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Agriculture,  De111:111d  for  Teachers  of_____ 

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Report  of  Se,·enth  Reunion  of__ ________________ __ 
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Ar  enic,  Diffusion  of.. _______________________________________________________ _ 
A rs en ical  D iffusio1L ........ ______________  ----------------------------------
As  o'n  for  Promotion  of  Agricultural  Science .. . 
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Athletics  in  Colleges .  D .  P .  Yerkes __________________ _ 

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Bee  Keeper's  A  sociation .................................. _______ __ 

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Botany,  l"rogre~s of  A111crica11.  D. A . Pelton ...  25 
Brain,  Localization o f  Function  in .  A. J .  Cook,  12 
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Bucbkin,  Ol<l ..........  __ 
Bussey  Institute .  C.  S.  CranclalL ...........................  19 
Cadets  at  State Fair.  Lieut.  T.  A.  Lock.\YOocL  22 
Carbon .  F.  M.  Seibert... ..... ~ -----------------------·---·-- 29 
Carlyle,  Thoma  ,  \Vhat  \;\,' e  Owe  to .  H.  B. 

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Cattle,  ~iseasc Am?ng .  Dr.  E . A .  A .  Grange,  ~o 
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Change  in  Faculty,  1888 ______________________  ....................  30 
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Condition  of.. __________________________  ...............................  5 
Character.  Roh .  H .  Baker.. .............. ____  -------------------
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Chemical  Club ____________________ ________________________________________  .....  11 
Chimneys,  Con  truction  of,  R:  C .  Carpenter. ....  15 
\ V. E. Gammon ________________________  19 
Chine. e  Question . 
I.  B.  Bates .......... -------------------------------------·--- 19 
Chirnlry . 
Cisterns,  Care  of,  for  Raimrntcr ..............................  5 
Citizen,  Soldier,  Society's  Claim  on. 

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·ci,·ilization,  Debt  and  Responsibility  of.  Eu-

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Clas  -Day, Junior,  Abolishment  of.. __________  .............  14 
Clas'>-Room ,  Analytical  Re  ults  in ...........................  5 
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Club  Boarding  System,  Organization  of.__ ___________  7 
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Co-Education,  Effect  of.. .......... ____________________________________ 
At Our  Colleg·c .  Tohn  EH•rt .................. ___ 
Detrimental t; the College.  R. C. Clute ...  28 
College,  Agricu ltural,  Colorado .................................  rS 
Iowa  ............................................... _______________________  5 
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Defense of__ __________________ .. ____________________________  ...........  16 
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Education, Reason  for .  }  . L . Ch11ppelL  12 
Grange,  nm!. 
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Flo\\'ers,  Col o r  and  Odor  in .  F.  F.  R oge rs.....  + 
Fo rm,  Chan g e  of  Specu lum ........................................  30 
F o un ta in , C a re  o f ..............................................................  13 
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Prese ntatio n  of  .... 

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Foro-ctfulnc$S,  R edee min g  Features  of.  C.  E. 

C  ll ege,  St:rnclard  of  A dmi ssio n  to .........................  15 
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C oll eges, Agric ultural,  \ im s 0£.. ...........................  .  ...  4 - 53 

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Mai k ing  Sptrn  i n.  ].  _  .  D art.. ............  13 
Prescri bed  C o t:I .. C  in, P. B.  vVoodwo rth ...  2 1 
C olo rado,  Agr icultural  ollcge ..................................  18 
C om n~ en ce mcn t,  188 1 L..... ...................  .............. ... ...... 
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Co-ope ra ti Ye  .A · ·ocia tio n.  T.  1\. Sta nky .............  19 
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Critici sm, American  Courte  y in .  Arthur J o nes, 
Critics  and  C riti cism .  Lin co ln  Avery.....................  S 
Currant,  Wild.  L.  H . B a il ey ...................................  23 

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E.  A .  Burnett... ...............................................  22 
Drill,  Competiti\·c ...............................................................  2s 
Time  for ....................................................................  16 

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Educati o n,  A g ri cultural.  T. A. Stanl ey ...............  16 
Co llege,  D esirability  of.  F .  F .  R oge rs...  S 
Culture  a nd.  A .  E.  Hart ..............................  24 
i  eccl  of  T echnica l.  P .  1. Chambe rlain,  20 
Eggs,  Co lo r  in .  A .]. Cook .............................. ~ ..........  22 
Electricity,  Progrcs  of.  0 .  ].  R oo t... ....................  30 
Ensila ge,  Silo  and ............................................................  I  I 
Entom ology,  Eco nom ic ......................... .........................  10 
Examination  ,  Dail y ....................................................... 
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H o rti culture  and  Botany,  188 1............ ....... 
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F iction,  Benefit from  Reading.  L . C. Colburn ...  2 1 
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1S86 ..............................................................................  20 
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I nte r-Collegiate .................................................. ..  2s 
Fire  Department, :Necessity  of  a  Good.....................  4 
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Fren ch,  i\ th ·antagc  of  in  .A g ri cultural  C o urse ...  26 
G e r man  :ind,  Advantages  of ........................  22 
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Oak .  C .  P .  G ill ette ..........................................  27 
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Georgeson,  C .  C.,  Communication  fr o m .............  26 
Goethe  as  a  Scien tist. 
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Grange,  C oll ege  an d .  J .  D .  T o war .........................  14 
G·i ~\J, .i:...'"~,,  S 11~t.L~ 1l1  vt L:11:c  cff1 l1 1;Voi·)..: ...........  ·--'------- 4 
Life a nd  vVork  of.  D . A.  P elton ...............  30 
Gymnasium,  E  tabli shrncnt  of.. ...................................  '27 

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Ilan-ard,  Study  at.  L.  H .  Bailey ..............................  9 
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Ideas,  \V ro n g .  J . M.  H ollingsworth ....................  3 
Industria l  Instit uti o ns.  Dr.  vV.  T.  BcnL............... 
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Influen ce,  u~c of .  Alice J oh n so~1 ..............................  13 
In sect  Ecce n tri citi es .  A.  J.  Cook .......... ·-··············  22 
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Kcclzic,  R.  C.,  i\Ioncy  Sm·cd  to  Farmers hy_____  5 
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Life, Object  in.  1\I .  J. 1\Icrrel 1 .• ----·--···--·-··. -----····· .. . 
And Works of  Asa  Gray.  D. A . Pelton .. . 
\Vrn.  NI. 
Puhlic  School  in  England. 

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Theory and  Practice.  C .  L.  Grime~ ...... .  8 
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Lockwood,  Belva,  Lecture  of.._ .. ____  ----·--··--·-·-·------------ 16 
Longfellow,  \..York.  of.  F . II. Hall.__ ________ ,, __ _______  27 
Lintner, J .  A.,  Report  of.------···---·----····-----··------··-···---·- 11 

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'vV.  E.  Hale _______________ ___________  5 
Society  and. 
Who  is  the  1 ractical.  C .  B.  Colling-
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Department,  Aims  of.. _____________________ ·----·-··· ·--··--··  15 
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1\1 en  are  Rare.  J. E. Coulter... _________________________________ _  2 
Michigan  Agricultural  College, Success  of... .......  7 
1\lichigan  Oil  Springs.  R.  C. Kedzie .. ___________________  30 
Military  Department, College _______________ ______________________  14 
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Schools  at  Horne  and  Abroad .  Lieut.  J. 

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The  COLLEGE  SPECULUM 
~ Published Q;uarterly ,  on  the  1st  of  August ,  October ,  April,  and  .rune 

Vol  !.  No .  1 .  August  1,  1881.  Lansing,  Michigan 

"By  the  Students 

of 
The  Michigan  State  Agricultural  College" 

Terms,  Fifty  cents  a  year . 
L.  H.  Bail ey  jr .,  Editor  in  chief •.••.  College  News 

1881  S .  Johnson  Treas .  Beal-Science .  Collingwood  Bus .  Manager.  Beaumont -liter . 

-;  ""JG  H.  W.  Collingwood  Poem: "Poli ti cal  Advice "  semi - literate  farmer  condemning 

the  college .  Vol  ~.; No .  l;Page  l;Column  1 . 

AUG  Co- Education  urged . 

John  Evert .  As  many  as  36  women  have  applied  in  a 

single  year--yet  there  is  no  course  designed  for  them . 

Natural  History  Society .  Organized  1872.  fifty  members ,  now  divided 

into  groups --botany ,  zool ogy,  geology ,  chemistry,  and  scie.utific  methods . 
faculty  member  at  head  of  each  group  who  starts  them  on  investigations . 
reports  of  group  ·rork  to  general  meetings  in  the  chapel ,  monthly. 
Society  once  ovmed  a  boat ,  for  river  investigations,  but  it  is  now  rotting 
behi nd  Dr .  Kedzie 1 s  barn  l he  was  the  ori ginal  donor  of  the  skiff ). 
June  17:  Cook  rep orted  on  J.nd.ian  mounds  he  examined  in  Shi was see  County . 

Beal  told  of  Agassiz 1  insistence  on  observation  as  a  basis  of 

le a rning--based  on  diary  of  1862 . 

Association  of  agrlcultural  t e achers  met  at  MAC .  narres .  etc . 

Description  of  the  Botany  Labora tory. 

~  column 

New  lib  & museum  building  going  up .  Cost  $25,000.oo 

ED :  Student  b oard:  canne d  vegetable s  are  used  rather  than  the  fr esh  in  our 

.&  " Again ,  the  huddling  to gethe r  of  so  many  students,  especial)r 

gardens . 
with  no  l adies  ~xEx-eKiq.x  among  them ,  cr eates  a  decided  t ·=- ndency  t o 
boi s te r ous  conduct,  and  the  more  s o  when  the  food  is  not  relishable ." 
Splution;  boarding  clubs .  Coul d  have  two  in  t he  basement  of  Wells  by 
remodeling  present  dining  hall  and  kitchen .  Do  the  same  with  the 
armory  and  s ociety  halls  in  We lls  Hall by  giving  the  societ i es  and 
the  c ade ts  rooms  in  othe r  buildings .  Club  control  it s  price  and 
quality . 

ED :  Council  trials  are  amusing  but  inefficient . 

and  vdth  better  " attorney s . " 

they  should  be  pr i vate 

ED:  history  of  the  Bubble .  1868.  F . S. Burton  ed . 

7  issues  that  year .  Died 

ED:  military  is  infrequent  and  ineffective .  Need  a  permanent  milit  in st ructo~ 

11 0Ur  Frennh  course  is ibandoned ,  for  the  present . " 

) _ 

' 

"The  eoll ege  claims  the  finest  campus  i n  the  United  States . " 

11W·1 nt ed  by  the  students --two  wells  of  good  dr inking  water . 11 

College  Cadet  Band ,  15  memberJ,  enteratins  twice  a  week . 

"July  28 .--The  joists  are  lai~ f or  the  first  and  second  floors  of  the 

chemical  laboratory;  the  library  building  is  not  above  the  fourdati on; 
the  new  barns  are  no t  be gun . 11 
College  is  now·  ro  nnected  with  Lansine;  by  telephone .  offices  of  sec  &  steward. 
"The  lavm  lo oks  well  Hi th  its  ornamental  telephone  poles.  rr 

SPECULUM. 
AUGUST 
College  News,  con tinued. 

1881  Vol  ~. 

Prof .  Cook  is  exp erim:mnting  with  London  P\lrple  (coddling  mobhQl  and 

bisulphide  of  carbon  (subte rranean  ins e cts) . 

Will  hold  this  year  t h e  fir s t  commenc ement  e ver  held  in  August. 

