3U 5IL a ©. 91 ecor V O L. L A N S I N G, M I C H I G A N, T U E S D A Y, O C T O B ER 19, 1897. N o. 6. v \s^/y j (AS Natural History Society. An interesting program was pre sented at the meeting of the Natural History Society last Friday evening. Professor Barrows spoke of the additions to the museum and ex hibited a large tusk and tooth of a mastodon, the remains of which were found in Berrien county. He in said the absence of the southern Michigan presence of raven has been seen south of Saginaw for twenty-five years. the crow. No the raven is due to Some M r. Longyear gave a talk on par their methods of asitic fungi and spore distribution. fungi have a very offensive odor which attracts flies and thus accomplishes the work of scattering spores. about the snakes of Michigan and assured us that is our only venomous snake. the massasauga M r. Skeels talked M r. Barlow gave an interesting outline of the work of the zoology class, in which he spoke of the nature and cause of the chalk cliffs of England. Plan for Choosing Our Orator for the Intercollegiate Oratorical Contest. = in to It was formulate a plan to Several mass-meetings of the fac ulty and students have been held for recently choosing our representative the liiterculIe^ictLe Orcuoiicai c o n t e st which will be held in Albion next M a y. F r om the first a local pre liminary contest seemed the best plan, the only question being how to conduct this contest so as to get finally de the best man. cided that any student in College taking the amount of work required by the rules of Intercollegiate the Association may be a participant in an the preliminary contest. orator the Intersociety contest desires also to take part in this con test, he must signify his intention before the Intersociety contest oc curs. In the this preliminary contest candidates will give their orations in the chapel, beginning immediately after the Intersociety contest, and continuing with one oration each morning until all have spoken. T he number of candidates will be nar rowed to three by a popular vote in which each student and each mem ber of the teaching force shall be entitled regulations governing this ballot, and the sub sequent choosing of our representa tive are as follows : to vote. T he If 1. T he vote shall take place on the day after the last contestant has spoken, and shall be by ballot. that 2. Each ballot shall contain three names, and a statement the voter has heard at least 70 per cent of the speakers, and has graded them at the time of delivery, and the highest that he has voted for three according to his marking. T h en shall follow the names of the persons for whom he has voted, to gether with his own signature. 3. T he receiving three persons the highest number of votes shall three their manuscripts submit disinterested judges to be chosen by to the executive committee one week before the Intersociety contest. 4. T he person whose manuscript receives the highest marking from the judges shall be the representa tive of the College. the three, T he management of local contest will be in the hands of an executive committee of the chairman of which shall be the Col lege representative in the Intercol legiate Association. This committee consists of Dr. H o w a rd E d w a r d s, chairman, Mr. D. A. Seeley and Miss Lucy E. Monroe. T he Horticultural Department. T he department has received from Governor Pingree a number of pota toes obtained during his recent trip to Venezuela. T h ey are of medium size, about twice as long as broad and somewhat flattened. T he eyes are strong, but are for the most part even with the surface. few they are somewhat elevated cases so as to give the tubers a prongy appearance. T he skin smooth and of a purplish red color. T h ey are said to eat. to be very good T h ey will be tested in the garden next year and at the suggestion of Secretary Butterfield will appear on the records as "Gov. Pingree." In a is in a rack. T he T he fruit house is now complete. T he last work was the construction of the trays in which the varieties of fruit are to be stored in the show room. T h ey are seventv-eigfht in number and are arranged about the trays are walls three feet inches wide ; one-half of them are six and the others four inches deep. T h ey will be divided by cross partitions two or three parts so into either that they will hold about 200 variet ies. Space remains for nearly as many more, which will be added as necessary. long and fifteen flower, although T he chrysanthemums in the forc ing houses are beginning to show flower. Most of them are planted in the benches and are trained to a single stem. In most cases each plant is allowed