  present  t e rm  the 

following 
lectures  by  m e m b e rs  of 
faculty 
have  been  arranged.  Each  lecture  will 
begin  at  7  o'clock  p.  m. 

the 

VIEWS  AT  THE  SOUTHHAVEN  SUB-STATION. 

pies,  2  of  pears,  2  of 
cherries,  2  of 
plums,  3  of  peaches  and  5  of  grapes, 
besides  a  miscellaneous  plot  containing 
nuts,  mulberries,  peaches  and  plums, 
with  57  trees  in  each  row.  Upon  this 
land  also  are  the  small  fruits,  the  col 
lection  including  all  of  the  new  and 
m a ny  of  the  old  sorts  of  strawberries, 
raspberries,  blackberries,  currants  and 
gooseberries. 

Most  of  t he  land  in  both  t r a c ts  is 
underdrained  with 
tile,  and  we  now 
have  connection  with  the  city  water 
works,  so  t h at  when  needed  we  shall 
irrigating 
have  a  supply  of  water  for 
purposes. 

Mr.  Lyon  has  been  very  careful  and 

Our  Defective  Classes. 

" T h r ee  Unsolved  Problems,"  Prof. 

in 

an 

lecture 

interesting 

Dr.  Charles  W.  Hitchcock,  of  Detroit, 
the 
gave 
last  F r i d ay  evening  on  "Our 
Chapel 
to  do  with 
defective  classes;  w h at 
Dr.  Hitchcock  h as  been  for 
them." 
years  a  close  student 
of  sociological 
problems,  and  more  especially  of  those 
relating  to  t he  so-called  defectives— 
the  insane,  epileptics,  feeble  minded, 
blind,  and  deafmutes.  He 
told  us 
something  about  each  of  these  classes 
and  what  is  being  done  for  their  com 
fort  and  happiness. 

In  the  t r e a t m e nt  of  the  insane,  the 
old  methods  which  involved  so  much 

Smith—April  23. 

"Heredity, 

E n v i r o n m e n t,  Will," 

Pres.  Snyder—April  30. 

" T he  Beginnings  of  Science,"  Prof. 

Wheeler—May  7. 

" T he  History  of  t he  Roentgen  R a y" 
(illustrated),  Prof.  Woodworth—May 
14. 

" T he  T r u th  of  N a t u r e ,"  Dr.  Kedzie— 

J u ne  4. 

" H e n ry  Clay,"  Prof.  Hedrick—June 

11. 

The  farm  d e p a r t m e nt  will  carry  on 
quite  extensive  experiments  with  fer 
tilizers  for  sugar  beets  this  summer. 

As 

the 

location  of 

the  College 

is 
poorly  adapted  to  fruit  culture,  m a ny 
of  the  varieties  t h at  are  of  much  value 
in  the  principal  fruit-growing  sections 
prove  lacking  in  hardiness  here,  and  at 
t he  time  of  the  establishment  of 
the 
Experiment  Station  in  1888  it  was  rec 
ognized  t h at  if  the  work  in  testing  va 
rieties  of  fruit  was  to  be  of  practical 
value  to  the  fruit  growers  of  the  "lake 
fruit 
s h o r e"  it  was  desirable  t h at  a 
testing  sub-station  be  established 
in 
t h at  section. 

At  South  Haven,  T.  T.  Lyon,  for 
m a ny  years  president  of  the  State  Hor 
ticultural  Society  and  who  had  a  na 
tional  reputation  as  an  expert  pom-
ologist,  particularly  so  far  as  knowl 
edge  of  varieties  was  concerned,  had 
recently  planted  a  small  experimental 
orchard  t h at  included  all  of  our  com 
mon  and  m a ny  of  the  new  varieties, 
large  collection  of 
as  well  as  a 
the 
small  fruits. 
In  1889  the  services  of 
Mr.  Lyon  were  secured  to  make  care 
ful  notes  upon  the  varieties  in 
fruit, 
and  his  report  was  issued  as  Bulletin 
55.  The  work  was  deemed  of  much  im 
portance,  and,  as 
the  fitness  of  Mr. 
Lyon  to  take  charge  of  the  operations 
was  recognized  by  all,  a r r a n g e m e n ts 
were  made  in  the  spring  of  1890  for  the 
establishment  of  a  sub-station  upon  a 
more  permanent  basis.  The  ten  acres 
leased 
belonging 
and,  under  the  leadership  of  Hon.  C.  J. 
Monroe  and  Mr.  Lyon,  five  acres  of 
land  adjoining  Mr.  Lyon's  t r a ct  were 
purchased  by  some  of  the  public-spirit 
ed  citizens  of  South  Haven  and  pre 
sented  to  the  station  for  experimental 
purposes. 

to  Mr.  Lyon  were 

t he  lake  shore  and 

The  sub-station  is  located  within  the 
limits  of  the  village  of  South  Haveu, 
one  mile 
upon 
south  of  t he  entrance  to  the  harbor. 
About  one-fourth  of  an  acre  is  occupied 
by  the 
the 
stable,  work  room  and  packing  house, 
and  the  s u r r o u n d i ng  grounds,  and  the 
r e m a i n i ng  land  is  closely  planted  with 
t r e es  and  small  fruits.  The  first  plant 

residence  of  Mr.  Lyon, 

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An  A g r i c u l t u r al  College  on  a  P o l i t 
i c al  Basis. 