Beal ' s  method  of  botany  as  oppose d  to  syst ema tic  botany . 

antomical  an d  physiological . 

( PERSONALS: 

no  not e s  unless  of  exceptional  inte rest . ))) 

CALENDAR  for  1881-1$82 

College  year  ne g ins;  examination  for  admission  into  Fre shman  class . 
Autumn  Term  enas 
Examination  for  admis s ion  at  9  A.  M. 

Spring  Term  b egins  at  8  P . M. 
l(l 2  we eks})  admission  examinationsfor  SEPT  3 . 

( l adds  up  to  11  weeks  MK)) . 

Sept  6. 
Nov .  22 
Feb .  21 
May  16 
May  23 
Aug  15 

Aug .  16 
Sept  5th 

Spring  Term  ends . 
Summer  Term  begins  at  8  P . M. 
Summer  Term  ends  ((12  we eks)) 
Commenc ement 

Meeting  of  Alumni 
Coll-ege  year  neg ins . 

examinations  for  admis s ion . 

OCTOBER  1 881  Vol  ~  no .  2 

Natural  History  Soci ety . 

106  present . 

20  papers .  New  Pres:  L . H. Bailey. 

L.H . BAIL~Y ~Frn~rnxRN  expla ined  that  a  cl s sification  of  plants  on  t he 

basis  of  th~  contrivanc ~ s  used  in  cros s -f ertilizing  would  very  nearly 
coincide  with  present  natur a l  orders . 

ED: 

STREET  RAILWAY . 
controlled  by  people  who  have  no  idea  of  the  art  of  road - making--it  becomes 
no  light  task  to  walk  to  the  city  and  back . 11  Now  nec e s s ary  t o  pay  sone 
hackman  $2  or  $3  to  come  out  to  the  college .  Ne ed  a  carline . 

"With  the  wagon-road  as  miserable  as  it wlways  is -- always 

ED:  Need  an  ins tructor  from  the  U  S  Army . 

ED:  EXAMINATIONS ;  are  n ecessary .  Daily  ones  lead  t.o  superficialityQ.nd 
se r vility .  Marking  of  individual  recitations  handicaps  the  ins t ructor 
and  encourages  students  to  cram  for  ap  roachin;  queS:;t ion s. 

ED :  College  needs  rooms  and  especially  ~ public  washroom  for  vi s itors . 

ED:  cµapel  is  too  small . 

COLLEGE  NEWS : 

"Six ty- five  freshmen ;  t wo  are  ladies . 
The  roof  i s  b eing  placed  on  th3  library  bl dg .  Sep  20 . 
Cloud  of  smoke  over  ths  campus  t wo  we eks  ago  from  northern  fir e s . 
Stu{_ents  should  have  a  com.mi tte ee  to  menklb.tyinspect  8tweard 1 s  accounts . 
Pres .  Abb ot  pioneered  20  years  ago  in  introducing  the  now  p opular 
inductive  logic  inOCJ.dtion  to  the  then  popular  deductive  logic . 

Should  have  a  full  time  man  in  zoology  and  let  Cook  devote  full  time 

to  entomology . 

New  student  govt .  L . H. Bailey  Pres . 

0 A  cormnittee  was  reported  to  draw 

up  truthful  reports  of  t he  difficult i es  with  Mr .  Fox ,  and  thr  trial  of 
the  same .,  t o  be  published  in  various  newspapers . " 

SPECULUM 

1881  Vol  I. 

October ,  1881  Vol  I  No .  2  continued 

College  News :  l continued) 

at  a  cost  of  $8000  a  heating  plant  will  no·  handle  nru.seum ,  Williams , Wells , 
and  chem  lab .  1500  ft .  of  steam  pipe . 

4  new  boilers .  Sold  the  old  ones  in  W~ 

{26-2!7 ) 

Herafter  trials  before  juries  of  twelve  students  rather  than  a  Council .  End  the e 
"i:ts 
Senior  Class  Day . 
predominant  feature  was  an  unpraiseworth1  denunciation  of  faculty  decisions 
an:i  a  corresponding  upholding  of  students ~  actions . 
express  the  sentiments  of  more  than  a  few  of  the  class . 11 

Jason  Woodman  as  historian  read  the  class  history . 

It  probably  did  not 

(27) 

Class  of  1881 

free-traders 
protectionits 

largest  to  graduate ~ 33) 
Republicans  25 
6 
Democrats 
.Lndependents  2 
Average  expenses  for  the  4  years : 
. lawyers 
teachers 
dentists 

physicians  7 
3 
civil  eng 
THE  STEWARD  TROUBLE  {page  27 ~ 28) 

Will  be :  fmi.mers  13 

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orthodox  in  relig . 
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due  to  complaints  against  E. C. Fox ,  a  committee  appointed  by  students  to  go 
over  his  accountsl  Coulter ,  Burgess) .  Report: 
1 .  excessiveprices  paid  for  canned  goods . 
3 .  Charge  of  $223 . 98  for  care  of  the 

steward8s  team  which  bel ongs  to  the 

stlldents . 

4 .  Purchase  lemons ,  oysters ,  and  mackerel  that  never  reached  the  table . 
5 .  Deficiency  in  no .  of  meals  paid  for  by  guests .  (rest &tution  of  ~7 . 50) 
6 .  Steward  charged  25 ~  per  student  for  ri~es  to  city . 
c arriage  hold  8 . 
7 .  ~eep  stewards  private  horse  at  st  dent  expensex .  (restitution  of  $22 . 70) 
8  Deficiency  of  1500  gallons  of  ke r osene . 
Charges  further  of  accepting  short - weights  from  Lansing  me rchant ,  refusal 

to  buy  at  wholesale,  etc . 
nln  the  face  of  all  this  evidence  Mr .  Fox  was  not  discharged;  his 
r e signation  was  a ccepted . " 
and  attempt  to  oust  Abbot  a  few  ye ars  later)) . 

({See  Abbot  diary .  This  led  to  bitterness  and 

PERSONALS 

Con.  B.  Mallory  is  the  nev1  steward . 
students  arrl  the  peculiar  quietness  of  t he  dining  hall  are  indications 
of  his  success ." 
C. F . Strang  ' 78  en ter ed  Oberlin  and  then  Andoven 
married  Mis s  Rosabella  Rider  of  Dowagiac . 

cpable .  "The  satisfied  look  of  the 

Preached  at  Clare . 

(p . 29) 

' 

APRIL  1 ,  1882 

Mechanic  ~rts  instruction  vould  b e  had  here  for  an  investment  of  $5000 .  k3t3@~ 
T~J 

Why-.rnot·  p .  35 

92./.I 

Nat  Hist  Society:  "L .  H.  Ba l ley,  Jr .,  read  a  ~omewhat  lenght y  p aper  on 

r2,/£ 
tHow  certa in  plants  pr epare  for  spring. 111 
Se~tions  on  geology  and  zoology  have  be ~ n united . 

l~ a tural  History  Society) .  p .  36  f2~.r 

a  new  one  on  agric. 

Abbot  chairman  vf  section  on  sci entific  ffi':) thods  of  the  Nat  Hist  Soc . 
ED:  all  enunbers  of  the  State  Boa rd  are  in  favorx  of  a  mechanical  dept . 
~k Carpenter  anq  the  HonfH .  Q.  Reynolds  are  the  vi s it  other  schools . 
will  ask  next  l e gisla~ure  or  i unas . 

?2;'J: 

p .  39 

p .  36 , k 
12/...i 

SPECULU1.1 
APRIL  l 

1882  Vol  I~ 

no .  3  continued . 

4 

ED:  Library  needs:  op en  all  day ,  books  catlogued,  a  perna nent  librarian ,  no 

withdrawals  of  books .  p .  39 

82/I 

ED:  coeducation  urged .  Cure  many  of  the 
(p .  39 ) 

of  food . 

distempers  which  are  caused  by  bolting 
82/I 

ED:  need  a  College  athletic  as s ociation 

82/I 

(lBailey  is  responsible  for  this)J 

eoLLEGE  NEWS 
"If  boards  were  laid  along  our  walks,  the  lawns  would  be  protected  and  fe et 
would  be  kept  dry.  The  margins  of  the  lawns  about  v~~ls '  Hall  are  entmrely 
spolied  from  this  lack  of  protection . "  $p . 41) 
Eclectics  are  improving  their  rooms  on  fourth  floor  of  Hilliams. 
dining  room  will  soon  be  built .  {p .  41) 

82/I 

82/I 

a  commodious 

College  Christian  Union  has  be en  change dinto  a  branch  of  the  College  YMCA  041) 
The  panels  of  many  doors  in  e ast  Wells  last  fall  were  kicked  in.  There  will  82/J 
be  charges  in  the  future  against  occupaHts  of  rooms  if  offender  is  not  known . (4 ) 

The  new  heating  system  is  not  perfect  "But  we  do  not  complain;  this  system 

is  to  the  oldoh e  as  warmth  and  comfort  are  to c  olds ,  rheumatism  and  ague . " ( 41) 

82;! 

"Communication  betwe en  College  and  Lansing  has  been  nearly  impossible,  much 
of  the  time  this  spring  on  account  of  bad  roads .  This  road  has  always  been  a 
standing  dis grace  to  the  comnmnity . 11  Plans  tv  gr avel  it . 
admitted  to  the  College ,  it  will  be  no  light  problem  to  provide  means  to 
convey  them  to  the  city  and  back . " 

"If  ladies  are  ever 

~ p .  41 . ) 

82/I 

Chemistry  annex  completed . 

lecture  room  seats  150 .  {p . 42) 

82/I 

New  library  and  museumi"  building .  office  arrangement . 

{42) 

82/I 

PERSONALS: 
"Jay  R.  Monroe, 
paid  $40 , 000 . 11  {p. 44) 

'78,  has  bought  the  famous  Revenue  mine  for  which  he  ~ 82/I 

Rev .  Oscar  Clute  may  become  editor  of  Live  Sr ock  Journal  for  which  he 

writes  e x tensively . 

p .  44)  1882  Apr. 

82/I 

1882 

JUNE  1 

vo1  r ,  No .  4 .  p a ges  47-62 . 

lr¥g;fj~~f:a7i;g;srsteWS l 0 etilm,:; 

"Profes s or  Cook  has  lately  observed  a  very  striking  illustration  of 
Darwin:bmism  un  the  devlopmmnt  of  two  silk  moths . "  82jij 51 

ED:  Editor  and  staff  are  relieved  that  their  temrs  expire .  82/ I /52 

ED:  Mech  dept  requirement  of  land  grant  has  never  be en  met. 

"We  h ave  probably 

been  losing  ground,  in  an  educational  poi11t  of  view ,  for  the  last  few  years . 
While  it  is  true  that  no  otherins titution  in  the  United  States,  having  but  a 
single  course  of  four  year  instruction ,  has  as  great  an  attendance  as  we,  it 
is  nevertheless  apparent  that  we  have  developed  to  about  the  extent  of  our 
pos s ibilities  in  this  di r ection . 
cur r iculum ,  or  to  remain  forv e ver  in  a  na rrow  and  stationary  condition . " 
U  of  M.  already  has  a  small  me chanical  department . 

It  now  devolves  upon  us  to  broaden  our 

82/I/52-53 . 

ED :  State  Board  of  Ag  should  have  a  majority  of  alumni  of  AC .  82/I/53 

College  SPECULUM 

Vol  I.  No .  4 . 

June  1 ,  1882 

5 

ED:  Graduates .  230  now  living.  AO%  are  farmers.  9  are  fruit  cultu~ists . 

