ffie 511 & ©. fteoorA VOLUME 2. LANSING, MICHIGAN, TUESDAY, MAY 4, 1897. NUMBER 17. Some Thinsrs of I n t e r e st on t he Col lege F a r m. S. H. *TJLTON. t he experiment. A little Going east from t he b a r ns we come to field No. 3. This with No. 5, being nearest the" campus, is largely used for experiments showing crops of special interest. Here are located 20 plots, each one-twentieth of an acre, devoted to fertilizer t e s ts with sugar beets. Between each two fertilized plots is an unfertilized one to serve as a check on further to t he east a re a series of clover plots showing every m o n th sown t he year, beginning with March. in. shows plot fair The March four stand, the ly are better, shows t he August plenty of plants, small but vigorous, while on the r e m a i n i ng plots there are as yet no signs of clover. A strip of Bromus inermis, a r a t h er coarse grass, was sown on t he sandiest p a rt of this field. It will here have a chance to show its adaptability to such land. a next plot clover good is about Another plant which has been thor oughly tried on t he soil is L a t h y r us slivestris. There two a nd one-half acres of this legume in No. 3, and it h as been sown at intervals since 1891. The earlier seedings have considerable J u ne grass in them, which is more apparent t h an t he L a t h y r us j u st at present, b ut later in the season a dense growth of t he latter will com pletely hide it. Our experiments in raising L a t h y r us have been very suc cessful, but not so with experiments it with Cattle in feeding it. much reluctance, and until some way is discovered of m a k i ng it palatable to stock it cannot be recommended as a crop. eat strip next The Curiosity a t t r a c ts o ur attention. Here a re congregated m a ny of t he new and peculiar plants of interest to t he farmer. The princi pal things in evidence now are peren nial forage plants, some of them much lauded those by t he seedsmen, but most praised have usually been found to be of the least value. Later in t he season sorghums, millets, soja beans, horse beans, cow peas, artichokes, and a host of other things will be seen on this strip. several from J u st across t he river to the right is field No. 6. As we pass in at the gate a plot of w h e at planted in rows is n o ticed. This contains m a ny new and promising varieties, as well as a n u m It is too early ber of foreign wheats. in as yet to notice many differences from these wheats, but two varieties California and J a p an show t he effect of a change from their accustomed climate by entirely killing out. Beyond the wheats a re a number of rows of winter oats which have met the same fate. F a r t h er on are several rows and a small plot of spelt. In t he western part of No. 6 are the field ex p e r i m e n ts with sugar beets. Here four one-acre plots a re planted with dif ferent varieties. The soil, which is a sandy loam and quite uniform, w as prepared by plowing to a depth of 8 inches and subsoiling 12 inches deeper. These, with t he other sugar-beet plots, will no doubt be the center of a t t r a c tion on t he farm during t he coming season. In t he n o r t h e a st corner of No. 8, one-half acre of crimson clover was sown in the spring of 1896.' It came on well, was mowed J u ne 24, and after growing up again was pastured with time. This sheep for a considerable its blossoming, t r e a t m e nt prevented and vigorous green it kept and throughout the season. This spring when t he snow went off it appeared all right, b ut before the growing season began it was all dead. Apparently it could not stand t he freezing and thaw ing of early spring. Near the crimson clover is one-half acre of Villus Vetch, a forage plant much grown in some parts of Europe. This was sown with oats last spring, but made little growth till the oats were cut; it then came on rapidly and covered the ground with a mass of vines. P a rt of the plot w as c ut in t he fall, and here the vetches are growing nicely, but where the last season's growth was not removed the p l a n ts a re all dead. Farm Department. B o t a n i c al Club Notes. A P R IL 19. Miss Bellis gave an interesting talk on t he botany and history of the ge n us Hepatica. W i th t he aid of living specimens collected near t he College, she pointed out in the form and the variation in color t h at are so characteristic of the two spe cies t h at make up the genus. irregularity the earliest She spoke of the hepatica as being one of spring-flowering plants, and of its wide geographical distribution, growing, as it does, free ly over a large portion of Europe, and in our own country west of the Missis Hepatica acutiloba (the sippi river. species acutiloba in N o r th America) was named by Lin- nasus from the fancied resemblance of the lobes of its leaves to the lobes of the liver. is only found Botanists since then have differed somewhat with regard to its proper place as a member of the order R a n u n- certain culacse features of the genus Anemone, b ut to Dr. Gray belongs the credit for fixing its final and proper place in the botany of plants. its possessing from They Within recent years, the hepatieas have become of some importance from the valuable medicinal properties they contain—principally in their leaves. Near some of the large cities in E u rope