to produce but a in others single from left. three to five have been In the east bench of the east house are some twenty-five new varieties which have not been grown here before. T he earliest is Midge, with Mrs. F. Bergman and Glory of the Pacific but little behind. T he plants in the center benches of both houses number about sixty standard sorts and are being used in a fertilizer test. T he soil upon the east half of each bed was enriched with stable manure, and for the past two months has received an application of liquid T he manure twice each week. other half of the bed has been fer tilized in a similar manner with chemical fertilizers. Various com binations of wood ashes, ground bone, nitrate of potash, phosphate of ammonia, etc., are being tried. It is not expected that any marked differences would be noticed in the growth of the plants, but it was hoped the chemicals would that the use of produce a healthier foliage, and above all that, the florets would be of a than when grown with stable manure. the T he other beds in forcing texture thicker houses are filled with lettuce, rad ishes and carnations. Most of these tests. will also be used for fertilizer T he apple crop will amount to about 600 bushels, nearly all North ern Spy. A few of the trees bore more than half a crop. flowering. for spring T he flowerbeds have been cleaned up and are now being planted with bulbs P a rt of the bulbs were obtained directly from a grower in Holland, while others were purchased of an Amer ican dealer. Those imported direct were somewhat larger and, even after the expense of importing was twenty-five paid, they were about per cent cheaper. Electric Light Contract Let. T he Capital Electrical Engineer ing Company, of Lansing, has been awarded the contract for.the sec ondary wiring on the College elec tric lighting plant. T he company the Harrison House will begin at and put up a pole line across the flats, upon which will be erected four runs of wire to connect with the present College system. T he Harrison House will be completely wired, and have a special trans former. that T he contract provides the company shall overhaul the present College line and put it in the best It also provides possible condition. for the erection of all transformers, rir '' t he CQJTirj.tete wirirxr—ln*7ltv4tf>>y laboratories, class lauips-—of residences, rooms, work-rooms, society- apartments, rooms, student-rooms, green-houses and barns. T he lamp schedule calls for 1,566 lamps. club-rooms, corridors, all Each house will be furnished with a certain number of neat lamp fix tures, with the understanding that if the occupant desires more elabor ate fixtures he can have them by in price. paying T w e n ty lamps is the regular allow ance for each residence. difference the It is designed T h e re will be one main service switch for each house, which will In control all lights in that house. addition there will be a snap switch at the head of each basement stair way. the present at least the occupant of a residence shall have the care of the campus light in his immediate vi cinity. T h at in the hall, one on the porch and one cam pus light within 100 feet of the res idence, will be controlled by a snap switch in the hall. is, the lights that for T he Capital Electrical Engineer ing Company put a force of men at work on the line yesterday, and will to completion as push rapidly as possible. the work A contract has been closed with to furnish power for A. A. Piatt the plant. T he College running furnished dynamo, which will be company, by the Westinghouse will be installed at M r. Piatt's power house, at the foot of Logan street, Lansing. Mr. Piatt will line and necessary erect a pole wires line erected by the Capital Electrical Engineering Company at the Har rison House. T he hours of service will be regulated by the College authorities. to connect with the Football—M. A. C. at Olivet. M. A. C. and Olivet engaged in a very spirited game of football on the Olivet grounds Saturday' after im noon. Both elevens showed the provement in team work, and game was much more sportsman like than the one played here two weeks before. line, and Olivet kicked off and soon after got the ball on a fumble. Our boys held them for downs when only 2^ yards from the goal then by steady work carried the ball the length of the field for a touch down. Before the first touch down, Russell, the only man on our team w ho can kick goal with certainty, while go ing down the field with the ball at a tackled by Moore in such a way that both men were disabled. Aided by Fuller's run for 35 yards, Olivet scored a touch down and kicked goal. T h en the ball over and