,The M. A. C. RECORD. 

MICHIGAN  AGRICULTURAL  COLLEGE , 

Yor.,  IS. 

THE  SPIRIT  OF  THE 
COLLEGE. 

~o spc:lk~r  appcHring  hdo r~'  :til 
1'1.  ..-\. C. ;ludicliCC  was  c n : r  gin:n 
a  'l1 o rt!  roy al  WC IcO llll' 
than  Dr.  L. 
II.  B<1ilc\' ,  o f  C orn ell,  on  \\' cllnes 
tby  en:nillg:.  The 
;II-mory  WH~ 
wd l  tilled  :lIld  U1C  "l\o.:l1\iol1  ;;:'H'I, 
was  the  bes\. 

After  the  inlrud uniull  III  1'r..,,,. 
Ill:  "kh 
Sl1vdcr,  Ur.  lh ik\'  511i,\ 
Illl;dl  like  a  P!llll' ;~ k c  II uuld  w lle ll 
the  1Il0l:l.sSl'"  is  puun:d  Oil," 

IllUS!  halo.: 

"  You  mus t  han:  all  IIllo.:ro.::'1 
in 
the  work  you  undat;tkc;  you  must 
then  put  ,"ou r  whole  life  or  ~pirit, 
illtu  t hllt  work,  n,)lL  I1m"t  huv L'rc  
spo;<:\  for  tho.:  m;;tcriab  with  which 
you  work. ;l1ld 
,:.'Oll 
;'l 
co mmon  s)'ll1pil\h,Y  for  those  with 
whom  rou  lubor ,lIld  for  lilo"l'  "OU 
are  tn·illj{  to  hdp."  T his;  in  ,,\; ... rl 
W:t5 
the  {,vt:ning'. 
The  s peilke r  pro mi sed  on  the sta rt 
110t to  Sli.:k  toodo5eh ' 10 his <;Ilhjecl. 
;on\1  he  didn·1.  Bill  he  }!:!\e  his 
'1\Hlicn<':l'  s01l1eth in ;,!"  to  think  :,h"ut 
a[ong- SClcrnl  [iu{'s. 
1\  is  ;t!w:,y"  a 
p!t:asllre  to  liSle !!  t<)  a  mall  w ho  h :l ,; 
w.:complishcd  thillJ,! li  in  lift:.  ;tllll  Dr. 
Bailey  is  .:crt;cillly  to  be  included  in 
that  number. 

:Idtlrcss  of 

tile 

"The  spirit  o f:1I1  instilllliOIl  is  a 
re;;uh  o f  the  comhincd  personalit~· 
of  mall\"  souls,"  said  ht:. 
" Th o:>e 
m en  \\"110  han'  PUI  their  wh o le  life 
in1fllh..,  instituti oll  will  lile  for CH: r 
in  it,;  Spirit.  Thc  n:ltllC,;  of  .\bhot. 
f.:: coll.k·.  BeaL  CIIOk, 
:1rld 
(I t her s  will  \iI''''  :I';  lon~ as  Ih~ illsli 
1~l\b [ic  lif~'  "lid 
tUlifi n  shall  st:lI1d. 
politics  do  110t  <lppcal  to  501l1c  n f 
I1t'<'::III"e  tlt..,y 
Ollr  I\csl  Illen  simpl.1 
ClIl1h)t  put  thei r  be,;t  spiril  iUlu  this 
kind  of  wllrk.  T he  w<>rk  of  Ihc 
tc:<.:hl'r  c arri~·s  with  it  a  t rel1ll'l1dnu;; 
rcspollsi hililY ,  lollt  it 
t'arrit:;;  <l bo  a 
lI o llde rfli l  oppurtIl11it~" " 

'["ra<':1 

Dr.  Baiky  spoke iHlere"tirlg;l,I'  "f 
thc  pt: r iod  whe r]  Ihe  t ide  \1 II;;  I" , 
wa rd  til.:  cilie;;.  far m>;  wert.:  aIHll] 
t.1I~·  mechanic  ,1rts  HI, 
dOlled  and 
tractell " n::lt  IHll nhcrs .  Th.:re  is nb 
less  11l'~11  now  fo r  lII~cb:l1lic~,  Utll 
the  farmer  o r  p rcwlucer  i."  111m  nllll 
tid t.:  h as  a 
ing  into  his  own  :1';  Ihe 
~I idlkd  :lgriolilU ral 
T he 
ute;."  of CI'ery  phas e  of ;I:{rtl"ultu r:11 
edll cation  should  be  1101 
to  dc\'clop 
farmillg; ,  hut  to  help  the  man  un  th~' 
farnl,  Th e  matte r  of  Ol'c r head  or 
is  ill  ,lal1gL'r  o f  being 
ganiz;Hioll 
ovenlone. 
to 
sttld y  the  conditions  on  ollr  farms 
and 
th(:l11. 
Org-ani l.:llio ll  will  be  the re sult.  hut 
s ho ul l l  no t  be  the  beginning, 

t hell  proceed 

to  help 

twed  is 

Irt.:Hd : 

\·V hat 

\I'e 

Dr.  l3:tiley  paid  II 

tribllte  to  the 
etWillt'ers  o f  toda\'  from  wbom  w e 
m;';'st 
ihe  settlement  oi 
great  qucstions  cOl1ccrl1ing  wate r 
W'IY!!,  mine!;,  electr icit}',  etc. 

look  fo r 

The  spc:lke r  told  seve r;!1  amu s ing 
incidents  in  connet.:t ion  with  his 
lahor;:  11I110n:;:- farm  folk  alld  his  ad 
(I res;;  was :llso  cnlil-cned  by  a  1111m 
be r of puemS o f  his own prodll cl io n  : 
for  Dr,  Bailey  is  a  poel  as  wdl  :IS 
\V t: 
:luthor,  teacher  al1ll 
only  ret,::n:t  th"l he  could  not  make 
a  longer  visil,  but  the  dellHlnds  up_ 
o n  his  t ime  are  great and  he  left  fo r 
the  East i111111edi»telr  after  the  ad· 
dress. 

lecture r. 

CHRISTMAS  IN 

THE  HEART. 

AL UMN I~I 

'~ 

:\0.  18 

Th" mow loe5  d~ep IIp';on  me  groond. 
And" ,nters br1shtnen all  around 
Decks  brav~l~ 00.)1  the  forts,  S~re 
W,Ji,lewel. of <he  brave old  year. 
The coalll"g crowd \)1'0" ih" h,1l 
W "h rome  new  SPIT" ..,ems to  ,hrill 
A"d  ~lI lho: Itmplt bell . .. th,1tIO! 
fl.,ng  OV'  the  gl~e of Chmlmu IIIne. 

