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THE COLLEGE SPECULUM. 

VOL.  I. 

LANSlNG,  ~HCH.,  OCTOB~:R 1,  1881. 

' No.  2. 

: sy mpa thy  for  righ t,  :rnd  hi s  hands  with  :issistance  to 
those  who  lalior  in  a  ju  t  cause.  Tbat  ma.n  whose  ac 
tivity  is founded  upon  principle,  who  spums  that which 
conscience  tell s  him  upholds  the  minutest  trace  of 
wrong,  is  most  deserving  of  esteem;  is  the  one  whom 
you  are  proud  of  calling  fri e nd.  The  man  of  pure 
thoughts and  high  moral  character possesses  in  himself 
th e  best of  recommendations.  Our id eal should  be this 
moral  man,  thi s  possessor  of  superior  intellect,  thi s 
higher  type  of  e nergy,  perseverance  and  usefulness ; 
one  who  will  correspond  to  the  words  of  Shakespeare: 
"I dare  do  all  that  may  becom e  a  man,  who  dares  d o 
more  is  none." 

The fact that such  men  a re rare  is  plainly  seen  wh ~ n 
we  look  a round  us.  How few  of th ose  whom  we kn ow, 
of  those  of  whom  we  hear  or  read  are  entitl ed  to  rank 
as  t1:ue  men!  Look  at the  hosts  of  bu siness  men;  do 
they  possess  th e  necessary  qualiti es?  D o  not  the  ma 
jority of  them  work  largely  with  selfish  motiv es?  Will 
they  not  take  unfair  advantage  if  the  opportunity 
'  offers?  It  is  too  true  that  principle  and  the  love  of 
right seldom  influence  their acts.  They  do  not  exhibit 
that generous spirit which  leads  men  10  do  th:it  which 
will  l>enefit  many  and  not  merely  give  personal  adv:in 
tage.  Society  in  all  its  bra1:ches shows  the  lack  of  th e 
steili11g  qnalitil-S  of . tru e  manhoocl.  Th e  profession s 
f11rni sh  evidence  of  th e  truth  of  this s ta tem ent.  What 
motives  actuate  th e  lawy er  nr  physician in  hi s  pursuiti;? 
Is  not bis chief ambition to  win  fame  regardless  of  how 
it  may affect  others?  H e cal'(~S  not wheth er  one  or ma ny 
-=  be  injured,  prov id ed  Lis  desire  be  g rat.ifi ed  a nd  his pur 
pose  achieved.  To  be sme, th ere a re  excl'ption s  to this, 
\mt so  fe w tha,t  g reat prominence  is  du e  th em  for their 
greater  rarity.  Even  in  th e  ministry,  that profession 
wh ere  most  of  all  should  be  found  meekn ess  and  un 
selfi  h  qualities,  too  frequ ently  do 
elfi sh  pride  and 
a mbition  usurp  th e  position  whi ch  should  be occupied 
by  higher and  holier  attributes. 

In no sph ere of activity are tru e  men  less  frequ ently 
found  th an  in  political  life,  and  th ere  certainly  is  n o 
place  wh ere  th e  influence  of  such  men  i.  more  needed. 
P oliti cian s  and  promi-n ent  men  in  public  li fe  labo1·  for 
in creased  popularity;  they  are too  apt to make the gen 
eral  interests and welfare of  the country subservient to 
th eir  own  interests. 

True  men  are  need ed  to  improve  every  _grade  of 
society.  Only  such  can  raise  the standard of  moral  and 
mental  achievements.  With them to lead  on  and  show 
by  noble  exampl e  what  true  manhood  is,  and  what  it 
can  accomplish,  a  change  will  be  wrought  which  will 
show  its ben efi cial  infiu e11ce  in  the generations to come. 
F ellow-students,  '.lrEN  a re  ind eed  rare.  But cannot 
you  do som ething  to  change  this  lamentabl e  fact? 
It 
rests  with  the  young men  to  show  wfieth er  the  evils  of 
to-day  shall  exist to-morrow. 
It is  for  each  young man 
to  prove by sturdy  principle,  high  aims  and  noble  con 
duct,  that he  joins  tb e  ranks  of true  men.  Let  each of 
us  th en,  and  all  young  men,  embrace,  cultivate  and  de 
velop  the  quali t ies  of  nobl e  manhood,  and  faithfully 
fulfilling  every  duty,  no  longer may  it be said  that men 
are  rare . 

dTTING  A'J'  THE  WIND.OW. 

H Y  J.  W.  llEA (; )I O:K T . 

.  itting at the window, 
·when  the autumn days are  nigh ; 

Gazing at  th e shadow, 
That is  ·rcepio g  with a  s i gh, ~ 

0  'er  the fwl cd  meadow, 

And  is  clarkling in  the sky. 

\VQll  do I  remembe1', 

·when at this same window-pane, 
Jn  th e gold  September, 
How I  watched  until  he came: 
Strong,  yet bravely  tender, 
Coming·  down  th e winding  lane. 

Ah  '  we were so  happy, 

ln that quiet,  joyou s love; 
Now,  I  oft bethink me, 

That th e angels up above, 
Looked  on  us in  envy , 

In  our qu iet,  joyous love. 

Then  there came  the troul1le, 

The  wild days of  sixty-one ; 

Days  ~h<1t took the  noble, 

And my hero, he was one : 
Tore away 111)  idol, 

Antl  my  life- work  then  wa.  clone. 

Sitting at the window , 
When  th e autumn  days are nigh : 
Feeling that the shadow, 
That is creeping  with a sigh, 
0  'er the facl erl  meadow, 

Ou  my  soul  shall  ever lie. 

Men  are  Rare. 

HY  J.  E.  COULTER 

Pope says :  " The proper  study of  mankind  is  man. " 
Cenainly in  no  tudy  do  we  find  a  greater Yariety  than 
in  the di sposition s  and  characters  of  men.  So  great is 
this  diversity  of  nature  th at  it  is  seldom,  if  ever,  we 
see  two  people  just  alike.  Notwithsta nding  this  fact, 
there  are  certain  qualities  whi ch  :ire  possessed  by  th e 
true man,  and  all  of  which characterize him  alone.  Our 
ideal  man  must b e  all  that we  consider  trne,  noble  and 
grand.  A  man's  physical  bearing,  though  perhaps  of 
little  account  as  determining  hi s  character  and  moral 
worth,  is  an  essent.ial  feature in  the constitution  of  th e 
ideal  man. 

We  admire  a  handsome  form. 

\Vith  a  thrill  of 
pleasure  we  look  upon  the  digni"fied  bearing,  the superb 
fi gure.  Those broad,  erect  shoulders,  that  well-formed 
head,  that  noble brow, that pleasant, placid countenance, 
such  char-acter:stics 
showing  intell ect  and  decision -
form  th e  ph ysical  contour  of  2.11  ideal  man.  But  th e 
mind  is  an  important  element of  th e  man.  Our  id eal 
must be a· man  of  large mental  ability,  possessing great 
reasoning  faculties,  endowed . with  the  gift  of  readily 
acquiring knowl edge from  experience,  observation  and 
hard  work,  and  capable  of  using  his  knowledge  to 
benefit  his  f ellow-men.  From  his  powerful  Intellect 
should  pour  forth  wise  and  generous  thoughts,  senti 
ments  which  shall echo  and  re-echo  with  patriotism  and 
philanthropy.  His  heart  should  ever  respond  with 

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THE  COLLEGE  SPECGLGM . 

Character. 

BY  ROB.  ll.  BAKER. 

What  S hall  ·we  Head? 

. 

BY  wrLL  E .  llALE . 

It 1s  not  111  mult1fanous  readino-

Popular  opinion  is  to  be  bowed  to  and  respected  of  the  past. 

How shall  we  best order  our  st udies? 
On_r  reading  s~ould be  definite. 

VY  here  is  this  resistance  to  come  from  except I taste  or love of literature. 

A  health y  advancement  require · one  to  take  note  of 
what  be  is,  and  not  what  be  has,  and what  one  is  a nd 
'Vhcn  tho<:sand  of  .-olu1res  are  piled  up  within  a 
do es  depends  upon  what  he  beli<':v es,  upon  his  con.-i c- single  librarr, when  in  e,·ery  city  and  village  in  t he 
t ion:i.  Wbat guide has anyone to righ t  actions  but righ t  country  books  ha,·e  become  an  object  of  commerce, 
viewi::,  a11d  what  standard  of  sound  jud O'ment  except  wn en  the  press  is  dropping its  peri odicals  and papers  at 
true di  crimination between  right  and  wr~ng and truth  the  door  of  every  cottage,  and  t11ought  and  feeling  are 
flying  with  lightning  rapidity through  the  length  and 
and  error? 
Whoever values  character  will  culti,·ate 1 ight  views. \ breadth  of  the  land,  reading matter must be abundant. 
The historian  has  made  his  r ecord,  the  ph:losoph er 
Every truth heartily received becomes  a  new  power and 
It j has  spoken,  the  amateu r  of  fiction  has  told  his  tale. 
a  permanent addition  to  the  power  of  right  action. 
is  bot half  truths,  not  hazy  apprehensions  of  truth  that , While we  would  inquire  into  th e  nature of  books  and 
cont1:ib~te to  ~bis power._  Nothing  short of  intelligent I th_eir adaptation  t~ t~e  r~sp~ct~ve pow~rs of  the ~uman 
conv1ct1ons,  without  which  there  can  be  no  enduring  mmd,  we  urge a  r1g1d  d1scnm10at1on  m  the  choice  of 
power of  right action,  will be sufficient.  There may be I our reading.  A  celebrated writer  has said,  "Were  I  to 
sudden  heats of  passion,  gusts of emotion that come and . pray  for  a  taste  to  stand  me  in  ever  circumstance,  it 
I  would  be  a  taste for  reading."  Tte  lover of  books  al 
go  like  summer  clouds,  but  ·no  abiding  undertone. 
think the time  is  coming,  if  not  at  hand,  when  it  will  ways  has  companions,  and the garnered  wisdom of  ages 
be reasonably required of such  as  have had  opportunities  is  his  daily  food.  His  hooks  are  his  world  to  him,  he 
of  culture and education,  that they have a  positiv e power  lives  in  their cha racters,  is  quickened  into·  new life  by 
of  right  action,  a  power  also  of  steady  resistan ce  to  their  sentiments;  when  the outer world  is  a  burden  to 
him and cares  worry, he finds .refuge in the calmer world 
wrong. 
I t  becomes,  therefore,  a  matter  of  much 
where  ri!!!~t,  but  opposed,  resisted  and  d efied  where , importance  how  we  can  best  cultivate  this  intellectual 
wrong. 
from  those  who have sufficient intelligen ce to  plant them-
Althougl~ it  is  true 
selves  upon  ~ru.e  and  jn ~t  vie,~s,  and , wh_o  have  deep 
there  have  been  rntellects  who  ha.-e  found  111  un con 
w.rougbt  conv1ct1011s? 
not by slight acquaintance  with many books,  nor by a1~y  nected  read ing  a;  mental 
·timulus  which  has  not  only 
number or  amount  of  impress ions  that  you  are  to  gain  proYed  a  high  culture  for  themselves  and  has  carried 
this great attainment,  but by  goinO'  to  the root of  what-
th em  to  the  hig hest  pinacles  of  intellectual  fame,  yet 
ever interests  you,  probing  it to  the  bottom.  Th ere  is  such  instances  are rare and in  every case  they were  per 
no  ro yal  road, no  private,  privileged  way  to  thi  result.  sons  ,,·ho  e  intell ect were free  from  common  discipline. 
Yon  must  work by earn est application of  your  faculties 
R ead ing  is,  ind eed,  th e  nourishment  of  the  mind,  yet 
a nd  capabilit.ies  to  subdue  th at  ";hich  challenges  your  this  nou rishment  may easily  be con\·erted  into  a  poi son. 
attention.  Th ere  is  no  need  that  we  go  out of  om  way  Th e precept of  Pliny was,  " Read much rather than many 
for  subjects.  W c  cann ot  get  away  from  them  nor  lay  things,"  or  be  careful  and  thoughtful  in  all  that  you 
read.  Mis  Martineau  oft eri  read only a  page an  hour. 
t~em aside.  They  press  up ) n  us  a nd soli cit our  atten-
t10n.  W e do not,  cannot put them away.  They  are  the  Comte  read  bu t  few  books,  but  thoroug hl y  digested 
lion s  in  our  pa th that we  must wrestle  with  and  master.  what  he d id  reacl.  Th oroughness  is the idea. 
It  is  un 
Auy  matter  of  thought  that we  have mastered,  that we  wise  to  "·ish  to  kn ow  eve rything.  One cannot  read  all 
have  taken  the dimensions  of  and  seen  on  all  sides,  be-
th at comes  out,  and  why  be ashamed  to  confess  ig nor 
comes  then  a  t hing of  the  mind,  no  lon~er  threatening  ance of  the maj ority of  rnlumes  published. 
and  formidable,  and  unless  it call  fo1·  act10n  and  is  to  be  Many  people  ~ ho w their vanity in  buyin g  eYery  new 
made concrete m  life,  may be  laid away among  the  per- book  publi shed  a nd  creating  a  great  library.  Thomas 
manent possessions  of  mind .  It  does  not clearly define  Carlyle's librar_,-,  we  are  told,  is  characterized by its  few 
character to  call it the  highest  manhood. 
It is  a n inde- ness  of  b ooks.  Th ey  are  not arranged  on  the shelves in 
finable  somewhat. 
what  we  are. 
It  is  not  what is  extraneous  to  us  and  D o  not spend  your time on  books  you  cannot  appre 
may fall  away  leaving  U5  unharmed,  but  it  is  what  is  ciate.  Confess  it  if you  cannot  get interested  in Shake 
n trinsir,  and  what  we  cannot  part with  without  losinO'  speare,  but  let every one  study  bis tastes and needs  and 
iom·  individuality.  A  fearful  spectacle  is  one  without  purchase books  accordingty, using  to the  uttermost  what 
will,  without force or determination- only an instrnment  he  has  and  not  waste his  time longing for  more .  A  due 
to  be  playeil  upon  by  the  winds  of  opinion  and  the  regard  for  the  powers  with  which  we  are  endowed 
clamor of  the  world .  It  has  been  said  that  "circum- should  determine  the character  or  our  reading. 
It  is  a 
stances make  the man."  We  think  more  wisely  when  conscious  fact  that  the  mind  can  store  up  knowledge 
we  hold that the soul is  an entity,  an  inn.ate  power. 
It  and  retain  the  knowledge for future  usefulness  and  hap-
is  what knows  nature.  Man  is  not a  product  of nature,  piness. 
. 
As the mind  is  receptive as  well as  perceptive,  it not 
say  what skeptics  may.  Natu re,  on  the contrary,  is  the 
pro~iuct of  son!,  of  intelligence;  and in  all  its stages,  in  only  surveys  the  present,  but  through  the  medium  of 
all  its phenomena,  it  is  presided over by  th e  intelligence  history,  aided  by  the  imagination,  it traverses the broad 
t~at is creative. 
I  see  now  it  does  not matter what our  and eYentful  past.  The g reat obj ect of history is  not  to 
circumst~nces  are,  but  if  one  stands  behind  and  rules  move  the f eelings,  but to  enlighten  the  mind;  including 
biog raphy,  it  has  been  termed  the  grand  panorama  at 
them he 1s  a  hero. 
.  W e  make  cbarac~e1·.  daily,  consciously  and  uncon- which  we  gaze  till  we  know  1;n?re of. the  past  than  of 
~c10usly.  We  make  1t  m  our admirabion  of  good  and  the  present,  and  are  as  familiar  with  the  great  and 
noble  persons.  We make  it in  every genuine aspiration  good  among the dead as  with  our own  personal  friends. 
for excellence.  We make  it,  too, of a  kind  in  lovinO' the 
Man is  endowed  with  reasoning powers.  He can not 
vain and  perishable  things  of  the  hour,  and  whatever  only  retain  important  truths, but,  by  comparing  them 
with  things  in  some  respects  unknown,  he  may  discover 
does  not make for strength,  for  purity and  for  power. 

It  is  not  what  we  have  been  but  holiday attire,  but have all  seen  service. 

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·t Jrn  unknown.  Of  t hi s  kin]  ar  philoso phical  work 
F or  his  li1""t  1lr mo1r tration  he  supp o-·e  a  p  rson  to 
general.  Th eir perusal tends  dir  ctly  and po 11·erfull y  to . start  one foot  d istant  from  a  oumltng  steam  ·iren  and 
improve  the  rea  onin g  powers  :111d  g re:it ly  extend  the  then  to  mo1·c  a way,  one  foot  at a  t im e,  to  the  1 li ~t:lll c e 
boundary  of  human  wi sdom  and  happiness.  Th ey  haYe  of  ten  miles,  and  on  ~q u ari n g the  di~tance (52,800  fe et) 
been  termed  t he  "O rac le  of  nat ure  sp eak in o·  ont  of  he  tin ds  t he  a moun t  of  air  in  th e  large r  circle  to  h 
God's  g reat  temple,"  and  are  doing  much  to 
p rese tT e  :2,7 B7,8!J0,000  time: t hat in  the small er ; and,  if t he theory 
the  min d  ~rom  t he  dege neratin g  influ ence  lirought  to  be  trne,  t h ~ s»nnd  woulrl  be  011 e-l,i87,  !"lO,OOO th  that  :1t 
bear  upon  1t . 

onr  foot  d 1st:111t. 

in 

· 

. 

0

Man ,  wh ether J ew, Chri  t ian,  l\Ia ho111 edan  or  PaO'an, 

who  sits  down  to  Wesley  or W a.t  on  gets  up  a 
. and  better  man. 

H e  then  take  one  in ch  as  the  11nit  of  m easure, and 
bo ws  at hi~  brine  an  l  wor 0 hips,  a nd  a ll  will  co n ced~ we , goes  t hrough  th e  :uu e  li stance  as  befo re,  an l  co nclud e. 
"beli eve  that as  much  of hi s  present  ai)d  fu t ure  h app in e~s · t hat  t he  t wo  re ·ni ts  mu. t  be  t he  same,  if  t he  t heo ry  is 
· depends upon  th e  proper  exercise  and  de1·elopment of  true,  fo r  t he  sonnll  will dec rease t he  same  in  eit lter ca$e; 
bi s  moral  nature  as  upon  a ny  other.  Th en  it  is  not  but  in  t he  latter  case  he  find s  th e  q uantity  of  ai r  in  the 
.only  proper,  but  importan t  to  read  those  works  whi ch  circles  of  one  in ch  a nd  t en  mil es  rad ius  t o  be  in  t he 
· :.add ress  hi  moral  powers  and  in spire  his  devotion s.  He  rati o  of  1  to  -!0 1,448,960, 000,  g i1·ing  a  d ifference  of 
tronge1-.  398,66 1,120,000,  which  he  call s  th e  difference  of  int en-
I oity,  t bat  11·oultl  Jrn1·e  to  take  place  between  t he  two 
Since  the  human  mind  is  endowed  with  the  powcl's  start ing  points,  one  inch  and  one  foot,  which  eYident ly 
· of  imag in ation,  the  propriety of  no1' el  reading is  often I would  be  _i mp o~ ibl c.  Thi s  ;d e m o n ~ t rat i o n ,  he  says, 
It is  asked," Why do  we  posses t hi · fac ul ty if 1 oug ht  to  be suffi cient  to  co nv in ce  any san e  ma n that  th e 
· ur~ed. 
it 1s  not rig ht to  exercise  it?"  That  it i.s  not  on ly proper,  t heory  was  false, but theu goes  on to g irn  wh at he t erm .· 
b ut  important to exercise  it  cannot be  doubted .  But we  an  ab  olu te  demon' tration,  by  saying:  "If soun d  de-
1believe  th e  imagination  is  acti ng  out  of  its  proper  creases  as  t he  square  of  th e  d istan ce  beginning  at  one 
sphere  when  it  pushes  out from  all  creation  a nd  11  astcs  foot from  the  in strnm ent,  th en  it  dec reases  at the. ame 
"its energy in  mini stering  to  t he  momentary gratifi cati on  ratio  beg innin g  at  any other  distance. " 
of  the  t hirst ing  passions. 
H e  then  pl aces  a  person  ten  mil e  distant  from 
Watson,  we  would.  ask,  "ls  th e  world  so  barren  of  in ci- tl1e  siren,  lacking  J. 00  f eet,  then  taking  one  foot  a~  a 
I  measure and causing  him  t o  walk  hack  to  t he  te n  mi le 
dent t hat  we  must create  an  ideal  one  to  furnish  it? 
man  so  barren a  subject of  peculation  that we  must  ('On- stat ion,  finds  by sq uarin g  th e  100  feet  t hat  t he  ou nd  at 
·template  him  as  a  fau lty  or  fau ltle  s  monste r  tl1 at  t he  the  end  of  the  last  foot,  according  t o  theory  a nd  hi 
world  never  saw?"  H ence,  of  those  works  which  a re  hypothes is,  mu st  be  one- 10,00Clth.  of  that  at  t he  tir ~t 
add ressed  to  t he  pa  sions,  or  are calculated  to  reach  and  foot,  a nd  as  t he  most  cul t i rnted  e:11·  can  not  te ll  t he  di f 
. affect  the  heart, we  should  learn  t o  discrimin ate  between  ference  in  sound,  th e  theory  can  not be  trne. 
;the  ubstantial and th e  fi ctit iou  . 

He  t hinks  no w  he  has  fu ll y  exploded  t he  foo li sh  idea 
May  we  so  improve  our  time  in  read ing  that  it  will  in  t he  mind  of  any  candid  scienti fic  inYest ig:itor,  ancl 
· tend to  d irectly  help  in  our  different  YO<iatiom;  in  li fe, ' asks  cient ists to  explai n  a way  tbes  cliffi culti e.  or  for  
. and  al  o,  wh en  we  wi sh  to  spend  a  leisure  moment  in  eve r  bold  th eir  peace. 
I  t hink  we  sha ll  not  need  to lay any claim  to sc ien  e, 
reading;  we  may  wi th  " hi story ransack  th e  past,  with 1 
:geography  t ravel  round  the  world, with  astronom y  scout  but only  u  c  a  li ttle  co mmon  sense  in  looking  OYer  the 
.the  heavens,  a nd  with  philosop hy  plunge  in to  the  dee p- cri tics' arg uments, and  ~ee if  11·e  hall  co11 c\11de  t hat  our 
.est abys  of nature. " 

professors  oug ht  to  " hold  t heir  peace." 