M. A. C. put the Brainerd kicked goal, making score 10 to 6 in our favor for the first half. terrific pace, was In the second half Olivet scored two touch downs and two goals; touch and M. A. C. secured two downs, but no goals, making the final score 18 to 18. Most of the old players in the M. A. C. line were playing out of position in order that new material might be tried. While the new line is stronger than that of a week ago it is evidently not =n Qtmno- as ii-. will be when the players become accustomed to their new positions. T he Olivet correspondent for the Free Press is evidently some irre sponsible young fellow w ho is not aware of the friendly relations that have always existed between Olivet and M. A. C. Otherwise he would not court the displeasure of both institutions by such glaring allusions to " W o o d w o r t h 's steal of a touch d o w n" or the demoralized condition of the M. A. C. players at the end of the game, when it was plainly evident to all that M. A. C. was prevented another touch down and the game, only by linesman. the mistake of the Olivet from securing Institutes for December. Date. . 30, Dec Nov Dec. " County. 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Our Representative to the Inter Collegiate Oratorical Contest, T he plan agreed upon for select ing the representative of the College in the inter collegiate oratorical con test to take place at Albion next May, presupposes a general interest in such selection and a spirit of loyalty to the best interests of the College as a whole. T h e re is in the hearts of our men when one probes deep enough to find it, a very real and hearty pride in the reputa tion of the M. A. C. as a college, but this feeling is too often over shadowed by devotion to something lying nearer to the surface, some thing that if It does not affect us more strongly, yet reaches lis more imme diately. T he student thinks immedi ately of his society and only mediately of the College which makes the society possible. T he professor is tempted to ask primarily, " H ow does this affect my department?" A nd only secondarily, "Does this promote the best interests of the College?" This condition is due, not to any excessive development of narrow ness or selfishness in either student or professor, but to the force of habit, in that the College custom arily presents itself to student and through the medium of professor It would these special seem then, that anything tending to emphasize our essenti al unity, to fuse the segregated interests into a glow of love for the College in all its features, would be a matter of con gratulation. Hitherto, perhaps, ath letics—the field-day meets and the ball games—have constituted the one common ground of interest for all. Our plan of having all take part in the selection of our oratorical repre sentative seeks to enlarge this com mon ground and to cultivate in the individual member of the College, loyalty and clearness disinterested of judgment under temptation to ward bias. We are to appear col in leges ground. T he two forms of education, ours and theirs, are to be tested side by side. A nd in a way it is a fair test, too; for in a form of society such as ours no class can afford to abandon to another the power of influencing men, of convincing the judgment and swaying the feelings of their fellows. T he spoken word must always be to artisan or to profes supreme sional man a matter of importance. N ow our form of edu cation may not be able to compete with theirs in the nicer arts of the competition with features. these o wn their on rhetorician and declaimer, but it should give us a wider range of facts, a firmer grasp of realities, and a greater facility and keenness in arriving at generalizations through comparison and coordination of par ticulars. A nd these are the things that count in the spoken word after itself and the all; not the word cadence with which it is uttered, but the magnetism of the personal ity and the intensity of the convic tion behind the word, is that which sways the hearer and incites to ac tion. T he representative we want, then, the one through whom we may confidently expect victory in the contest, is he among us who the sanest mind, the possesses strongest personality, the broadest sympathy and the greatest intensity of conviction on subjects that relate to his fellow men. T h e re is here much of good to the College and to the individual who with alert mind and judgment makes his choice and deposits his ballot. independent H. E. Bird Life About M. A. C T. L. HA.NKINSON, COLUMBIAN LITERARY Perhaps the best place in this lo cality for birds, especially the water birds, is Chandler's marsh. This