g|e 911 a. g. SUoorl VOLUME 2. LANSING, MICHIGAN, TUESDAY, MAY 11, 1897. NUMBER 18. A L e t t er from Professor Noble. To the E d i t or of the R E C O R D: You ask me for "news, descriptive letter, or other communication." Af to com t er m a t u re delay, I prepare classify. to leaving municate, Probably it mostly you will "other." find you COINCIDENCES "When I reached the University I ex pected to find myself in the midst of s t r a n g e r s; yet in the first h o ur I met three friends, two from the University of Iowa, one of whom told me of three other University of Iowa schoolmates w ho a re now in Chicago, two as teach In consequence ers in the city schools. of to these chance meetings I began feel somewhat at home. T h at after noon I engaged board, and at the sup per table sat down with nine strangers. But it soon developed t h at my land lady is a sister-in-law to a classmate t he of mine, now Prof. Nichols of K a n s as Agricultural College, and t h at the she has some acquaintance with Michigan people at M a n h a t t a n. One of t he lady boarders is a graduate of W y o m i ng University and knows t he M. A. C. men who went there, Messrs. the Niswander and Colburn. One of divinity students at table had preached the Sunday before in an In diana town where I have m a ny rela tives, and a n o t h er came from Iowa, about t w e n ty miles from Mrs. Noble's old home. the Iowa friends boarded By this time the sense of strange ness had vanished. "Within a few days I found out that one of the University of just across the street and roomed only a block away. Also t h at Prof. E. P. Anderson, under whose direction I began work at the M. A. C. in 1889, was next block. W as not this a succession living in * of coincidences? M. A. C AT THE UNIVERSITY. Besides Prof. Anderson and myself, I know of but two M. A. C. people in the University, Miss "Van de Walker and Miss Jeffries, both of whom will be remembered as summer students of a few years ago. Miss Jeffries is work ing toward a Ph. D. in chemistry, but is giving a p a rt of her time to teach ing t h at science in a private school. Miss Van de W a l k er is working main ly in pedagogy and psychology, I be lieve. Both ladies, and also Prof. An derson, inquired about all old friends at M. A. C. Prof. Anderson has been here since last August, and is devot ing himself to Anglo-Saxon. His fam ily is with him, but I have not seen them, as I chanced to call on the year MOVING DAY. As if typical of its spirit of business and bustle, Chicago has modernized t he English festival of May Day, "of all t he maddest, merriest day," into Moving Day, which might the fairly be termed "of all t he year maddest, busiest day." On t h at day leases expire, and unless you are to r e m a in where you are, you m u st get out to F u r n i t u re vans, enormous boxes on wheels, re sembling the menagerie wagons in a circus parade, are on the go from late at early m o r n i ng till night. They are engaged long in ad vance, but the more foresighted mov ers contrive to get settled before the rush. let somebody else somewhat in. A LUDICROUS MISTAKE, F e a r i ng initials M. A. C. might not be intelligible to a benighted t h at t he an abbreviation which University of Chicago man, I wrote on my card I thought anybody would understand,— "Mich. Agr'l College."' But when I presented my card to the dean, he said: " A h! Michael Angelo College!" with a slight rising inflection. I succeeded in controlling my risibilities, for he was a man of age and dignity. But the next morning when a youthful in structor made the same mistake. I am afraid t h at I laughed. THE UNIVFRSITY shows evidences of material prosper ity, t h a n ks to Mr. Rockefeller, I sup pose, in four new buildings, which are now being finished inside. President Harper has announced the forthcoming establishment of a medi for cal department, which will call still other buildings. I hear also of some instances of internal growth by teaching recent strengthening of the force. The topic of conversation just now is t he r e t u rn of Prof. Von Hoist from Germany, whither he went for his health nearly a year ago. His re t u rn has been expected each week since the opening of the term, but it is now definitely announced t h at he will meet his classes today. Every one speaks of his r e t u rn with bated breath, for t h at he r e t u r ns "to it is understood die in the h a r n e s s ." as he has ex it. pressed CHAPEL EXERCISES. As the chapel would seat hardly more t h an a third of the students, an a r r a n g e m e nt has been made for at tendance in sections. Monday is " J u nior College" day (freshmen and soph omores), Tuesday "Senior College" (juniors and seniors), Thursday divin ity students, and Friday graduate stu I am not sure about Wednes dents. day, but think t h at is the day for un classified students, of whom is a large number. There must be some similar arrangement for sectional at tendance by the faculty, of whom on three occasions I have seen from five to eight. At chapel the members of the faculty and of t he choir, a double male quartet, wear gowns and " m o r t ar the boards." Some of gown with dignity, but most of them look awkward and uncomfortable. them wear there that LIBRARIES. Each department has its own t he fellows li In these libraries t he students brary. have free access to the books, but no book may be drawn except over night, t h at is, from 6 p. m. to 8:30 a. m. The library a t t e n d a nt is usually some one department, in of serving in t u rn an hour or more a day. is In t he English