'The M.A.C. RECORD. 

MICHIGAN  AGRICULTURAL  COLLEGE. 

YOLo  18. 

EAST  LA.,.'\"Sl~G,  )[ICHIGA .. "\',  TUE$.DA Y,  OE ('K\I1I.En  10,  1912. 

No.  12 

the cause of  h is  trouble, ;lIld  a t  once 
sets  about  maki ng  plans  to  secu re 
the  money  to  p;ly  the  loall. 
Lord  Kengllssie,  her 

fonne r 
lover, and  no w  the  promised  hus 
band  of  Dorinda,  :\ppCll rs  a ll  the 
scellc.  H c  is:1  m an of gn~at wcalth, 
and  )01  illicent decides  to  t ry  he r  old 
game  as  "money s pinner"  and  with 
the  ca rds  win  the  desi n:d  10,000 
francs  from  this  Olall.  H e r  phil!  is 
thwa rted  by  Faubert.  Kengussie 
is  furious,  :lIld  hot  words follow. 

le ft  alone,  and 

11 rs. Boycott  and  Lonl  Kengus. 
sie  an'  no w 
the 
forme r  tells  he r  troubles  to  he r  fi rst 
lover.  R cconcil i:ltion  is  at once ef· 
fected,  the  Lord  becomes  I larold's 
banker,  rauber!  is  d ismissed, an d 
the tleht  is  cancelled. 

The  pa rts  wen!  all  well executed. 
The  Ba ron  and  his  brandy  bottle 
was  the causc  of  much  mer riment, 
and  l\larg:ot,  with  her interru ptions 
alld  droll  1I11IJOUnCcmellts,  kept  the 
players busy. 
It is  hoped  we  may 
h,1\'e  another  p roduction  during the 
wi n ter  tcrm. 

T HE  OAST. 
Lo rd  Kengussie. ____ Mr.  MelJi)llald 
Baron  Kroodle ...... ____ Mr.  Q.-intt 
Harold  Boycott. _. __ '"  Mr.  il1itc.hell 
Jules  Fllubert_. _________ Prof .  King 
Porter_ ... . _______ . ____ .. Mr.  Carey 
Millicent  Boycott _____ MissGraham 
Dorinda Kroodle ... _____ Miss Carter 
Margot _ ... _. ___  . __ . ____ Miss  Cran e 

THE  FOOTBALL  BANQUET. 

T he IUlIlual  football  hanquet, held 
ill  Cilib  D  F ridny  evcning,  wus en· 
joyed  by  some  ::!50  pe rsons  alld  is 
cOllct."{ktl  to  be  thc  best  e.-er  held . 
All  speakers  we re  present  with  the 
exceplion  of  \ V .  K.  P ru{ldclI,  who 
sent  the  m:lIIag-ement  a  teleg ram of 
explanation and  regret.  1fr.  Prud 
dell was out of  the city, h a,·ing  bee n 
called  a\\",ly  011  :lCCOUll\  of  business. 
toastmaster, 
:lnd  introduced  each  speaker  with  a 
:I  timely s tory or joke. 

1'rof.  F rench  was 

Capt.  Ri blet was  the  first  speak 
e r,  his  subject  being,  "A  R e tro· 
spect." 
II is  retrospect covcrc(1  the 
four  years of  h is  college life, and  of 
the  rll pid  advances  ~ I.  A.  C.  had 
nwde  along all  lines of a thletics du r 
ing that time.  H e  was strong in  his 
praises of  the  IOY:11  band  and  root 
e rs  for  the ir su ppo rt  du ring- the  en  
tire  SeaSO\l,  and  especially  for  t heir 
e ffort s  in  cOll nection  with  the Ohio 
game. 

i\lr.  C rotly, of  Lansing,  was  the 
secolld s penker, and  d rew  a  compar 
ison  of football  and  t he  s trife  Oil  the 
ficl(1  of battle. 

Prof.  Macklin's  talk  on  1<  H ealth 
ilnd  Exe rcise,"  together with a  fund 
of good stories, was enthusias tically 
recei " cd, as  was  also  Prof.  Kedzie's 
" \ Vhllt  It Amounts T o." 

Assistant  Cortright  was  called 
upon,  and  slated  tha t  he  was  espe· 
cially  well  pleast.-d  wit h  M.  A.  C .'s 
work  at offense,  and  believed  it the 
best ever  seen  here.  From  p resen t 
pros pects,  M.  A.  C.  will  have  an· 
other exceptionally  strong aggrega. 
tion  in  1913, 

Cheers  for  the  coach,  team  and 
speakers  closed  the  p rogram  of the 
most  successful 
inter-socie ty  foo t 
ball  banquet  ever  held  at  M.  A.  C . 

DR.  L.  H.  BAILE Y, 

\V ho  will  gi\'c  an  address  in  the 
.Armory  tomo rrow c\"(."lling,  Decem 
ber  I!, on  "The  Spirit  of  the  Col 
legc." 
:ltld 
wom:m  should  hear  Dr.  Bailey. 

Every  college  mill! 

LANSING  ALUMNI  ASSO 
CIATION. 

:\11  :IIU01ni  lIssocialion  i"  SoOIl  to 
be  formed  ill  Lansing.  :lIu\  for  the 
purpose of  organi1.lltion  it  meeting 
is  to  he  held  in 
tile  Chamber  of 
Commerce rooms on  T uesday C\"(::I1· 
ing,  Dcccmhcr  19,  at  7 :30  o'clock. 
Lansill:;  offers  c:';ccplioll aJ  oppor 
tun ities  for  the  organization  of  a 
strong  alumni  <lsso<.:iatioll, since  125 
grMluatcs  ha\'c  their  residence  in 
t his  city,  beside  w hich  the re 
is  a 
large  number loyal  me n  and  WOmen 
who  have  spent  some  time  in  col 
lege hut who  never  g r ~l duatcd. 

\\'e ccrtailily  wish  the  promoters 
s uccess  and  prospe rity ,  ami  belien~ 
that mllch  good  may  bc  dOlle  the 
institution  t h ro ugh  the  org-anitation 
of:1II  association in  Lallsing.  Those 
this 
who arc  actively  illte rcsted  in 
movement  are,  E.  C.  L inde mann 
and  Z.  C.  Goodell,  'I I,  E.  I.  Dail, 
'O::!  :Ind  H elen  CsselstYIl,  '09· 

"THE  MONEY  SPINNER. I> 

T he  a rmo ry  was  the  scene  of 
some  v'c ry  clever  acting  Saturday 
the  Dramatic  club 
evening,  w hen 
its  fi rst  pl ay, " T he  Money 
put Oil 
~pinne r. " 

The  scene  of  the  play  was  the 
homa  of  H a rold  Boycott  and  his 
p retty  young  wi fe, 1\1 illicent, whom 
he had  Imlrried  two  years  p rev ious, 
thus  taking  he r  from  t he  home  o f 
her fa ther,  Baron  Kroodle,  a  noted 
gamble r. 