One  of  t he  surprising  events  of  t he 

m o n th  is  t he  revolution  in  t he  mem 
bership  of  the  State  Agricultural  Col 
lege  of  Kansas. 
This  institution  h as 
heretofore  been  r un  on  a  very  conser 
vative  basis,  a t t e n d i ng  strictly  to t he 
legitimate  work  of  an  Agricultural 
College,  and i ts success  in  this  line  h as 
been  recognized  by t he  whole  country. 
Until  last  week  politics  h as  h ad n o 
t h i ng  to do with  t he membership  of its 
faculty  or  t he work  of  the  College. 

lines  in  K a n s as 

i n t e r r u p t i ng  this 

But  in  t he  kaleidoscopic  changes  in 
p a r ty 
a  board  h as 
come  into  control  of  t he  College,  sud 
denly 
conservative 
policy,  a nd  at  one  full  swoop  h as r e 
moved  P r e s i d e nt  Fairchild  a nd  14 of 
t he  most  p r o m i n e nt  professors, 
leav 
ing  only  nine  of  t he old  faculty. 

President  Fairchild  w as  professor  of 
English  l i t e r a t u re  for  thirteen  years  in 
t h is  College,  where  h is  n a me  is  still 

held  in  highest  esteem,  a nd  left  here 
when  appointed  P r e s i d e nt  of  t he  K a n 
sas  College  18  years  ago, which  posi 
tion  he h as  filled  with  exceptional  abil 
ity,  gaining  not  only  a  state  but  a  n a 
tional  reputation  as  a  College  presi 
dent.  Yet he  is  now set  aside  and t he 
youngest  m e m b er  of  t he  faculty,  an 
imported  professor  of t wo y e a r s'  expe 
rience  in  the  College,  is  made  presi 
dent. 

Along  with  t he removal  of  t he  Presi 
dent  is t he removal  at t he same  time of 
14  professors,  t he  body  a nd  brains  of 
t he  faculty. 

Can  such  t h i n gs  be a nd overcome  us, 
as  a  s u m m e r 's  cloud,  without  our  spe 
cial  wonder! 

The  reason  given  for  t h is 

sudden 
change  is  still  more  startling.  Regent 
Hoffman  in  t he  College  chapel  stated 
to  t he  students  and  faculty  their  rea 
sons  for  t he  change.  " T he board  feels 
t h at  it  is  impracticable  to  conduct  t he 
institution  with  President  Fairchild  at 
t he  head  of  it  a nd  t he  present  faculty 
as  instructors,  w ho  differ  so  radically 
from  t he  board  on  fundamental  p r i n 
they  were  n ot  dis 
ciples.  However, 
missed  because  of  inefficiency,  n or be 
cause  they  a re  n ot  good  teachers,  n or 
because  they  have  n ot  done  their  p a rt 
well,  but  because  they  differ  with  t he 
board."  T he  only  difference  between 
t he  faculty  and  board  is  simply  a  po 
litical  one, a nd h as n o t h i ng  to  do  with 
the  m a n a g e m e nt  or  instruction  in  an 
Agricultural  College.  No  similar  ex 
ample  of  wholesale  removal  of  a  Col 
lege  faculty  for  political  reasons  h as 
ever  been  k n o wn  in  this  country.  N ot 
even  in  t he  presence  of  rebellion  and 
w ar  were  n o r t h e rn  teachers  treated  in 
such  outrageous  manner. 

It  remains  to  be  seen  how  K a n s as 
farmers  will  regard  such  t r e a t m e nt  of 
their  College.  At this  College  t he  sym 
pathy  for  these  persecuted  teachers  is 
most  outspoken,  a nd  such  will  be t he 
feeling  in  every  Agricultural  College  in 
civilized  communities. 

The  latest  information  from  K a n s as 
shows  t h at  the  board  is  proceeding  to 
reconstruct  t he  faculty  by  calling  in 
the  professors  one  by  one and  asking-
each  in  t u rn  whether  he  will  "support 
t he  new  a d m i n i s t r a t i o n ?"  If  he  will 
t h us  pledge  himself  he can have  his old 
position;  if  n ot  he  can  go  elsewhere. 
W h e t h er  "supporting  the  new  admin 
i s t r a t i o n"  involves  "joining  our  p a r t y" 
is  not  stated.  To  an  outsider  it  looks 
like  Mahomet's  free  offer  to  t he  con 
quered 
tribes,  " T he  Koran  or  the 
Sword!" 

Vivisection  a nd  Dissection. 

P R O F.  W A L T ER  B.  B A R R O W S. 

interest  to  science 

During  t he  present 

session  of  the 
Legislature  t wo bills  of  somewhat  u n-
teachers  in 
u:-ual 
this  state  have  been  introduced.  One 
of  these,  House  Bill  No. 665, is  entitled, 
"A  Bill  to  regulate  t he practice  of  vivi 
section;"  t he  other,  House  Bill  No. 
1052,  is entitled,  "A Bill  to prohibit a ny 
instructor,  or  any person  giving  or r e 
ceiving  instruction  in  a ny  of  t he  pub 
lic  schools  of  this  state  from  using any 
living  animal  for  the  purpose  of  such 
instruction,  or  for  t he  purpose  of a ny 
experiment,  demonstration  or 
exer 
cise." 