library t h e re little a t t e m pt at a classified arrangement, which to me seems very strange. The method of finding a book is to consult a card catalogue, which refers you to a certain section, shelf, and number. The duty of the a t t e n d a n ts seems to be little more t h an to put books back on the shelves. To the book shelves of the general library students are not admitted, but from two it books may be drawn for weeks. Each book has a little pocket on t he inside of the back cover, con taining a card on which is recorded the date when the book was drawn. The card belongs to the student, and is w i t h d r a wn from the book when the latter is returned. The general library is also a station of the city public li brary, which gives one an opportunity to draw books from the city library by giving one day's notice. RULES GOVERNING ATHLETICS. A rule was recently passed requiring t h at any student wishing to enter an intercollegiate athletic contest " m u st be t a k i ng full work," t h at " t h is work must be sustained at a satisfactory grade during the entire quarter," and also two quarters of his residence t he s t u d e nt must have completed full work each quarter, and his absences during t h at period must not have been sufficiently numerous to reduce his credits." the preceding t h at " d u r i ng The rule it may, concerning RULE CONCERNING ABSENCES. absences study. The a r g u m e nt is it 30?) class exercises is something like t h i s: A s t u d e nt t h at has been absent in two quarters from 40 (or (in cluding chapel), be the reason what ever to t a ke an is required extra "minor," equivalent with us to a half-term for the rule is t h at absence from a class the exercise entails a certain student, a nd t h at when the n u m b er of absences is large, the loss has become so great as lo justify the requirement is of an additional study. The rule said to be especially helpful in bring ing students back the first day of t he term. loss to DEBATING. Thursday nigh; I heard t he debate between students representing the Uni versity of Chicago and t he University interested of Michigan. All who are in such m a t t e rs have probably read a report of it in the papers. they This is the first debate Chicago has ever won, and n a t u r a l ly feel jubilant. The University authorities evidently intend to cultivate and foster is shown in debating, as an interest by t he recent announcement of prizes and scholarships offered to the student in each one of a series of winning debates. one scholarships for Six to $35 each, and a term, equivalent prize of $50 a re offered to t he winners in the junior college debates, and the same to the winners in t he senior col lege debates; t he divinity-graduate debate are offered four scholarships and one prize of $75. These prizes are offered for each quar ter, but in two of t he four quarters the contest is to be in orations. The ag t he prizes offered gregate value of during each year is something more t h an $3,000. the winners in to t h at Believing, Mr. Editor, I have now sufficiently punished you for your rash invitation, I close, with best re gards to all M. A. C. friends and best wishes for in stitution. t he prosperity of the Chicago, May 3. A L V IN B. N O B L E. H e r e d i ty E n v i r o n m e nt W i l l. in lecture was evening. Despite other The third n u m b er in the Y. M. C. A. t he lecture course was presented chapel by President Snyder last F r i day a t t r a c tions upon the same evening the at tendance was fairly representative and all. the Among other t h i n g s, President Snyder asserted t h at "heredity is t he biologi cal law by which all beings endowed with life t e nd to repeat themselves in the ani their posterity. All through mal and vegetable world is law paramount. Each p l a nt and animal its own species and none propagates pleasing t h is to t he Instincts and the lower forms other. of psychical life are hereditary." T he a nt can neither have sensations the actions of the bee; n or perform neither can t he the beaver wolf. The sentiments and passions are hereditary. The gypsies are a s t r i k i ng example of t he conservation of certain psychological characteristics. those of law of heredity, It might be asked why there a re so m a ny exceptions to t he law of heredity. W h at causes such a variety a m o ng m a n k i n d? The to gether with the influence of environ ment, may explain all varieties in na ture up to man, but m an is a law u n to himself. He is endowed with a power which places him far above the law of heredity; which gives him the pow er of choice; makes him a free a g e nt and a moral being. Freedom of will renders m an subject to* influences from without as well as to influences from within. He can resist either, and is al ways given the power of choice as to which one he will allow to control his actions. B a t t a l i on I n s p e c t i o n. The battalion of cadets was inspect ed Monday afternoon, May 3, by Brig adier General J. C. Breckinridge, in spector general of t he United States army, who was accompanied by Gen. Fred. Case, inspector general M. N. G., Lieut. Col. Shubel, M. N. G., Lieut. Col. Smith of the q u a r t e r m a s t e r 's de partment, a nd Lieut. Col. Richardson, of the adjutant's department. Owing to rainy weather the inspec tion occurred in t he armory, and con sisted simply of an inspection of a r ms and accouterments, exercises t he manual of a r m s, military gymnastics, and an oral examination of the sopho mores in drill regulations. in as well pleased with General Breckinridge