level, uncul is a large area of low, tivated t wo about lying region miles north of the College^ A good deal of this ground is covered by bushes, but there- are often found flooded places, about pools and which we may find many shore birds, such as snipes, sand-pipers, plovers, yellow-legs, etc. About the deeper water during certain seasons of the year, we find a good many ducks, mostly mallards and teal. A m o ng the reeds and cattails we find rails, gallinules and coots, with bitterns and other marsh in habiting species. to But to learn many interesting things about our birds one does not have leave the campus. T he beauty and pleasantness of the place seems to be most enjoyed by the birds, for they gather here from the surrounding region and build their nests in the foliage of the many beautiful trees, and sing to us their sweetest songs. Report of Base Ball Manager. SOCIETY. C O N T R I B U T I O N S. $10 oo 5 00 . . . . . . . . . . . \ . . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. .. .. . . . 5 00 3 00 3 00 .. 5 00 5 00 .. 5 00 . 5 00 . .. . . 5 00 . . . . . . . . ' . . . - . . ' . . .. J. L S n y d er C. D. S m i th L. R. Taft . W a l t er B. Barrows Chas. L Weil . . F r a nk S K e d z ie . I. H. Butterfield 5 oo H. H. Bandholtz . . . . . . . . . . 5 00 . . . . . . . H. K. V e d d er H. E d w a r ds . . . . E. A. A. G r a n ge W. O. H e d r i ck H e r b e rt W. Mumford C. E. Hoyt 3 00 P. B. W o o d w o r th . . .'... ..'. . . . .,'..'. 3 50 Tiio^ G u n s on E. S. Good . . . F r ed C. K e n n ey P. M. L y m an W. Babcock . C. C. P a s h by . .'••'. . . . M. W. F u l t on D . J . C r o s by . A. L. Westcott Chace N e w m an H E. Smith . H. P. G l a d d en . M. L. D e a n e . .. . . v . 2 00 . 2 00 .. . . . . 1 00 1 00 1 50 .. . . . . . . . 2 00 . •."•'•; •.'". . . 2 00 .. . . . . . . . . . . 2 00 1 00 1 00 1 00 1 00 1 00 . . . . \ : . . . . . : . • " * .. .. 3 00 . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. .. .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GATE RECEIPTS. G a me with Albion " " " " Hillsdale " K a l a m a z oo . . . . " Olivet . . . . .. Received from S t a te Board of Agri culture for a coach $89 00 $20 00 . 11 75 11 69 56 33 $99 77 $25 00 Received from Athletic Association . 30 10 Received from societies : Union L i t e r a ry S o c i e t y: H e s p e r i an Society O l y m p ic Society Phi Delta T h e ta F r a t e r n i ty . Columbian Society Eclectic Society . $55 10 fn 25 10 50 7 50 . . .. 6 00 5 00 5 00 $45 25 EXPENDITURES. To a person interested in birds, our College campus and the sur rounding region offers a rich field for study and observation. T he several tracts of woodland in the vicinity of the College give us an excellent opportunity to become ac quainted with the interesting bird life of the woods, and to listen to the music of some of our finest songsters, such as the wood thrush, the Wilson's scarlet thrush, tanager, the oven-bird, the towhee the any. unit-IB. T he R ed Cedar River flowing along the south border of the cam pus, brings near to us a few of our interesting aquatic birds, such as the green heron, the spotted sand piper, American coot, and occasion ally the great blue heron, black- crowned night heron, and possibly other species. the catbirds, By taking a short walk in al most any direction, a person may find a piece of low, bushy swamp land, where the redwing blackbirds, the tree sparrows and song spar rows, the yellow warblers, the white-throated and white-crowned sparrows, are found with other such species that inhabit these low regions of the landscape. In the fields of the College farm, and in those of other farms in the neighborhood, we find many of those birds that partake of the ter- restial life, such as the horned lark, large which remains with us in the winter, numbers but becomes most abundant in the spring. About the first of March, just as the snow is going off, we hear the cheerful song of this bird everywhere about our fields. It is the first voice of spring. Soon the meadow-larks and vesper sparrows arrive, and their songs add much to the charm of early spring. Later, as the season advances and the clo ver has begun to grow, the bobo link comes, and everywhere about the meadows we hear the beautiful song of this, one of the finest of American songsters. throughout T h e re is one drawback to this region for finding birds, and that is its distance from a lake, but in the pleasant weather of spring and fall a trip to Pine L a ke will well repay find the various one. Here we terns !and species of ducks, divers, other water birds. O ne b at O ne ball O ne dozen balls E x p r e ss on o ne dozen balls O ne b at O ne t e l e p h o ne to Olivet T i c k e ts for p i c k ed n i ne from L a n s i ng T i c k e ts for R. T. Gayle T i c k e ts for p i c k ed nine from L a n s i ng Postage O ne bat T i c k e ts for p i c k ed nine from L a n s i ng T i c k e ts for league t e am O ne t e l e g r am to K a l a m a z oo O ne load s aw d u st E x p r e ss on a pair of p a n ts to K a l a .. . . . 