Should  this  latter  bill  become  a  law 
any  school  teacher  in  t he  state  who 
should  take  into  t he school  room  a po 
t a to  bug or  other  injurious  insect  and 
point  out to  t he  pupils  t he  differences 
in  sha'pe,  or  habits,  by  which  this  in 
sect  might  be  distinguished  from  t he 
beneficial  lady-birds,  would  be liable to 
a  fine  of  from  $25 to  $50,  or  to  impris 

in 

instructor 

o n m e nt  in  t he  county  jail  for  n ot  less 
t h an  30 days.  A similar  fine  or  impris 
onment  would  confront  a ny  professor 
or 
t h is  College  w ho 
should  venture  to  give  a ny  instruction 
in  stock  judging,  using  a ny animal,  liv 
ing  or  dead,  to  illustrate  or  point  his 
teaching.  Even  t he professor  of  veter 
inary  science  would  be  debarred  from 
inspecting  a ny  horse,  living  or  dead, 
in  t he  presence  of  even  a  single  stu 
dent,  and should  t he thoughtless  or de 
praved  teacher  of  a  p r i m a ry  grade  a t 
t e m pt  to  corrupt  or  debase  t he  minds 
of  t he tender  children  in h er charge  by 
showing  t h em  a  living  canary  bird, she 
might  be  fined  $50 or  sent  to jail  for 60 
days,  or  suffer  both  fine  a nd  imprison 
ment  at  t he  discretion  of  t he  court. 
Ostensibly  t he  bill  a i ms  at  t he  preven 
tion  of  cruelty  to  a n i m a ls  by  vivisec 
tion,  a nd  at  t he  suppression  of  dissec 
tion,  for  no  expressed  reason  b ut  pre 
sumably  because  it  is  supposed  either 
to  shock  or  brutalize  the  pupils.  As 
framed,  however,  t he  bill  would  be 
more  correctly  described  if  entitled  "A 
bill  to  prevent  t he  acquirement  in t he 
public  schools  of  t he state  of  a ny prac 
tical  knowledge  of  t he  s t r u c t u re  or 
habits  of  m an or  other  a n i m a l s ."  It  is 
to  the  credit  of  t he representative  who 
introduced  t h is  bill  in  t he  House  t h at 
he  at  once  moved  to  lay 
it  on  t he 
table,  and  it  is  sincerely  to  be  hoped 
t h at  it  m ay never  be  t a k en  up  again. 

The  other  bill,  House  Bill  No. 665, is 
intended  " to  regulate  t he  practice  of 
vivisection,"  a nd  it  proposes  to  do  so 
with  such  t h o r o u g h n e ss  t h at  should  it 
become  a  law  it  is  reasonably  certain 
t h at  Michigan  would  contribute  next 
to  n o t h i ng  to t he progress  of  anatomy, 
physiology,  or  medicine,  so  long  as i ts 
provisions  were  enforced,  while  m a ny 
of  the  experiments  a nd 
illustrations 
essential  to  a  clear  u n d e r s t a n d i ng  of 
elementary  a n a t o my  a nd  physiology 
t he  courses 
must  be  omitted 
t a u g ht  in  our  high  schools,  a nd  could 
be  given  in  colleges,  medical  schools 
and  hospitals  only  by  g r a d u a t es  of 
medical  colleges  w ho  a re  licensed  to 
practice  medicine  in  this  s t a t e;  a nd 
even 
these  simple  experiments 
cculd  be performed  only  under  such r e 
s t r i c t i o ns  and conditions  as would  les 
sen  or  absolutely  a n n ul  their  value. 

from 

t h en 

study 

therefrom,  or  to 

The  bill  avoids  a ny a t t e m pt  to  define 
vivisection,  a nd  m  order  more  com 
pletely  to  prevent  t he  derivation  of 
practical  knowledge  from  t he  study  of 
a n i m al  life  it  specifically  states  (Sec. 
3)  t h at  " no  experiment  shall  be  made 
upon  any  living  creature  in  a ny  public 
school  in  this  s t a t e"  except  by  regular 
physicians  in  colleges,  medical  schools, 
etc.,  as j u st  stated.  T he rigid  enforce 
m e nt  of  t he  provisions  of  this  act 
would  m a ke  it  an  offense  punishable 
by  a  fine  of  $150 for a ny pupil  or  teach 
er  to  rear  catterpillars  for  t he  purpose 
of  getting  specimens  of  butterflies  or 
their 
m o t hs 
g r o w th  a nd  t r a n s f o r m a t i o n s,  while  it 
would  be  equally  criminal  to  allow  t he 
children  to  rear 
tadpoles  a nd  young 
frogs  from  eggs,  or  to  feed  a  toad  with 
flies  or  bugs.  If  these  innocent  a nd in 
structive  experiments  a re  held  to  be 
unlawful 
it  readily  m ay  be  conjec 
tured  how heinous  an  offense  it  would 
be  to  show  t he  circulation  of  blood  in 
the  frog's  foot,  or  to  exhibit  t he  reflex 
action  of  t he  spinal  cord,  or  t he  beat 
ing  of t he heart,  even  t h o u gh  t he  frog's 
head  h ad  been  severed  from  its  body 
hours  before.  Yet  t he  fish  dealer  in 
a ny  city  m a r k et  m i g ht  lawfully  keep 
living  frogs  by t he  hundred,  to  be be 
headed  a nd skinned  while  t he  custom 
er  waited,  provided  only  t h at  neither 
purchaser  n or  dealer  should  learn  any 
t h i ng  from  t he  tragedy.. 

