3u 511 ft ©. St eccr A V O L. 3. L A N S I N G, M I C H I G A N, T U E S D A Y, J A N U A RY 18, 1898. N o. 18 M. A* G Special Live Stock Course. JOHN A. ATCHINSON. A short sketch of what the short live stock men are doing, course may be interesting to the readers of the M. A. C. R E C O R D. We entered with the regular stu fortunate the Creamery dents January 3, and after finding boarding places, in which most of the boys were to get good ones, we met President Snyder classified. in his office and were We were then at leisure until the next day at 8 o'clock when we re ported, with and Dairy Specials, to Prof. Clinton D. Smith at the Agricultural Labora tory for lectures on stock feeding. Prof. Smith has given us very good lectures on calculating rations, silos, and feeding dairy cows. He next takes up feeding beef cattle and is later other stock. Great stress the feed put upon the judgment of er, based upon price of food stuffs, purpose fed for, and calculation of rations. We also have the advan tage of the experience of an expert feeder, Mr. Richard Harrison, who fed Rosa Bonheur 5th 11277 H. F. H. B. and Belle Sarcastic 23039 H. F. H. B. for their records. At nine o'clock on Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays we spend one hour with Prof. C. E. Marshall at the Veterinary Laboratory in the study of bacteria, with special refer ence to their nature, requirements, diseases produced by them, and how to combat them. On Wednesdays and Thursdays we have at nine o'clock, lectures on stock breeding by Prof. H. W. Mumford. He has given us some very good points on selection and heredity and expects take up other questions on the subject. to F r om ten to twelve o'clock daily lectures except Saturdays we have on the different breeds and stock judging by Prof. Mumford, for one hour, and practical scoring and judg ing stock the other hour. W h en each student has formed his opinion of an animal, it is gone over, point by point, by Prof. Mumford, and defects and points of excellence pointed out. lectures are These worth the cost of the whole course to any farmer who keeps stock. All the principal types are discussed and each breed classified, as beef, dairy or general purpose. We have studied Shorthorns, and judged the M. A. C. herd, the Polled Durham, the R ed Polled, the Devon, and the Galloway. Prof. Mumford is es pecially fitted for this work by rea son of his knowledge of the breeds, and his trip to the British Isles. At one o'clock we again meet, with the creamery and dairy men, for veterinary lectures by Dr. Geo. A. Waterman, consulting veterina rian. We have studied the diges tive organs of domestic animals and to treat their more common how diseases. To k n ow to give and the prescriptions we have received, from good authority, is valuable to any man. the drugs At the three o'clock we go to Chemical Laboratory where we analyze, in a crude manner, different food stuffs for protein, carbo-hy drates, and fat, under M r. L. S. Munson. At four o'clock we study forage plants at the Botanical Laboratory with Prof. W. J. Beal. Some o"f think the boys is not the study of grains and much in find seeds, but I notice something new every day. that we there that At four o'clock we are left to our wicked devices, with the buildings to examine and the library to read. On Saturdays we take in the best farms and stock near the College. Last Saturday we visited Spring- dale, Turner's noted farm. There is but little stock left on the farm but the buildings are, mostly, there. I hear some of the specials talking of coming back next winter to take another course, they are so well pleased with what we have this year. H u r r a h! for Michigan's Agricul tural College, the farmers' college. The Greenhouse. To the visitor or college resident, if he be a the beautiful lover of in nature, no place on the campus presents so many attractions in win Its beauties ter as the greenhouse. long benches filled with cactuses, geraniums and primroses, and yard upon yard of carpet-like foliage plants that are taking a winter's rest that greater beauty to gladden bits of the cam pus when spring comes. they may put forth And we must not forget the house below the hill. It is not often seen by the visitor w ho wanders alone about the grounds. It is not a showy it has its humble attrac place, but tions. T h e re are long beds of the crisp, pungent radish that is so wel come to our tables at this season; in strawberry plants hundreds of bloom; a large bed of carnations, fragrant and many-colored; and vio lets—violets! the the regular classes teaching this subject, which she has chosen as her