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SABIN, Jobber’ and Retailer of Hardware of Every Pesétiption MECHANICS’ TOOLS, STOVES, HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS, ETC. No. 128 Washington Avenue, —- - - - LANSING, MICHIGAN. _THe COLLEGE SPECULUM Vou. I. LANSING, MICH., APRIL 1, 1882, No. 3. THE COLLEGE 80NG, LY H. W, COLLINGWOOD, —= The twilight shadows softly full Aloo the College green, And faintly glimmering through the trees The summer moon ia seen. Along the level green I walk, Tho’ thick the dew and damp, Tha’ o'er the river bed the mist Hangs like a slecping camp. With halting step I pace to night Along the dampened grass; By each remembered rock and tree With saddened heart T pass: The sound of some old College song Comes throbbing soft and low, And tender memorics fill my heart— Bad thoughts of long ago. The simple, foolish words an tune, How dear they seem to-tight— How oft with boyish heart aang, While all the world seemed bright! The weary years of toil ancl eare Toll back before that strain, The burden of my life scems gone I'm but a boy again! It seems but yesterday since I Viewer trouble from afar, When in the twilight’s deepening gloom We sang “ The Last Cigar,” But now «a weary man T come With heart gruwn stern and cold, Ama that sweet song rouses still Old memories long untold. I've seen fhe bopes and joys of years “Fade in the distance dim ;” “Tye watched beside a blighted Ieart Where once prosl hope liad been,” Ive seon the friends of years agone Pasa from my aight away; Tve stood beside a grave Uhat held The dearest of earth's clay. It all comes back to me, us slowly I pace the College green; Down through the vista of the ye-irs My hard life's work is seen, What dreams lie buried in the past— What hopes lie cold and dead— What noble deeds migit have been done What tender words been sail! But on the air the study hour By evening bell is borne, And all the aweel song dies away, And all my dreams are gone. But dearest of all memories We mect life's path along, Are those so softly called to life By that oll College sone. a — — - An Object in Life. KY MARY J.C. MERRELIL, "81, Se a ee and the window is sometimes too warm and sometimes too cold; but it quictly accepts its conditions and toils from morning to night with its leaflets, There is much unpleasant work to do, moiling in the dark, sending down roots and root haira to fill every space in the ehallow cup; there is much skill necessary that the right calts may be chosen and a sufficient amount of matter carried with them to the leaves; there is much tiresome pumping to complete this last opera- tion; and now there is active labor to turn the sunbeams To ecouT The bustling housewife has spent hours of time in preparing the mid-day meal, and tinally sits down tired and flurried to partake of it; while my wsthetie neigh- bor forgets its works, its work im its dark, dank labora- tory, and smiles serenely in the sunshine, sipping at the carbon of the air, and building its stareh, and sugar, and oils, with a manner which seems to say, ‘There is agreat deal here to be enjoyed, if Iean only get to where it is," So it reaches out astrargling leaf toward the light; a very ugly, imperfect leaf it is, but it gets to the light, and carries home a portion of it to the mother stem which is so strengthened that it sends out other and prettier leaves, until there are enough to use all the sap the roots bring; meanwhile the leaves do not forget the lesson of generous helpfulness which the roots have taught; and. all day long, as they laugh in the sunshine, they are breathing out oxygen, their royal vift to us; and, as they give, they grow; shooting up stalks, bearing buds, which will emerge into flowers, and soon ny window neighbor will have accomplished all its | work. Uneonsciously we have fallen into a friendship: I admire its warmth and spirit, and it has made me its confidante, “IT wonder,” says iny friend, “at the per- plexed faces your people wear; tell me, have they no feeders bringing home juices to them? Is there no food in the atmosphere about them? Can they not eatch the sunshine which falls upon them?” And, as I listen to these quaint questions, my mind reverts to the homely pot and homely lot of my brave pelargonium; itself half starved in its impoverished earth, it has never lost hope nor swayed one moment from the pursuit of its one sole object in life—the becoming just aa much of a pelargo- nium as possible with the means at its disposal, What a tine plant it might have been under tropical sky, with enrth, and air, and moisture in abundance; but what a fine plant it has been without fair skies, and ‘warden soil, and dew, and rain! What fine men and women most of us might be if every means of culture had always been at our com- mand-——books, masters, travel and sight-seeing; what noble growth we could show to the world, and how it would smile at us, nodding as we passed by! but, like the |pelargonium, we are often wedged in; a solid wall of cIrcumslauces prevents our free action: we suffer mental hunger because we can reach but little intellectual lilt; the social atmosphere is contaminated with ignorant In my window is a pelargonium gravéolens, with a | prejudice, and we are slow to choose out that which is sLumpy stem anda bright face; it has only a pot of good for our use, giving no heed to that which is value: coarse clay for the worn out earth encireling its roots, | less; we spend our vitality sending out untrained senses p é 4 which gropeand grope, bringing back a little experience; and so Sve loarn bit by bit; but, how much better could we do, if we had always before ws one object to work for; how many feeders we could have bringing nourish- ment to it; how we could conserve and concentrate our forces in its behalf and gather from our surroundings to give to it. And what sunshine we could grasp and store; how the world would nod and smile at our perseverance and sucoess; and how it would need us; and how happy and we should never have time for envy, or faultfinding, or unhappiness! Surely an object in life is the best of possessions. The Study of Specialties. HY PROF. C. C. GEORGESON, "78. iA, & M. College, Texas.) The advantage, both to the individual himself and to society, of training in special lines of work is be- coming more and more apparent. The demand for thoroughness is a spontaneous outgrowth of an enter- prising and inereasing people. The prosecution of the industries in an independent and populous nation 1s not unlike the business im a large manufacturing establish- ment, where each workman becomes expert in some par- ticular part of the work, He may know little beyond what he has been trained to do, but in this he excels, In Europe, where the density of population compels a wroater division of labor than 1s yet the case in this country, special training is indispensable to success in any calling. a A broad education is greatly to be desired for all who have the opportunity, time and means to acquire it; but these are comparatively few. A large majority of the young men who take a college course do so with a view of turning the knowledge they gain to practival account in the bettering of their circumstances, Only a small minority seek education merely as an accomplish- ment, The aim of the former must therefore be to at- tain proficiency. A steadily increasing competition is fast pushing mediocrity to the rear, while thoroughness takes the lead. But the field of science is too vast for any one to become thorough, in the proper sense of the | word, in more than one department, or even in some) special line of a subject. He who spreads his energies over the whole ground will have more than he can do to follow the paths hewn out by specialists, He can never hope to rank as an authority with men who give their entire attention to special subjecta, but must, at best, be contented to pass for “a well informed man.” ‘The field for specialists is as broad to-day as at the dawn of seience, for, thouch knowledwe has advanced with giant strides, the boundaries constantly widen like the horizon before the traveler on the plains. Botany, which is perhaps the best developed of the natural sciences, is yet far from being exhausted. The flora in thany sections of the country, especially in the South aul West, is but imperfectly written up. There are, have not been brought to notice. Entomology offers a still wider field for observation Sal Penow hh. Chemistry, young as the science is, has opened many | and fertile channels of trade, developed manufactures | and agriculture, and, to a certain extent, changed the mode of living. Still, her devotees, with the untiring industry which characterize them, are ever g new facts, THE COLLEGE SPECULUM. ‘gives promise | None but ! presents. ‘ and! in science give peculiar force to the statement of New- | | shore while an ocean of truths lay outstretched before we should be at being able to help it carry its burden; | him.” ‘neither botany, chemistry, | New sciences are springing up. Electricity, which half a century ago was a mysterious and untamed foree, since been the means of doing wonders which ld startle the early experimenters themselves, and of still greater wonders in the future, a specialist can fathom the depth of truths it Thus the constant development of new facts has i wou ton, that he had “only been gathering shells on the The science of agriculture, too, which it is the mis- sion of agricultural colleges to develop and teach, is a specialty as distinct in its aims and as unbounded in its possibilities as any science above named. It is entomology nor physics, but ‘rather the application of the facts revealed b these to lincrease the productive capacity of the soil, and to transmute the products into the most rofitable shape, Students of agriculture are apt to over ook this, and to mistake the related sciences for agriculture, The point ig not that the student should give less attention to the former, but rather that he should give more attention to the latter, The scientific farmer must necessarily be familiar with the principles which underlie the sciences related to his calling; but .s.astudent he should bear in mind that he studies these sciences not for them- selves, but for the aid they may give him in agricul- ture. To him botany should mean the study of the plants he cultivates, of the weeds he labors to exter- minate, the production of new and better varietics, ete, While he should have a clear idea of the elements which compose his soil and plants, he need not neces- sarily he an expert chemist. Other sciences should be iven prominence in accordance with their importance, he field is broad enough to engage the full attention of the cultivator. It is a characteristic of our people, as a whole, that they can adapt themselves with readiness to any cir- ing |a part of the exereta of its host, and giving in exchange discovering | lanimal, which is giving her plantship a domicile in its cumstances, and to change their pursuit as often as it imay seem expedient to do so; but the natural conse- ‘quence of this is a lack of that thoroughness which will ‘mark the successful man of the future. A Biological Puzzle. RY PROF, A. J, COOK. | One of the most interesting biological puzzles that the recent developments of science forces upon the mind of the student of natural