The  belief  t h at  vivisection  is  a  com 

mon  practice  a nd  t h at  it  needs  regula 
tion  by  law  is  a  baseless  assumption, 
o r i g i n a t i ng  with  misguided 
people, 
often  possessed  of  some  education  a nd 
refinement,  b ut  more  often  with  m o r 
bidly  sentimental  minds,  u n s y m m e t r i c al 
if  not  unbalanced.  Such 
individuals 
m a ke  common  cause  against  w h at  they 
imagine  to  be gross  cruelty,  b ut  which, 
when  it  exists  at  all  outside  their  own 
perverted  imagination,  is  a  necessary, 
intelligent  a nd  h u m a ne  seeking  after 
n a t u r e 's  t r u th  by  which  m a n k i nd  m ay 
be  spared  untold  suffering  in  t he  fu 
ture.  T he  short-sightedness,  t he d i m-
sighted ness,  t he  total  blindness  s o m e 
times,  of  such  self-constituted 
reform 
ers  is not w i t h o ut  a  parallel  in this  a ge 
of  malformed  m i n ds  a nd  a b n o r m al 
characters,  but  it  is  none  t he  less  d e 
plorable,  a nd £ o es  far  toward 
justify 
ing  t he  r e m a rk  made  recently  by one 
of  t he  best  s a n i t a r i a ns  of  t he  country 
t h at  "these  people  will  go  to  a ny 
length  to  prevent  pain  a nd  disease 
a m o ng  t he  lower  animals,  b ut  m e n, 
women  a nd  children  m ay  suffer  a nd 
die  by  t he  t h o u s a nd  in  our  own  s t a te 
without  their  lifting  a  h a nd  to  better 
the  situation. 

T he  D r a f t s m a n, 

is 

W h at 

t h en  is  t he  m a k i ng  of  a 
t he  a t t r i b u te 
d r a f t s m a n?  W h at 
which  employes  expect  when  they  a d 
vertise,  "Wanted—A  good  draftsman, 
to  take  charge  of  work.  None  o t h e rs 
need  apply"?  Do  they  care  w h e t h er 
the  applicant  w as educated  at  Cornell, 
Worcester,  Boston,  Hoboken,  or  Shef 
field?  Do  they  specify  w h e t h er  a b i l i ty 
should  have  been  acquired  t h r o u gh  t he 
correspondence  school  or  by  tireless 
delving  over  book  a nd  board  after  t en 
h o u rs  at  t he  bench?  One of  t he  most 
successful  draftsmen  of  o ur  acquaint 
ance  w as  a  college  m a n,  with 
little 
bench  experience. 
Another  equally 
successful  m an  served  h is  time  as  a 
m a c h i n i st  before  m a k i ng  h is  r e p u t a 
tion  at t he board.  These  cases  a re n ot 
exceptional  ones.  F or  every  educated 
draftsman  cited  to  prove  one  side  of 
there  can  usually  be 
t he 
found  a  good  example  to  prove  the-
contrary.—The  American  Machinist. 

a r g u m e nt 

[We  a re  pleased  to  note  t h at  t he 
concedes  t h at  equally  good 
Machinist 
draftsmen  come  from  t he  schools  a nd 
shops.  Surely  t r a i n i ng  is  essential  to 
success  as  well  as  n a t u r al  ability,  a nd 
consequently  it  would  seem 
t h at  t he 
a d m i ts  t h at  in  t he  m a k i ng 
Machinist 
of  a  successful  draftsman 
technical 
is  as  valuable  as  practical 
t r a i n i ng 
fails 
training.  However,  t he Machinist 
to  draw  t he  a p p a r e nt  conclusion 
t h a t, 
given  t he  m an  w i th  proper  n a t u r al 
ability,  a  combination  of 
theoretical 
and  practical  t r a i n i ng  will  produce  t he 
most  satisfactory 

r e s u l t s . — E D .] 

Good  A r t i c l es  to  R e a d. 

D R.  H.  E D W A R D S. 

in 

A  cursory 

review  of  some  of  t he 
in  t he  reading-
t he  following 
timely  a nd 

m o n t h 's  magazines 
room  h as  resulted 
registry  of  w h at  seemed 
material  or  weighty  a nd  a r t i s t i c: 
There  a re  four  serials,  good 

from 
various  points  of  view,  r u n n i ng  in  as 
m a ny  magazines;  in  t he  Cosmopolitan, 
the  " W ar of  t he W o r l d s ;"  in  Harper's, 
" T he  M a r t i a n ;" 
"Cap 
t a i ns  Courageous,"  a nd in  t he  Century, 
" H u gh  W y n n e ." 

in  McClure's, 

The  Century  also  contains  a  series  of 
interesting  articles  on  Grant,  a nd  a 
suggestive  collection  of  extracts  from 
Glave's  diary  called  " N ew  Conditions 
in  Central  Africa." 

An  article  t h at  opens  a  wide  field  of 
t h o u g ht  a nd is  introductory  to  a n u m-

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

ber  of papers  to-follow,  is W a l k e r 's r e 
view  of  "Modern  College  E d u c a t i o n" 
in  t he  Cosmopolitan. 
Equally  perti 
n e nt  along  a  different  line  is J. S. Mor 
ton's  t r e a t m e nt  of  " R e t r e n c h m e n t"  in 
the  Forum. 