In  the  forcible  word ~  of 

as  foll ows : 

The  gent leman  in  t he  first  demo n  t ration  h as  com 
pared the in tensity of so un d at t en miles lli  tant with t hat 
at one  foot,  ancl  t hen  11·itb  t bat  at  one  inch,  saying  th at 
t he  results  must  be  the  same,  if  th e  th eory  i  true,  for 
I the decrea:' e  in  so uud  is  the  same. 
I  am  stirpri sed  t hat 
In t he August  number  11f  th e  L itP l'al'.'f  llficrocos11i  is  he  d id  not  noti ce  at once  t hat  hi .  latte r  re  ul t  was  lH 
an  article written  by  the  ed ito r  attempting  to  explode I times  the fo rmer, and,  as  th e  last computation  was made 

A ReYiew  of a  Re,·iew. 
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Tw  c r,AHE!\ CE  GILLETT . 

ter  res ult  woulrl  be  14.+  time 

the  current  t heor y  of  sound.  The  theory  is,  that  t he  in  in ches,  th e  sound  would ·be  decreased  144  times wh en 
·intensity or loudn ess  of  so und decreases  as  th e  -qua re of  it  reached  the extent  of  t he  unit of  meas ure  used  in the 
I first compu tation, and as  t he decrease  went  on  from herc 
· the distance  from  t he  so ut)ding  bocly  increases. 
Th e  reason  for  belieYing  thi:l  theo ry  is  substantially  toget her,  and ended at  the same  place,  of  course  the  lat-
the fo rmer,  th e same  as  at 
A  thin,  circula r  strat um  of  air,  o.ne  foot  in  radius,  first.  After  thi s  de mon  t ration  he  exclaims :  "ls th ere 
·contains  one-fourth  th e  a moun t  of  air  that  wou ld  be  any  man  in  Christendo m  o  blind  in  scientifi c  matte1·s 
·contained in  one  of  t wo  feet  radius,  and one-ninth  t he i that he  can  not see  t he  absurdity of  t his  la w?"  If th ere 
amount in  one  ha Ying  a  radius  of  t hree  f eet,  a nd  so  o n ; ' i8  a nd  an,·  man  is  t ryin O'  to  lead  him  to  the  li O"ht  wi th 
I  ' 
·consequent  y,  1  soun  1s  propa~at e d in  :l' rial waY es,  the  uch  logic,  11·c  are  ' nre  t hey  11·ill  both  fall  into  the ditch, 
leading  t he 
quantity  of  air to  be  set in  motion  at two  feet woul d  be  fo r  it  is  a  st rikin g·  exampl e  of  t he  blin d 
four  time" and  at  th ree  f eet  nine  t imes  t he  1mount  at  blind. 
But ho11·  are  we  croin O'  to  get  arou11Ll  t hat absolute 
·one  foot  di. tant  from  a  so undin g  bocly  placed  at  t he 
0
center.;  con  equently  the  intensity  of  t he  sp un d  at  t he  de111o n._t ratio11  wh ere 
loudn ess  of  , ouncl  decrease. 
resp.ect ive. d istance  would  be  on e-fo urth,  a nd  011e  ninth  10,0&0  time::;  11·it hout  t here  l1eing  a  perceptibl e  change? 
I If t he  other  a rO' nm cnt  i.  ab  urd,  t h i  surel r  is  rid1cu-
·t he  mtens1tr at one  foot dista.nt. 
llo  ay',  and  we  all  kn ow  it  i  o,  that 
says., n?  one  doubts,  but the sound th eo ry  he  pronoun ces  t he  theory  i:<  trn e  whe n  applieLl  to  1uantity  of  ai" 
" A  more g la ring an l  Th en,  acco nlin g  to  hi s  fi g uring , t he  qua nti ty of  ai r  in 
prod1gwmly erroneo us,  aucl says: 
m onstro usly  absurd  hypothesis  than  tbi  mat hematical I th e  circle  with  ten  mil e 
is  10,000  times  the 
ircle  with  a  radiu  of 100  feet  less.  T o 
fo rm!1la  can  not  be imag in ed."  H e  giv es  a  fe w  demon-
strat10ns,  as  he  call 
a.mazed  t o 
c~me to t he  logical  conclusion.  These  demon  tration ~ I I t hink  that a ny  an e  ma n  can beli e1·e  t hat  uch  reasonin g 
1w1ll  state,  anc}  then  re,·ie" ·  t hem  to  t est  t heir valid ity. , can  b e  appli ed  to  t.h e  intensity  of  sound.  V{ e  are gla1l 

Thi s  th eor y  a ppli ed  to  t he  in crease  of  a ir,  t he  ed itor  lously  ab~ nrd . 

that  he  h a  belieYe  t hi s  doe  not . tagger  him,  but  he  i 

them,  to  proYe  t o  u 

quantit y  in  t he 

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THE  COLLEGE  S PECUL UM. 

to  inform him  that we  never  have  heard  of  a  sane  man 
t hat could  believe either, and  do not think  we  ever shall. 
If he  will  take  inch e., 
·But why does  he  employ  feet'? 
a.nd go  through  the  la.st  100  feet  in  the  same  way,  he 
will  isee  that he  can increase the quantity  of air 1,4-10,000 
times; but as  each circle is of the same size,  a nd holds  the 
same  amount of  air,  he  has  now  proved that fi g ures li e. 
What  a  pity that this  was  not found  out long ago,  that 
we  might  not  have  been  deceived  by  them  all  these 
years! 

· 

The  error  in  the last  demonstration  was  in  beginning 
at a  distance from  the  so unding  body  and  in changing 
t he  unit of  measurement,  while  in  all  the other cases he 
began  at the  sotrnding body with  a  unit of measurement, 
which  was retained  throughout  the  whole  distance. 

There  are  two  other arguments  in  the same  article, 
which  are eq uall y  frail,  t hat I  would  be  g lad  to  review, 
leave  it  with  my 
but  space  will  not  permit. 
readers to decide  whether or not  the article  un de r  rev iew 
completely  exp lodes  the  long  a nd  univ ersally  adopted 
theory  ef  sound. 

I  will 

'l'he  Natural  History  Society. 

The  July  meeting  was  held  on  Friday,  t he  22d,  one 
week  later  than  the  regular  time,  and  was  the  last meet 
i 1: g  of  the  college  year.  Th ere  were  106  persons  pres 
ent.  The  reports  of  th e offi cers  showed  an  accession  of 
twenty-three  members  during the year ;  d onations to the. 
museum  have  been quite  liberal;  the whole  number  of 
papers  presented  were  20- eig ht  on  botany,  four  on 
zoology,  three  on  chemistry,  three  on  geology,  t wo  on 
scientifi c  methods,  and  t h0re  ,,·ere_ fonr  lectu res  or  in 
fo rmal  talks. 

An illustrated  paper  was  presented  on  "A  Compari 
son  of  the  fl owers  of  apple  trees  with  t hose  of  pear 
In  general  the  apple  flow ers 
trees,"  by F.  F .  R ogers. 
a re  larger  than  those  of  the pear.  The  sepals  of  ap pl e 
flo wers  are shorter  and  broader  t han  those  of  the  pear. 
In both  the sepals  a re  mor e  or  less  woolly.  The  sepals 
of  pears are  at  least half  as  -long  as  the  petals  and  a re 
us ually  qu ite  long  and  taper-pointed.  Their  stam ens 
are not very unlike.  The most marked d iffenmce  is  seen 
In  the  case of  the apple,  the  styles  are 
in  the . tyles. 
united  from  on e-fo urth  to  one-half  of  their length  form 
ing  a  stalk  or  stipe;  ·whil e  in  the  pear  the  styles  are 
distinct  to  the  base.  The  caly x  tube  of  the  pear  is 
some wh at  glob ul ar,  while  that  of  t he  apple  is  urn-
shaped. 

· 

Several varieties of apple  blossoms  and pear blossoms 

were described  in  detail,  with acc nrate measurements. 

F.  S.  K edz ie,  as  istant in  chemistr y,  performed  a  ve ry 
n eat  experiment,  that  of  freezin g  water  by pouring  on 
liqu id  sulphurous acid. 

An  illustrated  paper was  read  on  "A comparison  of 
t he  epidermis  of  mature  cotyledo ns  with  those  of 
t rue  leave_s,"  by  Mrs.  M.  J.  C.  Merrill.  The  size  and 
hape  of  the  cells of  t he  ep idermi s,  in cluding  stoma-ta, 
on  both  sides  of  mature  cotyledons,  the  relativ e  fre 
th eir  a.rrangei;nent,  were  com 
quency  of  stomata  and 
pared  with  those  on 
the  fir  t,  fourth  and  sixth  true 
Some  order  is  often  seen  in  the arra ngement 
leave~. 
of  stomata,  as  in  rows  with  one  to  t hree  row s  of  cells 
between.  The  stomata  in  these  rows  may  be in  pairs, 
In some  ases  a  stoma  is  surrounded 
or  may  altern ate. 
by  six  or  eig ht  other 
in  regular  order.  Th e  number 
of  stomata  on  a  leaf  four  inches  long of  comm on  beet 
was  11 8,812  for  the  upper  side,  and  237,624  for  the 
lower  side. 

Th e  upper  surface  of  a  leaf  of  marigold,  Calendulct 

vfficinalis)  of  four square  in ches  cont ained  27,008  stom 
ata.,  the lower  40,5 12. 

Th e size  of the cells  vari es  with  their position,  being 
larger  on  the  upper side  t han  on  the lower,  and  smaller 
on  the sixth leaf than  on  those  leaves  whi ch  are  older or 
nearer  th e  roots. 

In  the  arrangement  of  the  cells  surrounding  the 
stomata  no  order  was  observed,  they  being  placed  in. 
any  way  to  fi ll 
the  space.  Examinations  of  plants. 
were  confined  to  dicotyledons. 

Prof. R.  F.  K edzie,  of  the  Agricultural  and Mechau 
ical  Colle_ge of  Mississippi,  was  present and spoke  some 
what  at  length  of  th at  portion  of  the  South  which  he 
had  seen.  Prof.  Kedzie  is  the  only  person  who  has 
twice  served  the  N atnral  History  Society  as  its  presi 
dent.  He complimented  our  society,  said  their  coll ege 
had  organized  one  after  the  same · plan and  it  was  "all 
the  rage."  H e  described  the  first  Southern  political 
meeting  which  he  attended.  This  was  at  J ackson; 
T enn essee.  No  one  was  shot.  H e  desc ribed  a  scene 
on  the  streets  of  a  Southern  v illage  as  observed  on 
Saturday,  when  the  negroes  were  enj oying  t hemselv es 
with  all  sorts  of  trinkets,  ca ndy,  ribbons,  je wsha rps, 
si ng in g,  la ughing  a nd  dan cing.  He · spoke  of  the  red 
clay  or  mullatto  land  and  th e  black  prairie  soil;  of 
the  deep  g ulleys  being  washed  ont  by  rains  beca.use 
t he  soil  is  very  fine  and  no  grasses  fo rm  a  close  turf. 
H e  spok e  of  the  oaks,  hickori es,  pines,  gum  trees  and 
persimmons.  The.  cultivation  is  usually  done  with  a 
one-horse  j>low,  drawn  by  a  mule,  driven  by  a  negro; 
The  soil  is  often  cut  and  covered  only  a  f e w  in ches 
deep.  Th e  roads and  the boundaries  of fi elds  follow the · 
lay  of  the land a nd  not  th e cardinal  points of  the  com 
It  is  raised  and  sold. 
pass.  Cotton  is  the  g reat  crop. 
to  buy  almost  everything  else  needed.  The  crop 
is 
often  mortgaged  before  it  is  raised.  A  greater  diver 
sity  of  crops,  the  professor  thinks,  ·would  be  of  great 
benefit  to the count ry.  The  negroes  will  ofteu  pay two 
or  three  dollars  per acre as  rent  on  land  for  one  year, 
when  the land could  be  bought for fiv e  to  ten  dollars  an 
acre.  Th e  negroes are improving  slowl y.  Th e college 
students  take  bnt very littl e  interest  in  politics.  They 
work  well  a nd  study  well ,  though  th eir common  schools 
have  not  g iven  them many  advantages. 

Dr.  Beal  0xhib ited  some  specimens  of ·  Bermuda, 

grass from  the botanic  gard en. 
J_,ast  a utumn  Dr.  K ed 
zie  brought  some  of  this  to  th e  college,  where  it  was 
In  spring  it  was  planted 
wintered in  the gr,een-hou se. 
out.  It  grew slowly for a  while,  but as  the weather Le- 
came  warm  it  branched  out  a nd  spread  rapidly. 
It 
sends  the  tips  of  its  pointed,  jointed  stems  into  the · 
gronnd.  R oots  start  at  every  joint on  prostrate  stems 
which  touch  the  soil. 

L.  H .  Bailey,. Jr.,  spoke  iu  hig h  .te'rms  of  the  new 
catalogue  of 
the  plants  of  Michigan.  H e  exhibited. 
plants  of  L einna mino1·  in  blossom.  This  is  a flo ating 
plant,  not one-eighth  of  an  inch  in  diameter.  It  has  
blossomed  here  ever y  year  fo r  many  years.  H e  ex 
hibited  also  plants of  TVolffia from South  H aven,  where 
It  is  the  smallest  flow ering  plant 
it is very abundant. 
kn ow n,  only  a  speck  without  roots  floating  on 
the.· 
water.  Mr;  Bailey  also  exhibi tell  flowers  of  ErytMcea · 
Centcmriwn, a  plant in trod need  on  the coll ege grounds .. 
It  is  spoken  of  in  G ray'  Ma n nal  as  occurring  only 
at Oswego,  N.  Y. 

A.  C.  R edding  h ad  been  shown  a  bead  of  wheat 
containing  chess  on  one  side.  Dr.  Beal  had  received 
simil ar  specimeus  nearl y  every  year.  Th e  panicles  of 
chess 
i11  some  way  get  pulled  t hroug h  t he  spike  of 
wheat  which  holds  the chess.  The  chess  can  easily  be 
liberated  by spreading  the chaff  of  th~ wh eat.  Th ere  is . 
no  union of  the ch ess  and  wheat .. 

THE  CO L LEG E  SP ECU L U M. 

19 

1 

The  meeti ng  of  September  16th  wa 
Dr.  K edz ie  read  a  paper on  " W atered 

A n elect ion  wa"  held,  res ul t ing  as  fo ll ows : 
point ing  do wnw ard '.  As  the  bu ru l>le  bee  back · out  of 
Pre  ide nt,  L.  H . Ba il ey,  Jr.;  ' rice-P re  ident,  F.  F. , t he  fl o wer  wi th  hi .  back  down,  t hi s  pine  and  the hairs 
.  Reddin g;  Trea-ure r,  F.  E.  j catc h  on  his  abdomen,  a nd  a re  p r  s ·eel  upward  and  t he 
·Roge r  ;  Secreta ry,  A. 
D ela no;  C urato r,  F.  S.  l\:eclzie;  D irecto rs,  James  Troop,.  . li t  ope ns;  when  th ey  let go  of  t he  bee  t he  anthe r  wall 
.Dr.  W.  J .  Beal,  '\T.  · ..  Latta,  L.  A .  Buell  a n cl  D.  C. ,  pring  back  to  p lace  a nd  t he  poll en  is  t hro wn  fo rcibly 
on  t he  bee,  ready  to  he  rnbbed  off  on  t be  exserted  pi· til 
.H olliday,  Jr. 
of  the  next ti o we r  1·i:.:ited . 

1.-ell  atte nded. I  P rofe.  or  Cook  . pok  of  the  cur iou s  fact t hat man y 

tock."  R ail-

A  communi cation  wa 

tock  i.  not  the  onl y  "watered" a rt icle. 

t ent  ca terpill ar,  t he  to mato  moth  an<l 

in  ects  a re  double  hroo1l ed  t h i  year,  uch  as  were  neYer 
ilk  a nd  known  to 11e  so  bdore.  He ment ioned  part icularl y  th e 
road 
·.wool abso rb  moisture  a nd  cha nge  in  weig ht.  When  in 
t he  luna  silk 
pil es  or  bins  woo l  ab, orbs  m uch  water  and  becomes  moth,  alt bouo-h  t he  latter  i  common ly 1l o11ble  brooderl 
h eav ier ;  wLrnn  taken  t o  market  in  a  wagon,  howe ver,  it  fa rth e r  south. 
will  lose  weig ht,  and  t he  man  wh o  barter  ab out  all 
r  ad,  relating  to  t he  benefits 
-d ay  fp r  an  increase  of  a  cent  or  t wo  on  a  poun d  of  of small  bir ls as  in sect de  trnye rs,  fro m J ohn  E. Tay lor, 
wool,  loses  more  t han  that  a mount  in  weig ht.  w· ood  · of  0 ti sco.  SeYen  bln ej ays  had  th e  fo llo wing  ar t icle.  in 
..gives  off  _la rge  qu ant itie!;  of  water  in  seaso ning.  One I t heir g izzards,  Jul y  2!),  in  abo ut  t he  propo rt ion  in dicat 
_.year  is  not  enoug h  to  deprive  it  of  its  moisture;  wood  ed  in  the  tabl e: 
w~ich h~d been. kept  dry .f~ r  30?  years '~as fo un d  to  be j --------------~--~----~--
I No. 1. 1 Xo. 2. 1 X o. 3.  j  X o. 4.  j No.  5.  \  Xo. 6.  K o. 7. 
d a1ly  losrng  moisture.  Ca hfo rma  wh eat 1s  so  d ry  wh en 
ha rvested  th at  when  it  is  taken  to  t he  damper  a ir  of 
t he  sea  coast  it  gain s  7  per  cent.  in  weig h t,  or  t he  gain I Io  ects  . . . ... ..  00.101 oo.oo\ 00.05  oo.oo 00. 051 00.00  00.00 
;is  suffi cient  to  pay for  its  t ranspor tation.  Very  many  Clover  seed . ...  00.00100.00  5 .00  00  00  20.00  00  00  00.00 
,substances  a re  t hus  h.ig hl y  h ygroscopic,  a  chloride  of  Corn  ...... •...  50. 00,  00 .00
';"5 . ~ 00 .00  20. 02100.00  00. 00 
, ul phuric  acid.  G lycerine  is  fo un d  by  Dr. I  W h e~.t .. .......  40.90,  00.00  1  .9'->I  00 .001 i9 .!);.il 00. 00 L00.00 
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\_e  z1e  o  e ong  o 
m ent ioned  in  t he  text  books.  F rom  t hi s  property  of 
T otal . .... ... 100.00,100.00 100  00  00.00100.00 100.00 100.00 
ab so rb ing  moisture  from  t he  atmosphere,  it  is  used  in 
to  keep  the 
•m aking  t he  best  q uality  of 
p oint  moist.  The  professor  fo und  t hat  g ly ·erine  ex 
po  ed  fo r  t wenty-two  days  to  t he  exceeding ly  tlry  ai r 
·of  last A ug ust  woul d  increase  in  bulk  one-t hird . 

H e fin ds  t he  king-bird  gLtil ty  of  "beeicide"  in  about 
t wo  cases  in  a  hun d red,  b ut  rega rds  him  a  a very  useful 
b ir l.  H e  also  strong ly  upholds  t he  rob in,  and  recom 
mends  t he  pla nting  of  nfficient  cherry  t ree 
th e 
use  of both  robi n  and  fami lies. 

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" H ow  pea  get  np  in  t he  worl d,"  was  a  paper  read. 
b y  C.  P .. Gill ett.  Pea  ,  like  some  other  t hings,  bave 
a  g reat  t endency  to  " catch  on"  to  objects  of  sui table 
ize.  This  i.  do ne  by  t he  use  of  t ra nsformed  leati ets 
called  tendrils.  H e  gave  some  reasohs  fo r  beli e1·ing 
t hat  t he  tend ril s  a re  transformed  leati ets;  t hat  tend ril 
are  not  fully  developed  un t il  th ey a re  needed  fo r  sup 
p ort;  t hat  t hey vary  in  position  and fo rm ;  t hat t hey will 
only  twin e  about  mall  objects, ·a nd  e xpla in  how  t hey I 
act in th e  prese nce  of  objects or  free  fr om  t hem. 

"Sleeping  pla nt  ,"  were  d iscussed  by  H.  .T.  Coryell. 

D r.  K ed zi e  pre  entecl  an  a mendment  to  th e  co nsti 
tut ion,  to  be  voted  11 pon  next  meet in g,  to . change  the 
ti me  of  hold ing  meet ings  from  the  t hir ]  .F ri1fo.y  t o  th e 
scco ncl  .Friday  of each  mo nth . 

'l'he Society  for  the  Promotion  ot'  Agri cultural 
Science. 

Th is  societ y  held  its  annual meeting  1.uring  A ug ust 
l Gt h  and  17t h,  at  Cin cinnati,  Ohi o.  Th ere  was  a  good 

make  them  sleep. 

H e  had  examined  and  experimented  wit h  ~e v ernl  differ- I attericlance  of  members  and  of  others  not members. 
A  · hort  in t rod uctory add ress  was g iven  by  the Pre.  i 
·ent  varieties  of  plants  a nd  fo und  that  t hey  were  all  j 
de nt,  D r.  'V.  J.  Beal.  H e referred  to t he  peculiar  fi eld 
·quite  regular  iu th eir habits  of  "sleep. "  Th e  manner 
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and tim e  of  closin g  or  "sleeping"  he  fo nn cl 
to  var y  in  ancl  t he  g reat  need  of  such  a  oc iety,  of  the  g reat inter 
different  varieties.  H e  also  fonnd  t hat  lig h t  was  not ' est  sho wn  not  o nl~r  by  all  of  its  members  bu t  by  many 

n ecessary  to  keep  th em  a wake,  neither  would  darkn ess I ot her  who  wish  to see  ag ric nl t ure  ad ,·an ce.  The  presi-

Freel  J.  H od..,.es  read  a n  article  on  " P osit ion  of 

. 
"As a  society, good works  fo r  a n  honorable  name are 
,honey  in  plants.?.  This  eems  like  a  ver y  easy  t hing  yet to  be  won  if  they a re  eve r  won.  Our aims  are hig h, 
•to  determiirn,  but  after  examining  many fl o wers  of  d if- a nd  wi t h  uni ted,  earn est  effort,  a g rand  fu t ure  is  before 
In  u;<.  Ernn  at t hi s  early  day  we  ha,·e  the  united  in terest 
:fe rent  plants  be  did  not  find  it so  easy  in  all  cases. 
many  fl owers  t he  honey  is n ot  perceptahle  at  all ,  whil e  and  cordial  sup po rt  of  all  the  m e mb e r~ .  Om·  most 
In  t he  red  cloYe r  t he . n1.luable  work may  not  attract  publi c  attent ion,  but  let 
in  oth ers  it  is  quit e  ea  il y  seen. 
tlow is  qui te  slow,  whil e  in  t he  milkweed,  fi g wo rt  and  not  t his  lead  to  d iscouragement.  Our  a im  is  not  for 
I ] i·play or  attracting  large  numher  by  fl o 11·ery  peech es 
'Verbena  the  tlow  is  very  rapi d . 

dent  closed as  follo \\·s : · 

L.  H .  Bailey,  Jr. , illustrated  by d rawin g-s  t he peculia r  anno unced  in  pleasin g  programme . 

in  cross-fe r t ilizat ion,  a nd 

f ertilization of  th e wil d  yell ow fo xg love,  Ge1w·dia.flava. 1 
'"' Ye  have orga nized  in  t he  most prosperous  t imes  in 
-H e  remarked  t hat  t he  t ime  would  undoubted ly  soon 
t he  whole  history  of  o u1 .. g reat  nat: on,  when  cience  and 
1 
·Come  wh en  botanists  would  be  abl e  to  d iv ide  fl o werin g 
its  ap plica tions a re  prog res~ in g with  unpa ralleled  rapid  
pl ants  in to  many  g reat  natural  orders  from  t he  ya riou ' I ity.  We  may  well  rejoice  t hat  we  Ii Ye  in  uch  au  pi 
cont rivances  employed 
t hat '  cious  t.ime  ,  a nd  take  pride  in  t hi s  nohle  unde rtaking 
t hese orders  would  very  nearl y  coin cide  wi th  t he present  which  may  accompl i  h  ome  good  fo r  ag ri cult ure - an 
n atural  ord e r~.  They  would  not,  of  course,  in  any  way I h  norabl e  bu  ine 
in  whi ch  01·er  one-h alf  of  our peopl e 
suppla nt  t he  cla  sificat ion  as  we  haYe  it  no11-.  T he I ar  engaged,  a nd  in  which  all  a re  deeply  in terested.' 
method  of  fe rtilization  of  t he wild  fo xg love  in  question 
P rof. L.B. A rnold  read a  I a1 er on  "Some ne w poin t 
r epresents  to  a  g reat  extent  th e  f er t ilizat ion  of  most  of  in  dai ry ing." 
t he 
in  regard  to  the  cereals." 
t he  didynamons  members  o f t~ Scrophnl ariace:u:  T he  works  of  t he  tenth  censn 
a nthers  open  along  a sut ure or  slit, where  stiff  hairs  point  D r.  '\V . .T.  B eal,  " Testing  seeds."  D r.  U.  C.  Ca ld well, 
-do wnwards,  and  at  i ts  lower  end  is  a  sharp  spine,  also  "Analy;;is  of  milk."  D r.  R.  D .  H alsted,  " The  agricul-

'\iV.  H.  B rewer,  "~ome of 

P rof. 

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T HE .  COL L EG E  SPECULUM. 

t nral  im;trtlction  of  t he  youn g." .  Dr.  R.  C.  K edzie, ! Th e  hardenin g  of  the  berry  in  dead ripening is not from . 
. th e  increase  of  glu t en  b ut  of  woody  matter. 
•: The  ri penin g  of  wheat"  and  ' 'Vesiculating  ·test  fo r 
"4.  Th e  rapid  accumtll ation  of  starch  and  other · 
wheat flour."  Dr.  E.  L.  Sturtevant,  " Th e  relation  of 
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seed ing  to  t he  quality  of  fruits  a.nd  vegetables."  J . J.  ca rb-h yd rates,  attendin g  and  fo ll owing· t he  milky  stage · 
Thomas.  " The  aims  of  the society" and  "Experim ents I of  the  berry,  is  t he  most  striking  feature  of  ripening, 
papers, t hey  were  read  before  th e  Entomological  section I the best condition  f01·  cutting, both  for  the p1·ocluce1·  and · 

and  when  the  starch  has  accumulated so  that  the  berry 
A s Professor Cook  was  not present in  t ime to read  his  will  critsh  dr·y  between  the  tlmrnb nails,  the  gntin is in 

on  the  roots  of  plants." 

of  t he  A.  A.  A.  S.  The  papers  called  out  mu ch  valu- 1 the consurnei·.  By dead  ripening  there  is less  g rain, and 
able  discussion  and  were  reported  by t he  press. 