profession. T he class will meet from 7 to 9 o'clock p. M. fifteen Wednesdays for l e s o ns in the course em practical cooking, same work bracing nearly covered by in College. T h e re were ten pupils last Wednesday night—two more are coming—and among them were just two young bride?, who have the awakened to a realization of the use fact that cooking is one of ful arts; and several teachers from the city schools, who are also aware of possible future contingencies in which they may desire to—to teach the subject. in summer Shall We have Field D ay in Lansing? " Blue, bright as hope, or rifts Fresh, pure, unsmirched by stain of rain Thou dream of radiant sun, of soft spring What dost thou here, mocked by this dis But yet methinks a light born of thv grace Pierces the gloom as morning pierces Sweet messenger, hast thou some sign for clouds, or clay, skies, mal day? night me? Some blest Evangel, if I read aright?" W^k 58 Brvx stt&fiafii . > • • '" 0, — j Jr • " IN T HE BREENHOUSE': * are continually changing, always fascinating. Entering the main house, we find ourselves in a veritable tropical for est, with date palms, bird of para dise flowers, bananas in fruit, Spanish bayonets, evergreens, mosses, vines, and a hundred other things jungled in the middle of the room. Around are delicate ferns, flaming poinset- tias, rich foliage plants, and orchids that, when they come into bloom in a week or two, will give us flowers of the most ravishing beauty. On the left, at the entrance to the first wing,we have presented the view given in our illustration. Yes, and we have much more; for no picture can give any idea of the delicate beauty of the ferns, of the rich gran deur of the large leaved anthurium, of the stately and guarded dignity of the screw pine, of the thousand little touches of color in leaf, vein and flower that nature, aided by man, has assembled for our enjoyment. As we go down one side of this room and back on the other, we lin ger to admire the variegated crocuses, the brilliant flowered cactus, the pure white calla, the delicately wrought the lace-like climbing asparagus, graceful smilax,. and to drink the fragrance of the hyacinth and rose. In the other two wings we find Indoor Athletic Meet. and Henry K e ep Professor Hickey, of the Lansing high school, have completed arrangements for an indoor athletic meet in the armory in Lansing, Saturday evening, Jan uary 29. Only College students and high school students will par ticipate the contests, and only College and high school people to the building. will be admitted R. E. Bracket will give a medal for the all-round championship, and Lansing merchants will give prizes for the various events. in Following is the probable list of events: 30-yard dash; running high j u m p; running broad j u m p; stand ing high j u m p; pole vault; putting 16 lb. shot; feather, light, welter, and heavy weight wrestling; exhi bition club-swinging, by Will L y o n s; and exhibition bag-punching, by the champion bag-puncher of the State. N i g ht Cooking School. Last Wednesday night Miss A my teaching a V a u g h n, '97, began special class in cooking, which is composed of young women belong ing to the Y. W. C. A. of Lansing. Miss V a u g hn the work to get practice in gratis is doing in order At a recent meeting of the Ath letic Association a resolution was adopted instructing our representa tive in the M. I. A. A. to use his influence toward securing the next field day of the association in Lan sing. T he old State fair grounds could be used to good advantage for this purpose, and it is thought that the merchants of Lansing will do nate $200 to help defray expenses. F. L. Woodworth, '98, has been chosen to represent us in the M. I. A. A. and he will use every effort to bring the field day here. At a later meeting, held last Thursday, the association appropri ated half of this term's athlet'i dues^ for the purchase of apparatus for indoor training. W i th this appro priation Henry Keep has purchased one twelve-foot jumping standard, one twelve-foot vaulting pole, two 3x7 side mats, and one 3x7 rubber mat for the take-off in jumping. Constitution of t he Club Boarding Association Amended. first At a meeting of the Club Board ing Association Saturday afternoon, two amendments to the constitution that provoked a pretty warm dis cussion were considered and finally T he adopted. amendment, changing the price of dinners, to transients, from 15c to 20c, did not meet with much opposition; but when it came to the second amend ment, cutting the wages of cooks from 40c to 35c per week for each boarder in the club, there were sev to eral present