In  politics  we have  in t he Review  of 
Reviews  a  t r e a t m e nt  of the  new  and  the 
old  a d m i n i s t r a t i on  in the  U. S. t h at  is 
conservative  a nd judicious.  T he  E u 
ropean  situation,  too, is  tersely  a nd 
clearly  presented. 
In  this  connection 
it  is  well  also  to  read  in t he  Forum 
"The  Uprising  in  Greece,"  a nd  "Lord 
Salisbury  and t he  E a s t e rn  Question" 
in  t he March  Fortnightly 

Review. 

Still  other  articles,  interesting  or  im 
portant  for various  r e a s o n s , a r e:  Presi 
dent Thwing's  t r e a t m e nt  of t he  "Choice 
of  a  College"  in t he Review  of  Reviews; 
Dr.  Rice's  article  in  t he  Forum  on 
"Spelling,"  a nd  in  connection 
there 
with  J a ne  M.  P a r k e r 's  interesting  rec 
ords  in the  N. A. Review  on  "Chesnut," 
for  example;  "Life  in  a  F r e n ch  Com 
m u n e ,"  in t he March  Contemporary  Re 
view;  an  "Open  Letter  to Mr.  Balfour" 
in  t he March  Fortnightly,  a nd "Democ 
racy  a nd  Socialism"  in  the  April  N. A. 
Review. 

At  t he  College. 

Geo.  M.  Houk,  '00, is ill  with  measles. 
J o hn  Severance,  '99,  h as been  ill  for 

a  few  days. 

Norton  J.  Miller,  with 

'97,  made  us 

a  short  visit  Saturday. 

Prof.  Smith  talked  on sugar  beets at 

Battle  Creek  yesterday. 

The  agricultural  seniors  are  now  pre 

paring  their  thesis  work. 

A.  J.  Cook,  '00, h as dropped  o ut  of 

College  for a  few m o n t h s. 

Mrs.  Olive  Backus  visited  h er  son, 

Elmer  Thomson,  Thursday. 

The  whole  College  herd  of  cOws  will 
be  given  t he tuberculin  test  this  week. 
Miss  Deborah  Garfield  of Grand  Rap 
ids  is  spending  a  week  at t he College. 
Miss  Margaret  Bass,  of  Bethlehem, 
Pa.,  is  visiting  h er sister,  Mrs.  C. L. 
Weil. 

L.  S. Munson,  '97, is m a k i ng  some  in 
teresting  experiments  with  Dr.  Wiley's 
fat  extractor. 

Mrs.  C. F.  Wheeler  returned  Friday 
from  a visit  to relatives  and  friends  at 
Hubbardston. 

W e s t e rn  grasses  will  be  placed  in 
including 

the  garden  for  experiment, 
about  35  species. 

The  machine  shop  h a s, during  t he 
past  week,  t a k en  on the  appearance of 
a  bicycle  factory. 

The  " H o r t ."  h as contracted  to  grow 
tomato  for  J. C. 

Vaughan's  earliest 
Vaughan  of  Chicago. 

Miss  Abbie  Mize,  of  Ypsilanti, w as 
the  guest  of  Prof,  a nd  Mrs. Wood-
worth  several  days  last  week. 

The  Thursday  evening  meeting  of 
the  Y. M. C. A. will  be  a  missionary 
meeting  in charge  of Mr.  P. M.  Lyman. 
Miss  Anne  Campbell,  daughter  of 
Senator  Campbell  of Ypsilanti,  was  the 
guest  of  Mr. and  Mrs.  Gunson 
last 
Tuesday. 

Dr.  Kedzie  now  has  charge  of  classes 
in  freshman  and  sophomore  chemistry, 
and,  better  yet, a  class 
kitchen 
chemistry. 

in 

E.  A.  Calkins,  '98,  who  has  been  sick 
inflammatory 
most  of  t he winter  with 
rheumatism,  has  returned  to College to 
resume  work. 

Mrs.  J.  F.  Widoe  a nd  Mrs.  G. R. 
Bates  of H a r t,  and  Mrs.  B a r n um  of  Pe-
toskey  visited  t he College  Monday  af 
ternoon  of last  week. 

T he 

horticultural 

is 
planting  a  screen  of pines,  larches,  box 
alders  and  other  trees  along  t he n o r th 
side  of t he pear  orchard. 

d e p a r t m e nt 

The  experiment  station  wishes  it to 
be  understood  t h at  all t he sugar  beet 
seed  received  from  t he department  at 
W a s h i n g t on  h as been  sent out. 

Mr.  Wilcox,  lawyer  a nd real  estate 
dealer  of  Detroit,  h ad business  before 
the  supreme  court  in Lansing  last  week 
and-visited  his  nephew,  Prof.  Babcock, 
Monday  evening. 

Owing  to  cloudy  weather,  E a s t er 
lilies  a nd  other  plants  were  n ot  out 
on  time;  t he  demand  for  cut  flowers 
for  Easter,  therefore,  w as far  in ex 
cess  of the  supply. 

Prof.  Woodworth 

rejoiced  (?)  t he 
hearts  of  t he mechanical  freshmen  by 
giving  them  an  extra  a m o u nt  of  work 
in  physics  this 
term.  T he most  a m 
bitious  can be satisfied  now. 

Mr.  Hoyt  says  t h at  he has  the  largest 
third 
t e rm  class  (40 in  n u m b e r ),  of 
mechanical  freshmen  in t he history of 
the  department. 
This  certainly  indi 
cates  t h at  mechanics  a re in  demand. 