the hepatieas—especially t he blue types—are of considerable and white are importance. economic the same as in grown rows much here, and we grow to see, is in early in spring, dozens of women and boys, collecting the tiny blossoms and tying them in bunches to be sold by the flow er girls for a mere pittance to men and women, some of whom, it is said, have lived to a ripe old age and never seen a living grass plant. is no uncommon suburbs the of London, strawberries thing A P R IL 26. Dr. Beal and Prof. Wheeler gave a very interesting account of the papers read and the subjects discussed in the section of botany at the spring meet ing of the Michigan Academy of Sci ence recently held in Ann Arbor. After explaining the objects of the academy and the work of the section, Dr. Beal spoke of t he constantly in creasing interest in t he study of plants. He pointed out what he h as time and again done before, namely, the tend ency on the p a rt of botanists and of institutions of nearly all t he higher learning to study botany in t he class room with the aid of the microscope, t he text-book and the herbarium, while the botany of the hedgerow is allowed to go unexplored. He cited an instance of a student w o r k i ng a long time t r y i ng to study out the life history of a harmless para sitic fungus found growing upon a plant importance—this be of no economic fore he fairly understood t he n a t u re and mechanism of the host plant itself. Prof. Wheeler gave in detail some points of a highly interesting and il on "An Ascent of lustrated Mount Rainer," by Prof. I. C. Russell of t he U. of M. Prof. Russell stated t h at interesting gla ciers in t he western portions of N o r th America t h an there a re in Switzerland. He also spoke of a species of oak t h at was exhibited as being found in W a y ne county, t h at t he discoverer t h i n ks new to Michigan. there are more lecture Mr. Skeels reported as having seen twenty of our native plants come into flower for t he week ending Monday, F e b r u a ry 26th. The club adjourned to meet with Dr. Beal in the botanic garden at 6:30 p. m. T. G. Monday, May 3. K i te F l y i ng at t he U n i t ed S t a t es W e a t h er B u r e a u. LYMAN J. BRIGUS, '93. W i th the advance of meterological science comes the need of a c c u r a te knowledge of t he atmosphere as r e gards its moisture, temperature, pres sure and motion, especially t he these conditions higher strata where are unmodified influence It is evident of t he e a r t h 's surface. t h at information of this n a t u re would be of great value in studying the fund amental phe nomena. through t he atmospheric laws of in The renowned F r a n k l i n, in his in vestigations of lightning, was one of t he first to employ kites for the investiga tion of upper atmospheric conditions. Since t h at balloons time kites and have both been employed to raise self- recording meterological i n s t r u m e n ts specially constructed for this purpose. On account of the large a m o u nt of sur face exposed, a captive balloon cannot rise to a great height if the wind is blowing strongly. therefore, seem to be b e t t er adapted for aerial ex ploration, since t he stronger the wind pressure the greater is their sustain ing power. Kites, In m i n a t u r e, The weather bureau kite is the cellu lar tailless form invented by Mr. H a r- grave of Australia. it somewhat resembles in form t wo shoe boxes, wilh the bottoms and covers re moved, rigidly fastened one directly above the other at a distance about equal to the length of one of the boxes, and so placed t h at the sides of t he u p per box are on t he planes of t he cor the box below. responding sides of The have varied with experiment, but good results have been attained with kites having boxes or "cells" long, eighteen inches wide and about twenty inches deep. Diagonal wire ties great ly strengthen the light wooden frame work. Cambric is used for the cover ing material. actual dimensions forty-eight inches fastened " b r i d l e" of the kite is attached a little above t he center of one of the broad sides of the upper cell, the other end being corresponding to a point on the lower cell. To this bridle the line is attached in such a m a n n er t h at when the kite is flying the broad sides of t he cells form an angle of from 15 to 25 degrees with t he horizontal. In supporting lies power of t he kite, while t he vertical planes serve to steady t he structure in mid-air. these planes t he in A r a t h er novel feature consists flying several kites on one line, or "in tamlem." Each ki e is raised on a lines short line of its own, and these are attached at t he main t he kites all fly above the main line separated by dis tances great enough to prevent inter ference. This gives greater steadiness and permits adjustment of the a m o u nt of surface exposed to t he wind. intervals along line, so t h at factor. A steel Since t he height which a kite will at tain is almost entirely limited by t he pressure of t he wind on t he line and its weight, this becomes a most im portant pianoforte wire about .028 of an inch in diameter is used for the line, which is said to be, as compared with flax s t r i ng pre strength, viously used, "double one-fourth t he section, and one-half the cost." t he weight, one-tenth t he Elevations