w ho were prepared oppose the measure. T h ey thought the cooks were getting little enough for their long hours of labor; but the friends of the measure showed, by figures that they had ready, that the cooks were all getting good wages and that one, in particular, had received over $200 last term, clear of help hired, board and rooms. T h e re has been quite a demand for a curtailing of expenses in the clubs, in order that cheaper board might be furnished, and the sentiment sup porting this demand finally carried. Her smile was most bewitching, As beside him down she s a t; And she made a great impression, But she made it on his hat. — Ex. "A romantic young man says that a woman's heart is like the moon— it changes continually, but it always has a man in it." 2 T HE M. A. C. R E C O R D. J A N U A RY 18, 1898. THE M. A. C. RECORD. PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY THE MICHIGAN AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. EDITED BY THE FACULTY, A S S I S T ED BY T HE S T U D E N T S. S U B S C R I P T I O NS S H O U LD BE S E NT TO T HE S E C R E T A R Y, A G R I C U L T U R AL C O L L E G E, M I C H. SUBSCRIPTION, 50 CENTS PER TEAR. Send money by P. O. Money Order, Draft, Registered Letter. Do not send stamps. Business Office with L A W R E N CE & V AN B U R EN Printing Co., 122 Ottawa Street East, Lansing, Mich. Entered as second-class matter at Lansing, Mich. For yarious reasons T HE M. A. C. R E C O RD is occasionally sent to those who have not sub scribed for the paper. Such persons need have no hesitation about taking the paper from the postoffice, for no charge will be made for it. The only way, however, to secure T HE R E C O RD regularly is to subscribe. Official Directory. PREACHING SERVICE—Sunday afternoons at 2:30 in the Chapel. Y. M. C. A.—Resfuliir meeting's Sunday evenings at 7:30 and Thursday eveningfs at 6:30. C. W. Loomis, President. E. M. Hunt, Cor. Secretary. Y. W. C. A.—Weekly meetings for all ladies on the campus, Tuesday evenings at 8:00, in Abbot Hall. Sunday meetings with the Y. M. C. A. Miss Clara J. Stocoum, President. Miss Ella Phelps, Cor. Secretary. KING'S DAUGHTERS—Meet alternate Wed nesdays. Mrs. J. L. Snyder, President. Mrs. W. Babcock, Secretary. NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY — Meets second Friday of each month in the Chapel at 7:00 p. M. T. L. Hankinson, President. O. W. Slayton, Secretary. BOTANICAL, CLUB—Meets Monday evenings 6:30 in the Botanical Laboratoay. B. Barlow, President. Miss Marie Belliss, Secretary. SHAKESPEARE CLUB —Meets Wednesday evenings at 7:30. Dr. Howard Edwards, Presi dent. COLUMBIAN LITERARY S O C I E TY — Meetings every Saturdav evening at 7:00. Fourth floor, Williams Hall. C. E. Townsend, President. P. B. Lanting, Secretary. ECLEV^liC SOCIETY—Meetings every Satur day evening at 7:00, Fourth Floor, Williams Hall. H. L. Mills, President. W. H. Flynn, Secretary. FERONIAN SOCIETY—Meetings every Fri day afternoon at 1:00. West Ward, Wells Hall. Lucy Monroe, President. Blanche Huhn, Secretary. HESPERIAN SOCIETY—Meetings every Sat urday evening at 7:00, West Ward, Wells Hall. C. W. Loomis, President. H. J. Westcott, Secretary. OLYMPIC SOCIETY—Meetings every Satur day evening at 7:00, Fourth Floor, Williams Hall. W. K. Brainerd, President. C. A. Warren, Sec retary. P HI DELTA T H E TA FRATERNITY — Meetings every Friday evening at 7:30, East Ward, Wells Hall. Eugene Price, President. A. E. Lyon, Secretary. THEMIAN SOCIETY.—Meetings everv Satur day evening at 7:00, Chapel. Marguerite Bogula, President. Irma Thompson, Secretary. UNION LITERARY SOCIETY — Meetings every Saturday evening at 7:00, U. L. S. Hall. F. L. Woodworth, President. E. W. Ranney, Sec retary. TAU BETA PI FRATERNITY—Meetings on alternate Thursday evenings, Tower Room, Me chanical Laboratory. F. V. Warren, President. C. A. Gower, Secretary. CLUB BOARDING ASSOCIATION — E. A. Calkins, President. Lucy E. Monroe, Secretary. M. A. C. ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION—F. V. Warren, President. E. W. Ranney, Secretary. Soil Moisture During the last two years deter minations of the proportion of mois ture absorbed and retained by soils in various conditions, and experi ments upon methods of saving the moisture of soils have received atten tion at the Experiment Station of the Kansas State Agricultural Col lege at Manhattan, K a s. A recent bulletin devoted to the subject concludes with the following s u m m a r y: the ' ' in this bulletin following experiments are described—all of them are to be regarded as prelim inary, and not carried to a conclu sion: the difference " i. A study of in the condition of moisture of soils which differ only by the preparatory tillage they have received. In these trials,_the undisturbed prairie sod, as compared with that which had is added to in t he manufacture of beer. wort As soon as yeast the wort to cause fermentation, the new yeast forms and rises to the top. This is all skimmed off, but the first cells formed, as well as the last, should be rejected. Bacteria which their may be present, are, from small size, floated up to the surface first ascent, with the yeast on its slackens, and, as the fermentation cells which have been grown in a comparatively exhausted medium, are surface. T he the yeast, when skimmed, should be stored in shallow vats, so as to ad free access of atmospheric mit of thorough aeration of the oxygen, yeast being essential. thrown to Distillers' or Compressed yeast is the principal product of the manu facture of spirits from malt and raw the grain has gone grain. After through quite a complex process, the wort is rapidly cooled and fer mentation is allowed to continue for from ten to twelve hours before it is skimmed. T he yeast rises to the in Brewers' surface the same as mashes of malt and hop fermented either by the addition of some yeast of a previous brewing or allowed to ferment T w e n t y- spontaneously. four hours is required for the fer mentation, but the yeast is best at the end of two days. Yeast if mixed with a small quant ity of starch has superior keeping powers to those it possessed when free from this admixture, especially during hot weather. Liquid yeast turning is often dried to prevent its sour. A choice of the kind of yeast to be used is determined by the in dividual taste, some preferring bread made of one kind and some anovher. Brewers' yeast darkens the color of bread and, if used alone, must be used in considerable quantity. It is also apt to cause a bitter taste in bread and, in summer, its action is very unreliable and uncertain. T he patent yeast may be of very high quality, but it is weak as compared with T he Com pressed yeast is very largely used because its action is more rapid and Compressed. been brought under cultivation," was much dryer in all cases, exctpt fol In this case, lowing a heavy rain. the part sampled of the the sod, upper portion, was about as wet as the plowed ground, but it rapidly dried plowed ground, not cropped nor cultivated during the season, was more uniform in its water content than the sod, and was persistently in better condi tion. again. T he out in that had been "2. A comparison at the close of the season of the moisture content of ground pre pared shallow the spring by plowing, by deep plowing, and by subsoiling. T he soils were sampled at different depths. No essential dif ference could be observed the soil. in " 3. A trial to see whether soil to which salt and gypsum have been applied are more moist because of any direct or indirect effects of these chemicals. T he results are nega tive. inch influence on finely pulverized "4. A comparison of the loss of water from soil that was treated as follows: Cultivated,but not cropped; mulched, but not cropped; cropped, but not cultivated; untreated. T he cropped soil dried out most rapidly. Next, the untreated soil. Surface cultivation to a depth of four or five inches was about as effective in con serving moisture as a good mulch. in " 5. Experiments with soil galvanized iron pots, under well controlled conditions, showed: T h at a layer of soil thick had no three-fourths the rate of marked evaporation; that a hay mulch two inches evaporation checks most effectively, but that evapora tion proceeds at so rapid a rate from bare soil that a mulch, to be most useful, must be promptly applied; that the rate of evaporation from a sandy soil is less than that from one less sandy when both are kept con stantly wet, but if allowed to dry, the sandy soil becomes much drier; that neither salt, gypsum, lime nor magnesium chloride exerts any ben eficial effect in checking evaporation from the soil, the evaporation being practically the same as from un treated soil." thich Yeast, its Manufacture and Use. OUR T EN HORSE P O W ER T E S LA M O T O R. KATHERINE MC CURDY, '99. T he microscope has shown that yeast is a true plant belonging to tribe and consisting of the fungus numberless minute oval or circular bodies which, under circumstances adapted to their development, grow and multiply to an incredible extent. These little cells multiply by bud ding, and is very rapid. their g r o w th T he yeast plant the yeast, but arrests for requires, growth, warmth, moisture, and nourishment. T he