expressed h i m self t he showing made by the battalion, con sidering the short time they have had for drill. He was especially pleased with the cleanly condition of t he guns. General Breckinridge the only one of adhere is a member of the famous Kentucky Breckinridge family, and three brothers the Union to throughout the civil war. He is a fine looking, well kept gentleman of about 50 years, erect, soldierly, and withal a very pleasant person to meet. to A r c t ic P l a n t s. Prof. C. F. Wheeler of the botanical d e p a r t m e nt h as been presented with a very interesting collection of plants collected in August, 1894, on t he coast of Labrador, 53° 32" N, and at Sidney, Cape Breton Island, by S. P. Orth, with from '94. Twenty-eight plants came Labrador, and the r e m a i n i ng twenty- t wo from Cape Breton, and all were the collected on the r e t u rn voyage of ill-fated Cook expedition which visited Greenland in 1894, and of which Mr. Orth was botanist. Be sides other smaller plants, willows and birches predominate in the collection, but t he largest of these is less t h an one foot high. t he Lake In Michigan Superior region, the same species at tain a height of only four feet. Mr. Orth graduated at Oberlin last year with high honors and is now studying law at the U. of M. exploring in 2 T HE M. A. C. R E C O R D. MAY I I, 1897. the M. A. C. Reeord. PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY THE MICHIGAN AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE E D I T ED BY T HE F A C U L T Y, A88I8TED BY T HE STUDENTS. S U B S C R I P T I O NS SHOULD BE SENT TO T HE S E C RETARY, A G R I C U L T U R AL C O L L E G E, M I CH S U B S C R I P T I O N, 50 CENTS P ER Y E A R, Send nioney by P. O. Money Order. Draft, or Registered Letter. Do not send stamps. Business Office with R O B E RT S M I TH P R I N T I NG Co., Printers and Binders, Corner Washington Avenue and Ionia Street, Lansing, Mich. Entered as second-class matter at Lansing, Mich. For various reasons T HE M. A. C. R E C O RD is occasionally sent to those who have not sub scribed for t he paper. Such persons need have no hesitation about taking the paper from t he po8toffice, for no charge will be m a de for it. The oDly way, however, to secure t he RECORD regularly is to subscribe. Official D i r e c t o r y. P R E A C H I NG SERVICE - S u n d ay noons at 2:30 in t he Chapel. after Y. M. C. A.—Regular meetings Sunday even ings at 7;30 a nd Thursday evenings at 6:30. C W. Loomis, President. E. M. Hunt, Cor. Sec retary. Y. W. C. A .- Weekly meetings for all ladies on t he campus, Tuesday evenings at 8:00, in Abbot Hall. Sunday meetings with t he Y, M. C. A. Miss Clara J. Stocoum, President. Miss Ella Phelps, Cor. Secretary. K I N G 'S D A U G H T E RS —Meet alternate Wednesdays. M r s. J. L. Snyder, President. Mrs. W. Babcock, Secretary. N A T U R AL HISTORY SOCIETY - Meets second Friday of each m o n th in t he Chapel at 7:00 p. m. H. C. Skeels, President. W. R. Ked- zie, Secretary. BOTANICAL CLUB —Meets Monday even ings at 6:30 in the Botanical Laboratory. Thos. Gunson, President. W. R. Kedzie, Secretary. S H A K E S P E A RE ( J L U B - M e e ts Wednesday evenings at 7:30. Dr. Howard Edwards, Presi dent. COLUMBIAN L I T E R A RY S O C I E T Y- Meetings every Saturday evening at 7:30, Mid dle Ward, Wells Hall. S. H. Fulton, President. H. Caramanian, Secretary. ECLECTIC S O C I E T Y- Meetings every Sat u r d ay evening at 7:30, F o u r th Floor, Williams Hall. C. D. Butterfleld, President. W. A. Bartholomew, Secretary. F E R O N I AN every Friday afternoon at 1:00, West W a r d, Wells Hall. Amy Vaughn, President. K a t h e r i ne McCurdy, Secretary. SOCIETY — Meetings H E S P E R I AN SOCIETY - Meetings every S a t u r d ay evening at 7:30, West W a r d, Wells Hall. C. B. Laitner, President. L. E. Sage, Secretary. OLYMPIC SOCIETY-Meetings every Satur day evening at 7;30, F o u r th Floor, Williams Hall. Elwood Shaw, President. W. K. Brain- erd, Secretary. P HI DELTA THETA F R A T E R N I T Y- Meetings every Friday evening at 7:30, E a st W a r d, Wells H a l l. R. W. Clark, President. A. B. Krentel, Secretary. UNION L I T E R A RY S O C I E T Y - M e e t i n gs every Saturday evening at 7:30, U. L. S. Hall. L. S. Munson, President. G. N. Gould, Secre tary. TAU BETA PI F R A T E R N I T Y - M e e t i n gs on alternate Thursday evenings, Tower Room, Mechanical Laboratory. G. A. Parker, Presi dent. E. H. Sedgwick, Secretary. CLUB BOARDING A S S O C I A T I O N - I. L Simmons, President. H. A. Dibble, Secretary' M. A. C. A T H L E T IC ASSOCIATION-C. B Laitner President. G. B. Wells, Secretary. M i n u t es of Board Meeting- At the meeting of t he State Board of Agriculture, held at the College last Tuesday and Wednesday, the follow ing business w as transacted: C. E. Marshall, assistant bacteriolo gist, was given a six weeks' leave of absence, beginning July 7, for the pur pose of study. The zoological department w as a l lowed to expend $100 for glass bottles for t he museum. The mechanical d e p a r t m e nt was a u to purchase $125 w o r th of thorized wood-working tools, also a bench lathe and typewriter. I n s t r u m e n t al music was made an elective in t he women's course for t wo full years for course who are n ot conditional in more t h an two studies. t a k i ng t he students The following resolution w as adopt ed: Resolved, T h at it is t he u n a n i mous belief of t he members of t he board t h at t he continued prosperity and further growth of this College will of necessity be largely dependent upon