THE  M·~·C· 

VOL.  XIX 

TUESDAY,  MARCH  17,  1914. 

NO.  23 

NEW  ENGINEERING  BUILDING. 

Published  by" 

'(1le  MICHIGAN  AGRICULTURAL  COLLEGE  ASSOCIATION 

East  Lansing,  Michigan 

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DIRECTORY 

LANSING  BUSINESS  AND 
PROFESSIOKAL  MEK. 
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THE  M·A·C· 

VOL.  X IX. 

E AST  LANSING,  MICH IGAN,  T U ESD AY,  MARCH  17,  1914. 

NO.  23. 

M.  A.  C.  ASSOCIATION  FORMED  FOR 
NORTHEASTERN  MICHIGAN . 

On  Friday,  Mal'ch  6th,  another  local  as~ 
sociation  was  added  to  the  growlllg  lIst  01" 
M.  A.  C.  groups.  The  meeting,  which  was 
held  at  the  City  Club  in  Bay  City,  was  well 
attended  some  thirty-two  people  being  pres 
ent.  M~ch of  the  preliminary  work  had 
been  done  by  C.  S.  Langdon,  '11 a,  F .  E. 
Hewitt,  '12e,  and  George  ~la ss nick ,  E".x-'13a. 
Daniel  Ellis  '07a,  was  instr umental  in  stir 
ring  up  a  g~od deal  of  interest  in  Saginaw. 
The  evening  began  auspiciously,  with  an 
excellent  banquet.  This  part  of  the  cere 
mony  over,  C.  S.  Langdon,  in  the  capacity 
of 
introduced  the  speakers. 
General  Secretary  Sheffield  and  Prof.  W.  O. 
Hedrick  were  present f r om  the  College.  and 
gave  some  good  talks  along  the  lines  of  col 
lege  reminiscences  and  t he  need  of  eamest 
cooper ation  between  the  College  and  Its 
alumni.  A  number  of  those  present  were 
called  on  for  impr omptu  speeches,  among 
those  who  responded  being  E.  C.  Peters, 
'93a  and  F .  C.  Ohland,  ex-'04e.  of  Saginaw, 
a nd 'w.  E . Wilson,  '06e,  A.  C. McKinnan,  ex 
'95,  and  T. F.  Marston,  a  former  member  of 
the  State  Board  of  Agriculture. 

toastmaster, 

After  a  short,  informal  session,  during 
which  everyone  had  an  opportunity  to  get 
acquainted,  the  blank  form  of  the  constitu 
tion  was  read  and  adopted.  The  name  de 
cided  upon  was  The  Northeastern  Michigan 
M.  A.  C.  Association.  The followi ng  officers 
were elected :  President,  E. C.  Peters, Sagi 
naw;  vice-president,  A.  C.  McKi nnan,  Bay 
City;  secretary  C.  S.  Langdon ;  treasu]'er, 
Fred  Hewitt ;  member  of  t he  board  of  dI  
r ectors,  W.  E.  Wilson .  It was  decided  to 
hold  another  meeting at Saginaw wit hin  the 
next  sixty  days. 

Present  indications  are  that  an  independ 
ent  battalion  of  cadets  will  be  formed  next 
term.  The  twelve  companies  are  consider 
ably  above  the  maxi mum  strength  at  pres 
ent,  and  the  formation  of  additional  units 
f ur nishes  the  only  solution  of  t he  pr oblem. 

WHY  NOT  M.  A.  C.? 

The  following 

item,  r elative  to  a  new 
movement  by  Ohio  State  alumni.  should 
prove  interesting.  Possibl y  there  are  some 
good  reasons  why  SUell  a  plan  would  fail  at 
M.  A.  C.,  but  we  cannot  think  of  t hem  at 
this  time.  The  paragraph speaks  for  itself : 
In  the  hope  of  organizing  the  alumni  of  the  Ohio 
State  Unive rsity  into  a  more  efficie nt  body  to  co 
operate  with  their  alma  mater  in  some  of  the  big 
problems  confronUng  the  Un iversity .  the  fi rst  ao 
nual  con venUon  of  University  associations  and 
clubs  will  be  held  in  the  Ohio  Union.  Columbu s,  F'r! · 
day  and  Saturday.  March  27  and  28. 