W, (h,"  h,s  cha.mb.,r,  d,m  and .:o!d 
There 'I!' a  graspong  m,rer old. 
He ha. no  'hought  sav~ one of ga," 
To s"nd and sam(r and grasp and drs,". 
A pul of bell •.  a  merry  shoUi 
A.sa,t hi, t&r  he  gazu 00' 
Up.on  a  world  10 h'm aU  &ray. 
And snarh.  Why.II ... ,sChm,masDay l·-

In.  happy 1-00"",.  tho:  brown oa k·bough 
V,esw rlh  ,he  red'iemmed  holly  now : 
And ..... re and there. I,~e pearls. (h~r~ >how 
n.. berro e.  of the  m,nl",~. 
A  'p rog  " pon  th"  chandd,tr 
Say. 101h"  mAid"", . .. Come  no,  here l" 
EVe"  Ihe  psuper of tht earlh 
so~ k",dly  g,f,  has  clwt red  10  m, rth. 

for  <hame  for  !ham .. l 
.s  no  mere nanw 

No,  man  of ,ce, -
For '  Chfl limu Day 
No.  nOI  for  )'D\l !1m  .. ngms  char, 
ThIS  fe.tal  ..,ason of lh"  year 
And rool  f.,..  you  the  th,m~ of bells 
From  holy  lemple  roll. snd swell •. 
In  day  and  deed  he  ha~ no  p.ar, -
W ho  holds  no,  Ch"'lmas  m h .. hur~ 

-D'<I!oor 

~=, ~==~~~~~,~ 

ENGINEERING  SOCIETY 
BANQUET. 

Last  Tu<.:sday  ni~ht th<.:  c nKincc rs 
o f  this  collt:~c  dC1I10J1!:tr;llcd  their 
101'c  fo r social  th in}:"s  by  t urnin g- out 
in  a  bo,l."  for  Ill.:  Eng-i neerin g- So 
cicl\"  h:lIHltltl .  All  classes  wcrt: 
rt' p ~es ~'nlt:d,  ;Inti  thc  fresh ml'J1 
:ltC 
;l1Id  laug-ht:d  with  the  lIe.tr  )..!"r:uhl 
:1It:5. 

~\!1d.  as 

\\'it hout:o  doubl  Ihi"  \I";IS  one o f 
t he  g:re;Hest 
l'ng;inccrillg  turnouts 
for:1I1  ;,ffair  of  this  kind  that  has 
cI\'r  \.cc'n  known  in  lhe  history  of 
this  institutio n . 
in  IXly' 
illent  fo r  the  l:t r~e :11l!uU'lI  of  inl e r_ 
.:st  :111<1  (·nthllsiasl1l  "hawn,  lh~'  p ro · 
g-r,111l  0 1 tIll'  l'\ t:llillJ,!  p rov ed  to  be :1 
f~':15 l  of  wit  :lIld  o ri;.{i tHI1i tr.  This 
~'ol1lin)[  after a  particularly  p\(-ll ... inK 
t,l"du l  Ull·al  pili  ,til  thc  cng:i  
a11l1 
:t  st,Hc  of  mind 
lIt:cr,.  preScllt  ill 
whl·rc 
h,wt:  e,,' 
Ch:lllg;t:d  th~·ir ehoSell  profe~o;ion fo r 
thc  pn,\cr hial  case n f  :\n  Eg:Ylll iall 
("otln. 

th e\"  wOllldn't 

:II 

T o  he  honest,  :Hltl 

the  s:mlC 
t ime  jllst,  Ihe  big- Iloise  of the {·I·CIl· 
ing- was  Prof.  \\. endt. 
li e  h:llldkd 
lhil1"5  ill  :t  IltaSll'rl1' SI\'le, al1(1  SO llll' 
o f  tI~~·  thinKS  ht:  slt id '  arc  w ith  us 
vet.  lI e  was  toastmasl e r,  amI  when 
he 
introdutcd  " o ur  OWIl  helo\'et! 
tlcall" 1 h ...  5~'elle was so louching- a lit! 
~I r,  \ r C1l\!t 's affection so sincere and 
d'tildlike  th at  it  took  liS  hack  to  the 
tlal'  II  ht: n  we  bade  our  mother;; 
g-ood-byc,  not expecting-Io see  Them 
.1g::lin  fo r  tllTei.'  long  months. 

n~· :U1  I3issdl tried  to  Slic k  to  his 
" PraHl  and  L o ss, "  but 
subject , 
sinci.'  hc  is  only  tea ,-hin&" 
it,  he 
W:ISl1't  in  a  position  to  s~y  much 
along  that  line.  Just  the  same,  he 
s:lid  some  good  thill;'::s,  and  we  all 
;;:lI'e  him  a  mighl}  hand- whell  he 
sat {loll'll, 

Ag-uin  I'> ro f.  \.vel1dt !  T his  t ime 
he  b rill).!"s  ottt  Olle  o f  the  ttl1assum· 
ing,  quict  men  that  h:ls  his  mind  all 
madc  up  what  he  is  going  to  talk 
abOllt.  Y o u  lIlay  have  guesst:d,  it 
is  Pro f,  \-edd~r,  H e 
tal ked,  and 
b rough l  tea rs  to  our  eyes  too,  and 
then  g,lve  us  some  good  advice. 
h's  s trnnge how  much  o f  that  o ne 
gelS  in  collegt , 

~I r.  \\' endt  then  s aid  some  c r uel 

Ihill!;S :wd  inlroduct:ll  ~Ir. C urt:y  o f 
l\lr. 
the  c1n:tric;t[  deparllilelit. 
Corey  W:l;;I1'1  "  11UI  i(e thou::h, :11111 
he  " (lIlk.:.!  back"  much  to  the  dc 
li~ht  of  those  :ls~emhJt:.1.  Long 
lil"c  }'Ir,  Cort: I'  ~ 

:\ o w  ('o mes-t he painful p.l r t. 

.;\1 r _ 

\Vendl  ilitrOd\l~nl  ~l:trtil1  lJe  Glop 
per . . •  :'Il:trtil1  Luther"  p ro ct:cdt:d 
at  OI1.-e  to  trent  \I~  with  ..  fn\'  o f  Iti;l 
choict:  jokt:s  :1\  the  expCI]:>e  o f  :'II  r. 
\\-en.h, and  th~'n  mOSt  lired  \IS  uut 
wilh  a  lo n g- spiel  hc  h:ld  nle1110riz..,d 
frum  somt.:  SU lui.ly·school  pape r. 

t lll'n 

:'Ilr.  \\-cll\11  sai\1  a  fell"  Ihi llg ~  10 
tht.: 
Dc  U loppl'r, !lilt! 
tu  Prl'!:;.  DiJlmll!1, 
m~·l.'lill.g:  on" 
w ho  ill  turn  c'lllcd  Oil  PreS·elect 
Cummings, 
:'Ilr.  Cummings luld:l 
story  t hat  h,rok<.:  lip  th ~'  111e eling, 

til TIled 

In  all  se n ousl1t: s",  lei  us  >::1\  tll:lt 
:'Ilr,  Dillnl:Jn  h:l5 1o ad"':1  good'pr,'si  
ckll t, an.!  our  en ~ inccrin:.!"  soeielY is 
.\1\ 
booming; .  Let  tiS  keep il  \1p~ 
ou r  b,t1)q uet s  muSt  he  ;IS  ;'::0011  ns 
this  all(". 

_ D. 