the loyal and practical support given it by the alumni; and t h at the best means of securing such support is to bring about a feeling of earnest a nd active cooperation between the State Board and t he alumni. foregoing Be it further resolved, That in ac cordance with the spirit manifested in resolution, t he State the Board of Agriculture hereby suggests and recommends that at the business meeting of the alumni to be held at the College on J u ne 17, there be elected from t he alumni an advisory council of six members, whose duty it shall be to confer together from time to time upon the general welfare of t he institution. finally, be it resolved by this board in regular session, T h at we here by extend to such advisory council, as soon as it shall be organized, an invi tation to meet with us at least once each year, and as much oftener as said council shall consider desirable, for t he purpose of mutual conference upon all m a t t e rs pertaining to the work of t he College. And An appropriation of $100 w as made to help defray the expenses of t he t r i ennial alumni reunion. Resolved, That in carrying out trio spirit of t he resolution of t wo meet ings ago, concerning the preparation of bulletins suitable to be used in rural schools for the dissemination of scien tific information of value in rural life, the faculty of t he College a nd council of the Experiment Station a re hereby to prepare at the earliest requested through a com possible opportunity, mittee, a bulletin having this end in view, and submit it to this board for approval. The adopted: resolution was also following Resolved, That hereafter all m a n u al labor upon the College premises, ex t h at performed by the regular cept teamsters, both during the College year and vacation, be furnished to t he stu dents, providing competent students shall apply for the same. classes ordered Fees were to be collected from such in amount as may be determined by t he president. in cooking The president was authorized to use room in case of sickness the Board of students, if needed, for the balance of this term. The management of the cattle, relat ing to tuberculosis, was left to Prof. Smith, to act in his judgment. It was resolved t h at the Feronian so ciety be requested to vacate t he rooms in Wells hall, a nd t h at t he president of the College be requested to make ar rangements for the joint use of the Y. M. C. A. rooms with the Feronian Society. The next meeting will be held com mencement week, J u ne 16. E d u c a t i on of Mechanics* In these days of rapid change, when supplanted machinery h as already much of the hand labor of former times and is still lessening t he a m o u nt of labor needed for a given output, t he question of t he training of mechanics for t he positions they a re destined to fill in t he world of industry h as been considered and reconsidered, and meth ods, which until very recent times were unknown, have been adopted. One of these is t he modern trade school. T h e. system of apprenticeship, though n ot so far abandoned as many have sup posed, is, however, no longer a school to which almost a ny intelligent boy of good family a nd habits can apply with almost t he certainty of admission. There a re yet m a s t e rs a nd apprentices, but. in proportion to the n u m b e rs em ployed in the various trades, the pro p o r t i on of apprentices is relatively much smaller t h an it used to be. We do not class as apprentices youths em ployed to operate a single machine, and w ho receive no other instruction than w h at is necessary in order to do t h at special work. Of these, there a re many more than in the old days when apprenticeship was the rule of every shop. is an article in P e r t i n e nt to the consideration of this Engineering subject (Feb. 12) on t he "Education of German Mechanics." In nearly every small town in Germany is an evening school, —continuation (Handwerker- school F o r t b i l d u ng Schulen); which boys of the working class are compelled to a t tend. These schools a re mostly free. At some a small fee is charged, in which case it is paid by t he m a s t e rs of working apprentices, or t he firms t h at employ the youths who attend t he schools. In these schools mathematics, drawing, French, English, bookkeep ing, etc., are taught. t h at the German youths a re thus kept u n der school discipline till they reach an age at which t he value of an education is generally appreciated.—The Engineer ing Magazine, April, 1897. It is noted Difficulties. F. E. W E S T, '99. familiar COLUMBIAN LITERARY SOCIKTY. There is nothing we meet with more than difficulties, a nd it seems often t h at friend, Difficulty, this should be welcomed by us a l l; b ut he has so many disagreeable a nd u n t h at no one seems to friendly ways like him. How often we wish t h at the difficulties of life might be avoided and some path through life t h at would n ot be hedged up by them, some p a th t h at we could travel with ease a nd n ot have to fight our way. that we might find We often t h i nk we would like to go through life without encountering dif ficulties, but what would be t he r e sult? P e r h a ps a homely example will serve to illustrate. A tree that grows in t he midst of a forest, with only one ambi tion, a nd t h at to grow higher a nd ex cel i ts neighbors, m ay thrive a nd look grand as long as it is protected from the strong and severe winds by t he neighboring trees; b ut let t he other trees be removed a nd t he first strong wind fells it to t he ground. N ot so with the tree t h at grows in the