The  chief  reason  give n  for  the  convention  is  to 
orga nize  a  more  compact  state  fede ration  with  a 
It is  thought  th at  co-operation 
sLate-w id e  influ e nce. 
with  leglshtto rs  and  a  more  alert  sy mpa thy  will 
bring  about  a  better  understa nding  o[  the  needs  of 
lhe  University.  and  tba t  appropriations  will  become 
more  libera l. 

WATCH  THE  COLLEGE  GLEE  CLUB. 

A  lengthy  itinerary  is  being  planned  by 
the  management  of  the  M.  A.  C.  Glee  Club, 
to  take  place  the  latter  part  of  March  and 
the first week  in  April.  A  num ber  of Michi 
gan  cities  will  be  included,  and  we  respect 
f ully  suggest that the  alumni  in  these  places 
get busy with plans  for  royally  entertaining 
these  harmony  dispensers. 

A  letter recently received from  C.  C.  Han 
ish, of Grand  Rapids,  indicates  that the  Col 
lege  vocal ists  will  be  given  an  open-armed 
the 
reception  in  t he  FUl'l1iture  Cily,  and 
a lumni  of Bay  City and Saginaw,  as  well  as 
those  in  Detr oit,  are  planning  to  take  good 
care of t he  boys when  their  respective  cities 
are  visited. 

Don't  overlook  the  editorial  page. 

Charles  A. !\fosier , a  former student,  now 
residing  at  Little  River,  Flor ida,  recently 
sent  a  full-sized  scorpion  to  Prof.  Pettit. 
Said  scorpion  is  a  li vely  creature,  and  fur 
ni  hes  an  i nteresting  subject  for  stUdy. 

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THE  M .  A , C.  RECORD 

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AS  THROUGH  DARK  GLASSES. 

The  passage  of  time  strengthens  the  be 
lief  that  some  of  our  politicians  regard  the 
Agricultural  College  as  a  plaything,  some 
thing  out  of  which  to  make  political  capital. 
This  was  evidenced  in  the  I'false  economy" 
governor; 
administration 
further  evidenced  in  the  handling  of  cer 
tain  matters 
legi slature,  and 
again  emphasized  by  an  attack,  aimed  ap 
parentI),  at  the  Junior  Hop,  but  in  reality 
directed  at  the  College.  Some  men  need 
their  vision  cleared.  They  are  regarding 
the  institution  in  a  false  light. 

in  the  last 

recent 

of  a 

An- institution  which  is  enjoying  so  re 
markable  a  growth  and  which  is  doing  so 
much  for  the people of  the  state ought to  be 
the  recipient  of  con siderable  encou ragement 
from  all  quarters.  As a  speaker at Bay Cit)' 
r ecently  expressed  it,  "The  College  should 
have  all  the  money  it  reasonably  can  use, 
and  it ought not to be necessary  to get down 
and  beg  for  it,  either." 

The  benefits  which  the  people  receive 
from  the  College  are  limited  only  by  t he  re 
sources  of  the  institution. 
~1ol'e  resources 
means a larger scope of activity,  and  greater 
benefits  all  around.  Thi s  would  seem  to  be 
reason  enough  for  aiding 
the  College  in 
every  way,  instead  of  offering  every  pos 
si ble  handicap  to  its  p rogress.  And  yet,  the 
ones  who  give  the  least  are  usuall y  the  first 
to  complain. 

Some  will  say  the  College  doesn't  need 
money  now.  Quite  right.  Neither  does  a 

man  require  food  after  a  meal.  But,  the 
College  is  going  to  need  assistance  in  the 
future,  and  the  sentiment  must  begin  with 
those  who  have  the  best  interests  of  the  in 
stitution  at heart.  As  for  the  use  of  money, 
a  half  million  dollars  wou1e]  hardly  erect all 
the  buildings  for  which  there  is  a  well-de 
fined  need  right  now. 

*  *  * 
JUNE  TWENTY-THIRD. 

Put  a  red  ring  around  that  date.  That  is 
It  is 
Commencement  Day  at  the  College. 
also  the  date  fo l' 
the  annual  alumni  I'e 
union,  the  first  of  its  kind.  Although  we 
are  compelled,  perhaps, 
to  consider  the 
meeting  in  the  light  of  an  expel'iment,  \ve 
still  maintain  that  if  the  M.  A.  C.  Associa 
tion  is  to  remain  an  active  body,  the  meet 
ings  must  become  annual.  And  so,  thi s 
year,  an  annual  n1eeting  will  be  held  on  the 
campus,  according  to  the  plan  submitted  in 
the  RECORD.  No  othel'  plan  wh ich  has  been 
submitted  to  us  appears  to  be  better.  Some 
are just as  good,  but  all  are subject  to  criti 
cism. 

