The M. A. C. RECORD. 

MICHIGAN  STATE  AGRICULTURAL  COLLEGE. 

\'OL.  17. 

EA.ST  LAS ~ I.\"G.  ~II C H1 G_L\".  Tu:s nA Y,  DECDIHER  12.  I~II. 

.\"Q.  12 

SHORT  COURSES 

IN  AGRI 

CULTURE. 

For  the  Benefit  of  Michigan 's  Busy 
Farmers. 

T he  short  winler  C'Ollr:;C'~  at  ;>"1. 
A.  C.  will  o pen  on Jan ua ry  ~.  [9/":, 
a nd  it  is  hoped  to  holn"!  a  cl ass  o f 
500  durill).!"  the  six  or  eight  w ee ks. 
The courses  arc  offered  du ri ng  the 
winte r,  whcll  it  is  most  conn:nicn l 
fo r  t he  farmer  to  k,l\"c  home.  ,Hid 
each 
\'C af  has  wi t llcSS Ct! 
ill 
c rea sc~1  number in  this  w ork . 

:ttl 

The  cOurses  offe red  arc  ;IS  fol. 

:lg:riclllulre,  J :lll. 

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to 

lo ws: 

Genera! 

Feb.  z+ 

Crc,Hllery  mall,lgc mcllI,  lSI  ye:n, 

J:ln.:2  to  Feb.  :!-l ' 

Creamery mana ge me nt,  .! 1l1!  yt:;II', 

J an.  ::  to  Feb.  lO. 

P oultry. Jom.  2  to  Feb. 24-
Fruit Growing,.I:lIl. 210  Feb.  16. 
Chcescmakillg", jan.  ~  \0  Jan.  ~i' 
T his  is  HII  opporlllllit y  whic h  110 
}oung ,lll:lll  inte r~ s tcd ill  agriculture 
C:ln  afford  to  miss.  T he  work  of 
each  course  is  made  intensciy  prac 
tical,  and  those  in  atlend:111ce  a rc 
givell  Ihe  best  the college  affo rds  in 
Ihe  wa}  of  instructioll  anti  equip 
mcnt. 

Th e  farm  (mel  farm h uildings  fur 
nish  la borato ry  pr:lc ticc  o f  the  most 
practical  kind .  The  library,  wi th 
its 3z,ooo  volumes,  is  a\':lilable  fo r 
the  use  of  Ihe  sh o rt  course  men, 
and  the  coming  together  o f  Se\'eral 
hund red  representative  farme rs  ;md 
d:li r ymen  is,  in  itself,  all  impo rt;\lll 
feature  which  always  lends  to  more 
progressi "e  metholls  and  a  g reate r 
in te rest  in  one's  call ing. 

T he  L i"e  Stock  Breeders'  Asso_ 
ci:uion  mcets  at  the  college  (luring 
the  third  week  inJ :Lnuar)\  and  at 
the  close of the eight weeks' cou rses 
th~  R ouml - Up In stitute.  T his will 
give  those  in  alll'm[;Lll ce  an  oppor 
t uni ty  to  a nc nt!  hath,  and  to  h~a r 
the  addresses  ami  discnssions  of 
s pecialists  in al!  lines  of  ag' ri nLltu r:Ll 
work. 

Lectures, 

e ll te r tainLl1{'1Lts,  And 
musical  progra1l1s  will  no  douht  be 
made  :l  fe:lture  as  heretofore,  and , 
taken  altogether  the  winter  sessi.on 
is  to  be  made as  pl~a5ant ,LILt!  p ro fit 
able  as  it  is  possible  to  make  it  for 
our shor t  course  ml'n. 

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I 

AGRICULTURAL  JOUR 
NAL1SM. 

• 

in 

and 

t<lking 

,ilL  ekctil'e 

senio rs,  has 

The  cou rse  in  agricultural  jour 
to 
nAlism,  given  as 
juniors 
been 
ch<luged  fro m  the  spring  term  to 
t he  winter  term, at  which  time  it 
will  hereafter  be  giyen .  Students 
who  arc  interested 
this 
co urse  s h o uld  see  the  he:ld  of  the 
E nglish  depa rtm ent  concernin g  the 
matter  at  o nce, ;"IS  no  s t ude nts  ;"Ire 
permi tted  10  classify  f or  the  course 
without  fi rst  having  sec ured  pe r  
missio u  to  take it.  Dnly;"l  limited 
number of  students w ill  be admitted 
to  the  cours e,  a nd  no  one  Illll:y  take 
it  who  does  not  confer  with 
the 
head of  the  dep;"lrtment  before  the 
close  of  Ihis  term . 

BERT  K.  CANF1ELD ,  '89_ 

Dies  at his  home  in  Ravenna,  Ohio.  on 
Thanksgiving  Day. 

Dr.  Hcal  se nd s  to  t ~Le  R E COI( 1)  n 
clipping  from  the  ,Vc:t'  }orl;  Til/U'S, 
concerning"  the  de,Lth  of  Be rt  K . 
Cllnficld,  a  ~ucces~fLL!  artist  and 
sculptor  of  K.:w  York  Cit\".  n rc 
'I ILote  from  the  7'illlc.<  a:>  follows: 
"Toledo, 011 in.  :-.lOY.3o.- Bert  1-.:. 
Canfield,  a  w ealth\  artiS1,  10  \,e:IfS 
old.  die\1 
this  afie rlLooLl 
,HI 
attack  of  hydrophobia, at  his  home 
in  ILn 'e lHl:L,  Ohio. 

fror;l 

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0 

"Canfielll  m:lde  :lnilllal  {lrawill)::~ 
his  spcd:rlt} .  Ten  weeks  a"o  he 
and  Joseph  ( ... rahon(·au,  a Iso  0  f 
R Ave nna,  we re  hitte n  h)"  a  mongrel 
<log-,  whkh  S<lnk  its  teeth  into  :"Ilr . 
C :m ficld's hnnd.  Both ' \1('n  had  t heir 
wounds  cauteril:~d  and  for){ot 
the 
inciden t  until  latc  in  Dao her,  when 
Gr:~hone a u de~c!oped symptoms  of 
r:lbles. 

look 
t reatment,  rcturning 

lIe (hed  o n  XOI·.  1<1-
" .\Ir. Canfield  weLlt  to Sew York 
the 
the  sa me  eveni ng:,  and 
Pasteur 
to 
Ra ~'e nn:l last  w eek.  H e  seelll('d  to 
be  all  ri~ht  until 
:--;undllY,  wheLl 
s trong  symptoms  developed.  On 
?ll o nd~r )'  he  went to  thc  \V hite  hos 
pi tal,  w here  he  b~camc. worse, and 
o n  \\' ednesd<lY  mo rnin g  was  t:Lkcll 
to  his  home,  whe rt:  he  died 
this 
a ft ernoon ." 

:\Ir.  Canfield 

had  met  with 
spkndid  SLlcces~ in his chosen  work, 
one of  his  productions  h~iJlg- a  bust 
in 
of  ex.president 
our  College 
\\as  a 
lib rar \" . 
p rominent  membe r  of  the  Phi  Della 
T he ta  organiz:Lt ion. 

\Viltqts,  now 

li e 

li e  was  promineLH 

in  athletics, 
and  during  his sen ior re;Lr  pitched 
for  the  bas(·balt  team,  aLld  also  cap 
t:lined  the  S'Lllle. 
li e  was  ,rlso  :Irt 
edito r  o f  the  first  :l1uluaI  at  ,\I .  .-\. 
C., and  his  da ss,  ',s9,  w;)s  t he  larg_ 
the 
est  ill 
instiuLtion. 

the  earlier  hist o ry  of 

'05 
J.  Lynn  Th om:Ls of Colleg-e  Sta 

tiol1 ,  Te xas,  writ" s  ,H5  follows: 

It  c~ rt:Linly  is  :.:re:Lt  to see:l friell,1 
from  your  home  10 WIl.  but  I  think 
t he  pleasure  is  mo re  to  meet  n  m;m 
from  your own l'ollege cl;Lss  w hom 
you  h:l\'~  not  seen  s inee  the  ua}  of 
g- r:l du~ t ion, as  I  did  C.  A.  R ecd the 
other  day.  Neither  of  us  kLlt:W 
that  the  o t her was in this parlor the 
country,  o r  that  the  other  was  in 
t hc  g-ove rtlmen t  sen·ice .  Both 
ill 
the same  work, :md  not  Il;lvi tw  seen 
each  other  since  our  college ""d;LY~, 
we speut  a  ve ry  enjoyable  Jav  to 
times- and 
gether,  going  over  old 
discussing  things  as  we  now  find 
t he m  out over  the  country 
in  our 
work. 

'oS 

The fo llowing an nOUllcement  has 
come  to  our  desk;  " l\lr.  :rnd  1\'frs. 
Newell J.  Hi ll,  at  home  afte r  Feb_ 
r uary  1st,  73  Hig hland  Ave.,  H igh 
land  Park ,  De troit." 

AG RICULTURAL  BUIL.:OING 

SPECIAL  EVENTS  DURING 
SHORT  COURSE 
SESSION. 

All  effort  i~  made  to  m;lkc  the 
l ime  that  the  short  COUfse  student 
spends at  t he  college  both  inte rest 
:lnd  profitable  hy  having  as 
ing 
many special  a;,:-ricultural  ,md  ellte-r 
taining events as  poss ihle  take  place 
during  the  short cou rse  session. 

Early  in  thc  course  the re  w ill  be 
t he 
held  the  an nua l  meetings  of 
various  b reede rs' <l ssoci<ltio ns. wh ich 
bring- to  the  college  the  prominent 
bret:de rs  of <l11  classes  o f  live  stock . 
T hese  lLleetings  arc open  to  all  who 
arc  interested  in  the  b reeding' :wd 
im prove ment  of  stock,  :lILt!  ~ tudcnt s 
a tt('nd  the  meetings  of  tht:  aSSOl·ill 
tion  in  w hich  the\'  :Lrc  particubrh' 
intL': reSletl.  T his  0' affords  an  LlLlll;. 
u~Ll  vpportunity  to  mee t  and  kn o w 
the  men  "ho  arc  in!1uenti,,\  in  li\"c 
"toc k  c ircles, alld  to  hea r  addn:."sses 
by  thc  leadiug" s pt'ci:.lists o f  this and 
othe r  states  as  well.  The  :;en~ml 
session  of  the  :"Ilich ig'a n  Im pwn'd 
Live  Stock  Breede rs' 'tlul  Fet:de r ~' 
;\ssot iation  is  held  t hl'  day  folio\\"  
ing'  the  meetings  o f  the  ~CiWr:ltc 
b r<:ed  associ:Ltions.  Practica l  p rob 
lems  of  the  hre ~'ller  ami  feeder  lire 
tiistllssed  ;Lt  this  meeting  hv  men 
w ho C<'l n  pr~sent up·to.datc m .-lteria!. 
Special onc-\\"cek  courses  in  corn 
pro(luction, Ibiryi ll g  al\([  poult ry  arc 
hdd d\lrin~ ]:lL\uary  and  Fehruary, 
a/ld  cach  o f  these  brin g  to  the  col 
legt:  men  of  rccog"llized  ability  in 
their special  subje cts.  O p portun ity 
is  g i"cn  the  shor t  cou rse studen t  to 
attend  delllonstr;lIions 
;lI1d  hear 
lectu res  gi"en  by  these  men ,  a nd  to 
Illeet  and  t:llk  with  them  abOLLt  thei r 
ow n  particular  questions. 

:\  se ries  o f  Fri<by  night  en ter 
tainments  is  planned, to  g i"e  some  
thing  of  interest a p:l r t  from  re g \Llar 
school  work.  These <lrc  begun  by 
a  rece ption given to thc short course 
!'ilUden ts  by  t he  \".  1\-1.  C.  A.  T his 
is.  a lways  a  very  pleasant  affair,  _t 
which  th e  short course st udents  be 
come  acq uain ted  with  the  regu lar 
students and  faculty.  Other Friday 

ni~hts arc occupied  h}'  1l1llsici:Li  pro 
gra ms,  ;jnd  illustnLkd  lect lLr e~  o n 
popular  :U.ltl  l'ntcrtaininJ{  suhjects . 
All specLal  stude nts  arc  welcome 
to  attend  the  meetings  of  the Farm 
e r 's  Club  ;"Ind  H o rlicultunLI  Club, 
whi ch a re  held el'ery  week 011  T ues 
{lay  :lnd  ThurSday' nights.  These 
cl ubs  offer  all  opportunity  to  meet 
thl'  regul;"lr  s tudents" hear  topics  o f 
general  inte reSI  p rcSt" nted,  anti  join 
ill  general  discussiolL. 

O the r  thing'S  of  much  inte rest  to 
:111  will  take  place  during the  Short 
Course  weeks,  and  110  opportunity 
will  be lost  to  make  th;lt  time  one 
full  of cvents  to  be  remembered. 

ENGINEERING  SOCIETY. 

" :\'oteS  o n  Line  Construction " 
was  tho.:  subject o f the :ldd ress g i,'en 
hclo re  the  En ~i LL ecring:  ~ociety 1:ISt 
\\·o.:dnesday  elening  by  '\[r.  Li.  ~. 
Lemmon,  slLperilltelldellt  of 
the 
:"II.  U.  R. 

ILl 

the  eourse  of  h is 

talk,  :"Ifr. 
L~mmoll b ro ught  out the  Ll t'ecssit\· 
engineering. 
in  p~e sellt  electriC:LI 
practice  o f  making  alteratio llS 
in 
power house equiptLlem <llld  Olltdoor 
cOllstrtlctio ll  while  Ihe  plant  is  in 
ope r:ltioll .  Thesc  changes  LIlllSt  be 
brought about  w ith  the  le:lst  incon· 
ve nience  to 
t he  power  eonsumcr, 
:LIld  at  the  lowest  possible  cxpe n:se 
to  the  operator.  Also,  the re  must 
ho.:  110  b re:l k  in  the  service  <lu ring 
these chan:;:e!> . 

:"II. 

l-.  R. 

H o w  this  was  acco mplishcd  in  a 
specific  inst ance,  whe n  it  \\'a$  found 
necessary  hy 
in 
the 
Youngs town,  Ohio,  to  change  th e 
insu lators  o n  a 
l !()Q" 'olt  tr:Uls\llis 
s ion  line  10  a  size  capable  of with 
standing  a  r~q uire{1  "oltage of  ~3°O, 
was  most  instr uctively  brought  out 
by  means of  s te reopticon  dews,  to 
gether  with  many  photogra phs 
which  we re  sho'wn  lhose in  attend 
ance. 
clea rly 
brin g  out 
the  ingenuity  and  re 
sourcefulnes s  re(luired  o f  the  p res 
ent day e nginee r. 

ill ustrations 

Such 

The  next  regular  meeting o f  the 
society  will  be  hellIon  Tuesday 
even ing,  D ec.  t9. 

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TUESDAV,  DECEMBER  12,  191 L 

T HI S 

issue  uf  Ih ..  ~L A .  C. 
RE CO il!)  is  maik'd  to  sc\'cr:tl 
thOUS:Uld  young men  throu}{hout the 
510.\c,  with  the  idea  in  mind  o f  pre  
senting !ll0re forcibly  the advantages 
to  be gained  ill  attending one of our 
cou rses.  Xcarly 
spccbl  winler 
:2,300  men  have  atlcmlcd 
these 
cou rses  in  past  yea r:;.  and  we  arc 
sure that c:lch one  has  berll  grcatlr 
bendited  thereby. 

E: .. :h  departmcllt  has "cr_v  kindly 
furnishetl  arlicles  011  the  p:,rticular 
work  llltt!mpted  by  them,  alld  wc 
trust  they  will  be  r(!ad  with  c are. 
[f  you  hu,'c  nol  :lIready  rccei"etl 
II 
circula r  wrilc  tn  Pres.  Snyder,  :md 
:l  copy  will  hc  m:u[ed  a t  OIlCC. 
Think  thc · lIllllte r  o\'cr  serious[ ,", 
:\IId  ,hcll (kcidc  to  come  to :\1.  A. C. 
on J;m.2. 

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APPLIE D  SCIENCE  STUDIES 
IN  THE  SHORT  COURSES . 