. 

l-hrold y ields  to  te mptat ion  and 
borrows from  his  firm  to  pay  :1  bad 
debt, a  fact  which  he  tries  to  shield 
from  his  wife.  He  is  watched  by 
a  dctecti~' c  in  the  person  of  Jules 
Faubert,  who has hi red  in  the com 
pany  as  clerk. 

At  this  juncture  papa  Kroodle 
and  daughte r,  Dorinda,  take  up 
thei r  abode  with  Harold  and  Milli 
cent,  much  to  the  disgust  of  the 
former.  M rs.  Boycott  fina lly  s uc 
ceeds  in  drawing  from  he r  husband 

ALUMNIJ 

'6<). 
J ames  Satterlee  writes  to  htlve 
h is :Idd resschanged  to  Los  Alwt:ies, 
Calif.  ~ Ir.  !Ind  .:\Irs. ~atterlccC;>have 
;1  ple,ISallt  10cHtioll  for  the  winter 
IIl'ar  whe re  they  were  t\\O  years 
ago,  ami  h:tve  se,'c ral  11 ichigan 
}oJ  r.  S. stlltes 
friclllis  as  neighbors. 
that 
they  a re  h:lv ing  deligh tf ul 
we:tther,  and  th:lt  ,\ 1 ri!.  S:.tterlee  is 
illlpro~'ilJg-
tlress  is 35·f  \\'.  46th  Sl. 

in  he:llth.  Their  ad 

'9-1--
1 • .1.  Quigley  writcs  from  Graml 
Rapids :IS  follows, 
" T he  K £colw 
is  a  welcome  visitor  for  the  reason 
th:1\  two of  my  sons  will  soon  fin· 
ish  high school , aud  are  pl:LUniuJ.:  to 
elltl'r  i\L A.  C.  They 
:Ire  nalu r 
college 
in 
interested 
~1I)'  much 
I  also  elljO)'  the  R EeoHo, 
:Iffairs. 
as  itkeeps me  in  touch ~vith old  and 
valued  associlltions." 
:\Ir.  Quigley 
is  repre s~ntillg  the  Stallllani  \~ar· 
nish  \\- orks,  of  Chicago,  as  thei r 
Ilorthern  mlillage r. 

'96. 
It.  E.  Doolill le,  :Ict;n~  ch ief  of 
th~  L'.  S.  B ureau  of  Chemist n ·. 
W;lS in  Lansing last  w l:l:k. and .spoke 
the  State  Associrllioll  of 
before 
Fanners'  Club"  \\·ednesdllY  (:\'ell 
ing, on  ··T he  E.nforC1;'n1cllt  of  the 
~:ltiOllal  Food  llml  Dru~  Law." 
:<.Ir.  Doolittle  enjo}cd  a  tOllr  of  th ... 
campus  whilc  ill  the  vicinity,  and 
visited  his  old  hoow,  near  \\'illifllll· 
stall . 

'oo-'Ot . 

Capt.  )Olnrk 

I..  Ireland,  Coast 
. \rtillery  Corps,  C.  S.  ,\rIll Y,  has 
been  aSSigned  to  the  command  of 
the  ~Sth  company,  C .  _\.  C .• 
lit 
Fort  T erry,  X.  Y ..  as 
:1  result  o f 
the  reCell t  provision of 1:1\\  rclie\ing 
oflicers 
se n ·ice. 
from  de tached 
Capt.  I rciaml  was  pursuing  the :td 
I' anced  course at  t he  Coast  Artillery 
School lit  Fort:\ lonroe, \ -a.,  hav ing 
fin ished  from  the  regular Cou rse  liS 
d istinguished  g raduate  hlSl  J II nc. 
·M rs.  Irelund  (Irma  Thompson, '(9) 
with  he r  two  sons  will  join  C;q)t. 
Irel:lIId  at  their new  station  at  o nce. 

'/0. 

M ax  D.  Farmer,  fo rm e r 

in 
s trllctor  in  draw ing  at 
:\1.  A.  C., 
writes  to  Prof.  K edzic  of his  work 
in  connection  wi t h  the  lJ.  S .  Patent 
otlice  at  \ Vllshingtoll.  11r.  Farmer 
h:ls  becn  assigned  to  Division  23, 
w hich  divisio n  passe!!  o n  ;til  patents 
pcrt nining  to  ho rolog-y, time imlicat. 
ing  mechanis ms,  voting  m:lc hines, 
etc.  H is  work  has  to  do  di rectly 
wi t h every thing pe rtaining to clocks, 
\\'~tches  e tc.,  :lnd 
their  make-up. 
I n  this  work  is  also  electrical  prob. 
lems  pertaining  to  electrical  clocks, 
pc I1d  u  I u  m s,  a nd 
time·operated 
r-..Ir.  F.  adds  that he h as 
switches. 
been granted  permission  to visit the 
great na val  o bsenato ry soon, whe re 
he will  have  opportunity  to  view 
the  moon  and  othe r  planets  through 
the  b ig  telescope  at  that  place. 

GEORGE  W.  HA IG H 

EARLY  DAY S  AT  M.  A.  C. 

C;<pt.  Geo.  W.  H aigh, 1861, Tells  How 
Forestry Was Studied ie  1857. 

To the  E ditor : 

tSSi  to  1860,  ,lIld 

Y ou  askcd  me to write sOlllcthing 
about  life lIt  the college  in  the early 
years,  from 
I 
gl'ldly  attempt  it-
tho ugh  writing 
is  not  my  forte-keeping  in  mind 
twO  things,  namely,  to  be  as  truth 
ful  as  I  Clln  in  telling: of things that 
happened long time ngo,nnd to repre 
se nt those  ellrly  days,-ollr  labors, 
dilliculties, s ut:c.:sses aLld disappoint. 
ments-in such  a  way  1h:lt  the stu. 
de nts  o f  today  may, by  contrast. see 
the great advantages they enjoy over 
thcs\Udents of those pioneer times at 
:\\.  A. C. 

Not th:lt  those  times  wcre by  any 
mcans  unpleusu ll t.  Far  from  it ! 
III  ret rospect  they  are  glorious! 
And  though  they  were  c rude 
in 
methods  nnd  w:lstcful  in  practices, 
judged  by  present  s t:tndanls,  yet 
thei r  products show  that  there  was 
good  foresight, carefu l  thought :Hld 
sound  me ri t  in  their  ge ne ral  pla ns 
:uul  purposes. 