But-don't overlook  this  fact:  Each  and 
If  yo u  feel 
every  old  student  is  welcome. 
that  someone  whom  you  want  to  see  is  to 
be  here,  come,  by  all  means.  You  wiJi  be 
received  with  open  anns,  and  may  rest  as  
s ured  of  an  interesting  clay.  Some  seem  to 
regard  the  pr oposed  plan  as  a  hide-bound 
rule  of  class  division.  This  is  not  true,  al 
though  we  believe  tJ1at  eath  one  \-vin  enjO)f 
a  reunion  much  more if he can  meet  hi s  par 
ticular  f riends  without  pi ck ing 
them  out 
fro,)1  a  large  crowd  of  all  classes.  An  ex 
ception  may  be  fou nd  in  the  classes  prior  to 
1880,  where  it  is  Quite  possible  that  but  few 
will  come.  Thi s  would  be  true  in  an:v  case. 
\\le  want them  all,  and  whether  the~r  come 
each  year  01'  every  th ree  years,  we  wi 11  be 
just as  glad  to  see  them.  So,  put that  ring 
around  June  twenty-third  now,  whi1e  ~'ou 
think  of  it. 

*  *  * 

Elizabeth  Frazer,  '11h,  writes 

interest 
ingly  of  her  work  in  Buffa10.  As ide  fl'om 
teaching  domestic  science 
the  publi c 
schools,  she has  an  e\'ening class  of "grown  
ups"  who  are  very  enthusiastic.  As  jf  this 
were  not  enough,  Miss  Frazer  instructs  a 
large  class  of  girls  in  one  of  Buffalo's  big 
factories  on  Saturday  afternoons. 

in 

Don't  forget  that  Ballot, 

Officers  of  the  cadet  corps  are  preparing 
a  surpri se  for  their  guests  at  the  Military 
party,  to  be  held  March  21.  The  exact  na 
ture  of  the  plan  is  not  related,  but  the  men 
are  working hard  to  get  ready. 

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WINDY  CITY  ALUMNI  MEET  AT  18th 
ANNUAL  DINNER . 

The  eighteenth  annual  dinner  of  the  Chi 
cago  M.  A.  C.  Association  ,,-as  held  at  the 
Hamilton  Clu b,  ~hat city,  on  the  even-ing  of 
March  7,  and  eIghty  former  students  and 
guests  enjoyed  the  most  enthus iastic  re 
union  in  the  hi story  of  the  organization. 

After  a  pleasant  r eception ,  dinner  was 
announced  and  the  members  were  seated  by 
classes,  as  far  as  possible.  Twenty-foul' 
classes,  from  '82  to  '13.  were  represented. 
During  the  dinner  and  "between  acts" 
' 
rous mg  songs  a nd  class  an d  college  .yeIl s 
helped  to  revive  the  spirit  and  enthusiasm 
of  college  days. 

" 

F ollowing  t he  excellent  repast,  a  second 
feast  was  presented  by  A.  L.  Pond .  '97e. 
president  of  the  association,  who  acted  as 
toastmaster .  Prof.  H.  K.  Vedder  and  Prof. 
A .  J.  Clark  responded  nobl y  to  the  task  of 
repr esenti ng 
the  College  'without  the  ex 
pect ed  aid  of  several  other  members  of  the 
faculty.  Prof.  Macklin  had  intended  to  ':>e 
present,  but  was  ha ving  a  siege  with  the 
grippe  at  the  ti me,  while  other  duties  pre 
vented  President J.  L .  Snyder  from  attend 
ing,  reports  in  the  Ch'icogo  T'ri lrune notwith 
standing.  W . H. VanDervoort. '89, of Moline, 
Ill.,  and  Wm .  J .  Meyer s,  '90,  of  Washington, 
D.  C.,  were called  on  for  short tal1<s. 

Dur ing  a  shol't  business  session  the  fol 
lowing  officers  were  elded  fo r  the  cominO' 
'04:  vice': 
yea r:  President,  J .  H.  Prost, 
presiden t,  J.  D.  Nies,  '94;  secretary  and 
t reasurer,  F.  A.  Stone,  '12;  perma nent  sec 
retary,  P.  B.  Woodworth,  '86; l\lrs.  Lucy M. 
Woodwor th,  '93,  member  of the  board  of di 
rectors. 