8%  are  teachers  "of  a  higJ1  order . 
merchants,  24  lawyers ,  17  physicians,- 2  are  :rrembers  of 

9  machinists ,  5  engineers ,  25 

the  l egisl . 

82/!/53-54 

ED:DORMITORY  REPAIRS  Nl!;EDED . 

Wells :  "never  decently  completed;  the  plaster  was  frozen  in  most  of  the 

building .  and  it  was  poorly  put  on  at  that ;  many  of  the  rooms  are  lUtf.ii; 
entirely  unfit  for  occupants  until  papered  or  kalsomined  by  the  student . 
A  slight  jar  will  ofteb  provoke  a  most  uncongenial  sh ower  of  sand  and 
mortar .  Many  of  the  upper  rooms  leak  also .  The  greatest  need  of  the 
building,  however ,  is  a  water  supply . 
fact  that  there  is  absolutely  no  :ireans  of  protection  against  fire . 
Each  confined  department  of  the  building  has  but  a  single  stairway, 
and  that 
i s  narrow  and  crooked .  There  are  onehundred  students  in  the 
buil din g ,  all  using  lamps  and  matches ,  Still, there  is  not  a  drop  of 
wa ter  furnished  the  building ,  and  no  means  of  getting  any  if  an 
emerge ncy  should  occur." 

(ll MK :  Wells  burned  in  1905))). 

re  would  call  attention  to  the 

iVilliams:  is  su.c-'.::i lied  with  wa ter  and  hose . 

"ne eds  a  new  roof--one  that 
slopes  t owa rd  the  sides ,  not  towards  the  middle .  We  have  often  h eard 
it  affirmed  that  the  $2 , 25  a  term  for  ,,incidentals"  goes  to  repair  the 
buildings .  We  have  always  promptly  denied  it--for  obvious  reasons." 

82/I/54 

ED:  Needed  a  HOSPlTAL.  Many  causes  of  illness:  mwxtx  measles,  gr e en  apples , 

unseasonable  hours  of  study.  Need  a  cottage ,  pi:mghan.Do oms ,  motherl,,r  woma. 

82/I/54 

ED:  FIRE  HAZARD: 

Wells:  carry  waterin  pails  from  a  well . 
Williams :  has  places  for  the  attachmentof  small  hose  ttbut  the  h6se  is 

in  someplace  whe re,  we  wil l  venture  t o  say ,  not  t en  student s  in 
Colle ge  know  where  it  is.  Then, again, the  present  hose  is  t oo  small 
to  throw  a  stream  NXJrn:.a.t.RX  large  enough  to  make  any  i mpres s ion  on  a 
well-started  fire . 11 

College  Hall:  protection  of  a  small  cistern  with  a  broken  punp. 

Botanical  lab:  little  or  no t hing 

(( Burned  ib.891?1892??? )) 

Chemi cal  lab:  tank  migh·  be  dry  when  a  fire  occurs . 
8  farm  bmu~ buildings  have  only  thre e  wells  and  cist erns . 
SOLUTION:  200  barrel  tank  in  Wi l l iams  Hall  tower  with  connections 

to  otherbu ildings.  h ose  etc .  Cost  $2900 .oo 
Better  yet  a  tower  that  woul d  als o  serve  the  farm  buildings ,  tre 
professors  houses ,  and  woul d  ~ throw  a  stream  to  the  top  of 
the  taller  buildings .  And  also  provide  for  several  bathrooms  on 
an  added  second  floor  on  the  boiler  house--there  we  coul:  have  hot 
water .  We  need  a  x  bathhouse . 

82/I/  54-55. 

the  new  library  and  musei..un  stands  a  few  r ods  d irectly  north  of  ol d  Saints' 
Rest. 
11  it  is  just  at  the  eastern  edge  of  the  old  football  grounds ,  the 
trees  that  once  constituted  that 'line'  b e ing  directly  in  frontE  of  the.X 
building. 
hunting-grounds ,  and  are  driving  him  farther  from  the  battle-fields 
of  his  fa thers." 

Improvements  are  sl owly  encroaching  upon  the  s tudent ' s  favorite 

82/I/55 

COLTEGE  NEWS  {ENttswxE.  by  L .  H.  Ba i ley) 
Speculu:..m  has  be  n  printed  at  the  Post  and  Tribune  job  room~2;£/~1oit . 
Professors  €look  and  Carp enter  have  t e l ephones  from  the ir  re s ~dEjnces to 

their  offices. 

82/1/57 

"The  labor  system  has  become  badly  demoraljz ed  in  the  horticul tU!'.'  al 
department . 

It  is  maintained  at  its  old  standard 11 in  farm  dept .  82/I/57 

The  College  SPECULUM.  Vol  I.  No .  4. 

June  1,  1882. 

COLLEGE  NE IVS 

comtinued . 

Farm  lo oks  well . 

6 

"No  ne ed  of  the  College  is  more  apparent  than  a · competent  superint endent 
of  the  horticultural  dep artment.  The  cha ir  of  horticulture  could  be 
profitably  combined  with  a  superintendence  of  the  whole  department . " 
l (Louis  Knapper  was  Supt  of  Hort  dept . ))) . 

82/I/57 

~' 

$900  has  b een  subs ci~bddf or  gravelling  road  t o  Lansing. 

82/I/58 

NEW  OFFICES: 
Abbot:  Library:  1st  floor,  south  side . 
Sec.  Baird:  Lib  1st,  north . 
Kedzie:  Chem  lab ,  south  entrance. 
Cook:  Lib .,  second  floor,  front . 
Beal,  Bot  lab,  north  entrance . 
Car'penter:  Coll e ge  Hall,  2nd  floor,  south-east  corner . 
Johnson:  College  Hall,  first  floor ,  north  side . 
MacEwan:  College  Hall ,  3rd  flocr ,  south  side . 
Harrower,  College,  2nd,  north- east  corner . 
Frank  Kedzie,  Chem  lab,  north  entrance, 

"and  all  in  private  offices . " 

PERSvNALS: 

82/.L/58. 

Chas .  J .  Monroe ,  of  South  Haven  lbro t her  of  J .  R .  lom: oe, 
'78)  entered  in 
the  "middle  class"  in  1857 .  Gave  up  course  after  two  and  a  half  years  due 
to  eye  trouble . 
stumps  wh ere  t h e  buildings  now  stand .  During  the  fir s t 
students  cleared  two  hundred  acres  of  gg~ land . 
the  rap i d  clearing  and  the  br e a '  ing  of  the  soil,  a  gr eat  many  malarial 
troubles  b e came  prevalent;  so  much  so ,  yhat  at  one  time ,  by  actual  count, 
seventy  of  the  one  hundred  students  were  unable  to  a ttend  me a ls . " 

"For  one  year  while  here  he  drove  an  ox  team,  pulling 
two  years,  the 
In  consequence  of 

82/I/61 . 

Faculty  of  the  eQrlier  years  listed  and  their  present  positions  given 

82/I/61 

COLLEGE  SPECULUM  Lansing.  August  1,  1882.  Vol  II.  No.  1. 

~ · 

W.  S.  George  & Co.,  Printers  and  Binders,  Lansing . 
O.  c.  Howe,  Editor-in-Chief • •••. Lit  articles  and  reviews. 
Dr .  R.  C.  Kedzie 
H.  W.  Collingwood.  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  College  News 
A.  c.  Bird •• • • • • • • • • • •  Per s onals 
c.  E.  Smith ,  sec .' 
D.  c.  Holliday 
Prof.  s.  Johnson 

correspondenc e ,  exchanges 
Bus.  Manager 
Treasurer . 

• ••• • Science 

({MK:Lan sing  R~pub?)) 

\ 

As  in  the  pa s t  the  first  three  pages  or  four  are  devoted  to  articles  of 
some  merit  by  lit  soc .  representatives. 
Then  two  pages  of  science--mostly  what  Kedzi e  might  put  in . 

ED:  Neeed  a  larger  and  better  chapel.  82/II/7-8. 

AUG 

ED:  our  labor  should  reflect  classroom  teaching .  not  true  in  hort  dept . 
where  we  are  taught  the  most  modern  mehtods  but  "he  who  has  charge  of 
t he  work  adopts  a  system  differing,  in  nearly  every  particular,  from  the 
one  taught  us,  so  that  what  was  learned  in  class  becomes  of  no  value  as 
an  aid  while  at  work . "  Need  a  profes s or  of  horticulture  full  time  vmo 
82/II/8 
will  direct  the  work . 

~UG 

ED:lflt  is  strange  yet  i t 

is  true  that  some  of  the  most  radical  opposition 

l(to  the  college))  comes  from  the  farmers •
wheat  was  introduced  into  this  State  it  proved  to  be  a  very  wa.luable  varie ty 
for  t he  farmers  to  raise .  But  in  order  to  defraud  them  it was  not  graded  as 
f:tr  st-c~ass wheat .  Aprominent  Chicago  paper  said  rec ently  tbat  when  Dr. 
Kedz1e  exposed  this  fraud  and  proved  the  wheat  to  be  of  a  superior  quality , 
he  save  more  money  for  the  farmers  of  Michigan  than  it  has  cost  to  maintain 
this  College  since  its  foundation . " 

• ••. • • •  At  the  time  Clawson 

82/II/8-9.  AUG 
t,· 

..l 

w*XxiMBXXBEXwWRXXXX}awwXNXE.a.:k 
ED:>  YMCA  "has  only  a  few  members"  and  should  nut  sponsor  lecturers  from 

outside .  Better  a  general  student  organization  am.  the  choice  would 
be  more  r epres entative  as  well  as  the  lecturers  b et ter  because  more 
money  then  avallable . 

82/lI/9  4 • G 

COLLEGE  NEWS 

Commencement  exercises  to  be  under  canvas . 

t ent  from  Battle  Creek . ~  §2/11/10 

"During  its  first  year  t he  Coll ege  lega l  bar  has  only  tried  one  case . 

.1.s  the 

new  system  a  failure,  or  are  we  growing  more  orderly? " 

G  82/I(l/10 

old  ball  grounds  given  up . 

new  EEKX 

' diamond'  on  the  other  side  of  the 

road . 

" The  striker  now  faces  to  the  southeast . " 

~UG 82/lI/10 

College  band  played  in  Lansing  for  Decoration  day  but  rnuclmof  the 
taken  from  their  dep to.rture  from  College  by  the  appearance  of  the 
sent  from  Lansing  for  their  conveyance. 

dignity  was 
mule  team 
!\UG  82/II/10 

Prof.  Cook  is  exp e rimenting  w1th  Pari s  gre en  and  London  purple . 

a  poll  of  campus  found  157  in  f avor  of  coeducation  and  10  against. 

82/II/11 

82/ .fI/ll fl 

!\ ... 

u 

SIE  CULu~.  Vol  .Lt ,  No.  1. 

AUGUST  1,  1882. 

u.  c.  Howe,  edit or. 

L- ERSv:NALS: 
A.  B.  Peebl e s,  ' 77,  has  compl e t ~ d hi s  course  at  Oberlin  and  is  pastor 

of  the  Presbyx:x:terian  church  at  Mackinaw. 

· 

AUG  82/II/12 

C.  J .  Stra~,  178,  completed  hi s  course  of  study  in  t h e ology  at  Andover, 
Mass .,  la s t  June ,  but  was  not  granted  a  diploma  on  account  of  enterta ining 
c erta in  religious  views  in  opp osi t ion  to  those  taught  at  that  institut i ion. 
AUG  82/II/13 
His  pres ent  address  is  Decatur,  Michigan . 