\ Vhen  we  note  the  advancement 
made 
in  Ame rican  agric ulture  in 
the  fi rst  fifty  yea rs  of  the  college 
life,  when  we  realize  the  part  taken 
di n :etl y  and  illd irectly  in  tha t  great 
work  by  our  dear  old  alma  mate r, 
when  we  view  w ith  jllst  p ride  and 
satis fa c tio n  what  he r  favo red  sons 
ha ve  contri buted  toward  that  nd· 
the  w o rk  of  Cook  in 
n m ceme nt-
Califo rnia,  Pre ntiss  and  Bailey  at 
Cornell,  Bessey  in  Neb ras ka ,  Dall 
iels 
in 
in  \Visconsin,  D:lvenport 
Illinois, and  man y  othe rs  that s ho uld 
be  mentio ned,  we  m ust  concl ude 
tha t  the  humble  begin nings  in  the 
woods  of  }..lichig:lIl  for  advanced 
agriculture  w ere  well  conceived , 
and  those  earl y  trinls  and  struggles 
well  rewarded. 

T o  Joseph  R.  \Villia ms,  who  as 
state senator  persistentl y  u rged  and 
finally  forcell  the bill  t hat  gave  us 
the college  throtlgh  a  reluctant  and 
doubting leg islature, and  afte r wards 
first  p resident  s uccessfully 
as 
(OQlltlnued  on  pall!!  t.1 

its 

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Burell  PrtntlUI  Oo~ ~ I Q.~I~ (~r.nd A , ....  No •. 
Lanlln l\'.  Mich. 

TUESDAY,  DECEMBER  10,  1912 

,  J: T E  take pleasure in presenting 
V V 
to  our  rcnde rs  this  week 
a!lotbe r  lIrticlc  from  the  pen  of o nc 
of  111.  A.  C.'s  first  stud!.'nts, Georgc 
Haigh,  of  l\1:lI1bIO,  1-linll.  The 
article  will be of speci:ll  interest  to 
the ol{ler  alumni, ;.5  it deals with  the 
in  COllm:ctioll  with  the 
problems 
early  d:IYs  of  the 
It 
will be  110  less  intere3ting  to  those 
of morc  rL'Ccnt  )'eurs.  :IS  \\ e  all  like 
to  re:ld  the  histo ry  o f  the  college, 
aud  especially  history  of  this  kind. 
\Ve  are  "ery  sure,  the refore,  that 
the comribution  will  be  thoroughly 
appreciated  hy  everyone,  amI  our 
sincere  Ih:lIlks  arc  due  ~Ir.  lIaigh 
for  his cffort. 

institution. 

ENGINEERS  IN  DEMAND . 

Th:ll  Ihe  engincering"  profession 
is  not  as  yct  O\'c rc!Olle  is  e,· ideuccd 
from  lhe  number of  C:II!S  for  com· 
petent  men  whic h  arc  being con tino 
u:Illy  m:ule  upon  til.  A.  C.  The 
following  is  0.  snmpl~ of  these,  only 
a  few  p:IYilgraphs  bCUIg  quoted: 

"\\' e  have  two  positions  vacant 
in  our ellgineering  dep:l(tmelll ,  olle 
of which  we  would  like  to  fill  with 
a  young mall  just out of school;  t.he 
other one  should  h:l\'c  a  mlln  With 
at least  one  YCa rli  experience.  both 
of 
['lease 
advise  if  \'uu  hat·~  all)'  s itch  men 
;IQlilable."· 

them  cid l  engineers. 

..  I  am  looking  (OT  sen:Tal  men, 
with  preferably  one  year's  exper· 
ien~·e .  for  work  as  detaile.-s  in  s true· 
I  will  :llso  take 
tural  engilleeTing. 
1912  gr:ldu:.tcs,  and  will  consider 
those  ha,'i ng  morc  expeTience  than 
If  you  call  TcconHnend 
one year. 
suc h  men  to  me.  with  their ad.lress, 
J  will  appred:lte it  .cry  muc h." 

t.  I  w:tnt  Some  ass ist:mce  in  the 
sales  end  of  this  busine§s,  and 
I 
should  lik e  to  get  hold  of  a  you ng 
man  with  ;I  techniC:11  Ir:linillg,  o ne. 
of  yo ur  g rlldu!ltc  engineers,  o r 
.1 
young  mall  who  may  not  h:H'e  fin · 
ished  his  coursc.  The re  are  some 
who  prefer  gelling  illlO  the  sales 
T:ttheT  than  the  1IJ:Lllufacturing  end 
of the  husiness, and  it is  such  a  one 
that  J am  looking  lor. " 

Y.  M.  C.  A.  NOTES . 

Dr.  F.  A.  Kclh:T,  of  China, gave 
a  very  inte resting  talk  1:lst  Thurs· 
day e,'euing,  to  a  la rge audience. 

There  was 110 union  meeting SUllo 
day evcning, because of the conven· 
tion  of  the  Student's  Volunteer 
Movement  being  held  al  the  Ply. 
mouth ch urch.  in  Lansing. 

\Ve  w ill  htlve  thl,:  usual  meeti ng 
next  T hursday  evening  befoTe  the 
Bible  Study  ba IH\uet. 

Prof. John ~to n , of t.he English de 
paTlment,  will  atidTess  the  union 
meeting  Sunday evening. 

FORESTERS  AT  GRAND 
RAPIDS . 

The  senior  foresters,  with  l~rof. 
Haker, left  Th\' rsday  afternoon  rOT 
G raud  Rapids,  where  011  Friduy 
ther visited  the big furniture  plants . 
During  the  morning  the  plants 
o[  lk.Tk.::y  &  Gay  and John  Widdi · 
comb  werc 
inspt..'Ctcd.  Ollsef\'a· 
liolls  were made  on each  opeTation, 
starting  in  the  lumbcT  plrds  with 
the nlw  material ,  rmc!  closing  with 
the finished  p roduct ready fOT1)uck. 
lUg allli shipping, special  note being 
taken of the character of  the  woods 
used . 

One point of  inte rest was  the  fa ct 
that flOt  Illore  than  30  pel'  cent.  of 
the entire  log is  actually  utilized  in 
the  manufactun~  of  high  grade 
fur·niture.  A  JaTge  pTOpoTtion  of 
the finishing  woods !lrc  of  lh e  tTOp· 
ical  SOTt,  coming  from  Mexico  and 
Ilotlduras.  African mahogany, s atin 
wood  and  circassion  walnut  arc also 
used.  The walnut is not used exten· 
sively, from  the  fn ct  that the compa· 
nics arc unable to obtain thc Taw  mao 
1L  i~ olle  of the  most popu. 
teriaL 
lar  funliture  woods  in  EUTope. 

At  the  \Vid{licomb  plam, a  large 
shipment  was  pointed  o ut  as  being 
a  consignment to  I-Ionolulu. 

T he furniture  companies  are  JUSt 
now  prep:lring for the large ex hibit, 
the  day  after 
which  is  to  begin 
Chdstm:ls.  At  this 
time  huye rs 
will  Rock  in  fro m  e\'eT)'  plITt  of the 
countr\' to  make  their fUfniWre  pur· 
c hases'for the  co min~--si x  1I10l1ths. 
Another exhibit is  held during.l une , 
whe n  the  trips  :Ire  repe;tlcd. 