, the value  of  the  grain  for  food  is  diminished." 

fu rni shed  by t he  auth or: 

The  following  summary  of  Dr.  B eal's  paper~b as been 

The  Cincinnati  E nqitirei·,  in  its  long  report beaded 
"Scientifi c  Georgics,"  ' ' P en-pictures  of  t he  specialists,'.' · 
"In makin g  tests,  the fa ct  must not be  lost  sig ht ·of  " The  papers  read,''  etc.,  among  other  thi ngs  contains · 

that the ti nest  looking  seeds,  and ·t hose  which  sbo'v  the  the fo llowing: 
" The  Society  for  t he  Promotion  of  Agricultural 
g reatest proport ion  of  living seeds,  may  not be th e most 
desirable fo r  t he fi eld  or  garden. 
:Much  depends  on  th e  Science. began  its  second  annual  meeting  in  one  of  the 
variety.  Go•Jd,  fresh,  genuine  seeds,  whose  history  is  art  rooms  of  the  Exposition  b uild ing  yeste1:day  morn 
k nown,  are  desirab le to  test alongside  of  others  wh ose  ing .  It has  twenty-one  members,  co mprising  t he  most 
history  is  unkn own.  F resh,  good  seeds var y  less in  t he  noted  scientists  in  the  U nited  States;  t hose  who,  in 
di fferent.  modes  of  testin g  t han·  do  old  or  dam aged  their  various specialties,  in  fact,  sta nd  without :t  peer  in 
t he  world -me n  wh o h ave  devoted  t heir  lives  to  t he  in 
seeds  After  many  tests  in  several  ways,  new  ha nd 

i;aved  wh eat  was  sho11·11  to  average  nearl y  loo.per  cent. I vestiga.tion  of  the  innum erable  subj ects  which  a re  th e 

of  ger min ating  see d ~,  whil e  one  lot  of  old  wh eat  vari ed  outgro wth  of  ag ricultu re, and wh ose  efforts  have tended 
'l'iie  test,s  of  wheat  in  g reatly  to  t he  advancement  of  farm ing  as  a  business . 
much,  fro m  !3'3 to  91l  per  cent. 
. open g round were more  vari ab le  and  un satisfacto ry  t han 
Th e membership  is  sma.11,  and  it  is  propo  ed  to keep  1.·t 
i n  any  other  way.  As  was  expect ed,  t he  change ·  of  so.  The  rnl es  governing  admi ssion  a re  exceed inD"!y 
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weather,  t he  damage from  insects,  birds  0 1·  mol es,  inter- strict,  and  the a pplicant or  nominee mu st  be  a  person"' of 
fe red  with  t he  outdoor  experiments  to  a  considerable  unusual scientifi c  standing  and  learning. 
extent.  Th e  same  was true of  all  t he  other  seeds tested. 
"A  seri es  of  experiments  have  been  mad e  to  aid  in 

"Yesterday's  gathering  was  hig hly  satisfacto ry  to 
those  attendin g, and all  f elt considerably  elated  over  th e 

determining the mostfav<Jrable temperature fo r  the seeds  brilli ant prospects  of  t h e  Society." 
of  squashes and  the like  to germin ate.  The most favo r-
Dr.  Beal was re-electecl  P resident;  Dr. Sturtevant re-. 
abl e  and  unifo r m  results  were obtain ed  by  t esting  in  a  elected  Secretary.  L.  8.  Arnold  and  President  and 
roon1  wh ere  th e  thermometer  rose  to  100°  or  136°  F .  Secretary constit ute the Execut ive  Committee. 
d uring  a  considerable part  of  the  day.  Seeds of  melons 
and  cucumbers  were  less  parti cular in  regard  to temper-
atnre  t han  were  t hose  of 
p u.mpkins. 

Fourteen  new  memb ers  were  elected.  making thirty 
fiv e in  all.  Among  these  were  'N.  W.  D aniels, '6 4;  W. 
q uashes  and  W.  Tracy,  '6 7;  S.  M.  Tracy,  '68 ;  R.  F.  Kedzie  :;wil  E. 

M.  Sh elto n,  '7 1;  F .  A.  Gull ey,  '80. 

th e  larger 

"It was fo un d  that  wheat  once  pro uted  a  little  and 
well  dri ed  would  spro ut  a second time in  most cases,  and 
t his  well  dried  would  sprout a  t hird  t ime.  After  d rying  TJie  American .A ssociation for tbe Acl vancement 
t he  same  plumul e  started  ea.ch  time,  but  new  roots 
always  took  the  place  of  older  one.  whi ch  were  dri ed." 
P robably  the most valuable  paper  read  was  that  of 
"\Ve  g ive  an 

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of'  Science. 

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D r.  K edzi e,  on  "The  ripening  of  wh eat." 
abstract made  by  the  author : 

" The  compo ' iti on  of  w heat  at  diffe rent  peri ods  of 
ripening  is  a  subj ect of  so  much  importance  that it  was 
this  laborato ry. 
made  a  matter  of  carefu l  st udy  in 
T went y-one  specimens  of  wh eat,  of  th e  C lawson  and 
Schumacher  were  se le..;t~d at  the  same  hour fo r  21  coll · 
secutive  days,  embracing  t he  time  from  first fo rmation 
of  berry  to  dead  ri peness.  T hese  fo rty-two  specimens 
were  carefully  analyzed  by  my  assi, taut  in  chemi str y, 
now  Prof. R.  F .  Kedzie,  of  A.  and  M.  College  of  Mis 
sissippi. 

" The  following  su mmary  g ives  the  most  salient 

points in  this  inv estigation : 

"I.  The  gross  p rod uct  rapidl y  in creased  up  to com 
plete hardening  of  th e  berry,  and  t hen  fell  off  to a small 
b nt app reciable  a.moun t. 

"2.  Th e  cellulose  or  woody  matter  ra'1  idl y  de 
creased  as  t he  berry  ri pened,  b ut  after  it  became  dead 
ripe  it  increa ' ec1 ,  sho wing  a  lo  s  of  uutritive  valu e  in 
over-ripening . 

"3.  Th e  albuminoids  were  present 

in  relatively 
larger  amoun t  at the earliest  peri ods  of  g rowth,  a nd  t he 
percentage of  album in oids  f ell  off  ver y  rapidly  in  pro 
cesf;  of  g rowth,  and  was  less  at  period  of  dead  ripeness 
than  at  earlier  periods.  So  also  t he  actual  amo un t  or 
pounds  to  the acre  of  albumin oicts  was  less  at the  dead 
ripe  stage  t han  when  the  wheat  was  'i n  the  dough.' 

This association  held  its  thirtieth  annual  meet in g  at 
'l'h e  session  began  August  16th  a nd ' 
Cincinn ati,  Ohi o. 
continued  one  week. 
T he  meeting  was  attended 
by  abo ut  500  members  and  many  wh o  were  not  mem 
bers.  Within  about  nin e  years  the  membership  has  in- . 
creased  from  500  to  2,000. 
I t  is  every  year  becomi1w 
more  effi cient.  · It  is  now  d ivicled  into  the  following 
sections,  all  of  whi ch  may  meet  at  the  same  hour  in 
different  rooms:  A,  Mathematics  and  A stron omy;  B, 
.1£, 
Physics;  C,  Ch emistr y;  D,  Mecha nical  Science; 
Geology and  Geography ;  F ,  B iology;  G,  Histology and 
Microscopy ;  H ,  Anthropology ;  I, Economic Science  and 
Statist ics. 

Dr.  J.  vV.  Dawson,  of  Montreal,  was  elect ed  Pres i 
dent fo r  the  next  meeting.  Th e  meeti ng  will  be  held ' 
at th e  residence  of  the  President,  beginning  Oil  th e  24th 
of  August,  18  2. 

Free  lun ches  were  g iven  t he  members  ever y  day  of 
tn  the 

th e  session,  and  .free  excursions  on  rail roads 
Mammoth  Cave a nd  to  Chattanooga. 

Ev ery  member was furnished  wit h  a  badge, on  which . 
wa  stamped  a  number  corresponding  to  a  prin ted  list 
is  ued  with  t he  dail y  programme  of  exercises. 

Prof essors  K echi c,  Cook  and  B eal  attend ed 

the · 

association. 

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Professor  Cook  read  two  papers.  The  foll owing 

are  abstract  furni shed  by  t he  a uthor: 

"The two  papers,  ' The  Syrian  bees' and  'Carbolic· 

acid  as  a  preventive  of 

insect  ravages,'  were  pre-

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Jone  -Benton  exped ition  to .Europe,  and  th o  importati on 
of  the Syrian  and Cyp rian bees  into  Am erica,  pI'occeded  Puhli  heel  Qaartcrl y,  eon  th e 1st of  August,  Oct'r. April  and  Jun e, 
to describe  in  detail  the  form er  race.  Th e  g reat superi- 1 
ority  of  these  bees  lies  in  the ir  co ntinuou s  breed ino· 
·eYen  in  the face  of a. honey dearth .  The  chief obj ectio~;  Tl!E  ilU CIHGA!'I  S'CA1'£  AGRlCULTUltAL  COLLEGE. 
In  th eir  very  Terms,  t<'itty  Ucnt.s  n  year;  Single  uumberR,  15  cents. 
to  th em  is  their  lack  of  amiability. 
sti·iking  uniformity,  which  applies  no  less  to  the  drone.~ 
and  queens  than  to  the  workers,  they  form  a  strikin o· 
contrast  to the Italians, and illustrates the effects  of clos~ 
in-and-in  breeding.  The  fact  that all  the dron es,  even 
·Of  impurely  mated  queens,  bear  the  same  stamp,  sus 
tains  the law of  parthenogenesis." 

L.  H.  BA.ILE\", JR .,  E .lito r-in -Ohief .. .. ... .. ..  . .. .... 
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L.  W.  H OYT, Stocretar.L . .. .. . . . . Correspondence.  Exchanges and Colleges. 
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DR .  \\".  J.  BEAL . ..
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"The second  paper  gave the  results  of  some  experi 
ments  with  a  carbolic  acid  mixture.  The  liquid  was 
made as· follows:  To two  quarts of soft soap  was added 
. one  gallon  of  water.  This  was  heated  till  it  boiled, 
when one pint of  crude  carbolic acid  was  added,  and  all 
allowed  to  cool.  This  diluted  with from  fifty "to  one 
hundred  parts  of  water,  was  used  with  good  succc ·s I 
l  R  n en  s  are  ma -1ng  constant  1nqu1nes  and  pre-
a()'a111st  t  e ra  is 
fly  (Anthomyia  brassicce),  and  the  squash  root  borer ' di ct ions  a  to  the  probable  future success  of  'l nE  SPEct·-
( ..l/!.Jgeria  ciwurbitce).  The  liquid,  without dilution,  is  ex-
L U M.  Whil e  its  present  indi cati ons for  a  long and  use 
cellent  as  a  wash for apple,  pear and  p each  trees  to  re1 el  ful  li fe  are  very  auspicious,  it  may  still  be  well  to  giv e 
the borers.  On  the  trnnks  of  the  appl e  arid  pea r  t rees  at thi.'  t im e  . ome  words  of  cauti on  r e()'ardin ()'  the future 
of  Michi()'an  it  sho uld  b e  appli ed  the  first a ncl 
.Jnne; on the peach  in  July,  about the 15th." 

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" 'e  wi sh  to  imp~·css  upon 
Profes  or Cook  reail a  third  paper,  "How  does  the  our  contnlrn to rs,  ao:  well  as  up on  future  editors,  the 
bee extend  its  tongue,''  which  was  ingeni ous  and  Yery  necess it y  of  making  Tu E  • ' rEcn .ur a  high-toned paper. 
It i.  prornrbially  a  fau lt  wit h  coll ege  µape r~  that  th ey 
valuable,  but t echnical. 
Dr .. Beal  p 1:ese~ted a  ~aper  on  "The . foye monts  of  conta in  so  many  slano·  exp ressions,  lo\1- alln. ions  1)er-

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Roots  111  Germmatmg Indian Corn,  of  which  the foll ow-
in{)'  is  an  abstract:  . "M r.  C.  Darwin  i11  bis  last  lJook  sonal  tl1ng~,  and  supposed  JOke  which  a re  underst00\1 
'In  whatever  direction  the  primary  r ad icle  (or ' b nt  by  the  in itiat e] ,  as  to  make  them  unpleasant rea ] 
says : 
root)  first  protrndes  from  the  seed,  geotropism  (or  t he II  in g . 
I t  i.- the  deter min ation  of  the  present  board  of 
.attraction  of  the  earth)  gu id es  it perpendicularly  dow11 - ed itor  to  avo id  these  fa ult;,  ahon'  all  th ing;;  else ;  an cl 
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they  are found , ,or  will hear of th.om  only 
. of  seven  or  more Yarieties.  These,  after starting  a little,  express ions  if 
r1rn  SPECULUM  1s  not  a 
were  pinn ed  fast  to  a  stick  and  pnt in a  dark  place, oYer  t hrough  the  wa  te  basket. 
water.  M?st  of  the  root 
many makrn~ one  or more  co tl s  on  the  way,  w.l11l e  some  nonse nse  may be  thrown;  it  i.  published l1y  a  body  of 
went off  honzontallv;  some  went  upwards,  d1reetly  or 
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not coincide  with  those  of Darwin. " 

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-Prof.  Thomas,  of  Illinois,  sa>·s  that  th o  probable 
reason  that  Michigan  is  not  troubl ed ·with  the  chinch 
bug is  the damp atmosph ere  consequent  upon  her  lacns 
t ri11e  borders. 

A s  long  as  thi 

spirit  of  earnestne  s  is  exhibited 
among stud ents  and  contribu to rs,  a nd  i 
rig idly  borne 
out  by  the  editors,  the  greatest  s ncce. s  and  the  longest 
life  will  be the certain future  of 'fEm  SPE C Lr L u ~r,  for  th e 
paper  is needed,  and all  things else  depend  upon  its pure, 
hi g h-ton ed cha racter. 

-Prof. Riley  g ives  a  case  of  r etarded  development 
.0 f  the  destructive  western  g rasshopper,  where eggs laid 
in  1876  hatched only  this  year.  Prof.  Thomas  g ive- a 
F on  a  number  of  years  t he  q uestion  of  building  a 
cas~  of  four  weeks'  r~tardation  of  hatching  of  egg  street  rail way  from  J,ansing  t o  th e  Coll ege  bas  been 
d iscussed  by students,  professors  and  citizens .of the city 
whteh  were submerged  m  water. 
-The  Ameri can  Pomological  Society met  at B o~to 11  and  surrounding  country.  Th e  proj ect  bas  been  brouD"ht. 
Sept.  14,  15  an~ 16:  Dele~at~s were  present from th irty I m any  times  to  t he  notice  af  the  ubli c  and  a  m:n 
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·States and Terr1tones.  M1c:l11gan  was represented  by T. 
T.  Lyon,  J .  G.  R amsdell,  Dr. '\V. J. Beal,  W.  K  Gibson,  t11~es  laid  ::v 1c1 e  for  a  s~e mmg lack  of  busrness  enter-
E . H.  Scott, B.  Hathaway and ,life, and  Geo. L  Seaver.  pn  e.  It may be  a  que ·t1 on  whether  the  state can  bet 
T.  T.  Lyon  was  elected  Vice-Pre  ident  f?r  Michil5"at~.  ter  affo rd  to  huild  such  a  railway  that  students  may 
Dr. Beal was  elected  secretary  of  the  Society.  M1chi- uoa rd  in  tb e  city  rather  than  erect new  buildinO's  when 
-O"an  received  a  sil ver  medal  "for th e  best misccll aneou 
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insects-eight cases.  Dr.  Beal read  an  article  on  "De- enterpnse  could  hand le  the  matter  and  to good  advan 
tage.  The ordinary  amount of  travel  by students from 
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THE  COLLEGE  SPECULUM. 

College  to  Lansing,  a  di  tance  of  three and  a  half miles,  j of  need  from  her  citizens. ·  Twenty  years  ago  thi 
is  considerable. 
\Vit h  the  wagon-road  as  miserable as  it  need  was  painfully  apparent,  and  it  is  ev ident  to-day 
always  is-always  controlled  by  people  who  have  no  that  had  th ere  been  as  much  diffusion  of  military 
idea  of  t he  art  of  road-making-it  becomes  no  light  knowledge in  the  North  as  there  was  in  the  South, the 
task  to walk  to the  city  and  back,  with, probably, a load  great  struggle  might  have  been  sooner  ended.  Con 
of  merchandise.  And as for  the  sides  of  the  road, they  gress  felt  this  g reat  need,  and  in  its  endowm'ent  of 
are  much  of  t he  way  worse  if  possible  than  its middle,  public  land s  for  the  support  of  agricultural  colleges, 
being utterly  impassible  from  gutters,  weeds  and  rub- made  the  teaching  of  military  tactics  one  of  the  con· 
bish,  for  these people  care  no  more  for  the  tidy appear- ditions in  the  colleg.es  that  might  be  benefited  by this 
ance  of  th eir road-front than for  that of  any  other part  act.  Our College  is  not  doing  its duty in  this  respect. 
of  their pren1ises.  It is  n0t  strange,  then, that students  Other  agri cultural  coll eges  are  far . ahead  of  us  here. 
should  be  a11xions  for  some  means  of  conveyance  to  Massachusetts  Agricriltural  College · has  an  instr•rntor 
from  the  U nited  States  army,  and  the 8tudents  are  or-
economize time and strength. 
It  is  a  point  quite  generally  conceded  that  such  a  ganized  into  t.wo  companies  of  fifty-ei ght  men  each. 
railway  would  pay.  But  little  grading  would  be neces- Iowa  Agricultural  College  makes  milit;try  science  a 
s:iry  to  put  it  in  good  shape,  and  the  whole outlay  for  part of  its  course.  All  the students  are obliged to  drill 
construction  would  be  comparatively  small. 
\ Vit h  such  a nd  wear  the  cadet  uniform.  Main e  Agricu ltural  Col 
a  convenience  the  ordinary  amount  of  travel  by  t he  legc  has a professor of military  science,  and  the instruc-
t udents  would  be much  increased,  although  the fears of  tion  extends  all  through  the  course. 
Infantry  tactics 
·ome  that students  would  avail  themselves  too  often  of  a re  taught  during  the  first  th ree  years,  and  artillery 
t he  op portunity  are  seeming ly  unfound ed,  for  most  of  practice is  g iven  to  the seniors.  A labama  Agricultural 
onr  students  have  neither  he  in clinat ion  nor  the  money  College  has  a  very  thorough  military  department.  Th e 
neces  ary  to  ungentlemanl y  conduct  in  t he city.  D ay 
tudents a re  organized  into  fo ur  compa nie  ,  and  every 
st udents  from  t he  city  would  no  doubt · soon  become  student  "not  physically  incapacit ated  to  bear  arms" is 
numerous,  and  the  traffic  from  visitor  would  certainl y  obliged  to  dri ll.  Purd ue  has a  company  of  cadets,  the 
be  very  great.  Th ere  a re  many  residents  of  Lansin g ,  joining  of  which  .is  voluntary; captained  by one .of  the 
and  great  numbers  of  transient  people,  who  would  be  professors.  A s  the  most of  us  know,  military  science is 
glad of  an  opportunity  to  frequently  visit the  Coilege.  a  very promin ent  feature  of the :Mississippi Agricultural 
In fact  the  nnmber  of  visitors  at  present  is very  great,  Coll ege,  even  making  a  part  of  the  government  and 
although many  of  th em  are  obliged to  pay some  unac- conduct of  the school.  Let  us  do  someth ing  to  put our 
commodating  hackman · two . or  three  Ll oll ars  to  drive  selves  upon  a  footing  with  other  agricultural  colleges 
\Vi th  a  street  rail way  the  usual  nnmber  in  thi s  respect,  as  well  as  in all  others.  If we,  as  stu 
them  out. 
'l'h e  professors  would  dents,  push  this  matter,  there  is  al mo  t  a  certainty of 
would be won l erfully increased. 
0 The  mail  and  much  doing  just , what  we  desire  to  do  and  obtaining  just 
also  patronize it to  large  extent. 
·why could  it not  b e  brought  up  b ~ fore 
merchandise co uld  also  be transported in  this  way. 

what we ask. 

H ere,  then,  is  a n  opportunity  for  a  money  making  the students'  organization? 

enterprise,  or at least sufticient inducements  to claim  the 
attenti on  of  capitalists or  stock  compani es. 

Now  that we  h ave entered  npon  a  new  year,  would 
it not be well  to  renew the question  of a  military depart 
ment  at  our  College?  That  t he  students  desire  it 
is  established.  Nothing wonld  g ive  ns  more  g ratifica 
tion  than  one  or  two  well-drill ed  companies  of  cadets. 
vVe  have an  a rmory  and  sixty  ~tand of  arms,  wi th  pos 
si bilities  of  obtaining  more  if  desired.  This  armory 
and  these  guns  should  be  utilized.  All  we  need  is  an 
energetic,  interested  instructor  from  the  U .  S.  arm y. 
vVe  are confident, if  the proper  means were  taken,  that 
uch  an  instructor  might  be  obtained  here  at  our  CoL 
Jege,  supported by the government.  Su ch .a man  wonld 
aroti  e our  present cadet organization  into some  kind  of 
a  sy  tern,  and  would  make  it  beneficial  to  us  all.  We 
If it  is 
desire  some  know ledge  of  militar y  science. 
nothing  more, ,  it  is  a  fine  accomplishment  of  which 
every  intelligent  man  . hould  know  som ething .  But  it 
is  more  than  this.  It  is  the  g reat  characteristic of  om 
nation,  that  she  must  obtain,  not  only  h er  intelligent 
voters,  b ut  also  her  intelligent  supporters  in  the  time 

IT  is  g ratifying  to  know  that  THE  SrECULU~I is  ap 
preciated.  The  alumni write  their  enthusiasm  over  its 
success;  farmers  and others  who  are  interested  in  the 
Coll ege  are  pl eased  with  it,  and  many  of  the leading 
newspapers  and agricultural  papers  of  the  country  g ive 
the  Michigan 
it  favo rable  mention.  The  editor  of 
F armer  writes:  "  \Ve  have  made copious  extracts  from 
It  is  very  neat  and  attractive,  and,  what  is  still 
it. 
better,  filled  with  intere  ting  matter. 
Long  may  it 
prosper."  The  N ew  E ngland IIoinestead says :  "While· 
essentially a  College  journal, 
the  first  number  gives 
promise  of  being  of  practical  interest  and  value,  and 
we  hope the Coll ege boys may be sufficiently well  patron 
ized  to  continue  the  paper  in  as  good  ehape  as  it  has 
been  commenced."  The  G?'Ctnge  Visit01·  and  many 
others  give 
imilar  notices.  Now  that  the  enterpri  e 
has prnved so  far successful ,  we  take  plea. ure  in  recom 
mending  TnE  SPECULOM  to  all  who  a re  interested  in 
education  and  to  the  intelligent  agri cul turists  of  the 
state,  and from  the  alumni  of  th e  College  we  urge sub  
scriptions.  Very many of them  have  not yet subscribed, 
although  a  specimen  copy  has  been  ent  to  each  one. 

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-Send  us  your subscri ptions;  learn  what  your alma mater 
]s doing; lkeep  well  informed  on  colJ ege  top ics,  and dis 
tribute the  paper  among  those  who  a re  continually  01 -
posed  to  th e  in stituti on. 

FmEUTY  to  work  is  the  g reat requi  ite  quali ty  of  a 
student in  pursuing  his  course through  coll ege,  and how 
this fidelity  can be  best  encouraged  is  a  question  which 
has  long received the attention  of  the  erudi te of this and 
other countries. 

That examinations  are  essential  to stimulate fid elity 
is  acknowledged  not only with  us  and  under  our system, 
but also  in  th e educational  institutions  of  Germany  and 
England.  The  ouly  qn estion  is  as  to  their  frequency, 
whether  a  student  should  be  examined  every  day  or 
whether  the examination be postpon ed  until  a  subj ect  or 
a  text book bas  been  completed. 

We  think  that a  daily  examination  encourages  ser 
vility  and  superficialness.  The  student  is  called  upon 
to  recite  perhaps  every  second  or  third  day,  and  t his 
·occurs  so  regularly  that he  makes  a  fair  recitation  wh en 
his  alloted  time comes.  On intermediate  days, ho,,·ever, 
the lesson generall y  receives  little  attentio n,  and  b e  will 
rap idl y  skim  over  a  portion  of  it  his  only  object  being 
'fhere is simply a rapid 
to get a  high mark if possible. 
"cram" on  these  days,  while  on  others  the  student  does 
11ot  even  do  t his.  H e  does  not  read  other  auth ors  than 
his  own  on  the  subj ect,  and  be  has  not  as  hi s  aim  hi s 
·own improvement but the standing he gets by ingenious 
ly  reciting  t hat  which  he scarcely  und erstand ' .  This  is 
n.ot  always  t rue,  but  we  think  that  wit h  a  majority  of 
stud ents  an  inv estig::i,tion  of  t heir motiv es  would  reveal 
them as  rep resented. 