OCTOBER ,  1882.  Vol  II ,  no .  2. 

EDIT ;  We  shoul d  follow  the  example  of  o the r  colleges  an d  have  a  commencement 
lecturer .  The  present  system  wi th  eight  student  orator s  CHOSEN  BY  LOT 
82/II/5 
l1as  poor  results . 

'lt';f 

ED:  Labor  system:t  is  largely  a  failure  b e cause  of  a  lack  of 

1 .  a  desire  to  work . 
2 .  inadequate  direction. 

s tudents  can  remedy  this . 

seniors  direct  but  they  know  little  about 

the  job,  have  little  control ,  are  paid  no  more ,  than  other~ . 

Solution:  train  the  students  for  seve ral  years ,  pay  seniors  extra . 
an  enormous  number  nowescape  work  because  of  illnes s . 

82/II/5-6 

CT 

Alunmi--eight  have  d i ed  s ince  l ast  r eumion ,  Brings  the  total  to  14 . 

obituaries  of  the  eight 
41  of  the  alumni  of  the  coll ege  have  secured  an  M. S.  at  MAC . (all  but 
one  of  the  41  are  from  the  first  eleven  classes .  Every  TIEmber  of 
the  first  thre e  clas ses  3ave  one  has  recd  MS  here .  Of  t h e  first 
53  graduates ,  33  recd  MS  here . 
~ 25  second  degrees  from  other  institutions,  mostly among  grads 

of  later  years .  Only  three  were  taken  by  members  of  the  first 
s even  classes . 

82/ I I/10 

C. 

COLLEGE  NEWS : 
Politics  of  students:  Republicans 
Fusionists 
Indep  Dems 

126 

30 l Begole ). 

7 

Gov .  Jerome  spoke  at  Commencement . 

82/II/ll 

CT 

, 1C:.  82/II/12 

73"/o  of  students  expect  to  teach  this  wint e r  vacation .  They  should  have 
outdoor  work  instead .  So  many  of  them  hurry  to  teach  without  a  ~ e st  and 
re turn  weeks  late  iu  spring .  No  ·wonder  so  many  br eak  down . 

it.~.82/II/12 

Board  now  $3 . oo  per  week .  Need  the  club  system 

11C  82/LL/12-3 

PERSONALS 

James  Satterlee , 

1 69 ,  has  1:e  en  offe red  the  chair  o  hort i cul t ure . 

L .  H.  Bailey , 

'82 ,  is  travelling  a round  the  country.  Expects  to 

embark  s oon  i n  newspaper  work  in  Springfield ,  Ill . 

1Gf 82/ II/13 

qm-

ll~'.  82/II/13 

1883 ,  April  2 .  Vol  II ,  no .  3 . 

S PECULm~ . 

EDIT: 

The  College  SPECULUM 

Vol  II,  no .  3,  A~ri l ,  1883 

O.C.HOWE  ed. 

9 

ED:  The  new  club  boarding  system  which  we  have  n ow  will  reduce  board  rates, 

eliminate  much  dispute  betwe en  faculty  and  students ,  eliminate  disgraceful 
scenes  in  the  dining-hall ,  provide  more  palatable  food . 

83/II/Ap/5 

ED :  method  of  choosing  dommencement  orators  has  been  changed . 

will  elect  them  rather  than  leave  the  choice  to  l ot . 

Faculty 

83/ II/Ap/5 

ED :  In  the  past  editorials  have  favored  mil  training  here .  But  there  is 

another  side . 
the  manual  lab or  program- -we  are  the  only  school  retaining  it --;  the 
armory  n ow  houses  two  b oarding  clubs  and  the  arms  have  been  returned  t o 
the  capitol .  The  knife  has  replaced  the  bayonet . 

lfe  will  not  like  its  strictness . 

It  will  interx fere  with 

It  should . 

83/ I I/Ap~ 

ED :  MAC  has  been  commended  ina  rec ent  a r ticle  in  Rural  New  Yorker  by 
rfuy? 

Caldwell  and  in  the  March  24th  issue \ 1$83 )  by  Chamberlain . 
Because  more  of  our  gardu ates  return  to  the  farm .  Why  do  we  lead 
in  this?  Because  we  teach  onl y  agr i c .  and  studentsare . n ot  misled 
by  the  cleanliness  of  the  lathe  or  the  clas s i cs  before  the i r 
judge 
ments  mature .  We  should  have  no  more  mechanic  art s  than  enough  to 
prepare  the  farmer .  Second  reason :  manual  labor  whi ch  keeps  the 
mind  as  well  as  the  body  in  shape  for  work . 
" That  the  graduates , 
espe~ i ally the  older  ones ,  appreciate  this  fact  is  se : n  in  the 
vehement  attack  which  they  made  up on  the  idea  of  a  change  of  time  of 
vacations ,  at  the  last  alumni  meeting  as  endangering  ·,his  most  vital 
feature  of  .:t}m  our  college ." 
To  improve  the  work  plan ,  Satterlee  and  Johns on  have  a  new  plan .  For 
three  years  students  vdll  understand  that  diligence  and  skill will 
earn  them  the  position  of  foreman  in  the  senior  with  extra  compensa -
ti on . 

83/II/Ap/7 - 8 

COLLEGE  NE1NS 
Improvements:  marked  improvement  in  student  labor 

\ Collingwood ) 

improved  road  to  La .... sing 
College  asks  $18 , 000  for  a  mechanical  dept .  Total  reque st : $5 ~, 82~ 
better  conduct  of  students  at  meals  under  c l ub  system. 
Stewards  now  d i vide  t he  work :  one  buys  all  the  meat ,  on e  all 
the  groceries ,  another  all  the  vegetables .  Groceri e s  are 
bought  in  Detro i t ;  milk  butter  and  ve r-etable s  fr om  farmers . 

83/II/Ap/8 

CLUB  SYSTEM--in  part  the  Sp e culum  was  an  outgrowth  of  t he  board  dispute . 

At  the  second  indignation  meeting  held  in  the  chapel  a  paper  was  first 
prop osed  and  the  suggesti on  repeated  at  subsequent  meet ings.  Hardly 
an  issue  has  fail ed  to  urge  it .  Last  fall  a  committee  secured  the 
consent  of  the  State  Board . 
It  was  agreed  that  nu  lit  club  nor  class 
should  con t rol  a  .Kbrl!l  boarding  club .  There  are  now  five  clubs  \ ABCDE) 
Stewards  were  elected  on  the  last  day  of  fall  term .  Thirty  students 
\ partitions  in  Wells  dining  room  making  three  dining  rooms , 
per  club 
and  armory  divided  into  two .)  Board  no·  varies  from  $2 . 35  to  $2 . 75. 
"~tudents  seem  tp  prefer  good  board  at  a  fa ir  price,  to  an  attempt  to 
reduce  thep r ice  at  the  exp ense  of  their  stomachx . " 

83/II/Ap/8-9 

PERSvNALS 
" Sherm.  Upton , 
season .  Has  not  made  his  p lans  for  future  work  yet . " 
c.  J .  Strang,  pastor  of  Congregat ional  church,  Ke enesville ,  Van  Buren  Co . 

i81,  did  a  good  business  at  portrait  painting  in  Paw  ~aw last 

83/II/Ap/9 

83/II/Ap/9 

SPECULUM  Vol .  I I,  April ,  1883 ,  mo .  3 

OCHowe  edit . 

PERSuN.&LS 

l con .. inued) 

L.  H.  Bailey,  jr .,  since  Jan  1 ,  assistant  in  the  herbariums  and  botanic 

gardens  at  Harvard .  Recommendation  of  Beal .  Until  Jan  1  h e  was  on  the 
local  staff  of'  the  Sprin e;f ield,  .Lll ,  Morning  Monitor . 

83/II/Ap/ll 

Vol  II,  no .  4 . 

Poem  by  H •

. v.  Cv.J..lingwood 
"As  doscussed  at  the 

pro . 

3 
(eolumns)  "Co-educ ati on  at  Lansing.t-Pro  and  Con . 
' Wolf  Crick  Debatinc  School .  t" 

83/II/~l-2 . 

Ja ter  system  will  be  installed  in  the  center  part  of  the  c am,Pus .,-_ 
There  will  be  a  permanet  librarian . 

83/II / AMG/7 

ED: 

''JAL~ S:  Student  carelihssness  in  preserving  the  lavm  is  increased  by  the 
poor  condition  of  the  walks  11 and  t heir  f a ilure  to  le ad  directly  to 
any  de s ired  point •••• 

" .Lt  would  b e  rather  unc e rtain  business  for  a  strliger  to  attempt  to 

go  from  one  buildinc  to  another  by  means  of  the  paths . 

11  It  is  an  established  bm:k  pr.i nciple  l a id  down  in  landscape 

gardening ,  that  a  walk  should  never  end  nowhere .  But  if  he  should 
attempt  to  go  from  1v  lls  hall  t o  the  chemical  labor atory  by  the  walks , 
he  vrnuld  be  rrmch  more  apt  to  r each  nowhere  than  he  would  to  arrive  at 
• •••  Winding  walks  may  be  very  desirable  to  foll ow 
his  destination . 
when  promenading  with  one  of  the  op  osi te  se~L  When  co - education  is 
established ,  all  walks  leading  to  the  co - eds '  dormitory  should  curve 
as  much  as  possible .  But  for  the  present  a  few  good  s traight  walks 
between  t he  build i ngs ,  made  of rome  material  b esddes  rrmd  in  wet 
weather ,  and  l oose  sandin  dry ,  vrould  be  much  appreciated ."  ;r"'-

83/II/"1iS/9 

ED :  MAIL .  Much  of  it  comes  in  at  the  Lansing  Post  Office  at  six .  There 

should  be  two  mails  per  day  (mail  now  averages  19~ pounds  per  day 
and  the  boy  who  c ar ries  often  leayes  some  behind ), ~ with  one 
trip  l a te  enough  to  get  the  six  o  clock  mail .  Better  yet ,  a  man rw... 
with  team  and  wEg on  to  maketwo  trips  daily . 

83/II/~/9 - 10 

VORK .  New  system .  Gm.des  of  one  to  t en .  Nothing 
r anging  to  maxirrmm  wages  for  an  average  of  teh. 
water  or  wet  places . 

Senior  foremen-- 12~/ . 

for  an  average  of  four , 
1 2~ (  for  ditching  in 
83/II/'.~/10 
j'1-

COLI EGE  NEWS 
Farm  has  been  greatly  improved  in  the  last  three  years .  Fields  cleared , 

stumps  removed ,  rrmch  tile  laid . 
to  the  railroad  tracks . 

Inanother  yecr 

the  lane  will  be  extended 

83/I I/~Jll 

Pres .  Abbot  delivered  a  lecture  on  the  hist .  of  the  College . 

"The  College 

was  not  located  here  by  its  friends ,  but  rather  by  its  enemies . 
thoueht  that  it never  could  live  in  such  a  swamp  hole  as  this  was  at  that 
83/II / AW-/11 Tu-
time ." 

It  was 

. 

COSTS  of  FRESHJDlN  Year- -our 

Matricultation 
$5 . 00 
Rcom rent , fuel,inc l7. 25 
25 . oo 
B o oks , sta~ionry 
84 . oo 
Board  at  $2,40 
20 .oo 
Sundries 
9 .oo 
Washing 
$160 . 25 

estimate: 

Earned :  Work  on  farm 

av  last  term  2 . 45 

av  last  year  3 . 15  and  poor  board . 