of six t h o u s a nd feet or more have already been attained by means of these kites; and it seems probable t h at u n d er favorable condi tions continuous records of the varia tions of temperature, moisture, pres sure and wind velocity due to elevation may greater heights. be obtained for still U n i q ue C e l e b r a t i o n. Professor F. W. McNair, w ho is men tioned by the Michigan Mining School correspondent in the following com munication to t he Detroit Free Press, was assistant professor of mathematics at M. A. C. in 1892-3: the subject of Calculus, "A r a t h er unique banquet was given Monday evening in t he dining hall of the a r m o ry by the class which h as j u st t he finished occasion being t he celebration of t he ' B u r n i ng of t he Book.' This ceremony is usually expressive of dislike of t he subject or t he instructor, or both, and the instructor is, of couse, not invited. In this case it was expressive of t r i u m ph over t he completion of a hard subject and the invitation to Prof. Mc Nair to attend and share t he fun was indication of good given with every will on the p a rt of the members of his class. "Several songs had been made to order, to suit the occasion and were rendered with great gusto by all. Dur ing t he 'Incineration of Calculus' t he class indulged in a dirge to the t u ne of Old Hundred, t he refrain of which r u n s: "Our Calculus is b u r n i ng now, T he source of w r a t h, of pain, of w o e; Let every class m an raise his head F or Calculus is passed and dead. " T he affair was much enjoyed by all, by no one more t h an Prof. McNair, whose only trial w as to endure all he pleasant things said of h i m ." Albion College will have a g r a nd One end of the cord forming t he musical festival some time in June. 2 T HE M. A. 0. R E C O R D. MAY 4, 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 8TUDENTS. 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. S U B S C R I P T I O N, SO CENTS P ER Y E A R. Send money by P. O. Money Order. Draft, or Regiotered Letter. Do not send stamps. 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K I N G 'S DAUGHTERS —Meet alternate Wednesdays. M r s. J. L. Snyder, President. Mrs. W. Babcock, Secretary. NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY — Meets second F r i d ay of each m o n th in t he Chapel at 7:00 p. m. H. C. Skeels, President. W. R. Ked- zie, Secretary. BOTANICAL C L U B - M e e ts Monday e v e n 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 C L U B - M e e ts Wednesday evenings at 7:30. Dr. Howard Edwards, Presi dent. COLUMBIAN LITERA.RY S O O I E T Y- Meetings every S a t u r d ay evening at 7:30, Mid dle Ward, Wells Hall. S. H. Fulton, President. H. Caramanian, Secretary. ECLECTIC SOCIETY —Meetings 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 F r i d ay afternoon at 1:00, West W a r d, Wells Hall. Amy Vaughn, President. K a t h e r i ne McCurdy, Secretary. 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E n g i n e e r; ..g P r o g r e ss in t he V i c i n i ty of N i a g a ra F a l ls a nd Buffalo. CHACE N E W M A N. During a recent visit at Niagara Falls and Buffalo, I was very much in terested to note the activity in the pro motion of various engineering projects time of enormous magnitude, at this of so-called financial depression. Every reader of T HE RECORD h as be come more or less familiar with t he history of t he installation of t he Ni agara Falls power plant, which w as practically completed in 1895; however, a short resume of t he work accomp lished in the completion of that plant m ay not now be out of place, as so much of t he industrial progress of t he Greater Buffalo is dependent upon it. In March, 1890, work commenced on an enterprise which w as to surpass a ny project of a similar character ever attempted. T he power a nd t r a n s former houses were erected, t he outer walls having an attractive appearance, being of limestone; the inner walls of then lined with enameled brick. The tail race, which is a tunnel, a distance of about 200 feet below t he surface, about 20 feet in di ameter, a nd 7,000 feet long, w as exca vated a nd brick throughout, requiring 16,000,000 bricks and costing $3,000,000. T he great t u r bine water-wheels, a nd t he three 5,000 horse power dynamos, were p ut in place, a nd all w as completed and in r u n n i ng order in 1895. This one power house is now furnishing 15,000 horse power; but work is progressing rapidly on an extension so as to provide for seven more generators, which will then give 50,000 horse power, t he ulti m a te capacity of t he plant. The power is now delivered to Buffalo over a 22- mile line, a nd is used by a dozen dif ferent firms in t he vicinity of the Falls. After all this power is drawn from Ni a g a r a 's clutches, s he still plows on, a nd breaks over t he b r i nk of t he Ca nadian or Horseshoe fall at a depth of nearly 20 feet. Conservative esti mates have placed t he a m o u nt of water passing over these falls at 100,000,000 t o ns per hour, with a perpendicular descent of 150 feet, a force represented by t he a m o u nt of l a t e nt power in all t he coal the world for t he same length of time. t h r o u g h o ut produced Niagara visitors of t he near future will look in vain for t he old suspension bridge, which