Again,  it  l.owers  t he  moral  character  of  those  sub 
jected  to  this  kind  of  d isc iplin e.  It  encourages  decep 
tion  a nd  other kindred  evil s  when  a  student  understands 
that a  sly  compliment  to  his  professor  fo r  some  of  hi s 
in vestigations,  a  rapid or slow  recitation,  a  goocl  figure 
on  the board, apparent attention durin g  rec itation,  "bull-
· dozing,"  or  some  other  peculiarity  which  pleases  his 
instructor  will  bring  him  a  good  mark  even  when  he 
himself will  affirm t hat  he  "didn't kno\\- a nything  about 
the lesson. " 

I t  often  happens  that  the  professor  will  he  calling 
tudents,  and  at  th e 
consecutively  upoi1  a long  row  of 
same  time  t here  will  be  sweeping  along  an  ad\·ance 
wave  of  open  books  with  sufficient  prompting  to  h elp 
an  occasional p oor  reciter.  This,  we  say,  often  occur:-, 
and such  practices  can  hardly  fai l  to be  more  inj nrions 
.th an  wonld  be  a  proper  stud y  and  un derstanding  of 
the  text-book,  irrespectiv e of  so  much  empty  show. 
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I t  is  contended,  and  wi th  considerable  weig ht,  that 
t he  ma rking  of  indiv idual  rec itations  d ivides  the atten 
t.ion  of  the instructor.  H e  cannot  devote  his  attent ion 
closely  to the expla nation s  a nd  demonstrations  if  h e  i 
at the same  t ime g iving  enough  thought to  the  markin g 
to in sure  jnstice  to  those  being examined. 

By dispensing with class-marking  we  believe t hat ou r 
students  would  obtain  a  bette r  knowledge  of  their 

stndie  ,  and  woul d  feel  a  consciousness  of  haYing  done 
jnstice  to  themseh ·e  and  their- professo rs  by  upright 
dealing. 

Let ns ha \·e  our class  a  place  fo r  encouragement  and 
expla nation, and  not a  place  fo r  hypocrisy and  waste  of 
t im e,  as  i.t  often  is. 

'l'HER E  is  a  g rowing  need  fo r  g reater  accom moda 
t ions fo r  v isitors  to  the  College. 
'l'he  increas ing  popu· 
la ri ty of  the  instit ution  brings each  year  more  visitors, 
and  especiall y  so  as  the  number of  students  increases. 
During t he  commencement exercises  last  term  scarcely 
less  than  seventy-five  ladies  v isited  thei1,  fri ends  here, 
and  all  the accommodations  to  make  th eir  stay  pleasant 
'l'he  stud ents 
was  a  small  parlor  a nd  one  becl-room! 
were  required  to Yacate  their rooms ancl  to  sleep  on  the 
floors  in  society halls  and else where.  Thi s  is  not only 
an  in convenience,  but a  positive  wrong,  which  should  b e 
\ Vhile an  invest 
remedied  to a  certain  extent,  at least. 
ment of  suffi cient· amount to  provide  rooms  fo1; the  ac 
commodation  of  seventy-fi ve  occasional  visitors  woul d 
not  he adv isable,  it  wonld,  howe,·er, be a  so urce of g reat 
convenience  and  benefit  to  proYide  at  least  a  small 
number of  roo ms,  say  ten,  which  mig ht  be · used  by the 
fri ends  of  students.  Th ey  wonlcl  proYe  tu  be  of  more 
than  an  occasiona l  use.  If students ever  organize  them 
selrns  into boardi ng club$  each club might keep and  fur 
nish  a  certain  numb er of  rooms  fo r  t his  p urpose. 

W e should also  ha rn a public  wash-room.  If the Col 
lege  c:a nnot  afford  to  make  Yisitors  comfortabl e in  any 
other way,  it  certainly can  proYide  th em  wi th  a  re  p ect 
able  mean  of  keep in g  clea n.  This  defect  in  our arrange 
ments  is 111ost  fe lt  wh en  ne''"  students  a rriYe. 
I t  wa 
pai nfull y  $een  but a  few da;·s  $ince, wh en  ca ndidates  for 
atlmission  to  th e  fresh man  class,  after  rid in g  in smoky 
cars  a ncl  \\·al king  through  the  d u~t  fro m  Lansing,  hacl 
eit her to use  the ste,rnrd 's  private roo ms or go unwashed. 
'fhey  must  certainl y  barn  had  a  keen  appreciation  of 
the  general  conYeniences  of  th e  in stit ut ion  they  were 
abo nt  to  enter ! 

l\fA~y  peopl e  en:joy  nothing  that_ is  not showy  and 
costly.  The  outside  ap peara nce  of  an  article  i 
of 
g reater  importance  to  t hem  than  it  nsefn lne  or dura 
bi lit y.  Thi ·  applie'  parti cularly  to  th e  Repo rts  of  the 
State  Board  of Agricnlt ure.  These  a re  published  every 
year by  t he state;  t hey  are bound  sub  t'antiall y  in  cloth, 
but  haYe  no  pictu res  on  the  back,  t be  pages  a re  plain, 
th ere are a few stat istics in  the back  pa rt,  and  more  t han 
al!,  t hey  are g iYen  a way;  hence  t hey  are  co mm only ac 
connted  \1·ort hl ess,  and,  if  po:<. essed  at  al l,  often  flil d  a 
place  on the  top  helf  of  the  lib rary  or amo ng  the  paper 
rag;:.  Th e fact  is,  howeYer,  that there  are  no  11·orks  on 
agricult n re of equal  importance to t he agricul tu ral report 
of the  rnrions  states.  Th ey  are not the compilations  of 
the experiments  and  opinions  of  one  man , bu t  are  macle 
In 
up  of  contributi o1i 
Mich igan  t he  Board  of  Agricul ture  has  charge  of  the 
Ag ricul t ural  C'o llege,  and  t he  R eports  conta in  accou,nt 

from  profes  ors  and  fa rmer  . 

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a  chrom e  g rowl  that  n o  one  kn o ws  a n ytb111g  abo ut  t.his depa rtment,  from time to time. 
t h e  exi eriments,  inve  t iO"atio ns,  a nd  esp ecially  the  fin-
a nces,  co11 cem cd  with  the  Agn c ul tural  Coliege-all. b e-
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I  \\'E should  be  pleased"to  rece1rn  communications  on ,·anous  topics for 
I  A ll correspondence should  be adclres  eel  to L.  W.  H OYT. 

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a nu  the  followi nO'  i. 
On  rece ip t  of  Trm  SPECULUM I  was  too  much  dehght ed  to· 
" 
Coll ege  acco un ts;  re ports  of  m embers  of  t h e  faculty; I m;i,n ifcst  aright  my  appreciation  of  th e  good  work  you  a1:e  a~l 
do n at i o n ~  to  t h e  Coll ege·  win te r -care  of  live . tock.  in- doi_ug fo r us abse_ut  " boys" and  for  y o ur~e lves and for  th e rnst1 -
tut1 on.  all  of  which  we,  I  at lea s:.,  have  learned  to  truly  appre-
ju ri o us  in ;;ects;  :Hlulte1-;iL1on  of  food;  b oy  and  g irl s  on  ciate.  N or yet can  I explain  the  solid  co!nfort I  take  in  pnrtici-
t b e farm·  brain  011  the  fa rm·  c ulture  cost  a11Ll  value  of  pating  in  its  con lent ·  and  anticipa1 iug_  its  perman en t  fu1ure. 
,  Such i  hum an  oat ure  th at  we  uuderest 1matc  that we have  and 
root c rops;  h edge fences;  be  t breeds of cat tl e ;  farm e r:  I ov.erestimate th at .which  is  ?ut of  our reach. 
Ju  co1:1ucctiou  with 
o rgani zatio n ~ - fo rm  d r ainatre;  small  fr ui t  cul t ure;  co rn 
this thought,  I  might say  to  the  ~ tud e uts who ~-re ~e 1 g n to lament 
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their bill  of  fa re,  nerve  yo nr  will  to  emlure  1t ;  1t  may  be  yo_u1 .. 
If you wander over a cous1d-
improv e ment  of  :;tock ;  practical  ed ucation  for  crable of  th e breadth of  this  coutiueut, ~ad pay  from  $5  w  $14 
.  per  week  for  board,  I  know  from  expen euce  that  you  will  find. 
tlwre is  worse  than college fare  th at sometimes  tastes a great d~al 
Imagine  yourselves,  12  of  you,  50  mil es  from a hab1ta· 
li on.  grouped  about a  box of  sardin es,  a pound of  raw bacon and 
nral  d epartment;  farmer  '  boys ;  o ur  patent  sy,-tem ;  a  few  crackers,  the first  food  in  12 hours,  and  the  last  till  tl:e 50· 
e ~o nomy in  f a rm  manacremcnt·  th e  ho rse's  foot·  sup er- miles arc passeci;  aucl,  to  add  excitement  to  disorder,  have  the 
.  O'  alarm  of  " Injuus"  so und ed  in  th e  midst  of  your scanty_  meal. 
phosph ates for  th e fat m,  tong ue of  t h e  h on ey -bee,  ~t in ::>  During  just such an adventure I  once  meditated  whether 1t  was 
o f  t h e  W•)rker-b ee;  1;alt  in  agriculture;  the  b og ;  vario11. '  not  just  retribution for some  sarcasm I  rnmetimes  henpcd  upon 
reports  fr om  th e  State Agncultnral  ::Society. 

c nl t nre;  ag n cnltnral  .fai r;:;;  wb eat  c ulture;  farm  fe1 t1l ·  appetite is as  poor  as  the  vict uals. 
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The  idea  of  publishing  a  college  quartei'ly,  ns  iuclic-ated  in 
I F  THE  ::SPE CU LU:U  can  d o  n othing m ore,  it  can,  at  circular  received, will  commend itself  to  the favor  of  all  1hesons 
of  the instit ution, and,  1t  seems to me, prove a grntifying  uc<"css. 
least,  tine 
I  well  remember  the  momen tous  day of  my  first  appearance 
College  from  a 
tudent's  point  of  vie w,  and,  perhaps,  at the college.  On  the day of  examination I  timidly  apnroac.:!JL"d 
Point o ut  wherein  t h ey  ma.y  b e  remedied.  One of  these I nn~l  ~at  on  ~~e  'IJ~ per  step  of  the we.st  cntran~e  to  the college 
b111ldrng,  wa1tmg  m  fear  nod  tremblmg,  dreaclmg  to  enter  the 
I s  there any  body  .c:reat  huilding.  While  waiting,  a  ge ntleman  clim bed  th e  long 
i 11congru1t1 es  is  our  presen t  chapel. 
·n  the  state  that kn o ws  anytliin O'  about  us  that believes  t'li ght of 
teps,  wheezing  some  as he  reached the l\>p.  He  tried 
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the door.  It  was  locked,  and  he  turned  to  me  to  ask  why  I 
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o ur  ch apel  is  s uffi cient  for  the  n eeds  of  o ur  College.?  hadn't  told  him  so  before  he  rnme  up  the  steps.  Poor ma!  I 
F ine  bui lui ll O'S  we  lack  not.  C omm od io us  r ecitation  had n't  even  dared  to  try  tl~ e  door !  .And  he  remarked  that  I 
would  never  enter  college  w1tlrnut I  tned.  No doubt,  as he put 
roo m s  are  fa  t  be111g  suppli ed;  yet  o ur c hapel,  t ha t  w e  it,  it  was  witty;  but I  was  so  bad ly  frightened  that I  wished  I 
use  so  much  i  far l)chiud  th e  oth er  accommodations  of  was  home,  fo~· this was P resident :Villiam_s! 
I  I  wo nder if  your present  Prts1deut  will  remember  my a1drng 
0 11r  College.  _ Every  commen 'em cn t  w1 t h111  o~u· m em or y  him  in  his work  when  he  _was  both  Secre_tary . . and  Treasurer· of 
I  had  to  make  out  the  boa1d.accouuts of  the  stu-
ha.·  been  spo il ed by  t h e  lack  of  room.  W e  like  t o  h am  the college. 
through  his hands,  I  wasted  a 
vtt:n to r~,  but v1i; 1to rs  don't car e  to  com e  over  th r ee n ules  quire or  more  of  paper  in  gettino- them up  neatly.  There  was 
a.nd  t h e n  b e  packed fo r  t w o  h ours  in  a  vertical  position \ somethi!l g o,·er au  hundred  of  the~n,  and  they  were in  about tl.Jis 
iu  a  s<1uare  hox  of  a.  chapel;  and  fre~ hmen  cert am ly  Mr.  A.  F.  Allen , 
have  de li ' ate  ('O mpun ction s  in  r egard  to  taking  boxe ·  in 
" Frc:-: hme n'  ·  - eaven. "  A ~  1t  now  stands,  t here  1s  a 
g rowin g  t ern1ency  amo ng  t h e  stm1 e11 ts  to  carry  t h eir  ex-

In _n cco,L~ut with  Mich.  State Agri cultural  College, .  Dr. 
lo 20  weeks board, at $3  ............. $60  00 
18<>8. 
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<1a.tec1 .  Thi s  t1 oes  not seem  ri.g ht., am1  it is  quite cert ain, I 

By cash  to  ballaucc..... .. . . . . 
Received  payment. 

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Prof.  Abbot  looked  th em  over,  th en  took  off  hi  spectacles 
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1f  thts  n eeL1  of  a  chapel  was  -uppli cd,  the  t end ency  and  wiped  them in  his peculiar  way  and  remarked,  very  kindly, 
I "The e are made out very  nea tl y,  and  you  evidently took  great 
w ould be  checkad. 
care,  but when I  went  to  school,  Mr.  Beebe,  th ey  spell ed  · bal 
ance'  with  one  'I.'  Have  th e  text  books  changed  in  that  rc 
spec.:t ?"  F rom  that dny  to  thi s I  haven't  had  to  consult th e  die· 
tiouary on that  word ! 

Special technical instruction  is offered  by  th e Louisinun State 
uiversity,  Baton  Rouge,  to  yo ung  men  expecting  to  become 

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planters or  plantation mcclrnnics. 

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The new  art building of  Smith  Coll!'ge,  ~o r1hampt o u ,  Ma  s., 
It is  to  be  made  of  brick,  wi1h  stone  trim  

is  to co  t  $25,000. 
mings,  104 feet loo"',  4J  feet  wid e and  two  tories  high. 

CON'l'EN'l'ED  o;x  THE  F .-110I. - One  of  our  professors  recently 
wrote C.  B. Charl es,  'iV , iu  reference  to  taking  a  po  t-graduate 
course  with a good  prospect of  becoming a  teacher of agricultu re 
in some college.  B e  replied  as  follow s:  "I appreciate  your  in 
terest  in  my welfare  and  nm  than kful for 'it. 
:M:y  labor here  is 
both  pleasan t  and  profitable,  more  so,  perhaps,  than  any  other 
I  can, perhaps,  do my fe llow 
business in which  I  might engage. 
man  as much  good  here as any wh ere."  Two years of experi ence 
in  managing a fa rm  since grnduating ha  demonstrated his ability 
to  succeed. 

And any of  the  boys  will  remember  how  blandly he u  ed  to 
say,  in  recil atious,  "You  may  go  on  wilh  the recitati on,  if  yo u 
pl easP.,  Mr.  Hollister."  That was  pnrticularly entertaining  to  us 
when  we  were  in  Whately's  Logic!  Gilbert  A.  Dickey  and 
Albert  N.  Prcu liss,  or "  Albert N.,·•  as  we used  to  c>1 1J  him,  were 
th e on ly  ones  who ever  knew anything  abo ut  where  we  were or 
how  to  go  on.  and  th ey,  confound  lhem,  always  " had  their 
lessons." 
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-:;  I  would  . uggcst  you r  publishing,  so  far 
as you  can  obtain  them,  th e  present  addresses  of  the earlier stu 
dents. 
I  should  like to  know  where  tbty are,  wh at doing,  hmv 
pro$pering,  etc.,  etc. 

In  writing me,  or sending any  matter,  please  direct  to  Utica, 
·wishing  th e  new  ent erprise  every 

N.  Y.,  where  my  home  is. 
suc cess,  I  rernain,  very respectfully, 

L.  V. J3EEBE. 

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!  The  percentage  o f  t hose  who  prepared  for  o r  entered  the 
mini stry has  fall en  in Harva rd"s g rad uates  from  53. 3  per ce11t.  to 
I G.7  per cent.;  Yale,  fr om  75.7  per  cent.  to 15  pe r cent;  Princdon, 
I 2l.4 J?e1 cent. ,  Obeilrn , ! 10111  GG  pet  cent.  to  31. 3 pe1 cent.,  Co-
Amher st  has  the  largest  scholarshi p  fund  of  a ny  coll ege  in  fro~1 50_  per  ce nt.  to. ~ l.12. p er  ~cnt.  ;. Brown ,  from  3-'i  ~)er cent.  to 

Tile  Uu1vers1ty  of  Michigan  es t11natcs  1t  ex pen  es  for  th e 
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these gentl eme n and th e  inl ercst  a wakened  by l\fiva rL's  wo rk  on 

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College  e~t:1 b l1 s h ed at F ort  Worth , T cxa  . 

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'l~lt c. Uni,•c rs!t.v  ~f R_ocheste r, N . Y. ,  has  received !" !0,001  fro111  J'  the same  subj ec t,  the  n_c w  boo k  will  have  a _ large  ~l e. 

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th e  la te :.\11. ..  )!1 llmd F 1llmo1 e. 

purchase  $1,000  worth of  books fo r  its  library. 

Adri a n  Coll c.'.!;e  cl:um s  that  1t  wa s a  pwncer  1n  nfferrn g  a n 
Ka nsas  Ag ri cul tural  Col lege,  Ma nhatta n,  K iin .,  is  soo n  to  electiv e course  of  stud y  tlvc  yea rs  ago  to  its  students,  a nd  tha t 
th e U ni ve rsity of  i\ficbignn  a nd others ha ve  fo ll owed its exa mpl e. 
Yale's  library  bas  lately  received  an additi on  of  1 i ,000  Ger- This  is  strange.  A bout  L.J  years ago  Ha rva rd  introduced an clec-
t ive  system,  and  for  a  n um be r  of  years  our  Uni versity ha s  b , en 
call ed  one  of  th e  few  universiti es  proper  in  the  nite<l  States. 

man  pa mphlets.  So me are said  to  be ve ry  valu a bl e. 

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)[rs.  S.  H .  Knigh t, form erl y  o f  L >insiu g,  has  ac.;eptell  a  pos i-

tion  as  teacher of  vocal  music  at Ad ri an  L'ollcge,  Actri a n,  )I ich. 

In  1879  Ha 1:va rd  hail  th e  large; t  college  librnry  in  the  Uni ted 
The  L : ivcrsity  of  Berlin,  Genn ai.iy,  has  2.15  pro fessors,  a nd  States,  co nta ining  182,500  vo lum es.  Th e  University of Cincin 
during  the  past  year  th eir lcc tn res  were attended  by  a bout  5, 000  nati  had  also  146.013  volum es,  includ ing  a  puh li c  li brary;  Yal e, 
93, 000  volumes ;  Dur tmoutb,  ·'5,000 ;  Brown,  52,000;  University 
of  N e w  J ersey ,  47,000, wlu lc  Mi c hi gan  co ll eges  ha ve  li braries  as 
person$. 
uivcrsi ty of  l\Iichiga n,  29,000  volumes:  Olivet. 7,000 ; 
ngges ted  ns  a  person  likely  to  be  Sec retary of  St a te should  Sec- Hillsdale,  7,000;  Hope  College  at · Holl a nd,  4,500 ;  Kalamazoo, 
3,300;  A lbion,  2,500 ;  B attle  Creek  Coll ege,  1,000;  Ad ri an,  400 ; 
retary  B laine  resign. 

Pres.  A.  D.  W hi te,  of  .Cornell  Unive rsit y .  ftll aca,  N .  Y . ,  is  fo ll ows : 

H en ry  Villia rd ,  Preside nt o f  th e  Union  Pacifi c  Il til roa·I.  gave  Grand  Traverse,  300. 

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iu the  lirst  pa rt of  Au.gu st  $7,000 to  the  Oregon  Vniv ersity  to  re-
l ievc  it  of  its  ind e btedn ess. 

Dr.  George  L.  Goodale,  t he  rcnowncrl  lrn ta nist  o f  lfarvard , 
sailed  for  Germ1my  September  3.  H e  is  scel{ing  respite  from 
arcluou; duties and impro vem1:mt of  health. 

Amherst  has  adm itted  about  100  freshmen;  Princeton,  192: 
"W ill iams,  rn:>;  Smi t h,  100;  Monmo uth,  90 ;  Kansas  Ag ri c ul tural 
Colleg-c,  12:t ;  University of  Michigari , 2 19 ;  Weste rn  Rc~c rvc .Co l-
lcge,  27. 

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Sixty-fiv e  freshm en ;  two are  ladies. 
The  roof  is  being  placed on  the  library  and  mu se um  building 

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(September 20). 

The  ro tation  of crops  on  the  farm  is :  co rn , roots,  oats,  whea t 

Dr.  Asa  Grny  will re turn to  this conntry dmiug  the .first  weeks I and  two years of sod. 

of  Septemb er.  He  is  heartily  welc omed  home  by  a ll  botan ists, 
few  of  who: n  have  not  rc11so n to  t hank  him  for  repeated favo rs.-
The g rounds south of  ' Ve ils'  Hall.  toward  the  river,  a rc  being 
Botu nic'il  GJ zette. 
te~d ent to  look  after  the cu nstr~c tion of  t!ie  new  li!Jrary  l1ui lding, I  Th e  students  cut a  Jar ;e amount of  clollung to  the sufferers 
w ith  a  salary of  >$3  per day durrng t he  win ter  m onths  and  <f4  per 
cl ay  clmi.no- th e s umm er. 

R ege nt  Climic,  of the  Univc r; ity.  lm-i  hcc 11  a p;). 1iu1c1l  superin - made  into  lawn s  aud  d ri ves. 

Positively  needed  by  t he  students  and  d ini ng-hall-another 

from  fires  in  th e nor the rn  part of  th e  state. 

well  of good d rinkin g  wa ter. 

'Ve  httve  lea rneLl  th at  Mr.  P.  B.  l\fonf!-.  chi ef  ed rt or  of  the 
P sych", organ of  the  Ca mhnclgc Entomo logical Cluli.  hns acce pted 
a good  position  in  the  ~atio n al  D cpa rtm erH  of  Ag ri c ulture,  in 
~lr.  H~1T1 so n 
th e  lin e  o f  entomology.  H e  wi ll  st ill  act a  editor  of  the  P syche.  B.  iVIoh u ,has  fill ed  the  p o~1t1on  vc r)  c1eJ1 ta li ly  fot  neat ly  tw o 
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J~ Coll~ge  ca rpente r  has _?o.mc  t? .l>,c  ·~  fi~turc. 

'l'hc a nalysis  of  th e  sngar  canes  whic h  we re  mentioned  rn  the 
last  issue  is  not yet compl eted.  Hesull s will  be  g iven  in our nex t. 

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Pro f.  Irn .R emsen,  o f  Jolin  H opkins  U ni versity,  Baltimore,  j years. . 

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Md .,  has  la tely  bee n  making  some  in geniou s  experiments  to 
.,,.Govc1001B >ild,"111  s wr: h that tlrnA71 !Cull m a~  College 0 1.ou_nds 
deter mine  wheth er  t he chem ical  behavior of  a  metal  is affected  I m1 0 ht_ be?ome  the  mos t  bea utiful  pl.ice  10  the st,1te  has  ce1ta111l y 
in a ny  way  by  mag neti c action.  The experiments  a re  vl! ry  inter- been  1 eal!zed. 
es ting . 

A  fish  poilll  is  nearl y ·completed  in  connection  with  the  wild 
Dr.  C.  E. B essey ,  of  Iowa  Ag ricultural  1 Coll ege,  i . editor  of  garden.  !tis to  conta in  carp a~cl a large.rare species of water  lily 

the  botanical department of  the  American  Natit»n/i, 1.  H e  is  ma k- · -Nelwnbiuin luteum . 
iug  t he Llep :1rtment more  in teresti'ng and valu able tit a n  it ha s  been I  T he  foundation  for  the  ne w catt le  barn  is  completed. 
for  yea rs.  Dr. Bessey  g raduated  here  in  1869. 
accurate  botanist. 