Teaching 

µ48 . oo  \ above 

average ) 

90 . oo 
138 . oo 

83/ II/~/11-12 
:n......... 

SPEClJ  LUM  1883  Vol  lI .  No .  4 .  ~JUNE  u.  C.  Howe ,  editor . 
~~ College  News  continued 

11 

Buildings:  Prof .  Satteriee  is  to  have  an  office  in  the  botanical 

labor a tory  directly  over  Dr .  Beal ! s  office . 
Williams  is  to  receive  a  new  roof .  many  rooms  have  been  damaged  by 

water.  A  hip  roof  will  be  put  on  above  the  mansard . 

Imp r ove  looks . 
JUN 

83/II/rum/12 

Resolution  of  Sta te  Board  cl e arin ~  Pre s .  Abbot  of  all  charges  made 
against  him. 
'---' 
83/I I/~/12 
PERSONALS 

JUN 

MARRIED , 
L.  H.  Bailey,  Jr. 
Miss  Nettie  Smith, 

You  are  requested  t o  attend  t he  marriage  ceremony  to  tlke  place 
at  the  re s idenc e  of  t h e  bride's  parents ,  Pine  Lake ,  Mich .,  at 
8  P .  M.,  Wednesday  evening ,  June  6th ,  1883 .  After  June  8th  he 
may  be  addressed  at  Cambridge ,  Mass . " 

83/II/lla/14 

JUN 

VOL  III.  no . 
SCIENTIFIC 

1

1 .  AUG . 

1,  1883 . 

F .  R.  OSBORN  Ed . 

~.-.ikGillette--College  News . 

S. Johnson  Treas . 

A.  J .  Cook,  Scie . 
J . R. Abbot 
personals 

From  Harvard . 

L .  H .  Bailey ,  Jr . 
Elective .  biological  sciences  draw  less  than  their  share .  Half  the se 
students  have  graduated  elsewhere  and  continue  their  work  here  without 
recitations ,  etc .  Elementary  ~ot any me ets  t wice  a  week  for  freshmen ; 
ronsi sts  of  lectures  on  classification :  half  the  students  learn  little , 
tAl.e  others  go  to  make  up  the  advanced  course  and  ar  very  good . 
The  other  half  of  t he  botany  department  is  the  herbarium  headed  by 
Asa  Gray  who  gives  no  ins truction  but  "The  University  regards  his  nane 
on  XkiI:  its  catalogue  worth  $4 , 000  a  year . " 

age  73 . 

83/III/AUG/4 - 5 

Col l ege  is  much  more  popular  today  with  the  farme rs  than  it  was  ten  year s 
fg  o :  because  faculty  and  graduates  are  demonstrating  t he  valm  of 
sci ence  in  framing. 

83/III/AUG/7 

ED :  Williams , 

1 85 ,  left  college  immediat ely  becaus e  h e  was  refused  the 

right ,  by  th e  faculty ,  of  attending  upper  classes  a s  a  visitor  because 
he  did  not  ex~ ect  to  remain  in  college  until  graduation . 
sneers  a  bit)) . 

((editor 

ED :  LABOR .  Do  we  work  faithfully--if  so  why  is  there  so  much  docking ? 
"A  few  weeks  ago  there  were  some  ::he ep  to  be  sheared , 
Educational??? 
but  instead  of  making  it  a  lesson  to  several ,  the  force  was  canvassed 
to  find  boys  who  could  shear  well . 11  Apparently  departments  are  run  to 
be  self-supporting .  There  are  now  six  hours  of  educational  labor , 
unpaid,  in  the  hort  dept .  in  the  junior  year . 
3  h ours  uses  up  the  entire  afternoon- -travel ,  cleaning  up .  And  if  we 
worked  with  the  diligence  expected  we  would  be  too  tired  to  study .  Since 
every  hour  of  the  day  is  calendared,  students  play  in  the  hours  they 
should  be  studying . 
Practical  exp e rienc e  in  agriculture  can  be  better  gaine d  at  home  or 
by  working  for  some  experienced  farmer . 

83/III/AUG/10 

The  COL:::.EGE  SPECULUM 

Vol  .LII  No .  1 .  AUGUST.  1,  1883 .  F .  R.  Osborn  e 

COLLEGE  NEWS 

Studies  of  the  entire  senior  year  t o  b e  made  elective . 

the  old  library  is  convert e  ·  t o  a  class - room  f or  Prof'  Johnson . 

83/ li l /AUG/11 

83/iiI/AUG/12 

A}propriation  of  $51,o89 .  pas sed  l egislatur e  with  onl ~ four  dissen~ing votes 

and  Senate  vrith  little  discussioll.4  and  one  dissenting  vote . 

83/ I I I /AGf l2 

Hon .  Ddwin  Will, ts  has  been  engaged  to  l ecture  before  the  College  literary 
societies  at  the  close  of  the  term. 

83/III/AG/12 

Bridge  over  the  Cedar  has  been  repaired .  Exwwwx  Brown,  the  drover,  and  ten 
head  of  acttle  were  precipitated  into  the  water  (eight  feet  of  it)  on:3 
evening  last  month .  Mr .  Bro..-m  could  not  swim,  made  shore  by  clinging  to 
a  floating  plank . 

83/I I IJAUG/12 

Clay  is  b ee ingtaken  from  the  knoll  just  north  of  the  observatory  to  make 
brick  for  the  new  powlerhouse  and  for  the  house  for  the  »rof .  of  hort . 

83/ III/ AUG/12 

New  pump  in  boiler-house  and  a  300  barrel  tank  in  Williams  tower ,  80  feet 
up  will  provide  water  fo r  grass  and  for  extinguishing  fires .  Two  hydrants 
can  be  used  on  each  building- - seven  hydrants  in  all . 

83/I II/AUG/12 

PERSONALS 
s .  Upton , 
sketching  on  wood  for  magazines . 

1 81 ,  was  at  the  Coll ege last  June . 

He  has  gone  East  t o  engage  in 

83/III/AUG/13 

Oscar  Clute , 

' 62 ,  sold  recently  $1 , 150  worth  of  bees . 

xi w t~ colonies . 

Still  has  80 

83/I I I /  ttUG/13 

nThe  Hon .  Oscar  Palmer ,  chairman  of  t he  D,ast  House  committee  on  the 
Agricultural  College ,  claims  to  be  the  first  graduate  of  the  College .  He 
ca  roo  here  unacquainted  with  farm  work .  Being  sent  b 
the  field  with  the 
oxen  to  pull  stumps ,  the  o.wen  would •gee•  when  he  wanted  to  go 
Picking  up  a  board ,  he  appliedit  with  vigor  to  them,  and  they ,  like  sensible 
brutes ,  ran  away .  His  next  work  was  to  sow  turnip  seed . 
gained  for  the  Coll ege  a  lasting  repu tationm  that  of  sowing  a  peck  of  turnip 
see d  to  the  acre .  This  short  e.wp erience  satisfied him  that  the  far ,  was  not 
the  place  for  him;  Leaving~  the  College ,  he  graduated  at  the  Georgetovm 
Medical  College ,  D.  c.  Notwithstanding  his  short  experience  at  the  College , 
Mr .  Palmer  made  an  excellent  chairman ." 

In  this  act  he 

83/II I/AUG/14 

' haw .' 

VOL  I II.  No .  2 .  OCTOBER ,  1883 . 

J .  J .  Bush ,  jr .  Editor . 

"Coeducation  at  Lans i n g" 
Wulf  Crick  Debating  Soci e ty . 

contlntl.ed . 

1887  t four  years  1ater J 

83/ocTII1 I/l - 2 

Commemcement:  Baccalaureate--Abbot .  Usual  student  orators .  Willits 
delivered  his  address  to  lit .  societies  the  following  afternoon. 
" The  Future  or·  Agriculture . II 
address  can  be  an  annual  affair . 

It  is  to  be  hoped  g%/~r£11~c~o~enc ement 

I 

I~ 

There  are  no  bath  rooms  or  wash  rooms  in  Jlilii KJXJE . dorimhtories .  The 

rubbish  rooms  in  Williams  could  be  fitted  up  with  wash- buwls .  And  OCT/IO 
on  other  floors  it  would  be  better  to  give  up  one  student  room.  83/ I I'I 

N 

of  freshmen  down .  Causes:  melon  scrape ,  ukemos  ro~d incident , 

o .  depressed  cond i tion  of  farming  this  year . 

83/IIL/vCT/10 

The  COLLEGE  SPECULUM.  1883.  Vol  ~Ii,  no .  2.  OCTOBER .  J.J . Bush,jr, 

ED:  Hazing  is  universal  and  ratherunpleasant.  The  rule  of  suspension 

or  expulsion  is  so  seldom  enf orc ed  as  not  to  operate  as  a  law. 

, 

83/il!/OCT/10 

COLLEGE  NEWS  ((C . P.Gi llett)). 

The  college  brick  yard  has  turned  out  400 , 000  excellent  brixks  this  fall , 

valued  at  $9 . oo  per  thousand  but  costing  only  $6 . 50  per  thousand . 

83/III/UCT/ll 

The  college  has  received  two  bunches  of  seeds  and  bulbs  for  the  wild  garden 
from  L.  H.  Bailey ,  of  Harvard  University ,  and  has  the  promise  of  more . X 

83/III/OCT/12 

Board  cost  ranged  from  $2 . 44  to  $2 . 57  per  week  last  term.  83/III/OCT/12 

PERSONALS : 
Oscar  Clute,  1 62,  elected  Bres .  of  Iowa  Bee-keepers. 

t J.  R.  Abbot) • 

83/III/OCT/13 

L.  H.  Bailey,  at  Harvard  is  now  also  writ ing  for  several  papers . 

83/III/OCT  13  . 

APRIL  1 ,  1884£  Vol  III,  No .  3 . J . J . Bush  jr  ed . 

JaM. 
SCIENTIFIC: 
"Evolution  of  Man":  hemorr·hoids  in  the  rectum,  hernia ,  displac ement 

(A.J .COOK) 

of  the  rectum  are  natural  results  of  the  inadaptability  of  what  is  fine 
in  a  four-legged  creature  to  the  erect  posture  of  a  two-legged  one . 
If  we  assume  special  creation ,  these  appea~  to  b e  blunders  of  the 
Creator . 
devmlopment  of 
· 
capillaries  or  ~ ins  and  strengthened  ligaments . 
"The  Creator ' s  law  work  slow ,  but  they  ever  work ,  and  the goal  will be 
~ rfection . " 

If  we  assume  biolo gical  evolution ,  we  can  hope  for  the  graduall 

84/ i.LI/Apr/5~ 

valves  in  the  rectal 

· 

"A  few  scientific  theories ,  like  Agassiz ' s  glacier  theory  of  the  formation 
of  driftx ,  and  Darwin's  the ory  of  the  origin  of  species  have  been  so  in 
accord  with  known  facts  and  laws ,  and  have  so  fully  explained  natural 
phenomena ,  that  ,  thougN  fairly  revolu t ionary  in  their  inflmnce ,  they 
have  gained  quick  and  general  acceptance . " 

8&/III/APR/5 

EDITORIALS  are  weak  under  Bush . 