h as been used for so m a ny years by t he Grand T r u nk rail way system. This bridge w as t he first thrown across t he Ni s t r u c t u re ever a g a ra gorge. It w as completed about 1856; a nd gracefully hanging, as it did, by t he four great cables, suspended from t he high tower on either side, it had almost seemed to be a p a rt of t h at picture so wonderously wrought by the hand of nature. But today a modern steel arch bridge, of more t h an ten times the capacity of the old bridge, is rising as it were, out of the whirling t o r r e n ts below, is building under a nd around t he old one, and will gradually replace it without any interruption to railway traffic. T he new structure is 47% feet wide, will carry double tracks on i ts upper deck, and a carriage driveway, a street railway and a prom enade for pedestrians on t he lower deck. The bridge proper is a single arch span of 550 feet, with a rise of 114 feet, and at the top floor stands 240 feet above the water. A visit at Niagara is not complete without a trip to Buffalo, or as Buf- falonians would say, "across the city of Greater Buffalo," by t he electric car line. As one, from Prospect Point, views t he mighty water break over the American Fall, and in his fancy sees a vision of contentment if he might be borne away by its u n t i r i ng flaw, so reality he finds his satisfaction in complete to be drawn mile after mile by Niagara's resistless current, in cars heated and lighted by its beneficient power. Nicola Tesla h as said, "Niagara power will make Buffalo the greatest city in t he world," a nd if the visitor can judge correctly from t he tireless activity which permeates every com mercial line along t he entire Niagara frontier, Buffalo will with.20 years of prosperity be one vast city from t he foot of E r ie to t he head of Ontario. However, t he bringing of Niagara power to Buffalo is not t he only great factor in h er progress. The commerce of Buffalo is exceeded in the United States by New York city alone, and t he improvements harbor and waterway are among the works of greatest m a g nitude n ow under w ay at Buffalo. A sea wall is in course of construction for t he protection of t he harbor, which when completed will give a harbor frontage of nearly 21,000 feet, a nd will in t he world enclose a water area of 1,370 acres. W h en t he improvements are completed which a re n ow in progress, Buffalo h a r b or will h a ve a wharfage capacity of 40 miles. T he government alone will spend $2,000,000, and it is claimed t h at there will n ot be a more perfect and safe h a r b or t h an Buffalo's. New York state h as appro priated $9,000,000 for t he improvement and deepening of t he Erie canal. T he w o rk w as commenced at t he Buffalo end in December last, a nd a great deal of t he pumping o ut of t he first section. T h is p a rt of t he canal h ad never been emp tied of i ts water since t he day Dewitt Clinton's ditch w as first used. It r e quired three weeks to p u mp o ut t h is one section, a nd thirteen steam pumps are necessary to keep it dry. interest w as manifested in of i ts t he delay because The building of t he Michigan street bridge over Buffalo creek resulted in a most u n u s u al a nd at t he same time unfortunate accident, a nd will perhaps be of peculiar interest to t he College analogy people to in a g g r a v a t i ng the construction of t he Michigan ave nue bridge in Lansing. No sooner h ad (after over one pier been completed coming t he greatest of obstacles) t h an it unceremoniously slid off its founda tion, out into t he river, a complete wreck. T he time for t he completion of long before t he the contract expired work could be finished, a nd conse quently t he contractors were forfeiting several hundred dollars per week, a nd the city, on t he other hand, w as at an enormous expense providing tempor ary crossing for t he busy public. Much more might be written of t he electric railway extension, of park a nd public improvements, of t he limitless manufacturing industries which are making t he Niagara frontier the seat of action, but space will not permit more. Suffice it to say, t h at one last ing impression, to even the casual ob server, is t h at Niagara power a nd cheap electricity a re t he wings which will bear untold prosperity to the door of Greater Buffalo. In Classic Boston. If Henry II h ad only been able to see with his mind's eye t he ground plan of t he city of Boston as laid out by t he cows of t he early beaneaters, he undoubtedly would have obtained points enough in t he science of intric acy to enable him to construct a laby rinth strictly E l e a n or proof. Having spent two hours in looking up familiar land-marks, such as t he state house and t he commons, and finding myself still in a state of con as to my where stant uncertainty abouts, I stepped into a store a nd in vested in a m ap of t he city. Feeling sure t h at I should now be able to navi gate, I ventured on t he street again. Almost at once a familiar figure m et my eye, speeding along F r e m o nt street just in my direction. six years a go All of t he College population of five and remember with pleasure Mr. C. W. Sanderson, t he a r t ist. Here he w a s; a nd at t he risk of not being recognized and -being mis taken for a confidence man, I accosted