GRAND  RAPIDS ASSOC IATION 

T h{'  .:'II.  A,  C.  Alumni  . \ ssoci:l  
lion  of  Gralal  ILlpids  phlll  10  g-il'c 
an  illf0 f1n:r1  d:lI1ein,l!  pa rt)  during 
the  Chri s tmas  recess ,  This  party 
is to  ht:  !wld  011  the  e\ ening- o f  S:It 
unl:I\',  Oct:.  ~s. at  tbc  Gm t'e  1"lri"h 
Ii ousc.  A  co rdi~l  inl·il ati(,n  is  c,,· 
te nded  to all  Gr~nd Rllpidsstudel1ls 
nllw  in  collcge_  lIIul  10 
:111  othc rs 
II  ho  may  b..,  in  the  city at Ihattime, 
to  be  preSent  and  help  11\;Jke  the 
o ccas ion  ;I  Sll ccess , 

t he 

Tickets mn v bescctlrcd from -, \ . ic" 
Uay!is, at 
:'Iiort011  Hou se,  fo r 
tbis  p:lrty, alltl  it  is  s incerely  hoped 
that cI'eryone  inte reSled  will  mllkc 
Ihe  most'of this  opportunity. 

R C1Ilembl' r  the  \1ate  a lltl  pla.:e 
thc  Grn tc 

::ia turday_  D ec.  ~S,  at 
Parish  House. 

The  initiatio n  of s i"  men  int o  the 
EU llo mi:lI1  Litera ry 
Soc iety  011 
T hursday  night was  followed  Fri · 
day  evening with"  \HlIlq llct  III  Chl b 
H ,  in  hono r  o f 
the  lIew  members. 
This  is  something  entirdr  new  in 
the  history  o f  lite r:t.ry  s ocietieS 
III 
1\1.  A.  C. 

'~S. 

1\  re ren t  lmlktin  frnm  the  l-.  S . 
Bun'all  of  . \ l1illl:1I  11It!lI s tn'  "LVt:S 
Dr.  ;:\ .  .-.: .  .\laro, 'S.s.  ~' n'dil' fO';.  ill . 
trollucillg"  ill!u-titt·  Cuited  '-':Iatt: ~  the 
arscllieal  dip  fur  tht!  .It·strucli,)11  of 
:>outht.:TlI  <.'"II!" 
t it,;ks .  Or.  :'1111\'0 
iJc\' ;';t.:d  thi~  ,lip  II Itile  t:hief  of  tile 
dep;lrtntclll  of  :1l1i"w[ 
tlf 
t ht:  Cuhan  [{ep u],lit,  T he  :Irseni 
('rtl  cattle  IIiI'  )ws  ; lipb~'e,1  .111  nth ~' r 
dips  ill  the  SOuthe rn  ,>t<llt:'>,  :H1d  1t,IS 
p rOI'~'n  a  ~ re:1\  hool1l1!  t ill'  sotlth.., r n 
callIe g; rO\\"er. 

imhtst rl 

'CJO. 
lIpprcdatiol\ 

,-\11 

hauq llcl 

II  :. ~ 
give n  atth~' Str:llfo rd  Il o tel,  Kll0X 
:-:'aturd:lY,  U n '.  6, 
\'ille,  1'':1111 .,  all 
cOl1lpli lll~,tll :ln'  hI  I'rof.  C h:lrles  I:. 
'1)0.  h':::lIl  of  thl'  ,k'pMtmt'nt 
F t:r r i.." 
the 
of  ulcl:hallica l 
U II i ~'~' r"i t y l,f T CIl1l6l·L·. 
" . t·  '1"ole 
frolH  tltc  /)l1i~ I·.IollrJml (III.!  1 rib-
1111<'  (1-.:Ilu"li1lc) as  f"iJuw s : 

"' 1l:-;i lt"L'ril\~  ill 

"The h:lI1ljttt:!  11:1';  ~ilen  1Ii!:1  to 
kcn  o f  thc  ~'Sl('e m II u n  1,\  1 'ro f. 
Fcrris  by  hi"  \I ark  fo r  Ilw 'gelic r'l l 
good  o f  the  t1l1 i\"e rs ity  \\ ith  ~pet:i:rl 
rd.:rence  I') Ihis  :K,ti"ity  ill  "()111 plct_ 
illg a rr'Ul~ o.::mCI1tS  wl1l'rdl)  it  is  pos 
s ihl e  t"  ;;ccurt: 
thc  L"(lurlllcv  ll il l 
propcrty for  an  .llhll·ti.:  lido!  (tor  lhe 
Itni\'e rsit.I·.  The  piau  tu  S 'i~'urc II11S 
p roper! y  for the IIlIi "c r"iI y 11':1", o r iK' 
inated  by  Prof.  Ferri$,  alld  it  w as 
l:lrJ,!cly  Ilt roug;h  hi ..  dfurt."  th"t  the 
l'omp:ul)',  which 
\ltlil'l' rs ity  H.e:l[t) 
"cC llrel[  the  1:11111,  11':1:- prg:lI1i/l·,1  :lI t,1 
i ts  s toc k  soili. 

thc 

" :'Il o rl'  Ih'lIl  111"0  hutld r t:d  n1>:l11-
IJlTS  of 
IInil"rsity  g':tlltere,1 
around  lIte  ba lHI"l"I  1:llIlt',:lt  I\hieh 
Prof.  Ferri __  alit!  ~ir~.  Ferri:;  wcre 
t he  ;,!"Iles ts  flf  hunur ,  and  the  hltll 
'l UI'! 
'I  thoroughly  cnjoyahk· 
0111.'." 

11":1", 

'93 , 
Dr.  \ ·CrllI.1!  j .  " 'ilicI  dit.:d  al  the 
:-:t:ttc  llll~pit a l  fr i<la.r 
Kal:III1;!/IIO 
evening- Ilf  I:l st  II n ·k .  after  ~l1 fft"f­
fr"111  br:li n  Iro u blt:  fu r  II1I,rc 
in;.!" 
\V ilky  l\aS 
\Jr. 
two  yC~I''' . 
tlWI1 
abo a  gr:ul l1:ttt.:  uf  hoth  t he  li tcr:t r y 
:lIld  medical departments of tht.:  S\ :I\(' 
_\ft ~'r  g'radll:l tiu(f,  hc 
l!I1irl'rsily. 
W:15  IL',lchcr  of S(il'Il{'e  in 
/.;Ul · 
s inK  pllblicschool". :ontl  :lis"  prilKi. 
p:11  of  the  School  for  Ihe  B lind  fo r 
..  Ijmc. 
li e  was  fo r  sCl"er:tiye:l rs  in 
chllr g-e  (O f  th c.demo l1 s lra lin~ dt'p:lrt . 
ml'nt  of  "· ra),  stlltI)" 
th e  Llli, 
I·crsity,  and  whcl1  III ken ill  was head 
of  this  de pa rtme nt  ill 
the  great 
Mayo hospital:ll  R orht.:ster, )lil111. 

the 

in 

'91· 
J.  \\'. Pcrrigo is  chief dr:lftsmull 
with  the Juhll  S .  .\lct ca1f  Co.  with 
headCJtlartcrs  ;11  ~l o ntre:l!. 

'96. 
f-.lu r h  .specl1hltion  has  becli  lIlade 
rCCCl1ll~·  by  il1(li\'i<lurrls,  :lnd  als o 
thr0u,g-h  lhe  press,  concc rniul!  the 
:lppOllltmelll of  a  chief  chemist  fo r 
the  U.  S.  Bun::"u  o f  Chemistry. 
The la s t report, which is to the e ffect 
that  t he posi tio n  had  been  filled,  is 
ullt rue,  lind  R.  E.  Doolittle,  '96,  IS 
sl i1\  acting inlhllt ellpacity, 

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The  M.  A . C .  RECORD 

.U."'."~D u  •• v  TU UDAY  DOl"'"''  THI:  COL"<"< 

TU.  U 

.. HI:  "'CHIGM'  .TAT. 