ED:  State  Board  was  quite  right  in  rejecting  the  petition  of  the  senior 
class  asking  for  a  commencement  orator  rather  than  student  orators . 
Reason:  the  public  expects  and  wants  t o  hear  the  students  demonstrate 
the  skill  they  have  mastered .  The  public  ;· ill  not  attend  an  address 
by  a  stranger.  E. G.  l ast  commencement  the  chapel  was  crowded  for  the 
student  or ati ons  but  ( ()'"illit • o ))  address  was  but  thinly  attended , 
although  "in  itself  a  model  of  excellence,  and  delivered  by  one  of 
84/III/ Apr/5 
Michigan 1 s  ablest  and  most  popular  men . " 

COLLEGE  NEWS 
"Most  of  the  students  were  enga ged  in  teaching  l a st  ' inter,  in  consequence 
of  which  many  are  late  in  getting  b ack  th:is  term. 
letters  some  of  them  are  rec eiving  and  answering  each  week,.  vrn  are  led  io 
infer  that  it  is  stilliiuitgm~~fit~~rt~~§ . gir~~/I~rr1~Rr.ildistrict  schoo  s 

Judging  from  the  many 

SPE<mLUM  I~I Apr,  1884. 

JJBUSH  ed . 

College  Nevrs 

continued 

Col.W.  B.  Mccr eery ,  of  the  st  Bd  of  ag  is  in  Washington  "to 
passage  of"  tho  bill  to  establish  exper1.ment  stations . 