The pro~pcclil l' short cuursc  man 
is  apt  to  wOllder  \\"h~  slIbjects  sllch 
liS bacle riology, botan~', entomology, 
a~ri c\lltu ral  ('hcmislry  .lIld  physics 
appear all10ng  the list offered,  w hile 
his  judJ.:'lllent  would  seem  to  indi 
cate  Ihal  Ihe  timc  ought  10 be gil'cll 
solely  10  agric ultural  subjects, sUl'h 
as  s lock  jud~ing and  feeding. dairy 
ing . crop production, soil cuhil';uioll, 
farm  couslruct ion _ ctc. 
\\'hilc  it  is 
true  Ihou  olle  carlnot  el'cn  start  a 
in  cight 
stud,  of  tht'l-e  sciences 
weeks.  it  is  al;,o  true  thai  the)  hUI'e 
such  :1  direct  ix'ariu;: on  thc su .... c ess 
or  failure  of  Ihe  prat'lical  lines  that 
c ertain  principles  :11 
least  must  be 
known  lind  rel,;koneJ  wi th  in  good 
farming  tnethods,  T he  fanner  of 
toda)'  oughl  to  he  able  to  inlerpret 
~he commoncr terms  u~cd  III  these 
sciences  :l.!l  llpplieu  to  farm  methods 
the  agriCUltural 
lUld  (o udi tions  in 
p res!>. 

Bactcriology  is  a  hig  high  sound· 
ing  word,  but  the farmer  must  real 
ize  more  and  more  that  bacteria 
hSI'c  powerful  influence  in  regard 
tu  the  success  of  his  operations. 
Soil  is  nu  longer regarded as simply 
"  dirt,"  but  flS  a  real m  inhabited  by 
myriads  of  b.'1cteria  having  10  do 
directly  with  crop  production,  :uul 
that  certain  cult ural  mcthods  must 
be  employed  to  p rodu~-e  the  proper 
conditions  to  e n:lble the m 10 do their 
w o rk. 
today 
T he  dairyman  of 
Inust know  how  to  suppress certain 
undesir.lble  bacteria  and  stinml:lte 
others e5sential  to  the  production  o f 
des irable  fla\'ors  aud  good  keeping 
([u:llities  in  dairy  products,  And 
!;o,  too,  the d iseascs  of domestic ;Ul 
imals  fro m  which  g re .. t  losses  occur 
nre  o f  a  bacterial  character; 
the 
h r mc r  should  know  hOIl"  to  avoid 
t hem  as  far as  poss ible. 

The  dise:lses  of  farm  crops  arc 
included  under  studies  in  botany , 
a nd  the  Jist  comprises  some  of  vital 
in terest  10  the  farme r, such  :lS  the 
smuts  :1ud  rusts  of cereals,  the  ra v· 

agcs  of  which  m :ll'  eausc  losses  of 
f rom  z5 to 50 per cent ,  o f  the  .... rop 
It  i! 
unless  al"oideu  or  clll·ckcd. 
importa nt, 
f:lrmer 
too, 
should  be  able  10  iU"lItif,  the  1II0s1 
~\"I:cJs  :md 
troublesome  1I0Xl0llS 
thei r  seeds,  and  should  know  the 
peculiarities  of 
thci r  habits  of 
g rowth  and  methods  o f  control. 

that 

the 

Entomology bears ..  close  rciottion 
10  the  succc~s  of  fhe  farmer,  fruil 
g:rower,  and  gardener. 
It  is  pos· 
sible  for  such  insects as  Ihe  lI essi a n 
tiy,  cut  worm,  win'  worm, 
root 
borer, clol'c r  m id).!"e,  ct('.,  to  :llmo~1 
lotally  ruin  cc rc:1I  or  legu nlillolls 
crops, according as the case may  be; 
mcthods  of  :\\'oidance  ;11\d 
~'O lllrol 
arc  possible  if  the  farmer  IInder 
stands  the  ~'ondiliolls  :lI1d  mcthod s 
of  cun trol.  Th ........ nl oll1olo:.:isl  hilS 
IIlfide  it  possible  to  control  sl':lle  ill 
scc t ~.  such  :IS  the  Sail  los~'  st:ale, 
O\'ster sh,,!!  hark  IOllse  :liul  the  cod 
liil).:"  moth,  etc"  which  1I"0uld  rell(le r 
the  dforlS of the horticul1u r ist  fruit 
less. 

The  slIccessful  fcedcr  of  brm 
animals  must  know  the  m e:1I1ing  of 
terms  used  in agricultu ral  che mistry 
rda ti llg  to  the constitllellts of  foods. 
liuch  :lS  prol ... in,  carboh"tlr:lles,  l'te" 
ill  order to  forlllul :llo;>  rations  intclli. 
gelltl ~' .  The  farmer  shoulll 
1I1>:0 
kllow  how  to properl_1  i'llerprct  the 
terms  most  com monly  used  in  re· 
Iation  to  fertil i7.iug- constiluellls  es 
sential  to  plam  g:rOIl  th,  wi t h  whit:h 
he  now  has  to  deal  as  II  comme ro.:ial 
commodi ty  011  the  nwrket, 

:lS 

The  principle"  of  physit:s  have 
a  direct  bea ring  on  Ihe  1110st  corn 
mOil  farm  pr;lclice>:.  as  well  as  the 
most  imricate.  Aj{riculture  is  bc 
coming  more and  more  mechallit:al ; 
the  machinl'  is  playin~'  an  e\' e r  in 
cre asing  p;lrt  in  the  business.  T he 
principles  of  drllh 
:Ipplicd  10 
farm  implemellts  :lnu  m:lchincr\'  i~ 
IlO W  one of great impo rtance. 
..-\ nll 
so,  too,  in  allot her ;"Ind  el'C'n  gre;1\er 
fieltJ,  physics  in  its  relation  to  soil 
conditions,  is  hecomin::  lIlore  lind 
more  unuerstood, 
the 
farmer  to produce :lnd col1t rol ph) si 
cal  conditions  in  thl'  soil  essenlial  10 
plant 
lifc.  These  consilicr:ltions 
ret:u c  to  such  :lS  Ihe  1':lnous  w:lIc r 
mOI"crnents  in  the  soil.:ls  well  :IS 
conditions of  aeratio n! Icllll'er:lture, 
ctc. 

en:lhlin)! 

The brief designations necessa ril y 
used  in  con nect io n  with  the  work 
gil"en  under  the  :lbol'c  subjccts  Ill:l)' 
at first  thought p resent:t  fo n nid:lble 
illlo  p:lths  of 
:tppeanm ce.  le:lding 
mystery,  hu t  the  opposile  is 
t r u(;', 
for  a  consider:lIioll  of  the  IIl>plic:l 
lion  of  this  w ork  to  :lg ricill wre  is 
both  pleasant  :lilt!  profit:lblt!. 

Prof.  Chapman,  with  his class  of 
sophomores, will  m:tke  :In 
ill s pcc 
lion  trip  to  \':1riou s  manufactorics  in 
the  city  ncxt  Saluru:I)'. 

THE  LIVE  STOCK  S HOW. 

A bout  twenty-five junio r ;lIIU  serl' 
ior  ag ricultural  studcnts,  with  In· 
in 
,;trllctor  George  13ro wlI,  were 
Chic;tgo  ~I ollday  :md  Tue~da)"  of 
I:\st  week, to attcnd the  Interl1:Hion:11 
Li\e  Stoc k  Exposition. 

all 

splendid. 

.:'Ilomby  was Spellt:1t  the  I ~xposi­
lioll  :lml stock  I·ard s.  Tn ...  exhihi 
tiolls  of  horses,  c:ltlle,  sheep  and 
s w ine  were 
T he 
ho rses  were  !.hc ;,:-reat d rawing  cOl nl, 
ami  Ilearl\'  even'  br<O"ed  knowlI  lI"a:;; 
repres(,"lltcd.  Great ca re  is  taken  in 
:lIId  deco rating  u f 
the  g-rooming 
t hese  hc:nrti ful  auimals,  :Hld  IIlel' 
1ll:ld ~·  a  \'cr_I'  p relly  pic-turc  ill  th'c 
rill~. 

T hl'  .-\herdl·CIl  An$(u;>  :md  Il cre· 
furds  prest llte~1  the  finest  l';ntlc  ex· 
hihit", and  were \·il"\I'et! h,· humJrcds 
of enthusiastic  ("nllIC 'lH~ll: 

:\I ollllay  evcnin),!"  \\ as  SpClJt  at  the 
hor!>e  show,  Ihe  ),J.  .--\ .  C.  m en  oe· 
t:upyin:z- scats  in  Ihe  lI"est  clul  of the 
pal ilion. 

Tuc-'llay  mo r nin;,:- the  hoys  made 
:1  trip  Ihrou~h the  \':\ r;OIlS  pack ing 
hou,>es. 
trip  the 
\\"ilhout  such  a 
magnitude  o f  Ihcse  estahl ishmt:llt!> 
and  the  I:umber  of  c:Hlle  handled 
cannot  be comprehcnded. 

The  bnd  show,  held  in  the  hi;,: 
Colist'um  b uilding,  was alsO:l  place 
It  is  conceded  to  be 
of  interes!. 
Ihc  g;rt':II<O"st  show  of  its  kil,d  ever 
held, aut!  prol'ed  a  g-reat  allractiOIl 
fo r  tho::  hundreds o f  \·isitors. 

A 

ft:w  of  our  M.  A,  C.  men 
st:tyed  Ol'e r  for  thc  coll ege  hanquet 
o n  '\'educsJ:\\'  cI·clling.  This  ball 
quet  is  :Ul  :<l111u;11  affair,  alld  each 
collcJ.:"~'  in  lurn  is  ~i\'ell  Ihe  man· 
agemcnt.  Ohio  Stalt:  did 
the 
honors  at  Ihis  time. 

T he  Irip  was  elljo)'{'ll  by  LVNY ' 
one, and  earh ,  we  hdiel'c,  felt  well 
repaid  for  the  timc  :tnti  montyex· 
pended. 

VENISON  ROAST. 

T he  Olympic  Society  held  thei r 
1I1lnulti  venison  roast Satllrt!:l I'  cI'en 
ing,  and  thei r  rooUls  we re'tr:ms· 
formc\1 
forest. 
Danci ng beg:lrl  btc ill  the  a ft e rn oon, 
followed  b~'  a  h:lnquet  in  Club  A  at 
six  o'clock. 

illto  a 

\'eritahl~ 

\\':1(\1  Parke r  preside(1  as  101lSt 
toasts 

follow ing 

lIll1SICr,  and  Ihe 
we re  called  for: 

GENERAL  AGRICULTURAL 
COUR S E. 

The  first  ye:lr general ;Igriculturotl 
cou rse  is  \lcsiglled  to  gil'e  the stu 
Ilent  ins tru ction  ill  the  wide  r:lnge 
of prohlerns  encoullIered  011  a  .\::"ell 
er:11  f:lrm,  l'(lual  promincnce  b<O"ing 
g-iwlI  10  the  siully  of  Ih-t'  3Im'k, 
ill 
soils,  allli  crops,  The  work 
stot:k  eomhines  let:lUrcs.  recitations, 
ami  work  in  Ihe judgillg room, with 
:111  ebsses of  f:lrr11  animals.  Courses 
are  ~iv'ill  in  the  feeding-, c:lre  and 
mlln:l.\::"elll('"nt  of stock in  both  health 
:1I1d  dise:lse.  The  Illo re  impor tant 
kinds  of  soil  arc  s tudi cd,  attention 
being- Kilen  to  the  relation  of  these 
soils  to  c rop  prooll .... tion.  Thc  im 
port.lnt  field  nops of  :\1 ic hig;1Il  :Irc 
tak t'n  up, nut!  their  rotalinll, Cl1lt ha. 
lion  alltl 
tliscu3s .... d . 
improl'en1l:nt 
I~rot cti .... l·  is  g-il'(,"11  in  iron  ;"Inri  wood 
work,  in  whi~h  11lI1 .... h  st re ~s  is  1:lid 
on  the  usc  amlcar~' o f  tools,  This 
pr:tclil"l~  iIKre:l".es  Ihe  ~lUdl'nt's ahil 
ity  to  rio  work  with  his  h:mds.  mill 
:t~colllpl i sh l he  lig-hl  repair  work  of 
thc  !:trill  II ith  case  011111  s:1lisi:lO:-liou. 
Instrl1t:tion 
is  also  ~i\en  ill  f r uit 
culture. sprayin:,.:-,  prunill~  aud  g-ar 
dellill~, s uch  as  is  ill  pl:!.\"c  on  the 
1I1'entge  :\ l ic hi~l1n  f:lnn. 

in  ;tddition. 

The St'coud  yea r  general  agri .... l1l. 
tur,,1  course continucs  thc  wo rk  o f 
the  first  year in  live  stock, soi ls, ;11111 
crops,  and  offers  olher  1lI0r ....  ad 
In 
I',meed  suhjects 
these  SUhjl'Ct S,  special  problcms  o f 
the  f;trm  arc considcrcd. such  as  in 
SCdS  of  the  garden;  o rcll:1nl.  far m 
crops lind  dOme!t;c  anim als :  syll1P ' 
10m",  :l1ld trc;llmellt of the  cspeci:dly 
comlllOIl  diseases  o f  f;lr lll  animll!s; 
bactcriolog~"  includi ng  disinfeCli on , 
~ anit atioll, cont rol  of co ntagiol1s  a nd 
infl· .... tious  dise;lses;  lht!  t:he mistrr 
of  common 
thing:s;  prohlems  of 
physics  of  gNler;11  interest.  such  as 
\-e llt iJati ng, 
cold  sIOr;t;;;-l',  heating. 
powc r  appliances, :md  lighting  farm 
buildings. 
is 
gil'en  ill  farm  tb iry ing,  whit:h  de:lls 
wilh  sep:I(;lIors.  Bab .... ot.- k  test,  a nd 
the  1,;;lre  ;1I1d  llIanufactu re  of  dairy 
products  on  the  fa rm,  T he  ca re 
;1I.ld  oper:llion  of stellill  al1<l  g:ls  en 
gilles,  com'rele  construl·tion,  pi pe 
linin!,:",  construction of  brm  equip. 
ment,  l'tC.,  are  taken  up  in  farm  ell 
g-ineering. 

In  addition.  work 

,. Oursell'cs,"  R.  H.  D aviso n. 
"Th e  E tc nt:1 J  Feminine,"  C.  L. 

l\1{'rw in. 

" R c mi niscenct's,"  E.  H.  Burl. 
Log an's  Orchest ra,  of  Lansing, 
furni shed  music.  T he patro ns  w t:re 
D ean  and  Mrs .  Oisscll,  Prof.  nnd 
.Mrs.  Eusta ce  and  Instruct o r  S.  L. 
Cro we, 

A  large  num ber of former society 
men  were  present  to enjoy  the  feast 
and  dancing. 

'93· 
Sid ney  S,  B ump, with  the class of 
'93, dietl  l I t  his  home  in  Petoskcv 
o n  1)ec,  5, o f  typhoid  fC'l'e r,  afte r  a;l 
illness  of  three  week s . 
.:'II r,  13ump 
has  hee n  engag ed  in  the  hardware 
h u si n cs~ fo r  scveral  .re:trs,  and  was 
one  of  the  city's  mos t  p ro minent 
and  pro),{rcssil'e  you ng 
business 
lI1en.  He  le:t\'es  a  wife :mt!  two lit 
tle  g irls, 

• 

Th e  M.  A.  C.  RECORD. 

THE  DAIRY  COURSES. 

mailer 
stane rs. 

of 

p:lsteuri,f.lition 

:md 

:\Ir.  II.  O. 

\ Vendt,  besides  :IS 
sisting  in  the work in farm d:lir,ring, 
will 
the 
churn. 

the  operation  of 

teach 

:\lr.  ehas.  II,  Dear  will  have 
c harge of the  course  in  cheese  mak· 
i ng, and  wilt  nlso  assist  with  the 
work  in  fa r m  (hirying. 

:\lr.  Chas,  \\'.  Brown,  of 

the 
bacteriology  dep"rtment,  will  have 
charg-c  of  the  cou rSe  ill  l' reamery 
management in 50  far as  it  reliltes  to 
ferment:1I ion, st:l rtcr, pastcuri'l.:ttion, 
and  kindred  topics. 

Up to  the  present  time lin  UIlUloU· 
all y  large  number of lJ1quirics  h:we 
been  r(."Ccived,  and  mor..:  ha,'e  ap 
plied  for  admission  to  the  cre;lrnery 
courses  thall  ever Ix'fore :11  this  sea 
son  of the  )ear. 

'9~' 
It  may  not  be  gener:rll.\·  known 
that  E,  R,  )Olesen'e,  ali  :\1.  A.  C. 
s\Ullcm  in  'Sl')....'~,  died  at  his  home 
in  Los  Arrf!cles  011  Aug,  3t  last, 
following  an  att:lck  of  (lllcumonia, 
i\1 r.  :\1 cscrve waS  ;\  p rominent  Hor-
ist  :\llll  Ilu rserynlltll  ill  L os  Angeles. 