"'GR,CULTU'o. ..  =LL".,,, 

8 .....  ~"'UNCE. M ... ..... "' .. "  Eo,'t"A 

SUBSCRIPTION 

110  CUtTS  "'Eft  YEAR 

l!:n\er~d  .u  s&eQn,H,lOlllS  1I,all  mflner  At 

Lanllnll'.  Mkb. 

Atldre8~ oU  liub!l"rlp~lo,,& lind  1ld"ertl~h'iI 
mane. to  the  ;\1.  A  O.  lU·..('Ot( D,  E""~ 1..11"_ 
ling.  MiCh.  Alldreu  lilt contrlbutlon.  to 
thi!  ) 1""&lJlnllf EditOr. 

Rtlmlt  by  P.  O.  ;<Iloney  Order.  I) .. !l.ft  or 

R.f.1I:["terOO  l.ette..  Do nOt li<!nd  5t .. "'I1", 

BIlJI!lleU  OM"!!  with  1"''''Tenell  '"  Van 
Buren  PrlI.tlnll  00 ..  ~1tJ.~1: Grnntl A'"i!. };o., 
Lanshl .....  llleb. 

TUESDAY,  DECEMBER  17,  1912 

IlI:'S  ami  ;'\ 

W ISlIlxG ;,I!;\  ~lcrr-)' Christ 

llappy  Xcw 
Year.  1!:1\"  n)u  ;\I!  cnjo"  to  the 
fullest  (·-.:tcll,"the  holiday  ',"aClltion, 
,md  not 
rell.1i~,ing  its  possihilitics 
ftlrg-cllinJ,{  it.s  opportllnilics. 

N EXT  week  wi.!1  be  published 

Ihe allnual short course  num 
ber of the RI;;coltl>.  This  will COIl 
tain  articles  wilh  rd~r~ncc to  the 
various  pha;;es  o(  winter  cou rse 
work, and  will  he:.  mailed  to  severnl 
throughout 
thous.llld  young  1ll<.:11 
the  st1llc,  Plans  are  heillg  mlule 
for  a  record  hrellkillg:  class, and  it  is 
hoped  that  the  men  who COUle  here 
for  this  wurk  will  receive  the  usual 
courteous  tre:tllllellt  lit  the hands of 
the  " ~regulllrs_"  _No.  14  will  be  the 
last  RECOHO  untIl January  i  o f  the 
new year. 

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BIBLE  STUDY  BANQUET. 

Chas.  McKenney,  '81,  the  Chief 
Speaker. 

the second  allnual  Bible  Study 
ill  Club  I::. 
Banquet  was  gi\-en 
Thun;day evening ulld  was attended 
by nC:lrly  50 men. 

rOOIllS 

The  members  assembled  in  the 
at  i  :45,  lmd 
Association 
lifter  eight  proceeded  to 
shortly 
club  E.  where  a 
tempting  dinner 
awaitetlthem.  Afte r  aUlp!e  justice 
had  hl!en  done  the  excellent spread, 
the  program  of 
toasts  followed , 
with  [~rof.  R yde r  as  toastmaster_ 

G.  R .  \\'heeler,  the  first  speaker, 
g:lVe  <C  Past,  Present  and  Fu\"Ure" 
of  the associatioll  work.  A  review 
of the  past two  years  was  gi\'en, 
something  of  present endeavor, and 
a  forward  outlook  was  given  \'ery 
rapidly  :l1ld  interestingly. 

"Uible Swdy  for  College  :'.1en," 
WllS  the  subject assigned  F. £.  An· 
drews. 
:'olr.  Andrews  sought  to 
prove th:1I  ill  ordc r  to  adv ullce  most 
rapidly  a  knowledge  of the  Bib!e  is 
esscntial,  for  Christianity  lind  lld 
vanccmcnt  go  hand  in  hand.  T he 
college milll  will  be called  upon  for 
leadership  when  he  goes  back  into 
his  home  co mmuni ty. 
li e  should 
be  both  prepa red  and  nllxious  to do 
whal  he  call. 

S _ M.  D ean  gave  a  most e)(cdlen t 
talk  along  the  lille of  putting  Bihle 
study  into  practice, and  gave some 
ve ry  concrete  ways in  which  :l  mun 
may  gain  or lose  in  character build 
ing- hy  his  eve ry  day  acts. 
I f  the 
Dible  is  studied  aright,  it  canllot 
help  but  have  its  influence  upon  the 
young  man. 

Pres  Charles  McKenney  was 
introd uced  as  a  wise  man  because, 
first  he  chose  1\1 ichig<lll  as:1  birth 
place, and  second,  because  he chose 
M.  A.  C . as  a  college from  which to 
get  his  deg ree.  He  further  stated 
that  l\lichig:m  had  simply  loaned 

him  for  the  time  being  10  our sister 
stat ....  llllli  that  she  had  shown  her 
wisdom  by  calling  him  again  to  be 
head  of one of ollr  g-reatest  institu 
lions-the State  No r mal. 

fro m 

Pres.  l\!cKenne),  is  all  ~x ct:l l clll 
speaker, and  has ,llw;IYs  dealt .with 
lime  th:lt  he 
the 
s tudeuts 
the  {listricl  schools  o f 
laught  in 
:'.1 ichiglUl_ 
therdore,  a 
lie  hlls, 
per!;oll:ll  sympathy  for  all  young 
people which, coupled wilh  his most 
cxcellc1!t  tr:'lining  and  his  execlllh e 
ability,  has  nHl(\e  his  sen'ices  in  de 
mand. 

:'.Ir.  ?o.lcKcnlley  g":lve 

rapi,ll y 
sOlllelhiJ1K  of  the  history  of  primi 
tive  peoples  ,md  their conception  of 
;}  GOII  anrl  a  creal ion .  allll  then  pro 
ceedcd 
to  compare  this  ide:1  with 
th:lt  of  the  people  of  Christ's  time, 
and  bv  bringing it down  to the pres 
that  ill 
Cilt  dmc  sought  to  pro,'e 
every  agc  pcop1e  must adjust them 
selves  to  the  religious  life  of  the 
times. 
Ih- his  forcefulness  and 
e:lnlestues; he  held  the close  atten 
tion  of  every  Oll~ present. 

Pres.  ,\Ic"enney  was  the  guest 
of  l'>rcs.  ,md  ?II rs_  Snyder ulltil  F ri_ 
day. 

FARMERS '  CLUB  BANQUET. 

The  first  annual  F,lnners'  Club 
bllll<luet  was held  Decembe r  loth  lit 
the  "Corner  Grocery,"  Club  G_ 
The dub room  pro\-ed  to  be  all  too 
small  to  accomllloUatc  the crowd  of 
So  or  90  hungr~  fat'Olers ,  and  an 
overflow  table  had  to  be  set  up  in 
,mother cl ub.  After  a  very abund· 
ant and  satisfying  rep .. St  of  rough, 
cottonseed  me;.I.  mneiline  oil,  tank 
age,  blubber,  etc_,  those  present 
were  enterluined  by  a  pro~ra"l  of 
toasts,  rich  in  "wit and  wisdom." 