Il e  i.  a  Jive  and  ba rn  will  be 45x80  fe et with  2! -fo ot  posts. 
lan e  cast  of  th e  old  ba rns. 

'l'h e 
It  is  placed  in  the 

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Pro f.  J .  H .  Comstock has 1-..: t11rnerl  to  Cornell  g,s  Professor o f 

Th e  Coll c.!!e  Ja.wn s  nrc  b:tdly cl innaged  by  the  wo rk  of  th e 
E ntomology.  Dr.  Ba rnard  is to go  to  Washington  to assist  Prof .  ~vhitc  g rn bs,  th? . larvm of  the common May  beet)e  ( Lachnosternci 
R iley,  who  is  to  take P rof.  Comsto c k'  place  in  the  D e partme nt  /usca).  The  turf 1s  torn  up  pre paratory  to  re-scedrng. 
?f  Ag ricu lture.  P rof. Comstoc l( s t ill  retains  a  lucrative position I  Mr.  c. W.  Lee,  College  vegeta ble  g n-den er,  resigned  his  po 
sition August  16,  and  returned  to  Detroit.  The  College  has  lost 
rn  tb e  departme nt. 
The  Cornell  crew  claim tha t  they lost  the  lil.te  race at Vienna  one  of  !"he  most  effici ent  men w ho e ver  controlled her  vegeta ble 

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on  acco unt of  th e treachery of  one  of  the  crew na med  Shinkel,  gard ens. 
who had _been  bought, a nd  from  all  repo rts Of!-e _wo~l.cl ju,~ge that 
The  Governor's  proclamation,  reser\tin g  September  8th  for 
the  rema10der  of .the ~rew were a t  least very  lllJUdrc1ous.rn  what  prayer  for  President  Garfi eld ,  wa  obser ved  at  the  Coll ege. 
, Classes  were  dis m issed  and  appropriat e  exe rcises  h eld  in  the 
they say conce rnmg  it. 

Of  the 350  to  400  coll eges  in  th e  United  S ta tes  in  1879,  Co- chapel. 

It has a very s ubsta ntial 
l umbia llad  the  la rgest produc tive  income,  an rl  tive  of  that mun-
ber  possessed over $ 1,000.000, as fo l! ows:  Co lum bia,  $4,800,000;  a ppearance  ;  so  mu Gh  so,  in  fac t,  as  to  pass  in  stuflent parl ance 
Harvard ,  . 3,902, 182; 
.•1, .  as  the  " chemical  fo rt."  The  drive ' V. ill  be  placed  at tile  west of 
900,000 ;  Comell,  ij:l ,263,909. 

.John  Hopkm s,  .'3, 000,0:10 ;  Leh ig h, 

The chemi cal  Ltborato ry  is e nclosed. 

the  huildin!!,  next th e  ravin e. 

Augu stus  Storrs,  of  Brookl yn ,  N.  Y.,  has  g ive n  to  Connecti- j 

Cannot ~omc one  m:tkc  a  move  towa rd  fix in g  up  the  a homin· 
cut a well  stocked  farm ,  with  suitable  buildi ng  ,  situat ed  near  able  pi ece of cross- way  between  t he  Coll ege  and  Lansin g'?  also 
W illimantic,  as  th e  foundation  of  a.n  ag ric ultural school.  The 
toward  procurin g  eithe r a  cl eeent footpath  for  th e  whol e  di stance 
state  has accept.eel _the gift and  made a  suita ble  a ppropriation ,  so I outsid e  the  corporation,  o r a  street  rail wa.y ? 
that the  school  1  JU St  open  to  stude n t~. 

We  g ive  om  reade rs 18  pages  of  read ing  matter  t hi s  issue. 
G.  E . Seney,  of  New Yo rk ,  who ·e  generou s gift  of  $100,000 I We  hope  to  give  them  the  worth  of  their  subscrrption$. 
In 
was mention ed  in  the  last  number,  has  acldccl  to  thi s  ot her  dona·  return  we  a~k for  their henrty c:oiipe ration  in  the enterprise.  We 
tions; $50,000 has  been  g iven by  him  to  Emory  College,  Oxfo rd ,  want the  name of  every  alumn us  on  onr  subscription  list  before 
Ga.,  and du ring  th e  past year be  has  added  in  all  :-70,tOO  to  th e 
the  cut!  of  th e  year  and  as  many others  l\S  we can  get.  You, 
, r e11dcr$,  can  do  more than  any others  to  bri ng  about  this result. 
fund of  We sleyan Fema le  Coll egf' ,  Macon,  Ga. 

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bees,  produce  seeds?''  The;  re  ults of  U1c  experim ents given  eem 
to  show tfiat,  wh en guarded  from  bees.  the  heads  so meLimcs set 

Ir. Eli  Bidlem'.rn,  prop rieto r  of  the  Goojrich  House,  wa 
fo reman  of  the  form  here  fr um  D.:ccmber  22,  1  70,  to  May  1, 
1880.  Hi  "ad." appears in  a nother column.  H e  supplies  mo  t  seed,  but always  in 'very  much duninished  quant ity.-Bot.  Ga z. 
Prof.  J ohnso n  purch isc.l  at  the  State  Fair,  a  few  days  since, 
of  the students  with  meals  when  they are  in  Lansing,  and docs it 
two  thoro ughbred  cows  for  the  Cullege  - a  Hereford  anrl  a  Hol-
in a  highly satisfactory mann er. 
When  the dense  smoke  from  the  northern  fire  c.unc  like  a ·  ·tc in .  The  Hereford  is  probab ly  the best animal of  the  breed  in 
cloud  over  th e ·College grounds  two  wee ks ago,  the  bees,  which  th e United  .States. 
t:;hc  was  imported  a  year ago  by Mr.  Burleigh, 
were  wc. rking  industriously  on  the boneset,  at once  quitted  their  of  Hallowell , Mc. ,  and  has  take n swee pstake · premium · at every 
work •and  fl ew to  the  hives  in  g reat co nfusion.  One  woul d  lmve  exhibition  where  she  has  becu  en tered,  as  the  New  Englan d 
F1Lir, nnd  Maine,  New  York  and  Michigan  State  Fairs.  T he 
thought  they  were  all  swarming. 
The  editors of  THE SPECULU}l  received a  pleasant call  a  few  Holstein  is  a  choice  nnim d of  the celeb rated  Burney  importation. 
clays  since  from  Charles  A.  T owne,  lately  of  Ann  Arbor  and • 
President Geor::;c  T . Fairchild, of  Kansas,  gave  a  lecture  bc: -
formerly  managing  editor of  1'he  Chronicle.  A  journal could  not I fore  th e ~ol.l ege .c~~i sti.nn Union,  A11~1~;t ~~· on "_The  Pr~spe~t 
wish  fo r  a  more  able  and  ao- reeable  editor  than  Mr.  Towne.  for  a Chnstian c1v1hzat10n  m  New Mexico. 
President F a1rch1lcl 
has spent  considerab le time  in  New  Mexico  during the past tw o 
THE  SPECULUM  desires to  see  J~m often. 
Wh;  cannot the  students  ado pt a  plan of  electing a  standing I years.  · His.  ~cscri15tions  of  t he count~y a~d  people  ~ere v~vid 
committee  to look over  the Steward 's  account s,  once a  month or  a?? entertamrn~ .. · A_lthough  New Me~1co  is  com par~t1yely !1t.tl.e 
so?  The  students  p~y  the  Stt ward  and  the  expenses  of  the  f1 c9uented  hy  Ulllls_tian  people,  the  p~ospects for  Chnst1an civih 
boarding  hall,  and should  have so me' knowledge  of  the  way it  is  zat10n  a~·e enc:ouragm,g  as so~n as  eaugrants from  the North and 
being controlled:  Mr.  Mallory  proposes  the  plan. 

East tmn -thc1r attention  theie. 

Interesting  results conce rning  several  experiments 

The State A>sociation of· Surveyors  a nd  Civil  Engineers  ap -
Onr efficient  business  manager,  H. W .  Collingwood,  has been  pointed a  committee consisting of Prof.  R.  c  Carpenter, of Lans 
obliged  to  leave  College  till  spring,  on  account  of  disability  ing,  Frnnk  Hodge m:in,  of  Climax,  Geo rge  E.  Steele,  of  Grand 
brought  on  by over-study and  an  accident which occurred  in  a  Traverse,  and  Thos. Love.  of  Avery,  to  compile  11  "Surveyor' 
base  ball game.  L. W .  Hoyt will  act as temporary business  man- Manual," to  contain all  court decisions which relate to surveying, 
and  such  other  rules and  m'.ttter as  will  be  of  use to  the profes-
ager till Mr.  Collingwood's2return. 
The sugar cane  is  a  fine  crop,  the  stalks,  not withstandi ng  the  sio n.  Owing to the amount of work involved  in this compilation 
It is now  ready  for  the  press,  and  the  absence  of  Mr.  Hodgeman  from  the  state,  the  manual 

drou~1t,  being  solid  with  juice. 
and  ur.  K edzic  has  machinery for  working  it  up alrearly  upcn  will  not  be completed till  sometime next  winter or spring. 
the grounrl : 
will  be forth c:omin,g  with  the next number  of  TnE tiPECU r.uM. 

The  students  held  a  general  meetin ,, S Jptember 15,  fo r  the 
purpose o·f effecting a  pernunent organization whi ch  should have 
The  experimenta l  corn  on  the  plats  manured  with  special  control  of  the  new stude nts'  go vernment,  T1rn  SPECULUM,  and 
It was consider- such  oth er  matters  as  relate  to  st udents  in  !$'eneral.  A  constitu 
nitro!!en fertilizerA  has  been  cut  and  shocked. 
ti on  was  adopted  a nd  officers  elected.  This org1w ization  is  an 
ably affected  with smut,  but the  grow th  was  good  and  uniform. 
W11en  properl y cured  the  fodde r,  ears and  shelled  corn  of  eac h 
important one,  as it  is not only the  best  mea ns of transactin o- gen 
plat will  be  wei ghed.  The  resul ts  will  appear  in our next issue.  era! business,  but  brings  the  !lifferent  classes  into  closer  un ion . 
Hon. 1'.  F.  Moore.of  Lenawee  co un ty,  Hon.  Wm.  Satterl ee,of  The  offi C~.rs  elected  were :  L .  H.  Baile_y, Jr.,  '8 ~ .  President ;  A . 
Oakland,  and  Hou .• John  Porter,  of Kent, were a co mmittee fr,,m  C.  Redding,  '83,  Vice-President;  F.  F.  Rogers,  '83, Secretary and 
the Stale Gran ge  to  makt a report of  th e co ndition  of the Coll ege  Treasurer.  A  commit~ee was  repGrted  to  draw  up  truthfu l  re 
fo r  their  December  mee tin g.  They  exa mined  the College  Sep- ports of  tl~ e di~cu lti e.s with  l\'.lr.  Fox,  and  the  tri al ?f  the  same. 
to  be publt •heel  Ill va n ous  new"papers.  The  co mmitteemen  arc 
tember 6th and 7t!J.  The  State  Grange  shows  interest  in  educa-
I A.  C.  Redding,  J.  L . l\IcOlear and  H.  W .  Collingwood. 
tion  and  progress. 

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The  new tool  house  will  stand  in  til e  place of  the old  sheds 

Every year g reat  num bers of  people  are  dy ing  te1'ribl c death 
just south  of  the old  far m hor  e-bnru.  It will  be  40x!JO feet  wi th  from  vari ous  paras itic  worm  , etc.,  a  trichiaa and  various  lape-
24-foot  posts.  The gro und  floo r  will  be  used  as  a  tore-room  fo r  worm s.  P eople should  carefull y am id  the  use of stagnant  w_nter, 
fa rm  tools  wacrons  etc.  and  the  second  floo r  for  a  work-room  or even of any  water  that has  not been  thoroughly filtered ,  either 
-and  hay- l~ ft.  qfh e'  carpente r  shop  will  remain  :is  at  present.  natur~lly lb rough  ~he g round  or artifi c ia l ~y.  Num.erous  form  o f 
1 low  life,  as  b 1cten a a nd e~.\'S and  of .terri ble  parasite  ,  are foun d 
The bu ilding  is not yet (September 20)  begun. 
in  such  water.  P eople will  be safe  1f  they obse rve  t!Jese  rul e>: 
.  A  small  silo with  ~tone  wa. l ~ and cement floor,  with a  capac- First -Eat  no  meat  that  is  not  thoroughl y  coo ked ;  ha rm  may 
1ty <?f  30  ton.s  of  ensil age,  has  JUSt  bee n fil_lecl  with  so wed  co rn  co me from raw beef as well  as from  raw  pork.  Second - Drink th e 
<:ut mto h~lf-i ~c~1  l eng~1~.  The co.rn  or ens.1lagc  has _been clo  ely  purest  water  onl y.  Third-Wash 
thoroughly  every  veget 
covered  w1~~  Jn1n_ted  ..,-_mch  pla n.k  a~d  we1 g?ted  with a foot  of I able  or  frui t foun~l  on  the  g round  before  it is eaten.  Fourth-
ton~ . .,. IL  1s }he  mten~_1on  of  th~ fa 1_m  ?epm tm~ nt_ to .~o nd~ c~  n  K eep domesti c  ammals  away  from  all  fil th  nnd  feed  them  pure 
food ,  and  no mea t  th at  i  not  well  cooked.  There  i  a  valua\Jle 
~-eedm.,, expe11ment du.1 mg  the. wrntei  with th e view of_  .1  ce1tam-
1 
mg  bot.h  th e comparative feed ing  value and  comparative  cosL of  article  ou  trichina  from  Prof.  Cook  in  the  187()  Agricultu ral 
I Report. 
he  e~s1_lage. 
.  P1 ?s1den t  A.\Jbot  was one of  th e  fi 1 ~t  teaclt m~,  If  not  t h ~ fi1 st, 
m  th!s  country_  to  depart  from  the  ?id 
.tca~lu n~ dcdu~tive logic on ly, ~ nd to give ~reference to  t~c more j roa ·ting-ea r  stag~  at  this  date,  September  20.  Both  varieti 
use-_ul  ~du~t1ve  ~ystem .  TlllS.  ~-as  con  l'i~rahly _over  twe nt~  appear to  be slow to  mature  for  this locality.  T hey i:iossess  many 
toT  su bst1tu t ~  Sir Joh~  H e1- 1 points  of  resembl ance.  Both  show  a  remarkabl e  tend ency  to 
ycms, n0,~ ,  '~hen  1t  was  necess,113 
fo1:.  a  throw  out "ear  hoots," and  produce rather small ·ears allCI  lar.!!c 
schell s  .  D1sc,rnrse o~ the  ~tudy of 
text 1:Jook.  A ll.the text book  on  rnd uctive logic have been  wllt- 1 stalks .  Many cars on  each are abo rti ve,  and  many  but partial ly 
ten  since  that  tnne. 

Th e  Crossier's Oh io  and  BJount's  Prolific  fi cl!l  corns  men 
tcreotypecl  11 0L1on of j ti onecl  in  th e At!O"U  t  SPECULUM a re still qui te  green.  being  in  the 

filled.  The followi ng  co mparison  is from  field  notes : 

a~ural  l'.h1lo  ophy 

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Students long  for  the time when  our course in  zoology  may be 

Blou nt's.  Crossle.r"s 

sufficiently enlarged to  give time  for  something  more  th an the at- P er cen t.  of  stalks  with  no car .. ... ... ... ... . .  14 
taining of  a  mere general  knowledge;  when,  in  fact,  a  cpnrate  P er cent. of stalks with 1 ear .... ... ...... - . , ..  38 
•Chair  may  be g iven  to  the greatest of  sciences,  and  our  presen t  P er cent.  of stalks wi th  2 cars ... . . .. -. . . . . ....  3-lo 
professor allowed  to  pur  ue his specialty,  entomology,  for  whi ch  Per cent.  of stal ks wi th  3 ear.  .. , .. .... ....... - 1-l 
h e is s_o  :veil  fitted,  and of  which  the peo ple of  the state desire  a  1 Average  number ears yer stalk . ............ - . .  1. 4' 
~no re mt1mate knowledge. 

talks . ..... , ..  , . •. . ...  74 
Among  other thin gs,  Dr.  K edzi e  has  numerous  specimen  of  Total number ears to 25  hill s .. -· ·· ............  78 

T otal  number ears  to  i.JO 

32 
26 
3t 
4 
1. 14 
57 
7.3 

uch  water  is  almo _t  completed .  The  boiler 

~ffcrin ""  with  typ~? id fc,·e!·· 1  The much- needed impm.vement in our· beating  ystem  i  nea rl y 
water from.  well s. whercyeo pl~. ar:-
~tc.,  ~ent !um  fo r .chemical  c~a~111at10~ . 
in  Williams'  and  W~ll s"  hall.  are sold 
1?van ~bly coatam_1natcd  by ~:hmnage f1o m  outhouses.  A.  ho1 t  and  will  be removed  soon.  Four Ja r.re new boilers will  be  placetl 
in  a  build ing,  now  enclo  eel,  located ~ome distan ce  outhwe  t  of 
t ime  smce he r~ce1ved a  ~pcc 1mcn of water  from where  t_h rec  per-
ons ~ad t'.p~o1cl fever;  1t wa  found  to be ~rnch ?Ontam1.natecl  by  the piggery. 
In this build ing is also a  large doubl e  team  fo r fog 
such 1mpm 1t1e  .  Peopl~ cann ot  be  too  ca1 eful  _ rn  placmg  wells  pump capable of  pumping  200  barrels an  hour uucler  a  head  of 
4o pou nds of  stea m.  Tlle build in "'  also  contains a  Jeeping room 
.a nd  outhouse  at good  d1  lances from  each  othe1. 
Prof.  W.  J.  Beal  sets  his students all  to  work,  and  the  re  ult s I fo r  the eng ineer, who will  be obliged  to  devote  his wh ole  time  to 
of  their  observations  fo rm  no  mean  co ntributi on  to  botanical  the heatin9:  and pumpin~.  Fifteen bundrecl  feet of steam pipe has 
science.  The  latest  we  have  noted  arc  reco rded  in  Meehan's  been laid, \lGO  feet of which  is 4-incli  mai n.  The two dormitories, 
Gardener's  il'fonthly  for  September .  Three  stude nts  have  been 1
the  chemical  laboratory,  and  the  library  and  museum  buildin  · 
.try ing  to answer  the question:  " Will  red  clover,  not  vis ited by  are at  p resent  in  the  systep:i.  Students  in the  west  encl  and  on 
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the  third  floor  of  Wells'  Hall  have  always  complained  of  cold. 
Larger mains have been  laid  through the  building, and  with other 
increased facilities  it is hoper!  that they will  now  be  comfortable. 
Wells'  Hall  should  now be supplied  with water  for  sRfrty  agRin"t 
fire,  if  n0thing else.  These  improve men ts cost $8, 000. 

At  a  meeting of the students' organization August 3, 1881,  th e 
follo wing committee  was appointed  to  revise the coun cilmen  sys 
te m  of  the  students'  governrnent,  viz.:  President Abbot,  Senior 
Holmes,  Junior  Beaumont;  Sophomore  Rogers,  and  Freshman 
~IcDiarmid .  After two reports and a  return of  th e mntlcr  to  the 
~ame committee,  the students tinully aqopted the  following  olan , 
in  brief :' The plan  of  captains  and  lieutenants  will  remain  the 
same.  Hereafter  there  will  tie  no  councilmen.  Triuls by  jury 
will  be instituted.  A  jury of twelve students  shall  be  drawn  at 
eac h trial , in accordance with the laws of this state.  On the second 
F riday in  St•ptember of each  year twelve students sha'l  be  elected 
who  shall  constitute  the  College  legal  bar.  These  slrnll  have 
po w<:r  to  try all  cases  brought belore  the court.  They  shall elect, 
each  year,  one  of  their  number,  who  shall  be  called  the  senior 
member.  They shall  be presided  over  by  each  of  the  members 
of the bar in  rot atio n.  The sen ior  member shall  declare  the  pre· 
. iding  officer  at  each  trial.  The  captain  prosecuting,  and  the 
de fend ant shRll  choose  their  attorneys  from  the  members of  the 
College  legal  bar.  The captains and  lieutenants  shall  constitute 
:i  legi  latil·e body to amend or to enforce the students' government. 

She1man  Upton. 
It  co nsisted  of  magic  lantern  scenes,  repre  
senting  each  member  of  the class  in  two or  more caricatures.  It 
presented  an  entirely  novel  feature  iu  such  exercises,  a nd  did 
very g reat credit to  the executor.  The banq uet  was a satisfactory 
affair.  The toasts  were all  from  the  ~tudents, and  were  princi 
pally a  rehearsal of  the g reat  talent and  wonderful  feats  of  the 
class.  Commencement exercises  occurred Tuesday.  They  con 
s i~t ed of  eight  oration s.  Music  for  th ese,  as  for  class  day exer 
qises.  was furni shed  hy  Speil's  orchestra  of  Detroit. 

The class of  '81 wus noted  for  the perfect  harmony  which ex 
isted  betw een  it.;  members. 
It was  always  u.niteJ  a11d  decided, 
sometimes  to  ii  fault~  Taken  altogether  it  probably  possessed 
more  thun  the average share of talent, and could  boast  of as good 
members  as  any  class  th e  College  ever  knew. 
It contained a 
good  number  of  specialists,  members  who  worked  and  studied 
with a  view  of  following  some  special  branch of  science.  The 
following  stat is tics were gleaned  from the class history :  Nineteen 
were  born  in  i'Hich1gan,  4 1n New York,  2 iu  Canada,  Wisconsin, 
Iowa  and  Ohio,  and  oue  in · California  and  l\Imnesota;  25  are 
Republicans,  6 Democrats,  and 2 lndependent ; 24  are free-traders 
and 9 protectionists:  26  believe in  evolution ; 18 are non-orthodox 
in  relig ion.  and  15  are  ortllodox;  the  average expen  es  of  the 
class  were  $682  for  the  co uri'e ;  least  ex peuse  $475,  g reatest 
$1,000; average age,  22H years ; average weight, 150 pounds; aver 
age height,  5i feet ; 13 of the number will be farmers, 7 physicians, 
3 civil  engineers,  2 lawyers,  2 teachers,  1 dentist,  1 artist,  1  jour 
nalist,  1 housekeeper,  while  2  are  undecided. 
In  these  varied 
occ upations th ey  will  no  doubt  be  men  of  in tegrity  and  talent. 
The members  give ev idence of  superior  business  ab ilit y,  which 
will  show  itself  in  wh atever  vocations they  follow .  TuE SPEC U 
LUM  remembers  them  wi th  pleas ure,  a nd  ever  wishes  them 
success. 

Col.  Frederick  Morley,  Commissioner  of  Immigrati on  for 
2\Iicbigan,  visited  the College,  August  11,  for  the purpose of  pro 
curing  paper  from  Dr  .  Kedzie  and  Beal,  to  be pulili• bed  in  a 
circular  issued  this fa ll  as a  meaus of inducing  the  better  class of 
ettlers to  come to  our state.  Dr.  K edzie  prepared an arti cle em 
hrac in ~ a  statement of  th e kinds of  soil s of  the state  by di stricts, 
regardmg  both  chemi cal  composition  and  productiveness as  in 
TIIE  STEWARD  TROUBJ,E.-Considerable  ill-feeling  had  ex 
tluenced  by composition and  natural  quali ties.  It  co nsiders  the 
q ue' ti ons:  (Jan winter wheat  be  rai sed  in a ll  parts  of  the  stai e;  isted  for  t wo or three  yea rs between  the 
tud cnts and  l\Ir.  E .  C. 
corn ; potatoes, and other vegetables'?  Al  o,  the influence of snow - Fox,  the steward.  As ide from the  unobliging  character  of  l\Ir. 
fa ll  on  production;  lakes  and  ri ve rs  as  relatetl  to  production ;  Fox, the stud ents often  complained of  suspec ted dishonesty ;  in 
climatology;  can  pine laud s produce crops ?  intermixture of  hard  fact  J ositive  decl arations  of  di  honest  transactions  were  often 
wood  and  pine areas,  etc.  H e also  introduced  a  tabl e  g iving  th e  boldly  made by  th ose  who kne w  most  abo ut the b u  iness  of  th e 
t\ •sults of eigh teen yea rs of meteorol ogical 0 ~,sc r vati o n  ta ken a t th e  boarding hall.  These  accusal ions,  togeth er  with continu al poor 
College.  The average annual  tempera ture was fo und  to be  46. 71° ;  board.  so  co mpletely  aro used  the  . tudcnts  tha t  they  held  meet 
to  discu ·s  th e  matter,  and  th ey  mad e  many co mpl aints  of 
per cent.  of moi sture in the air, 79;  per cen t. of clou  du es,, 58;  rain -
fa ll ,  31. 31 inches;  snowfall,  48.25 inches.  Dr.  Beal  ga ve  a  short  poor  bnnrd  to  th e proper  auth oriti es.  No  measure  be in.~ taken 
sketch  of  the  flora  of  our  stat e,  including  more  pa rticul arly  an 
to  satisfy  the  students,  comp laint  oon  grew  into  excitement, 
acco unt  of  the  trees  and  shrubs;  of  th e  relative  abundance  of  and  the stud ent s  appointed  W.  H .  Burgess  and  J .  E.  Coulter  ii 
In  due  time th e 
trees and  their  values,  and a  contrast  of  the  variety of  our  trees  comm ittee  to  investi gate  .Mr.  F ox's  accounts. 
as co mpared with those  of  Great  Britain .  He  gave a  list of  the  committee  repo rted,  making  th e  fo l! owi ng  charges : 
rare trees,  the  limensious  att a ined  by  so me of  th e  largest of  our 
comm on  ones,  and  spoke of  th e  importan ce of  makin g  an  agri ·  Detroit prices;  other wise  th e purcha  e.  wcre  not overpriced. 
cultural  su rvey of  th e state,  i ncl uding  a survey  of the  tlora. 