history, is that of giv- ing a definition that will positively separate animals and ‘plants. The old idea that plants were peculiar in con- ‘taining chlorophyll has etrong refutation, Shultse showed, forty years ago, that certain of the Planarian ‘worms formed chlorophyll in their tissues. Ray Lan- _kester, in his researches, showed by the use of the spec- |troscope, that the fresh water hydra, sponges, the sea- Anemone, some of the radiolarians, some other worms besides the Planarians, and even some of the crustaces were among these chlorophyll produvers, undoubtedly, still many plants of economic value which | In a recent lecture before the Royal Society of | Edinburgh, Patrick Geddes gave some very interesting ‘ | faets in reference to the chlorophyll found in the tissues andl study, in whieh the faithful worker may honestly |of some of the Radiolarians, Te finds that the chloro- phyll in the tissue of the animal is no part of the ani- mal, but isan alga, This little plant luxuriates in the tissues of its host, secreting starch, and forming chloro- phyll absorbing the nutritious carbon dioxide, which is the oxygen which it exeretes, to nourish the sheltering eee oe ee nt oe ee ceo coe cee mm a ee own tissues, he plant can in no wise be called a para- si te, as it gives a fair oxchange for all the benetits that it receives asa result of its curious position, Manured by the nytrogenons and carbon dioxide excreta of the protozoan, it furnishes in return oxygen and starch, two of the most nutritious elements in the food of animals, Geddes found that the alga would live after the death of the radiolarian in which it had taken root, and would even reproduce, He also found that by exposin the a nimal to bright sunlight, the oxygen was evolve so fast by the alga, that it proved fatal to its animal host. We have here then one case of supposed production of the green coloring matter of planta, in which it arises) not from the animal tissue, but is really like most other chlorophyll, a plant production, Wrong Ideas. LY J, M, HOLLINGSWORTH, “82. Nothing seems to stand more in the way of the edu- cator to-day than the wrong impressions and ideas exist- ing in the minds of the people. Instructors do not object to lack of information and inquiry so much as they do to the prevalence and fixedness of wrong ideas. Much valuable time and many strong efforts are ex- pended in trying to rid the mind of these ideas before it | can receive truvh, Prejadices, whims and notions which have been instilled into the mind from its earliest recol- lection, stand an impenetrable barrier to the admission of plain simple truths. It is not only the theorist who finds this barricr, but the carefully trained educator; and not only is it found by him who would instil profound truths and abstract ideas, hut by the teacher of children in primary studies. Since the difficulty is found at an early age, it is obvi- ous that means for its prevention should be employed by primary instructors. This is certainly most effectual where it can be carried out, but many difficultics presert themselves, parents. ‘This, from the very nature of the case, makes the work of eradicating such notions more difficult. The work of the teacher of the young is great, but if it is well done it will save much time and many efforts in the future. The first teacher can, if he is able and willing, keep many false notions out of young minds, by instilling into them the counteracting trac ones. Of course if parents are competent and diligent they can beat attend to this matter, but since they are not, we must look to the teachers of our primary schools for the remedy. As each succeeding generation is better educated than the preceding one, we may reasonably expect that in time the labor of careful, efficient teachers will be rewarded. Parents may oppose, by word and deed victory will certainly be achieved, if teachers will only take up this matter in good earnest and stick to it, Get children interested in the natural sciences, in reading, in anything which is pleasing and practical. Get them to” become more independent in study, in work, in life, and above all get them to think more, and in the future edu- eators will have less reason to complain. a: a A competent authority says that $5,000 would supply us with machinery and materials sufficient to’ add to our course a good instruction in mechanic arts. As long as the ery is for prac- tical education, why not have it in a tangible form, not merely nominal, as at present? On cold, stormy days in spring and fall, place the students under a competent instructor, in & well regu-| lated work-shop, and Jet them learn the firet elements of sue- eeseful farming. THE COLLEGE SPECULUM. Children receive wrong ideas from their | , but | oh 2 Scientific. — The Natural History Society. The October meeting was held on Friday, the 21st, Dr, BR. C. Kedzie performed an experiment showing a combustion producing a combustible. A piece of mag- nesium Wire was placed in a glass tube where steam was ‘allowed to flow through. Heat was applied to the tube; the wire took up the oxygen from the steam and oxi- dized or burned. The hydrogen thus set free escaped and burned with a pale bluish flame. ‘The wire also took oxygen from the silica of the glass. Ty. D. Hinebauch had been studying the flowers of coftalpa speciosa, the tree which has lately been attract- ing so much attention in the west, where it is largely planted on account of its rapid growth and durable timber. ‘The stigmas are flat and spread apart in fresh flowers, The style projects beyond the anthers. He finds that it ia not capable of self-fertilization. Many kinds ‘of insects visit the flowers, and on entering a flower are likely to leave pollen on the stigmas, ‘These are sensitive and will close up when touched in from two to twenty seconds, according to the weather. The stigmas are usually closed by the time an insect is ready to back out ot a flower. By this contrivance and the aid of in- sects one flower is crossed by another, Dr. W. J. Beal exhibited some Johnson grass— sorghum halapense, "This is a large forage plant, which often produces immense crops in the rich soil of some ortions of the southern states. Late last spring, Prof. * A. Gulley, of Mississipp, sent him some large root- latocks. They were planted and for a time grew slowly. ‘To our surprise, the plant has flowered and ripened seed thia year, Very likely our winters will destroy the roots; we shall see, The root-stocks are nearly as large as one’s finger and spread like those of quack grass. They serve for swine the same purpose as artichokes. fe also exhibited some large, sound ears of yellow flint corn, lately sent from Missaukee county, where it has been grown successfully for several years, ‘This is oue of the frostiest counties in the State. Professor S. Johnson spoke of the history and nature of ensilaye and of the silo at the Agricultural College. The green fodder thus preserved will most likely take the place of roots for stock, t. IH, Bailey, Jr., read a somewhat lengthy paper on “Tow certain plants prepare for spring.” The plants are now preparing for winter; that is the common notion, and one which is beautifully sustained by the curious contrivances by which many plants pro- tect themselves from excessive cold or from extremes of temperature, Lut while the plants are preparing for winter, many of them are seemingly anticipating the first warm days of April, and are accordingly preparing for spring. All our early flowering plants possess “fruit buds” at this season of the year. These buds contain the flowers. Usually these bud flowers are ‘quite rudimentary and very small, but often, as in the common bell-wort, wewaria grandifiera, they are quite Harge and conspicuous. In the bell-wort they now meas- jure a quarter of an inch in length, without any of the Vinvesting bud scales; in the violet they are very small. Some of these bud flowers are characterized by exces- sively developed anthers, as in the bell-wort in question; others by a greater development of the parts of the corolla, and the willows and poplars by excessively de- veloped bracts, These different developments, as well ag the size of the bud flower asa whole, “secm to bear no relation cither to the time of flowering or to the size of the mature flower.” These flower buds represent all the transitions from bud seales, through rodimentary iG THE COLLEGE SPECULU M. ee ee -— a leaves, to the parts of the flower, “As different as the external bud-seales appear from the beautiful petals and delicate stamens and pistils of the mature flower, still there are in these buds just that kind and extent of complete and almost insensible gradations that will at ance demonstrate the common — flowers.” There ave external evidence ) for spring. “Many of our hardy annuals germinate in the fall, and many of our carly flowering wild peren- nials sound up small leaves late in autumn, and probably all of them send out from the root a large bud, or buds, which sleeps till spring just underneath the sur- face.” The peculiarities of the bud flowers of several of our trees, shrubs and smaller 7 by drawings. Dr, Kedzie remark for spring mentioned by Mr. Bailey, there was also A laying up of food for spring in different parts of the plant, The twigs usually contain stareh at this season of the year, If a willow twig be boiled so that the starch will be gelatinized, and the iodine solution ap- plied to it, the peculiar blac color indicative of starch will be produced, sugar, which, through some process that man cannot discern, is transformed into ¢ane sugar, es of preparation ‘The November meeting was held on Friday evening, the eleventh. Hereafter the meetings will be held on the second Friday of each month of the College year. Dr, W. J. Beal exhibited specimens and spoke of posts set ‘top end down.” Tt is believed by many per- sons that posts set in the ground in a position the “ re- verse” from which they stood while growing In the tree, will last much longer than when se. “top end up.” In the spring of 1879 he selected seasoned sticks three feet long, “These were split im two, and eut in two, making four pieces of each, One set was placed in well drained sand, the other in clay soil, In every vase two pieces were set aide by side, with carth between; one as ib stoad in the tree, the other reversed, [Te tried thirteen kinds of timber, Some of these were young wood, with bark on, All contained sume heart wood. Those growing in sandy land have just been examined, Tn ease of the beech, sngar maple, tron-ewood, black ash, and black cherry, the picee reversed or placed “ top end down” was somewhat most decayed, In case of red maple, American elm, butternut and red elm, the reverse piece was a trifle the soundest. wool, white ash, white oak and blue ash, there was no perceptible difference, r decayed more than the other, it was caused by some trifling difference in the sticks. so above the wround, EB. Ro Stone rewl a short illustrated paper on the westivation of the corolla of penstenman digetelis, In the @xamination of 89 flower buds, lie found 45 with the petals lapping to the right and 44 lapping te the lett. The petals were imbricated in seven different ways. De BR. C. Kedzie exhibited well water from two) The water was shown to | diferent places in the state. be abominable—touw foul for man