Mr.  ,.  O.  Linton  acted  as "Post 
master-" of  the  occasion, :md  intro __ 
d uced  the speakers  with  an  unusual 
quality  of  b rilliant  humor.  Mr.]_ 
:IS 
I-I. 
president  of  the  club  and  gave  a 
concise  idea  of  its  work  and  pur 
pose. 

lIaolilton  was 

introduced 

his 

ch aracteristic 

"Farmer"  French  spoke  of the 
serious  necessity of such  training ns 
the  F:lrtllers'  Club  work  offered, 
and  gave six  qu,llitiesesscntiul  ill  a 
good  farmer. 
Mr.  K. 

!\J.  Kling:er  presented 
some carefully  thought out  remarks 
the  relation  of  studen ts  and 
on 
Farmers'  Club.  Dr.  Giltner 
re 
sponded to  the toast," 1like Robe," 
with 
h umor. 
Pres. J. L.  Snyder's  remllrks  were 
(Irawn  from  his  loug  experience 
with and obsen-ation on  the (Ie\'elop 
ment  of  college  men,  :llId  empha 
sized  the  tlecessit)'  of  doiug things 
for  themselves  and  not  dependi ng 
on  the  faculty  10  run  their org:aniza 
tions,  such  .. s 
the  Farmers  club. 
Dean  R.  S.  Sh aw  conti ned  his  re 
marks  to  the  de\-elopment  of  the 
v:lrious  technicnl  cluhs  in  the  ag ri . 
cultural division, and  the rela tion  of 
the instructional force to those clubs. 
The spirit  of  the evetlltlg showed 
the  heartiesl  cooperation  between 
studen t  a nd  faculty,  the  dom inllnt 
note of the  e\'ening  being  that  the 
Farmers' C l ub was  a student organ 
ization  perfectly cnpable of s uppo rt 
ing itself,  but  glad of lilly  assistance 
f rom  instructors a nd  profcssors. 

The  first  Farnle r s'  Club  banquet 
was  pronounced  a  grellt  s uccess, 
and  everyone  expressc{1  the  hope 
that it  might be  made  an  annual  af 
the 
for  profit,  ple:lsure  and 
fai r 
closer  association  of  students  and 
facult}'. 

BEEKEEPERS '  ASSOCIATION . 

MICHIGAN  BIRD  LIFE . 

The  anllual  mceting- of the  ~Iieh­
ig':lll  branch of  the  Nalionlll  Hee 
keepers'  Association  was  held  in 
the  en tomoloJ!}  building  at  i\1.  A_ 
C .  Thursdn}  and  Frici:ly  of  \:1st 
week. 

Here some 30 o r  40 members  us 
semblcd ,where they discussed impor 
tant questions  pert:lilling  to  Ill('  pro 
duction  of  hone), 
~liehigan_ 
Olle of  the most importalltqul'stions 
lliSCIlssed  was  that of  legislation  for 
lhe protection  from  hee  disc{lses. 

in 

The  visito rs  included  mcn o f  h igh 
reputation  in  their linc of  work, onc 
of  whom  was  Prof.  1\lorle)'  Pettit, 
who is  provinci:ll  apiarist  fo r  Onta  
rio.  Election  of  otlicers close{1  lhe 
prog.r:un  of  bu"iness  011  Friday, 
after  which  the  visitors  were  COIl 
dueted  about  thc g rounds1ltld  build 
ings  on  a  tour  of  inspcction. 
It 
was decided  10  hold  the  next  n1~,et­
ing  in  DClroit. 

FORESTRY  CLUB  BANQUET. 

A  big- bllliquet  in  Club A  mllrked 
the close  of  the  Forestrr  Cluh  :lC 
ti\' ities  for  the  £all 
term .  Th is 
was  lhe  Ihird  oecasion  o f  its  kind, 
ami  Olle  of the  most cnjoyable.  The 
room  was  tastefullv  deconlled  with 
white pille houghs, -and  potted  white 
pine  ;lIld  magnolia  leaves  furnished 
lable decorations.  A fter the bounte· 
ous  dinner  had  been  disposed  of, 
toast master  Fletcher clilled  to  ortler 
and 
t he  fOllowing  pr.ogram  was 
ca rried  out : 

. 

"The  Colleg~  and  Forestry"-

Pres.  Snider. 

"T ilnber"-Dean Shaw. 
" Tbe  \ Voods" -
l\layor  Gunson. 
"Associated Species " - 1 nstruc tor 

Gilson. 

"Shade Bearers'·- Prof. Sanfo rd. 
"Stllte  Foreslry"- ~ec.  Drown. 
"Forestry  Clllb"-Mr. Burt. 
"Camp  Fires"- Prof.  Baker_ 
The  menu  canIs  were  cut  from 
bi rch  bark, aocl llrtistically hand dec 
orllted. 

CIVIL  SERVICE  EXAMINA 
TION - Po  O.  CLERK. 

An  eXllminalion  for clerk  will  be 
held  ut  the  post-otlice  in  this  city 011 
January  I I ,   1913,  East  L:l1lsing, 
Michigan . 

Age  limit,  ,S  to  45  yea rs, on  the 

date  of the  eXllmination. 

l\'Iarried  women  will  not  be  ad 
mitted  to  the  cxamination.  This 
prohibition, howe\'e r, docs not apply 
to  women  who nrc divorced or th ose 
who are separated  from  their  hus 
bluuls  and  support  themselves,  but 
they  :Ire  eligiblc  for  appoillllllcnt 
0111)'  :IS cle rk. 

Applicants  must  he  physically 
sound. and  male  applicants  must  be 
not  less  than  5  feet  4 
inches  in 
height  without  boots  or  shoes, and 
weigh  not  less  than  '~5  poullds 
without ovcrcoat or  hHt. 

For  applicatiou  blanks  and  for 
full  information  relative  to  the  el( 
amination,  qualifications,  duties, sal 
aries,  vacutions,  promotions,  etc., 
<\dd ress  immediately, 

A.  LOlilSE  MlI_U-:n, 

Secreta ry,  Board o f  Civil  Serv ice 
Exal)liners,  Postoffice,  East  Lan 
sing,  Michigan. 

- - -
l~ rof.  Eustace  metC.  B.  Tube r 
gen,  ' I I,  1\1.  T.  Munn ,  '12  and  Y. 
'11,  at  the  meeting  of 
T.  Bog ue, 
the  \Vesterll  New  Yo rk  H o rt.  So 
ciety  recen tly  held  ill  R ocheste r. 