------------~-----

The  short  courses 

ill  d:1i rying 

comprise  four  sep:Jrate  and  inclc 
pelldclH  {"ourses.  They  arc  ;15  fol 
lows :  Creamery  butter  makinl!. 
creamery  ma nagement, cheese mak 
ing and  farm llairying.  The course 
in  cre:tme ry  butter  making  h;ls  thus 
far  proven  the  Illost  popular of  the 
above  cou rses,  if  the  number  o f 
students  taking  the course is  to  be !I 
guide to  its  popularity.  This  dc:!ls 
quite  l:,rgely  with  the  theory  of 
butter  m:lking, and  to  prepare  the 
man of  limited  experience  for  1111 · 
dcrtakil1~ the  wo rk  with  morc  con 
It  gives  (bily  practice  at 
fidence. 
the  chu rn  :1I1c1  thorough  llrill  in  the 
different  p rocesses  of  the crcamcr.\"' 
It enables  him  to  take  holll  of  his 
season's  work  with  a  much  more 
completc  knowlcdl{c  th:lII  h ...  could 
have  ~rnm  se\'eral years  o f  factory 
cxperlenee. 

is 

\\'ork ill1;!" 

in telHlcd 

The course  in  crcamc ry  mana~e · 
for  thos ...  "ho 
meut 
hll\'c  already  co mpletcd  the  cour;;~' 
ill  <- rcamery bmter IllAking, and  who 
have  suhsequent  to  this  h:lli  :I  IIlIIII· 
ber of ycars of ,;uccessful (>xperic'H.:e 
It  is  illtelll](.·11 
ill  creamery  work. 
10 givc a better scientific backgroulld 
for  the  work  which  thc  mcn  ha\'C 
al rcady  heen 
:lI1d 
which  the\'  will  continue  to  carr v 
. 
011  in  the  fi,turt:'. 
\\'hile the  lIumhcr o f  l'hcesc  f:tc · 
torie;;  in  the  Slale  of  :\Iichiga n  lIfC 
nol 
r;lpidh'  as  the 
;IS 
number  o f  c re:ullcries,  du'e  t o  the 
hct  in  some inst:lI1 ces  th:1I  the  con· 
densery  htlsine~s is  ill  sOllie  sections 
of  Ihe  s tatc eSlahlished  in thc cheese: 
the  number  o f 
makinj{  :Ireas,  " till 
taken 
men  who  h:lve 
the  c heese 
ill  P:lst  yo.:ars  h!we 
nwking  COIIf"e 
found  r<'lul.v  c lllplo."lIICllt. 

incre:lsing 

0 11 , 

This 

For  those  whu  arc  to  return  im· 
mc(liatclr  to  thc  brm, the  cou rse  in 
farm  dni-"yin~ is  pro\' il1].:"  cspec1nlly 
desi rahle.  The  prOlluctioll  of  milk 
and  CreHnl, and thei r  p ~oper C:l re and 
management  hdore  marketing  Hrc 
topics  of  \'ery  vit:ll  and  h:lsic  im· 
port:Ulce  to the: llairy illdust~y of the 
is  pa~ticul:1rly  truc 
state. 
since  the  gathercrl  ~' rI!IHn system of 
huttt' r  making  is  (luite' gener:lUy 
prncticed  in  this  .. hlte.  The  e rec 
Tion  and  opcffltion  o f  the  farm  sep· 
arato~ is  tauJ.!ht  10  all  mell  who take 
the  ;;ccolld  year  course  in  general 
agric ulture.  These  also  rccein;  in 
sl ru ction  ill  m:lkinll  the  Uabcoc k 
test.  T his  is  extrc11lely  necessary 
tho.;  S('parMar, 
in  conne(:\ion  with 
because  without  it  the  ctlicicncy  o f 
t he  machine coul{1  Irol  be  measured. 
It also  gi\'cS  the  man  upon  the farm 
thc  ability  to  m('asure 
the  pro 
ducti\"ity  of the  cows in  his  herd. 

Each  yellr  mo re 

i,nport:u1(('  is 
attached  to  the  da.i r y  operations  a" 
carr ied  on  on  the:  brm, and  the  ;n· 
slructiOIl  as  gi\'e n  the  men  help  to 
impro\'e  the  ' 11I:llit)'  of  thc  dairy 
farm  p roducts, 

The  corps  of  instructors  in  the 
for  Ihis  coming 

c reamery  course 
year arc as  follows; 

Prof.  r\.  C.  Anderson,  who,  be · 
sides  the  general  supen'ision  o f  all 
courses,  will teach  the work  ill  dai ry 
cattle  as  gi\'ell  to  Ihe  members of 
the  c re:l!llery  managemcnt  cou rse. 
Instructor  H ,  \\' ,  :\ewh:.lI,  who, 
besides  tem:hing  the  thcory of  but· 
ter making,  w ill  teac h  the  Babcock 
and  othe r  tests. 

Dr.  C .  1-1.  Marsh:lll  will  g ive  a 
ser ies  o f  lectures  o n  d:,iry  bacteri 
ology. 

i\lr.  Simon 

Ill· 
st ru ct alt  the  creamery  men  ill  the 

l l agedorn  will 

.............. 

POULTRY  COURSE . 

If the sun.:t'i;S  ,jf  tit('  work  ill  a 
department  may  be  judge,l  a..:cord 
in).!'  to  thl'  rcsuh s  o f  thosc  who h:l\'c 
followed  the  ]ines of  thcir  teaching''' 
and  sug;..::eslions, :lI1d  who h:n e  hel'n 
s uccessful  ill  their  commcrc ial  Cll' 
tl'rprises, the  Dep:lrtment  of  (.>ouhry 
to  I>e-lie\'c 
I (usllltlldr,'  has  reaSOIl 
th:ll  its  effons  have  pro\'ed  helpful 
in  suppl~'ing  II  short l'ourse  for  Ilw 
bll,,\'  persons  who  wi"h  Ihe  knowl· 
edg'e,  yet  who  c:wnot  IC:I\'c 
thei r 
5iw;llioll  for  gre:ilt:r  Icngth  of  time. 
In ad(lition  to ,,"pplying- the clt'mltnd 
for  the  rl'~ular "horl  cuur"e,  there 
ha"  beell  added  :l  shor ter  COUfSe.  or 
one  week's  illstitutt."  which  1lI11)'  he 
a  g-reat  aid  to  the  fanner,  fandcr , 
aud  business  m:uI  who  IIlust  limit 
himself  to  so short  a  time, }ct  who 
desi res  10!1.\ ail  himSelf  o f an  oppor· 
llmit}  to  obsc r vc  the  work  o f  indio 
\'iduals  well  posted  in  the  mOllern 
methods of  poultry  raisin;.:. 

in 

t'rll].{ht 

Th e  reguhlf  course  will  CO\ e r  a 
pe r iod  o f  e ight  weeki,  bUI  will  in· 
the 
dude  the  s u bjects 
course  for  regular  s tude nts.  File 
hours  each  day  will  he  dc\'oted  to 
poult ry  work.  T hree  hours  a  ~hl ) 
mlty  be  reserved  for  work  ill  other 
departments, s uch  as  stock  feedillJ.!, 
hort icultun',  or  farm  mechal1 ics. 
Lect ures  will  occur  dllil)'  upon  the 
\'l'lrious  phases  of  poultn'  raisin).!', 
stich  as  house cOllstru ction and Yll rt!. 
ing,  f~'~'{I,s  ami  fee,ling,  figuring'  ra· 
tions,  judging,  exhibiting,  incuba. 
tion,  hroodinJ!  and  disellSeS.  Lab· 
ora lOr)'  wo~k  will  consist  in  the 
pr:lctic:lI  applil'lllion  of  many  of  the 
principles, o f  st udying  fecds,  d raw· 
ing  plans.  estimating'  cost,  judging, 
exhibiting,  etc.  Practice  wo r k 
in 
feeding  for egg- prOllu(l ioti amI oper· 
ation  o f  incubators  will  he  allowed, 
and  much  {lenlonstratiOIl  work  will 
he {lonc  ill  capoui'l.ing. grading  and 
candling  of  eg-gs 
lind  killing  :In<l 
d rl'ss ing'  of poultry.  \ -isits  will also 
be  made  10  nea r by  po ul try  !:t r ms, 
Last  w;nlcr the first  :ul11u:tl  P oul· 
in  ilself  ;'I 
t r \' 
I' ~ry  bencficial  one  week's  course, 
met  wi th  suc h  favor  th:1I  there  is 

Institute,  which  is 

.......... , ..... 
el'ery  as!!illr:mce  "f  :::-rcatcr  intcrest 
thi.,  <;e; I~ ()I1 ,  :11111.  the  be"t  o f  "pl·ak. 
lel" 
er ...  hale  bCl'1I  se cured  f,)r  th..:: 
lurl'  work , 
I'rofcs"or  tirahalll,  o f 
the  Oillario  Ag-ric ulw:tl  Colle).:'e, 
wi!!  he  111051  h{'artih'  wekO!l1l'd,  as 
will  Frallklanc  L. -l-'e\\dl.  a rti st 
for  thc  Ameril-;1I1 
I>oulln'  Asso· 
ciatioll.  These men  w~'re !;oth  will1 
us  lasl  vea r.  :md  need  no  introduc 
('rofessor  . \,  J.  I' hi11ip".  of 
tion, 
Purdu!:  l · l1l\erMty.  LaL,.n·ttc,  Iml., 
has  consented  10  :It\ent!  part  of  the 
"elosiolls.  :\1111  will  h rin~  \\ ith  hi"l 
111:111\'  llood  lante r n  slides  for  his 
lecuire  work, 
~Iichigan  people 
willl}(:  l'specially  glad  to  kllo\\  Ihat 
Chlls.  ,It  Cook,  of  Owosso,  will 
Itlso  spe:lk  ,luring the  wcek. 

The  \·"luc  of this work  eal1not he 
estirnateli. 
:\Iichigan  pOultr.\·l11l·ll 
eallnot  affo rd  to  miss  thi~  oppor 
tlluil} . 

:111<1 

the 

In  ~'onl1ec tion  with 

the  short 
lhis 
timc  o f 
course,  anll  at 
the 
Poultry 
[l1s1ilute,  will  oct.'lIr 
::-':0 
Fourth  j\lIl1ual  Poultry Show. 
entry  ft'e  will  be  ch ;lrged.  Score 
ca rlls 
ribbons  will  he  given, 
B rel'llers  arc  reljUes tet!  to send  their 
hi rds 1ll1d  TO  attelHI  the show,  The 
best  of  C:lre:  will  be given  the  hirds, 
' without  eh:l rge, :rnd  judgment  will 
he  passed  hy .las.  T ucke r  and  \\'m . 
\\'isc,  who will be  g-Iad  \0 offe r sug 
gestions  and  rClISO ll S.  ;111(\  to  other· 
wise  ;'Ii{1 
in  the  educational  feature 
of lhe show.  The  reg-ulaf  studl:nt 
jlulging  contcst will  be  held  :lt  this 
time,  for  which  prizes  will  be  of· 
fered. 

During-

the  term,  reg-ular  1I1('et 
in:.:-s  of  the  1\ 1.  A. C. Poultry  Asso 
ciation  will  be  held.  and  :111  !oho rt 
course  students  will  he  most  cor· 
di:,lIy  im·ited  to ('O'operate  in  mak· 
ing  these  helpful  :1tHI  itr teresting. 

Poultry Showalld 1 11,,';l.lIte  \\'eek 
will  occur during  the  week  of  Feh 
ruary  1::-17,  1912. 

tha" 

helpful 

I t  is  hoped  th:rt  our  p.\Sl  experi. 
ellce  will  aid  in  I1Hlkil1:;  this  cou rse 
1Il0rc 
e,'cr.  The 
ciulr].:"e  is  not  grein ,  Ihe  time  is  110t 
long,  hut  the  benefits  :Ire  many. 
Xo one  int erested  in  poult r_v  clll tlire 
should  miss 
this  occasion  10  lake 
all  o r  part of the  wo r k  offered. 

3 

THE  FRUIT COURSE . 

Fruit g ro\\ iug  in  :\1 ichignl1 is  lie 
velop)!rg rapidly, an<i  each  /,'c:tr  he· 
comes  a  mo re  speciali'l.ed 
Ju!;im:,ss. 
To be  success ful  requires:I  pral'tical 
knowledg-e  of how  to  handle  trees 
and  ~ro\\'  fruit;  and  in  aJ,litioll,  a 
llIan  mll st ha\'e :l  knowledge of plant 
diseases  and  il1sects  :lIld  the  1II0st 
approved  wa}s of  cOllt rollillg  them. 
T o  know  !!untethin~ :\bout soils and 
the" why  lIllIl  how"  of  tillagt!; 
the  fer ti lil'cr clements allli  how they 
:Ire  supplied,  i~  of  g:reate~l import· 
T houSlllldii  of  dollnr"  a re 
:IIH.:e. 
Spl'llt 
fcrlilit;t'rs 
fur  cO""lIre r~'ial 
every  "cason  and 
the  SlhTcssful 
fruit  grow.:r  mllst  lll1derSI:lll<1  how 
to  blly  (lilt!  10  mix  :1Ilt!  "ppl}'  them 
ill  the  U10"t  e('01l01l1 ic:11  \\;t\.  Our· 
ing the  past  few  )e:lr:;  the- g'as  en· 
/tine  has  COllle  illlO  I('r)'  g-cneml  use 
011  IIwn)  fnllt  farm s  :lIlll  it  is  highly 
Ilc"irable  th:ll  ~'\ l' r \"  m;1I1  who  h:15 
to  handle  a  "Pfllyitl~  outfit  ~ho\lld 
h:l\'e:1  good  umlersl:l1Iding'  of  the 
principles  o f  the  ).:':h  ctl:.:ine  lmd 
kilO,,"  ho\\  to  "]ler:!!e  :111.1  l'arc  for 
tht!  Ilifferell! 
I_I  pes  of  cngines  that 
tI~~',i  on  po\\er  ~pr:I,)'il1g: 
lire  110\\ 
oullll.5. 

Ourirrg-

thiil 
the  f(lur  \\eek~ of 
fruit  coursc,  ncr)  f"l'llit)  uf 
the 
conc).!e  "ill be  uscll  10  :,:i\e  lhe  ~\lI­
IlenlS:1  pra~tit:1I  knowlcllgc  uf  the 
aOOn'  subjects, 

Fruit  g- rowin:,:- will  he  thorouJ.!hl} 
..:onsidc r!:d  fr0111  the sdc(,t ioll  uf  thc 
silt!  to  the  111:1rkl'ling'  of  thc  crop. 
A 
larg-e  l'ollc~ti(l11  o f  varielieS  of 
frllit  from  the  colk;.!c  on'hard ..  ;lIld 
the  )-Ool1lh  11:I\Cll e'.:perimellt  stat ion 
arc  bl·jUg'  hcld  ill  cold  sto r,,;.!e  for 
,;11I<h,  ami  !:\l'n'  H1l'mhl'r  of  lhe 
d:tss  will  Illl\e  ' :111  opponllnit}  to 
hc~'ol1le thoroll;.("hl}  f:lllrili:1f  with all 
thc  \arietie!!  of  :\lkhi~:Ul  wil1ter 
frui t. 
In  ;'1I1(litiol1.  the  Ill'partillelll 
of  h"rti..:ulture  h:t~  sCl'urerl,  frOIll 
ll1an,)'  o lher  slate".  collections  o f 
apple ..  and  thc.,e  '" ill  he  comp"rC'11 
\\ith the  :\ I khi:.:-:m  kim!" . •  \  brg-e 
collection of :lpl'les h:~s beel! securCt.1 
to sho\\  the reiuhs of .. prayill).:'  with 
the  Bo rd eau'.:  rnill<tnrc :Ilk!  the  ne\\er 
mixtllr>,!  kllowu  as 
lime-sulphur. 
This collection  is olle of the  grerHesl 
interest to  frllit  growl'r"  in  )Ofich· 
i;.:'an  ut  Ihi"  timc. 

The import:ulI  prac ti..:c  of  .. pnty_ 
ing- will be thorolll{hl)  di~ulsse{1 ami 
t':1I!:h  student  will  he  c'.:pel'lcd  to 
make ant!  test e \'cry  kind  of  s pray· 
ing- solution  allll  poison  I IOW  in  usc. 
A  Inr;.:e  collcctioll  uf  spr:l\'illg:  :I]>. 
pli:Ul~'es will  be  Oll  h:ind  to  he  tried 
:rnd  les\CII. 