25 1 25 10 00 65 25 30 50 20 50 2 00 75 50 1 30 25 75 mazoo 35 3 24 Bats T wo b a ts 1 00 S u p p er in L a n s i ng for B. B. t e am . . 2 15 70 T e l e p h o ne to H i l l s d a le 55 T e l e p h o ne to Olivet 20 T w i ne for b a ts -. 1 40 Bus fare from L a n s i ng 10 00 O ne dozen balls 65 E x p r e ss on one dozen balls 1 00 T wo b a ts 50 O ne t e l e p h o ne to Ypsilanti O ne telephone to Ypsilanti 50 Railroad fare for B. B. team field d ay 19 50 Paid R. T. Gayle for coaching . Paid R. T. Gayle for b o a rd 3 15 G a ve of funds, in my h a n d s, for m e d a ls 6 72 S t r e et care fare for m a n a g er .. 50 00 .. 2 00 . . SUMMARY. $253 94 T o t al receipts T o t al e x p e n s es $289 12 253 94 B d a n ce in cash in t r e a s u ry . $35 18 T he a b o ve is an e x a ct s t a t e m e nt of all e x p e n d i t u r es a nd receipts of t he baseball team for the season of 1897. C. M. K R E N T E L, Manager. A Bullet Located by the X-Ray. One day last week D r. Shank telephoned the Physical Department that he had a patient with a bullet in his leg, and that the probe had failed to locate it. Would we try the X-rays? We assured the doctor that we are always waiting for such opportunities. T he patient was seven year old Willie Beck of Lansing. T he bullet had entered the fleshy part of his leg several days before and was causing a great deal of trouble ; the leg was swollen to about twice its normal size, so arrangements were made immed iately. W h en D r. Shank and the boy arrived the X-ray machine and photographic plates were all ready. A photographer's plate-holder w as tied to the boy's leg and the X-ray tube operated for three minutes. In three minutes more the plate in the dark room gave positive evidence of the exact location of the bullet, which had gone within one-half inch of the entire distance t h r o u gh the leg. N e xt the fluoroscope w as used and the bullet located again. the experiment. Willie W h en D r. Shank announced that he saw the bullet, Willie turned to his father and said, "I want you to see it too." T he bullet was re moved next day without any trouble. enjoyed At the College. Albion g a me Printing a nd d i s t r i b u t i ng bills . U m p i re K a l a m a z oo g a me P r i n t i ng a nd d i s t r i b u t i ng bills . U m p i re Olivet g a me U m p i re Printing a nd d i s t r i b u t i ng bills . H i l l s d a le g a me U m p i re P r i n t i ng a nd d i s t r i b u t i ng bills . O ne t e l e g r am to Olivet R e p a i r i ng rait Sewing balls G um $20 40 2 00 .. , . . 1 00 34 56 2 00 .. 2 00 17 52 2 00 2 00 41 25 2 00 .. .. 2 00 ". . 25 20 50 1 20 Representative Kimmis called at the College Wednesday. C. H. Hilton, '00, has been enter taining his father for several days < Part of the cattle in the College tested for tuber herd are being culoses. T he farm crops are nearly all secured with the exception of the sugar beets. T. L. Hankinson spent a few days in Chicago, returning to the College yesterday. O C T O B ER 19, 1897. T HE M. A. C. R E C O R D. 3 Wind and Barometer in Forecasts of the Weather. D R. R. C. K E D Z I E. T he weather bureau has issued a small pamphlet, " W i n d - B a r o m e t er T a b l e ," to assist persons w ho are not skilled in meteorology to form some notion of what the weather will be for a day. T h is pamphlet was prepared by Prof. Garriott, with the approval of W. L. Moore, Chief of W e a t h er Bureau. T he table of Prof. Garriott I have modified to suit the baro metric conditions for central Michigan, and I have used his text without giving due credit beyond saying the credit of this paper is due to him. In consequence of the great movements of air in our periodic winds, the influence of the earth's rotation in changing their direction, and the effect of local heat and moisture, there occur great depressions (low barometer) in this atmospheric ocean at certain places, and lofty mountains of air ( h i gh barometer) in other places. T he air blows spirally inward toward the regions of low barometer, the wind moving "against the sun" in such spiral; from areas of high barometer the wind moves spirally outward and "with the sun." These areas of " h i g h" and " l o w" are not stationary, but move across our State from west to east at the rate of 20 to 40 miles an