Zd.  The st ud en ts'  wood  is used iv  forcing water  to  th e green-

1st.  The price  paid  fo r  ca 11necl  goods  wns  much higher  than 

ing 

house  and  no credit  mad e. 

UOM;1JENC IUIEN1.'  WEEK.-The  students'  exe rcises  of  com-

3d .  Extravagant  charges  for  care  of  the  steward's  team, 

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4th.  Purchase  of 

lemons,  oysters,  mackerel,  etc.,  which 

7th.  The  keeping  of  the  steward 's  private  horse  and  car-

5th .  Great  defi ciency  in  the  number  of  meals  repprted  as 

8th .  Deficiency of  kerosene oil  with  which  the students are 

mcncement  week,  which  began  with  the  baccalaureate  se rm on  which  belongs to  the students and is kept by  them. 
August 14th,  nnd  ended  with  the Presictent's  reception  August 
16th,  were  distinguished  rather  for  good  arrangement,  perfect  were charged  to the students,  but never  put on  the tables. 
harmony and  almost  faultless  execution  than  for  any_ brilliant 
d i  play  of  intellectual  power.  The  g raduating  class  numbered  paid for  by  visitors. 
thirty-three,  thirty-one  of  whom  were of  the  original  or.e  hun-
6th.  The  taking  of  money  for  carry ing  students  to  town 
d red  and  eighteen  who entered  in  the  fall  of  '77 und  th e  spring  with students'  team,  and  receiving  pay fo r  sugar and other  arti 
of  '73. 
It was  the  l ~n;est  class by  two  which  the  College evt·r ' cle  from  the boarding hall ,  for  wh ch  no  credit  to  the students 
graduated-a fact  which  was  repeatedly  brought  to  the ears  of  was ever  made. 
the audiences during  the various exe rcises.  The senior clas  day 
exerc i  es occurred on  the  evening  of  the 15th.  These  exer::ises  riage at the students' expense. 
probably sho w  to  a greater exten t  than any others the real worth 
a nd  inclinat ion s of  ".ny c l~ ss ,  si nce.  they are the  ~road est .in th eir  charged (to  the amount of 1,500 gallons). 
scope and the free ·t  Jn  thmr cxecut10n .  They give  the  ideas  of 
students  in  reference  to  each  other,  while  those of  com mence-
ment proper  g ive  personal  views  and  independ ent  di scussions. 
Knowing the class from  these exe rc:ises only . one would  judge it  Squires,  the groce r. 
to  he over-conscious of  its  own  powers.  a nd  ri gid  in  upholding 
2tl.  That  he  has  been offered  goods  by  wholesale men  and 
its  own  actions;  one  would  catch,  howev. r , a  deP.p-pervading  refu sed  to  purcha  e,  sayi ng  that  they  co uld  not  ell  cheaply 
spirit of  earnestness,  honesty and  laud ab le  a mbition.  The liter- enough,  wheu  in  one  case  the  whol esale man  was -selling Mr. 
ary pa rt  of  th e  cla  s  .day  exercises  were  introduced  by  a n  ad- Squires  th e very goo I  l\Ir.  Fox  was  getting  nt that ti'me. 
The  State  Boa rd  met  July  28th  to  in vestigate th e  e charges. 
dress froJ?  Class .Pre  1dent  H oward  ~·  H olmes.  The  add ress 
confin ed  itself  chiefly  to au  ab le, cand id  statement of th e general  The studen ts employed  E . Cahill ,  E  q.,  of Lansing,  as  attorney, 
objects  and  influences  o~  class  organizations  a nd  class  clays.  a nd  Mr.  Fox employed N . F.  Handy . • 
Charles vV.  l\fcC nrdy  delivered  the  oration,  "CultlU'e,  the Safe-
the report 
guard  of  the  Republic."  It  was  a  success  in  imparting  good  of  the Board  does  not show it.  Tl~e ch ~rg~ was expl~ined away 
ideas in  regard  to ge neral  culture  an d  ed ucation.  Class  histo1-y  by  saying  that  th e  high  prices  may  have  bee n du e to s.uperior 
It i  now  known ,  however,  that  these goods,  at an  aver 
was g~ven by Jason Wood1.nan . 
u nprm  eworthy  deuuncmt10u  of  fac ulty  dec1 ions  and  a  cor-
age cost of  ' l.65  per  dozen  are the  ame as  those now bou"'ht for 
responding  uph?lding  of 
express  th~ sentiments  of  m~re  than  a  f~w of  the class.  Other-
The second  clrn rge was withdrawn  because th e amount of wood 
wise the history  was  attractive,  well  written,  and  bo re  out  the  consumed  iu  forcing  water to  the "'reenhouse was  inconsiderable. 
"  Deaco n's"  rep utation  as  the  wit  of  the class.  W.  R.  Hubbert 
The third charge was  passed  ;ver  entirely;  at  least no record 
read a  poem.  ''The .Student. "  Mr.  H. headed  the literary  tal ent  of  any  investigation  is  upon  the  minutes  of  the meetings,  or  in 
of  th<:  class,  and  l11s  poem  fill ed  all  expectations.  The  most  the reports.  The students claim  that it is  impossible,  at  the low 
d ivertmg  part  of  the  programme  was  the  class  :prophecy  by  rates  at  which feed  and labor were  procured  at  the  time,  that it 

l st.  That he  has been  taking short  weights  fr om  l\Ir.  H.  W . 

Iu connection  with  the  fo regoing  we  can  prove  the  fol-

The  first  charge  was  not inve  ti""ated  or  if it  wa 

Its  predomin~~t feature  was  a n  goods. 

I t  probably  did  not  $1.35. 

lowing  against Mr.  Fox: 

t udeuts'  actions. 

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should  cost $323. 98  to  kee p  a  team  ouc  year  (1880),  an d  $ 122.·5G 
for  fiv e months M the  begin ning or  th e present year. 

The  fourth  charge  was dismissecl  ou  the gro und  that th e arti 
cles  purchased  "appea red  ou  th e  table,  a nd  were  common  fo r 
lhe  use  o f  all  preseut,  mixed  with  dried  fruits."  The  Board 
tal es,  also,  tha.t  such  articles  had  "aga.iu  a nd  again  bee n  fur - l\Iich. 
u islied  to  boys confiuccl  to their  rooms by  sickn ess."  1'his asscr-
ti on  is s:iicl  to have  been  proved. 

M:ich. 

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The fifth clrnrge was susta ined, to a ce rtain ex ten t.' ' the stc w:ll't! 

all eging,"  says  the repo rt,  "  that  in  severnl cases  a mou nts  were  ~1i ch. 
paid  to  him  when out  of  bis rooms in ca rryiug"pcoplc to the city, 
and therefore th e omission to c redit a ud  accouut for th C'  amounts." 
Fifty extra meal;, $7.50,  "· ere charged  to Mr.  Fox,  and  soo n after 
$8.90  more "'as added  from  add itional defici encies. 

Eugene Gregory,  "itl,  i 
teaching  in  l\[il au,  l\Ionroe  co. ,  Mich. 
A.  E.  Calki ns,  ' i2,  is  now  practicing  mccl ic;ine  at  Edmore, 

A ll.Jcrt  A.  Robi nson,  '78,  i ·  a  lumuer  merchant  in  Wayue, 

Arthur Seeley,  once  w:th  '8 1,  is  studying mcdiciue  in  D etroi t, 

Eli  ha D .  A.  Trne,  ·;s,  is  forema n  of  a  farm  near  Armada, 

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.  Ralph  D .  Sessions,  '78,  is  D eputy  County  Clerk  of  Ionia 

u  itor- eneral's  office, 

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Eugene Dave nport,  '78,  h:ts been  teaching  and  farming since 

The  first  allegation  in  th e  sixth  charge  was  admitted ,  but  County. 

dropped,  because,  of  the  money  received,  " a  part,  if  not  the 

whole.  was expended in  properly ca rin g  for  the tea1 n "  after  th ey I grad uating.  .  • 

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The  seventh  cliarge  was  wholly  snstarned,  and  Mr.  Fox 

had reached the city.  The stewai'd's buggy woul d  hold  eigl!t ; he 
charged 25  cents  apiece! 

D . T .  Ha ll ,  ouce  with ' 71 ,  is a  prosperous dru n-cr ist  in  Tecum-
H  ·v  Ola ·k  ·-8  1 as  been  teach'  g 
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charaed  <I! '>'>  70  fo r horse  feed 
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" Duri!Jg  this  time,"  says  the cliarge,  commencemeut. 

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The eighth charge  was  sustained,  but  the n111nber  of  gallous 
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of  oil  missing was very  different uuder  the estima·c of  the  State 
Board than under the estim ate of the studen ts.  From September 1 SIDg le ~ h1llmg yet. 
1st, 1878,  to  Jun e  1st,  1881,  2,423t gallous  of  oil  had  been  put I  Geo.  E .  Lawsou,  once  with  '82,  visited  tlie  College  dur ing 
into  the college oil safe. 
" the total number of.gallons sold to  the·200  stud ents a.nd  th e pro · I 
fessors,  and  the  various  department s,  was  3 ~0,  leav1Dg  2, 123t  still  keep.  bachelor'.  hall. 
gallons t,o ~c b.~r~ed, br  t~e !amps  (about 30  ID  numb~r). ~oder 
~r. "!J'ox  s cha1 0 e .  1 lus 011 '' as sold  to the st udents  b)'  M1.  Fox  farmers of  Yau  Du ren  County. 
or  his porter.  The  State  Boa rd  find  that  " the proof  does  not· 
show a1,1y  dishonest pr.1ctice on  th e  part  of  l\lr.  Fox,  who nomi- , 
n;illy  had  charge  of  th e  oil  safe;"  but  " proof  was  submitted . Arbor to a ttend the (n1vers1ty. 
that ou  one  occa~ion ,  withiu  tweuty  fou r. hours'  tim e,  creating  a  1  Chcll'le  Osbaud,  once  w ith  '82,  is  a  bookk eepe r  in  tl! e  F irst 
stro no- presumption that two  barrels of oil  were lost by  leakage."  National  Bank of L ansi ug,  Mi<;h. 
Could  such  an  amount  of  lc~lrnge. t.ake  ~Ja~e,  ~ad the  s.tewar.d 
have no more  than  a  presumpti on  of  its  m1ssmg r  But wi th  th is  Fla  enaacred in  oran.,.e  culture 
taken out.  tlie  Boa rd  still  find  750  gallons uuaccou uted  for,  and 
still  Mr.  Fox is clear fr om  " d ishonest  ac tion "!  If  his ass i  taut 
ap propriated th e  money  Mr.  F ox  is  re  ponsible for  it.  The  750 
o·allons were  not c harged  to ::irr.  Fox,  but  to  " curreut ex pen  e." 
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$152. 

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l\lr.  Thorn ,  once  a  studeut  here,  has res1gued  lu s pos1t10n  as 

tale  pays  for  th e  deficiency,  amoun ting  to , mon thly  journal  of the Signal  Service . 

J oho P . Fmley,  '73,  has entire charge of th ; publicatiou of tlie 

Cliftou  B.  Cliarles,  Class  '7~ .  is  one  of  th e  most  prosperous 

James L.  Morrice,  '73,  is  farming  near  Little  Traverse.  H e 

Ir viug  Newco mbe,  ouce  with 'd3,  is  uow  iu  C: rcsceut  C' ity, 

fo reman at tlie  Ohio  State University. 

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The charge of  acccpt10g  short  weights  was  " whol ly  ~10. ub- purcha  ed  q uite an estate  in  Colorado. 
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stantiatccl."  There  ho\\' cvcr  appears  to  he  ab undant  test11nouy 
that 
l\i r.  Fox  wns  c ,ntinu ally  gettiu_g  short  weig hts,  aucl 
poor goods, such  a  peas  in  coffee,  etc.  T he  wri ter  has  iu  miud  bus me  s  "i th  his fat hei • m  Lyous,  Mich. 
a  recent case  in  which  a Lnnsin"' <>Toccr offerc I a certai n  steward 
J O per ceut.  comm is  ion  for hi  t~a~l e.  'l'his grocer offered Mr.  Fox  vcrs ity  thi~  fall  to enter  tl!e  law departmeut. 
the same,  and th en quoted pri ces below  the whole  ale,  but Mr. Fox 
preferred  to trade with  Mr.  Squire's,  although  th e  prices  l1uoted  exhibition  at the Jackson  State Fair last  week. 
were higher. 
get  more there." 

" Tuen, "  said  the grocer,  " it  is  because  you  can 

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Geo.  E. K edzie,  '73,  is still  in  the Far Wc5t.  H e ha  recentl y 
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J a mes  T roop,  '78,  had  tweuty-five different species of cr rass on 

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Geo.  E . Breck, ' 78,  expects to  go  to  th e  l\Iichi gan  State Uni-

is  the owne r of a good  farm  near Howell,  Mich . 

i\l alcolm  Norton,  for  three  years a  member of th e class  of '70 
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"Bert"  Robso u,  once  with '81 ,  is  travelin~  for  the  wholesale 

Iu  the  fa ce  of  all  this  ev ideuce  :\fr.  Fox  gro ~·ery firJll  of Robson Bros.,  of La.using,  M1clJ . 

The  declaration  by  th e  State  Boa rd 

th nt  Mr.  F ox  fur -
nished  good  and  healthy  foo d  fo r  the  studeuts  is stre nu ously 
denied  by  them  all. 
was  not clischarged ;  llis  resig uation  was  accep ted.  H e left  the 
College  soon  after th e close of  the  term ,  August IG. 

R.  B. Norton,  ' 79,  has go ne  to  Kansas to engage  iu  the stock 

busin e~s.  His address is  Caldwell,  Sumuer cou nty,  Kan. 

The  fo llowing  is  from  th e Lansing  R epuhlican:  " T. 1e  posi-

A rthur  R.  P eelilcs, 

'77.  is  filling  a  short  engagcu1ent  w it.It 

tiou  was unanimously  teud ercd  to  Con.  Mallory,  tli e genial  and  the Presbyterian Church  at Au Sable a nd  Oscoda,  Mich. 
successful  manage r  of  the  Lansiug  H ouse.  Mr.  Mallory  has 
!llng  been  well  and  favorably  known  as  ::i  popular  hotel  clerk • ga"'ed  iu  husbaudry and agriculture near  Constantine  Mich. 
here.  For several  yea rd  he  was  a  cammerc1al  traveler,  but  upon 

F .  P.  H age nbuch ,  'i'9,  ma rried  this  spring,  and  is  now  00 . 
the departure of  Mr.  Lyon  from  the L ausing House,  last wiuter, I  l\1Jss E ll!l  W?od,  once '':'1th  the  cl~ss of  82,  has  go.ne  to  K an -
°  . 

he assumed  the  management  of  the house  for  N.  G. Isbell , and  sas  to  remam  with  the family  of President Geo.  T.  Fairchild. 
has since conducted it,  giving  p ~ rfec t  satisfacthu to  the  pu blic, 
a nd  converting  it from  a  losing  to  a  profitabl e in vestmeut.  The  ID  th e chenucal works of  Parke,  Davis &  Co.,  Detroit,  Mich. 
Board exhibited excellent  jucl.gmeut iu  its  sclectiou. " 

.  Ored.  S.  _Park,  rememberer!  by  the. class of '81,  is .coati!lg  pills 

Oliauning  I .  Gage,  three  years w ith  '79,  grad uated  '80,  in  th e 

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THE Editor of  this  Department  desires  the  earnest co-operation of  the 

li uiversity as Ph .  0.,  aud  is  now iu  Holt's d rug  store,  D etroit. 

__  were g uests of the family  of Prof.  Cook  during commence ment.' 

Misses  Ad a  Ourliss  a ud  Ann ie  Kennedy,  form er  stud en ts 

Arthur  L.  Lowell ,  ' 74,  has formed  a law  partnership at Ovid 
alumni  in  aiding  him to fi ll  these C.)lumn  with  interesting  items.  Gh·e  Mich.,'under  the  name of  Dennis &  Lowell,  a nd  is  prospcriug 
occupation  since  grad uation,  \\'ha.t  offices  held.  whethel'  married or  not, I finely . 
etc., etc.  Let this receive prompt> attention frnm  ever.r alu mnus. 

I  Richard  H .  Gu ll ey,. '78,  has  been  a  successful  teacher  at 
Dearborn.  H e  in tcud s soou  to  begin  th e  introduction  of  school 
books  in  Wayne  Co naty. 

James E.  Miller, '78,  is farmiug  uear  Lansing. 
C.  W.  Gammon ,  '70,  is  farmiug  at Ilichl aud,  Cal. 
Martin T .  Rainier,  '74,  is iu ]\[arshnlltowu,  Iowa. 
)lore  W .  ,Toues,  '80.  is  studyin.!!  law in  Kalamazoo,  Mich. 
A.  F .  Alleu,  '61,  is an cxteu  irn farmer  iu  Vinl and,  K an. 
Ros well  L illie,  '70,  is practic ing  la w iu  Ooopcr ville,  ~I i c li . 
Ransom  M. Brooks . '73.  is a  farme r  nea r  Wacu usta,  Micli . 
C.  B.  F . Bangs,  '76,  is bee-keeping at  South  Haven,  Mich . 
Donald  H .  Kedzie,  '76,  is editor of  the  Grnud  H ave u . Herald. 

H .  F.  Buskirk,  '78,  has  bccu  teachiug  aud  fa rmin a  since 
I s  uperintendent  of  public  schools.  Marri ed, 

g raduation. 
January,  1881. 

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Fren;iont E .  E;keels., '78,  has 1.eft  ~he ~ mJ.ll oy of '" e  Jey Emery, 
of Lansrn.e:,  to engage m  surveymg  10  Kent county.  His address 
is Grand Rapids. 

C.  S.  Guile,  '79,  is  a  member  of  tl!e  Uuiversity law  class  of 
'82.  Since grad uation he has been  superintendent of  schools and 
census en umerator. 

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.  F rank  J .  Ann i  ,  '75,  fo rmerly  Professo r  of  Chemistry  a nd 
J\Iatbema ti cs  in·  t be  Colorado  Agricultural  Coll ege,  h as  gone  to 
A nn  Arbor  to  study law. 

I srael  H a rris,  '73,  who w as a  g rocer  in  R ochester , N .  Y . , fo r 
several yea rs,  bas  sold  out  a nd  purchased  a  far m  near  Grund 
Rapids.  H e  is doing  ni cely. 

I? . Sa tterl ee Trowbridge,  '78,  was  a  farm er  after  g rad ua tin g. 

.Eva D .  Coryell,  '76, was mnrri ed at the  rnsid ence  of  her  par 
ents,  in Willi a mston,  on  .Aug ust  30,  to  Wm.  McBaiu,  of Sparta, 
'rnE SPECULmc 
K ent County.  They move on  to a  larger farm . 
wishes them  unlimi ted  success. 

· F rank  E .  Hobson,  '78.  a ft er  g raduating  taug ht  school  in D e-
Witt,  Uinton county.  E nt ered  the  law  offi ce of  S.  F .  Seager,  of 
l.a~ s in g .  in  1879 ; then  t au gl ~ t scuoo l  i~ the  First  Ward. L a nsing; 

He  is  no w  st ucly in g  la w  wi th  B.  Morse,  of  Ionia,  a nd  is  also  1 ag<1 m  ente red  th e  law oflkc.  wh ere  he  1s a t  prese nt  a  stud ent. 
Depu ty-S li eri [  of Ioni a  Co un ty. 

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C.  P. Cronk ,  '79,  since gradua ti on  has  ta ught winters  alll.l  ex-
Mason  W .  Gray.  '77,  has  been  until  rece ntly  a doctor  iu  th e  peels to  teacli  th e coming  ,,·!u ter.  During  l a~ t seaso n  he  assisted 
the cc.mnty  survey or of  Gratiot co unty a nd  tlu s summer  h as  been 
clerkrng  in a  drug  store. 

minmg  regions of  L a ke  Superior,  whe re  he  m et  with good  uc-
cess.  H e  is now a t Pontiac,  Mich. 

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F.  S.  Slee per,  68, is one of the most prosperous fa rmers of K al-

.Mis.s  Ag nes F airchild ,  in  company with  her  father ,  President 
a mnzoo.  H e aided  in  the  form at ion  of  Ga lesb urg  Gran ge,  a nd  F iurch •ld,  of .Ka nsas,  attend ed  commence ment  here.  She  has 
gone  to  Oberlin  College  to take  a  co urse  wh ere  both  her  parent s 
has  bee n  its  master  for  one term . 
"Tadu a ted  some years  ago. 
.  W.  A. Rowe,  '73,  of  Mason,  wa  elected  o ne of  t he  Board  of  0 
School Inspectors  for  Ingha m  County.  H e  is a  prosperous far-
mer  and is Ma  ter  o f  Mason  Gran <l"e. 
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George D. Moore,  71,  1.s  a  farmer m M~d10a, L enawee Co~nty. 
H e ~n tered c~ll.ege  ex pectrng  t'?  engage.  m  some  other  bu srnes~. 
H e  is  en te rpn s 1a .~,  ta kes  an  acti ve  parl 10  a  fa rmer's  club,  a nd  is 

\ V. S. H oldsworth,  78.  for some  tlmey ast a n  10 ~t ructor .m  t he  considered  a  cred it  to his  occ upation.  He is  marri ed . 

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State  Reform  School,  and  formerly  a n  m structor  10  d rawmg  at 
thi s Collc"'P.,  bas  gone  to  Bobton  to study a rt. 

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R a nsom  H. Mc ~ow ell •.  74,  took  a  course 10  the  Sta te  No r~al , 
In  1877  he  acce pted  the  pos1t1on 
H . E .  'Vilcox,  '70,  is  wit h  1.iis father  farmin g  near  Roch ester,  of assistant  foremal'. of  t he  farm  here,  a  pface  th at  he  h eld  for 
) fr.  ' Vi lcox  is  q ui te  a  society  ma n,  a nd.Jias many  fri en cls  three yea rs  to  the entire . atisfaction  of th e stude nts at ll'ast. 

and then  enga,e;ed  10  fa rmmg. 

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of  t he  gentler  se x  in  all  the surround ing  towns. 

H enry P almer  a nd  C.  B.  Colling wood.  01:ce  in  th e classo f '83, 
)Ir.  Cassidy  was  tak eii  sick  the  first  part  of  Au gu >t  a nd  i  have go ne  to  Uta h  to  ta ke respo nsibl e  positions  in  a  rai lroad  s ur 
still  co nfi ned  to  b is  bed.  H e  has  had  c~ ages tiou of  the  brai n ,  vey .  Each  run s a n  in strument  and  has  cha rge  of  a  set  o f  men. 
Their address  is  Salt L ake  City,  ca re  of the  D ., H.  G. &  ' V. R.R. 
but  is  now  thoug ht  to  be e nt irely  out of da n.e;er. 
L.  V.  Beebe,  '61 ,  is  one  of  the  ma nagers of  th e P rnn  L ife  In 
surance  Compa ny.  "Bein g  engage'd  in  this  busin ess." be  writes, 
" I  na tu rally  bold  to  til e  old  doctr ine  of  death -bed  repentance 
and fo r  vari ous  reasons. "  H e  should  B e-be ra ted  fo r  s uch  la n-
g uage. 