or beast to drink. G.L. Knight read a paper on the tendrils of grape | vines. He showed how they were arranged, and how they represented a cluster of flowers, Ie spoke of thuir branching, twining, how they developed from the bud, aud their internal stracture. The section on geolog and a new section was formed, called agriculture, F. F. Rogers exhibited sume white oak acorns from four different trees on the College grounds. Those from each tree were quite uniform im size and shape, but origin of leaves and | Hants were illustrated | ed that besides the preparations | The hard maple possesses grape In ease of bass. | He infera that where one piece | The freshly sawed ends | in cach case were placed uppermost and came an inelior! y was united to that of soology | those from different trees varied a good deal. He also found, on examining several hundred acorns, that from two to ten per cent. contained two embryos, Mr. W. C. Latta read a paper on “ Wheat, corn and chess, in germination,” The following notes were taken: Although the seeds of wheat, oats and chess considerably im sive, they are much like in ‘botanical structure, and henee ther germinative pro- leesses are very similar, Each seed has an embryo or | hit,” and alo an endosperm, or “ inealy” portion, pon whiel the embryo fecls while germinating or | xprouling.” ; oo, When the proper conditions for germination are supplied, the embryo becomes active, and, by means of ‘the rich juices of the endosperm, develops a few tiny roots and leaves, which enable the young plant to draw upon the soil and air for its subsequent growth, The following is a brief summary of the results of inauy observations taken at various stages of the ger. miniting process: The chess not only germinated, but al«o appeared to develop with even greater regularity than either wheat or oats, To one familiar with the na- ture of plant growth, the above facts afford conclusive proof that chess is a well defined species, and not a cmere “sport” from the wheat plant, 4s some suppose. As to size and vigor of the young plantlets, and the number of roots developing from the seed, the wheat atunds first, oats secomd, aml chess third, In other words, the vigor of the young plant while getting its entire nourishment from the eedosperm, is in diree: ratio te the size and eoipaet ees of the seed. We muat, therefore, sow plump, well matured seeds if we would have a good “stand” of strong, healthy plants. The farmer cannot «afford? to sow shrunken and sprouted grain, because the growth from such seed is likely to be too feeble to withstand insect ravages and adverse cli- matic conditions, Dr. T. C. Abbot, chairman of the section of scien- lific methods, real a paper on “Fanciful seience.” Modern philosophy differs from that of previous ages, chiefly in the matter of caution in determining what are facts. Up to very recent times a limited experience was generalized into a universal rule. Modern science generalizes slowly,--no faster than severe rules of evi- dence permit, A very common fiult, even to this day, amongst half educated speculators, is the assumption of mere fancies of the mind as fundamental principles. One of the old notions was that the moon was known to be a perfect sphere, because that is a perfect solid ‘form, and natare must be perfect in all its parts as well ‘asin the whole, The man who afterwards found moun- tains and vallevs was a sacrilegions blasphemer, fit: only for purgatory, Some ingenious speculator tilled the omeci’s caivaties with solid erystals and restored her per- fection, The same notions of perfection helped sustain the old theory of the cireular shape of the planets’ orbits. Circle must be added to circle, and eirele upon virele to save nature's perfection. The anetents knew of seven planets according with the numbers of the musical scale, The same harmony that prevailed in inusic must rule in the heavens, and so jcame the idea of the “music of the epheres,” As late as 1596, even Keplar showed that the law of harmony omakes the existence of more than seven planets impos- sible, The following in regard to the extent of cultivation of peppermint is from Wheeler & Smith's catalogue of Michigan plants: “Tt is extensively cultivated in St. Joseph and Wayne counties for the oil, Michigan pro- duces about two fifths of the workl’s crop, St. Joseph (county leads in production, followed by Wayne county, land then by Wayne county, N. ¥., whieh is the only | differ # THE COLLEGE SPECULUM. ay other locality in the United States where peppermint is/in an open place. They are as hardy as any of our oaks, grown to any extent. "The annual production in Michi- They split down a little like treés of American elm. gan varies greatly, ranging from 20,000 to 60,000 pounds |Some white ashes have grown six years where the sec of oil, Some growers estimate the yield, in exception-| was planted, Many of these are each eighteen feet ably favorable years, as high as 75,000 pounds, In high and from eight to nine and a half inches in circum: severe seasons the plants are Very apt to winter kill-—j ference one foot from the ground. From the start the I. FL Wood et ai.” White ashes have been straight, clean and handsome. Some black walnuts have grown five vears where the nuts were planted, Many of them are fifteen feet high and measure seven and a half to eight and a half inches around one foot above the soil, They are beautiful trees. Of forest trees indigenous to Michigan, all things consilered, where the site and soil are suitable, he would select to plant for timber, black walnut anil white ash, He would plant.in some catalpe speciosa to remove for fence posts, before the walnuts or ashes were removed, Professor Cook had often taken his friends to the arboretum, and was himself thinking of planting some trees for timber on his farm in Shiawassee county. At the meeting on Mareh 10, 1882, sixty three per a0ns were present, James Troop had spent two months of his winter: vacation studying at Cornell University. He spoke very highly of the opportunities offered for study, especially in the botanical department, whieli is under the direction of Professor Prettiss, who is a wraduate of this College, Mr, Troop attended lectures in several ot her departments, all of which he found very interesting and instructive. The courses are quite numerous, aud, as is the case in all similar institutions, the number of stu- dents in the course in agriculture is very small when Professor C. also spoke at length of our alunini, and compared with he namber in the classical courses referred to numerous instances in. whieh Taany of them Gwing to the large endowment fund which the Uni« were distinguishing themselves. versity has, its facilities for instruction in ul depart- A box of geological specimens was presenter the ments: are exeellent. There are defects, ho wever, in, Society from Charles MeKenny, *81, the tmethod of giving lectures without requiring reciia- (), [. Wershiser, "8+, presented a beautiful nest made tions from the students, They soon become careless. by black hornets, and indifferent, so that when the time comes for ext Dr. Beal made some remarks in reeard to the death INALION, in Wany cases they have te resort to 4 general of Professor R. F, Ke:lzie, of Mississippi. He had done rovess of “eramming” in order to piss. Stivlents should more than any other person to improve the museutn of v@ Frequently examined Upon the different subjects gone | the Society, and was the only member ever twice elected over. There was one feature the Importance of which its President. was discussed at some length. ‘This was the plan - which the Professors of Cornell have adopted, of visit- The pines of Michigan are represented by three ine other institutions of learning, thereby gaining mich species: pinta banksiana, or serub pmes pies PERT MCREE, useful information, which is a great source of improve- or red pine, often also ealled Norway pine; and jalies ent and helps in the elass-room work. i strofus, the common white pine, The serul pine oceurs Another point whieh brought out considerable dis-| almost entirely in the northern part of the State, and eus-ion was the system of co-edueation. This is carried | along the sand dunes of the lakes. In the western part on at Cornell with perfeet success, here is no separ- of the State it extends south to Newaygo county, and ate course for lady students, ani they are treated in’ then is net found a ain, a8 far as known, till we reach every respect the same as the gentlemen, and no evil | Michigan City, In. where it is again seen on the results are experienced. It should be the object of lunes. The sernb pine is usually a rather low, strag- every College in our land to give to the young women, galing tree, although it sometimes attains a height of . a “ = rp a : i well as tu the young men, an opportunity to pursue from fifty to sixty feet. The red pine is common in the higher studies of a college course. ‘the upper peninsula on low, sandy plains. It also With regard to co-elucation, Professor Cook madu a neers in dry woods in Isabella county, and is abun- few remarks. He had spent two months at Cornell dant in Clare county. [ts wood is firm and often this winter, For some years he has beun oppose to quite resinous, The tree attains a height of over the erection of a dormitory at our College for women. 4 hundred fect. ‘The white pine is the tree which He has studied the subject at Cornell and he now furnishes the lumber of commerce. It can be dise comes squarely around aml says henceforth he shall be tinguished from all other pines in having tive leaves heartily in favor of giving ladies a good chance, We united in a loose sheath, instead of having only two or are glad to place this decision of Professor Cook on. three leaves together as in other pines, According to record, Wheeler and Smith's catalogue, “the annual prodnetion Dr, Beal read a paper on “Some of the best trees. of pine lumber in Michigan for the last decade hae to grow for tuuberin Michigan.” Our most valuable exceeded 2,000,000,000 feet, Yet, in spite of this enor- forest trees found in abandanee were black walnut, mous consumption, it is safe to say that Michigan still white pine, white ash, white oak, shagbark hickory, contains more valuable pine than any like area in black cherry, tulip tree, rock py sugar maple andarbor North America, ‘The lumber interest alone cnriehes vier, OF these white oak, tulip tree, rock elm, arbor jhe State something Tike $40,000,000 a yoar” vite an sugar maple grow too slowly to be desirable - trees to plant for timber. . Tue Atuast Meeting, The next meeting of the Alumni The Dovtor had been Professor of Horticulture for Will be held at the College Aug, 160, 1882 The commencement nine years, but he conkt not think of any effort of his gop 1989 will be hell Aug 15 The alumni exercises will be held which gave more satisfaction in proportion to the cost in the chapel at 10 A.M, and will consist of an ormion by J. P, than a couple of acres planted with a large variety of Finley, of the Signal Service at Washington; poem by Frank the seeds of trees. ‘The interest in this little arboretum | Hodgeman, of Climax, and history by Henry Haigh, of Detrois. will continue to grow as the trees become larger, Some "Business meeting at 2 P.M. Banquet in the evening. Every trees of catalpa speciost, nine years old, had