hour, carrying their wind systems with them. " T he areas of high barometer are usually attended by settled, fair and If cool weather, and low areas by unsettled, stormy and w a rm weather." a " l o w" passes north of us, which is most usual, the direction of the wind will follow bringing in warm weather. will back in the contrary direction, bringing in cold weather. the sun, e. g., from N. E. to E. to S. E. and S. and S. W ., If the " l o w" passes south of us, the wind " In weather calculations the barometer is the pulse, the wind is the breath of storms, and the thermometer registers the variation of the vital function of heat. A consideration of these symptoms in their various phases constitutes a diagnosis of the weather changes in the near future. Rapid changes of the barometer in the weather. A falling barometer, the wind and temperature co-operating, indicates foul weather; a r i s i ng barometer supported by certain winds and indicates the temperatures will give fair w e a t h e r; a stationary barometer continuance of the present weather." indicate early and .marked changes In the following Wind-Barometer Table the height of the barometer is taken at 29 inches, which is nearly the mean-height for central Michigan. No other change of importance is made from Prof. Garriott's table. W I N D - B A R O M E T ER T A B L E. BAROMETER. DIRECTION OF W I N D, CHARACTER OF WEATHER INDICATED. 29 00 to 29.20 a nd s t e a d y. W e s t e r l y. Fair, with slight changes cf t e m p e r a t u re for 29 00 to 29.20 a nd rising rapidly. W e s t e r l y. 29 00 to 29.20 a nd falling rapidly. 29 20 or above a nd falling r a p i d l y. 29 20 or above a nd falling rapidly. E. to S. E. to S. W. to N. 29 20 or above and s t e a d y. 29.00 or below a nd falling slowly. 29.00 or below a nd falling rapidly. 29 00 or below a nd rising. 28.80 or below a nd falling rapidly. Variable. E. to S. N . E . t o S .E S. to W. N . E . t o S .E 28 80 or below a nd falling rapidly N. to E. 28 80 or below a nd rising rapidly Going to W one or two d a y s. Fair, followed within two d a ys by w a r m er a nd r a i n. W a r m e r, a nd rain within 24 hours. W a r m e r, a nd rain within 36 hours. Cold a nd clear, quickly followed by w a r m er a nd r a i n. No early change. Rain within 18 hours that will continue for a d ay or two. Rain, with high wind, followed within two d a ys by clearing, colder. Clearing and colder within 12 h o u r s. S e v e r e s t o rm of wind a nd rain i m m i n e n t. In winter, snow a nd cold wave within 24 h o u r s. Severe northeast gale and h e a vy rain or snow, followed in winter by cold w a v e. Clearing a nd colder. Mrs. T h o m as Carruthers, of Cin cinnati, is the guest of Lieutenant and M r s. Bandholtz. A number of the students with young ladies from Lansing, enjoyed a hay ride Friday evening. Danc ing in the Hesperian fol lowed. rooms Last week instructor in dairying, G. H. T r u e, spent several days on a through Barry and bicycle looking up the Allegan counties cheese making interests those in counties. trip Prof. U. P. Hedrick returned to College Friday after spending two weeks in the nurseries and orchards in the vicinity of Adrian, Monroe, Detroit and A nn Arbor. He located the San Jose Scale in several places in the vicinity of Detroit. In 1892 Malcolm Forbes paid for $400,000 to Senator Stanford the horse Arion, making it the most valuable equine ever known. T he Lewis Institute in Chicago would like to secure the services of Mr. C. E. Hoyt as instructor in their wood-shops. At the tea table. First Magni tude—"I weighed myself to-day, and I've lost five pounds in the last three weeks." Second Magnitude — " I ' ve been losing like everything lately, too." Third Magnitude— " A nd I'm sure I've lost." Land lady—"I can't see what ails you people, unless you are like neighbor B.'s torn cat. T h ey say it eats so much that it gets poor carrying the load around." A nd the stars of all twinkled and disap magnitudes peared in outer darkness. Simons Dry Goods Go. OCTOBER OPENING ...SALE... OF DRESS GOODS CLOAKS. A ND D R E SS GOODS D E P ' T. All t he n ew stylish w e a v es in Poplin and C a n v as Cloths at 5 0 c, 75c, and $ 1 . 00 Y d. CLOAK D E P ' T. L a d i e s' and M i s s e s' Jackets-— t he latest Fall and W i n t er S t y l e s, a nd at $ 5 . 0 0, $ 7 . 5 0, $ 1 0 . 0 0, $ 1 2 . 