Cy ru s  Crand all ,  '79,.o f  la te  a  clerk  in  t he  Auditor-General's 
o ffi ce,  La nsing,  has retur11 ed  to  bis  home  in  Adr ia n,  Mi ch .  H e 
t hi nks  ome  of go ing  to Ann Arbor  to study  dentistry. 

W. H.  Burgess, '81, lost all  hi s  books a nd co ll ege photographs 
in  the  late fires  in  Sa nilac  c mu ty .  He  des ires  each  of  t he  boy 
w ho excha nged  with him  to  se nd him another· pi cture. 

l\I.  S.  'rl10mas,  "79.  bas b ~eu with  hi s  brother,  ,V.  L.,  '80,  en 
•aged  in  fa rmin g;  nt  P ra irie  Ro nde,  CiLss  Co u n!y .  H e  was  mar 
ried  Aug ust,  1880,  a nd  is s up posed  to  be  a  happy  n1:1 n. 

J a mes  A.  P orter,  '77,  taught  school  in  Ohi o a nd  Imliaaa until 
1879,  when  he  m oved  to  Greeley,  Col.  H e  has  bee n  teaching 
th ere  since,  but e xpec ts  to take  charge of a  wh eat ranch  soon 

H on .  George  A .  F a rr,  '70,  is  a  lawyer  practicing  in  Grand 
H a ven.  H e  has made good  prog res >.  H e  has  twice been a  m em 
ber  of  the  State  Sena te,  wber<>  he  has ta ken a  promin ent pa rt. 

Dr.  Beal,  :Ma ter  of  In g ham  Co unty  Grange,  ·:.ddressecl ,  on 
A ugu st  31st,  a  meeting  of  the P a tron s  of  Husbandry a nd oth ers, 
held  on  the fa rm  of  Hi ram  Bristol,  in  the  town of  Aurelius. 

C.  B.  Cha rles,  '79, ·of  Ba ngor ;  C.  Crandall,  '80,  o f A d ri a n ; C. 
E.  H ollister,  '6 1,  of  L :iingsburg,  a nd  0 .  P.  Gull ey,  '79,  of  D ea r 
bo rn .  we re  among  t he alumni  wh o  were  h ere  comm encemen t. 

Prof.  S.  l\I. Tracy,  '68,  has  been made dean  of  the  faculty  of 
l\lissouri  Uni versi ty ,  at  Columbi a,  Mo.  H e  h as 
lately  been 
elt:cted  ecr eta ry  of  the l\1i  sissippi Vall ey  H orti cul tural  Society. 
Willi a m  F a ru  worth .  more  fam iliarly  known  t0  th e  bovs of 
'  2 as  ' ·Faro ey."  is  ma rri ed .  Ge'l.  A .  Yo ung,  hi. 
fo reman :  a nd 
hi  scaler,  Mr.  R odenbaug h, w ore  form er  members  of the  class of 
'82. 

J ames  Ti bbet  ,  ' 73,  is  fa rming  near  Ioni a,  ::Vli ch.  At  th e  re  
cent election h e  wa  chosen  a  m em ber  of  th e  board  of  co un ty 
school  exa mi ne rs.  H e  occupies  the position  of  secretary  of  t hat 
board . 

W .  W .  R emin gton,  '80,  is  ma rried.  H e  too k  a  large  farm 
near Gra nd  R apid  and during  th e yea r  la id  over 2t mil es of  tiles. 
in ce  be  has  eag11ged  to  teac~ a  scll ool  nea r  Grn nd  R apids  fo r 

one year. 

Harry  E.  E mmons,  '78,  was  fo reman  o f  a  p rom in ent  drug 
manufactory  in  Detroit,  M ich.,  un t il  March ,  I  80,  when  he  en 
o-aO'ed  in  tlie  h at  euterp ri  e  at  C.  R.  Ma bley's.  W as  marri ed 
n;c.  25,  1810. 

F rank S.  K edzi e,  '77,  as  ista nt  in  ch emi stry  at  thi s  Coll ege, 
with  hi  brother,  P ro f.  R  F . K edz ie,  visited  severa l  E astern  col 
leges  during  the  A ug ust vacation.  H e  was especially well  pleased 
with  B oston . 

Charl es  A.  J e well , '62,  is now  in  Spring fi eld,  M o.,  having gone 
fi e  is wo rking  t lle re at 
there  fo r  the  benefi t  of  hi s  wife's  healtll. 
t he  ca.rpenter's trade,  and  lea es all  his prop erty in Medin a,  Mich ., 
h is  fo rmer  home. 

Charles  A.  W a rd ,  once  w ith  '82, was marri ed  to  Ro  a  Curry , 
April 17,  1881.  H e  we nt to  Gunnison,  Colo rado,  last  spring,  to 
work in an  assayer's  office,  thereby keeping  bis  marri age a  ecret.. 
I t  became know n  lately a nd appears  to  be  sa ti sfa ctory to  all  con 
cerned.  vVe  wish  him s uccess. 

R ay  Sessions, '79,  is  engaged  in  fa rmin g  near  Maple  R a pids. 
Has  been  superint endent of schools  a nd  ta kes  a n  active interest 
in  agricultural  and  edu cat ioaal  topics. 
It is  said  th at  a  Monroe 
co un ty  g irl  h as  ca u  ed  him  to  reso  ve  to e nte r  the s tate of  mat ri · 
moa y. 

A.  A.  Crozi er.  '79.  re main ed  a t  th e  College durin g most of the 
summer  vacati on,  continu111 g  hi s .studies in  botany.  His  parents 
a nd  most of  th e  famil y  have m ·wed  to  Ann Arbor , Mich.  Arthur 
has  tak en  charge of  the  home  fa rm.  H e  did  no t  de ny  that  he 
should  soon  marry. 

R.  .M:.  Slocum ,  '7 1,  taug ll t  school  and  kPpt  hooks  until  '75; 
engaged  in  farmin g  until '77,  wh en  he  establi ·bed  the  G .. and 
Rapids Gree11back.  Jn  '7!)  return ed  to  the farm ,  thinking  it  the 
best  of  rill  pro fe 
H ns  held  many  r esponsibl e  offi ces. 
ions. 
Ma rried  September,  '72. 

J ohn E . Simonso n, ' 74,  g radu ated  in the la w  depa rtment of the 
Mi chigan  University  in 1877.  B egan  practising  la w in Bay  City, 
Mich: ,  in 1878.  H e  was  Circ uit Court Commi ssio ner in 1878 an d 
is  now  City  A ttorn ey  fo r  Bay City .  He  is  at  present a  m embe r 
of  the  la w  firm  of Simonson  &  G illett. 

E.  0 .  Ladd,  '78,  is fore man of D . M.  F erry  &  Co. 's experimen 
tal  gard en.  H e expected  to  spend a  fe w  wee ks at the College this 
umm er  stu rly ia g  th e  s tru cture of  seeds,  but  did  not  on  accoun t 
of  other  business,  alth ough  whil e  on  t he  way  to  Grand Tra verse, 
he  stopped  an d  paid  th e  Coll ege a  visit. 

Ri cha rd  H aigh, Jr., '69,  is in South Haven engaged  in  f~uit cul 
t ure a nd  land scape gard en in&';  was Secreta ry  of  the Ag riculturar 
Coll ege and  State Board  in  1 ~7 1.  H e spent  a  portion  of  '80,  or 
na menting  pleasure  g rounds  fo r  the  Grand R a pids  a nd  Indi a na 
R.R.,  and  the school ground s  of  the  city  of  Gra nd Rapids. 

A.  II. Phinney,  '70,  too k  a  post  g radua te  course  in  Co rn ell. 
a nd  received  th e degree  of Pb . D . in  1873.  H e remain ed fo r som e 
tim e at Co rn ell  as as  istaa t  in  th e  chemical  laborato ry ;  then,  in 
1874,  went  to  Now  York  to engage  in  tile  manufac ture  of chem  
icals.  H e  remaiu ed  there  two  yea.rs,  a nd  is  a o'.V  a  d l'lfO'O"ist  in 
H owell ,  Mi ch. 

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Con.  B.  Mallory  i  fillin g  Uie  office  of  ste ward  to  the  enti re 
satisfaction  of the stude nts.  He  isgentleurn nly , an d  bas the busi  
ness q uali t ies  req uired  to  fill  such  a  position.  He  buys  O'Oo ds  at 
a  Jes  co  t  th an  d id  the  last  man  w ho  tri ed  to  fill  the  plaie.  Th e 
sati sfied  look  of  the  students  a nd  th e  peculi a r  q ui etness  of  th e 
dini ng  hall  a re  indicatio ns  of  his  succe 

. 

F.  S.  Burton,  '68,  g radu ated  in  the  l:tw  department  at  the 
Univer  ity  in  1871.  Practiced  law  a nd was editor  of  several  di f 
feren t  papers.  Disposed  of  th ese  a nd  esta blished  the  Midlan d 
Sun  in  F ebruary,  1881.  Was  Prosccutin~ Attorney  of  Gladwin 
County  in  1874,  and  Judge  of  Probate  ID  Midland  Coun ty  in 
1876.  Owns a  large farm  near  Midland.  Married  in  1873. 

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THE  COLLEGE  S PE C ULuM. 

Prof.  R  F .  Kcdzi e,  '71,  of  t he  Mississippi  Ag ri cultura.I  Col 
lege,  has  been  an alyzi ng  so me  water  and  superphosphates  from 
his  State in  the chemi ca l labo ratory here during  hi  vacation .  He 
h as a lso  devoted a  reasonable amount of time  to  th e ladi e  - one J 
in  particul ar-attending  num erous  picnic  and  excursions.  H e 
made  a short visit  to  se veral  of ·th e  Eastern colle"es,  goi ng  as far 
as Boston , Mass. 

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J. A.  Briggs,  '79,  has  been  engaged  in  teac hin g  during  the 
wi11t er  ;  last summer  he  was a  foreman  on  the  Detroit  and  Bu t 
ler R.R.;  a nd  this  summer  is ass isting  in  the official  business of 
h i~  fath er,  and  is  rcadin ~ preparatory  to  entering  the la w  cou rse 
in  the  University  thi s  fa t!. 
l\fr.  Brigg  has  taken  nn  act h'e  part 
in educational and  tempera nce affairs, and has held  many  respon- 1 
sible offices. 

P . I-I. Felker, M.  S.,  '71, was foreman  in  horticul tural  depart 
ment here  for  two  year--,  taug ht  sc.:11001  in  Lau s in ~  one  year, 
visited  Kansas  and  Colorado  on  a  scientific exploration, engaged 
in the grocery business in  Grauel  Rapid  , wrote" What tlte Grocer 
Sells  Us," became  managing  ed it or  of  Grand  Rapids  Post,  now 
QDe of the editor · of the  A mer ican  G1·oce1· of 
in  Passa ic.  N.  J . 

,. ew York .  H e Ii ves I. 
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Seneca N. Taylor was once a member  of  the class of '60,  being i 

the last to  leave  that class.  Studied  law  with 0.  M.  Barnes  and 
then attended  successively  the  Michi&an  University and  Adrian 
College.  H e  practiced law  in  Niles,  .Illich .. from  '61  to  '65,  then 
w ent  to St.  L'luis,  Mo ..  and  is  there  at prese nt, a  mcm ber  of  the 
law  firm  of  T aylor &  Pollard.  H e) s attorney  for  t he  St.  Louis, 
Alton  and Terre Haute Railroad. 

H1l\vartl  .\J.  H ul ull.:s, L rrnoi11y  Brp u,b/icun Oltice,  Lausing,  Mich. 
"\\ .  R.  Hu bbert,  550  Second  street,  Detroit,  )Iich. 
Arthur .Jon e"  Lansing,  )Iich.  Traveling  ID  Michi gan  for W. 

M.  P atter ·on  &  Co's  publishing  house. 

.  J o  iah L.  H .  Knight,  Lee's  Park,  "ebra  ka.  Goe 

to Wash-

ingto n  to  enter  Sigual  Ser vice  Depart ment Jau. 1. 

W.  I.  Lillie,  Grau ·  Haven,  sturlyiug  la\\·  wit.h  Geo.  A.  F arr. 
Dauiel 
.  Liucoln ,  Gree nvill e,  Mich.,  horticulturist. 
Charl es  W.  McC urdy,  Dansvill e,  N.  1 . 
Edward  C.  McK ee, Lain gsbu rg,  Mi ch.,  farm er. 
Charl e.  McKc uny,  Dimondale,  Mich.,  goes  to  Philad elph ia, 

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Pa ..  to  work  fo r Pa tterson &  Co. 

Mrs.  )fary J.  C.  ie rrill , Jackson,  Mich.,  studyi ng  medicine. 
Byron  S.  Palmer,  Ann  Arbor,  studying  dentistry. 
W.  W.  P almer,  Orangeville.  Mich. ,  farmer. 
Charles  D.  Phelps,  AmherEtburg.  O ut. 
Ilarvey  A.  Price,  Locke.  Mich. ,  goes  to  Philadelphia.  Pa. , 

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Oct.  1,  to  work for  P atlerson  &  Co. 

Harvey L.  Rosenb erry,  Columbu  ,  0 .,  studying  medicine. 
Alva Sherwood,  "ew Troy,  farmer. 
W.  G.  Simonson, Birming ham,  ~li c h.,  farmer. 
Ambrose E .  Smith ,  New  'froy,  Mic h. 
Amos W.  Troupe,  Dimondale,  Mich. ,  goes  to  Rush  Medical 

College,  Chi cagv,  Ill. 

Arthur B.  Turner.  Onoudag1i,  Ingham  Co.,  Mich.,  teaching. 
Sherman  Upton,  Big  Rapirls,  Mich. 
A.  H.  Voigt  Butte  City,  Montana, suf\'cying. 
Clarence R.  White,  Hillsdal e,  Mich .,  farmer. 
J ason ·woodman ,  Paw P a w,  Mich.,  farming. 

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C.  F.  Strang,  '78,  entered  Oberlin  shortl y  a fte r  grarluatin g 
here.  During the summer  of '80,  he spent  hi s  vacati'on  in  Clare, 
Michigan.  preaching;  from  tlreuce  he went to  Au dover Seminary, I 
Mass.  He  spent a  part of  hi  vacation  this  su mm er  in  Robin -
ston,  Maine. 
Dowagiac, Mich.,  where  he  was  marri ed  to  Miss Ro  abe ll a Rid er.  I' 
He then  return ed  to  And over .  They  have  the  best  wishes  of 
Tm;:  SPECU L 

Prof.  F .  A.  Gulley,  '80,  now  in  the  Agllicultural  College  of 

Ile  vi  ited  th e  Coll ege  this  fall.  a nd  then  went  to  A  GLUIPSE  AT  ~UCHIG AN  HORTICULTURE.  By  Secr eta1')'  C.  W . 
Garfi eld. 
This is a  pamphl et  of  fourteen  pages,  prepa red  fo r  distrilm-
tion a t the recent meetin g  of  the Ame ri can  Pornological  Society. 
"o . . ummary  can  do  it  justi ce.  H e  refers  t~  th e  healthy  old 
Mississippi, where  he  I.ms  charge  of  the  agriculture,  spent a  few  !n11t trees  J)lanted  many  rears  ago. by  the .Jesuit s;  s peak~ of  ~he 
days at this  College,  about th e  10th of  Au (J'ust.  H e  was looking  mfl.ucnci: of tllC  g reat la kes,  the frmt  ~~!~, the l11lls of  the  rntenor 
well, expressed  great  interest  nnd  showed  mu ch  enthusiasm  in  ~luch ~vill grow  fin e  peaches,  t he fac1ht1es  for good  markets,  t.he 
behalf  of  his  ncw  positi on.  U c atten ded  th e  A.  A.  A. S.  at Ci n  · n ch  sotls  and  cheap _!and  .  ~e tak ~s  up th~ ~t~te  by eoun.ti es 
cinnati  and  beca me a  member.  H e  was  al  o ekcted a  member  and  g roups  of  counti es,  namrng  then·  pecuhant1es.  H e  gives 
o f  Sodety for  the Promoti on of  Agric ultural  Science,  whi ch  is a  some  stat.i s l~ cs  a1~ ?  &"iv~  the loca tion  of  nineteen  loc11l  hort.icul 
hi.rh honor  especiall y  as  Professor  Gu ll ey  only  "raduated  last , tural  · oeiet1 es. 
M1 ch1ga n  present  to  the home.seekers a great 
m.any  advantages  th at  ~ppeal  at  on~c to  ~he  pract~cal good  sense 
ye~r. 
'ID,  of  Lamber tv ille,  :Monroe  Co unty.  has  o.E.  tll.ose  ~ho arc.  seckm g  a  place  Ill which to  ~rn~ld  .up ~ hom e. 
t aught both  winters at th at  place, and is  now engaged in studying  Michi~an is  p racti.cally  fr~c from debt; _her  publJc  lll  titut1ons  are 
Greek a nd  Roman  hi sto ry and  literature,  preparatory  to  takin o- a  her pride,  .and  he1  educ11t10nal  syst~m  IS  commended  by the  .be  t 
iu  the co untry.  The ag n cu!tural ~d van tages for  mixed 
course of two yea rs  at  the  University  in  political  cience  afte r ' edu ca tor 
wbicll  he  intends to  g rad uate  in  th e  °Jaw  course and  then follow I h;is~ iandry are of  the  v~r)'. best;  ~he chm ate  IS  not equaled  by a~y 
iaw as a  profession.  Mr.  Stunner  has  acted as  chairman  of  th e  ~ort~crn  Stat ~;  th.e  air  is  ~le~1.  the  .water  oure,  and the  vane.  
Monroe  County  tempetance  organization  for  the  past' year  and 
t1ons ~n  tempeiatu.1e  compa1at1velJ'. slight.  The  la ndscapes  a re 
as such  has  tfiken  an  active  part  in  the  Constitutional  a~end - ueaut1ful,  and a  wl'l e  range  of  frm ts,  plants, tlo.wers  and  trees, 
I t~a~r~C::;1s~~~e~~~~~f~aD~~i~~t~t~fr!s;~~l:~~~~~~~~ta~~u:~,e~~~ 
Charles  Bloodgood,  '17,  was  at  firs ~  after  graduat1 o_n  a  local  where,  an d a  refin ed  and intelligent  people  make  up  her  pre·ent 

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book agent,  then  a general  agent ;  durmg  the  prosecu tion of the  population." 
fatter  business he  traveled  over several of  th e Eastern  a nd  West· 
~rn Statc>s  At present he  has cliari;re of the Eastern  husiness for I ZOOLOGY  FOR  HI<=!H  SCHQOLS  AND  COLLEGES.  Br  A.  s.  Packard, 
1880 
Jr.  Second  Ed1t1on,  Revised.  New  York:  Henry  Holt  8.:.  Co 
W.  M.  P atterson  &  Co.  :  pubh sh1n g .house.  H e  1s  loca ted  at 
12mo, 719  pp.  s.1.00. 
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Philadelphia , Pa .  During  the  winters  of '79,  '80  and '8 1 he  at-
The question  is often  asked,  especially  uy grarluates who  left 
tended  the Rush Medi cal  College  in  Chicago,  graduating  in  '8 1.  College some  years since and  desire  to  keep abreast the  pro(J're  s 
R e intends  to  take  a  further  course in  medicine at the University  of the rapidly advancing science of  zoology, what is  the  best°tex t 
book  one can procure?  We reply unhesitatingly,  the  one  under 
of Penn sylvania. 
Loziene A.  Hurlbut,  '67,  graduated  in  the Jaw  department  o f  considc:ratio~ .  Dr.  Packard,  as  a  student o~  the elder  Agas  iz, 
the University in  1870,  and  was  immediately ad mitted  to  the bar , for  a  long tun e  ti.ie  cur~tor of  ent?mology  m  ~he  Peabody ~[ u ­
of the  Supreme  Co urt.  B e  entered  the  law  offi ce  of  Charl es I seum at  Salem,  editor of  the  A_ mei· ~can  !fatural<St  from  the  nrst, 
Draper of Pontiac, and  remained  there one and a half years.  Next  prof~ss~r of  z~ology ~t  Brown  Umvers.1ty,  and ever  a  most  eu 
went to  Saginaw,  where he acted  as Deputy  Clerk  of  the Circuit  th~s i~st 1 c and  mdefat1gal.Jle  work er  rn  b10logy.'  ha~ l~ad  excellent 
(;ourt ;  then  pract ised  Jaw  und er  th e  l!ame  and  firm  of  Hurlbut , tram1ng for  the  work  he  ~ as  performed.  His  _earlier  works  on 
&  Stark.  In  1877  h e  moved  to  Florid a  for  the  benefi t  of  his  entomol ogy and  comparative embryology  were,  m  some  respect  , 
w ife's health,  and  whil e  there  has  engaged  largely  in  orange cul - . pion e~ rs and  have served  a  most  valunble  purpose .. The  present 
In  common  with  nearl y all 
ture. 
recent writers in  biology,  Dr.  Packard  explains  from  the  stand -
]ate Capt. E.  B.  ·ward,  of Detroit. 
point of  " desce nt."  He  removes sponges  from  th e  protozoa,  as 
. 
he  well  may,  on  l.Jotlt morphologi cal and  embryological  g rounds. 
Herbert Baml>~r,  Sa l ~  Lake  City, care  of  the  D.,  R  G.  &  W.  I H e  make·  Cceleu tcratn  and  Chin octermata  se parate  brnnches, 
•  R.  R 
whi ch  view,  if  not  accepted  by  all,  is  ga ining  rapidly  in  favor 
Joseph  I.  Bickn ell , .l '",  qanaser.a g:l ,  N .  Y . 
both  in  Engl:1nd  and  on  the  continent.  That  Dr.  P ackard  takes 
rather advanced g round  is shown  in  the  fact  tha t the molluscoida 
W.  H.  Burgess.  Dec ker vi lle,  ?llich. 
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of  older  wri ters,  tuuicatn ,  brachiopoda  and  bryozoa  are  remov-
Chas.  E.  Bush .  m c r cl~a nt  P_entwatcr,  )[1ch. 
Carroll  W.  Clark ,  Onou , 
ed  to  swell  th e  ranks of the worms. 
I  Roll eston's  invaluable  work 
Carl  R.  Dart,  Lansing,  Mich. 
" Forms  of  Anim al  Life "  is 
uggested  by  Dr.  Packard's  mfn~te details in giving  the anat~my 
Wm.  S.  Delano,  O xfo rd,  l\'lich..  Go e~ to  Washington,  D .  C., 
I of  some  one  animal  of  each  O' l'OUp  as  a  type of  the  whole.  A 
I valuable  feat ure  is  borrowed  from  :he  German  works  that 
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givi ng instruction,  at the close of  the discussion of  each' Class,  in 

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The followm,,  aie t he addresses  ~f the class  of  81. 

Cadalzo  A.  Dockstader.  Centreville , .Mich. 
iGeorge  W .  G rever,  clerk in  drug  t  re.  Concord,  :Mich . 

In 1874  he  marri ed  Miss  F rances  B .  Clark  a  ni ece o f  th e  promise  to  more  th an  equal th em. 

Jan.  1,  to eu ter  Signa l Se1·,·1c.c  Department. 

1-!e  is a  ra.1lroad  surveyor.  _ 

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.aboratory  work.  The  illustrations  are  full  and  good,  many  of /  We think  that the  great est  criticism  against collc·ge  papers is 
that they  coqtain so many allusions which  are understood  by only 
them  being  prepared for  this work. 

If one  wishes  a  mere  outline  of  the  animal  kingdom,  with ) a  few,  as  to  be  tedious and  unprofitable  reading. 

brief  but clear ilefinitions, MncAlister  is excellent,  and  costs but  We noticed  not long  ago  in a  paper  the  follow in~,  which  il 
$1.  The  latest  edition  of  Nicholson  is  midway  between  Mac- 1 lustrat es  what  we  should  discourage: 
" The  Sen10rs  talk  of 
Alister  and  Packard,  and  is  admirable  in  its style and  arrange- I putting ' inside blinds '  on  the  windows  west  of  their hat rack ." 
ment. 
It costs $1.50.  But for  one  who is desirous to do  earnest J  We  offer this as an example,  and  uot as a  criticism on  the paper, 
work,  th ere  is  n'o  treatise  which  is  moi·e  to be commended  th an  for  we  tl.Jink  it  is  a n  unusually  hi gh-ton ed  journal  as a  whole. 
The fault may  be  found  with  most  college  papers  to  a  great1 r  or 
this  latest-Packard 's. 
less  ex tent,  and  should  form  th e  basis  of  much  well-deserved 
critic.ism . 