been alumnts should spare no effort to be in ittendance at the exer- moved when three years old. They are now sixteen to! | CAPS icises. The older alumni will hardly recognize their alma mater. twenty-four inches in circumference a foot from the ‘The officers of the alumni are: Wm. Satterlee, president; 1, ground, and about twenty feet high. They have grown! c, Carpenter, secretary, COLLEG +8 THE The College Spec ulum. Published Quarterly, onthe lat of August, Crct’r, April and ume, RY THE STUDENTS THE MICHIGAN STATE ce ee _ ee — ———— Terms, Fitty Cents : © Wer: Sinsle numbers, 15 cents. ale Advertising rates mide known on 1 applical Lae. BOARD OF EDITORS. JIn., Eliter-iinChiet : . Collere Mewes, Oorrespone vvlee wie, _ Exe anazoe and (Colleges amsuet SCGeAe, | lL. WL. BAILEY. L. W. HOT, Seeretare fn. Wo 0. BEAL... JW. BEAU MONT. covunceenes .. Literary Aghios. _ Bersctiids and Literary Motes. WC POPE cc eee en tl bk H, W. GOGLLTNGWoOTH oe : . Laesiness Mian. Por S, TOVIN SOON oo 0. occ cc ce eee ee J Tromstier, | LANSING, APRIL 1, 1482. ECL. , In Memoriam. Pror, Robert Fairchild Kedzie died at the Agrienl- tural College in Mississippi, on February 15, typho-malarial fever, He was the second son of Dr, i C.and Mrs. TL. EB. Kedzie, of our Collexe, and w a8 | abont 29 years of age. tion with the highest honors in Is71, although he was | one of the youngest members of his eless, He spent ene summer in the nursery business with L, G. Bragg | d& Co., of Kalamazoo, and then for a year or so began to develop his fruit farm at South Haven, laboratory, which position he held for seven years—till Lss0—with the exeeption of one year, when he aetedd as professor of chemistry in Kansas Agricultural Col- lege, while his brother, the late Prof. W. RK. Kedzie, class of "70, was traveling in Europe. His faithfulness as an officer of the collewe las never He was very competent and thorough | He always showed a deep | been excelled, in whatever he undertook. interest in the College Natural History Society, 1m which he acted for some time as curator, only person twice elected presidynt, Several of his vacations were passed in the chemical | laboratory with Prof, $. W. Johnson, of Yale College, amd with Prof, FP, AL Storer, of the usscy Institute, of Harvard University, where he distinguished htmeselfl by his industry and scholarly ai tnmieats In the spring of 1820, Gen, 8. DL. Lee, President of | thie Mississips pai Agric taltiarsal (thew, visited several ceal- loves In the United States, Ee deeided to copy largely the Agrienltnral Cellewe in Michigan, himself very fortunate in securing ROE, senel Professor of Chemistry and Mrank A. Gulley as his Pro- | He lias sinee frequently OX With the snecess | t fesse oof Agriculture, pressed himself greatly and solid achievements of these twa lin the debilitating elimate of the South they worked ae pinse| * Michigan boys.” with the energy ol Northern med, BE SPECULUM, wee me eee ——————— — aie | Cincinnati meeting, they were both unanimously elected members of the Society for the Promotion of Agricul- tural Science, This was certainly a very Ligh honor, especially for men so young, Last December, Professor Kedzie was married to Miss Nellie Sawyer, of Ottowa, Kansas. ‘This Indy was a classmate of Mra, Ella G. Kedzie, wife of the late Prof, |W. OK, Kedsic, and both of them graduated from Kan- jsas Agricultural College, It was only two years ago that the elder brother died, while he was Professor of (Chemistry at Oberlin, Ohio. Both died at about the ‘same ace. Both were young men of unusual promise, PS8e, of) He graduated at this institu After this, he became the assistant of his father in the ehemical | He was the) considered | Ikaadeigs cts dis | Last August, at the | j and had entered upon life’s work and had proscented it aa | thorongh-going Christian men. Tue State Board of Agriculture at its meeting last month appointed one of its members, Mon, Henry G, Reynolds, and Professor Carpenter, a committee to visit other institutions for the purpose of obtaining estim- ates and genera: information concerning their mechan- ieal departments, This is an initiatory movement to ‘the establishment, sooner or later, of a mechanical de- ‘partment. at this College, Quite contrary to often ex- pressed OPMILOTIS, all the members of the Hoard and (Faculty are heartily in sympathy with the movement. The necessi uy funds for the establishment of such a departinent will probably be asked of the next Legisla- ‘ture. “There will be no friemd of the College who will “not heartily favor this measure—a mensure which if successfully presecuted and completed will meet one Onr total de- licieney in mechanical instruction has caused much een- jgreat deficioney in our present course, sure to be heaped upon us hy other industrial institu. tions, Ane, indeed, it is true that we greatly over praise the practicability of our course. Our institution lays great stress upon its labor system—upon the great practical benefits which farmers’ sens acquire by re- peating on the College farm the many operations which (they iwl already Jearnad te ala betber OF i the thirty- live stilios im aur curriculum, only rie: qa possibly | ‘ e pracieally tp plion in out-door labor, while ub been, aschoinutter of fact only four of these nine are so ape plied, ‘This strenuois en of practicability does not deceive the other slates. at Lowa Agricultural College, at the Ulingis Industrial Univer- at Pardae they asked of us: * Why is Michi- ean Agricultural Collewe getting so far behind the times?" Why do you boast of practical instruction when you have net even ‘mechanical discipline in he use and exre of tools? Along with these questions came similar ones regarding our lack of military discipline and our feeble gaap at veterinary instruction. “These criticisms are well found- Qoar own offspring among tle aericnltiral colleges of the South and West are outstripping us, Nor can or cometannt lak of fortes Le wreed aa oan excuse for our backwardness, for the matter lias never boon given li. is highly probable that the practicability of a mechanical department would have presented itself to the mind of cducationists of sity cane the ritdimenis of esaenbiel practical test before the people of the state. THE COLLEGE 8PECGULUM. yO) Ce ee eee ee ee ae . — es — — the average legislator at first thought. The eatablish- | been a subject of much contention, While the difical- ment of a military department would have called for | ties attendant upon an extensive change of curriculum scarcely any outliy two or three years since, as we had and the expenses necessary to the introduction of the a quota of arms, and the officer whom the Government system would andoubtedly be very great, it is neverthe- sent to Orchard Lake could have been obtained here, less our conviction that the change would result in But now, however, with our facilities for steam power, many advantages. It is an apparent faet that our it seems that the mechanical department, at least, could istudents often lack dignity, earnestness and courtesy. be easily seeured, If ladies were admitted to our classes much of this , —_—_ oo ; -hoisterons element would disappear, More than else- CossIDpEn ale money has been and is still being ex. where, however, we need some restraining influence in pended On GUE College library, but this money 1s poorly ihe dining hall. At present one sees there a disgust- invested if the library is not of the greatest benefit, pos- | ing element of boisterousness, confusion and greediness. sible to the students, |All is hurry: and such a sense of eagerness seems to In the first place we need perhaps most of all a bet- possess every one that they cannot even wait for their ter arrangement of the books and a proper catalogue of | Jase of the eatables to be duly apportioned, but all them. As the library is wow itis very difficult to look | swast simultaneously dive for anything within reach, ‘tp Athy subject, where, with a good catalogue, it would and instead of placing the dishes in their proper places, be comparatively easy. Again, 30 much time 1B Ye-| nat pile them one on another in the most unsayory quired in the rambling search after information that it) jo ouner. No doubt very many of the distempers 80 discourages students in attempting it, Before going). amon among the stadents are due to nothing else inte the new library the books should be properly cata: shan this greedy, half-masticating way of eating. If logued, according to the Courier or some equally good ‘ladies were placed at the tables with the gentlemen this system. If it can not be done now it certainly should) sate of things must soon cease, and in this retining be done at the very first opportunity, Thus we may 7 _ . “process, in this quieting of boisterous conduct and of rent ly enhance the utility of our library. | ‘indiscriminate conversation, would lie one of the very We should also havea permanent librarian, whose reat advantages of eo-education. knowledge of the library and its contents would increase | “ from month to month, thas being of great assistance to) the students in their researches, Any person gains eff- “The matter has been discussed for some time. Now ciency by experience, and having such a person in) * y MY P , S P ‘that the season for sports and out of door work is open- charge of the library we could better appreciate its true), ; . . value ing, why can we not agitate the question? It is safe to | : . ' _ . . ay that every Collewe of equal prominence with ours Che reading room and library should also be open Sa y Colles are ° . ; ‘has such an association, and that the students derive all day to the students. Many odd minutes now wasted | . ; . . . a both pleasure and profit from it, Why should we he would be improved in reading if we had access to the ; 7 ; ; . _ i. ‘behind other Colleges in this respect? At present our books and papers. The seniors have, for example, an) . : 7 » . /sports are confined to an ocvasional “scrub” game of hour from 11 to 12 a. M., which is generally wasted, but | . a * - ‘base ball, or to a miscellancous kicking at the football, Why cannot the energy displayed in these games be Wir ean we not forma College athletic association? S which would be ocenpied if there was access to the library. When this is done the books should not be drawn from the library, thus obviating the difficulty so much ex- : perienced by frequent requests for books already drawn. doubtless say that a student can secure all the exercise Awain, if a permanent librarian is secured, the books che wishes on the farm, and that any extra vitality he ean be enclosed by a railing so that every book shall | ™@4y possess can be easily expended ab the end of a hoe pass through the librarian’s hands, thus preventing an jhandle. In this respect we are different from other annual loss of many volumes. Colleges. But there is a true old saying that “all work There are many strong arguments favoring these and mo play makes Jack a dull boy.” Students must schemes, and we hope they may receive attention from and will have sport of some kind, and As: Th Lh better to those interested. ‘encourage healthful out of door exercise in preference to _ | questionable indoor sport? We have seen students come Eacn new year seems to bring more advocates of in from work, or go out from hard study in their rooms co-edueation at this