him. To my relief he knew me, a nd in a m o m e nt we were on our w ay to his studio on Beacon street. I w as indeed in luck, for Mr. S. w as just having his winter exhibition. Here were a few old friends, pictures I h ad seen in previous exhibitions, a nd a good m a ny n ew ones. Since visiting t he College, t he art ist h as been in California, Russia a nd Central Europe, a nd brought back with him m a ny delightful water colors. Among others a small landscape with buildings reflected in water, near Mos cow, r a t h er free in handling, w as set aside as sold. Some studies in a nd a b o ut Sevastopol w e re interesting, being in one or t wo instances peculiar color effects conscientiously studied. The most i m p o r t a nt European subject was a large picture of Alpine peaks showing above great masses of vapor breaking rising up a nd t h at were away. A forest of firs in strong, dark masses occupied t he middle distance. The whole t h i ng w as a capital study of a wide range of values. things Mr. Sanderson handles w i n t er in New E n g l a nd in a c h a r m i ng m a n n e r, and one of t he best in t he room w as a little bit at t he edge of second-growth timber during an early spring thaw—very nice in i ts impres sion. One or t wo semi-architectural found a m o ng t he old subjects were missions of Southern California; and, most pleasing after t he n a r r ow streets and bleak a ir of t he city, some color notes in t he fruit orchards of t he same state, t he atmosphere quite laden w i th t he blos the delicious fragrance of soms. We all k n ow t h at some of Mr. S a n t a k en sketching g r o u n ds derson's favorite are in Michigan, a nd this w as attested by t he m a ny subjects in t he state, all t he w ay from t he copper r e gions of t he n o r t h e rn peninsula to Mackinac Island, H a r b or P o i nt (where the a r t i st h as a s u m m er studio), a nd the sand dunes of t he west shore, down to t he lowland r i v e rs of t he southern Here we are a m o ng old counties. friends and can take a brace prepara tory to a brisk walk in t he keen a ir of the commons on t he w ay to Williams & Everet's picture gallery. O ur P e n m a n s h ip a nd S p e l l i n g. E. S. GOOD, ECLECTIC SOCIETY. T h o u gh we have practically but one system of penmanship, yet there a re as many styles of writing as there are persons w ho write. Though we are not aware of t he fact, yet it is true t h at t he writing of even t he average person is noticed more t h an he h as any idea it is. F or instance, t he b a nk tel ler studies the h a n d w r i t i ng of each de positor to avoid forgeries. A postal clerk soon learns t he identity of a per son by h is penmanship. It is thought and believed by a great m a ny t h at a person cannot be intel lectually inclined and be a good pen man. On t he other hand there a re a great m a ny who think they can tell the character of a person to some ex t e nt by his handwriting—a bold, strong hand m e a n i ng a marked personality, flippant while a weak hand indicates a character. To some extent this m ay be true, though at times one m ay be greaily mistaken. .Nevertheless, almost everyone legible handwriting. admires a strong, Good p e n m a n s h ip a nd good spelling many times m a ke dollars a nd cents for us. A valuable position is often lost by careless writing a nd poor spel ling. In fact nowadays all one h as to do in m a k i ng application for a posi tion in writing, to have it t h r o wn in the waste-paper basket, is to write carelessly a nd spell poorly; for t he u p- to-date business m an k n o w ns t h at t h at person would be j u st as careless in his work, whatever it m ay be. they should blame People blame others a great m a ny times when their careless letter writing. F or instance, they write to t he secretary of t he Col lege to h a ve their n a me placed upon the bulletin list a nd write their n a me and address so poorly t h at no one is able to read them. Many people have the faculty of w r i t i ng everything well MAT, 4, 1897. T HE M. A. C. R E C O R D. 3 their own n a m e, and themselves this b ut know so well t h at imagine everyone else k n o ws it. they they It is n ot u n u s u al for poor w r i t i ng and poor spelling to go h a nd in hand. This is r a t h er fortunate for t he poor speller, because doubt w h e t h er it should be an e or an i he c an m a ke one of those undecipherable flourishes, and the reader h as to take t he writer k n ew it for g r a n t ed h ow t he word should be spelled. if he is in t h at Their Probably fingers become t he most excusable class of persons for poor writing are t he farmers. stiff a nd uncontrollable by hard w o rk w i th t he hands, yet m a ny of these write far more legibly t h an those w ho do n ot labor w i th their h a n d s, and w ho by being careful could w r i te well. It is often said t h at good penmen and good spellers a re born, n ot m a d e; b ut this is practically a misstatement. We become good penmen and spellers precisely as a person becomes a good earnest athelete—by steady, faithful, practice. T h is should be attempted by all people, because we have no right to waste the time and patience of any one in t r y i ng to decipher our hiero glyphics. At t he College. W. H. Arney, '00, received a visit from his father over