THE  CAT-'-AN  INTRODUCTION  TO  THE  STUDY  OF  BACKBONED 
ANI.\IALS, ESl'Eo; IALLY  MAMMALS.  By  :St.  George  ::mvart, Ph.D., 
F. R.  S.  8vo.;  pp. 557, 208  figs. 
As Mivart says,  the cat may well  "serve as an  introduction to 
zoology  in  general,  and even  to  biology itself. "  As suggested  hy 
the author,  this an imal, from  its convenient size and  the ease with 
which  it  may  be  procured,  is  especially  desirable as a  subject tor 
sturly  and se rves  well  as  a  type  in  the study of  mammals.  The 
li.te Prof.  Wyman once  exp'rcssed  the r,ame thought.  Dr.  Wilder 
even  says that  "no medical student should  be  allowed  to  dissect a 
human  cadaver until  he  has familiarized  himself  with  the anat 
omy of  the  cat."  For  the  above  reasons  feliotomy is beco ming 
quite generally  and  th<irough ly  practiced in our  colleges.  There 
fore Mivart's work was expected  by many with no little eagerness. 
The work first details quite fully  the anatomy of the cat, which 
pert is illustrated  with  numerous figures which for  th e  most part 
are excellent,  though some of them  are very  poor.  The  mistak es 
iu  this part are  numerous and patent.  The pancreas is more than 
peritoneum,  and  the  left  "ide of  the  he11rt  i  mu ch  th e  thicker. 
This work reminds on e of the Comparative  Anato my  by  the same 
au thor; it is  often more human  than  feline.  The author is neither 
h appy  or  consistent  in  bis  nomenclature. 
" Backboned "  and 
' zygencephala"  are  odd  bed-fellows.  Crelentera  is  too  short. 
Such  specimens of orthography  us  rythm and  Grcgo ri ana  are far 
too  common.  The  ta  t  portion  of  the  volume  deals  with  th e 
varieti es  of  rnts,  their  place  among  n.nimals,  and  their  origin 
He takes  the snme  view as tLat given  in  his  "Genesis of Species." 
Evol ution  is  taught,  but  thn.t  "Natural  Selection "  is sufficient 
to  be  a  "crude and  inadequate  conception." 
he  hold 

The volume is a  va luable adrlitioa  to  our zoological  literature, 
but  makes  us  nil  the  more cag('l' to  greet  the  .. ;.-o: ume  on  the 
same subject now  being  prepared  by  two of  the  most capab'e of 
'Ve  have seen 
American  sci entist~, Dr.  Wilder and  Prof.  Gage. 
<•me  of the  maau  cript pages of thi s  work,  which  is  to  appear  in 
a  few  week  .  and  we  are convinced  that  we are  to  have  in  it  a 
classic,  worthy  a  place  beside  the  great  work  of  Straus-Durck 
beim . 

w·e have before us  No.  1 of  this  year's  volume of  the  Oberlin 
Rtview. 
It  contains  much  interesting  matter but is  not  neatly 
printed.  W e  welcome  the Review,  and shall  be happy to  number 
it among our exchanges. 

The  Co  l'ge  Cnurirr  was rcacl  with  much  pkasure. 

It  has  a 
Its 
neat,  attractive  a ppearaucc,  and  shows  good management, 
editorials are  well  written and are  about  items of  interest.  The 
control of  the  paper  resides  in  a  stock  com pany having  thirty 
shares each with  a  par value of tea dollars.  The  poetical  depart  
ment is small ,  so  that we  are a ble  to g ive  the  poe m as follows: 

The rlonkey  is a  pretty bird , 
::;o  gentle and so wise; 

It has a silky J it tie  tail 

·with which  to  fii sk  the flies. 

Upon  i ~s head  two ears it bears, 

So silky,  long nod  soft, 

That when  th e  tail  ca n't  reach  the flies 

The ears can  whisk  them  off. 

W e  extract  from  an  art icle  in  the  Orunge  Visitor,  by  C.  B. 

Charl es,  '79,  the followin g  concern ing  our  College : 

Of course I  assume that you  have already  lon g  ago settled th e 
fact  that a  college education  is  a great advantage,  and  well worth 
all  it  costs. 

Having settl ed  this question  we naturnlly look  for  the best in 
stitution  in  which  to  place  our  sons.  Give  the  boys  a  chance; 
help  them  whnt  you  nre able  anrl  let  th em  go ;  find  a  school  for 
them to  teach during  the  winter ;  let  them  be economical,  and  at 
the end of  four years  they  are  n: a~ te rs  of  a  practical  ed ucation , 
and you  will  be  none  the poorer for your exertion s. 
The college  is  pre-e minrntly  a  farmers'  college. 

Its  primary 
objec t  is  to  ra ise  a!!ri culture  to  its  proper  level,  to  make farmers 
of  its  t udents,  and  through  th em  to  make the labor of  the farm 
a  plea~ure instead  of  a  drnd~ery ;  to  make  the  farmer  not  only 
contented  with  his lot.  bnt a  love r  of  bi s  vocati on. 

By constantly  keeping  the  mind  upon  the different branches 
of  agriculture,  the student  ·oon  'an see  it~ beauties, can feel  its 
pleasures;  he comes to  like  it, and the  chance  are  he will  follow 
farmin g  aftt r  leaving college 
" But they don't,"  some one says. 
This is  true to some extent.  Our college  is young yet- ·was  just 
old  enough  to  vote  for  Garfield, and  you  would  hardly  expect 
many of  its  sons  to  have  attained· eminence at this  early  day_ 
Still  many of  h er graduates have  become teachers. 

Prof.  Cook  has just  received  the  " Book  of  Natu re,. , f-y  John 
' wammerdam ,  which  wns  issued  in lti74.  This rare old  classic 
is  o scarce that although  Prof.  Cook  has  had  orders  for  . evera.l 
years  in second -hand bookstores  in  this country and  in Europe he 
has been  unabl e  to  secure  the  treasure  until  now.  The  work  is 
large,  on  fin e  paper,  while  the  illustrations might well  put to  the 
blush many an  author of to -day.  Many  parts of  the  work, espe 
cially th e chapter  on bees, are perfectly wonderful for'the research 
which  they  'ipdicate  and  the  knowledge  which  they  contain. 
Many writers  in ou r scientific  magazines of  to-day would  be  far 
more correct  were th ey  to  turn  to  this work  and  copy  v~rbatim. 
As  we  have admiringly  studied  th e  illustrat ions,  which are  won 
derfully co rn:ct and of  rare finish,  we  have  beeu  more and  mc1 rc 
surpri sed.  How could  one,  two ccn turiC's ago.  when mi croscope 
were  so  imperfect,  have  delineated  even  histological  structu res 
with  a  beauty and  accuracy eq ual  to  that  of  the  best  artists  of 
to-day ?  No woud"r  1 hat  Prof.  Cook  is delighted  with  this  rare 
and  in valualJle  possession. 

There are  very  few  agricultural  colleges in  the country  that 
do not  call  upon  our college for  teachers,  anrl  many 'are  already 
supplied.  More  t han  one-half  of  th e  two hundred graduates are 
engaged in  tilling the  oil,  while about ten  per cent. are followin.,. 
kindred  occupations,  such .  as  horticulture,  apiculture.  etc. 
Show  me a college  in  the  world .besides  lhis where students  fol· 
low  their  teaching  more  closely.  · Law schools  graduate  many 
not lawyers.  medical  colleges many not doctors.  As for  farmers, 
Harvard sent out not one in twenty-four years.  Dartmouth gradu 
ated  1,200  students,  not one of  whom  became  a  farmer.  Ripon 
l  niversity ,  not one in  eight years,  while  the President of Valpa 
his several  Misso uri Reports.  It will  prove of great service  to the ' rai  o can onl y  find  12.  So  )OU see  if  you  wish your sons  to  be 
workin~  entomologist,  and  is  another  illus.tration  of  the  g reat  co me farmers,  keep  them  away  from  normal  schools and  univer 
E:nterpnse  of  this .greatest  master  of  app lied  en(o()m ology  in  the  sities.  Four  to  six  years  away  from  manual  labor  mak es  the 
work of the  farm  appenr like a  mountain  of  hardship.  Our col -
world.  The  work is arlm :ratil e  in  every  way. 
lege is a  farm er's  college.  Of  my classmates  18  out of  19  have 
farm er  parents,  and  I  feel  proud  to say  th at  Hi  of  us are farmers 
It is Sb fe  tc.  send your boys  there;  U1 ey  will  not ·be wean ed 
now. 
· 
away  from  I he  farm. 

We have  just  received  from  the author,  Prof. Riley's index  to 

W e  hardly  know  why  this  is a  departmen t  of  the  College 
papers,  but in it we can see  the  chance  for g reat good  to  all  who 
are in  any  way  interested in  publications of  tbi  class 

As a  person  is  polished  by  contact with  others and  by  their 
criticism,  so  a  period ical  will  be  improved  by  exchang ing  with 
ot.hers and receiving  their criticism. 

'fhis criti cism  should  not,  however,  sink  to  th e low level  of 
ch ronic  rivalry  so  often  seen  in  college  journals.  But  should 
Rlways be  fair,  commending what is good  an d  criti sizing  what is 
bad,  so  that college  journals  may  be of  more  than local  interest 
and other than the  organs  of  low,  senseless  jokers and  constant 
grumblers. 

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Besides this,  th e  cour&e  of  study  is  practical. 

In  chemistry 
tue stud ent must analyze  a  hundrerl  co mplex  sub  lances  in  ac 
In stock-breeding  he  mu  t  es 
co rdance with  previ ou  teachin .£?:. 
timate  t he  valuaule  points of stock  until  he can  do so  knowingly. 
This is  not  done  in  th e  shade  of  th e  college  building  or  in  the 
class  room.  but out in  th e fi eld,  where the stock  may be observed. 
In  J. orticulture,  he  plants,  prunes,  beds  and  grafts  trees, gathers 
and  market  fruits,  and  has care  of  fruit and ornamental  trees in 
In  apicultu re,  he  learns  how  to  handle 
the  lawn  and  nursery. 
bees-both ends (and  wh en  th e  professor's back is  turned can test 
In ·su rveying,  ac 
the qualities of the different  kinds  of  honey). 
tual  field  P.ractice  is  req uired  before  becoming  proficient. 
Iu 
short,  all  the lessons  taught  indoors  are  illustrated by practical 
lessons outdoors.  All  is. practical. 

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THE  COLLEGE  SPEC UL U  :\[. 

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t'fi .  t  r 

At tue College  th e  seek er  afte r  kn ow ledge can  find  :i c:o urse of 

sc u~u I  c s  U C I ~S e m  1 ac m ,, ,n,eai  ) 
pen o r ,  to a ny  Ill  the la ud . 

proof of the  I udd ing  is  in  th e  eating . "  Of the wo rk already done I "Oh. poss-·e r- ttp!" 

I ru e,  t h e  Coll ege  1  young,  but 

) ,  JI auc ~e s cq  a  •  1  0 0 ., s u- 1 the  some  one  would  innocently  res1JOnd: 

. 

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t 

}Ir. Hash, the chairman of the breakfast-table committee, reported t b:\t 
a  man would  frequently request  some one  to pass  th e  syrup.  Whereupon 
" S fr  np· o n  my honor. I  will :" 
the  And the man who  wanted tbe su lpha te of  tarch would impatiently exclai m: 

. 

s.he  m ay w ell  be ])l'O Ud 
· 
work o f  h e r  son  .  S he  m ay p o int to  the  whole I.Jody, m  th e sp1nt  moming.  He has mysteriou sly ui:appeare !. 
o f  the  Roman  m at ro n ,  say in CT,  "These a re  my j ew els. " 

S he  m·tv concrrntulatc  h e rself  U[)On  th e 

One man had.the impud ence to say to l11s neighbor 

that he had buttei· 
pass  the  butter.'  Th is  man  d1cl  not make  his  appea rance  at  table  tH:xt 

Mr.  Grim es  said  he had a gem of  t hought  tbat  be  had  hea rd  since  th e 

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o  cge. 

But t h e re  a re  other  ev iden ces  o f  m ateria l  p rosperity  in  o ur  la ·t  meetim:.  He  as~ed: 
1 
t 1e  ex a mp c  o 

C  11 
1c llgan, 
a~d the ir Agricultural  College  arc loo king  to o urs a s  an e xa mple, 
a'.ld  occasiona lly  em!  the ir son s . 

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ates a re  o  o wrn .!?' 

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tures? 

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•· Wh y is  lll1n nehaha  eatmg  frozen  bacon  lLke  one  of  Lnndseer 's  pic -

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•·Because its a  i ·ed  clear at chitling-hrtm .. , 
After the ab~l\·e reports had been acted upon , the  p~·es1d e nt . rapped on. 
the stove-pipe with l11s ga,·el and ga·re  n ll the  1gnal to  n se and  JOm  in  sin u- · 
ing the closmg hymn.  All  rose and sung to the tune of ·' Au ld  Lang Syne~· 
" Open  tlie door, 
I 
I 
·Ob!  janitor !  · 
0;ft;~1·~i~~'d'~t~~'~1~~~r 
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And the members put on their coats a nd  began  to  climb clO\rn  the  lad 

To-mon·ow, scrub the floor:·• 

'£be wind cloth  blow ! 

der a nd slowly  wen l  their 1ceighs to their respecth·e room$. 

'Ii'.  ~ 
~1~·~ usi  ~Wlftlcg~ 

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College  Pun 8Dll  Connndrum Club. 

Mn. EorTon-Since the last reeort the Club held  its  reg ular  meeting  at 
midnight in  the tower of  William s Hall.  It  bas  become  necessary for  the 
Club to  make use of this almo  t inaccessihle  resort, and to meet at this  un-
u  ual hour, on  account of  the threatened violence of  some  unsympa th etic 
"  C HA HITY. "-- Somc  " down  east "  Sam a ritan  a dvocates  t h e 
students.  In consequence of  this slight disturbance a  new  president had  to 
se ndin g  of  the  mo uruin g  material  that  hn s  l.Jcen  in  u ~e  in  o ur 
be elected.  The la  ~executi ve officer was  taken from his bed by an  eccen-
l tis 
tric mob and  drowned  in  the rapids,  below the dam of  the Red  Cedar. 
rumored that one of  the 1~1 emhers, wh o was  trem bliu~ly hid  !n  the  brush- c iti e ~  ~rin g lh c  p ast  ·c w 
ays  to  t  i.e  11  ichigan  su ffere r.s ..  T h e 
wood on the bank of the 1wer, d1stmctly beard the dymg  president cry out :  c han ty IS doubtle  s w e ll  mea nt,  but  1f  the  m a n  who  ongmatcd 
" See  dar,  oh, c<;dar !  I  came  ~o thee !  I. have m.et ,  ah;'.  more  foes  tban .r  the idea will  vis it that neck  of land  which  ju ts  into L a k e  Huro n 
on  the  so uth  s ide  o f  Sacrinaw  b:iy  n e xt  1) •cen. lbe. 
could enc'!unter .  Though  now but a  me1e man, thou  "1lt  soon  metamoi-
. 
t 
l ,  pu  on  ,\ 
phose me into a  me rman !--
cra p e  overcoat  and  a  blac k  mu >lm  slurt,  a nd  dt:1ve  a  yoke  of 
"Eati!  into the H, o we go: " 
1 
Mr. Flipp  is  the  new  presid ent.  He  llid  not  make  a  • peecb.  Hern- s teers  te n  n~1les Ill the  ~ace of .a  northe:1ster,  he will be e n abl ed t o 
marked "that he might have add ressed  us more at  length  if  bis  mind  bad  I form  som e  idea of the  rnsuffi c1ency .of  gauze  for  the  purpose  o f 
been more a rt rest."  As it was, he read the following: 

the  pi o neer. 

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A TRAGEDY. 

Ob :  a Freshy-fresb meeteth a second-year man, 

And  he crye tb out--" Sophomore! 

r,·e failed  in  one study, and do what l can, 
Th ey will gh·e me but one trial more, 
Ga lore! 
· 
They  will give me but one trial  more !11 

The n the second-year man with an devilish eye, 

Straight t ur ned him about and swore-

" Would '  t  thou  try all the course?  Thou  hast '.plenty, tliou 

Why cryest thou so  f or  m ore.' 
Galore : 
Why cryest thou so-pho-moi·e('' 

Then totterPd the Fresh  with a  t1·embli ng  knee, 

And  a pallor his face spread o'er : 
And  dead did  he drop, as fa lleth  a  tree, 

By  the side of that sophomore. 
Galore ! 
Auel  he  ne'er·agaiu sighecl so-pho-more. 

P1.EASA::-<l'  Pno  PECTS. -

"  There  is  no  m a n  so  fo rtun a te  th a t 
there  sh a ll  not  be  by  him  whe n  h e  is  dying,  so: n c  who  arc 
p leased  with  \\"h a t  i  go ing  to  h ap peu. "  Suppo ;e  that  h e  w as  ft 
good  and w ise  ma n ,  wili  t here  not  be  at least  so m e  one  to  say  to 
himse lf,  "Let u s  at least  breathe  fre e ly ,  be111 g  rc li e1·cd  from  th o 
It is  trnu  that h e  wa  hars h  t o  no ne  o f  u s,  but  I 
sc hoolmaste r. 
pe rceive  that h e  to ta ll y  co nde mns  u s . "  Thi s  is  what  is  sa id  of  a 
good man.  Bu t  in  om  o wn  case,  h ow  m aay  other  t hin CTS  there 
are for which  there a re  many  wh o  wis h  to g e t  rid  o f  u s. 

0 

guy: 

NEw E~GLAXD Boo.-On the  New  York  an cl  New  E uCTl and 
road there  is  a  peiit  bed  that s u ck ed  in  600  load s  of  earth  1)eforc 
a  foundation  could  he  had  for  t he  a butme nts  of  a  bridge  acr oss 
a  sh a llow  p ond.  For this s truc ture  pil es,  one  upo n  anot he r ,  b ad 
been  driven  110  fe et  into  the  p eat, and  th e  louges t  goes dowu J l+ 
I feet be low  the s urface.  A  3,000  pound  w eig ht  h as  been  u sed .in 
driving  them ,  a nd  at th e  his t  fall  o f  this immcn  e  h a mmer,  a  fall 
of t\\·c nty  or thirty feet  would drive  the  piles  only  h a lf  a n  inch 
' 
so g reat wa '  the  fri ction  on  the sides of  the  piles. 

As  the presiuent fini•hed  read ing a  haze seemed  to come over the mem 
bers.  Mr.  Clink's eyes rolled  in  their sockets, and  be  looked as  though  be 
were going into bystel'ics.  But the time!)- presence of  mind of"tbe janitor, 
who threw an unabridged at his head,  quickly brought this unwa ry member 
to  himself.  Mr. Kna pp  fell  a-coughing, a nd  was  obliged to bang  himself 
over the back of a chair.  l\Ir. Tupperton slipped gently off  the  fruit-can on 
which  he  was 
·itting.  and  stuffing  bis  fingers  into  bis  mouth , with  an 
ecstatic giggle and with tears running down  his cheeks, cried  out: 
"Ihankei·chief-ly fora handkerchief:  Oh ! Kn a pp, kin  you  fetch  me 
a  napkin !" 

ARE  C omTERlE.  UNEIEAUL'HFUL  ?-It is  popul a rly  suppose<! 
the  e xlui la tion  of  carbon ic  acid  gas  from  decomposi'n \!' 
that 
~ 
l.Jodi es  m a ke  re  idence in  the  vicinity of  a  cem etery  very  in  a111 : 
l.Jri o u s.  A  writer  in  the  Popular  Science  lllonthly  shows  th a t 
I 
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t  te  com  ust10n  o 
illuminating  gas  a lone  in Paris,  produced  last y ear a  quantity  of 
At these ghastly remarks every member  rau over to  where Mr. Tupper- carbonic .acid  thirty-five  hundred  times  more  considerable  than 
ton was ~itting, with the e,·ident intention of  bi~ting him  on.the head .
. B.ut  nil  th e  dead  I.Juri ed  in  the  cemeteries  durin"  five  Jears  cou ld 
the  president  called  the  members  to  order  mtb a  loud voice  a nd  chided 
,  ' 
them,  saying:  "A  house  that  is divided  against  itself  cannot stand:  Ye  g ive  a t  the  maximum  rate  of  exhalati on.  J h'1 
rand  opera 
are assembl.ed  together to cultivate in yourselves the glorious and in11norta!  house alone g ives out  every  year  thirtee n  tim es  more  carbonic 
art of puunrng, and would ye tear each other asnnder as rave11111g  w o l ves~'  · acid  from  its  o-a  li CThts  than  could  be  dise uCTa"'ed  from  a ll  tile 
And straightway every man l1ecame ashamed of  btmself  and went and  sat 
liim down  in bis own  place.  Wht!feupon  order was once  more established.  cemetenes put toge ther ,  even  If  all  their  carbon  we re  converletl 
Then  the president spit  in  i\Ir.  Kna pp's  o,·ershoe, thinking  it was the  coal -
scuttle. 

a  c u  a  10ns  O  ~  ow 

u s  IS  an  error. 

C  I  1 t' 

into gas. 

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Reports of committees were  next  called  for.  Mr.  Tripp, the  chairman 
Qf  the  committee  on chemical  puns  and conundrums  reported the follow 
ing: 

"  If I should  call  up my friend at midnight and  'set up' the  peanuts to 
why would  it resemble a chemi cal sub ·tance ? 
1 
'Becau  e it would  he a  uight treat (nitrate). 
"Or, if Hume should eat his cl inner on a  tin  plate, what  chemical  com 

· 
pound would  be make you  th ink of~ 

him

_ 

THE  BAHBED  '\\rnE  l<'ENCE.-To  k eep  hi s  n eicrhbors '  cattle 
out of his  field s  an  ingen ious farmer stuck a  fc"'  nalls  throuCTh  a 
c lothes  line.  A  shre wd  m a n  saw  thi s  device,  and.soon  after~ard 
pnte11tcd  the  " barbed  wire"  fence.  The  farmer  fro m  whom  he 
got  the suggestion  n o w  pays him tribute,  a nd  the  in co m e  of  the 
m a nufactu re r  is  said  to  be about $100,000  a  m o nth. 

f 

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l!eyo n 

" Why,  Hume-ate-off-t in (bumate of tin).' ' 
As Mr.  Tripp sat down  one member was heard to softly  remark:  " How 

exceedingly hmne-rous .. ,  The president im mediately put on his specs  and  o va  c dxt~1[1  m g 
gave him a  JO. 

THE  AREA  OF  THE  DROUG nT .-lt is  d esc ri bed as a n  immcn>e 
I 
exas  111  the  so~1thw es t  to  a  Jilli e 
J•  ontrea  10  the  northc:i~t ,  a nd  from  :Ka n sas and  Iowa  t o 
Mr.  Bugg,  in  hehalf  of  t.he  zoological  section, reported  "that  no  puns  G eo r iria  on  a  no rthwes t  a nd  so11tlwast Ji11e.  This  inc ludes  a  tcr · 
.· 
m 1 cs  w1 c e ,  c m  iacrng  neatly 
l ,.J'JU,000  squa re  mil e:--e1g ht  tunes  a s  large as  France,  a nd  thir-
tccu  times as  lar.rc  as  Great Brilitin and Irela nd. 

had  as  yet come before them.  The nearest approach  to one was when the 
professor exhibited the skel  ton of a cod .''  The president exclaimed  " that I 11t_o1} 
he could w h a l e the man who would geL off  a  joke like that !" 

TH E  p 1yr;:-E\'E. - This  new  eq uin e  ep idemi c  n ow 
( ~fr.  Linn aeus  is more  noted for his  skill  in  scientifi c  in - amOn!f  t he  h o rs e~  of  ~ hicil.go  a nd  om c  oth er  cit ies, 

Mr.  Linnaeus. cbai1·man of t he botanical section, ex/>lained  that  bl!  had 
heen unwell duri ng t.h e last  month ond  hod  not been ab  e to \\·or""  up his re-
r ,t" ino-
last  S a ture an  account of  the 
port.  but  be  bad  just  bee n  reading  in  th 
deat.11 of a pet canary  bird,  which. he imagi ned , might be of inte rest to some 
" 
o 
of the members. 
is  thus 
,-estigation  than  for  his  ~ram m atical acc uracy.  so  it wlll  be  well  to  look  d esc r ib  d:  · ·Th e  a nim a l  affected  first  sh ows  n·ea kn css,  cl cclinc 3 
to  take  food.  t he  pupil s  o f  the eyes  beco m es  discolored,  the  lid -; 
o..-er some of bis e  centri  ·1ties of expression.)  Said  he : 
I 
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ti e  tongue s h ow s  ev1  e ncc  ? f  hig h  fc ,·e1",  bemg ,-cry 
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