College. As members of the State to kick at the football, simply because in the active Board and of the Faculty and as friewds of the College exercise of the game they found rest both in mind and become acquainted with other institutions and learn of body. ‘There was a freshness and life in the play that the almost universal sueeess of co-education, they natur-/sent them back far better prepared for study. We ally wish to see the system established here, On ab-| think an athletic association would surely benefit us. It stract principles perhaps none have ever doubted the | will be simply organizing and developing the energy propriety of the co-education of the sexes, but whether and talent now displayed. It would stimulate a health- the system would net be attended with anwarrantable ful rivalry in athletic and manly exercises. It would difficulties if transplanted to an agricultural college has|}tend to cultivate in us activity, endurance and grace. organized and improved? The advocate of pure, unadulterated agriculture will 49 THE COLLEGE SPECULUM. — Ee Se 5 a —— — None of us are too good runners or walkers, and more than one student has saved his winter's school simply by his knowledge of boxing, It would create an interest in college life andl society which would be healthful to the College and pleasant for students. Why not bring the matter tp before the students’ organization, and push it till all are interested? The idea of a contest for the College championship between base ball nines from each class isa good one, Let us hope that from this eon- test will grow an athletic association which will not only be a souree of pleasure to students, but a credit to the College. Correspondence. ~ We should be plensed to receive communivations on various topics for this department, from time te time. Anonymous articles will not be noticed by the editors, All correspondence should be addreseed to L. W. Hover, This department is designed as the place for the discussion of all current topl ¢ of interest to alumni and students. In any such disens3ios nsof militiry drill, a mechanienl department, the improvement of the Wbrary, ete., let this column be the place for free diseussion peo and eon. Tae SPrecunocm is published to rap res eent the ideas of students, and how can this be better accomplished than by a discussion of live, Interesting topics? Editors of Tum SrecuLom: This winter [ was discussing the advantages and disadvan- tages of our College with a friend. He had visited the College, he suid, some time since und had not been very favorably im- weescd with a survey of the huildings, and their halla especially, He eidl that the halls were full of dirt and rubbish, and to make this more gloomy, there were no lights, 30 that he had to grope around in danger of falllng down stairs or coming in contact with some nuseen wall, ; I merely mention this to show what kind of an impression may be given to strangers by our general untidy ay pearance in i This can be easily remedied, and by so al sulycocet te Ceunihtioe. doing much will be added to the appearance of our fine grounds aml ialldings. Yours truly, H. W. L. Tecumeen, Mich., Jan, 14, 1882. Eorron Seecunum: T have this week received the first two numbers of “Tie Srecu.us,” and have very greatly enjoyed reading them. IT have myself to blame, no doubt, for the failure to recelve them carli¢r, You are fornishing just the informa- tion that I have been desirous to secure, [see many names that recall lneidents of "67, °70 and ‘71, and revive the faded memories of the happy dlays spent onthe College farm. The knowledge of current evonts of interest will surely draw the students of former days into acloser sympathy with those of the present time. The knowlege of the fact that the labors of the gradu- ates Lave been crowned with auceess, and that many of them have bern assigned positions of honor, will encourage others to racvere to the end, and, perchance, arouse the fainting hopeof a ew who might otherwise give upin despair, Moy abundant sueccss attend your efforts. Yours fraternally, E. B, FArmFrenp, Jn. We print the following without consent, as being too impor- tant lo omil: Hassom, Mich., Oct. 12, 1881. CoLLEcE SPECULUM: I received your ecard some time since, Ineclosed find fifty ecnts for 8prcunem. I have received the first number, but thought it didn't amount to much. Try and give us something worth reading. Lv.c . V. Crane, =, Yours truly, Colleges. The [linois Industrial University at Champaign has passed anti-fraternity laws. The writer, in a visit to Dr. Bessey last winter, found the genial professor engaged in making preparations for the writing of an clementiry botany, to be useil as a sort of introduction to his larger work. eh St The sertiment of the Iowa Agricultural College faculty. is agninsl secret societies, The people of Kentucky, and especially the Grange, are siren: uously advocating the separation of the State University and Agricultural College, and the organizing of an agri. ultural colloge iargely copied after our own. President E. E. White, of Purdae University, La Fayette, Ind,, has been spending considerable time in Cincinnati lately, engaged in a revision of his arithmetic, We understand that the series is to be quite extensively re-written. Purdue University, LaFayette, Ind,, has passed strict anti- fraternity laws. A student belonging toa Grook-letter fraternity preferred charges against the University for its action, and much ill fecling lias resulted. The lower ¢ourt sustained the Univer: | sity, but the matter has now been carried to the Sipreme Court. ASrecuLom man enjoyed, not long since, » pleasant ehat ) with —- Bollard, the genial editor in-chief of the fini, of the Iineis Industrial UVoiversity, Champairn. Brother Bullard isan carchiteetirnl senior, dod waa at the time of the vieit wading nearly knee deep in a mixture of architectors) desizna and geo- metrienl figures, which would well nigh discourage even an editor. Much has been sald as to the impropriety of ladies pursain a scientific course, but a SPecULuM man ina visit to the IMinois Industrial University, thought that the fair ones who were using the compound microscope that day were as dextcrous, as accu: rate antl as well cleased with their work as were the ecntlemen, antl he is free to say that they were much more atiraetive. At Purdue, ladies were engaged in wood turning, Some of the finest work done in their shops is the work of Indies, The | healthful exercise which they get from this labor showed iself in blooming countennnces, The Inter-Collegiate Society Association holds its first annual Imecting next May. at Albion, [tis adenagie between the Adel- (plics of Olivet, Amphyctions of Hilledule, Alpha Nus of Ann | Arbor, Erosopheans of Albion, Sherwood+ of amazoo, Stars } OF Adrian, and the Ecleeties of Lansing, for the purpose of ad- jvancement in Titerary society work, J. W. Beaumont, of this College, is President, and B, 8. Bennett, of Aon Arbor, ia Sec- retary. During the session an open literary entertainment will be given, one of the features of which, we understand, will le a debate, to be participated in by one representative from ench ancioty. This confederation, established last year, bids falr to be a grand success. Much has been said by fraternity an] anti-fraternity men in | regard to the sujt between 8. T. Stallard and E. E. White, Pres- ident of Purdue University. Many scem to think that the Court, in deciding in favor of the University, have decided against Greek-letter fraternities, This is net the case. We quote from the “Opinion of Judze D, PB. Vinton” the questions raised: *“Tet.—Whelher the rule in dispute is within the power of the faculty; 2¢l.--Lf it is, whether it is void cilher ag being in con- travention of the constitution of the State, or of the act of Cen- grces, or some legislative act, or as being in a legal cense unres: sonable.” The question was nol whether fraternities were bene- ficial or injurious, but whether or not the faculty a t had a right t le exeludi t fone . rustoes had aright to pass a role excluding any one belongi or intending to belong, to a Greek-letter or secret fraternity.” "es = ee - College News. A telegraph line has been put up. The new hare is completed. The tool house is under way. Our state law requires the Agricultural College to teach the | mechanic arts. The wheat on the College farm is lookine well. Forty-six acres Were pout in, About fifteen new Freshmen this term, making a total matric- ulation of eighty. The students elected Mr. W. C. Latta sunday-school superin- tendent, March 12th, me pen Our dining hall is unusuall all ‘‘eat and be merry." The College catalogue will be issued during the latter part of the present lerm—sometime in May. , It is undecided yet what is to be done with the old museum and Professor Cook's oid recitation rem, (lags hats are the rage, The seniors lead with shining tiles; the freshmen follow with four-cornered tasseled cape. One admirable result of Profeasor Cook's study at Cornell last winter ia the lectures he is giving on animal histology. y orderly, Noone complains, but THE The Secretary's old offices in College Hall have been refitted. and are now occupied as living rooms hy Professor Harrower. fonsiderable ditching is to be done this year in No. 13, the yeampy field north of the Grand Trunk LR, and east of the LD ee A Sh] cen d's. calf of thie cel rated Hereford, Mew Liepevee| ith the last SrecoLem, was recently sold toa A. TL. Mord, Marion, Ohio, for R240, eon ee ee ten tabs Tae The most notable of the farm implements lately purchased are’ a Kemp manure aprender, ata cost of $115, and a Warner culti- valor and harrow combined, Mr. Fredrick Singlinger has been given the charge of lable gardens, He has been for some time in the the horticultural department, A thrifty row of young elms along the cnllege premises is beginning to sacdd beauty and value to the real estate along on highway. Hesident farmers please copy. The authorities have in choir-ed into our singing, and we new have a permanent quartette for church and chapel services, with 2 remuneration of tifiy cont a week to the singers, Tt boards were laid along our walks, the lawns wou'd be pro- tected and feet would be cept dry, The margins of the lawns ahout Wells’ hall are entirely spoiled from this lack of profec- tion, Cuses are to be placed on the second floor of the botanical laboratory for the purpose of exhibiting some one-hundred varie- ties of corn from various places, which Dr, Beal mow lias in his possession, The old library room will be given to Professor Johnsen for itches ronn, ‘The west side of the room will be partitioned off Foran office, Some part of the room may be used fer the exbib- iting of agricultural products, The College lost a warm friend in the death of W. 8. George, employment of editor of the Lansing Republiewn, Me was often present at College | exercises, anqd twice he lectured before the students. learned to admire and reapect him, Among the severe criticisms so often passed upon the general features of oor College by other institutions, it is gnitifying to hear the praise given to thoae departments which lave been so well perfected ly our trie of specialists, Peoples generally are eager for a greater knowledge of their insect coemius and friends, Why not have a state entomols- gist? The reports of other