Sunday. H. A. Williams, '98, a nd W. H. Ar ney, '00, a re sick with measles. R. J. Robb entertained his S a t u r d ay afternoon and evening. father Mr. J. H. Bartley of Albion h as been at the College on business for a week. R. J. Robb, '98, spent Saturday and Sunday visiting friends at Kalamazoo. P a t t e r ns are being made in the wood shop for a new style of testing m a chine. Miss E d i th Smith, last Monday, but is '00, has been ill improving since rapidly. Dr. Beal was surprised Monday even i ng to learn t h at roll call was usual at the Botanical club. W. C. Stewart, '98, was called to his home at F l i nt Friday, April 24, by t he death of a relative. Mrs. J. K. Flood and Mrs. H. Cornell of H a rt were guests of D. J. Crosby last Monday afternoon. In the foundry, castings have been made for a crematory to be used in the veterinary laboratory. P a t t e r ns of t r i m m er have castings will soon be made. legs for t he been P e r k i ns completed, and Prof. Taft is receiving numerous let t e rs from cc J*y teachers applying for some of his ''beautiful flour seeds." A week ago yesterday Mr. T h o rn Smith started on his a n n u al fertilizer collecting trip. He will be gone about three weeks. Mr. Sedgwick will lead the Thursday evening Y. M. C. A. prayer meeting, the topic will be "Some Things W o r th Living F o r ." Miss Myrtle Underwood a nd Mr. T h o rn Smith last Monday returned from a visit of several days a m o ng P o r t l a nd friends. E v e r y t h i ng in t he horticultural de is nearly two weeks late. p a r t m e nt P e a rs blossomed April 22 last year, and now no blooms appear. The juniors are interested in putting out the grafts of fruits made during finished prun the winter. They h a ve ing t he trees and n u r s e ry stock. Mr. Crozier h as sent the botanical de p a r t m e nt some resurrection plants, a species of selaginella, which, when dry, roll up and assume the size and shape flatten of a goose egg; when dry they out, exposing t he green upper surface of their somewhat scaly leaves. Prof. C. D. Smith of t he agricultural d e p a r t m e nt lectured last week at Mus kegon by invitation of the Chamber of Commerce of t h at city, on sugar beet growing. The tuberculin test w as l a st week a p plied to t he college herd of cattle and several of t he best cows, including Belle Sarcastic and College Pogis, were condemned. Next Sunday there will be t he usual services in t he Y. M. C. A. rooms. Mr. Van N o r m an will lead. H is topic will be " T h o u g h ts from t he xiii Chapter of Corinthians." The lawn in front of Abbot Hall will present a very much better appearance t h is summer, as t he road which r an di rectly in front of t he building h as been sodded over. The sophomore class, while building fence in field No. 15, discovered a m ud turtle with '92 and '93 carved on its back. They in t u rn carved '99 before releasing their captive. In an article on " W h at makes milk t he New York Weekly Witness sour," quotes "C. E. Marshall of Wisconsin Station." T he quotation is all right, but C. E. Marshall belongs to t he Michigan station. Mr. Longyear is j u st finishing a beau tiful colored chart of apple mold and apple scab; those of black rot and bit ter rot, and of black knot of cherry and plum trees, are completed. They will be used at institutes and in class. Word has been received from Prof. into New He is now back Crozier. Mexico, but his health im little proved, so his leave or absence has been continued until J u ne 1st. He is m a k i ng a collection of plants for the herbarium, some of which have al ready arrived. is On a certain afternoon there was seen r u n n i ng hurridly along the second floor of Williams Hall a young snap ping turtle about four inches long. On his back was a label reading: "Sample in room 23." size of bed-bug raised How apt is is stranger t h an the saying, " T r u th fiction!" Arrangements have been made with the Rev. Clarence F. Swift to give the remainder of his series of sermons on " T he Novelist as a Preacher," in the College chapel. Last Sunday his ser mon was on "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde." In spite of the downpour of rain there was a good attendance. Mr. J o hn L. Bradford, who h as lived just west of the College for m a ny years and who has had three sons, a grand son, and a granddaughter enrolled on out records, died Sunday evening, April 25, after a short illness. F u n e r al serv ices were held Wednesday afternoon, after which the remains were interred in Mount Hope cemetery. Dr. Kedzie and Mrs. Ella Kedzie went to Olivet Tuesday to a t t e nd t he funeral of Mrs. Hosford, w ho died at Toledo, Ohio, April 25. Mrs. Hosford was first lady principal of Olivet, and her husband, the late Prof. Hosford, was professor of years mathematics at Olivet and at one time Instruction. Superintendent of Public for many The agricultural department received last week 200 pounds more of sugar beet seed from Washington, and this has already been distributed among the farmers of the state from previous applications. Seven hundred pounds in all h as been received, and this is all t h at can be secured. T he seed h as sent out free and an analysis been from each plot will be of acres made. The College has samples four in No. 6 which will be used as a test for varieties