One  of  the  ple"~:l1l1  Icatllres  o f 
this  l'ourse'  will  he  thc  talk"  10  hc 
givclI  from  limc  to !ime  by  some of 
the s uccessful  fruit  ].{rowers  of  this 
inspiration  to 
slilte. 
It will  be  lUi 
meet  :Ind  hear  the,;e  mell 
tell  of 
their  methods  tll1d  results. 

T he  husillc"s  of  renting  am}  in)" 
pro\ iug ripple orchard" in  :\ 1 ichigan 
is  no\\  an  important  one  and  some 
of  the  men 
\\ ho  lIrc  taking  this 
work  on  a  large  scale  will  tell  of 
their  methods. 

:'llId 

Thc college  is  COllSt:llllly  re:e!:iv· 
illl]uiries  for  )'O llll)!  men  of 
iug' 
some  pr!lcticl'll  exp...rienl'e 
I'l 
kno" ledge of Ihe fUm\;lInenlai  prin. 
cipleil  of  f ruit  g-ro\\ iug  to  till  posi 
tions  .. s  m:u1!Igers  al1(l  6upcr inten{l. 
ellis of fruit  f:lfIll S.  These positions 
fr eque ntly  ~'!I rry a  su lary  :II)(!  a  per 
CClltll);:'C  of  the  profi ls, a nd  offe r  at 
tr:lCti"e  opcning"  for  yOUirg  me n 
who do 110t  b uve  the  capitnl  to  start 
in  the  h usiness  for  themse h'cs. 

4 

THE  VETERINARY  DIVISION 
OF  M.  A.  C. 

Th e  man y  inquiries  concerni ng 
the  c haracte r  of  wo rk  and  oppor 
tunities  ::lffordcd  in  the  "Clerin;!r,)' 
science  cOurse,designcd  to  gi\'c vo 
cation al 
t r ai ning,  th:lt  11;I\"c  been 
made  recently  c mph:'ts;zes  the  fa ct 
that members  o f  the sopho more :'Illd 
freshman  classes  UTe  dev otin g  110 
little  thought  \0  this  q uestion;  ill 
dco::d ,  50  ofte n  arc  we called  upo n  to 
give  information rdativc  to  the  ne w 
course  that  c\-en  though  int urring: 
repeali ng  ccrt:lin 
t he  d:lIlgcr  of 
s tate ments  prcscmcd ;1  n~ar ago, we 
are  prompted  10  bclicyc  ;l  few  facts 
w ill  prove o f  intcrCSl\O  many . 

s peei:tl  r:lcial  ami 

l"'l ode rn vctcrinarv science,  which 
has  of  bIt \akl!ll  a  ieadill\{  place  ill 
the  professiona l  w ork  o f  lillI!!, and 
after  many  years  of 
empi r ical 
strug~lc  fOllnd  its  o wn ,  is  deiilled 
as  "~-o1llp ri sing :t  kllowletl)!;e  of  the 
cO llfOrm:lliOtl  al1(l  strul't\!TC  o f  ,Ill 
d Ollll'5t ic  unim:th:;;  thei r  physiolog-y 
:Inll 
individ ual 
char:lder istics,  thei r  Iwmanc  man 
:tgemelll  and  t;tilizati on ;  their  pro  
tection  fronl  alltl  meJicnl  and su r}! i, 
ca l  trealment  in  the  dise,lscs  ,m d  in 
ju r ies  to  whid.  thcy  are  exposed; 
thei r  rebtion  10  the  human  famil y, 
with  rderen ce  LO  CO\ll munica b!e tlis:· 
o rdcr.;;;  and  the lOUpp!y  o f  food  d e· 
rin-~d  f rom  them  for  Ilse  of  m:11l 
Ih ( :\reful  perus'li  of  t hLs 
kim\." 
dclillit io n  ihe most  skeptical  individ· 
llal  !IlIlSt  be  cOll vinced (If  the  useful 
;;t"tus  of 
ness  and  hu ma ni tarian 
those  eleni n"  I't' tcrinary s{"iencc  as 
a  chosen  pro fcs5ion" 

In  the  chuice  o f  a  profession,  few 
are  il1ituel\ced  hy  thoughts  entirely 
voill  o f  pecIL Lli,n y  cOll sirlcr:l1 ion, a nd 
hellee  we  fln.!  justified  in  de\"o tin g 
the "reater p<1rt  of space h e rc alloUe\\ 
to  aediscussioll  o f  the fidds  of acti\" 
ity  "pen  tu  g-radu:Hcs,  At  p resent, 
with  the ,\cmand  for  sk illed  \'Cler" 
in:\ r ians  gro"  ing  a t  ,I  g rc<1te r  p,LCe 
than  the  supply,  the re  arc,  a mong 
o ther  fi elds  of scr\" ict':,  the following 
oppor tunities  of choice: 

P ra..:tict- in  [naLl'"  clt::si ra ble  lOca 
tio ns  awaits  the  g-"raUIl;tIC,  as  t he re 
an'  loda"  in this  state a nd  clsew hc r (: 
towns,  rl t it-s.  and  o.:ounties  whcre 
there  resides  no  rC'lularly  qU:llitied 
:I)!ain  thert- arc 
prac titioner.  and 
th ree  times  as  m:1.n~"  physicians  of 
human  medici ne  as  \"elcrin~lria n s : 
henc~'  it  is  oh\'i()u~  t hai  gnlduatcs 
pos>ies5ing:  fitne5S  and  aptitude  fo r 
this  kind  of  wo r k  wi-II  meet  a  re<1d\" 
clcm:llld  and  substanti31  cO ll\pcn~;" 
lion  for  hIS  ","nices. 
In  Ihi"  ('un " 
nccnon,  11  ij  "d1 to  cal[  all cntiul1  to 
a  fact'Jr  so  prominent in  many  liu es 
of  work, "i;( ""  that  o f  the  am'Jullt  o f 
capital  nccessary  to  launch  a  ne\, 
business  e!1te rprise;  but  in  estah· 
lishing:  veterinary  work,  capit.:!1 
plays;\  ,""r y  suhordinate  part.  as  ex 
emplified  in suce,,:;.s  r,)et h y  t he num" 
ber  of  ~ raduates th;l\  an nua lly  ICll\'e 
the  ,"arious  veterina r y  college s  wit h 
little  if  any  cash,  and  today  lIIal1_\" 
such  men  ;I re  en joyin.)!  a  ~-carly  in 
come e xcecding  th"c  thousand  do!  
lars " 

Stoc k 

f:lnn  manager~ arc 

fre 
quently selected  from  the vth; rinary 
profession,  anclthe  eo"oper:<tion  o f 
veterin:tr ians  w ith  ll\"e  s tock  h r~ cd" 
e rs  in  advice  pert~lini !\g to  hreed ing, 
judging  and  caring  fo r  the  ,-ast il~ " 
terests  of  the  country  :llong-
thIS 
lille bas bee n  found especi:,lly  iL ttrae 
tive.  Fcderal  meat  ins pection,  e m 
ployment  in  the" bureAU  of  an~mal 
ind ustry  and Ollr 1I1su!ar  pOsseSSIOns 
attrac.t scores of graduates owing to 

The  M .  A .  C.  RECORD . 

lucn.tive 

the  att racti ve  nalure  of  the  work 
returns.  Sala r ies 
and 
runge  from  $1,400  to  $?,300  pe r 
yea r. 

The o lli ce  of  s ta te  vctcril\ar ian  is 
maintained  in  many of the s tate!>  fo r 
the  purpose  of  com bating  prevent 
,l blc  diseases  o f  !i,'c  s toc k,  :md  011 
;ICCOUl1t  o f  :1  recent  11Iw  go ve rning 
the  inte rstate  transpo r tatio ll  of  liH! 
s tock, such  an  ollicial  becomes  in 
dispells'lhle,  ,llId  the  lime  is  not  far 
\list:Hlt  when  :111  states  will  sec  the 
necessit\"  o f  cl'eatinJ;;" 
this  o lll ce , 
T he  (hit ies  o f  a  stale  \" clerin~lriall 
:Ire  1)\"  110  HlL':tns  distasteful  and  t he 
remu;ler:ltioH  is  quite  satisfacto r r, 
i\1 ullicipal  he:tl th  o lli ce rs  and  S<1 ;\ . 
ita ry  science  w o rk  as  ilH"eSligators 
o f  con t'lgious  and 
infectious  dis 
e ases o f  li ,-e  stoc k,  arc a l ways open 
to  properl y  qualified  veterinarians; 
ve terinarians to experiment s t'ltiol1s, 
and  inslrlLctu rs  in  ag ri~"ul tun!l  ami 
vete rinary colltge s  both  in  Ame r ica 
(\Jle!  forcigll  fields;  milk  a nd  meat 
inspectors;  army  ,-eterin"ry  ser vice 
w ith  :l1Iow:llII;e  pay  and  re!irc lJll'llt 
priv ilc;,{es  of 
lieu\<'n:rnt 
moulHed,  a nd  o th er  positions  ;Lrc 
:Hnong  thc  growin){  field  o f  \"cteri 
lIary  s peci alizat ion . 

sccond 

:1 

require 

\':ISt  iLllpro \'t~ments ha\·c recen tly 
beell  uI,u!e  il1 
\-ete ri llarr  o.:olleges, 
CSpCc111l1 y  in  rcg:lrd  to  t he  rl..'quire 
IlLCllts  for el1 tra m:l' a lld  the  cha racter 
of instruction g-i,·t:Il,  This adnlLlce 
men!  is  la r;;<:Iy  due  to 
;[  de!l1and 
!Il:1de  fo r  a  morc  sciel1lific,  broad  
millded  g r:tdUak',  whose  futurc  suo.: 
cess  depend~ upon his  ;lbilit)"  to  co pe 
with Ih e  new duties  that art' .;;o  COIl " 
stanlh'  bein ~ u n t u\'cred  fo r  him  to 
).l ost  o f  the s tat ("  iUslitll 
perform" 
l io ns  no w  maintaini n g-
;1  n~terill:LT\" 
dil-isioJl 
school 
hi;.:-h 
diplom:., o r  its equi\"ak nl , thus d im 
in,l\il1g  a  class  of students th:lt  hal-e 
bet!ll  hc re tofo re  poor ly  prep:lred  fo r 
a  professioua!  coursc,  for it  is  gen 
e raUy  conceded  tha t  :t  prepa ratory 
tI  full 
course  i~  indispensablt: 
con'prehensin n of the compl\!x  prob 
leu ls  Im·olved  in  the  c!licicnt  st Util' 
of  vctl..'r;nar\"  science"  The  'Ctcf" 
irian'  dil"il'io;l  o f  t his  institutiolL  re 
qui r-cs  fo r  t!!1t rance  fou r  y~;\rs' hig'h 
school  I\"ork,  or  its  eq uil·:dcllt;  the 
eolle)!('  course  co ,'e rs  fOur  ye:Lrs, 
and  success ful  completion  of  this 
w ork  as  prcscribed  ;n  the  c:n alog 
leads  to  the  degree of doc tor  o f  ve t" 
erin:lrv  medicine, 

to 

THE  VALUE  OF  AGRICUL 
TURAL  EDUCATION. 

The  ques t ion 

is  often  askell , 
:'Does un  education  p;'y: -. 
In  :ltl 
swe r  We  would lIsk:  D ocs  it  pal'  to 
.-\J{"ain, 
inc rcase a  Lll;rn's  emdenc),: 
Due;.  it  p:ly 
to  increase  :1  m:It\'s 
powers of  appreci;ltioll ;'Illd  diSl' r jm  
ina tion :  And  again,  Docs  il  p:l)'  to 
inc rease  t he  p r,)dUClive  puwers  of 
the:.  individual:  All  thcst:  must  he 
answered  in  the  afiinn:l1i \"c , 

~"o w the  aim  :lIId  purpo,,;e  of ed_ 
ucation 
to  de\"eJup  dfCl' ti,'ely 
thosc  p r inciples  as  st:r lcd,  and  to 
p roduce  the  abilitie"  me nt io ned " 

is 

T he  gre:u wo rd  in  the  indus trial 
world  to  (l ~" 
is  " ellicicnc)"  j  "  :md 
efficienc\' comes alone  f ronl  traini ng 
and  de \' clo pmellL 
If  the  farmcr  is 
to  become 1I10 rc  efiic ient, he  111 11:51 hc 
III.'  must 
trained  for  his  wo rk. 
kn ow  more  about "it.  T he  purpose 
of the  establishment  of  a ll  fo rms  of 
schoo ls  (lIld  colleges is  tha t  th rough 
these  means  m ell  and  women  sh:!!! 
be e nabled  to  see  mo re,  hear  lIlo re, 
fee!  mOre,  p roduce  mo rc;  that  is,  to 
1/-;:0:  mOre;  and  if  it can  be  shown 

that  ed ucation  produces  thesc  re 
sul ts,  then  we  answer  elllplHltica!ly 
that  an  education  p:t)'s" 

Just  now  there is  :1  g reat  IIwak 
r::llinK  o f  interest  in  the  s ub ject  of 
agriculture.  Commercial  needs  de 
rn~lIld  iI,  and  the  fannin g  po pula  
tioll  must  nICe t  these  needs.  AI! 
cll!mo t  attend  college,  (LIlU  becau se 
o f  t hi j  fact  institutio ns  arC  o ffe riug 
summcr  cou rses  and  s hort  courses 
o f 
,"ariOLlS  kiJlds,  the  pu rpose  o f 
wh ich  is  to  assis t  in  bridgi ng  over 
thl' prcscntC!1le r Kellcy,  T he .i\Jich. 
ig-an  Agricul1ural  CoHeg c  offcrs 
sh o rt cou rses ill  :tg"icul lllre 1H1d  h{Jr" 
ticlli tun'  tlu ring  Ill(>  will ter  m o nt hs, 
the  farmer  h:ts  (he 
wh e n 
lal'~est 
am o unt  o f  l ime  which  he  can  :;in; 
to  s t ud~' "  En.:ry  ruung  man  in  the 
st ate  who  h~s  1I0t  tak e n,  or  who  is 
not  able  to  take, a cou rse in  all  agri 
c ultu ral  s chool  s hould  aV;Lil  himseif 
of  the  pril"ileg-r.'  the  shO r t  CO UfH' 
offers,  Th e  y o ung- zn,L1\  of  tod:I.\', 
\\'ho  is  to  he  the  malllr(',  St>asolled 
farmer  of  to mo rrow  can,  throug:h 
t hese  sho rt courses,  sccu rc  t!le  filII. 
d:l!lll'nt;11 
infonn:ltio n  upon  which 
Ill'  C:l n  b:1sC  a  successful  C:I1"('el',  and 
to  be  SL1ccessful  is 
the  dcsi rc  o f 
el'en'  hu rnau  ht'nrt. 

Sl~c cess does  no t  necess"a ril y  me:1!1 
It me;ms  I1lOre  C011I 
mo re  monel", 
fOrt,  more' ple:1su re.  more  power, 
It  is  to  t hese JltLrpo~es t h,tt  the sho rt 
COurse  add re;:.ses  itsl'l f.  The  lloors 
o f  thc  inst it ution  arc  wid e  0Pl·1l 
to 
the  young  men  who :lre  now  in  Ihe 
:lctil'C  pr:1dicc  uf  'Ig-ric ultu rl',  and 
who  fcd  the  llccd  of  more  infor ma" 
t io n  in  o r dc r  Ih,et  the\"  ItWI'  becomc 
1110rc  Llseful  ;1Ilt!  1H 0~e pO~\"l"rful in 
the  productin.'  wo r ld " 

The  short  cours!'!  is  not  eyual  to 
tlw  collc:gc COUrSl',  bUI  it  docs  1,1\  a 
foulldatiull.  ~111d  on  this  fo ull(I:lti u n 
the  young  fllrmcr  C,III  h ui ld  :1  su\: 
cessflll  career  if  be  will. 

FARM  MECHANICS . 