As  ReViewed  by  the  Saginaw  Cou rie r 
Herald_ 

\\'e  quote 

the  following- para 
praph s  from  the above  n:llllell  papcr 
Ihrrows'  Bird 
concentillg"  .  I>rof. 
Book: 

"Prof.  \Valte r  Ll.  Barrows  has 
finnlly  completed  a nd 
issued  his 
g-reat  work," Michigll1l  Uird  Life." 
Prof.  Barrows  is  professor  of  :wol 
ogy  in  the  l\IichigllU  Agricultural 
College,  East  Lmsing",  .md  is  one 
of  the  noted  orlhinolug:ists  of  tbe 
coullt ry _ 
[n  h is  kn ow ledge  of  thc 
bi rd  life  of  :'.lich igan  he  st;IllJs  in  a 
class  alone-no one approaches him, 
:lnd  h~  is 
the  s uprell1~  authority. 
Consequenl.ly  the  public.tlion  of  his 
work,  the  unremitting  bbor,  re 
search  and s tud v  of  vcars,  is  a  most 
notable  evcnt.  -

-

ul\lic higllll  Bini  Life"  is  issued 
:lS  a  special  bulletin  of  Ihc  Agricul 
tural  College. 
I t  is  a  !:trge  volume, 
SZ2  pag-es,  70  IIllcolored  pl:ttes  <lnd 
152  tcx t  fig:ures ,  wei~hl abollt  fOil r 
pounds_ 
In  hound  cloth  fo rm  it 
may  be  obtaillcll  by  ;lny  one  who 
scnds  Secrl'l<trr  Umwll  {A .  1\1.) 
East  Lansing, 95  C<.: IHS;  paper co\' 
ers So  cents ;  s\;!mps  C1Ui not  he  ac 
cepted_) 

topogn'phy  of 

infor mation  cOllvey ... d 

"Aside  from  til<'  technical  cha r 
acter of  the  book,  which  has  been 
so admira bly  clarified  by  thc author 
tbat the 
is 
readily  understnndable  by  the :n'c r 
ag:e  btpnan,  the 
introduction  by 
Prof.  Bnrrows  is  of  itself  ;UI  inter 
est  compelling  monograph,  eO\'c r 
it  does  absorbing- dcsc r ip 
illg  as 
tiolls  of  the 
the 
state,  its  clinl:lte,  the  distribution o f 
1)lant,  :lllilll:ll,  :Iud  bird  life,  recent 
c hanges  in  the  bird  li fe  of  Ihe state, 
helpful s ugg-eslions on  how  to  sttldy 
bi rds,  :lIId  the usc of the  keJs  to thc 
various  species,  the  whole  concll1d 
ing  wilh  a  fas<.:in ating  d iscussioll  of 
is  prohably 
bird  migration,  which 
as  sensible  and  r(',tsonahlc  in  its 
treatment of a  subject. alw;!ys  popu 
\arty  my stcrious  as  anything- y'c t 
latter 
written 
topic  Prof.  Barrows  brings  knowl 
edge gained  from  patient  invcstig-a 
tion  and  exploration du ring  the  past 
15  ye:n:s, so that  he is able to elimin_ 
ate  much  that  was  fanc}' ,  supe rsti. 
tion  or inaccurate ohsernltiOIl.  This 
introduction  would  be  wo rth\·  of 
permanent  addition  to  thc  literature 
of the s tate. 

thereon.  T o 

this 

"Michigan  Bird  Life is:1  work 
that  has  been  badly  needed,  and  it 
is  a  most  useful  and  practical  con 
tribut ion  to  :l  subject  inere;lsingly 
ilnportant  and  heretofore  neve r  ade 
q uately  tre:tted. 
Up\:Hl  every  p:lgC  the  st riking  im 
press Ihat  it  is  in  t ruth  a  !lIbor  of 
love,  !lml  wo rthy of  all  honor  that 
it  mar  bring  t<? 
its  {Iistinguis hed 
!luthor." 

?-.loreon:r, it I~ars 

' 13' 
13.  C.  "'IcCunly,  '13,  h .. s  bee n 
with the  !\laci:Zellzie, M:mn  &  Co., 
Ltd. , since 
last  Ap ril  which  com_ 
pany  is  doing construction  work  fo r 
the C an;ldian  :-.l'orthern Ontario R y. 
In  connection  with 
this  wo r k  he 
!ll~~ b~~~l ;~~<~11:~' ~~:tr~:~e~~~t;la~li 
resident engineer  in  the absence  of 
that official.  There  is  a  good  de 
mand 
\\'orkina' 
for  men  with  a 
knowledge of civil  enginee rin g, bu~ 
as  the thermometer  drops  to  55  be 
low  at  times,  McCurdy  thinks  he 
..... ill  mO\'e  farth e r  south llnd  finish 
his  college cour.;e. 

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ABOUT  THE  CAMPUS 

ill' 
~1 rli.  Coffell  {'Illcrtuincd  :It 
for1ll:.1  Ji 'lller  Friday  of  bst  Wet:k. 
COl"e r".  were  laid  for eight. 

Chas,  R_ced,  district  supen' isor, 
II'ith  hcadqu:l rte rs  at  Il owell, spent 
;1  day  or two al  \1.  A . C,  last  week. 

Prof. .\Ilderson  was J o illg: 

insti 
tu te  work  in  the  northl'fn  pan  of 
the stllte  two or  tI1l"c('  d:'.'"li  Ihe  past 
week. 

Prof.  frank  C:lrleton, of  the  de· 
p'lrtmt"nt  uf  econumics  :\1  Albion. 
.:olleg-e  visi tor on  Frill:.}'  o f 
was  ,t 
las I  wCek. 

Ins tructor  ~I usselm:1II  will  aUellcl 
a  three  tlars' session  of  the  Ameri. 
of  A!(ricllitllral 
can  Asso"ci:ttioll 
EI1~iuecrs,  Dec.  ::6,  -::i  alld 
~.s,  ill 
Chic:lgo, 

.\Ir.  Baldwin secured a  tille photo 
g r:rp h  of the samples of  forge  work 
Fri,i:ty,  w h ich  s:uLlpks  <Ire  the  re, 
suit  of  the  d;tss  exercises  in  farm 
mech"nics  the  past  term, 

A.  1'.  K n'ntcl, our geni:11  illstnlc· 
to r  in  wood  shop, has  recently  pur· 
chased  the  tine  homc  directly  oppo· 
site  the campus  formerly  owned  hy 
~apt. T:q)pan, allli  expects to occu py 
It  SOO IL 

Fred  Hi tlddl,  who  h:\s  been  do 
ing  ksling  for  the  D:t iry  depart· 
lit II , 
ment  during  t he  summer  :lIul 
fjuishcd  his  work 
the  p:1St  we('k, 
ano  will  renCw  his  college  'work 
next tcrm. 

TIll:  PhylclI!Js  held  dc(: t io n  of 
olliccr"  for  the  wiutcr  tcnll  tJ~  fo l 
lows:  PreSident, 
\\'cstvcld; 
vice·president,  H,  L.  Fralick;  ~e("­
rc tary,  II.  Zicl ;  trea:>urer,  A.  J. 
\\'ilsoll;  reporter,  II.  J.  Frenc h: 
llltJrshai,  B.  J..:.,  Ku ck, 

\1. 