0 0. New Line of Wool Shirt Waists. New Line of Dress Skirts. New Line of Mackintoshes. New Line of Wrappers. N EW FALL G O O DS IN ALL DEPARTMENTS. S t u d e n ts will receive S P E C I AL A T T E N T I O N . . .. Simons Dry Goods Co. Only the Latest Styles In Men's Furnishings find place in my stock. Would be pleased to have you come in and in spect my Fall Offerings in the way of Hats, Capst Ties, Sweaters, Shirts, Golf Hose, Night Robes, Underwear, in fact every thing in Natty Furnish ings. Students' patronage re spectfully solicited. ** Elgin Mifflin. me House that Ml Built— Must hare been the good old from HIRflM RIKE.RD BRAND OF LUMBER. It Stands the Test of Ages. Suits all Places and Purses. A!sD ....Photographic Supplies. F. J.Willi&ms&(p. Opera House Pharmacy. B. H. STOCOUM, College Aerent. Gymnasium Shoes. We h a ve just received a ' g o od assort m e nt of G y m n a s i um S h o e s, cloth tops, r u b b er soles which we b o u g ht especially for our M. A. C. c u s t o m e r s. Quality is excell ent and prices v e ry low. The M. fl. C. Shoe Store. 6. D. Woodbury, 103 Wash. Ave. So. M •'W\PiP\i'\i'\itWiPini'\t'\g6, a brother of J. H. Smith, mentioned below is the manager of the western branch of the American Electric ian. He is the same old "hustler" as when at college he earned the title of "Auctioneer Smith." M. S. Gregory, with '92, com missioner of schools in Benzie county, made college friends a pleas ant visit last week. He still hopes to recover the use of his eyes suffi- cientlv to enable him to complete his course here. He left for A nn Arbor Thursday to have his eyes examined. Prof. J. H. Smith, ' 8 3, w ho has traveling for the American been Electrician in the south, was offered the position of business manager of the main office of that publication this fall. He declined the honor however, and has quit the road and returned to his old position, prin cipal of the R o g e r 's P a rk School. H. E. V a n N o r m a n, '97, superin tendent of the Moore P a rk F a r m, T e r re Haute, Indiana, writes: "I am enjoying my work and have lots of it. Will winter ninety head of fine Jersey cattle, nearly sixty now milking. Have just had the first rain in ten weeks. Have a large crop of apples for the season and locality. F r a nk Hodgman, '62, was at the college Wednesday to make plans for the publication of his collection It is his plan to of College Poems. illustrate the edition profusely with sketches and half tones representing characteristic scenes — in college short, to make it a souvenir of col lege life that every alumnus will w a nt — a nd to put it on the market at the cost of publication. If you want a copy, drop M r. H o d g m an a card at Climax. As soon as a suffi cient number to cover the cost of publication signify their desire for the book, M r. H o d g m an will hasten its publication. W. J. McGee, '96, Chicago, once Sfec7dum, personal editor of the still has a fellow feeling for per sonal editors and very kindly sends items besides the one us several regarding himself. " As for myself there is nothing to say. I am a broker on the board of trade, in T HE M. A. C. R E C O R D. O C T O B ER 19, 1897 business with my father. Amateur photography is my hobby as it was at M. A. C. M r s. W. J. McGee is also an enthusiastic devotee of the art. Our home in Morton P a rk is known as the house where they bore you to death with pictures. I have a chemical laboratory in my house and -am still pursuing the chemical studies, of which I learned the beginning at M. A. C ." Superintendent of Public Instruc tion, Jason E. H a m m o n d, '86, is planning a very thorough investiga tion of the rural schools of Mich igan, with a view to publishing the results of the same in his next an nual report. Personally he will in vestigate the condition of the schools, grounds, buildings, adornment of grounds and decoration of school rooms, school apparatus, libraries, qualification of teachers, graduation and promotion exercises, attendance, cost of maintenance, kind of books used, visitation by officers and pat rons ; and will also publish exterior and interior views of the poorest, medium and best school houses in the counties visited. To a Lone Robin Singing* The north wind moans adown the dale And sweeps through orchards blfak and bare, But red-breast rocking to the gale Sings lusty as the twilight falls, "Cheer up; cheer up; for spring is here." "The earth lies locked in sleep, my bird, The north wind bloweth cold, A silly message thou dost bring ; For birds like thee are over-bold To herald forth the spring." But yet the robin caroled free, "Cheer up; cheer up; the spring is here." "The streams are full, thou sightless man; The sun will rise again. The south wind listens for my cttll Ere coming with his rain. Take heart; take heart; for spring is here." Sing on, blithe bird, thy song of hope, God grant such loving trust To' face the storm with a cheerful heart, And smile while skies are growing dark "Cheer