Thc  work  gi'"Cll  10 

the  short 
cou rs('  !\leLl  ill  the  farm  mechalLies 
depar Un('lIL  includes  much  o f  that 
tak en  by  the re g ular fo ur-year  me n, 
T he  ii rst "year 1IIen  get wo rk ill  both 
the  C:lrpent t! r  alld  fo r.,;c  shop.  An 
fllIempt  is  mad l'  in  1111 
the  work  to 
1Il'lke  it  appliciLhle  tu  ac t u:tl  wo r k 
in~  com!i !ions"  Bcsides  :Lcqui rill g" 
fa ul il i'l r il\" wi th  the  usc  o f  tools  in 
the  wood  shop,  the  stud e n t  has  ex" 
e r tises  in  L's taking- uut"  hu ildi ngs, 
layinJ.::  ou t 
cutti n:;  COm mo n 
rafters ,  anu  constrll ning- 5111:111  mod  
els  of  f:Lrm  uuildin;!s"  This work 
is  not  intended  to  1l1akc  a  l"a r pcnter 
o r  b uiltler o f  the studell t. hu t  it  d ocs 
ellable  him  to  pl:m  and  ronst rllct 
sma!J  buildin!;s,  suo.:h  as  chicken 
houses,  hog:  houses. etc, 

'1!1d 

The  f o rge  work  requires  ;!ood 
haru  work  in  h ammering: OUI,  under 
the  direetio Jl  Qf  the ins tr ucto r,  holts, 
dc, ises,  whillktree  irons  and  o t hl'r 
lise  aboul 
,Irlicle s  u f 
!;Jrm" 
T cmpe rin g: 
to!)ls  also  o Cl'upie:;.  a 
s mall  p,er t  of  the tillle. 
),J,".  \\"al\ 's 
anvil  chorus.  as  this  wo r k  ha~ bcen 
ter mcll, hils  hecome a  f<l1Ll iliar  sound 
under  the  very  shadows  of  thc  ncw 
ag:ricultural  b uild ing. 

thc 

P erh aps  the  most iLi te rcst inJ;  par t 
o f  th~  s hort  course  w u rk  in  farm 
!lI('(" hanics  is  Ihe I:ou rsc g-i\"c n  to  t he 
second  '"Cllr  'I)e n,  c'll!cd  farm  ell"i" 
In  this  w or k,  power  n~a " 
neering: 
ch inen- and  COIL crete  wo rk  arc  in · 
cluded"" 
III  powcr  mach incn"  t he 
study of  the  g:lsoliuc  e llJ;;"in e  I;ro\"("s 
to  be  most 
:I 
course  of  lec tures  e xpl:lining 
the 
principles o f  openLtion,  the  stu,Jent 

f:\ seil1:1tillg:.  A ft e r 

is  taken  into  the laboratory,  After 
learnin~  to  m'tnipulate  a nd  control 
all  cnginc, it  is  thro wn  o ut  of  com 
mission. 
It  may  prove  a  shor t  c ir 
cuit,  broken  spark  plug,  o r  wate r  in 
the  gasoJiLle.  Th e  stllde11t sels  to 
lie  is 
wo r k  t o  correct  th('  f,wlts, 
admonished  to  pllt  thc  cng in l:  in 
nHlIling  order  by  going 
thro ugh 
tes ts  beforc  atte mpting  to 
certain 
s tart  by 
~" r:lnkillg.  H o w beit,  he 
often  fe ds the  pe rspiration  t ri ckli ng 
d o wn  his  fa ce  befo re  the  ('llgine  ill 
silell t  s tu bbornlless  vic Ids  to  some 
little 
twis t  of  a  th;l!nhscre \\"  that 
has  becn  o\"er lookcd .  Beside s  th e 
work  ill  po we r  machinen', there lire 
:dso exercises  ill  b:lbbitt{llg,  solde r . 
ing,  helt I;Lcing  and  putting  up  line 
sh:r ft:rl g " 

EQUIPMENT AND  FACILITIES 
FOR  ADMINISTERING  THE 
AGRICULTURAL 
COURSES. 

T he>;..:  land~  :ll"C 

The  college  lauds  :It  £,Isl  Lan 
silL:;  compri se  6S-l  acres  ,-al ur.:J  at 
$68,,100. 
suh_ 
d ivillcd 
:\5  fulluws.  \"iz ":  Athletic 
tield  ami  d r ive,  13 ' at" res;  e,lCll pus, 
90  :Krcs ;  o rcha rds,  l\l1rseries  :mcl 
"f5  ac re,;  j  expcrirnc nt :d 
gardcLls, 
pIOIS,  "10 
:\ml  fo rest 
:Icres;  forc-st 
nursery,  !6-J  a~n'$ ,  and  t h ... 
fa rm 
prope r,  331  al'r{'s, 

The  to t;d  \"lIllie  of  all  h1Lildin~s 
bc1o ll gill ~ to the colle)!c  is $ S39.t)UO. 
The f:rnn  b ui l~lillgs  iucluding"  tltvse 
IIscd  fo r  hor tL ~'ul tlLre,  pouhn'  :'nd 
c."perimen l:!l  jlurpOsl's  :I r~'  \"<Ifued  at 
$3J,"\7S'  T he  \':IJlle  of;\lllivc s lor k, 
indue/ iJ1g"  pOILltry ,is $25 .092 ,  T he re 
is  o l-er  13  rl1i l e ~  of  tile  d r:li n  0 11  the 
t:f1dos,·d  ;llld  sILh-
fn r m ,  whid.  is 
11il' i,1..:d  by  13"3 miles  o f  fClll"r.:. 

i\lllCh  o f  the  lectu re  :-111 .1  !aLo ra" 
to rr  wo rk  i;;:  g:ivl'll  in  t hc  new  agri. 
c ultural  bui!d in ~,:1 picttlrc  o f  which 
is  shown  01\  page  one"  T his  is  a 
live-st,)ry  building  w ilh  cbss  rOO Ill 
c:lp:wit)"  for  ahout  1,<'150  Studen lS, 
hcsides  the  snils  Iabor:tlory,  wit h 
spa Ce  and  e'luipmcl!l  for  96"  the 
c ro ps  la boratory  fu r  72  :l lld  t he  Ih'c 
stoek  jud~iJl~  pavilioll  which 
~" Ml 
two  cJas"l":5  of  Ovcr 
accommod a te 
100 each  (It  o nt:  lime, 
)'1 05t  o f  the 
01n..:es  o f  t he  'Igrieu ltu ra l  di\'isioll 
an'  : Ll ~o i n this b ui ld inJ{.  Thl: horti 
c ultl1r;z]  and (lai ry huildlllJ.:"s  are  full)' 
eq uipped  wi lh  mall'rial  :UIIJ  :.c p pli 
allces  needcel  in  the  ~ped:1 1  ~"otLrscs 
in  thuse  li nes " 

For 

s tudents 

ill  horticulture_ 
'5,(}()() 
grc,-,nhotL ses  cove ri ng :luout 
teet  o f  ~rouLld  splice  arc 
!:'qu:lrc 
;l\"ailablc fo r  laho n ltory  w or k  in  ad. 
dition  to  -+5 
:Ieres  o f  I.) r o.:h :rnl ,  nu r  
sery, )!;lr(it:ns,  e tc, .  used  for  demon 
s tratio n  'lml  pr'll'lkt:  wo r k. 
Iliad 
ditioll  to this Ihe l':1mpUS, comprising 
a bout  90  al' res,  furms  a  s pacio us 
lamlscape l{(m,kning labo ra to ry with 
its  almost  endlcss  va rid )'  of  trees 
and  shrubs inll'rsperst!d  w ,lh Ilrives 
li nd  walk s .  The  ho r tic u!lI1r: LI s u b" 
station  o f  \.)  ac rcs, at  :::iouth  II:l vc n, 
!\lich ",  C:l n  fu rnish  a bou t  ~,ooo nlri 
t il'S  of  fruit s  fo r  cla ss  lise. 

t.!\'E  STOC K, 

The  livestoc k  equipmclliconsists 
approximately  of 30  hors es, 60  beef 
cattle,  55  dairy  cattle,  175  sheep, 
l,fX>O  10  ~ ,ooo 
IS O  h oxs  and  fro rn 
b reeds 
ch ickens. 
and  types  of  li\"e  stoc k  are  re pre 
sented  ;IS  follows ,  \"iz":  horses, 3; 
beef ca tt lc, 5;  \Jairy cattle, -+  j  s he"ep, 

Twent y"ei~h t 

7;  hogs, 6,  not  including  12  b reeds 
of ch ickens. 

APPOI NTM ENTS  AN D  PROMOTI ONS. 

E XPJo: IUMIl::-1T  STATIO!'. 

HEADQUARTERS  CORPS  OF  CADETS. 

Th e  M.  A.  C .  RECORD. 

in 

instruction 

Nearly  an  of 

the  d epa rtments 
giving 
the  short 
courses  are  dirt:ctly connected  with 
the experiment station  work,  there 
by  bringing  the  studenl  in  closer 
touch  with  this  institu tio n  and  the 
investigations.  T he 
most  rece-nt 
s t:ltio ll  publishes 
to 
from  fifteen 
eighteen bulletins, cireu!:lr!!, etc., per 
year, Hnd  has  a  mailing  list  of 65,' 
000.  A":lila blc  bulletins of  the ex 
pcrimt:llt station, of especial illlt-rest, 
may  be  procurf.."ti  at 
the  bulletirt 
room  ill the  Agricultunll  Uu ilding". 

1. lunARY, 

The college lihrarycont:lins3~.600 
\'olum<:s  with  c\'c r)'thi n~ up  to dalc 
pcrtllilling to ag riculture .  The short 
course  student  has  access  to  the 
the  s:une  pri,·i 
library,  enjoying 
leges  as 
T he 
reading  rOOIll  eontaillS  :1  la rg~ I.mlll· 
ber  of  literary,  polilic1\1  1\ud  scie n . 
tific  jourJl:lls  a s  wei!  as  th...:  le:lding' 
<i:Ji ly 
:Ind  weekly  papers  of  the 
stalc. 

regular  students. 

TII OSE  WIW 

IIA\·E 

,\T1·t::."t)J' n 

THE  SHOUT  COCUSt:. 

The  first  class  md  in  1~7 wilh 
an  Ilttendancc  of  4S;  this  Ilumi.>cr 
has  incrc:.sed  e:lch  p'ar  to  330  in 
1911,  making a  total ellroHmel1l duro 
ing  this  period  o f  ::,l99' 

THE COMMUNITY BENEFITED 
BY  THE  SHORT  COURSE 
MAN . 

It is  not an  e:lsy  mattcr to  foretell 
the  estcnt  \0  wh ich  a  COllllllUllity 
may  be  bellelited  by  ha"ing  Ollt:  of 
its  !:Ions  attend  the short  courses  Ht 
the  ~Iichigan Agricultunll  College. 
lac ks  young, st rong, 
The  Lount ry 
energetic  men,  imbued  with 
the 
11e wagricultural  ideas  :ll1d  inspira 
tions. 
'l'he agriculture of 1\1 ichigan 
i"  sufferi ng  becallse  so  many  of  he r 
young  men  have  been  g-i,·cll  up  to 
the  developmcilt  of 
the  wesl,  o r 
hll\'c  j!one  to  the  towns  and  c ities. 
The  older  men,  the  1:U1l1  owne rs, 
ha"e retired  10  the ,·mage and  town, 
Icavillg  the  farm in  the hamls of  the 
te nant.  Tho;;  t~nant, with  the shurt 
lease,  takes  as  much  out of  the soil 
as  he  can,  returning  compHrati,'cly 
little,  while  buildings and  f~ll ces de· 
teriorate  and  the  property  becomes 
less  v:tlll ot ble  from  a  market  stand 
point. 

In  a n  eight weeks' short  course 
it is  not  possible  to  present  more 
than a  few of  the  fundamental  prin. 
ciples  relating  to  imprO\'ed  agric ul. 
tural  p ractices, and  if the young mall 
acquires  but one  or  two  new  ideas 
only.  a nd  receives  a  stimulus  to  go 
home and  apply  these  pr<lcticf.".5  well 
and  persistcntly,  mudl  good  nUlY 
e\l!ntually  rcsult  in  the  comnHllIil}. 
I t  ,·ery  ohen  happens  that  cxam· 
pie  wields  a  more  pow erful  fo rce 
than  writlen  or  spoken  wo rds. 
New  methOlls,  if  practicable 
:trtd 
successful, stand  as  silent  witnesses 
before  the  farmers  of  the  commu· 
nity, th roughout which they arc s llre 
to  spread .  For instance , the foll ow. 
ing example is  n  characteristic  olle: 
introd uced 
A 
alfalfa  into  II  community  where  it 
was  practic ally  unknown,  and  but 
t wo  or  three  )'ears  elap"ed  before 
th is  wonderf ul  c rop  WliS  being 
gro w n  on  11.  large  pe rcentage of  the 
farms, fu r nishi ng  a  food  fa c tor  for 
live stock whic h  relie,'ed the  necces· 

short  course  man 

Subject  t.o  t he  approval  of  the  President of the ColJege,  the  (ollowing appoint· 

ments and  promotions in  ths Corps are annouoeed: 

(ContlnLl~.t fro'"  ],,~t \\'ee k,) 

To be Mlljor,  [lammond.  U.  L . 

SECOND  B,\TT.&LI O:S. 

lst Lisutemmt Ilnd  BatU,liou  Adjutaot.  Bolle,  U. E. 
2nd Li@utenantaud B.t.ttlliion Quarterma.ner and (;Qmmlssar'l"",  Ibrnum, C. r. 
IhtlaJioli S@rgeantMajor,O·Donnell.C.  L. 

• 
Company"G"  COUlpnllY  " [I " 

To  ~ 

Cumpany  " E·'  Compaoy  " F"' 

Gib&o n.  K  U. 

)Ioore.  J.  M. 
Yuncker. T. G.  P icUord.  L T. 

Sorenson.  A.  <.\ .  Ryth er, C  O. 
\' iocent. W.  C.  Bo,·ay,  A.  G. 
Parsons.  C.  W.  o&,· js.  F.  R 

Stahl.  C. A. 
Csptain. 
1st  Lie ut.. 
Fields.  W.  8.  Webb, C.  E. 
2nd  Lieut..  Vinning.  K.  K.  Allen.  P.  I. 
Ad·12nu  Lt.,  Delzell,  U.  W.  Cryl ler,  F.  W.  Wood,  W .  A. 
I$t Serg·t ..  Goodwin. O.  T.  Da'·!$On.  R.  H.  Gilson,  C.  A. 
Geye r,  E.  C. 
Co.  Qm. Sg .•  Spraker.  E.  C.  Oilley. A. J . 
LQ ree.  K  E. 
Nile.;,  C.  M 
&!rgelmt@. 
IJauer.  W.  F. 
ThompGOll.  L.  H. Friedrich. O.  U.  Harrill.  F.  R. 
Norman.  R.  P. 
!:Iible.,·,  J.  S. 
Yolt.  1::. C. 
Taylor, O.  A. 
)lllhlte'lliss.  KC  Conl<"By.  L. J .  Aldrh.:h.  U.  E. 
Bnrman.  D.  E. 
Bird.  U.  S. 
DauE::herty.  C. J .  Foo;ter.  P.  E. 
Knight . J .  H.  Holcomb.  11.  J .  Brennl\n.  J .  R. 
TumD  BATTALION . 

TUlhi ll. C. B. 
Fronci,;co.  D W. 
postm,  ('. 
Milburn .  L. C. 
Pickrord .  V. C. 
Gauthier, G.  A. 

Prescott.  L. G. 
En~lalld ,  t:.J. 
lUcUowlln. W.S. 
HlitchiulI,  L. 11 . 
Lo'·elace.  E.  K. 

Johnston,  Jfl.SC.  Blerema.  J.  A. 
l~ynold8. C.  W.  l.)end{'l,  L.  P. 

Hamilton, R.ll. 

Herr. C.  It. 

Corporats. 

To be  llajor. Conwny. G.  F. 

To  be 

1st  Lieutenant and  lhttalion Adjutant,  Caldwell.  T.  l:f. 
'.:!nd  Lieutenant and  B!lttalion Quarterml\8ter and  Commi!l.'Jan- Hock,  E.  r. 
Dlttallon SerJ.:eant  )Illjnr, C . .II1way.  T.  E. 

. ' 

Company  " I" 

(Jomp/l."Y  ··K"  C.)mpany  " L"  C,)mpany":U·· 

Tellkollohy. R.J.  EdilJ(ln,  A.  W.  Ge/l.ring.:'1.  J .  Holden. J .. \ . 
Itunner,  A.  J .  Taylor.  C.  n .  Hanseu.;\1. 

Captain. 
ht Lieut., 
2nd  Lieu t.,  P31me r. O.  H  Clothier.  II. G.  Klinge r,  K.  ~t.  Sandhll.mmer, F. 
Sm9.tield. W.  B.  Remer.  G.  D.  Chamberhlin. R. G. 
Ad'i  ~Il d Lt .. , Bissell.  It  E. 
Siool, S.  8. 
1st Sergt..  Dennis.  J. 
Co.  Qm.  Sg,  BriJg~, J.  U 
8Jl.rtOtl.  C.  F.  Shaver. T.  R. 
Sergeants.  Carsten,..  C.  C.  Schuyler. B.  A.  Stone,  D.  O. 

):Iclnll' re.  B .  H. 
Gr/l.n~r, F.  L. 