At  noon  011  FTiday  Prof.  Hllker 
and  paTty  were  guesls  o f  ~I a!lage r 
\Volf, of lhe  Palltlind  hotel  fo r  din· 
nc r.  The  boys  report  a  most  e n· 
joyable and  inst ructi\'e  trip. 

HORT.  CLUB. 

A  large crowd  was  out at  the  last 
meeting  of  the  1I0 rt.  Club,  to  hear 
:\Ir.  \\' ilbur  Judson  talk  on  the  sub· 
ject.  ,.  lI ortic u lture  ill  tbe  l1u{lsoli 
R i\'er  \. :tUey."  :\h . .1 ullson is asso· 
ciated  wi th  a  you ngeT  brothel',  who 
is  a  gradUAte  o f  Comel!.  ill  f ruit 
growing in the bea uti ful  :lnd h istoric 
,'ulle.y  of  the  H udson,  ;thout  130 
miles  1I0Tth  of  the  city  of  Scw 
York.  T he  talk  W:I S  ,'c'ry  interest· 
ing 'because  it s howed  full  well  that 
the speaker unders tood  the bus iness 
end of  hamlling such  :111  ellleTprise. 
11.1 r.  Gunson  rl!:Id  extr;lcts  from  a 
letter lately received from Ed. Smith, 
'J:!,  who is  doing  fruit,  storage  in· 
vestigations  fo r  the  pTovince  of 
B.ritish  Columbia .  There were also 
on  haud  seveTal  v:lYielies  of  apples 
:-'fr.  C. J.  :-' fOllrQC  had  fo r· 
which 
warded  to  the  club.  To  Slly  the 
leas t, the),  weTe  fully  appTeciated. 

Officers  for the wiuteT  teTm  were 

elec ted  as  follows: 

Pres.-R. R.  Pailtho rp. 
\'ice  Pres.-A. J. Olney. 
Sec., Treas._R.  Kimball. 
Scribe_M.  L.  H olland. 
1I.h.  Paihhorp  made  a  few  reo 
marks ill  acceptance, and  the  c rowd 
dispe rsed. 

l\J. J. Gearing  is  wi th the  Ame ri · 
can  Bridge  Co., at Gary,  1nd.  His 
wo r k  is  detailing  alld  maki ng  cor· 
Teclions.  H e  is  lit.  pTeSellt rooming 
wit.h  Fred  Stone,  and  other  r.L  A. 
C.  men  with  the  company  a re  Ped· 
e rsoo,  G oodell,  Dunlap and  Knight. 
His 
in  8Z2 
Adams  A ve. 

temporary  address 

RESOLUTIONS. 

EARLY  DAYS  AT  M.  A.  C. 

lI 'he r~as.  It  has  pleased  AI· 
mi!(hty  God  to  take  from  this  life 
Il e rmun  Ilenricksoll,  be it 

/lcJ'olved,  That  the  membe rs  of 
the  Forensic  Literary  Socie ty  ex· 
tend  to o ur brother.  I lenT),  Il eoriek 
son  anJ  the  bereaved  family  our 
deepest sym pathy, and  be it furtheT 
R .:soh-ed,  That  a  copy of  these 
resolutiolls  be entcred in  the records 
o f  the  society, and  also  published  in 
tiL  A.  C. 
the  1I 01.C,\I)  and  the 
RKCOItD. 

C.  C.  CAI! ~T I:::X S, 
R.  E.  CAny!., 
A.  C.  MA SO:O;-, 

COlllmittee. 

'88. 
J.  I r.  llro wn, of  Battle  CTcek,  as· 
soci:lte  e{litor  of  four  al:! ric u1tur:l1 
papeTs  a nd  staff  photogr;lpher  for 
Lcslit·'s  I/ 'cd'/y,  w rites  for  extra 
copies  of  the  Rt:cou tl  containing: 
Dr.  Uessey's :trticle,  ami  adds: 

"I  was  with  the  class  of  '88,  and 
since  ba\ e  looked  fOT  that  old s plit 
stonc  every  time  I  rode  out  to  the 
Somt!lhing:  o ught  to  be 
college. 
do ne  to  enclose  that sacred  spot  amI 
preve nt  lilly  fu t ure  possible  ,·andal. 
is m  of cither  tTee  or s tont'," 

r-.h.  Brown  was  an  e ng-ineering 
st ude nt  and,  that he  has  tht:  a bility . 
1.0  "ti uk eT"  is  prove n  hy  the  follow 
ing  extr:lct  taken  from  the  Chal· 
m c r.~'  D O;lIgs: 

"For his  ca r,  he  has  built special 
equipment  which  .:onsists o f  a  ham· 
mock  for  his  s illall  daughter,:I spe· 
cinl  tool  box  des igne{l  by  him self. 
101<ling- dining table  for  the  tonneau, 
resefl'oir in  which  to  carrydril1kill~ 
wtller,  speci:l! 
traveling  trunk  de· 
signed  by  h imself.  and  rolli n;.!  1Il;IP 
show ing- e,'ery  road  in  2 0  :-'fichigau 
counties. 

'·:\1 r.  Brown h as eq uipped  his ca r 
with  self· starte r,  lamp, igniter, spe· 
cin l  elect ric  lighting  de vices,  fore· 
doors,  ve ntilators,  e tc. 
Ilis  C;lr  has 
Iravek"{l  over  18,000  mill-s,  chieliy 
in road re port work .  .:\lr.  Bro wn has 
Ile ,'er  h:l(\  an  accident,  and  th e re  is 
not  e\'en  a  semtch  on  ally  of  the 
fend e rs." 

'07· 

E:ITI 

I~.  \l.o binsoll,  of  Decatur, 

Ind.,  writes as  follows : 

"  I cannot affonl to get along  with · 
out  th e  H: ECOltU.  so  I'll  make  nn-· 
self  a  ChristmaS  present  of  it  f o r 
another  yea r. 

"You  Illar  he  IISSli red  thaI  I  fol· 
low  the  :\1.  ~\ .  C.  teams  in  all  th eir 
h:tIl!.::S,  with  intense  inte rest.  T he 
footbllll  team  of  1912  certainly  h:lvc 
made  a  record  to  be proud  of, :.IS  did 
Ihe  basehall  team  e'lrlier in the \'e:lr. 
"to!.  A.  C.  W:I S  :111  ex tre;nely 
good  place  to "live  :md  [earn" five 
and  ten  years hack, and  yet  it  keeps 
on  g rowing  and 
I 
k no w  I  must  get  bac k  there  again 
soon and  feast  my eyes  011  that f:lv 
o red  !!Celie. 

impro\·ing. 

'oS. 

FTank  O'Gara,  with  the  gTeat 
TT:lns·continental  Railway  Com· 
last 
missione rs  of  Ontario,  was 
spring  promoted  10  be  resident  cu· 
Kincer.  Mr.  O'Ga ra  states that  the 
constTuctOTS  clos ed  thei r  wOTk  fOT 
the season 011  No " .  I, and he is  now 
busy  getting  the  final  c ross sect io ns 
and  profile  Teady  t OT  the  fi nal  esti· 
mates  a ll  lhat  sect io n  of  the job. 