open It h as no protection, but, when field. the cold west wind blows against it, pushes into the ground, a nd the strong wind from the opposite direction only makes it the more the deeper roots firm. its Thus, how often we see fathers a nd mothers disqualify their children for life's work by removing t he difficulties in their way, thus depriving them of the valuable experience t h at they might otherwise gain. T he boy who h as plenty of money furnished h im a nd who keeps up with all t h at is t he latest in fashion m ay present a very favor appearance, b ut when h is r e able sources fail a nd difficulties arise, he sinks beneath them a nd is stamped as a failure. N ot so with t he boy w ho has few friends a nd no money. He knows from experience what difficul ties are and how to battle with them. The back-bone of our business world today is made up of boys who m et a nd overcame difficulties. Difficulties a re inspirations to us if we look at them in t he right spirit. Hayden says, " N o t h i ng is difficult, it pleasure by having though unsuccessful is only we who a re indolent." We de rive much sur mounted a difficulty, and next to it from t he satisfaction of h a v i ng made strug a gallant gle. We should n ot think of difficulties destroys as hope. Hope of accomplishment is inspires us to work. A child what t h at sits down and cries for the moon will be miserable, but let it plan some way of getting t he moon and all will be pleasurable. impossibilities, for this easy, go easy," a nd Difficulties a re also i m p o r t a nt educa It is an old saying, tional factors. this is "come In mathe often true in our studies. t h at matics it is t he difficult problem The problem trains us to reason. that took us so long to solve is t he one we remember the most distinctly. In chemistry it is t he a m m o n ia we taste or t he explosion which occurs that firm- • y establishes the facts of the partic ular experiment. We students, per haps, would call these difficulties, but 1 think Prof. Kedzie is right when he speaks of experi In botany it is t he flower we ences." had so much difficulty in classifying t h at we recognize on t he campus and know on what page the description is found in t he manual. And so it is with all o ur studies; were it not for the difficulties we encounter, we would not gain much benefit from them as "happy them. Beside being valuable to us in our studies, difficulties teach us many more useful lessons. It is the poor boy who learns the true value of a dollar by be ing compelled to be economical. It is the boy who h as been forced to work his way alone through the world that knows the true value of a friend. Sick ness h as t h at health is something to be prized and maintained. Many such lessons as these could n ot have been learned in any other way than by encountering real difficulties. t a u g ht m a ny people beneficial Let us not then look at difficulties .i.J necessary evils, for they are our best and most helpers. Channing says, "Difficulties are meant to arouse, a nd not diocourage." Let us be aroused, then, a nd n ot discour aged. I know t h at many times we feel tasks like giving up. We often have assigned that seem to be almost i m possibilities, but w h at pleasure comes to us when the task is mastered. Many times when we a re about to give up in despair is the time we are about to conquer. Many feel t h at they can not complete their course on account of financial or various other difficul ties. But let n ot this discourage. If any have to leave college for a time let them plan to come back as soon those who a re as possible. I think working as these a re t he ones who most appreciate the opportunities presented them, a nd look who, in the days to come, will back with more pleasing satisfaction upon the work done a nd difficulties overcome while students in college. Let us all do our best and not get dis couraged. under such difficulties "If we t ry its no disgrace, even Though we do n ot win the race." Seeing t he m a ny benefits of difficul ties, should we look upon them as our dreadful enemy? Of course, difficulty means work, but all worlds a re work shops, a nd ours is no exception. Let then, roll up o ur sleeves a nd meet us, difficulty half way, n ot with tearful ness, but with a s t r o ng hope t h at we shall be victorious; a nd then when life's activities a re nearly closed we can say, in t he words of Dr. David Livingstone, a m an who m et with m a ny difficulties in life, but at last left MAY, 11, 1897. T HE M. A. C, R E C O R D. but feel his n a me in history's pages: "Looking back now upon t h at life of difficulties, I cannot it thankful formed such a material part of my early education, and were it possible, I should like to begin life over again in the same pass lowly style, and through to t r a i n i n g ." the same hardy t h at At t he College. The Shakespeare club is now reading H o m e r 's Iliad. A. J. Weeks, '99, spent Saturday and Sunday at home. Rufus and Lee Landon h a ve a new Waverly bicycle. Miss E d i th Smith is still on the sick list, but is really feeling much better now. Miss Emily Marion Cotting of Phila delphia called on Miss McDermott on F r i d ay last. H. W. H a r t, '97, was called to his home last F r i d ay by the news of his fathers' illness. F or the first t i me in m a ny years the sod in the west half of the old orchard has been plowed. Mrs. S. V. Atwood of Chicago is vis in is engaged iting at M. A. C. and studying dairy work. The memorial sermon, May 30, will be given by the Rev. C. C. Miller, as sistant