To"·nr. J . de  r •.  ~ie!l.  W.  L. 

B.t.rnum,  H.  H. 

Corporals, 

R..iley.  W. 
~man. H.  N.  TolaI.lJ .D.P. W.  We:>t\"elt.:'1 
Merwin. C.  L.  DeGrRll.  E.  W.  Ket chum.P. W.  Ward ,  H.  M. 
Wilson.  A.  J . 
Sanborn,  W.  F. 
n. ... ker.  P. C 
Tolchan.  A. 
Frsliek.  B..  L.  Pnlme r.  J. E.  Gallagher, H. J . Smith.  L.  A. 
Pra.tt,  P. C. 
Finch,  A.  L. 
Weloh.  "\ .  E. 
Streiter.  11.  L.  Buter,  E.  G. 

Moran.  F. 
Cralte.  H.  B. 
Churtn~nd ,  L.  Hodgkilll!.R.  I).  Pringle,  0  G. 
l:Iolden.  U.  P.  ~ibe r l,  J. T. 

Sn~·.:Ier. K. :'1.  Woodman. J. G. 
Wooo.lruff,  L.  A. 
Zlel.  H  E 

B:shop.  It. S. 

lil\rt.  E. 

To be  tat  Lie utenant ,  DOfIn.  G.  H. 

Serge/l.nt,  1st Cll\8I!.  O)wles.  H.  R. 

HOS i>IT,\L  coups. 

SIDS.U.  CORPS. 

To be 2d  Lieutenant. O'Dell.  G.  M. 

ht Chus SerJ::·\.  DavidSQn,  W.  L. 
Sergeant.  Filkins. S.  J . 

To be 2d  Lieutenant. Griule}".  ~ .  II 

Ordnance SergeRut.  Wri!l:ht,  H.  K. 

ORI)S,\S CE  CORI'S. 

A.  C.  CRON, 
l ilt.  Lieut ..  10th  U.  S.  Infantry. 

Proressor  Military Science and Tactic.. 

~------------== 
sity  for thc  purchase  o f  high  priced 
C011l llle rcial  feed s, at  the  sam e  limc 
impro ving  the soil  in stead  o f  caus 
ing  it  to deteriorate. 
In  (mother  ill 
stance,  a  young  short  course  man 
went  horne  ,md  purc hased  a 
few 
,,;hich  re 
rel{istcred  lhliry  c attle, 
sul ted  in  the  quite  general  lise  of 
this  v31u:lhle  b reed  in  the  locality. 
In  still  another  notllble  instance,  a 
desimhle  c rop  rotHtion  was  estab· 
lished  which,  comhinecl  with  up·to· 
doVe 
tilbge  methods,  resulted  in 
greatly  increased  crop  yields  with· 
out  seriOUSly  depleting  the  soil  of 
its  fertilit y.  There  is  :llso  another 
instance  ill  which  an  im· 
st riking" 
pro"cd  variety  o f  corn  was  intro· 
duced,  alld  its  use  has  now  become 
quite  wide  spread  in  the 
locality. 
T hese  urI.'  hut  a  few  of  the  m:!ny 
W;I)'S  in  whic h  the  community  may 
be  benel;t!:'!!  by  the  short  course 
man. 
I f  the\' do  not producc illll\\e· 
diale  important  impro\'emcnts,  this 
is  nearly always llue 10  conse r vative 
influences  in  the  home  or  commu-
nity  p re\'enting  them 
from  carn'in" 
.  " 
out  their  plans. 

HORTICULTURAL  SOCIETY 
AT  LUDINGTON . 

Sc;:hleussner  and  Smith  A re  Seniors 
t o  Get  F irst  Places  in  Speak-
ing  and  J udgi ng  Contests. 

in 

took 

One  of 

the  most 

S  I ate 
plllce 

sueCl.'ssful 
the  history  of  the 
meetings 
IIorticultur.l.1 
1Iieh ig:l11 
:It  Luding 
Society 
ton 
last  w eek.  They  starteo.!  011 
Tuesday  morning, ;lnd  the  }oJ.  A . 
C. delegation a rri" ed Tuesday evell 
ing  in  time  fo r  the.  balHJ1let.  Prof. 
Eu stace  and  r-,'Iessrs.  Gunson,  I l nl· 
ligan  ami  \\7hite  were  present,  be· 
sides  twcl\"(~ of  the  sell iors .  That 
e\'ening  Prof.  Eustace  and  G.  Y. 
B ranch  responded  to  toas ts  at  the 
thus  repre· 
annulil  banquet,  and 
sented  the  college with other speak. 
ers at  Ihis  functioll . 

the 

follows: 

The  busy  day  for 

clliors 
was 
\oVednesda,·.  At  ten  o'dock 
they  were  on  -the  program  with 
their five·milHltc  talks.  The topics 
of  thesc  were  u 
··Horti 
the  \V cst,"  I J.  L.  Uali 
culture  in 
croft j  "Conlhillll.lioll  Shots in  Ilor· 
ticulture,"  G.  \'.  Britnch ..  "Life 
Hi s lo r yand  Control  of  San  .J ose 
Scale,"  E .• \\'.  D c  Graff;  "Pear 
Bl ight  ami 
Its  ContrOl,"  A.  \V. 
Eidson;  "Life  lIisto rv lind Cont rol 
of  Cod ling  :\'Ioth,"  L.- B.  G:trdner; 
"The  B rown  Rot of  P each,"  F.  H. 
l\"leDermid ;  "Co\'t~r Crops,"  M. T. 

Ea.st  Lansing  now  has  a 

full 
fledged  U.!::i.  express  odice.  Mr. 
Bauer, of the College Druj! and Gro 
ccry  Co.,  has  been  duly appointed 
;lge m  fo r  the  company ,  and  will  rc 
cc i"e  packages  :tnd  h a ve  in charge 
:1.11  expre ss  sent  10  East  La"si"Jr. 
Jt  is  hoped  that  it  free  delive ry  will 
be established  soon. 

5 

Muon;  "Apple Scab," F.  \V. Crys. 
lerj  "Co.operation,"  H.  G.  Kirby ; 
" I-l ow  Lime·Sulphur  Kilts  lh ...  San 
Jose  Scule,"  O.  \r.  S chleussner i 
in 
".'\  pple  COn<litiol1s 
\Vestern 
N~w York,"  Edwin 
' mith;  " T he 
Peac h  Tret'  Borer,"  H.  G.  Taft. 

These titlk"  seem  to  he  ve ry  pop. 
IIlnr  a]  the  IIIcetin~s o f  these practi 
c al  fruit grOWNS,  and  thc  speake rs 
received  the  besl of attention .  The 
judges  accorded  first  pri..:e.  $15.00, 
to  U.  \V .. :;chll·ussncr,  ~.  Y.  Cit)"; 
second  pnzc,  $10.00.  to  F.  II.  M e 
Dermid.  Battle  Cr<:ck;  Ihir<l  prize, 
$5.00,  L.  B.  (iardl1t: r,  Lall ~ in.K' 

.The fruit judging ~'ontC!!t followed 
thts.  and  cOlIsi:.ted  of  iden]iticlil ton 
of  I'arielies  and  colllTtiolt  judging". 
)'Ir. U.  K .  Whitc  ami  l'>ruL  1lalli _ 
)[:111  ac tl'd 
:15  oJti ... i tll~,  nlld  pri:t.cs 
Werl·  awardc,l  as  follo'\,,:  First, 
$'5.00,  1::d'III1  ~mith, LOfli.  x. Y.; 
seconcl.  $IO.DO,  1 J.  (i.  Tah.  East 
third.  $,.00.,  O.  W. 
Lmsin;!; 
::iehlcllssller,  ~. Y.  (ill_ 

,  . 

Th ...  practi ... :11  eo.lu<":I·tioll  sl·t·ur ... ,l 
In·  sttl(lcl1l~  ill  attellll:lItcc  lit  Ihese 
Inccti ng"s  is  o f ).:" r l·;tt  , alue, as  a  larue 
" 
tOpll·~  was  ,·ol·e red  each 
r:tIl).:"C  0 
day  hy  practical 
;!rOWl'rS, 
fruit 
Among  the  collc).:"c  Ill ... "  to  appe,lr 
on the prOg' r:11I1  'n're: !'rof. 1::11"t;lC(', 
\I itb 
'. Fruit  F;trll1  Cold  ~torag"e 
Buildings," and a "ter"'optlcon leelure 
"Scellcs  on  ).!all\  ~l irhi"aJ1  Fruit 
F:lnl\S""  l" rof.  P"';u it,  will,  all  Illus 
Irate!1  talk,  "Insects  1!:,'cry  Fruit. 
groWl·r  Should  h:1l0 \,·:"  Prof.P:II . 
ten,  with  "P r:lctic:tl  Demonstration 
in  Bu~ in).:" 
large 
lIumher  of  Aluumi  wen'  present, 
somc of whom  were eOllsi>icuous  011 
the  program. 

1··erti1i.tc r ~.·'  A 

F ARM ERS'  CLUB. 

The  studt,ttt  hody  :1 1  ~,. A.  C, 
duly  apprel;ah:" its  techniC;ll  dubs. 
T o  the  students  in  agriculturl',  Ihe 
F armcr's  Cluh  has  always  been  the 
phlee where  they could  feel:l.t  home. 
It  W:IS  especially eviden t dur im;  thi;J 
year's  meetin:.:-s.  The  I:cr;.:-e  ;OOIll I 
109  A i;.  b uildi,,).:",  was  lIlo re  than 
once  crowd~d  10  its  full  capac it)·, 
:tnd  110  meetlOg:  could  complain  of  a 
me:lgl'r ,llIendallce.  T his  is  p rin c i. 
p:tlly  due  to the fa ... t  Ih:1\  the c1 uo ha5i 
hecil  fo rt unate  ill  sencrill;.:'  speakl.'fS 
wholleli\ creel a  mt'SS:lg:'"  o f prime in. 
terest  to  th<.'  future  f:trll1er.-;.  Dur 
ing  Ihis  term, addresscs  "ere  m:uie 
by  both  studcllts  and  f,lculty  mern. 
bers.  T hl'  followill;!  ;I re  some  of 
the  lopics  t<lken  up: 

!'rof.  GUI1S011 _ B CII1IIih ill<' 
... 

Farm J 101llc. 

. 

the 

Prof.  Frcllch-Ag r i<"ultnral  Ed. 
the 

\-alue 

and 

its 

to 

ucation 
Furmer. 

Inst ru cto r  Lill to n  _  Marketing 

P oultry  PrOlluce. 

Talks  we re  also  .c;i'·cl1  on  "reclt 
malluring,  m:trketing  milk  pn;luce. 
s <1l1it:cr)'  dairying,  "How  aud  \Vh )' 
be a  Good  Farmer." 

I~or the  winter  term  an  elaborate 
program  has  been  a rranged,  ",ilh 
sp'."ci:ll  attentio n  to  the  needs  of the 
short  course  s tudents.  The  latter 
h:!,·c :Ilways  nvniled  thcmselves  o f 
to  attend  these 
the  oppor tunity 
meetings. 
II  is  a  fact  that  these 
meetings  hnve,  in  themsch'es,  been 
nn  incentive  to  many  10  attend  t he 
sho r t  courses. 

The  meetings  take  place  even' 
Tuesday  evening,  at  6  :45  o 'dock, 
in  roorn  109,  f\gr.  Building. 

Chas.  R ose,  'II,  "':IS  a  college 
"isitor  over  S unda)"  Mr.  Rose  is 
fanning  at  Evart,  ~Ii ch. 

6 

Th e  M .  A.  C .  RECORD. 

ENGI NEERING  SOCIETY 
BANQUET . 

One of  the  most successful  terms 
in  the life  of  the  Eugincering  Soci  
et\'  W:lS  concluded  1:.st  F r iday eve]} 
illg  by  a  banquet  held  at  Club  B. 
Although  this  was the  firSt  banquet 
of  t.he  sociel)",  it  was  11  complete 
success  from  oyster  stew  10  ci~:trs. 
The  menu  ca;Js  provided  b}"  the 
the 
program  comco.ittce  were 
fo r m  of  blue  prln!s. 

III 

As 

toastmaster,  Dean  Bissell 
wielded t he "oil elm" most efficienlly, 
and  k"pl  the wheels of  the  progrllm 
rU!Jnill~  without  11.  hitch. 

I IlSlrlKtor  II.  E.  Marsh,  'oS,  of 
the  e ng ineering  dcp<lrtlllctll, 
re 
viewed  the  history  o f  the  society, 
of which  he  was  a  CbarLer  member. 
1-11.'  conl'1l11k'ti  his  talk  by  wishing 
SilCCCSS  to  those  who  have  sta rted 
the  movemellt to change  the college 
mune,  ami  declarcll  himself  heartily 
in  favor  of such  ;1  ch:llJg'e. 

Prof.  Kun ze, of  the  Enginecrin ~ 
Faculty,  su rprised  those  -who  h:ld 
attempted  to  ~lICSS  what  his  inter 
pretatioll  (If  the  suhject  ..  Rech ri,, 
telling"  would  lx',  by  tr:mslating  it 
into  the  wonls  "~ I  it hig-an  State 
College."  TIl:I! 
the  Professor  is 
mia-htil\'  interested  ill  the  proposed 
ch;uge - in  lIame  W:lS  e\'idenced  by 
h is  remarks. 

.. A n  ';Irt to 'art talk"  W:lS  h:lndlcd 
b\·  Professor  \\"ilson.  After  gi\'  
irig  much  g ood  ;Ithice  to  tbe  mem 
bers  of  the  society,  the  Pro fe~snr 
took  the opportunity  to  tell  how  he 
stoOod  on  the"  ~1.  S.  C."  ques t ion. 
which  C;11I  he  summcI\  up  by  hi~ 
closing:  remarks: 
"Success  l\1ust 
be  achie\'l~d  Iwnorahlv." 

The last  loa,,\  of th-e  e\'ening  was 
presented  by  F.  11.  K:me,  ' I"! ,  who 
IOld  sever ... 1  amusing  stories, 
:Inti 
condmkrl hy  reviewing  the  ac t ion!; 
of the  :'-.1.  ~: C.  Associlltioll. 

The  en:.ni ll ::  was  ;t 

thoroughly 
(' njovah1c  011e,  :Intl  President  Groo 
thllis  and  Ihe banquet  commille-e  arc 
to be  cong r:u ll];ned. 

NAME  QUESTION  AGAIN 
AGITATED . 

A  short  ti111e- al,!O'"  h ... l1d  of  sen· 
ior ellg-ineers  issued  ;$1)(.1  distribuled 
posters  <lnlOllg  the  entire  student 
body,  bearing  the  headlines.  ··~l i c h ­
ig:m 
),1 icbigan 
Agricultun,l  C olleg-e.  \\'hieh :"  a_lll\ 
setting  forth  re;1",ons  fu rthC' <.: n:lIl:;!:e. 
with 
to  "'T:d k  it 
admo niti on 
vI' ~., 

!::)tatc  Colh:~c  or 

the-

. 

. . 

T hi s  Wil~  follo wed  l:ls t  Tu e ~ rbv 
eveuiwI  ],\,  a  /IH· ttitw o f  the Se lll(;r 
cngineers ,  :,1  whi t h  F.  Ii.  K!lnc 
presided .  Pro f.  E.J.  }.;:U Jl ite-
\\:< 5 
called  upon,  a l Ki  g;"HC  an  (:n thu ~i liS ­
tic ami  il1~pir;Il;(  talk.  briogin~  OUt 
mall )"  new  po ints.  Amollg  olh e r 
things.  il  was  karnnl  that  in  the 
cast, and  C'\ en  in  \\. iscomin. the b e t 
thai  the re  i~  an  eng ineer·jng:  course 
here  is  unkno\\ 11.  1.'\ ell  :ilnong  pro· 
fcssors  of 
(1) .~il1ce rin g  c"llc;::es. 
This  is IJUt'  to  the  fac L thllt  eastern 
institutions of this dass "dtlorn  teach 
It i",  be· 
anything:  hili  ;tgriculturc. 
yond  queslion  that  the  cll~incers 
a r c  ser iously  handiC1lppcd  hy  the 
;lIso 
p r esent 
point ed  OU I  lines  of  <letion  and  !,:;""l\"C 
graphic  illustrati.olls.  showin g  II  h:lt 
tl  b.md  of  perslstC'nt  w orke rs 
(":m 
.1ccOomptish. 

l1:u ne.  Prof.  KUIJ'( e 

·.Mess rs  K.  B.  Sle\' ens,  '06,  and 
E.  C. Cul\'er  gave  their experiences 
i n  pr:H:tice, substan li:tt.ing  what had 
been  s:lid  before,  :Ifld  dllho rlltillg 

upo n  the handicap  that  the  p rcsent 
!lame  imposes  upon  ou r  graduates 
am!  students.  The  ZlanlC  Mich igall 
Stale  College  WOU!I!  no t  ouly  give 
all  '1  squa rc  deal,  but  ;t\so  give  the 
school  mo r e  prestige  :ts  a  wholc. 
Several  committees  were appointed , 
and  the  cause  p romises  to  be  a  live 
olle. 