The  question  of  alumni  reunions  was 
t hor oughly  di scussed  and  a  vote  was  taken, 
t he r esult bein g  32 in  favor of triennials  and 
8  fo r  annual  meetings  at the  College.  Thi , 
r epresents  quite  accurately  the  opinion  of 
t he  Ch icago  alumni  on  the  s ubj ect. 

The  rema inder  of  the  evening  was  spent 
in  informal  dancing and  in  renewinG'  old  ac-
quaintances. 

HOWARD  A .  TAFT,  '10. 

Mr.  T aft  a lso  forwarded  a  li st  of  the 
lack  of  space  p re 

members  present,  but 
cludes  its  publication  at  this  time. 

The  Gra nd  Rapids  students  at the  College 
are  planning  an  organization  which  should 
help  the  alum ni  association  of that ci ty  won 
derfully.  They  are  also  interested  in  t he 
proposed  Unive rsity  Club  for  that  place. 

'93  MAN  KEEPS  BUSY . 

Although  he  is  now  fa rming  in  Western 
New  York,  D.  J.  Crosby,  '93,  finds  it  dim 
cul t  to  keep  out  of  educational  work.  Si nce 
the  fi rst  of  Jan uary  he  has  taught  in  six  of 
the  agr icultural  extens ion  schools  held  un 
de r  the auspices  of  the  State  College  of  Ao- 
l'iculture,  and  was  in  charge of  the  last  t\\';'O 
schools  a s  cond uctor.  The  s ubject  he  h>ls 
been  teaching  is  farm  plumbing.  in  which 
there  is  a  growing  interest  in  all  palts  of 
the  state. 

During the  next  three  months  Mr.  C1'Osby 
WIll  devote  most  of  hi s  time  to  an  investiga 
t ion  in  agricultural  educat ion  for  the  U.  S. 
Department of  Agriculture.  This  work  wi11 
take  him  to  abont  a  dozen  of the  leadin ...  ag 
ricu ltural  colleges  to  study  the  method; em 
ployed  in  supplementing  the  class  roo m  in 
struction  in  agriculture  with  practice  work 
in  agricultme.  M.  A.  C.  wi ll  be  one  of  the 
coll eges  visited. 

SENIOR  ENGINEER ING  TRIP . 

Plans  for  the  annual  tour  of  the  senior 
engineers  are  now  being  considered  al 
t hough  in  a  tentative  state  as  yet.  Dean 
Bissell  is  undecided  as  to  the  exact  route  to 
be  taken,  but  favors  the  one  which  takes 
in  the  Soo,  Milwaukee,  and  Ch icago.  A 
number  of  engineering  a lumni  are  locaterl 
at  the  Sao,  and  are  pulli ng  hard  for  thaL 
trip.  An eastern  jaunt which  would  include 
Pittsburg,  Buffalo  and  Nia!,:ara  Falls  is  not 
being  considered  se riously  at  this  t ime,  on 
account  of  the  smallpox  epidemic  in  the  last 
named  city_ 

The  Alum ni  Association  of  Detroit  is  due 
1'01'  a  su rprise  within  the  month.  "Ve  have 
been  pledged  to  secrecy  in  the  matter,  but 
can  say  that  the  smprise  will  be  ... eneral 
when  it strikes.  We  would  advise  th~ memo" 
bel'S  in  Detroit  to  keep  their  eyes  and  ears 
open  between  now ,md  the  end  of  March . 

A  new  elective  course  in  apicul t ure  will 
be  introdu ced  at  the  beginnjng  of  next  fall 
term .  The work  will  be  open  to  Ag. sen iors 
and  women,  and  is  designed  to  familiarize 
the  students  with  some  of  the  essentials  in 
bee  keeping. 

Don't  overlook  the  editorial  page. 

Ray  Small,  '08e,  visited  the  College  last 
week .  Small  looks  a s  though  the  world  had 
been  good  to  him. 

~n compl'ehet.l sive  exhibit,  giving'  many 
pom~ers  regardmg  farm  uuilding  lighting 
and  ItS  cost,  was  held  during  the  round-up, 
and  attracted  many  interested  visitors. 

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THE  M.  A.  C.  RECORD. 

EXPENSES  OF  A  COLLEGE  COURSE. 