H.  \V.  R o wley  is  now  ill  the 
g reat  nor thwest.  His  audress  is 
Masinosin,  Albe r ta. 

(()Q"Ullued  frol"  pl'\W",I.\ 
lau nc hed  the  new untried  e nt(' r p ri se 
too  much  c redit  ';:llInot  Ix·  g-i' en . 
l ie  hel ped  nlUd1  It)  1II'lke  succeed· 
ing  times  bette r  in  \\ h ieh  10 
li,·(" 
brigh ter and  hroader and  more sat· 
isf yin;!,  not  only  to  those  engaged 
in  :Igricuhure,  uut  to  the  whole iu· 
dustTial  :lI1 d  ecouomic  life  o f  this 
g rc;\l  bnd. 

BIIt  J  was  to  tdl yO Il  of  the earh' 
dars, the  d:IYs  of  IS57,  when  10', 
)'o\lng  men,  ncarly  :ill  from  f,lrms 
in  Mi ch ig an,  began  the  s tud y  of 
"adnlllccd" lIg-ricn llure HI  i\l.  A.  C. 
Y Ollr s lu{lentsof l.oJ:lY  hal'e  th.::ir 
course  ill  forestrY :lt  the college, de· 
voted  to  the slIldy  of  our  be:wli ful 
and  invaluable  fo res t  trees _ 
theiT 
conse rv ;ltiou,  protcction  :111<1  prese r· 
ratio n _  one of  the  most  important 
studies  in  yo ur e ntire  course  of  in· 
struetion. 

\\'e of  1857  h ad  :1150  oll r  cou rse 
in  fore stry,  hut  il  was  a  Ilifferent 
one, and  a  dep ressi ng- one  as  I  now 
look  back, de"oted  to the(lestnzctiOIJ 
tllC  lola l  dt:.~/rllt:tiOIi _lmrll;l1g' 
-
up al:d fO"';~'rr allllih;w!il1g' _  one 
o f  thc  lillest  foreSls  tl'tlt  e'.;r  the 
good  Lonl  ).!"al-e  to  man  for  his  lise 
and  profit  :l1It1  comfo rt. 

.. 0 

Ilrl 

Ihi", 

IllOst 

hurn 

COll r s~·.  For 

T he  main  feat ures  of  this  early 
course of s tudl'  were how to .Iestro\, 
gre:lt  fo rest  tr~eS Ihe quickest, (':lsi. 
cst  and  most  complete  w;IY:  how 
to fci ll rees so t hat thcy  would  burn 
faste st :  how  to  pile  lo).Cs 
they 
compl .. ,e!\-. 
would 
,md  SOIl;C 
There  \\,,\S  much 
in_ 
ill 
science 
st:mee,  the  trees  111lI;;1  be  fclll',1  in 
such  a  way as to " winrow"  the  tops, 
s o  that  at  Ihe  firs t  burni))).!'  all  tlw 
linlhs  and  h rush  would  be 
l·on· 
,,'hen  n  Iree's  "1(':lIIiug''' 
sumed. 
in  the  wrollg'  dirf'ctiou ,  the 
was 
nei~hborinl!  trees 
l11u,,1  he  felled 
agai n!>1  it  so that  it  \\ ould  fu ll  right 
whell  it  fina llr  went  down.  This 
;Iml  Tisk . 
r('ljuired  judg;nent, s kill 
The  proper  huililing  of  :1  log'  pile 
was 
:In  art.  T he  "clcl,tion  of  its 
s ite!  ({Iown hill  fn)lll  ~"'en'whe re  if 
poss iblt·.  heca use  lo;.:'~  111o, e  mud) 
e:lsie r  that  w"yl, .111,1  the  pilin;.:'  u f 
I he lug-s so t h:11  they \\ ill  roll lu;.!cI her 
in bu rn ing- :Ind  not Toll  "p:l rt  amine. 
ces!>ital\'  a  rehuildiug  of  Ihe  p ilt· 
these  wer{' some of Ihe prin ~' iplcs in · 
,·o!\·{'{I. 

T he  end  SOUg-lll  was  dl'struclion, 
;11lt!  it  see ms Hp p:lllill:,('  !1v\\'  10  thillk 
of  Ihe  trees  \Ie  turn ed  10  ashe ... 
:\lothill g  W;lS  saved  C:l:l'l'pl  a  h·w 
great  oaks  lor  f(;Il,'e  r:.ib;  e\er \,. 
thin;.:'  else-whi le  llsh,  whilewoo'd, 
w:l111l1t,:l s  well  :\S  the  I cs~  \' :llu!\hl~' 
beech,  ll1aple,  lo;lsswoorJ  :11111  ellll, 
w e re  relell tlcssl)  hUflled. 

I  lovell  the  t rees  th ell  RS  nuw,  a5 
most  all  mo rt:lls  ,10,  a nd  [  uow  COil. 
fess  thnl  I  ne\'e r  shouldered  111\'  axe 
to  do  m)'  three  hUIlTS  colleg-e  \\'ork 
in  those old  c1:1\s  without  U  SOl'I  of 
unconscious  s lludder  :11  the  ruthless 
destTuctiun  we  were  all  eng:tged  in. 
Y e t  I  s\lp pose there  was  no  Other 
way.  Lund  mu s t  be  had  fo r  tillage! 
and  the  trees  h;lt!  to  go,  thotwh  1 
times  wished  n;t  so 
have  IlIlUly 
many  had  been  tak en. 

(Oon ttnued On  page  4.1 

is  made  o f 

Annou ncement 

the 
coming  marTiage  of  Arthur  Sa r. 
geant of  the  cl ass of  '10, :md  Miss 
Jessie  Gibson,  o f  L nnsinK.  Mr. 
Slirgeant  is  with  the  overlnild  con . 
st ruc tio n  department o f  the  D e troit 
United  Railw ay Co.  The marrillge 
will  take place the  llilter part o f  De. 
cem ber. 

= 

. , 

Th e  M.  A.  C.  RECORD . 

ROBERT  SMITH  PRINTING  CO. 

THE  MILLS ~ STORE THE  HEART  OF  LANSING  THE  MILLS  S TORE 

OUR  FA.C1L1TIES  ARE  COMPLETE  FOR 

DESICNINC- ENCRAVINC· PRINTINC - BINDINC 

CLASS  PUBLICATION S  Ul D  COLLECE  ANNUALS 

\r c  carry  c\nything  in 

the  line  of 

Announcements,  Programs. 

Invitations, 

Etc. 

\IV c  spcC'i:t1i~c  011  indh-idual  orders  for 
embossed  or  printed 
Fine  St:niollcry -

LA NS ING. 

MICHIGAN 

We  are  Showing 
T he  Largest and  Best  Assorrme nt  of N ovelties  In 

Neckwea r,  Fancy Jewelry. Gloves.  Hosiery.  Etc. 
A  cordial  invitation  is  extended  to  the  College 

people  to  pay  us  a  visi t. 

ohe  Mills  Dry  Goods  Co. 