sergeant-at-arms of the senate. The measles are still their rounds. J. B. McCallum, '98, and E. R. Austin, '99, are now quite sick with them. having Snyder The King's Daughters will meet with Mrs. afternoon. tomorrow Leader, Mrs. Vedder; text, "Do." This is "pound week," J o hn Severance, '99, left for his home at E a st Jordan, Wednesday, on account of sickness. He expects to be back as soon as he is better. The class in descriptive geometry is at present larger t h an it has been be fore in years, the n u m b er of students enrolled being thirty-five. '98, F. L. Woodworth, and B. H. Holdsworth, '00, attended a social at Okemos Wednesday evening. They re port a very pleasant time. Hon. T. B. Woodworth of Caseville was again in Lansing last week in the interests of commercial fishermen and called at M. A. C. Thursday and F r i day. The plants in the botanical garden never wintered last season, and as last summer was a good season, the promises to be more satisfactory t h an ever. growth better t h an T he Abbot Hall co-eds, as a whole, wish to t h a nk Mr. Gunson for all the flowers he has so lavishly bestowed upon t h e m; and Professor Taft—may his memory be (ever-green). The botanical gardens of Smith Col lege, Northampton, Mass., have sent us seeds of different kinds and in r e t u rn the botanical department has sent bo tanic garden plants of various species. last week Professor Mumford spent three days of in southern Michigan. Saturday morning he gave an address at Concord on "Shropshire Sheep" be an fore breeders. association Shropshire of the campus Mrs. Holdsworth and Mrs. Noble gave a thimble p a r ty to all t he ladies after of noon. The rooms were very prettily decorated with roses and lilies. R e freshments were served, and all had a very pleasant social time. last T h u r s d ay F or t he past m o n th the agricultural j u n i o rs u n d er Dr. Beal have made a special study of weeds and weed seeds. P a rt of the final examination consisted in picking out as m a ny seeds as pos sible from a mixture of sixty, identify ing them and m a k i ng comments. Last week the same class began the study of grasses for which plenty of specimens are at hand for the students' use. Last fall the chief of the division of forestry of the U. S. d e p a r t m e nt of ag the college and was riculture visited anxious to have the experiment tried of p l a n t i ng and caring for seeds of at least four kinds of trees from 10 states. This has been done, and the object of the test is to determine whether seed from a n o t h er state would do, as well or better here than Michigan seed would. The t r e es selected are the black wal nut, white, green and black ash, box, alder, hackberry, honey and Kentucky coffee tree. locust The j u n i or mechanical students in strength of materials are working this term with the Olsen testing machine, testing specimens of iron, steel and other materials. The work embraces determinations of the tensile strength, elactic limit, and modulus of elasticity of each specimen. Also the percent ages of elongation and of reduction of area at the point of r u p t u re are calcu lated. the work this term will embrace a n u m b er of open-hearth and Bessemer tests of steel of known chemical composition. A few experiments in tension will be undertaken if the time permits. is expected t h at It I ATHLETICS J There will be a local field day next Friday afternoon. Next Saturday we play Kalamazoo on our home grounds. F r i d ay afternoon at home, Kalama zoo defeated Ypsilanti by a score of 14 to 6. and 17 in the fifth; Hillsdale 2 in the first, 1 in the third, and 2 in the fourth —37 to 5. M. A. C. played an excellent game, considering the condition of the weather. The visitors were unable to get a t r a in home Monday evening, so they were given a reception in the Phi Delta Theta rooms. the Both team the crowd to victory. M, A. C. AT O L I V ET Saturday was an ideal day for base ball and about fifty of the College pop ulation, including Prof. McDermott, six to co-eds and Miss Bass, w e nt down Victory cheer did not perch upon our banner, how t h at came back ever, a nd was a very quiet one. teams played a loose game and seemed to vie with each other in the n u m b er of fum bles and wild throws they could make. M. A. C. started off with a dash that looked like a w i n n i ng pace and kept the lead until the fourth inning,when a combination of errors, three hits and a long fly to left t h at dropped out of sight of the fielder, netted six runs. T h at lead could not be overcome, al though M. A. C. several times had men The sun shining directly in on third. to the left fielder's eyes contributed to the defeat as much as a n y t h i ng except Of course the sun infield shone for both the Olivet boys have learned to field t h at position and to place hits in t h at terri tory. The game was devoid of w r a n g ling, as games are between these two colleges; and when Olivet plays the r e t u rn game she may expect the best e n t e r t a i n m e nt and the hard est battle t h at our boys can give. T he score: teams alike, but fumbles. always I n n i n g s. . 