up; cheer up; for spring is here.' '88, in the Cornell —Howard Burt Camion, Magazine. Phone 192. New Phone 76 J. G. RECTTER 322 WASHINGTON AVE. S. FresU and Salt Meats Fine Chicago Beef a Specialty. Headquarters for All Kinds Home Made Sausage. Alsdorf & Son... THE DRUGGISTS Everything First Class, Fresh and Up to Date. Drawing Instruments.. NOTE BOOKS, FUSE STATIONERY TABLETS, A1SD BOOKS. Lansing Book & Paper Go., 120 Washington Avenue IS. FOR ANYTHING IN —- Hardware, S t o v e s, Tinware, Graniteware, Cutlery, Etc. TRY NORTON'S HARDWARE 111 Washington Avenue S. . . A L W A YS ON TOP DAVIS-THE CLOTHIER Fine Clothing Furnishings and Hats Football Pants Sweaters, Supporters The King Pant * We are Up to Date on Men's Wear. ONE PRICE—THE RIGHT PRICE. 104 Washington Avenue North. BOYS • * *. B U C K S e n ^ Fu r nf tu re Right. All Goods Delivered to the College Free. Best W o v en W i re Cots, $1.25 .*. .-. Best W o v en W i re Springs, $1.50 WE SELL EVERYTHING. M. J. & B. M. BUCK, Open Evenings. DIRECTORY LANSING BUSINESS and PROFESSIONAL MEN •" The names in this Directory, as well as those of all our other advertisers, are of reli able parties. We hope that the faculty and those students will take pains to patronize who patronize us. HACK AND BAGGAGE LINES. 1\/T A. C. STUDENTS—Don't forget W. H. 1V1 POKTEN, the Hack and Liveryman. Rubber tires a specialty. Office 300 Capitol Avenue South, Bell Phone 65, Lansing- Phone 133. HOTELS. TIE N EW G R A M D - R. M. Renner. Proprie- tor. Special rates to students. Washing-ton Avenue S. THE INGHAM. Grand St. South; 2 doors from Michigan Avenue. Low rates to students. ARCHITECTS. JEWELERS. *ARL H. MEAD.—Architect. 115 Washington j Avenue N. BARBERS. H. WOOD—Barber. 106 Michigan Avenue E. College work especially solicited. J BOOTS AND SHOES. c D. WOODBURY.—Boots shoe the students. See ad. and Shoes. We CLOTHING. Hats and Caps. 112 Washington Ave. North. LOUIS BECK.—Clothier. Gents' Furnishings, DE W EY A. SEELEY.—27 Wm's Hall. Agent A E. DAVIS.—Clothing and Gentlemen's Fur for Fine Clothing. Prices low. Satisfaction nishings. See ad. guaranteed. B P. RICHMOND—Watchmaker, Jeweler and Engraver. 200 202 Washington Avenue North. Til J R A P L E E . - W a t c h e s. Clocks, Jewelrv, etc. VV . Pine Watch Repairing. 119 Washington Avenue. p H A S. A. PIELLA.—Practical Watchmaker and V_, Jeweler. Repairing of Fine Watches a Spec ially. 121 Washington Avenue N. LAUNDRIES. HE V A N G O R D ER PALACE LAUNDRY. S. P. Lan'z, Prop'r. Sage & Westcott, Agts. Room 11, Williams Hall. TAR LAUNDRY. 208 Michigan Avenue East. LUMBER DEALERS. H W. RIKERD.—Lumber Dealer. Mill Street. See ad. CROCKERY AND GLASSWARE. MERCHANT TAILORS. H. EARNED.—China. Glass and Lamps. 105 Washington Ave. S. B. SIMON.—Fine China, Crockery, Lamps, Tinware, .etc. I ll Washington Avenue N. H J DENTISTS. D R. G. W. COLEMAN.—Dentist. 103 Wash ington Avenue. First stairs north of Michigan Avenue. R W. MORSE, D. D. S. I) R. V. A. LACY.—Dentist. Hours 8 to 12 m. and 2 to 4 p. m. 110 Allegan St. W. Hollister Block, Room 517. DRUGGISTS. ington Avenue South. c J. ROUSER.—Capital Drug Store. 123 Wash DOWNEY HOUSE DRUG STORE— H. J. Eilenburg. Headquarters Ice Cream Soda. DRY GOODS. SIMONS DRY GOODS Goods and Carpets. See ad. COMPANY.—Dry w OODBURY & SAVAGE.—Tailors. trade solicited. 208 Washington Ave. S. Student MUSIC AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. H OLMES MUSIC STORE.—Pianos, Organs, Bicycles, Musical Mdse. and Sheet Music. Cor. Washington Avenue and Ottawa Street. PHOTOGRAPHERS. B. LECLEAR—Photographer. Hollister Block. PHYSICIANS. A D. HAGADORN, M. D.—Office hours, 11 to 12 A. M., 2 to 4 and 7 to 8 P. M. Offiice at 212 Washington Avenue S.; home 419 Seymour St. p M. WATSON, M. D.—Hours, 2 to 4 and 7 to 8 V^ P. M.; Sundays 12 to 2 P. M. 419 Washington Avenue S. Both Phones. OCULIST. n M. DICKSON, M. D.—Practice L, diseases of eye and ear. Hours 9 to 12 A. M., 2 to 4 P. M.; Sunday 2 to 4 P. M. First floor Hollis ter Block. limited to FURNISHING GOODS. ELGIN MIFFLIN.—Ladies' and Gentlemen's Furnishing Goods. See ad. FURNITURE DEALERS. RESTAURANTS. GILBERT M. HASTY.—Proprietor Hasty's Gem Lunch. Best meals and Lunches in the city. 117 Washington Avenue S. John Herrmann Fine Tailoring. 218 WASHINGTON AVENUE N. ington Avenue and Ionia Street. See adv. M J. & B. M. BUCK.—Furniture. Cor. Wash C OWLES BROS.—Furniture Dealers. Special inducements to College people. 319 Washing- ton Avenue South. HARDWARE, STOVES AND TINWARE. J ACOB STAHL & SON.—Wholesale and Re tail Hardware and House Furnishings. 211 and 213 Washington Avenue North. GIVE YOUR ORDERS TO — TRAGER BROS. THE MEAT MEN. 509 MICHIGAN AVENUE EAST.