There  h as been  added  to  t he equip 
ment  of  t he  chemical  laboratory  two 
new  German 
for  delicate 
balances 
weighing,  also  a  viscometer  for testing 
the  quality  of different  grades  of  flour. 

The  first  military  hop  of t he  spring 
term  will  be given  in the  Armory,  F r i 
day  evening,  April  30.  The  usual ad 
mission  of  twenty-five  cents  will  be 
asked  of the  College  population  and  fif 
ty  cents  of  non-residents. 

The  horticultural  department  is  pre 
paring  to  send  out collections  of  fruit 
trees  for trial  to one  or  more  persons 
in  each  of  t he lower  peninsula  coun 
ties.  T he  requests  for  trees  a re a l 
ready  in excess  of t he supply. 

The  botanical  department 

sent  48 
kinds  of shrubs  to t he  U.  of M. for use 
on  their  campus. 
wards  an  herbarium. 
Also  70  kinds 
of  weeds  sent  to  t he  Normal  will  be 
used  by the  classes  in botany  there. 

This  is a  start t o 

It  h as been  reported  from  Monteith, 
Allegan  county,  that  San  Jose  scale  has 
This  is t he  first  found  in 
appeared. 
the  county. 
The  horticultural  depart 
ment  is sending  out  specimens  of bark, 
covered  with  t he scale,  to t he yellows 
commissioners  in t he state. 

E a s t er  services  at  t he College  were 
held  in t he Chapel  at  2:30  p. m. T he 
Rev.  Cadwell,  of  t he  F i r st  Presbyte 
rian  church,  Lansing,  gave  a  sermon 
appropriate  to  t he  occasion,  and  t he 
College  choir  furnished  excellent m u 
sic. 
The  Chapel  was  beautifully  deco 
rated  with  flowers  and  plants  from  the 
greenhouse. 

last  Friday 

The  Feronian  society  entertained t he 
Hesperians  in t he rooms  of  t he  latter 
society 
evening.  T he 
Misses Wheeler,  Kedsie,  Bristol,  Phelps, 
Renner,  Cannell  a nd Messrs.  Eastman, 
Champion  and Scott  furnished  a  very 
delightful  musical  program.  T he Fer 
onian  Orchestra 
(hitherto  u n k n o w n ), 
composed  of  members  skilled  in  per 

forming  on  various  n ew a nd  original 
instruments,  gave  t he  closing 
piece. 
Dancing  and  games  were  afterward t he 
order  of t he  evening.  Miss  Garfield  of 
Grand  Rapids  and  Miss  Campbell,  who 
is  visiting  Miss  Winifred  Cannel,  were 
among  the  guests. 

M.  A.  C. 

S P E C I AL  R A T ES  ON 
P H O T OS  AT 

SHARPSTEM'S  STUDIO. 

The  Sewers. 

to 

W hy  is  it  necessary  to  tear  up  t he 
lawn  every  year  or  t wo to  clean  t he 
sewer  r u n n i ng  to  t he  eastward 
from 
the  rustic  bridge?  Some  of the  College 
people  have  asked  the  question,  and no 
doubt  others  have  felt  like  doing  so. 
Ancient  College  history  tells  us, a nd 
it  is confirmed  by t he person  who  laid 
the  existing  sewer,  t h at  an  ordinary 
tile  drain  originally  followed  t he same 
lines  and  w as  designed 
drain 
t he  "swamp  n o r t h e a st  of t he  library." 
Tree  roots 
found  an  easy  entrance 
through  t he  open  joints  of  t he  drain 
tile,  and  at more  or less  frequent  inter 
vals  completely  filled  t he pipe  for  long 
distances.  The  removal  of these  roots 
was  a  troublesome  and expensive  job, 
and  to keep  them  out  the  drain  was r e 
placed  some  six  years  ago by a  pipe 
tile 
of  glazed  sewer 
tight 
laid  with 
cement  joints. 
Then  service  sewers 
from  several  College  buildings  were 
this  pipe, 
allowed  to  discharge  into 
converting  it into  a  sewer  even  though 
it  lacked  several  essentials  for  properly 
fulfilling  t he function  of a  sewer.  No 
man-holes  or  observation 
openings 
were  built  in t he line  of  pipe,  nor  was 
there  any  provision  for  flushing  in  d ry 
seasons.  Now  this  combined  drain  and 
sewer  gives  us  an  annoyance 
from 
within  as  bad as  t h at  which  it w as 
built  to  obviate.  A  growth,  probably 
of  algae,  seems  to  flourish  inside  of  the 
pipe,  a nd fastens  itself  so  tenaciously 
to  t he inner  surface  t h at  ' it  can  only 
be  removed  by  dragging  or  r a k i ng  it 

.  Hence  t he holes  recently  d ug  at 

intervals  along  t he pipe,  in  which  to 
carry  on  t he  process  of  cleaning.  A 
makeshift  w as provided  this  time  in 
the  w ay of  several  openings  to t he 
surface  of  t he  ground,  so  t h at  t he 
sewer  may  be  flushed  at  intervals.  In 
time,  no  doubt,  a  better  main  sewer 
must  be built  to dispose  of t he wastes 
from  t he east  row  of  laboratories, t he 
terrace  and  t he library.  A new  service 
lateral  has  just  been  laid  to the  library 
from  the  north.  The  wastes  from  t h is 
building  have  up to this  time  been  car 
ried  to the  south  through  a  pipe  which 
has  become  so completely  clogged  with 
sand  as  to  be  useless.  A w o r k m an  who 
assisted  in  laying  t he  sewer  to t he 
south  tells  us t h at  no cement  was  used 
in  m a k i ng  the  joints  in t he pipe. 