Thc  Idlers  arc  phlllni llg  a  Christ· 
mns  cnter tainment  in  the  '\'ome ll's 
Building  Saturday  evcn ing,  from  7 
to  10. 

Prof.  Babcoc k's  friends  will  be 
gLtrl  to  know  tha I  he is  s ti ll  on  t he 
gain,  and  indic:ltiolls  all  poin t  to  a 
completc  reCOI-e ry . 

Insl r uctor  Lillton  was  ill  :-;:tu g a . 
tm: k  Friday  and  ~alUnJ.l y  of  laSI 
w el' k,  when~ he scored se\"er;ll  birds 
and instructed in mt:thods o f scoring, 
elc. 

A  party  o f  eight poultry studen ts , 
Ins tru c tor  Linton  and 
including 
't I,  left  ~Ionday  fo r 
~Ic\'ittie , 
Guelph,  where  they  will  attend  the 
winter  f air  and  poultry  institute. 

Th e  Alumni  c:tlalogs  h:I\' c  been 
reeei l'ed  frolll  the  press.  :lnd  will bc 
mailed  to  graduafes  upon  request. 
It  will  not  be  possible  to  hand these 
directories  OUI  at  random,  as  0I11\" 
::,CX>O  l'opies  have  been o rdered. 
. 

J\lr.  O.  K.  Whit e, while iiI  Graml 
Rapids  last  week,  met  J\lr.  C.  A. 
Reed,  'aS,  now  of  the  Bureau  of 
Plant  Industry  o f the U . S.  G O\'efil' 
me n l,  who  was  at  that  lime  on  his 
way  to  :'-.lidd!cl- illc  to  se.:  his  wife. 
who  has  re cently  been  seriously  ill. 
:\-1 rs.  Reed  will  be  remcmix:n.:d  as 
~! iss  Katharine 1\1 e ~ a u gh to:l, of the 
same class. 

The 11C\\  c;tfe  in  C011 nection  with 
the  East L:msing'  Drug :lIld Grocery 
Co.  is  in  :Icli\'c  oper:llion.  :U1d 
is 
prol'ing"  a  drawing card.  The room 
is  prodded  with  l'ating tables  which 
will  ;tCCOnllnouate  six  or  eiXht  per 
sons,  and  $0 can  \"t'r\'  cflsih- he  taken 
cu re  u f <11  a  single lll~a1.  5.Jr.  I-lig-gs 
has ell tir~ charge of this Ilepanllll·l1 t. 
it"clf  is  :t~sural1ec  that 
which 
prope r  attention  will  h.:  gi'<:n  to  ,Ill 
patrOnS. 

in 

r{,ilJl~  ~/ _\-(1 ::'  } ",.,l', a  "olurne o f 
Ol-er  600  pages  :.nd  many  heamiful 
colo r"d  pl:lle5.  has  JUSt  bet:n  sent  to 
ourlihra.ry by  the author. Prof.  C.  P. 
Il e d ri c k.  !Iorti culturi~t of  the  ~ e \1 
York  Experinlt:m  Sta lio n.  The 
work  c()!1sists  of  a  ~ omplele discus· 
sio n  o f  I-;lrieties  of  plums.  origin. 
spec ie~ an d  vicinity  in  which  eil.:h 
thri\·cs.  Among  P rof.  Hedrick's 
ass i 5t arH~  it)  this  work  was  ~l.  J. 
Ut.lrse.l" 

'06. 

- --

'u6 

A  mOSI  inte rcsliug letter hns  heen 
rcccil-cd  from  Emest  F.  Smith. o f 
is 
the  aho\"e  d:tss,  whose  lIdclress 
16.12  \ ''' a rren  .. \I·e.,  Chicagu. 
~lr. 
Smith  i'i slill  in  the  chief engiuc('r 's 
J lis 
office  of the  Hock  Iflam] line s. 
work  is  general  ofticc  work  :\lld 
d ndting ;  und  alwa ys  plenty  to  do 
and  ellough  of  mOlll'Y  to  keep  from 
starring,  for  which  h c Stilte!> he- II';(S 
truly  thankful  ;'\ovcrnher  30.  Er 
nest  S:1\'5  that himself and  \1  ifc  :!rc 
"tl:it  (I\-"cllc rs, a  method of Ji\' ing dc 
veloped  from  the  cliff  dwdlers  of 
ea r lier  llges.  Th ere  arc  some  dis· 
advantages  in  Ihis  so r t  of  life,  hilt 
the  Oil!!  hig  advau tag-e  is  that  when 
yo u  g-et.  tired  of  one  cliff,  you  call 
the 
alw3),s 
On 
whole,  l 'lr.  Smith 
likes  Chicago, 
and  is  very  w ell  satisfied  with  his 
wo r k. 

liml  another." 

A  REVIEW  OF  THE  FOOTBALL  SEASON 
OF  1911. 

Th~ outlook  for  the  football  team  at  11.  A . C .  fur  the  sC:lson  of  191 t 

was  very  dubious. 

The schedule  was  lighter  than  that  of  t91O,  owin g  to  the  disc.,ntinu  
...tion  of athletic  relat ions  wi th  :\"ot re  Dame  all(~  ~Isrquctte.  AS:l  result , 
i ll  the  time  given  tOo 
it  was a  difficult  malte r  10  secu r e  competent  g:11l1CS 
t he a t hlelic  directo r.  Nevenhdess,  the  sensol!  w as  quite  salisfal"tory . 

Through  g:raduation  nnd  men  not  rcturniug  10  collegc,  we  lost  f rom 
last year's te:ml  Ex·Capta in  Exdby ,  Capt.  Co r tri~ht,  Leona r<1soll,  Camp. 
bell,  Pattison,  :\Iontfort  and  P ingle . 
\\·c  were  the r efore  eompelled  to 
build  :1  team  a round  fou r  of last  rea r's  better men . 

\Vc  opencd  lhe  season on  October  ith  by  defeating  Alma  12--0.  T hen 
the  team  settled  down  to  hard  work  in  p r epara tion  for  its  lmnual  game 
with  Mich igan.  For three  qua rt"'s w e  hel\l  tllc  slr on:;  L-.  of  ,,1.  tc a m  to 
a  tic  score, bUI  owing  10  lack  uf  ('!lough  good  substi wli:s  and  the  short 
time  in  which  we  had  to  prepllrc  for  this  g-aml'  our  team  weakened,  :1I1d 
we  were  bcaten, llfler  the  h:lrr!esl  tight  C\'e r  seen  on  Ihe  :'-.1.  _'\ . C.  neld, 
15~3.  llad  we  been  :tble  tosubs tilute  strong, there  is  absOlutely.  110  doubt 
in till' write r's  mind  th;lt we  IYQuld  bave  bel'l)  able  to  have  be;lt{'n  our  old 
rinl!.  J\lichi!:i"n .  Our  tl· ... m  pl;tycd  ... s  g-oud  as  ~ Ii chig :tn. if  n ot  beller;  hUI 
it  \l'llS  purely  a  case  of  weight and  ('ndurance  w hich  defeated  itS. 

Alth uug:h  , \-C  were {Iefeatcd  squarely,  it  waS:l  moral  "ictory  for  ~I.:\. 
C _  This game  g-an'  \IS  our  preslig-e  for  Ihe  r emainder of  the  season,  for 
no  o n e  had  ;Hl  itle:1  thai,  with  the  material  at  hand,  \I'C  would  he  able  to 
make even  a  fair  showi ng. 

On  Oct.  2  I  we  c:lsily  dcfe~ltcll  the  s trong OJiVc1  team  z9-3. II hich  Ieam 

later  won  the  ,\1.  L  A.  A. ch ampion ship. 

C'n f o r lun:lIe l~'  fo r  us,  the  BUt' hle!  ~:lIllC  \\":1 5  c'IIKe\ed  b}'  thelll,  owing 
to  faculty  restrictions.  As  a  result  the  v:l rsity  pl:lyed  thc  r.:serres  aud 
tlcfc:tted  them  23-0. 

In  a  hanl  fought  game  the  1':Irsit)'  met  :lnd  defeated  Depaul\'  L- ni\'er 
sity  011  .;..ro~·.  31.1  by  the  dose lSco re  of  6-0.  T he :::.me WI.S  h ;lrd  fou::ht 
from  beg-inn ing  to  end,  hut the  score  does  n o t  show  Ihe  reid  strel1:,::lh  o f 
ou r  te:tm  O!l  Ih;1I  d;l)"  for  we  coc llinuall.'  IlwrchcJ  (lUII'll  the  fidJ  10  with_ 
ill  striking dist:ulce  o f  the  goal,  then  were  pCl1alized  and  filially  forced  10 
punt. 
I n  the  fi rst  fh' c  minutes  o f  play  Ill'  scored  frOIll  the  ; j-yard  linc 
on  a  delaye,l  pass, bitt  the  ref c rce  rlai med that  the  hall W;IS  passe d  forwanl 
s is  inches  amI  Ihe  m;w  who  receil-ed 
it  w:ts  nOI  fh'c  ";In!S  hn~' k  of  the 
line. 
Il:td \1"':  hall 
om  even  hre:lk  in  luck  it 
is  Ihe  \I·rit{·r's  opinion  Ih:lt  w.:  would  have 
defeated  thcm  a l  It:::Hst  IS  points. 

:\" n  r esult" c  1051  ...  louchd{j\\ n  all  :1  legitimate  jlby. 

011  XOI".  II  \\e  pr"yed  and  ddcatt'd  thc  strong  ~l t.  L"niOIl  t~'am  of 
Alliancc,  Ohio,  ~6- 6.  whidl  add s  more  cr"dil  10  our  team's  showing:. 
when  I~' e  take  inlo  cOllsitienltiOIl  Ihc  fact  th;l !  ~It.  L' niOIl  st:or.:d  more 
points  ag;t inst  l3uchtc1  th:1Il  R escf\·c . Caiie,  Hiram  al1d  \\' OOSI~' r cmnbined. 
Thc)'  scor ed  ncarly  tw il'c  as  mUllr  point s  a~ain st  Iliram  :'15  Rl'Serl"e, 
Obe rlin ,  .\J!cgbclI)'  and  \\' oolSler  ~·o lllhilll:~d .  On  :'\ 0\'. 30  :'-.11.  Ullioll  de 
fe:lI"d  Ohio  ~orth('rn L' nil"crsily  19  to O. 
:-'11.  Gn ion  is  1101  ill  the  Ohio 
confe rence,  but  fronl  the  abol'':  r erord  olle  .::In  e:l!>ily  sec  l hat  they  hat! 
one  of  t he  stroll~est  1~';uIIS  in  Ohio. 

On  Xu\".  lith,  when  we  w ere to  play  Ohio  :\"ortb('rn  Unin'rsiIY ,  "Old 
l~hl\-ius " :.rot  in  his  good  work  and  proceede{\  to  Ilwkt·  our field  :t  minia_ 
ture  lake.  As  a  resul t  thl:'  ~:tllle  \\,:1S  calle,1  o ff,  Illu.:h  10  thl:'  chag- r in  of ;111 
conce r ned,  b ut  it  W;(S  :Ibsolutely  usekss  to  play  ttllller  such  t·ondilion~. 

\\'ith  this  g:atne  canceled  we  '''l're  forced  to  go Ihret·  weeks  without  a 
;,:ame  hefore  {lur  tinill  clash  with  \\'ahash  on  turkey d:tr.  During:  theS(' 
three  weeks  Ih{'  tcam  dc"cf\'cS  a  wholt:  lot  o f  ere-llit  for  it.;;  f:tilhfulncss 
and  s pirit  shoWIl .  anti  jhe  relll  results of  their  efforts  were  brought  fo rt h 
lery  s.trt.ln.:;ly  when  we  defe;l\ed  our  ohl  ril·als.  \\·abash.  17- 6.  Tht' 
\'ictory  practic:t1!y  gave  liS  the  millor  collcg:c  championsh ip  o f  thc  \\'eS I. 

:'-. !cl)ermid.  who  has  bce n  on  the  S,!U;Ic!  fOUl"  yell rs,  was .:;-i\·cn  a  m o no_ 
gram  SWe,uer  in  appreciation  of his  spkndid  w Dr k .  Ti e  has  hee n  Olle  of 
ou r  most  t'OIlSCiclltious  workers,. ami  though  he  was  not  allowe,\  to  plav 
ill  but one  ~ame this  SeaSOI1,  alld  th a t  for  ollly  a  fel\"  m ottlen ts,  the  spi rit 
o f  the  man  was  g o od  to  "ee.  Martin  ;11lt!  B;lllard  were  :llso  awa rded 
monogramS.  ill  ;ldditiol1  10  the  r~)!ular pl:tyers.  Shuttleworth,  D avi"  and 
Day  werc awarde-u  ,.  Ie' sweakrs. 

A  photo~raph of  the srlu:lc!  was  taken  S:Hurd:lY.  but  we  wl.'rc  Illlllh!e  to 
se cu re  a  print  in  time  for  this  issue.  R iblet,  our s tar  (Ju;\rter·back,  was 
eleCled  captain of  the  te:llll  for  t91.!. 

, 

. 

Nlune 

Position 

Height 

\\'e ight. 
Lbs. 

, \ge~ Yrl>. 

Years  01\ 
Team 

F.  A.  Stone  (Capt. ) .. 
E  G.  Cu lve r  ........ 
J .  E  McWilliams . . . 
L .  J.  H i!l. ..  ...... 
w.  R  R iblet  ....... 
E.  F.  Gore nflo.  ...... 
.,.  G.  :Mark ham. .. . . 
G.  W .  (li(ford  .. .. . . 
.. .... 
D.  Me La.ughry 
J ..  W. Cam pbell  ..... 
V.  E.  Ju lian. ..... ... 
s.  A.  Mar tin ....... . 
F.  R.  Davis.  ....... 
A.  E.  Day ..  .... .... 
F_ fJ .  McDerm id ..... 
C.  V.  Ballard ....... . \ 
E.  H. Shuttleworth . . 

I.  E. 
It G . 
C. 
R  H. 
Q. 
R.  E. 
k .  T. 
L.  H 
L. T. 
L. G. 
F.  B. 
G. 
E. 
G.-T. 
C. 
li.  Il. 
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Ube  ~iUsIDrr ~oobs (to. 

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W Eare  ill  larger  store  quarters  alld  Iwve 
added  several  new  lilles-Sllils.  Coals, 
IVa/sIs,  Art  iVeedle  11'01'1',  ele.,  olld  '{'Ill  be 
pleased 1o  meet all ONr colfco,tJ friends of last )'Mr, 
• 
fllld as  mall)'  'lIe n'.rricnrls as  poss/ble. 

.=.  • 

• 

A/id/ li'llc q( Pillo'ws, .fJ!.uills, Slteets  alld cases . 
COllie  ill and get aequail/led "wilh  tis. 
J}fake our store your' heat/qlutr/l'r;:;. 

I ,  Do  You  Want 

Pair  Shears 
Knife 
Safeh'  Razor-

hH!"'~t~. Au tO *rol>. 
E,-er- K,"II(ly a nd  t:'lI.u.r ~ 
to "'''\let 'roll> 

H ones  and  !:-itrops 
Saws 
Hammers 
H:ltchets 
Chisels 
Screw  Drivers 

I"  fact, :mythiu,X  yOIl  need  in 
h:trdwart!  you  w ~11  find -
and 
at prices  to suit-:lt 

I 

E\' ERY  KIND  Of 

FURNITURE 

FOR.  YOUR.  ROOM 

Cots 

Folding  Beds 

Matresses 

Book  Cases 

Desks 

All GOODS  DElIVER,ED  fR,EE 

I Norton'S HardwarB  M.J.« B.M. BU6K 

-"""" ~  ABOUT  TH E  CAMPUS 

""""'''''''''' ~ 

"The  Ri v<1!s"  will  be  presemcII 
on  Thursda y  c\"cning  Dec.  q . 
Note the change  ill  d:ltc. 

1\.\ r.  \V.  O.  H ollister,  Entomolo· 
gist  for  P :lrke,  D:l vis, &  Co., of De 
troit,  was  at 
the  College  t~e  p:l~t 
week,  looking  up data  on  InSl'ctl 
cides. 