Seeing  in  a  recent  State J o",·nal  interest 
ing comments  by  some  M.  A.  C.  students  as 
to  the expenses  of attending  college  remind 
ed  me  of  some  incidents  of a  similar  nature 
concerning  expenses  of  farmer  boys  attend 
ing  the  State  University  in  the ·lon g  ago. 
October  1,  1855, 
four  students  rented  a 
large,  plain  r oom  in  the  third  story  over  a 
shoe store,  purchased  01'  brought  from  home 
a  few  cheap  furnishi ngs,  and  began  house 
keeping.  We  bought  bread,  beef,  chi ckens, 
butter,  apple  pies,  potatoes,  milk,  and  fruit 
in  season.  One at a  time carried  home from 
a  gristmill  30  or 40  pound s  of cracked wheat 
and  corn  meal  for  puddings.  A  r oll  of  but 
ter  remained  on  the  same  plate  from  meal 
to  meal  until  there  was  none  left.  Beef  or 
chicken  was cooked  till done  in  a  stew  kettle. 
In  season  we  ate  buckwheat  pancakes,  not 
the  usua)  small  ~vafer affairs,  but  generous, 
substantIal  flap -J acks,  seven  or  eight  inches 
across.  We  dispensed  with  the  small  incli  
vidual  array  of  dishes  common  at  restau 
rants,  as  they  made  work  in  handlinO"  and 
washing.  Each  one  ate  up  clean  whOat  he 
put  on  his  plate,  as  he  had  an  eye  to  econ 
omy  in  dish  washing.  We  lived  woll  at  a 
very  moderate  expense,  put  none  of  us 
actually  preferred  this  mode  of  life.  Dur 
ing  the  winter  of  my  senior  veal'  I  tauO"h t 
a  district school  at a  dollar a  day  and  boa~·d­
ed  around,  at  the  same  time  attempting  to 
keep  up  with  my  class in studies  of the year. 
At  some  places  I  found  it  hard  to  study 
Greek  while  two  boys  in  an  adjoining  room 
were  fiddli ng  for  a  set  in  dancing.  On  re 
turning  to  the  University  I  took  meals  at 
a  boarding  house,  which  called  out  the  fol  
lowi ng  stanza  f rom  one  of  my  chums: 
tlBeal,  Beal,  how  big  he  does  feel, 

Just  because  he  can  hire  bis  board. 

While  poor Lishe and  Dan get along  as  they 

can, 

And live  as  their  means  will  afford." 
Some  of  us  for  three  years  sawed  wood 
in  the  s treet  whenever  it  was  to  be  seen, 
husked  corn,  dug  potatoes  and  performed 
sundry  jobs  at  low  wages,  working  on  the 
home  farm  during  the  long  vacation. 

For a  time one of our number  was a  medi 
cal  student,  with  some  crude  ideas  of  hv 
giene,  among  wh.ich  was  the  great  impo~l'­
tance  of  a  shower  bath  the  first  t hing  on 
getting  out  of  bed  in  t he  moming.  A  tin 
pan  was  punched  with  holes  in  t he  bottom, 
a  pai l  of  water  above  with  rope  and  pulley 
was  ready  to  be  dumped  onto  the  first  vic 
tim at 4  or 5  o'clock.  For  months  I  experi 
mented  wit h  the  cold  shower  bath,  sitting 
down  to  study for  an hour  or two  with cold 
feet  and  hands,  to  say  nothing  of  now  and 

then  a  stray  shiver  coursing  up  and  down 
my  back. 
I  didn't  enjoy  it,  and  long  since 
became  satisfied  that  it  did  me  more  harm 
than  good. 

Three  of  these  students  spent  four  years 
at  t he  Uni versity,  with  never  a  smoke,  a 
chew,  01'  a  glass of beer,  01'  attending a  hop ; 
we  engaged  in  no  s ports,  possibly  occas io n 
ally  with a  slight  turn  of  leap  frog  or  hop, 
stpp  and  Jump,  01'  long  walks  in  th.e  woods. 
We  studied  hard  as  our  chief  business. 
Jones,  one  of the  four,  became  c1sscciate pro 
fessor  of  Latin  in  the  Univers ity ;  Grant. 
another  one,  became  a  Regent  of  the  Uni  
vers ity,  and  later  served 
two  terms  as  a 
Judge  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  Michigan; 
the  writer,  as  you  know,  was  f or  40  years 
professor  of  botany at the  Agricultura l  Col 
lege. 