temperature at which it is best cultivated is from 70 to 80 degrees F. A lower tem perature, even freezing, does not destroy its development; while raising it to a higher temperature weakens it. A temperature of 140 degrees destroys the cells in yeast suffused with water but, in dry yeast, it may become the nourishment of higher. F or com yeast, pounds, and appropriate inorganic matter are necessary. nitrogenous sugar, There are three commercial varie ties of yeast, namely: Brewers', Dis tillers' Compressed, and " P a t e n t ." Brewers' yeast is the frothy sub stance that rises to the surface of is for about fermentation and alcohol T he having skimmed yeast is carried yeast and the skimming twelve on continuously hours. T he then complete, the maximum amount of been yeast formed. is first mixed with water, then passed through a series of mechanical sieves by which the grains are removed. It is then washed by decantation two or three times and again sifted through finer sieves. This washing must be done thoroughly iu order to remove the wort, but washing in excess weakens the yeast by remov ing the interior contents of the cells. At the final decantation, when the yeast has settled completely, there is a layer on the top of immature and young cells which are rejected. In mixed yeasts, starch is added at this stage. The" carefully washed and purified yeast is next taken to filter presses where the mixture of yeast cells and water is pumped filtering cloths. through a series of These retain the yeast and the water drains away. T h us as much water as possible is eliminated from the yeast. T h en it is pressed and made the con ready into packages sumer. for " P a t e n t" yeast is a yeast made of It is certain than Brewers' yeast. also much stronger than any other kind and if it can be obtained fresh, is probably the best kind for gen eral use. At the College. T he State Board will meet one week from today. T h e re are 34 students in the special dairy courses. F r a nk V. W a r r en has been elected captain of the baseball team. Charles L. Mann, of Milwaukee, was the guest of Prof. Taft Friday night. Miss Deborah Garfield spent Sat urday and Sunday at her home in Grand Rapids. T h e re will be a military hop in the armory next Saturday night, beginning at 8 o'clock sharp. We have been offered an option on three dates, May 11, June 2, and J u ne 8, for a game of baseball with the U. of M. Friday night a number of the stu dents attended a party given by P. G. T o w a r, '85, at his residence north of the College. J A N U A RY 18, 1898. T HE M. A. C. R E C O R D. Professor Smith has been invited to address the National Association of Creamery Butter Makers at T o- peka, Kas., February 22. T he Lansing Condensed Milk C o m p a ny have ordered 2,000 copies of the recent bulletin on Feeding Dairy C o w s, to give their patrons A class of young women is taking work in calisthenics Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5 to 6 p. m. in the armory, under Miss F r a nc Burch, of Lansing. T he King's Daughters will meet tomorrow afternoon with Mrs. Gun- son. Lesson, the tenth chapter of Acts. Leader, T e x t, Mrs. Gunson. " C o m e ." T wo of our special course stu dents may be considered among the "old boys." George W. T o w e r, Detroit, is 62 years old, and J. B. Baker, Armada, is 60 years old. A physical examination will be given each student in the women's course w ho does gymnasium work. W hy would it not be well to extend this to each student who enters Col lege ? A copy each of Robert's "Rules of O r d e r" and Cushing's " M a n u a l" were left in the Y. M. C. A. rooms Saturday evening, January 9. Will the finder please leave them with Miss Marguerite Bogula? Messrs. A. C. Bird and T. F. Marston have been to the agricul tural colleges of Ohio, Illinois, Wis consin, and Iowa, on a tour of in spection for the State Board of A g riculture. Mr. Bird stopped at the College Friday on his way home. Friday Prof. Smith engaged be tween 600 pounds and 1,000 pounds of milk from W. W. Sprague of the Battle Creek, special iairy course. T he L suismg Condensed Milk Company can no longer spare us the required amount of milk. to be used in Like Ichabod Crane of the "soft and foolish heart toward the sex," there must be something wrong with the young men who walked out from the city, three miles, lead ing two of " T h u mp T. D ." Gates' goats, just for the sake of tying the fragrant beasts under the windows of their lady loves. At an early hour Thursday morn ing fire was discovered in the small shed back of Dr. Kedzie's residence, which contained Mrs. Kedzie's china kilns. T