_  A  LLOW  US 
C,./1. 

the  pl easure  of  showing  you 
the  finest  collection  of  L:tdies'  and  Gentle-
men's  ~urni s hings ever  brought  to  L1.nsing. 
In  furnishings  for  College 
We  speci:lli l.e 
trade .  Alwavs  lind  the  latest  in  Sweaters , 
Ma ckinaws,  Rain  Coats,  Caps,  H ats,  Shirts 
and  N ec kwear  at 

MIFFLIN'S 

Do  You  Want 

P :l jr  Shears 
Kuife 
S:lfct}  R:l zor _ 

, ;]I)" ll e. AutO " lrOI>. 
~:"~r-I(elldy And  ~;"d"" 
U> .... J .. cl  ( ro m 

II one5  :11111 St ro ps 
S:aws 
H a mmc rs 
11 :l.Ich(·ts 
Chisels 
Scrcw  IJrh'crs 

I 

In  b Cl,  an)' lhin~ )'OlL  nced  in 
hardw;t rc  you  will  lind_and 
at prices  to  su it - ; ' I t  

Norton'S HarOwar6 

--'" ~  A BO U T  THE  CAM P US 

EHR,Y  KI NO Of 

FURNITURE 

FOR  YOUR  ROOM 

Cots 

Folding  Beds 

Matresses 

Book  Cases 

Desks 

ALL  GOODS  DEU,' ER,ED  fR.EE 

M. J. /( B. M. BU6K 

C.  \\.,  Gifford  has  heen  ello.':clI  ,1:; 

L.  {J.  A dams. 'Is,,,pelillhc  wL'ck 

cllptain  of  the  191.)  foot hall  h:;Ull. 

elld  with  friCllIls  in  Owosso. 

A  blthy  hoy,  Ch!lrle~  :-'coll,  WII$ 
hanl to I n~1 nll·tor lind  ~I rs. DUll ford 
011  \\·clhle,.,lay,  Dec.  \. 

. \  SOli ,  ~hcldo n  D.,  W;'IS  ho rl!  to 
}'Ir.  ami  ),Ir,;,  Owen  Srnilh,  \\·l,tI· 
lIe:;,t!;,y,  :\'1>\.  ~ 7 . 

Thc  Enginecri!l:":- SQl.·icI)  hoi. Is 
lerlll  h;Ultluet  in  Club  B, 
.\11  excellent  pro).:rclJII  o f 

fa ll 
ito. 
toni;.!ht. 
t oa~IS h:I" ,"eclI  arranJ,.:'·11. 

E.  P.  \\·andel.  ' I I .  wa"  ;1  "ollege 
\'isiwr;1 d<ly  or  IWO  rcco:ntly, <IS \\:lS 
'I.!,  nuw  o f 
;11"'0 
vary,lml. 

:\1.  J.  0carin:..:-. 

Dr,  1lu uolI ,  of  the  \'etcrina r.1  11.:· 
pnrtmellt,  goc"  to  " 'OoStl'r, Ohio. 
thi.':  weck.  to  offcr expert  testimony 
:I  circuit  court 
in  conllcction  1\ ith 
<':IIS,· . 

1r1~tnlt;tor 0i lso ll  h as  hccll g-r:H1h:d 
a  si:o.  munths'  leaH'  u f  abse nce,  hc· 
g-iU llill;":- J anll ;1ry  J,  ill  ordl' r  to  (·o m · 
plete  his  \Iork  al  Ihe  Yule  Forcst 
School. 

T hc  d:I~!;  iu  brill  nledl,ltIi~'s  is 
alto:rnpting  to  build  a  campus  scat 
in  eonncclio ll  \1  ith  t heir wurk  ill  rc· 
infon:cd  concrete  work ,  T hc\"  ;lrc 
als"  hu i ltlil1~:1  h;l1f·si/ell  modd of  ;1 
septic 1:1I1k, 

.\ p;tir of w hitc Orphin).{toll  binl ~ 
Inri\ cd  ill  L :lIISil1~  lasl  weck,  h;1\· 
in:;:- be cII  shipped  from  EI1~l:lI1d. 
to  O.  :\. 
They  wcrc  cOII~ i ~ J1I.:d 
Se.,.lc\·.  ou r  wcmher  hu reau  1I1atl  o f 
East  L:msing.  ami  :In·  proh,,"I.'  Ihe 
finest  specimens  o f  thl!  "arielY  C\'c r 
sccn  hcre.  The  birth  were  o n  Ihe 
t o!ld  IS da ),s. 

Pro f.  :\Iyers  hllS  recently  heen 
g rant..:d  :t  p:,lent  011  a  mech anical 
model  of  the  eye,  whic h  is  no w  on 
sllie.  T hc  model  demonstrates  thl' 
mech;,nies  of  no rm;11 
lt CCOnllnolla~ 
tion,  alld  shows the  causc and  effect 
of  far  and  near  s ight.  The  model 
catl  be  succcssfu lly  used 
the 
g r:ldcs of  lhe  p u blic  schools  HS  weI! 
as  the  colleges,  a nd  should  provc  II 
valuable  :lddition  to  the equ ipment 
o f  e ithe r. 

ill 

\\' illiam  C ;ddwt"l l, 

'76,  :tU ended 
thc hi!:  li\e !>t 'Jl: k  shu w  in  (.:hiellg'''' 
;tllIl  tho ug- h  IIllahk  to  cOllie  out  tl' 
thl·  colle)..:"e,  c;llIcd  Pro f.  Kellzie  liv 
'phollc  \\ hCII  ill  1.;lIlsinJ,.:"  ju:.t  to  Il:( 
IHI  knn\\,  he  W:I "  still  <111  e;o rt h  :lIId 
ill1e re~ted in  :\1.  .\.  C. 

Dr.  :\Iumfo rd,  the  ne l\'  he'lIl  o f 
farn.  nlun"x:elllent  work  ill  :\1 ichi· 
~:III,  \\';lS  at  thc  colleg-e  Ihc  pa~t 
wc.:k,  anti  spoke  before  the  .·\ ssod· 
,Ilioll  of  Farmers  Clnhli  HlolIg  Ih.: 
lie expects 
li ne  o f  eXlcnsion work. 
to  take  up  permancnt  he:III· 
SOOIi 
'Iuarters :It  Ihe  to ll eg.:. 

Dr.  Geo rge  Fische r,  of  :\'ew 
York  City,  gave  two  lec tures :lt  '\/. 
A . C'  0 11  Mo nday  c\ cnin!,!:,  Dl·c  l, 
0 11  "Eugenics."  Dr.  Fisdltr  is  :It 
the  head  of  thc  physical  training 
depa r tment  of  thc  Nat ionlll  Y.  1\I. 
C ,  A"  lmtl  h is  talks we re  li stencd  to 
w ith  J,.:"rcat  intcrest.  He  'Itldressed 
the  mcn  studen ts  in  the  a rm o ry  at 
6 :30,  and  ga \'e  a  gelle r,11 
lecture 
under  thc  aus pices  of  the  \ Vome n's 
Club ill  the church  a.\  eight o'clock. 