slate entomologists are among the indst valuable works we have on entomology. The Eelectics are making extensive improvements in their rooms on the fourth floor mf Williams’ Hall. A new piano las been lately added to their already pleasant fixtures. An ante: room bias been built ond a commodions dining room will soon be added. Ton. Franktin Wells of our State Board thinks, since visiting the National Agricultural Convention at Washington, that an agricillural museum should be started here, We wish that others of our State Board would visit olber instivtions and make extemled comparisons, The College Christian Union lings been changed into oa broneh of the College YY. M. CG. A. The chief objects in making the change were to secure a more thorough and effectual orgasi- zation, and to profit by the instruction and experience of those who lave made Christian work a constant and life-long study. Nothing is more refreshing than a visit to the green-honse daring thess bleak, colil spring days, SUMMer groecks one aa he enters. Nothing is untidy or out place; everything evinces constant care and great skill. We can afford to boast of our green-house, Mr, Cassidy deserves great eredlit for his faithfuluess aod lator. The sents in class room B have been arranged so as to face the east, wid the President's old front office has been connected with the room by folding doors. The old office will now be used as in instrument room, to contalo the mathematical and surveying instruments. The south room of the old offiee will be fitter up for Professor Carpenter's private office, When the old class-room is repaired, and the old offices refitied, the mathemmical depart- ment will he quite comfortauly located, Mr. George H. Stewart of Grand Blanc has presented the College with a pair of Jersey Red hogs. The College has lately purchased four fine Essex of Jos, Harris, of Rochester, the notable author of “ Harris on the pie"; two Berkshire sows of MN, A, Clapp, Novi, Mich., and one Poland China of & ©. Barnes, Byron, Mich. Our awine now number 1G Esaex, 4 Berkshires, 1 Poland China and 2 Jeraey Reds. It is a rote of the State Board of Agriculture that only Essex shall be kept for breeding purposes, and of other breeds only enough for specimens. A pair of Buifolk will probably be procured soon. ALL had COLLEGE SPECULUM. 1h VOEe- § 4 fragrant, blossoming | a 4] onic lo Our new healing system is a success, Some improvement should be made, however. The radiators which were placed in the upper rooms in Wells’ hall, are only about half the capacity of those placed lower down, and with our poor circulation the steam does not rise as it should. This arrangement necessitates more steam, at then the upper rooms are poorly heated on cde, Windy days, Gut we do not complain; this system is to the oli (oe as warmlh and comfort are te colds, rheumatism and ague. | Now give us a cool water supply—especially goou drinking water stil we will be quite eomfortable, Our lawnsandilrives which were so promiscuously cut up, anil 80 generally disarranged by the building and improvements on the premises last yent, are just getting respectably straightened out ain, Among other ornamental fixtures on ihe grounds is a )#teat hollow mound of brick and earth surrounding an expansion joint an ie stenm pipes between Wells’ ball and the ehemical laboratory. It is so big that the horse mower cannot cut it off, | either, he boys of 82 are wonderimg if there are any ditches to j be dug across the lawns, or any drives to le moved, ete., just Pabout hext commencement time. Tt is rumored that the visitors ‘list year admired those large ditches, especially those whe fell | Liwtes Liem, The new rules posted in the students’ rooms are good, | Damage toa rom is charged to the occupants, if the offenJer is inot known; damage to a hall is charged te the students who jroom near it, . The steward is obliged to visit the halls onee each jawweck, and io visit the studects’ rooms at the beginning fod elose (of each term, and at every full change of occupancy, and to take }notes of anv damage dow: This is a wise provision and stu- tients should concur with In It savers of larbarism to kick in doors and to imlentionally matiiate buildings. The condition of things in the east part of Wells’ lal! lust fall was OuULMgens, The panels of many doors were broken in, and other damuazes done. Students who wish to destroy property should apply at the Reform Behao', Communication between College and Lansing las been nearly impossible, much of the time this spring on account of Lewd roads This rom! has always been « standing disgrace to the community, The State Board has consi cred iis interest in the matter, snl has decided io donate considerab'e in work. The funds ut its disposal will mot allow of any expenditures in money. Some members of the faculty have donated liberally to the fixing up of the road, and eltizens of Lansing, an | farmers about the Collexe have also given, [tis proposed to gravel it, The students will wotably give some labor. If ladies are ever wadmilted to the ) College, it will be no light problem to provide means to eonvey them to the city amd back. Most of the time it is a hard day's work fora man to make the journey. | Adistinetive and growing featare of the College is the increased Facility with which the different departments are enabled to per- | form their work owing to the fitting up of class-rooma for the ex press iust of a single department, and to the private offices provided for i the different professors, This division of rooms ‘und material is (an element of substantial progress, Aman enn not do ges) work jie he is crowded for room, and cspeciaily if the same classroom (is used fora half dozen different purposes, Tt certaindy must be jasource of much satisfaction and an incentive toe better work if dibtencher has a private study and class-room which le can arrange ito suit lis own tastes and needs. Aside from the offices and ‘rooms devoted to the chemical and botanical department, we now have them devoted to the department of entomology, zoolog Jan pliysiology, to the department of mathematics, and will short y be similarly supplied in the agricultural department, We hive the following from one of the participants int thae January Farmer's Institute at Cassopolis: The query-box pro- duced the question, *‘ Was it right for the legislature of Michi: gan to vote $10,000) of the peoples’ money that the legislators might attend the Yorktown centennial celebration?" The obnox- fous question provoked almost unlimited discussion from many who wanted to have something to comlemn, and who were unfriendly toa few politicians present. The discussion liad thus dragged along its weary lengih until everyone was disgusted, and et no way appeared of disposing of it, Finally a deliberate ooking person arose from an obseure corner anid in an lopreten- tious manner remarked that the discussion reminded him of « (story. ‘One day,” he said, “a man goin’ along the road, met a young fellow an’ asked him if hel ever read the Bible; young Tan said no; ‘well’, says he, ‘you'd better do it’, an' the mau passed on. After a while the man was goin’ over the same reid again and met the same young fellow, ‘Dil you do what Ttold you? asked the man; young man said yes; ‘How did you like it? young man said ‘Pretty well, but did not get far; I began | tut. Genesis and read it through and then I came toa place where it said, Leave-it,-y’ cuss, and I quit.” The hint thus delicately | conveyed was taken and further discussion of the vexed query . was dropped, THE COLLEG 49 The extensive addition to the chemical kibora with the exception of the finish the basement, The old portion is quite entirely remodeled; the old lecture room now contains five tables for chemical analysis, and is used as an addition to the old analytical room. ent lecture room is probably the pleasantest on the grounds; will seat one hundred and fifty, tionally well ventilated, and thoroughly lighted. A sky-light admits light to the leeture stand. The Frofessor's office is in the addition, the old office being used by the assistant. Doctor Kedzie takes great pride in showing his laboratory and its appliances, and well he may. He says that as soon as his quantitative roots are completed, th any other ory is completed, ve will be ready to compare nebes Wi ing of the quantitative rooms 10 | The pres: | it is well heated by steam, excep- | P laboratory anywhere, Special attention in the arrangements has been given. to the preparation for special courses of atudy in) higher chemistry. Now when our chair of chemistry is divided | into the two chairs of elementary and organic chemistry, aun | analytical chemistry and chemical physics, our chemical Goturse | will fully sustain all the anticipated results which have been 80 | fully warranted by the thurough and much-renowned manner 1D | which it has been conducted in the past. We congratulate Pro- fessor Kedzie on the euceezsfal completion of the laboratory for | which he las striven eo long. The library and museum building is completed, although the | cases are not yet in the brary and museum rooms. The library | room ig a very fine one, large, and well lighted. The cases will | be arranged perpendicularly to the walls. A reading room opens | from the library. In this room will be a table devoted entirely | io SPECULUM exchanges, The library will be moved next vaca- tion. The President and Secretary each have very fine double | otfices. The whole upper floor of the building is devoted te | Professor Cook's department. The rear of the building over the | library will be used for & museum. This museum room is nicely | arranged: high, commodious, and exceptionally well lighted by cupola skylights and side windows. The museum will be moverl | in the latier part of the term. Professor Cook": class-room 15 4) credit to our institation; it is provided with a raised foor, and modern conveniences for class illustration. The Professor his a’ private office opening into his classroom on one aide, and into dissecting-room is arranged for familiarly Known in junior prov dissection of cats as an auxiliary to the stud physiology is getting to be a prevalent metho many colleges, and some claim that itis the beat preparatory step | to the dissection of human cadavers, The State Board have accepted the building. Tue Sonciom ExrentMenr.