he shed was burned to the ground and with it were destroyed a quantity of charcoal and some of the china that had been put in the kilns t he day previous. At the annual banquet of the National Association of Oxford D o wn Sbeep Breeders, given at the Bryant House in Flint last Tuesday evening, Prof. H. W. Mumford responded to a toast on " No need of apology the Oxford D o w n ." About sixty prominent breeders of t he United States and Canada were present, and a profitable meeting is reported. for Well Pleased W i th t he Military Department* Inspector General J. C. Breckin ridge, Washington, D. C, called on Lieutenant Bandholtz Sunday after noon, and after spending several hours about the armory and grounds, sent a telegram to headquarters at Washington, requesting new guns and other equipment necessary be cause of our increased attendance. T he first sentence of the message in read as follows: "Improvement dicated in report of inspection of Mav 28 at this College more than he realized." Monday morning left for Detroit, where, in the even ing he was one of the speakers at the annual banquet of the Michigan Society, Sons of the American Rev olution. N ew Books in t he Library. A large number of new books library have been added to shelves since the last list was pub lished. We give below a list of a part of these; the list will be com pleted next week: the Acloque, Flore de France. Austin, Notes for Chemistry Stu dents. Adriance, Laboratory Calculations and Specific Gravity Tables. American Jersey Cattle Club. 4 Vols. American Cyclopedia, 1895, 1896. American Hereford Record, V o l. 16. American Annual of Photogra p h y, 1897. Allen, Commercial Organic A n alysis, Vol. 3, part 2. Allen, T he Choir Invisible. American Health Association R e ports. 14 Vols. American Society of Civil E n gineers' Transactions and Proceed ings. 39 Vols. Browning, Society Papers, 1886- 1897. Barr, T he King's H i g h w a y. Bates, Talks on Writing English. Badhan, Esculent Funguses of England. Bryant, Practical and Progressive Book-keeping. Biossier, Country of Horace and Virgil. Benjamin, Notes on Laboratory Practice. Boyer, Les Champignons com. et ven. de la France. Binney, Terrestrial Air-Building Mollusks of the U. S. 4 Vols. Baker, Specimens of Argumenta tion. Baker, Principles of Argumenta tion. Cargill, Freak of Finance. Conrad, Monography of the Family Unionidae. Cook, Account of British F u n g i. Cook, Mollusks. Contribution from the U. S. Na tional Herbarium, Vol. 3. Constantin, Champignons. Petite flore des Constantin, Nouvelle flore des Champignons. Cross, Light and Shade. Commissioners of N. Y. Central P a r k. Reports. 2 Vols. Curry, Province of Expression. Davies, Hygiene for Girls. Dureau,Visit to Klem-Wanzleben Beet Sugar Factory. Directory, with regulations for establishing science and art schools. Dana, Plants and their Children. Dulles, Accidents and Emergen cies. Edwards, Butterflies of N o r th America, Vol. 3. Fothergill, Food for the Invalid. Fuller, T he N ut Culturist. Fletcher and Carpenter, Intro duction to T h e me Writing. Ford, T he Honorable Peter Stirl ing. Farrington, Testing Milk. Gill, Gas and Fuel Analysis for Engineers. Green, Vegetable Gardening. Georgia Board of Agriculture. Publications, 1896. Gurney, Northwestern Pomology. 3 Simons Goods 60. SEMI-ANNUAL JANUARY . . R EMNANT C „IF EDUCTION 0nLL OF Have cut the price of Men's House Coats to, and on some below cost. Not often you have such an opportunity of buying a nice coat for so little money. When you want that New Hat or Cap would have great Dry Goods, Cloaks and Carpets At 25 to 50 per cent. Reduction in Price. pleasure in showing you the R e m n a n ts of Dress Goodst Silks, very latest styles. Students patronage solicited. ***-Elgin Mifflin. Tjg House mat Jack B u t— Must have been the good old from HIRAM R1KERD BRAND OF LUMBER. It Stands the Test of Ages. Suits all Places and Purses. Embroideries, Laces, Ribbons, Cottons, Domestics at 50 per cent. Reduction. O dd lots of Gloves, Underwear, Hosiery at 33 per cent Reduction* R e m n a n ts of Carpets, M a t t i n g s, etc., at 33 per cent. Reduction. Entire stock of Ladies' a nd Misses' W i n t er Jackets, reduced to $5.00 a nd $7.50 each, from $10, $ J 2, $15, $ J 8. Sale prices in every department until Feb. 1st. Students and members ofjaculty are cordially invited to,a l--t e nd t'ruTsakT' Phone 192. New Phone 76 J. G. R E U T T ER 322 WASHINGTON AVE. S. F r e sh a nd S a lt M e a ts Fine Chicago Beef a Specialty. Headquarters for All Kinds Home Made Sausage. Alsdorf & Son... THE DRUGGISTS Everything First Class, Fresh and Up to Date. Lawrence & VanBuren PRINTING CO., Ottawa st. E. Lansing, Mich. ^ws/^/^<^/^<'^,^^.M.