Ahout  $-\0  worth  of  nell'  mus ic 
has just bee n purcha:>t:ci  for the hand , 
It is  planJle{1  to  Kive  sac red  COllcert:> 
el"ery  two  weeks during  the  winter 
term.  These concerts  will  he  held 
in  the  HrnlOr}'  on  Su !\(layafternoon, 
and  will  take  the  place  all  that  d ay 
of  rcgul,l r  chapel sen-icc.", 

At:1  business meeting o f  the band 
held  reeenth',  \\'In.  J..:.iefe r  was  re 
elected  malliige r,  and  Ned  Lacey 
was  chosen 
assistant  man:lgcr. 
H ereafte r  the  same  plan will  be  fol· 
lowed  as  thllt  of the  :lIhletic  board, 
the  assis tant  becomi ng  malwger in 
his  senior yea r  by  virtue of office, 

for 

Dr.  C,  E,  \lar~h:lll, now  of  Am 
the  s ick 
her"t,  "LI .~,..,  hl\ .~  been  0 11 
,;u ffering 
li"t 
,;everal  week"., 
from  llll attack of  pnellmollia, 
L1I~l 
repor b  were  to  the  effcct  t hat  the 
doclor  \\,:1 "  o n  the  gain,  hut  he  ha<; 
been  a  very  sick  mall . 

Prof.  Lintoll,  Bell  Por te r  allll  B. 
A.  J..:.nowlc:> 
the  annual 
llttemk'l] 
wimer fair 'tllIl  poultry show  helll  al 
Gu elph _ Ont., the  past  week.  11r, 
Linton  spoke  before  the  Ontario 
F,mciers  Association,  which  was 
hcld  in  conjunction  with  thi"  biro 

Field  Agents 

\ Vhite  :md  Tyler 
were  at  H art  <l1.d  ~ I uskeg'on  the 
past  week  ill  con nection  with  the 
one  weck  fanners'  cou rses,  Mr, 
Ra\'en  :mel  Mr.  ~)"e arc  in  H udson 
this  w ee k,  and  P rof  jeffery,  Mr. 
Rav cn  and  ~lr. \\'hite  go  to  St. 
Johns  ill  connection  with  the  work 
at  that  place . 

T.  L.  But(llI"ill,  wife  allll  little  SOli 
h1(\' e  been  the guests of the  fo r mer'S 
mother  IItHl  famil\'  on  Albert  A\·c .. 
during"  the  pa~1  \\'·~ck. 

-"""'" ~ 

Progr1llns  ;Ire  out  fo r  the  1\ inler 
term,  Students  111 :11  thlls hare  time 
10  worn'  011 \  11  full-schedule  before 
):111.  6.  -

il)!;\rueior  Denison  sl1pplied 
:IS 
teacher of  agrkulture  ill  thl'  OtSCg"o 
hi;.:-h  sl·hooltwo(\<I.I"S the  P<lst  week. 
}'Ir,  GC:lgley  was  ahsellt 
taking 
civil  >tt'n'icc  examina tion . 

Skatin~ on  Red  Ccdar  ahOVl'  Ihe 

d;m)  now  oct'upies 
the  Spa re  mo 
rnellts  of  the  bo~ s , IIlld SOllie  colleg-e 
stmlellts  are  :1150 
t:lkint!  11  g-lille  to 
pllt  them  in  trim  for ('x;uns. 

!\'ii ss  Zae  Northrop.  who  WI1S 
obliged  to  uJlderg:o an  o peration  for 
:lppcndieitis  some  time  ltg'O,  had so 
far  recoverell  as  to  be  :11  her lk'sk  in 
the  Bacter iologic:11  department  for 
:111  hou r  or  so  Frilby. 

Thl'scllior  10  o'dock  part\·  wa ~ 
g-iven  SuturdilY  night  ill  Ihe  a':;sem. 
bly  roOtl ) of  the  ,t;.::ricultural  build. 
i ng, and \I'a,:  a  mo~t ,·njQ.\':lblo: :Iffair 
Pro f. :Intl  ~r r~ . .K iug:  ;lnJ' [nstr\lctor 
:Iud  ~i rs.  Coffeell  were  patrons, 

The  Delta Club will  be  closetl  for 
,\mol1g 
011e  week  during'  vacation. 
those  who  will  probably 
rem3in 
here during the holidays "n-.\ I es~ r". 
\-on  !:::iuchtc1in,  \\'ard,  Jcallo, .I.uni. 
son,  Biullc r  ,md Simpson, 

R. G.  lloopingarner  has  sent  to 
the  zoolog-ical  depa r lmcll1  a  fn:ak 
lil-lll  mO\lse,  hal"ing  six  It:gs.  The 
in  co lor,  browll , 
animal  is  norm:11 
except thaI  portion  of  hi;;  :uHltomy 
to  which  the  :uldition,,1  legs  :Ire  at 
tached,  which  is  white. 

J.  If.  Prost,  -04,  city  forester  of 
\' isi\or one 
Chicago,  was  a  colleg ... 
day  the  past  week. 
I n  company 
with  l\'lrs.  Ella  FlrIgg  Younl-:".  Su 
perintemlcllt of schools  in  Chicllgo, 
:l1ld  seve ra l  memhers  of  the  Board, 
1\1r.  P rost  has s pent  , ollle  time 
ill 
Boston  and  other cities,  lookinj!"  iu 
th ...  matte r  of  heautification  o f 
to 
school  g rounds. 
T he  Bo;lftJ  arc 
also  considering  the  :Id \' isahility  of 
establishing  an  ag r icultural  school 
in  Chicago. 

I~bns are  und ... r  wa\'  Ill'  sel'eral 
s.enior  fore s ter:.  to  ct1:lllcng ... 
thL' 
sen ior f() rc .. ters  o f th ...  L"nj'· ... rliitr  uf 
l\lichig'":11l  for"  fricndh  COllkS!  in 
the  id~-ntifica,illn  of  llOods  hy  the 
u ; c  of  pocket  kllife  :Hld  1"l1s  onl)". 
The  plan  is  tn  dlOOS(:  I wo  St.'niurs 
from  e:ll'h  school.  :tIld  an  opportun. 
to  illentify  100  sample 
ity  g-il· ... n 
inc hes 
to  si x 
blo.cks 
syu:tre. 
The  OIlICo.m...  will  be 
wa tched  with  interest. 

from 

four 

T he  dil'i .. ioll  of  veterinary  medi. 
cil~e  ha~ reccil' cII, from  liml- to  time, 
slupml."lllS  of  models  from  Berl in. 
The  I:~st.  is  tha.!  of.  a  horse's  eyc, 
some  SIX  Illehe!!  III  dt:.meter.  Quite 
a  portion o f  the hcad  is al90 indulled 
011  the  mount,  and  the  eve  C,11l  he 
dissected ,  Among the other models 
are  some  38  models  of  the  hoofs 
joints  uf  bOl'ses  :tnu  caule, 3l1t!  th~ 
larynx, ear.  brain  lIliri  !lose  of  the 
horse,  Pr:lctic:.llv  "II  Ihe  modds 
arc  rlissectable,  :111([  shol1ld  prove  a 
v)lluahle  adl!itioll  to  th~  equipml"nt 
of  that  departmenl. 

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world of  sports. 

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gi\'c its  readers  the  Itltest  general  news  of  tbe  day  in  ad 
vance of :my  other  Ilcwspapt~r coming  into  Lansing. 

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NEW  BOOKS  IN  LIBRARY. 

Lists Includes MaDY  Excellent Works. 

Who's  Whv  ( 1912). 
Document  on  State  Wide  Initiathe. 

llerererrdutn and Recall. 