—The last session of the Legisla- ture appropriated money for the purpose of conducting a series incialism as ‘cutting cats.” The of anatomy and of experiments to determine whether or not it would le profita-| ble for farmers in Michigan to grow sorghum, This work of experiment and investigation was put into the charge ef the Col- | lege. Last spring an acre of sorghum was qanted, amd Iast fall | ‘to was manufactured inta syrup, the expenses attending the | entire production and manufacture being kept. Theexperiments | were made undir the charge of the chemical department. The | following facts were gleaned from Mr. Frank Kedzie's report: No} atlermpt wie made to produce sugar this year, the object being a! production of superior table syrup. The soil upon which the | sorchum was grown is & strong sandy loam, Early in the spring | the land received ten loads of barn-yard manure, and just before | lanting thirty bushels of unleached ashes, The variety raised | « known as the Minnesota Early Amber, Much of the seed | failed jo grow and a second planting was made, The crop wis | cultivated five times and hoed once. When the cane was har: | vestol, § ‘prember faq, it averaged eight fect in height. It was | immediate y worked up after harvesting by a No. 4 Victor | crusher and a No. 4 Cook's automatic evaporator, Tu the mat. | facture “the question of clarifying the juice is of the greatest importance, for it is at this point that the whole question of moa | syrup or bad syrup is definitely settled. The peculiar substances | which give the grassy taste to sorghum syrup must be cleared | away in the boiling process by the use of clarifying agents.” | There ia no clarifying mixture known, howe ver, which will | entirely remove these undesirable materials | Five samples of ayrups were manufactured, One was clari- fied hy lime, one ley anlphite of lime, one by phosphate of soda, cue by bisulphite of soda wand one was not élarificd at all, They were all perfectly fit for table use ov for cooking, with the excep tion of the unelaritied sample which linda decidedly raw, rrissy taste, The best tasting sumple was probably the one clarified by bisulphite of soda, although the sulphite of lime simple was nearly as good. The woelarified syrup was, however, the lht- et colored, owing, protably, to the clarifving agents acting upon the coloring matter in the juice of the other samples. “ The evrup could] not be prepared quite a3 cheaply here as on an ordinary farm, ag the student labor could he employed only “several weeks, With no apparent ill results. of instruction in | the gain in flesh was very good int ‘lage lost wel ae Oe ec a Be eet half a day at atime, an item of considerable importance durin half 2 os facturing process, The total yield from the acre o cane was 150 gallons of syrup. The entire expense of growl and manufacturing, including interest on the land, was $45.00, or 30 cents a gallon, Under different circumstances of labor, it could probably be produced for £5 cents a lon. ‘The sam. les of syrup, With the figures on expense which have been wilh a reasonable amount of care will produce a good quality of syrup; and that ten or a dozen farmers, by untting to purchase a crusher and pan, at an expense of from 30.00 to $50.00 each, locating the worke at some central point easily accessible by all, can profitably grow from half am acre to an acre of sorghum apiece, producing a good quality of ayrup and an abundance of it for their own use.” These experiments of a single year are not regarded as decisive. They will be further pursued. THe ConLecr Feeptnc Exrenment. As the readers of the SrrconuM will be glad to kuow how ensi a8 a cattle food marmtains ita position when subjected to care ul trial along with other feeds, a brief summary of the experiment. as conducted under Profeasor Johnson, ia given by Mr. W. C. Latta, assistant in farm experiments: The object of the experiment was to determine the value of ensilage as a cattle food, for the production of milk, flesh and growth, With this aim in view, the ensil was fed to milch Cows, dry cows and young stock, in lace of roots, and ag a full or partial substitute for the dry rough feeds, The results of the experiment were as follows: 1.— Effect of Ensilage on Milk. —The verdict of the palate is that milk from the ensilaged cows ts of food quality and has no unusual oder or flavor, This milk was used daily by families - on the College grounds, and, in one instance, fed to a young babe The yield, though not intreased, was well kept up. The two milch cows, ‘fed holly on engi and meal, made an average gain in weight in twelve weeks of forty pounds a piece, and the average shrinkage in milk during this time—Dee. 1 to Feb, 23—was 15.81. The only other cow that had been giving milk the same length of E SPECULUM. the main hall and the dissecting-room on the other sides, The time fost forty pounds in weight, and her shrinkage in milk was the pruction of feliotomy, more | Li.07¢ during the same period. The last mentioned cow had dry, cut corustalks, good meal, and a little hay occasionally, besides getting, during February, a peck of roots daily, 2.—Ensifuge as o flesh producer.—As a substitute for roota in a dry feed ration, ensilage has proved to be equal to roots, pound for pound. On aration consisting wholly of ensilage and meal, eed, much better than on hay and meal. 3.—Enailage and growth,—The only animal fed wholly on ensi- it. On an ensilage and meal ration very fair gains were made, [tis far superior to corn fodder ina mixed dry feed tation, As aubetitute for roots, pound for pound, and aa a par- ‘tinl substitute for hay, three pounds for one, ensilage made good relurns. 4, —Ffeet on the heolth of the animals.—The animals were slick, lively and apparently in excellent health at the conclusion of the experiment, Even the steer that had been losing weight on an exclusively ensilage tation, began to gain at once when fed on ensilage and meal, showing that his constitution had not been injured, The comparative feeding and cost value of ensil with other feeds at their market values,—hay $10; corn fodder and straw, each $5 per ton, and rutabagas, rt cents a buahel,— shows a feeding value of four times the cost of growing the crop and puttin it into the silo. he inferences based on the experiment are: 1.—Ensliage of the best quality, is an excellent feed for milch cows, a8 Well as for growing and fattening cattle. ' i: is an admirable and cheap substitute for roots, as a cattle eed , 2,—The relative amount of ensilage ina standard ration will depend upon the particular object of the feeder. 4,—The experiment has not determined the proportion of ensi- laze to be fed for milk, growth, etc., but leaves this aubject for | future investigation. ——— Onasee Biossoms,—On Wednesday evening, at the residence of Jaa. Rt. Steele, in the village of Palmyra, occurred the marriage of Mr. Cyrus T. Crandall, of Raisin, and Miss Frankie Grinnell, of Palmyra. The servier was performed by the Rev. Pardington, of Tecumseh, A very pleasant company of about fifty friends and relatives helped to celebrate the occasion, and wish the bride and groom a happy and prosperous future. Some very handsome presents were made, A reception took place at the residence of Mr. Crandall at Hajsin Valley on Thorstlay,--slofrian Times. Mr. Crandall graduated here in 1880. THE COLLEG E SPECULUM. 48 _— cou oe es —— Personals. Tue Editor of this Department desires the earnest co-operation of the umni in abliog him te Al these columns with interesting items. Give cecupation since graduation, what offices held, whether married or not, ete. ete. Let this receive prompe attention from every alumnus, canal a G. L. Stannard, '76, is farming in Tonia Co. C. W. Hume, 73, is a doctor in Corunna, Mich. Carroll E. Miller, ‘72, is a physician at Cadillac, Mich. Donald MePherson, ‘74, isan altorney-at-law in Ionia, Mich. T. BE. Dryden, ‘70, is a hardware merchant in Allegan, Mich. | James L. Morrice, “73, spent the winter at home in Tonia, Co. | Mathew §, Lowder,’72, isa prosperous farmer in Salem, lowa. | L. F. Ingersoll, ‘74, is a prominent doctor in Sutton Bay, | Mic. 1 Arthor Jones, "81, is studying law with J. E. Nithols, Lansing, | bela, | | Mr, Knapper is beginning to improve the looks of the College ayn. N John T. Fraser, ‘T2, is a veterinary surgeon in Fowlerville, Chas, A. Jowell, 03, isa hardware merelant in Springfield, | Missouri. | E. J. Rauchfuss, "79, is a clerk in the office of the State Board | of Health. | Satterlee Trowbridge, "18, is in the Land Office at Washing- ton, D.C. W. W. Remington, °80, is engaged in teaching at Fort (Collins, Col. A. HL Voigt, "81, isa salesman in a furniture house im Lars | Angelos, Cal. Cc. B Fisk Bangs, "76, is railroading between Tonia and | Howard City. Charles &. Crandall, ‘78, isa prosperous merchant in Harbor Springs, Mich. B. T. Halstead, ‘78, has recently opened a law office in Harbor | Springs, Mich. Charles J. Goodwin, "77, is farming on the old homestead, in Tonia Co, Mich. George Bloodgood, once with "76, is a lumber merchant Io Cassopolis, Mich. W. & Delano, ‘81, 4 member of the Signal Corps, is located | at Fort Myer, Va, Jay D. Stannard, "76, las sold his farm and will probably locate in Wiseousin. man Cady, who was murdered by Vas Camp, was once with the class of ‘T7. Samuel B. Long, once with the class of 'T6, isa prosperous far- mer at Dearborn, Mich. Charles 8. Williams, °70, is a dealer in agricultural imple- ments al Owosso, Mich. A. B. Peebles, ‘77, ia a student of theology at Oberlin, Ohio. He graduates next Juve. W. B. Jakways, "76, is a farmer in St. Joseph, Co., Ind. His | address is Dayton, Mich. W. Crissey, editor of the Midland Republican, was once a member of the class of "70, TH. Hough, once with ‘$3, was married, Dee, 20, to a lady of Santa Barbara, California. | Itussell A. Clark, ‘76, is speculating quile extensively in farm- ing lands in central Michigan. C, W. McCurdy, ‘81, isa bookkeeper for Jno. R. Lee, a rail- road contractor in New York. L. G. Carpenter, ‘T#, took a post eraduate course at the Unl- versity during the past winter, Charles L. Jackson, “70, died ut Midland, Mich., last October. He was a druggist and unmarried, Mra. President Abbot and her son Rodney, spent a part of the winter vacatlon in Iowa City, Towa, Frank A. Sessions, “71, has been in a lxink, graduation, and is at present cashter. F. 8. Burton, ‘63, lias left Midland and is at present editor of the Freeland Banner, Freeland, Mich. Mason W. Gray, ‘77, is physician for the Co,, at Nonesuch, Ontonagon Co,, Mich. in Tonia, since | Nonesuch Mining | Tal Grilla, of Baa | born, after having prepared for his life's work. F. C. Wells, once with '73, is proprietor of the Harbor Springs House, at Harbor Springs, Mich. Prof C. E, Bessey, '69, of the Iowa State Agricultural College, has lately returned from a trip to Europe. W. C. Latta, ‘77, has had charge of the feeding experiments here at the College during the post winter. Albert Dodge, ‘77, is a lawyer in Fowlerville, Mich, He is married and bas a daughter nearly a year old. “Hackstaif,” the memorable farm hand of two years ago, ls assisting Prof. Ingersoll on the farm at Purdue. Mr. Cassidy has ao far recovered from his last fall's illness, as to be able to fulfill once more his duties as florist. L. J. Gibson, “64, is a farmer at Wacousta, Mich. In com- pany with his wife, successfully keeps an apviary . James Troop, '78, spent his winter vacation at Cornell Uni- versity, atudying microscopy and microscopic bobiny. Frank W. Hastings, ‘78, was married Oct, 25, Kl, to Mise ian C. Livingston. We wish them much happ ne=s. William H. Smith, ‘75, is teaching near Grand Rapids, His health is not good and thinks of settling in the south on that aocount. C. C. George Lovett, of Long SrEcuLuM, Harry E. Emmons, ‘78, has become the successor to Ki. Gr, Rudd & Son, dealers in feed, Detroit. He has a daughter four months old, Ransom H. McDowell, ‘74, formerly foreman on the farm here, lias aocepted a similar position at Purdue University, under Prof. Ingersu Henry A. Haigh, '74, graduated in the law dep: University in 'T). He is at present located at Detroit. still wamarried. Frok J, Annis, "75, having finished his law studica at Ano Arbor, lias gone to Fort Collins, Col., 23a member of the law firm of Rhodes & Love. Clifton B. Charles, ‘7, was