(^<^(^,^^,M.M•n,/^^w^<^««.'^(^(^<^^^.r^•^^*^rw^<^.M.'^uM./^/^<'v^»^«F^M•/v^<^i^«M,M,>^/^/^^^(f^,^,r^MI/v FULL DRESS I Reduced to $3.95 H i gh grade imported Patent Leather— S black as midnight, but so bright you can \ see your face in i t; coin toe, pointed toe or plain globe. Kid tops or fancy cloth tops. \ SPECIAL SALE PRICE, $ 3 - 9 5. i Repairing: We. repair shoes and rubbers at reasonable prices. C. D, W O O D B U R Y. 103 Washington Avenue South. 4 News from Graduates and Students. A. T. Cartland, '97, called at Col lege Saturday. C. A. Graves, with '97, is princi pal of the R i d g e w ay public schools. Prof. U. P. Hedrick, is '93, in pleased with his new home L o g a n, Utah. He says the college is beautifully located and has some very fine buildings. J o hn W. Tracy, '96, visited friends in the city and at M. A. C. last week. He has recently taken a trip through Boston, N ew Y o r k, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Wash ington, and will go in a few days to Painsville, Ohio, to accept a posi tion with the Storrs-Harrison Nur sery people. T he United States Department of Agriculture has just issued a bulle tin on " T he Mechanics of Soil Moisture" by L y m an J. Briggs, '93, Physicist of the Division of Soils. T he work is a carefully prepared, technical treatment of the subject, and is considered a valuable contri bution to science. Prof. F. B. Mumford, ' 9 1, of Missouri Agricultural College, has made a great hit with a score card for cattle that he got out for use in his classes. T he front of the card is like one used here, but the back contains an outline of a typical beef animal, showing the location of the various cuts and their values in Chi cago markets. T he device has been copied by agricultural journals all over the country and by one, The Breeders' Gazette, three times. R. J. Coryell, '84, is spending a couple of weeks at the College, looking up in the library some sub- in ielife^'JOrineCtfid with his work Detroit. M r. U ^ e ll has charge of the work in landscape-gardening on the boulevards and in the park§ of Detroit. This city is at present giv ing a great deal of attention to the development of its "breathing places" and in the next year or two many thousand dollars will be devoted to landscape gardening. W h at T h ey S ay of t he College Calendar. T he 5,000 M. A. C. calendars for 1898 have been sent out, and the demand for them is so great that we could use a few thousaud more if we had them. As an indication of the appreciation with which the them, we quote alumni from several letters which come to us: received thanks for Charles H. Robison, '95, Milan, Mich.—"I am in receipt of the very beautiful calendar sent out by the College, and take this opportunity of extending my the same. It is exceedingly gratifying to know of the increasing prosperity at the old College, and I trust that succeeding years may show even greater glance through this souvenir cannot fail to bring to the mind of every alumnus inci and old student a review of dents that transpired during his Col lege days." prosperity. A R ay Sessions, '79, Mancelona, M i c h . — " T he Agricultural College calendar received today. To say it is fine is to express it very mildly—a splendid advertisement for the Col lege indeed, and without doubt, it will do world's of good. I always the appreciate any means whereby M. A. C. can be shown up to good advantage." T HE M. A. C. R E C O R D. J A N U A RY 18, 1898. Lewis B. Hall, A. J. Chappell, it a prominent place '82, Manton, received. just Mich.—"Calendar I shall be pleased to It is a beauty. in my give school room. T h a n ks for same." '82, Saginaw, M i c h . — " M. A. C. calendar came to this morning. Give it a my desk It shall occupy place? Well, yes! the most conspicuous place in my office. It is a typical emblem of the progressive spirit that has taken up its abode at M. A. C. All the the State of Michigan people of needed was an acquaintance with M. A. C.—sort of an awakening to the advantages offered by her sev eral courses of study. * * Several of my boys have graduated and sev eral more are aspiring for graduat ing honors at her hands—boys who made excellent records in the Beld- ing high school, and have since car ried off their share of honors from M. A. C. We take pride in our A l ma M a t e r; are pleased to know of her prosperity; and on every occasion cast what influence we have toward increasing her year ly enrollment." little J. M. K n a p p, with ' 6 1, Bellevue, thanks Mich.