and t he determina tion of t he cost and yield per acre; and one acre in No. 3 sowed in twenty 1-20 acre plots for fertilizer tests. The regular meetings of T HE RECOBD staff occur on Tuesday evenings at 7 o'clock in Prof. Hedrick's office. It is desired t h at the faculty representatives and t he two senior society represent atives attend these meetings regularly. At 12:20 T u e s d a ys t he English class-room a re held t he meetings of the student editors. i m p o r t a nt t h at all society representatives a t t e nd these meetings. It is in P r e s i d e nt Snyder a nd Prof. Hedrick attended t he a n n u al meeting of t he Michigan Political Science Association in Saginaw last F r i d ay a nd Saturday. F r i d ay afternoon, P r e s. Snyder led t he discussion on "Causes of Agricultural Depression." In t he evening he w e nt out to Zilwaukee and addressed a large m e e t i ng of teachers. W h en officers were elected on Saturday he was made one of t he vice presidents. Saturday evening, April 24, w as " F a c u l ty n i g h t" at t he Hesperian so ciety rooms. T he following p r o g r am "A study of W o r d s was rendered: w o r t h 's ode on i m m o r t a l i t y ," A. T. Cartland; music, Hesperian orchestra; debate, "Resolved, t h at E u r o pe should interfere in t he trouble between Greece and Turkey," affirmative, H. E. V an Norman, negative, D. E. H o a g; society paper, E. D. Sanderson; critic's report, D. J. Hale. The military hop given in the a r m o ry F r i d ay evening was quite as successful as those t h at have been given before. A cold rain made it very disagreeable getting out from t he city, but in spite of this fact L a n s i ng w as well repre sented, and in all nearly 80 people en joyed t he party. The armory was pret tily decorated with E a s t er lilies and palms, while stacked rifles in the cor ners, and flags, shields and side-arms on the walls added to t he military aspect of t he hall. Phone 192 New Phone 76 J. G. REUTTER 322 Washington Ave. South F r e sh AND S a lt M e a ts FINE CHICAC0 BEEF A SPECIALTY We are Headquarters for all Kinds of Home- Alade sausage. How is This? ..SUITS.. F OR M A DE TO O R D ER $15.00 AND ^ Come in and examine our goods and get prices. They will astonish you, Woodbury & Savage, 308 Washington Ave. South. M. A. C. S P E C I AL R A T ES ON P H O T OS AT SHARFSTEEN'S STUDIO. ...My... Neckwear Stock Contains all the Latest Ideas as to SHAPE,, COLOR AND PATTERN lower and the price than ever before. Would be pleased to have you come in and see it, BEFORE PURCHASING TOUR FALL AND WINTER = H A T= A l l ow me to s h ow y ou s o me n a t ty " Up to D a t e" s t y l e s. N o t h i ng b ut r e l i a b le q u a l i t i es find p l a ce in my s t o c k. STUDENTS PATRONAGE SOLICITED. ELGIN MIFFLIN THE OUTFITTED. TUB MAUD S WIND MILL AND ^ _ P U MP COMPANY, Manuf a cturers of CYCLONE PROOF CALVANIZED STEEL WIND MILLS AND "MAUD S" PUMPS, Lansing, Mich 1 MM SUPPLY mm WHOLESALE DEALER IN B e l t i n g, H o s e, I r on P i pe a nd F i t t i n g s, T u b u l ar W e ll S u p p l i e s, e t c. STATE AGENT FOR MAUD S PUMPS, LANS,NM,cH,eAN G I VE YOUR ORDERS TO TRAGER BROS. THE MEAT MEN 509 MICHIGAN AVE. E. BETTER BUTTER " T he Salt that's all results from using better salt. Salt" makes poor butter better and good butter best. Salt y o ur butter with Diamond Crystal Salt next time you churn and note flavor the finer, more delicate it will have. Sold everywhere in barrels (280 lbs.) and bags (56 lbs.,28 lbs. and 14 lbs.) DIAMOND CRYSTAL SALT CO., ST. CLA1K. MICH. News from G r a d u a t es a nd S t u d e n t s. J o hn F. Coates, w i th '97m, visited M. A. C. last week. W. G. Merritt, with '93, spent Sun d ay at t he Cillege. "W. G. Smith, '93, was a visitor at College last Tuesday. E. A. Strieker, '90, of t he law firm is practicing of Gardner & Strieker, in Detroit. George C. Monroe, '91, a nd wife a nd Mrs. William Shakespeare, his sister, expect to spend commencement week at t he College. A. W. Chase, with '94, h as j u st re t u r n ed to Detroit from a n i ne m o n t h s' t r ip t h r o u gh for D. M. F e r ry & Co. t he east a nd south Miss F r a n c es I. F a r r, the 16-year-old d a u g h t er of Hon. Geo. A. F a r r, '70, of Grand Haven, won second medal in t he Michigan h i gh school oratorical contest. T he subject of Miss F a r r 's oration was " T he Cuban Question." L y m an J. Briggs, '93, of t he Depart m e nt of Agriculture, Washington, D. C, contributes an i n t e r e s t i ng article to t h is issue of T HE RECORD. Mr. and Mrs. Briggs reside at 56 0 street, N. E., a nd t he the Taylors a re j u st across street. Prof. P. M. Chamberlain, '88m, h as moved to 112 Winchester avenue, Chi cago. F or some t i me p a st he h as been collecting d a ta for a report on the ad visability of p u t t i ng in a n o t h er power u n it for r u n n i ng the shops at the Lewis I n s t i t u t e. " T he Capture, Death and Burial of J. Wilkes Booth" is t he title of a thrill ing story in McClure's for May, by Ray is story S t a n n a rd Baker, w r i t t en reminis cences of Colonel L. C. Baker and Lieu t e n a nt L. B. Baker, who directed the pursuit and disposed of Booth's body. '89. The the personal from '81, visited C. A. Dockstader, years. Mr. Dockstader t he College T h u r s d ay for t he first