:Miss Caroline  Holt, of our Draw 
ing  D ept.,  :lttelllled  the  24th  ant~ual 
exhibition  of  the  Americ;tIl  P:nnt 
ers'  and  S{'ulptors'  Association, 
held at  the  An  Institute,  Chicago, 
the  past week. 

A  trial  by  ju ry  was  held  in  the 
Chapel on  Tucsday and  \\'cdncsday 
o f  last  .. veek_  T he  trial  was 
the 
outcome of  an  attempt  by  the  cit)· 
of East Lansipg to  condeolll  a  s treet 
through  ce rl:lin  property  owned  by 
Mr.  H.  U.  Angell.  J udge  Black, 
o f  Lansing,  represe nted  the  city, 
and  the  trial  was  heard  by  Judge 
Gardner.  The  jury  disagreed, alld 
a  new  trial  has  been  set  for Dec.  26. 

in  connection  with 

in the Hasti'lffS JJaf/ttcr o f  No\" . 
the  .Michig~n 
30  is  an  article"on 
Good  Roads  Association,  and  a  ells 
cussion  of  the  3.ctivities  of  \-arious 
counties 
the 
S tate  aid  hUld.  The  "ice  presi  
d ent  of  this  association  is  N .  P. 
the State 
Hull  with  '89,  master of 
G ra~ ... e  and  recently elected  nation-
f 
. 
"  , 
al  lecturer. 
IS  one  0 
~Ir_  Hull 
.Michla-an's  progressive farm ers and 
a  good  rO:ltis  enthusiast. 
\V.  K . 
Pruddell,  '78,  is  3.  member  of  the 
board o f  trustees  of  the  above  asso 
ciation, and  has  always  contri buted 
largely in  connection  with  the cause 
of better rO:lcls  in  Mich igan. 

Prol.  :md 

l'Irs.  Y.  T.  "-illion 
s pent  the  Th:l.I1ksgi ving  recess  in 
Detroit,  visiting  friend s. 

Dairv  week  will  he  held  at  M. 
A.  C.  ~'eb .  19 - ~+  T his  w ill  be  in 
connection  with  the  tuberculin  test 
work  gi\'cn  by  Dr.  )'larshalL 

Mrs.  Besse),  and  lillIe  daughter 
left  OZl  Saturday  for  Om;lha,  ~e · 
brask a,  where  she  will  visi t  her 
parents.  She  e"pects  to  be  gone 
until  about  the close  o f January. 

The  annual  foot  b:lll  banquet, 
which  has  become  so  imporwllt  a 
fu nction  ill  ou r  college  activities, 
will  be  held  Friday eve ning  in  Club 
D,  \Vells .  The  feed  beg ins  at 8 :00 
o'clock,  and  :l  good  progmm  of 
toasts  is  assured .  The  ticke ts  arc 
$1 .00 each,  and  may  be  procured  at 
the  Secretary's oflice. 

On  the  evening  of  D ec.  5,  ~I r. 
and  )'lrs.  C.  C.  \-Yood  entertained, 
wilh  a  musical  program,  SOOle  50 
guests.  Prof.  Huston,  ~Irs .  Hesse, 
of  L:lIlsing,  and  Miss  Dykstra, of 
Grand  R apids,  were  among  the 
soloists.  Refreshments were served 
and  n  thorouD'hlv  good  time  en-
• 
joved . 

" 

Prof.  Shoesmith  and  M r_  R:l\'en 
spent  the  g re3 te-r  part  of  the  past 
week  at  Union  City,  where  they 
conducted 3 series  of demonst rat ions 
and  ~ave  lectures  on 
live  stock, 
dairying,  ferTility,  etc.  Some  40 or 
50  enthusinstic  farmers  were  pres 
ent,  and  the  session  was  a  Inost 
profit:lble  one.  Claud  Nash  is  In 
ch.1.rge  of  the  <1g ricultural  wo rk  at 
this  pl<1ce,  and  one  of  the  moving 
spirits in  this  work. 

• 

Dean  :lnd  ).frs.  Lnnan  wcre  ill 
Chicago  a  few  daFs  the  past  week, 
when  the  Dean  attended  the  big 
stock show_ 

1\lr.  allJ 

)'frs.  Emmons  will 
occupy  the  rooms  in  the  tt!fracc  ill 
which  i\lr.  alld  i\lrs.  Bowditch  now 
Ii ve. 

Instructor  L_  C.  Emmons  h:ls 
been  appointed  genernl inspector  of 
dormitories,  and  will 
.Issume  his 
duties  at  the beginning of the  winter 
term. 

T he  grcn te r  part  of  last  w e~'k 
W3S  milch  like  spring  :'I.t  M.  A.  C. 
The  snow  p raeticully  disappearc,1 
on  \Vcdnesday,  and  one  could  {Io 
ve ry  nicely  without coat  and  wraps. 

Neat  moldings  have  been  placed 
in  the  halls  of 
the  Engineering 
Huildillg,  upon  which,  f rom  lime  to 
time,  will  be  placed  v;t riou s  photo 
graphs  and  drawings  for  the  bene 
fit  of  students allli  others  interested 
in  engineering. 

ro: 
Announcements  have  been 
ceived  of  the  marriage, on  Thanks 
gi\'ing  day,  of  Miss  Bertha  )'fa)' 
~larshal1  and  1\lr.  ).lilesJ.  G ilmore 
at  Libb}',  M ont.  Afte r  ).Iarch  I, 
'9 IZ,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gilmore  will be 
at home at Old  )'Iission, 1\1 ich_  The 
bride  was  a  former  clerk  in  Dean 
Shaw's office. 

Season  tickets  will  be  sold  this 
year  admitting  the  holders  to  the 
the 
oratoric<1l  contest,  and  also  to 
sophomore  and  freshmen  contests. 
In  addition  to  th ese,  the  ticket  witl 
also  be  good  for  reser\·ed  scat  at 
the  peace  oration contest and  <1dmis 
sion  to  the  debatc  with  Ypsilanti. 
A  general :ldmission  will be charged 
at the  peace  omtion contest, the  sea 
son  ticket  being  good  only  for  re 
served seat. 

The ch urch  bir  and  salc  proved 
Ii  is  reported  thnt 
a  big  SlKcess. 
the  \r omcn's  So~-iety c1e:lred  3bout 
$160 on  the  ventu re. 

A  Ilew  shed,  20xi~  feet,  is  being 
constructed  sOllth  of  the  shops  on 
It will  also 
the line  of the  f:lilw;I\. 
serve  as  a cover for supplies of  pipe, 
ceEllcnt,  etc. 

Prof.  Sh aw  was  at  St.  J ohns 
Saturday,  where  he  spoh·  before 
the agricullural  students  in the hig h 
school. 
)'Ic\'iltie, 'II, is  in  cha rge 
of the  Ag.  w ork. 

A  number  o f  the  faculty  mem 
bers  plan  to  attend  the  meetings of 
the  American  Asso~iatioll  for  the 
Advancemenl  of  Science,  hel(!  in 
\\-ashi ngton  the  I:ltler  part  of  De. 
cembt:r_ 

At  a  meeting  of 

the  Station 
Council  on  Friday  nfternoon  two 
bulletins  we re  authorized,_ one  by 
the 
Dr_  Beal ,  on  "\Veeds,"  aud 
othe r  011  the  subject of" Drai n<1ge," 
by  Prof. J effery. 

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" 

I '  

The  Department o f  Drawin<J"  and 
O 
eSlgn  {CSlreS  to  make  correction 
of  a  statelllellt  published  recently  in 
connection with  the namc  of the  in 
stitution .  The  Dept.  docs  IIOt  re. 
quire swdents  to  put  the  name  of 
the college in  their title, as indicated 
in  the  :lrticle  mel1tioned~  If  they 
did,  the  one  r{'centlv  authorized  by 
the legislature  would  be  the one  reo 
quired. 

8 

The  M .  A.  C.  RECORD . 

Everybody  .... " THE  STATE  JOURNAL 

BEC AUSE 
It  completely  cove r s  the  field  of local  news,  politics,  and  the 

world  of sports. 

Because  its  telegraph  and  correspondence service  enable it to 
g i\-e  its  reade rs  the  btest g eneral  news  of  the  day  in  ad_ 
vance  of any  other  newspaper coming into  Lansing. 

Ha ve  THE  STATE  J OURNAL d elivered  to yo u r  ho m e  by carrier 

THE  ENGLISH  DEPARTMENT 
AND  THE SHORT  COURSE 
MEN . 
- -

)len  who  e nter  t he  college  for 
Ute  short  coti rses  nwy  be  in terested 
in  knowin g  something of  the  work 
of the  English  Dcpart1lleut. 

1 

In  the  regul:tr  course!>,  stu( cots 
are  required  to  study  English  dur 
ing their  fresh mall  and  sophomore 
rears.  T he  courses  include  much 
IJril1  III  ICller  writing:  and  111  other 
forms  of  com position,  d rill  ill  ex 
temporaneous spcnking,  and  d ri ll  ill 
the prcp.mltion and  dcl.ivcry of  vari· 
O\IS  kinds  of  addresses. 
In  the 
junior  :1 1)(1  scnior years, agricultural 
studen ts  have  open  to  them  a  wide 
range  of  c!ccti,-es  ill  the  study of 
litcnlture.  T h is  includes  t he  read 
ing  of  fiction,  of  biog raphy. of  fa 
mous foreign  classics translated into 
English, of  orations,  o f  poetry,  o f 
the d ram:l,  of short stories,  etc. 
A s  the  men  who  come  fo r 

the 
short courses are primarily  here for 
technical  work  which  will  be  o f 
prac tical  \'al ue  to  them  011  the farm, 
comparatively  little  ti me  has  been 
gi,-e n  in  the  p.ast to  work  along  the 
lines  of English.  Howe ve r, courses 
ha,"e  beell  presented  in  lette r  writ· 
It 
mg,  III  p:trliamentary  law,  etc. 
is  hoped  that  in  some  way during 
the  present  w iuter  some  practical 
work  III  leller  w riting,  as  well  as 
some  work 
ill  parliamentary  law 
in  extemporaneous  speaking, 
:lnd 
may  be  presented. 
III  addition  to 
the courses  offered  by  this  depart 
ment, it  has  been  customary  to ha,-e 
at  least  nne  talk  gi,-cll  to  the  entire 
body  of  short  course  men  concern  
in~ books of  interest  to  the  JOU'lg 
people  on  the  hrm. 

• 

Allied  to  the  "ork o f  the Depart 
mcnt  is  the  work  cared  for  b,- thc 
students  themseln's  in  their  P ublic 
Speaking  A ssociation.  This 
Ill' 
dudes original  oration  CODtC>Sk>  fo r 
freshmen .  fo r  S()phomor~-;;.  a na  at 
least two oration con1bt.s. 0Jkn  to all 
Ihe studcu~ of Inc .olreo:!t:.  The .-\5-
sociation  al- o  .. Q!lduc'~.an annual  cle 
bat~ ,\itn  Yp"i.atl ·i Sf'}rm~ Co:.lle,.!'c 
and  with  _\ ,ma  C,,;iege. 
"'Oale  of 
1  he  he • .f  d,",rin~ 
these  coni~ .' -
the  time one  ~n.IJ:- cour,e,.  a.:eo  are 
here.  T (!c\·  are  Ul  ned  to  ;l,lerA 
these  conto;:'~I~  free:~ _  thu'i 
em;;: 
something of to:;;  ph~c o f  ""oI)Ue::!e 
liI e. 

.-\.  dehntin,!!  svci~t:·  mel:t!'  each 
ThursdaJ  eH:.nin~ at  se\"l:1l  o'doek_ 
In  this,  question;;  of  prc~ent  day 
interest arc discussed.  Short C6u rSe 
.u en  will  be  wcicomc·d  at  the meet 
\\-hen you come, 
ings of Ihis dub. 
come  with  the  purpose  in  mimI  of 
being  ill  this  debating  socict)·  regu· 
larly  each  week, and  of taking  part 
in  the  generul  d ebutc  which, elleh 
evening,  foll ows  the  formul  debate. 
Should enough sbort coursc men care 
to oruallize themselves  into a  debat-
ing  dub  to  m~et  once  o r  tWice  a 
wet:k,  plans  Will  be made  to  acco m 
modate  them. 

. 

. 

The head  of the  E nglish  depart 
ment will  be  glad  to  consult  with 
short course  men  at  any  time  du r 
ing  their Silly,  concerning  any  mat-

f 

Hart.  Shaffner 

& 

Marx  Clothes 

I mpena  an 

Spalding Sweater!! 
d  K 
Heid  Caps 

nox 

.  I 

H  , 

a  s 

,., 

Men's  Wear  that proves 
itsel f the world over. 

Student  Sal.Sl1len  Saturdays 

The  Mapes  Co. 
Z07_Z09  s.o " t h  Wu h lnrt oa  ",'e_ 
For years  Lansing-s LeadinE  Clothiers. 

C O LL EGE  DR.UG  8' 
GRO C ERY  @.. 

HIC C S  &.  B AUER ,  P AOPA IUO RS 

ters which may  fa U withi.n  the  prov  
ince of his {department.  His  office 
is  in  r oom 5 of  College  Hall. 

FIBRE  PLANTS . 

illustrated 

The  chapel  was  filled  to  over 
flowi ng  and  many  w ere 
turned 
away  who came  out to  hear  Lyste r 
D ewey,  '88,  \V ednesday evening, in 
his 
lect ure  on  "Fibre 
Pl nntsand Plant  Fibres."  Lantern 
slides  were used  showillg  views  of 
the growing plants, method of  prep 
)1r.  Dewey 
aration  o f  fibres,  etc. 
took  up  the  most  important  fibre 
plants  o f  the  world.  such  as  cotton, 
hemp, jute.  abaca  pIanilla  hemp). 
flax.  SiS:I!,  henequen,  ixtle,  zapupe, 
etc.  T he  speaker  has  made  ex· 
tensh-e  studies  of  the  fibrc  plants 
at  home  and  abroad  while  in  the 
gove rnment  sen -ice,  :ulli  his  talk 
instructive,  as  well  as 
was  'en ' 
no n ·  interesting. 

~Ir. Dcwey  spent  Tha nksg-h·ing 
at his  ol~ home,  Ilear  il. d ri:ln.  nnd  it 
wa- hecause of his visil  to  )Iich ig-an 
thal  he  was secu red  for  Ihis lectu re. 
lecture,  the  members  of 
After  Lhe 
the - Research  Club,  with 
thei r 
wivb,  J{a\"t:  an  informal  reception 
for  :\ I r.  Dewey  ill  the  rooms of  the 
Botanical  Dept. 

..\1 r.  IJewey  left, Thursdny  morn 
in~,  to 
the 
\' isit  his  da ughte r,  at 
L-niversity,  :1Od  expected  to  reach 
\\-!l!>hinglon  on  Saturday. 

P res.  Schlcussncr  has  caJ!ed  a 
meeting  o f 
the  State  Oratorical 
Hoard  fo r  Saturday,  Dec.  14,  at  !'.1. 
A.  C.  The  State  Oratorica l  Con· 
te.st  is  t his  fea r  to  be  held  a t Olivet, 
and  this  meeti ng  is  culled  to  deter· 
mine  who  shall  act as judges,  aJl(1 
also  to  conside r  any  othe r  matters 
which  may come  before  the  Board 
at that time. 

Prof.  Pettit and  Mr.  Patlon  were 
among those who atte nded the Hort. 
meeting in  Ludington  las1  week. 

BATH  ROBE  BLANKETS 

~ UR handsome  new  line  of  Bath  Robe  Blankets  are  he re. 
They  come  in  an  attractive  va riety  of  styles  ,.d  colors, 
with  Cords  and  Frogs  to  match.  Prices,  $1.00  to  $3.00. 

When  desi red  we  make  Bath  Robes to  mcasure.  These  co mfo rt-
able  Lounging  R obes  make an  ideal  Christmas  Gift. 
If  you  want 
one  m ade, leave  yo ur order ea rly . 

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lllIJE  are  e'pecially  well  equipped 
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you  may  need  in  the  line  or 
CALLING  CARDS,  DANCE 
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Lawrence &  Van Buren 
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Jacob  Reed's  Sons 
of  P hiiadelphia 

Are  the  largest manufacturers 
of  COLLEGE!  UNIFORMS  in 
the  L"n ited  States,  and  have 
w on  and  maintain  the  busi 
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T he  Uni forms  w o rn  at 
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tb.,...,  wbo  Pfltrnnlze  us. 

BAKED  GOODS. 

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map  monntlngs,  albums.  pock et  books. etc. 
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In  Oltl  National 
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CLOTHING. 
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