—"Please accept my for the very fine calendar. T he views of the buildings and grounds I always have a good are excellent. word for the M. A. C. I was one of the pioneer students; heard Pres ident Williams deliver his address." E x - G o v. J o hn T. Rich, Detroit— "I am in receipt of one of the Col lege calendars, for which I am much obliged. I think it is very neat and will prove to be worth all it cost and much more." R e v. W m. Cochran, Big Rapids — " T h a n ks for your beautiful cal endar. I am interested in the work of the College as I understand it. I have met some of its men and be lieve is doing a much needed work. Shall be glad to be of any service to it that I can." it attractive J. D. T o w e r, '85, Kingston, R. I. — "I be£ the privilege to - JJTicw- ledge with thaU^s. receipt of your calendar, which most reached me this morning. I wish further to congratulate you upon your phenomenal success in college work this year. Hurrah for M. A. C! L o ng may she wave! I am anticipating the pleasure of a visit to my home and the College before 1898 rolls by." Drawing Instruments.. NOTE BOOKS, FINE STATIONERY TABLETS, caEKaraara^a^^ BOYS * b* BUCK sens Furniture 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 S E LL EVERYTHING. M. J. & B. M. BUCK, Open Evenings. DIRECTORY LANSING BUSINESS and PROFESSIONAL MEN •" HACK AND BAGGAGE LINES. M A. C. STUDENTS—Don't forget W. H. POKTER, the Hack and Liveryman. Rubber tires a specialty. Office 300 Capitol Avenue South, Bell Phone 65, Lansing Phone 133. HOTELS. 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 students will take pains to patronize those who patronize us. HE N EW GRAND—R. M. Renner, Propne- tor. Special rates to students. Washington Avenue S. THE INGHAM. Grand St. South; 2 doors from Michigan Avenue. Low rates to students. ARCHITECTS. JEWELERS. E ARL H. MEAD, Avenue N. -Architect. 115 Washington t? P. RICHMOND—Watchmaker, Jeweler and Enter^ver. 200-202 Washington Av-nue North. BARBERS. H. WOOD—Barber. 106 Michigan Avenue E. College work especially solicited. BOOTS AND SHOES. D. WOODBURY.—Boots shoe the students. See ad. and Shoes, CLOTHING. Hats and Caps. 112 Washington Ave. North. LOUIS BECK.—Clothier. Gents' Furnishings, DE W EY A. SEELEY.—27 Wm's Hall. Big A E. DAVIS.—Clothing Reduction on Winter Clothing-. and Gentlemen's Fur nishings. See ad. Avenue. . Fine Watch Repairing. W f KAPLEE.—Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, etc. C HAS. A. PIELLA.—Practical Watchmaker and Jeweler. Repairing of Fine Watches a Spec 118 Washington ialty. 121 Washington Avenue N. LAUNDRIES. Room 11, Williams Hall. S. P. Lantz, Prop'r. Sage & Westcott, Agts. THE VAN GORDER PALACE LAUNDRY. STAR L A U N D R Y. 208 Michigan Avenue East. LUMBER DEALERS. H W. RIKERD.—Lumber Dealer. Mill Street. See ad. CROCKERY AND GLASSWARE. MERCHANT TAILORS. 105 Washington Ave. S. H H. LARNED.—China, Glass and Lamps. J B. SIMON.—Fine China, Crockery, Lamps, I ll Washington Avenue N. Tinware, etc. AND BOOKS. DENTISTS. Lansing Book & Paper 6o.f 120 Washington Avenue N. FOR ANYTHING IN - —- H a r d w a r e, S t o v e s, T i n w a r e, G r a n i t e w a r e, C u t l e r y, E t c. ......TRY NORTON'S HARDWARE ill Washington Avenue S. D R. G. W. COLEMAN.—Dentist. 103 Wash ington Avenue. First stairs north of Michigan Avenue. R W. MORSE, D. D. S. D R. V. A. LACY.—Dentist. Hours 8 to 12 a. 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 DO W N EY HOUSE DRUG S T O R E — H. Eilenburg. Headquarters Ice Cream Soda. J. DRY GOODS. John fterrmann Fine Tailoring SIMONS DRY GOODS COMPANY. —Dry Goods and Carpets. See ad. FURNISHING GOODS. ELGIN MIFFLIN.—Ladies' and Gentlemen's Furnishing Goods. See ad. 2 18 WASHINGTON AVENUE N. FURNITURE DEALERS. 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. FB. LECLEAR—Photographer. Hollister Block. PHYSICIANS. Washington Avenue S.; home 419 Seymour St. 12 A. M., 2 to 4 and 7 to 8 P. M. Offiice at 212 A D. HAGADORN, M. D.—Office hours, 11 to C M. WATSON, M. D.—Hours, 2 to 4 and 7 to 8 p. M.; Sundays 12 to 2 P. M. 419 Washington Avenue S. Both Phones. OCULIST. C M. DICKSON, M. D.—Practice to 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 RESTAURANTS. GILBERT M. HASTY.—Proprietor Gem Lunch. Best meals and Lunches city. 117 Washington Avenue S. Hasty's in the G60.ft.Dner, * ;' 108 Michigan Avenue W. All kinds of the best Insurance. in the city. Strongest agency J. & B. M. BUCK.—Furniture. Cor. Wash ington Avenue and Ionia Street. See adv. M COWLES BROS,—Furniture Dealers. Special inducements to College people. 319 Washing- ton Avenue South. HARDWARE, STOVES AND TINWARE. JACOB 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.