Elements of Science of  ~uttil;on. 
The An of the Theatre. 
Pn!.ctioal  AUl\tlJwy of the Rabbit. 
Malttmllli.n AnalOmy. 
Bino ryof Uuman  Marriage. 
Suocess in Literature. 
Principals  of Rural Economi~ 
Artistio Homes. 
Practical  Orcbarding  on  Rough  Land. 
Farm  Bla.cksmithing. 
Oi:lt'ase3 of The Horse's FOOL. 
Where half the World is  Waking Up. 
The Changing  Chinese. 

....... 

The Kallikak  Family. 
The Bor and his Gang. 
KnOll!,  Splices, and Rope Work. 
HOUle  \Vat.erworks. 
Concrete From  Sand )lolds. 
Breeding aud the Mendelian  OilM::oyt!ry. 
Grant-Lee IUld  Battles  and  Leaders  of 

the Ciril  \VlI.r  _(~ Yolum6!l). 

AI1Momical Terminology. 
Vct.uresoll  Li terature (Unh'. of Colulll' 

Ilia) . 

The Old To wn  (Jacob  RUs) . 
ao'"  10  Argue and  Win. 
A1 0re  BIiIskets,  etc. 
now to Judge a  Book. 
St.reet Clt!&ning, 
Soil Conditions and Plant Growt.h. 
O'-)'\'ernOlent of American Cities. 
ltl\Chine Design. 
l:Iereditr, 
Kant and Spencer. 
Manual or Veterinll.ry  Therapeutics Rnd 

Pharmaoology. 

System.  Treatment  on  llnteria MedicR 

and TherapeuticB. 

Techni{IUtl of Bread Making. 
Beredity and Society. 
The  Svil Solution. 
MeadO"'11  and  Pasntre!. 
Farm Gu Engin~. 
Book of  Plans. 
Drill  Work. 
Snlall  f-'rame  Buildings of Concrete. 
mology fwd  Ita Makers. 
Compend of Materia Medica and  Thera· 

peutic!!. 

Esgentials or Jiistology. 
Ilistory of U.  S. 
J.)e,·elolllll8nt of  the Buman Body. 
Introduction to Modern Theory of Equa· 

(Channing). 

tions. 

PoJnLII of tbe Horse. 
Principles of  Phllnnacy, 
Life and Times of Ca"our  (2  vols  ) 
Microto mist8 Vade-Mecum. 
Reinforoed  Concrete  ConstrucLlon  in 

Thaory 1\nd  Practice. 

The  luilinli,'e,  ReferendUDl  and  Reoa ll. 
The  Wi!j()Onsin Idea. 
M.ath~lUatical Solution  Book 
Ferti!il\8rs  and Crops. 
The Valor of Ignorance. 
Vanished ArilllOna. 
Story of the Soldier 
Es&entlals of  Poetry. 
She Buildeth Her House. 
air St(lry (Tom L .  J ohllllOn). 
Life  and  Letters  of  Edmund  Clarence 

Stedman  (2  vo l.) 

Theory  o[ Functions  of  Real Variables. 
Mensuratioo. 
Application of the Calculw t(l  Mechan-

'00. 

History  of Economic Thollght. 
Modern  WOPlen 's Right l!  lIo,·ement. 
Heralds of the Dawn. 
Toxicology. 
fJamtrridge  lloderll Bist.ory. 
Detection of  POi1lO113. 
Outline:.! of Pracliool  Bistology. 
Lab'y Guide for  8istology. 
ComlJend of Histology. 
Fungoid  Pests of Oulth'ated Plants. 
Elementary Applied Mathematics. 
Ad,'liUIced Calculus. 
Practical  Bacteriology, Blood Work.etc. 
Tlnl Teaching BolAni5t. 
Practical Pllysical Chemistry. 
Art of JIIuminatiOIl. 
The Magnetic Circuit. 
The Electric Circ uit. 
Indu ction  Moto r. 
Electric Rail"'ay  Engineering. 
The Bealer. 
The  Promi~ Land . 
E!Jen  Richard. 
Jeffersou  Da,· iil. 
A  Likely Story. 
RelJearehes on  Fungi. 
Poems. 
Creative E,·olution. 
Old  SpaniSh Ma.stent. 
funch CaLhedrnlll. 
Decorative Art. 
Story of  French  Pain ting. 
American Masten of  Painting. 
History of Greek  Art. 
Grover Cleyeland. 
TuneLII  TO"'ers and Temples.' 
Embers. 
Who's  Who in  Amerieo. 
Timber.  and Sonle of  Its Diseft.ges. 
Prosperous Agriculture. 
Studies in GermAn  Literature. 

TEACHING  POSITIONS  IN 
P HILIPPINE  ISLANDS. 

in order  to  m:lke  it  possible  for 
those  illtcreste{1 
in  positions  in  the 
tcaching  se n ' icc  nf  thc  I» hilippine 
Islands  to  tak e  the  ex:u n ill:ltio n  for 
eligibility  to  appointment  without 
reg-ula r 
IIltcrfcring  with 
school  dutics,  the 
::)t."'ttes 
Civil  Service  Co III  m  iss i 0  u  all 
nounces  an  eXllminillioll  for  teacher, 
in dustri al  teache r  and  departmental 
z7-z8,  in 
assisl'lllt  on  Decembe r 
many  of  the  impOrl:1I11  ci tics  of  the 
vnitc(1  States. 

thei r 
l;n itcd 

Eligihility  ill  thes e  eX:lmiuations 
is  rcquiret1  for  :Ippoilllnlent  to  posi 
tions  for: 

\\"omen  ill  1I0~lIt  Ecoso~lIc", 
}ol en  in  agriculture,  mlllllla.1 train 
ing,  high  school  science,  mathcmat, 
ics,  English 
:llJd  supervisors  of 
school  districts, 

The ent rance  salary of  the  m :ljor 
itr  of  appointees  is  $1 ,lOO  per  lUl 
nU01  and  expenses 
to  the  isl;u1d s 
paid  by  the  gove rnm ent,  with  elig 
ibility  for  promotion up  to $~,oooas 
teacher,  and  up to  $3,000 as  super 
infendent. 
For 

information  relative  10  the 
nature of the service and  the exami 
I,.- su 
n:ltion,  address  H UltEAt."  01-
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31.25  Princess  lfessaline,  lull 
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the ya.rd .... .... ............ 98e 

51.30. S1.75 a nd  $2.00 quali· 
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SUiting:;,  54  inches  wide. 
Sample pIeces, yard ...... $1. 25 

$1 .23  rich,  hel"')·.  plain  Satin 
Fa-file.  8  sa mple  half  pi6(.;-es; 
new  filII  colors. 
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reUable  PIIrtict..  WI!  hope  tbllt  lhe fa"ull,. 
and  lIudenu  ... ·111  \like  P11lnl  I<>  PIItro"I~1I 
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N t~\\'  IlA ItlH:tt  SHQP.  In  Qh" ..e  BuLld 
hIli'. undl'r 1l""H'~  Drull'  ""d  Groel'r), 
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Oardl.  I"oulliain  Pens.  I'lelurel.  Frallle .. 
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map  mou"UIIIII'"  a lbum •.  pocket  books. etc 
OIl1nna' pbonll  No. f8Y. 
In  Olt:r  N"' tlonai 
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H. Sll'bert . 

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DRY GOODS. 
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