time in fifteen is a druggist in Three Rivers, Mich., and mayor of t he city. He t h i n ks if stu dents could only see things now as they are sure years hence, most of t h em would make bet ter use of their time t h an they do now. to see them fifteen fruit Samuel C. Dondore, '91, writes from "I am at my Lakeside, California: chosen vocation, The raising. fruit crop promises to be a large one. I see J. T. W i g ht and his brother Will occasionally; of I enjoy Prof. Cook's, Mr. Mensch. perceive reading T HE RECORD, and t h at M. A. C. is keeping up with the times." also a schoolmate M. A. C. will be well represented a m o ng L a n s i ng school teachers "next 3rear. T he board of education Thurs day evening elected C. JE. Holmes, '93, school. Miss principal of the high Grace Fuller, '91, and Miss Cornelia W a rd well, "with '95, will be retained in t he L a r ch street school; Miss Jennie Cowley and Miss Daisy Champion, '93, remain in their old positions; and Miss Sadie Champjon, '97, will have a position in the E a st P a rk school. finds is t he m a t er with George L. Chase, '89, is again a stu dent, having entered the Detroit Col lege of Law last September. He w a n ts to k n ow w h at '89 t h at we do not h e ar from more of them. in T HE He t he g r a d u a te items t h an a ny RECORD of greater interest others, a nd s a y s: " It w as through an item in t he College paper, giving the address of B. K. Canfield, '89, in P a r i s, t h at I w as able to call on him last sum m er while m a k i ng a t r ip t h r o u gh E u rope." T HE M. A. C. R E C O RD MAY 4, 1897. 1 ATHLETICS g Olivet w on from Hillsdale April 26 by a score of 13 to 10. taken Steps are being to secure a coach for t he track athletes. We are in great need of such a t r a i n er and hope . t h at one will soon be secured. The Abbot Hall girls will play t e n nis. They h a ve organized a club with Miss McGillvra president; Miss Chase, treas secretary, a nd Miss W a t k i n s, urer. HEARD ON THE TENNIS COURT. Love's labor lost. Ball to Hittie, " W h e r e 's the r a q u et (racket) coming from?" Hittie, " T he Backstop's gone of to court w i th a breach promise suit." Ball, "Love forty, (aside) Bet t er 'ten' 'is courtin'." h ALWAYS ON TOP I DAYISTHE CLOTHIER ?5 1 04 W a s h i n g t on A v e n ue N o r t h. Red Ties and Blue Ties Green Ties and White Ties All kinds of Ties for young and old X Spring Overcoats- That are right ia price and color {} Bicycle Club. Everything in Men and Boys' up-to-date A meeting will be held in t he Chapel this afternoon at 5 o'clock to reorgan ize the bicycle club. There should be fifty bicyclists at this meeting. Every body w ho owns a wheel is interested in h a v i ng a good p a th to t he city a nd everybody should be present to lend aid to the project. L a n s i ng wheelmen in this p a th a nd a re also interested its h a ve offered to contribute t o w a rd construction. We should meet t h em half w ay in t he enterprise. Come out and help organize. Don't t he t h is afternoon, Tues time—5 o'clock day. forget Kazoodood. In the sixth M. A. C. met her second defeat, Sat The b a t t e ry urday, at Kalamazoo. work of J o h n s on and W a t e r b u ry was too much for her. in ning, when the game stood 5 to 2 in favor of Kalamazoo, W a r r en was sent to the bench and Owen put in the box. F o ur r u ns more in the sixth and eight in The score: the seventh tell the story. I n n i n g s. . 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 89 R HE Kalam'zoo 0 0 0 3 0 6 8 11 19 17 6 5 6 13 M. A. C . . . .0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 STAXDIXG OF THE CXTJBS. . Olivet Kalamazoo M. A. C. Albion Hillsdale Ypsilanti Won. Lost. P. Ct. 1.000 0 .750 1 .333 2 .250 3 .000 2 .000 1 4 3 1 1 0 0 A farmer wrote to his lawyer as fol "Will you please tell me where lows: you learned to write? I h a ve a boy I wish to send to school, and I am afraid t h at I may hit upon the same school you went to."—Ex. ["There are oth lawyers.] e r s" t h an Clothing. \0 £ DAYISTHE CLOTHIER | ...COLLEGE Bus... Thompson Leaves M. A. C. for Lansing at 8:30 a. m. and 1:30 p. m. Returning, leaves Lans i ng at 10:30 a. m. and 4:30 p. m. Packages prompt attention. left at Emery's will receive Livery or Bus for picnics at resonable rates. NEW PHONE ...and Van Buren LANSING, MICH. High Class Printing H. O. P A L M ER Stock Catalogues GLASSES.... c Fitted Free C. M. Dickson, M. D. First Floor—Hollister Block Will be quoted to LOWEST PRICES SCHOOL ... LIBRARIES... And others sending lists of books wanted to Lansing Book & Paper Co., LANSINC, MICH Implement Catalogues Machinery Catalogues ...A SPECIALTY... Prompt attention orders. to mail F OR A N Y T H I NG IN HARDWARE, STOVES, TINWARE, GRAN2TE WARE, CUTLERY, ETC. ' TRY ... Norton's Hardware 111 W a s h i n g t on A v e. S. New College L a st P o s i t i ve N e w n e s s — A b s o l u te G o o d n e ss — S u p e r l a t i ve B e a u t y. W e a r? Well, j u st t ry a p a i r. A d e c i d ed c h a t ty f r om s h a r p, p o i n t ed t o e s, b ut r e t a i n i ng all of t he l o ng n a r r ow e f f e ct g i v en by t he POINTED L A ST P R I C ES ! Wine and Tan Russia Brown ViciKid Fine Calf Boys sizes, black and colors $5.00 and H 00 4.00and 3.50 3 SO and 4.00 3.00 and 2.00 CD. WOODBURY 103 Washington Ave. South.