urge  the 

84/III/ Apr/11 

Board:  Cooks  now  r eceive  40:~  per  week  per  boarder  ( ( ( MI{  with  30  this 
would  be  $12 . oo)))  meals  f or  three  (changed  n ovir  to  t vro)  and  40%  of 
money  paid  for  extra  meals  lnow  reduced  to  20%  and  only  when  a  considerabl 
number J.  ~5X~XJ;?REEB~~r.m!IXlml~~~~&iXJrueiira.~l5LX~X~~CX!ll)\)!~Qu~Ul:;sx.l~ 
~~~1QO~~&lO!Det.IDC:~~·l£t.l~~lm.:K..ru!US\.XX:s.:~~c~tv~.xxJ~~.wst.l!UU!U.. 

( See  84/III/June/12)) 

Library  Notes n Mr s .  Merrell )  "Visitors  oft en  mention  the  ' room  at  the 
t op '  in  our  library  but  the  books  are  cre eping  upward . " 

84/I.rI/Apr/12 

JUNE  1,  1884.  Vol  III,  no .  4 . 

JJ . BUsh  jr  Editor • 

..... - .... -~-.RXX.XE:f 

ED :  We  think  that  theintroduction  of  French  anm  German  would  be  hailed 

by  students .  Fir  years  there  was  a  year  of  French ,  JmX.XX  but  now  even 
tra t  has  been  abolished. 
scholarly  v.'ork  in  any  field .  Have  replaced  Latin . 

:lxi:l!l  Major ~ value:  essential  to 

84/I I I/A:une/9 -10 

COLLEGE  NE\JS : 
Lane  on  the  farm  is  now  extended  back  to  the  railDoad . 

New  horse  lavm  mower  on  the  la¥ms ,  busy 

84/III/ June/11 

84/ I I l/June/ll 

H,E .T~omas  ed . 

AUGUST  1,  1884 .  VOL  IV,  no .  1 
ED :  " There  i s  perhaps  no  department  of  the  college  v·ith  the  results  of  v,rhich 
the  students  are  so  generall/  dis satlsfied ,  as  vlibh  the  rhetorical  and 
literary  work.  I s  this  because  of  an  impos sibil ity  advantageously  to  pursue 
at  the  same  time  the  general  scientific  and  fair  English  courses  offered  at 
this  c ol lege?  Or  is  it  because  the  professors  in  charg~  of  this  department 
are  overloaded  ·d th  vrork?  Or---?" 
Overloaded ,  students  are  imposed  on  in  sc ienc e  courses ,  critisi sm  in  class  
is  farcical ;  above  all  a  lack  of  enthusiasm  which  tbe  profess or s  must  impart 
throueh  convincing  the  student  that  he  is  learning  something .  Students  now 
"boast  of  thei:  inefficiency ." 

84/ IV/ AUG/7 

ROOM  rent .  New  system  ·;her eby  there  are  varying  rates  (as  high  as  $7 . oo) 
rathe r  than  the  old  whe reby  seniors  had  first  choice  and  juniors  second 
means  that  the  flush  freshman  .Eim  of  the  group  that  usually  only  spends 
a  couple  of  te rms  here ,  will  secure  the  best  roomx .  Many  of  the  best  rooms 
are  such  becaus e  students  improved  them--papered  etc .  Since  the  permission 
to  improve  rooms  has  been  grant ed  vandalism  has  disap,Penred .  This  will 
dis courageimprovement . 

84/IY/ Aug/8 

Students  are  refused 
~1 . 25  to  $1 .75  f or  a 
payment  of  more  than 
c o~npe ti tion . " 

right  to  do  the  extra  work  for  which  the  college  pa7-, 
ten  hour  day  because  the  rules  will  not  rermit  the 
"Let  us  have ' protection  from  foreign 
~per hour . 

84/IV/ Aug/9 

!Ve  could  have  more  students  if  we  had  a  preparatory  course .  Many  far::n  youth:c 
lack  the  opp ortunity  of  a  good  hish  school . 

84/IV/Aui/9 

Post  Office  has  been  establ i shed : 

ttAgricultural  College,  l~ghim ~S}unty ." 

84/ IV  Aug, 10 

Speculum. 
College  News:  (F . L.  Chappell) 

IV  Aug.  1884. 

H  E  Thomas  2d. 

State  F:ish  Conmissioners  have  established 
Dam  on  Red  Cedar  will  be  raised  a nd  three 
flats  behind  the  Bot an .  lab .  Costs  ~ip850 , 

a  f ish  station  for  German  Carp . 
pools  will  be  constructed  in  the 
of  vrhich  college  ra.  y  $250 . 
84/ Aug/IV/11 

PERSONALS: 
"Sherm.  Upton , 

in  business  with  a~ friend . 11 

84/IV/Aug/13 . 

181,  has  tired  of  chalk-talk  and  ~oes  to  Dakota  to  engage 

OCT .  1884 
ed . 
ED :  editor  has  a  ri Ght  to  crit icize  administration ,  to  urge  reforms . 

IV,  no .  2 

HE'I'homas 

ED :  Student  government  has  become  lax . 
halls  have  be en  rep a ired--student  govt . 
boisterousness .  Melo~ rinds,  rubb ish , 

should  be  revived .  Rooms  and 
should  keep  them  that  way . 
apple  cores  etc  go  out  wind ows . 

Some 

84/ I V/OCT/5 - 6/ 

ED :  Why  are  there  but  50  freshmen  in  the  oldest  agricultural  college  and  one 

of  the  best•  in  the  u . s~ 

it  is  a  scientific  college .  A  fine  basis  for  farming- - and  for  other  things. 
Should  change  the  name . 

84/IV/Oct/6 

B ~ lief  that  it  is  an  agricultural  college .  Actually 

ED : 

ED : 

~D :  Natural  History  Soc i ety  has  lat ely  fallen  into  a  sort  of  lethargy , 
largely  because  the  p r ofessors  re ,_d  most  of  t h e  papers--too  advanced  for 
the  students .  Students  must  take  hole . 

84/I V/oct/7 

Room  rent :  President  informs  me  that  an  attempt  vlill  be  made  to  have  at 
least  a  partial  rebate  to  those  who  improved  their  rooms . 

84/ I V/Uct/7 

VEDNESDAY  evening  lectures :  not  well - attended ,  by  students  or  faculty . 
Not  surprising . 
"With  a  few  most  honorable  exceptions ,  the  lectures 
delivered  at  the  college  chapel  have  be en  worri  out  by  being  carted 
around  to  more  or  less  farmers '  institutes  during  the  winter ,  and  then 

palmed  off  on  u s  during  the  sutjmler  because ,  perhaps ,  we  are  supposed  t o  l i ve 
in  the  ' backwoods •  and  not  to  know  the  difference . 11 

84/ IV/oct/8 

ED :  Election  coming . 

11will  the  experience  of  two  years  ago  be  repeated , 

••  namely ,  wi ll  some  of  the  members  of  the  faculty  pay  the  traveling 
expe~ses ,  or 
' what  will  induce  them  to  go  home ? '  of  tho se  who  will  p r omise 
to  vote  the  Re publican  ticket .  Tm  t  may  not  have  been  buying  votes ,  but  i t 
certainly  secured  a  number  of  ballots  for  the  Re~ubl:b an  candidates ,  that 
ll 1h  is  -ea be  done  again ,  whv  n ot 
they  woul d  no t  otherwise  have  received . 
treat  all  alike ." 

84/  I V/Oct/ 9 

College  News 
Swamp  north  of  the  library  was  dr a ined  by  students  this  sum._inr . 

84/IV/Oc i;th: 

Of  the  118  students ,  82  intend  to  teach  if  they  can  secure  certificates . 

84/ .l v/oct/ 11 

PE.H.SONALS : 
L .  H.  Bailey  182  completed  his  ~ork at  Harvard  in  August . 
I s  n ow  on  the 
editorial  staff  of  the  American  Cultivator  and  working  at  the  University, 
cataloguing  sedges . 

84/IV/oct/13 

SPECULUM 

IV  No .  3.  April  1885 

H.  E.  Thomas  Ed . 

Edwin Willits:  picture  and  biographical  skethh:  ppl-2. 

ED:LABOR  SYSTEM--much  criticized. 

"OUrs  is  one  of  the  first  colleges  which rave 
succeeded  in  operating  a  system  of  manual  labor  with  any  very  satisfactory 
degree  of  success . tt  Usual  criticisms  are  INvalid:  1.  failure  to  teach  a 
skill  adequately ;  2 .  does  not  pay~ a  financial  profit  to  the  college ; 

3 .  students  do  not  work  well .  Answers  to  each . 
to  make  it  profitable-- selection  of  the  person  experiencedto  do  a  task  is 
second,  reduce  to 
customary  rather  than  selecting  one  who  needs  to  le arn. 
two  hours :  as  much  go od  and  :m.l!mH  less  intereference  riith s  tui y. 

Reforms  needed:  less  effort 

(Editorial  is,  on  the  whole ,  more  favorable  than  one  would  expect  from  Thomas))). 
\(Perhaps  gentle  because  Willits  is ~) ))  85/IV/Apr/7-9. 

ED:  Need  a  preparatory  department . 
altbgether  too  low  as  compared  Ni..tk  to  those  rquired  by  other  colleges,  and  this 
is  certainly  no  compliment  1D  our  school .  But  low  as  it  is,  it  is  too  high 
for  many  of  those  VJhom  the  college  is  intended  to  reach." 

"The  present  standard  of  admission  is 

85;:r$'/Apr/9 

ED:  neither  the  well  at  Williams  nor  at  Wells  is  satisfactory.  One  is  in 
danger  of  pollution,  the  other  :is  muddy .  Lansing  now  has  many  flowing  wells . 
85/I V/Apr/9-10 
We  should  have  one  with  water  pumped  into  bhe  buildings. 

ED: 
11 Very  many  friends  of  the  college  are  urging  either  the  advance ment  of  the 
standard  of  admission  to  the  college,  or  the  cessation  of  granting  the  degree 
of  B.  s. 
are  at  present  less  than  that  requir~d by  any  other  roll ege  in  the  State.  The 
effect  is  instead  of  drawing  students 
Solution:  Grant  a  Bachelor  of  Agriculture  at  the  end  of  4  years  and  Bachelor 
of  Science  at  the  end  of  5  (preparatory  and  3  and  4  years  of  college .) 

There  is  no  doubt  that  the  re~uirements for  that  degree  at  the  colle@ 

•••  to  discourage  their  attendance." 

85/IV/ Apr/10 

ED :  "The  resignation  of  President  Abbot  and  the  appointment  of  IVIr.  Willits  to 
fill  the  vacancy ,  appears  to  have  opened  up  a  new  era  in  the  lll' e  of 
Agricultural  College." 
Willits  "must  possess  broader,  more  practical  views,  and  a  better  knowledge  of 
hunan  nature  than  though  his  whole  life  had  been  occupied  as  a  teacher  and  a 
student ." 

the 

W will  teach  Polit  Econ  and  Const  Law .  Therefore  Harrower  mx  has  had  to 
1e ave.  Regeet. 

Ba ley  in  Hort  dept:  "a  young  man  of  ability  and  energ,  a  fine  scholar ,  and 
an enthusiastic  botanist ." 
Military  Department:  Great  question  now  is 11what  to  do  v1ith  the  pesh7  subject~ 

"Mr.  Bailey  has  f'amth  in  the  labor  system." 

85/IV/ Apr/10-11 

ED:  appropr  of  $17,000  for  school  of  mechanic  arts  bas  been  asked  "this 
being  one  of  the  conditions  upon  which  Mr .  Willits  accepted  the  presidency." 
Hope  that  it  shall  some  day  draw  the  whole  engineering  college  from  the 
University . 
COLLEG~ NEWS: 
85/IV/ Apr/12 
Bm ley  s  •Pfalk  about  Botany11  published  by  Houghton  M:if flin . 
Abbot  has  moved  to  Lansing  and  drives  ou t  daily .  Grange  and  Lockwood  also 
85/IV/Apr/12 
live  in  Lansing . 

2X  85/IV/Apr/11-12 

Baileys  offi€e 

PERSONALS: 
Sherman  Upton, 

in  the  old  garden  room  in  the  basement  of  College  Hall 

85/IV/ Apr/14 

' 81,  has  gone  into  the  hardware  business  in  Dakota. 

85/IV/ApriJ 

SPECULUM 

June  15,  1666  1885.  Vol  IV,  No .  4. 

H.E.THOMAS ,  Ed. 

'l 

ABBOT:  picture  and  biographical  sketch .  ppl -3. 

WELLS,  Hezekiah.  Biogra.1..hical  sketch .  Died,  April  4,  1885. 

85/IV/June/4-5 

BAILEY,  L . H.  review  of  his  Talks  Afield  lhoughton- 1 .,  160pp , $1 .)  85/IV/Jun/7 

ED:  "The  University  Chronic.ale  come s  out  in  a  sorrow:ful  s ort  of  thrust  at 
the  Agricultural  College ,  because  i .t  and  not  the  University  has  teen  the 
object  of  more  liberal  dealing  at  the  hands  of  the  State  Legislature ." 
A  rather  generous  rebuttal  by  Speculum. 

85/IV/June/7-8 

ED:  Co-education:  no  doubt  pleasant  but  it  would  require  new  courses ,  added 
It  would  thus  weaken  the 

exp ·mse ,  stricter  rules  f or  men  than  now ,  etc . 
work  for  men  and  no  doubt  raise  the  :tw±x±  costs  charged  the  students . 

85/IV/ Jun/8-9 

ED:  Work  has  been  reduced  to  2~ hours  to  permit  of  military  training  for 
one-halfi  hour  each  day .  But  this  still hurries  the  schedule . 

85/IV/Jun/9-10 

ED:  hazing  has  be en  absent  for  two  years .  Good . 

85/IV/Jun/10 -11 

ED :  student  government  has  almost  ceased .  Disdpline  bad .  Pres .  Abbot  has 
waqned  that  if  it does  not  succeed ,  a  sterner  form  may  be  substituted . 
Now  is  the  time  to  make  it work. 

85/IV/Jun/ll 

ED:  Many 
fuvors 
· work. 
away . 

advocate  making  labor  system  elective . 
that  move . 
And  it will  draw  to  the  college  an  undesirable  group  that  now  remai:ra 

If  it  is  done  not  overhalf  the  students  will  elect  to 

It  is  said  that  the  new  Pres . 

85/IV /  Jun/11 

ED :  Dormitory  rooms  ar~ow in  excellent  condition ,  due  to  the  permissio~in 

fue  last  three  years  to  paper  and  µtint  at  student1 s  expense . 

85/~v/Jun/lA 

COL• EGE  NEWS: 
Many  refernces  to  the  change s  in  l8lXK  gardens ,  trees ,  Jawns,  drives ,  and  the 
edw  ational  labor  in  Horticulture . 

85/IV/Jun/12-13 

BAILEY. 

' 

The  piggery  will  be  moved  beyond  the  tool  barn  to  make  room  for  the  new 
mechanical  building. 

85/IV/Jun/14 

1885,  AUG .  VOL  V.  No .  1 .  T.A . STANLEY,  editor. 
MECHANICAL  BUILXDING :  Cut  and  descpiption . 

p .  11E2. 

ED :  attendance  at  .Hlller .  coll  & univ.  is  diminlihing . 

85/V/Aug/6 

ED:Mor.kning  Prayers  and  Church  are  not  v1ell - attended . 

85/V/ Aug/7-8 

RoomR  rents  were  raised  a  year  ago.  Result  the  dormitories  are  in  excellent 
coni i ti on.  The  money  has  been  wisely  spent . 

85/V/ Aug/9 

COLLEGE  NENS: 
"wanted  very  much  by  the  students --two  weeks 1  vacation  in  August ."  85/V/Ag/10 
The  students  all  go  t h  chapel  for  some  re~son since  Willits  <m.~e 
Frank  Kedzie  is  preparing  slides  of  the  campus~st . Bd approp . )  for  exhibit  this 

85/V/ll 

winter  at  Institutes . 

9  students  expelled  or  suspended  f or  a  case  of  hazing . 

85/V/Ag/ll 

85/V/Aug/13 

SP:CUJ  LUM  Oct .  1885.  Vol  V,  n o .  2 

18 
College  News : 
"The  edi t ory  of  the  Detroit  Fre e  Press'  s on  i s  now  nur.1bered  among  ou.r  ranks . 11 

T  A  Stanley  ED . 

Prof .  Bailey  has  planted  a  large  no .  of  t amar a c k  in  the  little  swamp  north  of 