married Feb. 35, to Miss Tonia wor, The Srecuncm sends congratulations and customary good wishes, H. ¥. Clark, ‘78, is taking Greek and a few preparatory son, “78, was married, Jan, 2, "$2, to Miss Maggie Branch, N.J. They have the beat wishes of the tment at the He is letudies at Oberlin, Ohio, where he expects to enter the theologi- cal seminary mext year, We desire to correct the statement made in our last issue in regard to Mra. M. J, C. Merrrell of #1. She is studying domes: tic economy, and not medicine. Prof. E. J. MacEwan spent his winter vacation here at the College. Besides attending the institutes, he has heen engared in selecting new books for the library. Marcus &. Thomas, "79, ia the father of a promising boy, who is the winner of the class cup, which was offered by "79, to the | first child born to any member of the class. ‘81, has recently returned from Rush Medical Amos Troop, He intends to College, Chicago, to spend his yvatntion a home, return to Chicago when the term opens again. Prof, R. C. Carpenter, ‘73, attended the Farmers’ institutes during the winter, but spent most of his time in preparing a report for the Engineers and Surveyors’ Association. Geo. W. Long, ‘74, died not long since at his home in Dear- He had lately graduated in the medical department of the University. W. L, Simpson, two years with ‘81, Is expected from West Point on a three months’ furlough, at the close of his aecond year there—next June, He will make the College a visit. W. W. Reynolds, ‘70, was in dental business for two years after graduating, but as his health failed him he went to farm- ing. “He has had good suceeas as an apiarist, Is married. Frank Benton, ‘79, was presented with o daughter, named Thekla, at Sarnaka, Cyprus, Sept., 5, “81, Mr. Benton has mow an apiary at the foot of Mt. Lebanon, He is quite unwell, Edward M, Preston, ‘63, is President of one of the leating banks in Nevada, Cal, He is one of the leading muson's in that state, He will be here to the next alumni meeting if possible. George Hale, Hartford, once with the class of “BA, was mtr- tied February 11th to Miss May Winslow, a neighbor's daughter and sister of Warren Winslow, who entered here with George. George W. Mitchell, "74, is farming near Bloomingdale, Ind. He was married in 1874. His daughter, Ida M., who received the class cup, died in ‘77, Tn 187 lie took a trip throwrh the soni for his wife's health, but, on Jan, Mist, she, too, died, leaving him alone, 44 THE COLLEG a Dustin (. Oukes. “Tb, taught! schon! for some time after grad: | Wiion, In Ti he bouglit a farm andl has since been a Garner, He was married Dec. 86. 1576. Dns hell several responsible olficus, We acknowlolge the receipt of an invitation fn a ** aechil op sien by the vig menoof Dearborn, Wn, Sleaas, Ta, Of, A. Haigh, 74, and O;. PL Gulley, 7s. represent the commitiee ary invitstions, Charles L. Bemis, ‘74, bas beem teaching ever sinee dits smul- uMion. He is one of the county board of school examiners in Tonia county. Is marricd and has two children. Dis address te Portland, Mich. Dr, Jolin K. Gailey, ‘374. after studving in New York city and gctoduating at the Michigan University. went te Europe to com- ete his medioal studies, He is at present resident plveician at Harper hidegeitnel, Detroit, Eugene Davenport, 78, Emimor Oh) Ladd, 98. amd John ( Thomas, “78, have each been marricd sinee the hist issue of te BPECULEM. We filed to learn the partiontars, bot owe hesina e ob ip ote them oor beet wishes, Jay Ut. Monroe, “78, lias bought the famons evenie mine for Whith le pid #40,000, within sixtwadlavs. Mr. Metre tok immediate possession amd will work it to its full extent. [t is comehden: | cheap fer dhe priee peril. ALP. Simith, S!, since ericdiatiog. lus heen traveling through the southern states, At present lie is loeated at Crescent City, Fla., engaged in the deg leiness. Te intends te rturn meth «oom to take his proposed meslied) cers Fred. Eo Smith, Penn, MGeho. forme dy with "82. has Leen engugedd nn stock faisiog, Daring the post winter, he las reer rem SuTVEyS fat tis father. He ia gietaiee tee Dhakerta this Spr ne, te prospect ail will proleibhy corte wheat Garewits Edward J. Pawson, "78, a ler grieloating went to Dowagiae te coaeicte in thie grain bustness, Deine SP SL Was die a maar mission house in Detreit, Sines lamang 2 "82. tas heen with his father, who isa grain lower in Doccatur, Mich WOK. Pro Sden. 78, sing srudivtion dias leer im tho bein ee of James 3D Turner, Laoosing, Miel. 2D+ ax yeoets sini te enetaee Dn he peal eetate bis mess for binsel! bade Upc Tenia ala, and will prolly locate at Marquotie, Alieh, EB. ©. White, once with “62, is a sophomore at Puordae Ui- versity. La Fayette, Ind, where lie has tikem outside work in teaching lower classes and in the «liting of a weekdy colleua paper, The Jueduve News. [is bealili is maw yond, William L. Carpenter, V4, gradaited in the law deyevtinend a La a gt Amn Arbor, de c7S. Tle then entered the Law attic of AE de Crafoot, of Deetooit, where be roenmined wumtil TS when tw formed the partnership of Carpenter d& MeLanglin. Com. 1. Mal ory, aur worthy steward, spent the whole of his vacation liere at the College, making the meeded repairs in the kitchen and dormiteries. Te tei proved himself te te the man for the place and we appreeiate his earnest efforts to ibe us justice. At the close of the fallterin, President Abbot went to New Eny- lanl al Sew York. ile visited) Der. Meanky Mlihes’ exrecirimacintial from, Whoeb ds silted slvert distumes from New Work City. He rettirned ih tine to atten) thee fariners’ fistitutes Tell iis whiter. J, D. Williams onee with ‘TS, is a prominent doctor at Fife Lake, Mich. Ue celletsituak lis nwadliccl education at the Belectic Medical Institute of Cineingnati, He wes delete to te Nation Eclectic Medical oouvention at St. Teuis, Time, 188i. Married ct. O TSS. oA. Nevins, “75, after grudaating went to Otsego, Mich., where lie taught four years: then beean manufacturing funing mills, er, to have a new one completed by next May Ang, fe, "Sb They, Oeear Clute, 68, 1s one of the leading writers for the Live Stock Journal, amd it is peossitile Liat le uw give up his other duties and lesceme editor of that paper We rementber him as quther of “The Bessel Bees” am interestimg and instructive Look, hie Was marricd Charles McKenny, "S1, traveled in the book business four or five months after graduation, He fs maw engaged, in company wilh lis former classmate, Heaney Dickie, in giving bemperoce lectures in the northern part of the state, anil in orsainising Gon Templar Lodges, Chas. &. Emery, 77. is at present sealing fer the fumber firm of Whitney & Remick, at Clare, Mich. Ile went te Dakota last fall, where he joined an engineers’ corps that was eng ged in laying out iowa sites along the (.. Mo oaml Sto 2 Ho ie relutos to Hedtieckd, Dakota, next spring to tuke charge of a lirge farm tha! he owns, His factory was burned Iast December, but expects | KE SPECULUM, Marvey L. itesenberry, “S1, ia prosector for the Professop if jAnabemy in the Medical Collese, at Columbus, Ohio, We entero] that college Jast Sept. bokwas chosen for dhe position on aecemyt mf Tbs sLiypeericr hileliiseree goal skill Pte is alan Praetiolmar tia game extent im the city, ; Bie A. hy. Drectias, Wi, wits professep of Tal aiaie] Deieta- culture in this College itil Ai when lee acerpledd a similar pHsi- tion in Cornell) University, $8. Y. de has one of the finest of eloss roomie to which i: attached the 2reen hese. eontilnine ronniy tints mative sal Propel plunts. ° Tra. Ghage, 7, was ino Tevk taitil Cre tober, “80, when je wert to Daketa, Ife is now farming and sperulwing pjepr Fargo. De sass thee College os Che feist of tis troubles: gan dang lie will mot staleerbhe free tlie Sea aMe Wooeoale ait aera Whe Teminder of the aiid lee its genie One ot ie hergest sterce at Pasiteyater, Abel, licara over ike caop the sign ©) BL Bish da (lo “Pies «ED Bash tires out tn be Chierlic Gostiat St. [Le dias a darce soil crawine teatke, ame) vet finds some time to devote to society matters, being a puri nina: never inv thy’ Femiwoter Dirarniatic ane ete ("Thele, Dr WW. Deal, dhuring dhe winter saeation, attended thw niceling of the Blate Torticaltare Society, wt Beth Eaven. He tiles attended sere) other wieetite=, teadithe propers sume che jer. ier loehines He leit leo ebitend toe Presecdiines of the Agwerd en Pomological Society, which sre noted ebsew lene, At present, Dr. Rebeie is President af the Sativa) Boanl of Thewth: Prof, (ook os Birne-tbent af tie Agmoeriesin Phe Roeper. dissec iationes (ir. Deadis Prestlont ok thie Sa ety fare Ula Veni tioned Agricuitical Setemeocame Secretary af the American [nne. logical Setiety. We tiie at least eur share of national lonars. Socrelary Ti Taird, in cempany wilh Frinkiin Wells, of the State Pred, attemled the sericntiural convention whiel. wea held in Washington, PRO. this winter, The seerehary retired Tee Pine: be tier! nesetal the bneditides deid this winter, Ele ja now comfortably Lorutecd in his now offier. whied: ia very time one, (roorge A. Tteyen, 7. for ive Vents puista clerk im the oalfice OF the Aunliber Geemoeral, dias seeped) st pesitien ges lam] oarernd for Thins Ne-tor, of Parnea ('o. Mbeh.o Tb is 4 weev lesifalsle pesition aml we oencratulate dim oom lis wel tack, Tle wens miuurtie | dost fot o dvueiter ef Gen Palpl Eby. of Toansiteg, Ili~ falidraes 1 [Ans Michi. Prof, A. Clow, owl) tiene leal Lie Pee Kasper. see plien Ten Dee. When lectured in Ohi netil dam. dst; since that tine lie lis tiken a six weeks’ eeerse in tice ab Corned) Civersily. While in Olie and New York, le visited severa) hords of Torscy eittle. Qe levtiertet eight for wPeclew Mourstann, of this state, amel Ont for dvtemsedh) Pie pitiees ranceik firnn Bath toe SN LT, Bilew. 4 editerdnochiel of ie Beker nieu, while trivesine Gio fie sei, teh diver ae Tis edd classiest Louisville, Kw. —fleerar Heeen atil Gree ee Pbornen, whe were ator Cpe deriteers af S|. [mse pe APEC ner “ou bo leo winner Heh mnicianer if a Pare ti eenteal Rentucky, Porn. Povierly of Detroit. if engaced in the 0. Sina) Service in Lenisville, Prof. Tngersell is intemtly cna! dnohie werk oat Purdloe Paiversity, whieh dae dies cenwn te hove sed admire, “Thien vier: aT ea en cHEp Hi trpensts lit= ¢ Pret iss VT: is sit qeeesecunl happy Freeney Che: coliterinee et sine aeeerice ies! Taleeratery, Ue tired pureleitaly tn dhe United Sites. “Thies Iabiiteg is a tne) sive) Driek, ean taining an offion, cliss renin, trans for the exhibiting of mae ieul- tural pralvets. tert ronm. aml apertinents Por the storing of experenental crops. Tale fine ain obsercaitery, comruiaiting a View of the farin, Tle was a dlelesate from Vudu to (lve can. vention of Departnent of Ageieuliire in Washington, BL. Literary Notes, PPROCER DINGS OF THE ASTERDCAN TNADOICHGUAL BODE TY, dite Pe the Secretary, Bee Wt Beal, qaiblishel bey Lhe Bardety seal parietal Ioy 2 7, Andrews, Rochester. BOY) TSA apa it yyys, Sta The volume comfatns a full report oof the cleldteenth bier hin) session of fliree dlays. diel ia Seqrlenlasr, in Foster, Mines NUMeTOUS peypers were fea ly some of The blest pomeleststs in fie country. AC Toner aud alle dkdress was given diy the wemer- thle Marshall PL Wilder, who has leon Presitent for abewh thirty yours. 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