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

A P E IL  20, 

1897. 

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

H.  B.  Puller,  '92,  h as  purchased  an 

i n t e r e st  in  the  Lewiston 

Journal. 

Tracy  Gillis,  with 

'94m,  visited  his 
uncle,  Prof.  Holdsworth,  last  Tuesday. 

R.  B.  A.  Buek,  '96,  is  preparing  and 
the  W a y ne 

the  grounds  of 

p l a n t i ng 
c o u n ty  farm. 

H.  Z.  Ward, 
'89, 
talked  life 
friends  Wednesday. 

'90,  and  E.  A.  Holden, 
college 

insurance  to 

L.  A.  Clinton, 
to 

'89,  has  contributed 
library, 
two  bulletins 
the  alumni 
" T he  Moisture  of  the  Soil  and  its  Con 
s e r v a t i o n"  and  " P o t a to  Culture." 

In  F r i d a y 's  Detroit  Free  Press,  R.  J. 
Coryell,  '84,  is  mentioned  as  the  m an 
who  will  be  appointed  general  superin 
t e n d e nt  of  Belle  Isle  Park,  with  a  sal 
a ry  of  $1,500. 

Dr.  VJ.  D.  Brooks,  '76,  oculist  and  au-
rist,  lives  in  Ann  Arbor.  Mr.  Brooks 
recently  hailed  a  member  of  our  fac 
ulty  on  the  campus  of  the  university. 
N o t w i t h s t a n d i ng  he  was  r i g ht  in 
the 
midst  of  doctors,  he  asserted  most  pos 
itively  with  a  smile  t h at  he  was  "doing 
real  well." 

"We  have  received  the  announcement 
for  the  New  Carlisle,  Ind.,  second  an-
n a ul  s u m m er  normal,  of  which  J.  W. 
Rittinger,  '94,  is  one  of  the  proprietors. 
F.  E.  Barr,  with  '97,  h as  accepted  the 
position  of  state  representative  for  the 
F r a n k l in  Square  Publishing 
house, 
w i th  headquarters  at  Saginaw.. 

"Commissioner  of  Schools,  St.  Clair 
County,"  is  w h at  R.  S.  Campbell,  '94, 
now  writes  after  his  name.  His  major 
ity  was  2,359;  more  t h an 
the  whole 
n u m b er  of  votes  received  by  his  oppon 
ent,  400  more. 
township, 
In  his  own 
republican 
w h e re  only  a  p a rt  of  t he 
t o v n s h ip 
re 
ceived  a  majority  of  327. 

ticket  was  elected,  he 

in 

W. 

t h at 

'95m,  who 

J.  Goodenough, 

is 
w o r k i ng  in  New  York  city  for  Horace 
See, 
from 
the  naval  architect,  writes 
Brooklyn,  saying  t h at  he  has  "found 
they  have  already 
Newell,"  and 
talking  "col 
spent  several  hours 
"have  been 
lege.''  Also 
aboard  of 
m a ny  of 
i m p o r t a nt  boats  which 
come  here.  The  only  trouble  is the  diffi 
culty 
t r a n s a t l a n t ic 
to 
liners.  However,  I  have  managed 
see  the  Campania  and  t he  St.  Paul. 
T h is  morning  I  was  aboard  the  battle 
ship  Massachusetts." 

in  getting  on  the 

the 

A  m an  who  sells  machinery,  and 
w ho  has  been  a  close  observer  in  his 
travels,  said  not  long  since:  "The  suc 
cessful  man  today,  be  he  manufactur 
er,  salesman, 
erector,  or 
is  the  m an  who  m a k es 
draftsman, 
There  is  the  essence  of 
things  g o !" 
business 
remark.—American 
t h at 
in 
Machinist. 

shopman, 

Mechanical  freshman 

(looking  at  a 
is 

growing  cauliflower)—"Mr.  Boyer, 
t h is  a  r u t a b a g a ?" 

Boyer—"Naw,  t h a t 's  a  cabbage." 
The  mechanic 

thought 

to  himself, 

"We  w a nt  broader  education." 

In"  the  woodshop. 
Agricultural 

Sophomore.  —  "Mr. 
Hoyt,  will  you  give  me  some  cement 
for 

finishing  my  chair  legs?" 
Mr.  Hoyt.—"Would  you  not 

r a t h er 

have  v a r n i s h ?" 

One  day  last  week  t he  j u n i o rs  paid 
an 
in 
i t i n e r a nt  Italian  band,  whose 
s t r u m e n ts  of  t o r t u re  consisted  of  bag 
pipe, 
fifty 
flute,  d r um  and  cympals, 
cents  to  serenade  one  of  the  professors 
d u r i ng  h is  h o ur  for  delivering  a  lec 
ture. 
to 
drive  or  cajole  t h em  away,  t he  melody-
their  nerve-de 
dentists  persisted 
stroying 
escorted 
until 
away  by  Pres.  Snyder. 