I' rc~.  Sn\llcr  W:IS  U\  Dctto it 
Thutllll:1\-, \\:hcrc  he  altl·lII!t:d  a o.;UII· 
ferelll':c  ";f  c(>lI~c  prcsidellls. 

A  ~on, C"rI  11 ~'nri,  \\ as  horn  10 
Dr.  :11111  ~Ir.!> .  de  ZCl·UI\  0 11  Frid;\\ 
o f  Ilist  1\ cek . 

Prof.  EII~tacc  will  read  :,  p:,!>cr 
:\'cw  York 
l{ u.::hc"lc r, 

hcf"re 
ll nrti"ultural  ::;"ciclv  aT 
,hi..,  \\cek  \\ edlle,<tl;\\,. 

\\-e",IC(11 

thc 

The  home  of  :\1.:\1.  :\Ji ller,  on 
ILorr i~ol1  .\\' 0:.,  E:I,,!  L:'Il'<ing".  W:I~ 
completely  deslroYl·d  hy  jirc  :O;un, 
Iby  mo rning- al  onc o'clock . 

I]. G.  Knowlton,  'I :: ,  htls  tinished 
his  work 
fnr  the  D ep:.rtuH:nl  of 
. \ ~rinlhurc .  alltl  is  now  cngaged  :IS 
nllrsery  iuspcctor  in 
:-:t.lte  o f 
Ohio,  with  he(l(ilpJ;lrIL' rSOlI  l ·rlnmOl. 

th e 

Judg-c  Brow n,  form e d .l·  ju\-enilc 
;It  S:tlt  Lake  Ci t \',  who  is 
jucl:.,re 
now di rcding- '- T hc  Bo,"s'  City "  :1t 
:\1.  .\.  C.  1:15t 
Garl' ,  Iml.,  was  :Jt 
II ec'k.  Thc  jud~t.' is co n templ:Llin;,: 
scnding:  sever:t l  hoy s  10  lake  Ihe 
Will tl·r COll rSe  in  :lgric ullur.:. 

:,alUrday.  Dec. 

Th(· }ol ichi:":-'lIl  Oratoricnl  League 
h"It[S  its  a nnual  business  mecting"  :tt 
Ypsiblmi 
I I,  at 
which  tillle  arrang-emctllS  fo r  the 
corning  COlltcst  will  be  d iscussed . 
M.  A.  C. will  be  n:presellle~1 al  Ihis 
mceting  by  the  [,,(::11  preside n t,  ~Ir. 
I.  T.  Pic kfo rd. 

Th e  an nouncement  of  last  wee k 
was  110t  q uite  cle:lr  with  refercnce 
to  Prof.  B!tiley's  lIppcar;II1Cc  hcre. 
It  1t:IS  bee ll  fifteell  "ea rs  since  he 
:lddreslied  :1  studellt  -audience  at  M. 
A,  C. 
the  announccmen t  the 
wo rd  studcnt  wus  omitted.  H e 
was o r:ltor:lt  t he a lu mni  association 
:lgain  ad 
m ceting 
d ressed  it  body  o f  :llumn i  ill  1907, 

in  1903,  and 

[n 

T hc  Stllte  Ho:c  Kccpt: r,,'  .\ s~o,-, i· 
:\1 .. \. C.  Thnr",by 

,II 
alion  Illcet 
;t111!  Frill:!)  of  this  II  t.'ek. 

~If!"  \\' .  C .  .\["rti  leh  I:t~t  I\cck 
\\ill 
Intli;u,apoli ...  where  she 
fu r 
visit  at  hc,' j,lll  hO!11l·  until  aher  the 
holil[:ty". 

:\'ew  hu;.!'IC!"  ha\'c  heCIl  pun: h:tsed 
for  the  hu;,;!c  ~'III;I<L  alld  Ihe  ho\'" 
lire  Ilurkill;.!'  har,1  to  ll1;1ke  :t  crell;I, 
:\],Ie  s ho\\ ill;.!  ill  the spring:. 

I'ro f. 

/uhnsloll  awl 

IO<ilnu' tor 
Simpson ~I' e re 1t1  Chio.::a)!o  n·cl·nlly, 
to  :I\tcnd  the  :\'ation:1I  COllrl~'il  of 
TC;h:hers  of  Ellg-lisll.  Prof, John. 
~ I O I!  was  :lIro:mh  a  11l{'IJlbe r  uf  Ihis 
Coullcil.  and  ·' I r.  Simp;mu 
\\;, ~ 
elcctcd  :,  lI1el1ll'l'r:tt  th i~  Illeelil1~, 

C.  :\1.  Cade;  'oi,  w;."  a 

~'ol1~,!{e 
\' i~ i lor Llll'  past  \\cck, corning'  he re 
fro m  Culor:uh... 
~Ir.  Cadc  has 
scen  a  gre.11  ul'a l  of  Ihe  ~·OUntry 
"ince  his cOIllll'(;tioJl  with  the CO:!SI 
:lIld  Geodetic  Su n ey. 
li e  has  reo 
el' ntl ),  JOlle some  wurk  in  the  l'>a\1,.. 
n Ul  country  :l1Il1  about  th e  isl:lIlds  in 
the p,.cinc. 

T hrouj!h  the effo rt s  .)f  Ins trUctor 
Corey  ;U1d  o thers, a  1Il:ltltloJin  cl ub 
will  be  added  to  the  lisl  of colle"'c 
Il1l1sic:l 1 attraClions,  A t  a  tIleeli~g 
last  \Vcdnesday  evening there  were 
scventee n  present _ thirteen  mundo _ 
lins,  thr~e j..(' uit:lrs  :lIld  a  piano.  As 
yet  th~  o rga ni zation  is  telllp? rary, 
bu t  w rit  be  made  pcrmanent  If  the 
in te res t  il1  same  justifies  the ;'lction. 

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EARLY DAYS  AT  M.  A.  C. 

((.'ontinued  from  I>!II'  1.1 

To  show  you  this,  let  me  take 
you with  me on a  wlilk  which  I well 
remclIl ber to  have t:lkcll on  a' h riKht 
Sl1ndllY  morning'  in  the  fall  of  ItlS7 
throu~h what  j"  now  :1  pllrt of  the 
colleKc  Call1pus.  The st ro ll  extend 
ed  beyO/~d  the  "Big  Ollk,"  which 
was forlJl(ldcn  to be  Cllt,  lind  across 
the  Cedar River.  The forests were 
superb  all  every  side.  As  we  as 
cended  the opposite  bank, II  be'")' of 
p:lrtriu);:,e  arose  from  our  \'ery  feet 
;Hld 
flew  dowu  each  side  of  the 
stre;lIn.  Red,  g ray,  bl:lck  ami  fox 
squirrels  were  in  cvitiem:c  e\'cry 
where, the great  !lumber  of  beech 
trees  there  abounding'  furnishing 
them  ,m  abundancc of  their  fa\'orite 
foot!. 
III  the distance beyond three 
deer  wcrc seen  bounding awa)·. 