Money  was  scarce  and  "high"  in  those 
days. 
I  r ecall  an  incident  illustrating  th is 
point.  U.  S.  Senator  William  M.  Evarts, 
of  New  York,  and  a  friend,  while  at  Mount 
the  report  that 
Vernon  were  discllssing 
Geor ge  Wash ington  once  threw  a  silve r  dol  
lar  across  the  Potomac.  VlThen  the  friend 
doubted  whether  Washington  ever  could  do 
it,  Evarts  remarked,  "You  mll st  remember 
that  a  dollar  would  go  farther  in  hi s  da,' 
than  in  ours ." 
. 
Besides  what  r  earned,  r  recei ved  frol1J 
home  a  trifle  over  $700  fOJ"  expenses  of  a 
four -year  cou rse. 

W.  J.  DEAL. 

HONORARY  SOCIETIES  ELECT  MEN. 

The  public  initiations  of  Tall  Beta  Pi  and 
Alpha  Zeta  were  held  last  week.  The  men 
upor.  whom  the  honor  or  membel'sh ip  was 
conferred  performed  variouc;; 
S t~1I1 ts  upon 
t.he  campus,  in  keeping  with  the ir  l~ l )eR  of 
wo rl.; ,  and  each  society  concluded  th e  wOl'k 
with  a  fine  banquet  fo!'  the  new  men. 

'12a.  City 

H.  L.  Bancroft, 

l' orestel'  of 
Lansi ng,  played  an  jrnpol'tant  role  in  COIl 
nection  with  the  Know-Your-City  week.  He 
.  supe rintended  a  fine  di splay  of  tree  and 
tal ks  on  practi cal 
plant  diseases,  gave 
methods of handling ornamentals,  a nd  wrote 
a  series  of  articles  fo r  one  of  the  Lan sing 
papers. 

Don't  overlook  the  editorial  page. 

In  the  student  election  held  last  month 
'15a,  was  chosen  Ho/ca(l 
C.  K.  Fishel', 
editor  for  1914-15,  and  A.  N.  Hall,  bns iness 
manager.  E.  E.  P eterson  will  be  assistant 
baseball  manager,  and  M.  S.  F uller  will  be 
assistant  football  manager  for  next year. 

THE  M .  A.  C.  RECORD. 

HORT.  CLUB. 

THREE  GOOD  TRACK  MEETS. 

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Mr.  Robert  Sherwood,  of  Watervliet. 
Mich.,  addressed  the  club  last  week.  He 
owns  one  of t he largest  ap ple orchar'h in  th e 
state,  having  some  300  acres,  chiefly  in 
Duchess.  Although  the  freeze  of  1906  cost 
him  17,000  trees,  he  replanted  immediately, 
and  now  has  a  splendid  orchard. 

Speaking  on  the  subject  of  market ing,  he 
emphasized  the  necessity  of  studying  the 
local  market  conditions,  especially  the  kind 
of  market,  how  far  di stant,  and  how  much 
fruit  t luiy  can  handle.  According  to  Mr. 
Sher wood,  the  Mi chigan  orchard ists  have 
an  ad vantage  over  the  Western  trade,  for 
what.  the  lat ter  pays  out  in  freight  r epre 
sents  a  good  profit. 

He  outlined  some  of the  reasons  why  Chi  
cago  controls'  the  fru it  s it uation  within  a 
radius  of  500  miles,  and  s uggested  some 
changes  which  would  lead  to  t he  betterment 
of  the  present  marketing  conditions. 
In 
conclusion  he cited several  examples  to  show 
that a  great  deal  of  money  may  be  made  on 
a  properly  managed  fruit  f arm. 

IOWA  DEFEATS  M .  A .  C. 

Th e  affirmati ve  debatin g  tea m  of  IVL  A. 
C. met defeat  last  Friday  night at  th e  ha nds 
of  the  negative  team  of  Iowa  State  Uni ver 
sity,  on  the  proposition,  "Hesolved,  That  t,he 
s ta te  enact  a  minimum  wage  law  f or  un 
skilled  labor,  constitutionality  conceded." 

The  college  armory  was  crowded  by  an 
interest ed  audience.  The  military  band  he 
guiled  the  time  while  the  j udges  were  con  
s idering  their  deci s ion  with  a  number  of 
popular  airs . 