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 89 R HE Olivet M. A. C 1 0 2 6 0 0 01 *—10 10 8 7 9 2 10 2 2 0 0 0 0 —7 E a r n ed runs—none. Three-base hit —Eyke. hits—Mackey, Adams. Bases on balls—Off W r i g ht 4, off W a r r en 1. Struck out—By W r i g ht 3, by W a r r en 7. Umpire—Keyes. Two-base S T A N D I NG OE T HE C L U B S. Meeting of the Cycling Club afternoon business. at 5 o'clock, this i m p o r t a nt The N o r m a ls were easy victims at Albion Saturday, losing by a score of 10 to 24. At Hillsdale Saturday Kalamazoo won from the local team after a hard fought game. Score, 14 to 12. A "bicycle chased to furnish those who intend A. A. races. t r a i n e r" has been pur indoor practice for the M. I. to enter The protest t h at M. A. C. made of the first game with Albion, was lost by a tie vote at a meeting of the directors in Hillsdale F r i d ay night. The t r a ck athletes have engaged Henry Keep of Detroit as coach. He arrived Saturday morning and will be here every Saturday until field day. following The M. A. C. Cycling Club was reor last Tuesday afternoon and ganized the officers were elected: President, D. J. Crosby; vice president, A. L. Westcott; secretary, Miss Clara Stocoum; treasurer, William Ball. B a s e b a l l. H I L L S D A LE AT M. A. C. Of the game played .with Hillsdale little Monday afternoon, May 3, but needs be said. A drizzling r a in fell all t h r o u gh the game, which accounts in a measure for t he large score. Af ter the third inning t he Hillsdale boys despaired of winning, and before the end of t he fifth though they had given up hope of ever retir ing the home team. M. A. C. drew 4 in the first, 8 in the third, 8 in the fourth, it looked as Olivet Kalamazoo M. A. C Albion Hillsdale Ypsilanti 5 5 Won. Lost. Pr.Ct. 1.000 0 .833 1 .400 3 .400 3 .000 4 .000 3 2 .. 0 0 .2 R e p o r ts from F l o w er Seeds D i s t r i bu t e d. Last spring when the collections of flower seeds were sent to the district schools, a report was requested and a promise of a bundle of evergreens and shrubs for the decoration of the school grounds was made to t he five schools from which t he best reports were r e ceived. Although the sending in of a report was one of conditions agreed to by all of t he teachers, only thirty-one reports were received from the twenty-five schools from which they were p r o m ised. hundred five and t he In conformity with the offer made in the circular, bundles of shrubs and evergreens have been sent to the direc tors of the five schools from which the best reports were received, as follows: . District No. 8, Redford, N. J. Mul- dragh, director, Geo. Ziegler and Celia Rood, teachers; No. 2, South Arm, H. B. Hipp, director, C. H. Dewey, teach er; No. 2, Sparta, H e n ry M. Walcott, director, Mrs. N. L. Vanzant, teacher; No. 2, Boyne Valley, S. M. Jones, direc tor, A. E. F a r m e r, teacher; No. 3, Springport, M. S. Austin, director, J o hn McClelland, teacher. J o h ns H o p k i ns is the only university of any note in the United States t h at h as no college paper.—Ex. M. A. C. S P E C I AL R A T ES ON P H O T OS AT ^SHARPSTEEN'S STUDIO. ...My... Neckwear Stock C o n t a i ns all t he L a t e st I d e as as to SHAPE, COLOR AND PATTERN a nd t he p r i ce l o w er t h an e v er b e f o r e. W o u ld be p l e a s ed to h a ve y ou c o me in a nd see i t. BEFOEE PUKCHASING YOUR FALL AND WINTER A l l ow me to s h ow y ou s o me n a t ty " Up to D a t e" s t y l e s. N o t h i ng b ut r e l i a ble q u a l i t i es find p l a ce in my s t o c k. STUDENT'S PATRONAGE SOLICITED. ELGIN MIFFLIN THE OUTFITTED. me MAUD s WIND MILL AND ^ ^ P U MP GOMPflNy, Manufacturers of CYCLONE PROOF CALVANIZED STEEL WIND MILLS AND "MAUD S" PUMPS, Lansing, Mich 1 M I CH SUPPLY COMPANY WHOLESALE DEALER IK B e l t i n g, H o s e, I r on P i pe a nd F i t t i n g s, T u b u l ar W e ll S u p p l i e s, e t c. STATE AGENT FOR MAUD S PUMPS, LANS,MG,CH,6AN G I VE YOUR ORDERS TO TRAGER BROS. THE MEAT MEN _509 MICHIGAN AVE. E. Phone 192 New Phone 76 J.G.REUTTER 322 Washington Ave. South F r e sh AND S a lt M e a ts FINE CHICAC0 BEEF A SPECIALTY We are Headquarters for all Kinds of Home- Made Sausage. 4 T HE If. A. C. R E C O R D. MAY 11, 1897. News from G r a d u a t es a nd S t u d e n t s. H. C. Buell, with 'dim, is teaching in Detroit. Gerrit Masselink, '95, will remain at Cass City next year. Supt. C. L. Bemis, '74, of Ionia, called at the College Friday. Mrs. B. K. Bentley and children, of Denver. Colorado, are visiting in L a n sing. Dr. D. W. Roberts, with tomorrow '94, Holt, to Miss be married will Glines. C. H. Alvord, '95, says, "Tell the t h at old Charles will be with boys t h em in J u n e ." M. A. Jones, with '84, is now "Jones, the druggist, 511 Phoenix street, South Haven, Mich." F r a nk Johnson, '95m, is now billing clerk for t he Erie & W e s t e rn Transpor tation Co., Detroit. Mr. and Mrs. P. G. Towar, '85, mourn 15-months old t he death of daughter, who died last Thursday. their Born, Wednesday, to Mr. a nd Mrs. J. H. Larrabee, Lansing, a daughter. Mr. Larrabee was at one time in charge of t he apiary at M. A. C. J. H. Steele, last '96m, Tuesday evening from Rockford, 111., where he h as been employed in a draughting office for several m o n t h s. returned George W. Williams, '96m, is with t he Kalamazoo Railroad Velocipede Co., w h e re he h as been since t he first of last December. the alumni reunion. He will attend L. H. Baker, '93, spent a p a rt of his E a s t er vacation very pleasantly with Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Baker, '89 a nd '90, in Chicago. He sends to Prof. Wood- w o r th for physical a p p a r a t us to use in the Galien schools. R. Bruce McPherson, '90, visited M. A. C. Friday. He said it m a de h im homesick to find so few acquaintances on t he campus. However, he will at tend the alumni reunion, when friends for all will be here. S. J. Blake, '93??i,has been d r a u g h t i ng engines and boilers for the C. H. Dut- ton company, Kalamazoo, since t he