But wh:lt impressed  me  most was 
the  beauty,  size,  regubrity 
:1110 
gr:lIlduer  of  this  magnifi cent  tract 
of timher. 

this 

\Ve 

cRllell 

On  thl.!  college side  of  the  river, 
the timber  hall  been  felled  by con· 
tract  work  bt:fore  the  RrrivRI  of the 
slU\lell!s. 
the 
"slashing," and  it  was  well  uumell. 
No  s\·stl.!m  had  been  used  in  the 
fellin~ of  these  trees.  The\'  were 
just  chopped  down  in  the  'c:l"icst 
wily  possihle. and  left  as  they  fell. 
with  1)0  limbs  cleared  off nor trunks 
';111  into  log)!iug lengths. 

it 

furnished 

But 
fuel 
got)(t 
follo\\ illg  "inkr. 
through 
though  the nual finish required hanl 
work  from  the s\m\t:nts. 

the 

In  th:ll  winter  (,857- 8),  IIIl!re 
were  li S  stated.  one  hundred  ;LIllI 
Oill'  StLHltnts  allcndin~ ~!.  A.  C.  ill 
the  lin;1 year of  its  exis t(:llct'.  All 
li\-ed  al  the  College, and  /lImos'  nil 
\\ e re  f"rmcrs' sons,  \\ho had  serv .. " 
:Ipprenliccship:H  home  in  the hanly 
I  recall  among 
art of clearing land. 
them  Robert ::;kinner  and  thc  GUll' 
nison  hrothers, leaders  of their class 
in  the  handling of  the !lxe.  There 
were  others  skilled  in  woodcra ft, 
but  their  n:lInes  do  not cOllie  bllck. 
The  he:ld  of  the" Forestry  Dc 
p3rlment"  was onc  Iliram  Il odges, 
a  gi:tIIt  of  the  timber,  :1  practical 
woodsman,  who  possessed  ill  good 
degrec  the  useful  faculty  of  getting 
the  best  results  from  the  labor  of 
the  students. 

The "O"e r the ri"cr" clcarinK was 
where the  work went  011  in  earncst. 
The  most experienced  ax  men  were 
selected  to  go  ahead  and  fell  the 
trees  so that they  would  ·'winrow." 
This  requi red  great skill, specially 
wherc SI  t ree le:lned  the  wrong  way 
and  had to ha\'e severlll others felled 
against it  to  make itdropns wHnted. 
The  cutting  of 
this  tree  against 
which  others  had  been  felled  was 
auended  with  danger, but  we  had 
no  accidents, 

Those of us  less  experienced  fol 
lowed  the experts, and  chopped  the 
tree  trunks  free from  limbs and  into 
Jogging  lengths  for  burning. 

And  80  the grand old forest g rad 

ually  d isappea red  with 
nothing ' 
saved except  the  better  lengths  of 
oa k  resen'ed  fo r  rails. 

Between  the  two  college  build 
ings and  the  Detroit  and  Lansing 
plank 
road  was  quite  a  strip  of 
brming land,  which  h:ld  been  par 
tially  cleared.  To  develop  this  as 
rapidly  as  possible  was  a  leading 
thought.  The  plank  ro:ul  WllS  the 
principal  highway  to  the  receclltly 
established capital  from  the  city of 
Detroit.  A  six-horse  stage  malic 
daily  trips,  Ilnd  was generally  filled 
to capaeit)·  with  passengers.  Man), 
to  be  seen, 
prinlte  vehicles  were 
SOme  large  freighting  w"gons, and 
farmers  with  ox  teamS  going to  or 
returning from  market. 

Now it  W:lS  felt  that  this strip,  if 
rllpidly  developed  and  put  to  h:tlld· 
s~me crops,  would  give  a  pleasing 
new  of  the  college, and  make the 
first impressions of it  favorable.  So 
a  large ;md  powerful  stump pulling 
machine  was  employ(.-d, aud  ill  the 
vif:;!orous  operation  of  this  we  all 
had  a  sort  of  lld vKllced  course  in 
forestry.  MallY  hundreds  of  the 
big  stumps  that  dotted  this  tr:let 
along where Faculty  Row now runs 
were tipped  up  on  edge, :md  g-rcat 
(ju:lIltit ies  of earth  e:une with  them. 
So  thick  were  these  gre:lt  stumps 
when  thus  tipped  up  that  an  ox 
lelUll  could  1J01  be  11ri\'cn  011 
lhis 
land. 
In  this  condition  the)'  reo 
mained for several months, till  winds 
and  rains  ami  fros ts  loosened  the 
mold  and  surbcc  earth,  which  fell 
away,  leaving  the  more  tenacious 
clay  to  be  remo ved  with  pic k  SIxes 
and  much  hard  work  by  the  stu· 
dents. 

Then  the  stumps  were  roUed  to 
Kether,  the  roots  gruuhell  OUl,  :lI1d 
final  buruings Slarh·t..!. 

\Ve plowed that  field \\ ilh a  brc:tk. 
ing.up  plow,  10  which  was  hitched 
a  tellm  of  four oxen ;uld  two horses, 
:md  finally  bte in  the  season  it  was 
really  for  the crop. 

But the  result  was  most  unsatis· 
factory  and 
disappointing.  The 
crop  was  spolled  and  poor,  and 
nothing to  be  proud of. 

And  for  several  years  the  crop 
was  poor and  profitless  011  this land 
where we  labored  so  long  and  so 
hard. 

One  miKht  think  from  the  fore 
going that we  gayc little  thought 10 
study  in  those old  days, or  that our 
studies  were  of  secondan'  import· 
ance.  Such  is  far  from  true,  as  the 
learning, culture and broad. vigorous 
mentality displayed  hy  many of  the 
carll'  graduates  in  th~ir  subsequent 
brilliant  and  most useful careers has 
abundantly  demonstrated. 

There  was  n  de\·otion  to  study 
:lnd  a  zeal  fo r  the pursuit  of k nowl 
edge  which  would  be it revelation to 
some  modern  students.  The  cur 
riculum  was  crude  per haps,  and 
lacking in  much  that  would  now be 
ref!arded  as  elementary  and  essen· 
tial,  but  we  WCllt  at  it  with  intense 
earnestness, just  as  we went  at  the 
wood  chopping.  There  we rc  no 
athletics  thell.  We didn't  need  any 
_tha t  is  any  artificial ones;  we  got 
the real  article,  good  and  plenty, ill. 
the "slashing" and  the big  clearing 
over  the ri ver. 

GEORGE  \V.  H AIGH,  with  '6 1. 

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