The  M.  A.  C.  team  was  compose<i  of  R. 
W.  Sn yder,  G.  H.  Meyers  and  F.  B.  Meisen .. 
heimer,  opposed  by  H.  C.  Buropedl,  R.  J. 
Miller  and  F.  C.  Fenton . 

F .  C.  Brown,  'I3e,  with  the  engineering 
department  of  the  Michigan  Central,  has 
been  laid  off  for  the  past  two  weeks.  He 
returned  to  work  th is  week,  and  <:xpects 
soon  to  be  t ransfen ed  to  Joliet,  Ill. 

Followers  of the  field  and  cinder  path  will 
have  three  fine  opportunities 
to  see  their 
favorites  in  action  at  IVI.  A.  C.  this  spring. 
Meets  have  been  ananged  with  the  follo w 
ing  colleges : 

May  2--Western  Reser ve  at 

IVI.  A.  C. 

Dual  meet. 

angul a r  meet . 

Dual  meet. 

May  9- 0Iivet,  Alma  and  M.  A.  C.  Tri 

May  23-Michigan  Freshmen  at  M.  A .  C. 

TWENTY  GAMES  ON  BASEBALL  CARD. 

On  April  18  Mackl in's  collection  of  bal l 
tossers  will  open  a  schedule  of  t we nty 
games,  thirteen  of  which  will  be  played  on 
the  home  lot.  A  number  of  J'ea l  "baseball 
colleges"  are  in cluded  in  t he  list,  and 
th e 
home  hopes  will  be  extended  t o  th e  limit  if 
they  fin ish  t he  season  with  a  majority  of 
:Macklin  CQuld,  if  necessary,  pu t 
victo ries. 
a  nine  of  last  year's  playe rs  in  the  field ,  but 
is  hoping  to  discover  some  worth-while  ma 
t erial  among  t he  freshmen.  Th e  batt er )' 
me n  now  u\'a ilable  are  Dodge,  Pete rso n. 
Crisp,  Le  Fever ,  and  Blake  Miller  for  slab 
dut y,  'wit h  Bibbin s  and  Fuller  on  the  j'€
ceiving  end .  Griggs,  Thomas,  Vatz,  a nd 
l\1ogge  are  the  fi elders  remaining  from  last 
se ason's  nine. 

THE  SC HEDULE. 
At  home-Ol ivet ,  Ap ril  18 ;  Ohio  Wes  
leyan,  April  23 ;  Western  Reser ve,  April  24  ; 
Bethan y,  April  25 ;  Adrian ,  April  29;  Case, 
May  1;  Alma,  May  5 ;  Uni versity  of  Akron , 
May  6;  Syracuse,  May  8 ;  Michigan ,  May 
16 ; Lake  Forest,  May  27 ;  Notre  Dame, June 
4 ;  Alum ni,  Jun e  5. 

Ab road- Notre  Dame,  May  2;  Oberli n, 
May  19 ;  Western  Reserve,  at  Cleveland, 
May  20;  Ohio  State,  at  Columbus,  May  21; 
Kentucky,  at  Lexington,  May  22  and  23 ; 
Michigan,  at Ann  Arbor,  May 29  and 30. 

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THE  M .  A.  C.  RECORD. 

A.  A.  Fi sk, 

'05a,  super in 
tendent  of  parks  at  Racine, 
Wi s.,  has  written  a  good  letter, 
parts  of  which  ",ill  be  gi ven  to 
I'eaders  next  week. 
RECORD 
Among  other  things,  he  sug 
gests  a  more  li \"el~'  interest  on 
the  part  of  '06  a nd  '05  men. 

A  fine  definition  of  the  term 
"forestry"  is  gi ve n  by  C.  H. 
Goetz,  '07f,  in  a  recent  issue  of 
The  T iger,  a  Colorado  College 
publication.  Mr.  Goetz  is  head 
of  the  department  of  forestry 
at  that  school,  a nd  to  all  ap 
pearances  is  doing  nne  work. 

Friends  of  Frank  R.  Poss, 
'94a,  will  regret  to  learn  of  the 
suit 
recentl y 
divorce 
brought  against  him  IJr  his 
in  ~ew 
wife.  Lillian  Poss, 
York. 

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has  kept  the  m0i stu re  at  the 
min imum,  preventing  the  dan 
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in 
appeals  to  the  students  lies 
the  fact  that  the  baseball  tea m 
will  be  able  to  use  the  athletic 
field  much  earlier  t han  in  form 
er  yea rs . 

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