the  Library  building . 

85/V/Oct/16 

85/V/Oct/16 

PERSONALS:  Prof .  r1.bbot  unconcious  48  hours  from  blow  of  a  sail - boat  boom 
at  Charlevo ix . 

85/V/Oct/19 

April ,  1886 .  Vol  V.  No .  3 .  T.  A.  Stanley ,  ED . 

Coll ege  Co-op erativ e  Ass oci ations .  Article  urging•  without  special  ref . 
t o  MAC . 

Signed  T.A . S.  {(lEdit or??)) 

86/V/  Ap/8 

ED~ an+i - Knight s  of  Labor  and  s trikes . 

86/V/Ap/10 

ED :  Work:  shoul,:  remain  c ompul s ory .  But  i t  should  1:m 
11 al l 
that  is  ab solute l y  uninstructive ,  hard ,  :manual  labor~  should  be  given  t o 
ott  s i de  parties  Y:ho  a r e  willing  to  do  such  work  for  ordinry  da,Y  wages . 

instructive . 

8 6/V/ Apr/11 

Ed .  urgint;  cooperative  on  c ampu s .  Student  who  sells  oil  sells  at  20;  p er 
gal l on  whil  it  i s  s old  a t  15  downt own . 

86/V/Apr/ll 

ED:  the  student  b ell-ringer  i s  not  punctual .  He  is  paid  what  amounts  to 

~p65  per  year . 
purchase  a  clock,  ringing  a  bell  eve r y  half  hour . 

In  five  years  it  will  cost  enough  to  build  a  t ower  and 

86/V/apr/12 

College  News; 
Ca ll  and  see  the  admirable  paintings  of  Mrs . 

r of .  Bailey . 

Tl 

86/V/apr/1 2 

JUNE ,  188  •  Vol  V,  no .  4 .  TAStanley  Ed 
ED :  n ew  f acul ty  ruling  on  gr ades :  those  with  95  or  over  excu sed  from  ~.i: 
examinations .  At  present  in  some  clas ses  n early  al 1  wil l  es c ape . 
work  i s  qu estioning  is  regual rl y  and  grading  is  c areful . 

It  will 
86/V/aJ,J'N/6- 7 . 

((J . B. Cott on)) 

Col lege  News 
"more  fun  in  Agricultural  class .  " 
"a  new  prof e s s or  of  agriculture  at  Purdu e  Univers ity .  Ask  u s  no  ques t ions . " 
11 Prof .  in  Agr .  to  Soph . : What  i s  the  s i gn  of  an  early  spr ing?  Soph .  (confident ) : 
An  upturned  t ack ,  Sir ." 

86/V/ij.un/9 

L.  H.  Bailey  i s  one  of  fiv e  scientists  to  make  abot anical  survey  of  northern 
Uinne s ot a .  Will  take  4  we eks . 

86/V/Jun/ll 

Percentages  on  chapel  attendanc e  by  each  memb er  of 

the  faculty . 

86/V/ Jun/11 

French  and  German  will be  offered  as  elec ti ves  to  junior  Mechanical  students . 
"It  i s  to  be  la1-e  nted  that  we  c an 't have  French  and  German,  or  Latin  and  German 
in.our  curr iculum .  Give  us  some  Latin  or  German  an d  les s  light  studies ,  and  we 
will  showYB~tter r esults .  We  hope  all  conc er ned  in  the  management  of  the  coll eg 
will  sooner  or  later  see  t h e  prac ticability  of  such  a  scheme .  Let  us  have  an 
agricultural  cour se ,  a  general  scientific  course ,  and  a  La tin  scientific  ruiq»FER 
one .  By  this  means  the  col lege ,  would  d ouble  its  nu..""llb  r  of  s tu dents ,  v!i thout 
iujuring  its  name  and  usefulness  as  a 
the  numberof  students  in  the  said  agricultural  course . 11 
L .  H.  Bailey  has  r e c eived  at  flattering  offer  a t  Wisconsin  univ .  86/V/Jun/12 

' f a rmer ' s  college ' or  without  les s ening 

86/V/Jun/12 

SPECULUM:  V.  Jun  1886 .  No .  4 .  T. A.  Stanley 

continued 

The  clas s -room  in  bot  lab.  is  the  hottest  on  t he  crounds  in  s~ r. 
heaus  faster  than  bricl{ .  Liany  of  t::.e  win dows  sticlc. 

86/V/Jun/14 · 

:Jood 

College  has  moved  in  4  years  from  low v ater  mark  to  high .  86/V/Jun/14 

(,. 

AUG .  188t.  Vol  VI ,  No .  1 . 
ED:  "The  COLLEGE  has  just  passed  through  a  week  t hat  for  general  excitement 
exceeds  any  111Erd:rui  other  period  of  many  times  that  l ength  since  t he  institution 
was  founded . 

c.  B.  Waldron ,  ED . 

"The  circums tances  are  familiar  t o  all .  Beginning  with  the  inve stigation  of 
certain  charges  brought  in  good  faith  against  the  profes s or  of  agriculture  and 
his  me thods  of  teaching ,  the  we ek  has  ended  in  the  departure  of  eighteen 
hijlly  respecte d  seniors . " 

Seniors  b ehaved  in  an  honorable  fashion . 

86/VI /Ag/5 - 6 

ED:  should  have  a  teacher ' s  bureau  to  place  students  in  the  winter .  86/VI/Ag/7 

College  News : 
half  acre  east  of  the  ice-house  will  b e  set  with  huckleberries . 

lR . W. McCulloch) 

86/VI /Ag/10 

"Still  no  examination  in  agri c ul t ure ,  but  the  sophs .  have  ceased  to  sorrow, 
and  have  laid  aside  their  sack- cloth  and  ashes . 11 
11 The  next  move  in  the  line  of  colleg e  improvement  will  be  to  make  the 
agr~cutlrual run  and  hortfuultural  departments  moreindependent  and  the  work 
more  educational . 11 

86/BI /ag/10 

86/VI/Ag/10 

OCT  188iiirlo  Voi  VI,  No .  2 . 
J . H. Bailey ,  jr .  "A  Trip  Northward"  Minnesota . 

C. B. Waldron ,  f~RK¥ ED 

86/VI /Oct/2 - 3 

College  News;  Much  sickness  at  the  college  this  fall  due  to  p oor  sewerage 
system. 

86/VI/oct/12 

MS .  degree s  to  Snruel  Johnson ,  L. H.  ailey ,  Mrs .  Merrell ,  etc .  86/VI/oct/12 

.u 
,_ 

APRIL ,  1887.  Vol .  Vi ,  No .  3 . 
N. S . MAYO ,  "The  American  Laborer  should  enter  politics . 11 

C. B. WALDRON ,  ed . 

40  members  of 

labor  organizationslexcluding  the  Grange)  in  the  pre s ent  legislaturex  of  Mich 

ED:"The  study  of'  history  at  this  college  should  receive  more  a t tention . " 
87/VI /Apr/9 
a  year  course  here  in  history .  Although  agree  that  schedule  is  crowded . 

Should  be  tested  dm  history  for  admission .  Should  have 

College  News 
Williams  Hall  has  a  new  hardwood  floor .  There  will  b e  a  new  it~~ bridgex  o~r 
the  Red  Cedar  this  year .  Artesian  well  is  d own  80  feet .  Nignt  p atrols  in  dorms 

Hort :  several  notes  on  changes . 
hou se ,  set  with  20  varieties . 

~'he  huckleberry  plantat~on ,  south  of  boi1er 

87/VIlapr/11- 12 . 

PERSONALS: 
Sherman  Upton ,  1 81 ,  "whose  pencil  used  to  be  a  never  failing  source  of 
anrusement  to  the  boys ,  is  a  student  of  art  at  Minneapolis ,  Minn . 11 

87/VI/apr/14 

ATHLETICS: 

a  special  section  appears  for  the  first  time . 

SPECULUM  1887.  JUNE.  Vol  VI ,  no .  4 .  C. B. Waldron ,  ed . 
ED :  on  the  expulsion  of  students  in  Senior  class  last  August.  Prin~s  the 

petitions ,  etc . 

p .  9 - 11 . 

ED :  there  are  few  men  who  choose  here  to  bec ~ ome  masters  of  the  literature 
of  agriculture .  Few  of  our  graduates  have  become  professors  of  agric .,  yet 
one  went  at  a  salary  of  ~2500 .  Perhaps  the  Experiemtn  Station  will  lead  t o 
more  vrork  in  the  specific  f i eld  og  agriculture . 

m~/ jun/VI/10 

HORT :  b l dg  will  cost  $5 ,000.  basement  will  b e  storage  and  heelin g-in . 
1st  floor :  hand  t oolx  room  and  a  carpenter  shop .  3rd  floor:  clas sroom, 
seedroom  and  laboratory . 

87/VI/Jun/ll 

COLLEGE  NEWS : 
"Not~ nruch  excitement  in  the  Agriculture  class  this  term. "  87/Vi/Jun/ll 
"Who  is  authority?  Dr .  Kedz i e  says  cul t ivat i on  of  fi elds  prevents  frost . 
Prof .  Johnson  sa1rn  if  cul ti vat i on  of  fields  has  any  effect  it would  b e  to 
cause  f rost." 

87 /VI/ jun/12 

"Fre~an Heaven"  has  b een  removed  from  the  chape l .  A  s ewenrl i ne  will  be 
run  to  the  faculty  houses  this  summer . 

87/VI /jun/12 

Hort  dept  is  paying  2;  per  quart  for  strawberries . 
to  20¢  per  hour . 

Earnings  range  from  3,~ 

87/VI/jun/12 

ATHLETICS:  scores  for  the  b aseball  season . 

87/VI/jun/15-16 

1887:  AUGust .  Vol  VII,  no .  1 .  W. A. Taylor ,  ed . 

ED:  A Detroit  daily  proposes  a gain  the  joining  of  the  agric .  college  with 
the  University :  b e cause  the  Colle ge  f a red  b e tter  with  the  l egislature  this 
time  t han  did.the  Univ .  The  Governor  vetoed  the  Univ  bill,  however ,  because 
it  failed  to  contain  a  proviso  which  he  had  r eques te d  and  w~ ich was  included 
in  the  ag  col lege  bill . 

ED:  work  system .  Usual  arguments:  1 .  practice  is  neces s ary .  Yes ,  but  it 

an  hour  at  sport  in  the  cooler  part  of  the  day  would  be 

is  confined  to  a&  and  hort .  Practice  i113ntomolo gy ,  chemistry ,  etc .  is  also 
ne cessary  and  pract:ic  al . 
2 .  he althful .  No . 
1::e  tter . 
3 .  Financially  helpful . 
Solution :  at  the  begining  of  spring  term  of  the  Junior  year  let  the  student 
choose  betwe en  manual  labor  and  laboratory  work . 
Since  the  above  was  written  announcementof  work  policy  for  coming  year :  it 
provides  for  more  laboratory  work  and  less  manual  labor .  Good . 

a  mere  pittance . 

No . 

87/VII/Aug/9-10 . 

ED :  Faculty  is  made  ludicrous  by  its  suspension  of  a  s tudent  for  a  sketch  of 
a  profes s or  lecturing  made  in  his  notebook .  "If  students  must  be  punished_,, to 
~ pease  the  enmity  of  any  one ,  or  to  aid  in  propping  up  any  shaky  department . .• '1 
a  more  heionus  crime  should  be  assigned . 11 
College  Nevrn :  nrf  you  have  any  priva te  diaries  or  personal account  books  you 
had  be  tter  send  them  home  or  take  them  to  the  club  kitchen  and  burn  them." 

87J VI I  /aug/11 

87 /VII/ Aug/ 11 

HO ~T :  new  practice  of  p ick ing  small fruits  by  the  quart  has  doubled  the  hourly 

wage  of  some .  Others  made  4~  per  hour . 

SPECULUM  1887 ,  Vol  ViII .  Aug . 

W. A. Taylor  ED. 

no .  1 

College  News lL . C. Coibburn)  contd. 
No  of  students  have  re  en  suspended . 
to  occur  in  the  horticulture  class; 
horticulture  became  a  study  that  is 
troub le  in  this  class  ceased.  Like 

nsome  few  y ears  ago  these  troub.ies  used 

but  when- the  ri ght  :nan  took  the  chair , 
liked  by  all  who  take  it .  All  further 
results  mi ght  be  accomplished  elsewhere ." 

87/VII/ Aug/12 

OCTOBER ,  1887 .  Vol  VII ,  no  2 . 
Midl .  Farmer  etc .  etc .  are  attacking  the  students  on  the  misapprehension  that 
t he  stulents  and  soc :e ties  are  trying  to  subordinate  t he  dept  of  pract:ic al 
agricultu.De  to  the  work  of  the  rest  of  the  college .  This  is  not  true/ 
thre e - fourths  of  the  sus pensions  of  the  la st  two  years  have  originated  in 
conflict s  betwe en  students  and  the  prof .  of  agric . 

W. A. Taylor  ED. 

87/VII/aug/10 

Stree&t  car  should  offer~ 2  hour  service  ne xt  year .  This  will  increase  t he 
humber  of  ladies . 

87/VII /aug/10 

t),.Y"1 

French  should  be  made  elect~e XE.Ex  in  the  agric  course. 

87/VII/aug/10 

April ,  1888 .  Vol  VII,  No .  3 

W.  A.  TAYLOR ,  ed . 

First  issue  as  a  monthly . 
ED :  need  a  hospital  cottage . 
COLLEGE  NEWS : 
L . H.  Bailey  delivered  a  course  of  l ectures  on  horticulture  at  Cornel  Univ . 
during  the  vlinter . 

8S/VII/Apr/9.9 

MAY  10 ,  ~888 .  Vol  VII ,  No.  4 
R .C . Clute,  Ecclec t ic  Society :  "Coi<-education  would  b e  Detrimental  to  the 
College ."  2- 3 

WATAylor  ED 

Buckskin  mounted  and  presnted  tu  the  Col lege . 

88/VII/May/5- 6 

The  va cation  fire  xthat  came  so  near.i::a  destDoying  Wil l iams  Hall  points  up 
the  fact  that  while  equipment  is  ex cell ent  the  lack  of  training  is  seri ous . 

88/VII/Ivlay /7 

l l WHY?  Fire?  Sickness?) ) 

"Students  r eturned  promptly  from  their  enforced  va cation,  and  se em  anxious  to 
begin  work . " 
"As  a  fit  climax  to  the  series  of  contagious  diseases  that  played  havoc  with 
class  r ecords  during  the  spr ing  term ,  scarlet  fe ve r  appeared  on  April  27th . " 
Two  wa iters  came  down .  As  a  r esult  the  faculty  ordered  studen ts  to  disperse . 
Sulphur  use ~ to  fumigate  room  of  the  sick  in  Wil l i ams ,  set  fire  to  b~ilding . 
Loss  es  of  $650 ,  5  rooms  burned .  etc.  Louis  Knapper  nearly  lost  his  eye ,  now 
recowring ,  when  water  stream  hit  him  ful l  in  the  face . 

88/VII /May/10-11 

88/VII/May/10 

Magazine  of  Western  History ,  May,  1888; will  c arry  an  article  on  MAC  by  the  Rev . 
W.  w.  Cl ayton ,  Lansing . 

88/VII/May/10 

has 

. 

"L.  H.  Bailey  a ccepted  a  $3000p os1tion  as 
Uni~rsi t y .  The  University  also  pays  his 
While  his  go ing  i s  a  g~cided loss  to  this 
college  may  1uE  justly  proud ,  and  reflects 
t CUCJ«NEJ'RRW 

Prof.  of  Hort iculture  in  Cornell 
expenses  in  Europe  the  first  year. 
college,  it  is  a  loss  of  which  t ~ 
gre at  cr edit  on  Prof .  Bailey. "  ID!CCXlOC 

88/VII/:May/ll 

SPECULID\ll,  :JUNE  10 ,  1888 .  Vol  vir,  no .  5 
SPECULUM,  July  10 ,  1888 .  Vol  VlI  ho .  6 .  ED:  Yaylor . 

ED:  WATaylor . 

L . H. B.  itBOHfKIK  "Botanizing  amon~ the  Pines . 11  5 - 6 . 

Frankfort . 

good . 

:-arrisville  to 

Horticuluure  teachers  are  scarce .  Hatch  act  has  increased  the  demand . 

Sherman  Upton  deals  in  furniture ,  coffins,  and  im~lements at  Elm  Creek . 

88/VI I/ Jul/10 

Abbot  Hall  \~ 11  be  completed  in  time  for  hou s ing  of  alumni  at  Com ~enc emont . 

Prof  Bailey  took  64  views  of  the  pine  barren  country.  88/VII/jul/12 
Bailey  v1ill  visit  botanical  gardens  in  Europe ,  returning  in  February . 

first  seven  years  accompanies  this  issue .  88/VII/jul/7 
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