In  spite  of  messengers  sent 

in 
operations 

ALWAYS  ON  TOP 

DAVIS  6c  C O. 

1 04  W a s h i n g t on  A v e-  N o r th 

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  yott  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. 

P e o p le  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  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 

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. 

6. D. WOODBURY  WASHINGTON  AVENUE 

S O U TH 

* 

too  "winded"  on  the  last  day  to  r un 
successfully  in  the  relay  team. 

...COLLEGE  BUS... 

I  ATHLETICS  I 

Lieut.  Bandholtz  h as  consented 

to 

train  athletes  for  field  day. 

Hillsdale  at  Kalamazoo,  April  17, 

was  defeated  by  a  score  of  16  to  4. 

Both  the  U.  of  M.  and  the  Michigan 
relay 

Military  Academy  will 
teams  to  the  Military  Carnival  at  Chi 
cago. 

send 

Baseball  percentage  in  the  M.  I.  A. 
A.:  Olivet,  1,000;  Kalamazoo,  1,000; 
Albion,  500;  M.  A.  C,  000;  Hillsdale, 
000;  Ypsilanti,  000. 

A  practice  game  of  baseball  Wednes 
day  afternoon,  between  a  L a n s i ng  nine 
and  M.  A.  C,  resulted  in  a  score  of  7  to 
2  in  favor  of  the  latter. 

The  members  of  the  first  nine  have 
been  excused  from  drill  while  Coach 
Under  his  direction 
Gayle 
they  are  making  very  rapid 
improve 
ment  in  team  work. 

is  here. 

Although  we  lost  a  game  of  baseball 
at  Albion,  Saturday,  we  won  at  home. 
The  second  nine  defeated  the  Lansing 
high  school  by  a  score  of  11 to  9.  Man 
ager  F l y nn  has  made  a r r a n g e m e n ts 
them  May  1. 
.,.  for  another  game  with 
This  is  w h at  we  want. 
There  is  no 
reason  why  we  can't  have  a  second 
: team  to  compete  with  the  smaller  nines 
around  here  and  thus  be  better  able  to 
the 
fill  vacancies  when  they  occur  in 
first  nine. 

Notice  to  Students 

Training, 

in 
of  placing 

a  relay 

I  am  desirous 

team  in  the  field  which  will  excell  any 
t h i ng  t h at  M.  A.  C.  has  ever  sent  to 
To  r un  on  this  team  will 
field  day. 
individ 
mean  a  personal  sacrifice  of 
of  your 
ual  medals 
All-round 
s t r e n g th  for  the  final  run. 
athletes  and  those  competing  for  m a ny 
medals  have  always  been  found  to  be 

and  the  saving 

Lieut.  Bandholtz  has  kindly  consent 
ed  to  t r a in  those  wishing  to  prepare 
for  r u n n i ng  and  other  feats  requiring 
enduring  lung  power.  All  who  wish 
t h is  t r a i n i ng  m u st 
a nd 
faithful  in  the  work.  Meet  him  at  the 
office,  Wednesday,  from  5  to  6,  to  ar 
range  the  work. 

regular 

be 

J.  D.  McLOUTH, 

Athletic  Captain. 

ALBION  5.  M.  A.  C.  2. 
M.  A.  C.  was  defeated  at  Albion,  Sat 
in  a  hotly  contested  game  of 
urday, 
baseball. 
times 
Albion  scored  three 
in  the  first,  once  in  the  fourth  and  once 
fifth.  M.  A.  C.  made  her  two 
in  the 
The  game  was 
scores  in  the  fourth. 
in 
called  at  the  end  of  the  seventh 
ning  to  allow  our  boys  to  catch 
the 
t r a in  for  home. 

Loud,  a  former  student  at  Albion, 
and  brother  of  a  member  of  the  Albion 
team,  umpired  the  first  four 
innings, 
and  our  boys  claim  t h at  his  r a nk  de 
cisions  cut  off  enough  r u ns  for  M.  A. 
C.  to  enable  her  to  win.  Albion  ad 
mitted  t h at  his  u m p i r i ng  was  unfair 
against 
and  put 
in  a n o t h er  u m p i re 
whom  no  complaint  was  heard. 
Prof. 
Weil,  who  accompanied  the  team,  pro 
t h at 
tested 
the  game  on  the  ground 
Loud's  unfair  decisions  showed 
t h at 
he  was  not  a  disinterested  party,  as  t he 
M.  I.  A.  A.  rules  requires  t h at  t he  u m 
pire  shall  be. 

Nothing  but  praise  has  been  heard 
for  the  game  our  boys  played.  W a r 
ren  was  a  little  w a ry  in  t he  first,  but 
after  t h at  he  had  the  Albion  boys  at 
his  mercy.  Twice  he  struck  out  Howe, 
and  star  player; 
the  Albion  captain 
full  he 
and  once  when 
struck  out  three  m en  in 
succession. 
The  boys  say  t h at  with  a n o t h er  week 
of  sharp  t r a i n i ng  they  can  easily  win 
from  the  Albion  boys  when  they  come 
here  next  Saturday. 

bases  were 

Leaves  M. A. C. for  Lansing  at  8:30  a.  m. 
and  1:30  p.  m.  Returning,  leaves  Lans 
ing  at  10:30 a.  m.  and  4:30  p.  m. 

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prompt  attention. 

left  at  Emery's  will  receive 
Livery  or  Bus  for 

picnics  at  resonable  rates. 

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