middle of April. Last September he went to Salt L a ke City w i th a carload of pure bred rams, and returned at t he holiday season with a carload of cattle. Mr. Blake m ay be counted on as an other w ho will be here to attend the alumni reunion. C. J. Foreman, '94, will remain a n other year as principal of the Center- ville schools. As soon as his school closes he will take a bicycle ride to Ann Arbor, thence to M. A. C. in time for commencement and the alumni re union; after which he will p ut in most of his vacation at his home in Harbor Springs, where he will put in practice, t he principles of landscape gardening learned at M. A. C, by planting trees and shrubbery in the front dooryard. Some A p r il F l o w e r s. The old saying, "April showers bring forth May flowers," proved false this year. The long-continued cold weather served to keep back all but the most there venturesome plants. Generally is considerable variation in t he time of flowering of early p l a n ts one year with another, amounting, in t h is lati t u de during a t w e n ty y e ar period, to is t h i r ty days. over twenty days late. As usual, the s k u n k 's cabbage led the floral proces t he sion. flowers frost. On bright days numerous carrion-flies are attracted to these peculiar flowers by the vile odor which they emit, and a re Its spotted hood protects snow a nd T he present season from treated to a feast of ill-scented pollen, which is carried from flower to flower, securing cross-feivilization. the their flowers long catkins A little later the alders, the hazel nuts and t he American aspens h a ng to the wind. out The silver maples along river banks now a t t r a ct multitudes of bees, furnishing both a feast of honey and pollen for all visitors. The h a r b i n g er of spring is p u t t i ng up its clusters of neat in low beech and maple woods. L a t er a few bold hepaticas sent up some stems which tried to lift their faces to t he sun, but for the most part stood with bowed heads waiting for t he sunshine which did not flowers a re well come. These early prepared Their buds and flowers are formed early in the previous season, and in most cases are stored deeply under ground in thick tubers and bulbs, full of rich food, ready for the first w a r m th of the spring their sun to call them to awake from long winter sleep. cold weather. they for A few spring beauties begin to a p pear a nd some pussy willows begin to their show t he white feathers beneath black caps, but for the most p a rt these stood still and hoped for better times. At t he close of t he third week a killing frost came, which destroyed m a ny of the silver maple fruits, then j u st set their ting. E l ms were putting forth small clusters of cup-^shaped flowers in t i me to be destroyed by t he same Frequent rains, ac untimely frost. kept companied back buds of fruit trees as well as those of wild plums during t he last t wo weeks of these weeks nearly all growth was stopped, and at t he end of the m o n th spring flowers were still few and far between. the month. During by continued cold, C. F. W. Last Wednesday one of the classes in domestic economy gave a course dinner, to which t he State Board of Agriculture, Governor Pingree, Super intendent of Public Instruction H a m mond, President Snyder a nd Secretary invited. Governor Butterfield were Pingree was unable to attend. Mrs. Bird, wife of Hon. A. C. Bird of the State Board, was here at t he time and happily filled t he vacancy. The table was very prettily decor ated in green a nd white, and t he fol lowing menu will be conclusive proof to all t h at t he guests had a very en joyable time: Consomme Crackers 0\ A L W A YS ON T OP 2 DAVIS-THE CLOTHIER 1 04 W a s h i n g t on A v e n ue N o r t h. X Red Ties and Blue Ties Green Ties and White Ties All kinds of Ties for young and old Spring Overcoats That are right in price and color Everything ill Men and Boys' up-to-date Clothing. | DAVIS-THE CLOTHIER * [jOiKKJOOOSKXKXKKKKXXKKKKXKK ...COLLEGE BUS... Leaves M. A. C. for Lansing at 8:30 a. m. and 1:30 p. m. Returning, leaves Lans ing at 10:30 a. m. a nd 4:30 p. m. Packages prompt attention. left at Emery's will receive Livery or Bus for Thompson ...and Van Btrren LANSING, MICH. High Class Printing H. O. P A L M ER Stock Catalogues NEW PHONE BUY YOUR- Clothing, Hats, Caps and Furnishing Goods ...OF... H. Kositchek & Bros. 1 13 W A S H I N G T ON AVE. N. Implement Catalogues Machinery Catalogues ...A SPECIALTY... Prompt attention orders. to mail F OR A N Y T H I NG IN HARDWARE. STOVES, TINWARE, GRANBTE WARE, CUTLERY, ETC. TRY ... Norton's Hardware 111 W a s h i n gt on A v e. S. Mushroom Patties Leg L a mb Potatoes B r a b a nt Riced Potatoes Cream Asparagus on Toast New Peas F r u it Salad Strawberry Ice Chicken Salad Frozen P u d d i ng Mayonnaise Whipped Cream Coffee Rolled Wafers Crackers Cheese Olives Salted Almonds Bread and butter sandwiches LOWEST PRICES Will be quoted to SCHOOL ... LIBRARIES... And others sending lists of books wanted to Lansing Book & Paper Co., LANSING, MICH New Coin Toe.... A shoe we have been looking for—made in ' fine vici kid—hand turned or welt sole-dark brown, chocolate or black—lace or button—the "swell" shoe of the season. Jttst received a n o t h er l ot of t h o se Easy Slippers for "TIRED FEET" at 50c P R I C ES ! 'Dark Brown Vici t Dark Chocolate Vici , Same in cloth top Finest made extension soles Black at same prices. $2 00 to $3 00 300 3 50 100 6.D.WOODBURY'S SSL 103 Washington Ave. South. Cooking- Class E n t e r t a i n s. picnics at resonable rates.