The Eagle.

Agricultural College, Michigan.

Vol. IV, 

May 26, 1893. 

No. 15.

COLLEGE AND STUDENT NEWS.

Mary Lewis has a bicycle.
L. A. Clinton and wife are in Chicago.
Mrs. Coryell has gone home for a visit.
Prof. Cook is still unable to be out.
Harry Haak has a good position in a 

machine shop at Cleveland, Ohio.

The C. L. B. C. have adopted the Col­

lege green to adorn their bicycles.

Mr. Wheeler will have charge of the 
smut experiments begun by Mr. Holden.
Our base ball team will play a game 
with the Albions on Decoration day at 
Albion.

Rev. W. A. Meyers, of Buffalo, N. Y. 
will preach in the chapel next Sunday 
afternoon at 2:30.

The campus presents a very beautiful 
appearance just now. Many flowering 
shrubs are in bloom.

The latest member of the College 
Ladies Bicycle Club is Miss Loa Renner. 
She is the happy possessor of a Victoria, 
that arrived Thursday.

Mr. and Mrs. P. G. Holden left the 
College last Tuesday, much to the regret 
of their friends. Their address is now 
Oviatt, Benzie Co. Mich.

Secretary Reynolds returned from 
Chicago the first of the week, and left 
again Wednesday, accompanied by Mrs. 
Reynolds for another visit to the Fair.

During his recent visit here Mr. E. A. 
Burnett was presented with an elegant 
silver shaving mug by his class in Agri­
culture, as a token of their appreciation 
of his work.

The College Bill
Has Passed Both Houses.

The College asked for something over 
$36,000. and will receive $33,725. The 
reduction being mostly in the appropria­
tion for walks and drives which was re­
duced to $2,000.

The Columbian Colossus.

Dr. Kedzie spent a few days last week 
at the World’s Fair. He reports the 
grounds and the externals of the build­
ings in fine shape, and the the sight 
most wonderful. It is worth a journey 
to Chicago to see these. But the show 
inside the buildings is very incomplete. 
On the average not more than one 
quarter of the Exhibits are completed. 
In most cases there is only a confused 
pile of boxes, while men are frantically 
struggling to put up dividing walls and 
show cases. No one will lose anything 
by delaying a full month before going 
to the World’s Wonder.

A false statement is abroad about the 
bad quality of the Columbian Guards. 
They are a very kind and obliging set of 
men who do their best to give required 
information and to make the grounds 
safe, quiet, and enjoyable. Reports of 
extortion by restaurants are greatly ex­
agerated. The cost per day for room 
and meals was $2.50.

Call at room 31, and see those note 
books. Ruled, 225 pages, cloth cover 
35cts. Unruled, 225 pages, cloth cover 
30cts. Also fountain pens for sale. 
John Holland fountain pens $1,75.

Palmer & Hale.

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« A Nice Bit of Apparatus.

Prof. VanDervoort has lately complet­
ed in the Machine shop a dynamometer 
for measuring, directly, the force ex­
erted on the point of a lathe tool while 
at work. The apparatus takes the place 
of the ordinary tool-point, the tool being 
held in a plunger which fits nicely the 
bore of a cylinder. Suitable guides pre­
vent the plunger from turning when 
the tool is at work. After the plunger 
is in place the remaining space in the 
cylinder is filled with oil. A pump at­
tached forces the oil in the cylinder 
when it is desired to raise the point of 
the tool. The tool may be lowered by 
drawing out some of the oil.

Connected with the cylinder is an 
ordinary pressure gauge and a Bristol’s 
recording pressure gauge. The latter 
is so geared to the spindle of the lathe 
that the dial revolves in harmony with 
the spindle. The area of the plunger 
is ten square inches, thus the reading 
of the gauges gives one tenth the actual 
pressure on the point of the tool.

The apparatus has given some very 
interesting results some of which we 
will publish in a future issue of the 
Eagle.

The designing and building of this 
dynamometer, together with a series of 
experiments which Mr. VanDervoort has 
completed with it will constitute his 
thesis for graduating, in M. E., from 
Cornell University next month.

A Word of Thanks.

I desire to express my sincere thanks 
to the members of my class in Agricul­
ture for their kind remembrance, and to 
assure the givers that I shall ever re­
member and appreciate their cordial 
friendship, and wish them abundant 
success. sincerely,

E. A. Burnett.

J. H. WOOD,
The Barber

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A COMPLETE LINE OF

Furniture
Can Be Found At
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NEAR THE HUDSON HOUSE.

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The Eagle.

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Agricultural College, Michigan, 

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The investigation by the special legis­
lative committee has been made in the 
crowd and hurry of the last days of the 
session, and it has been difficult to get 
the time and attention necessary to a 
thorough investigation; ' yet the work 
has been well done, the committee have 
accomplished more than a little, and 
their recommendations are worthy of 
consideration.

The report is, on the whole, a favor­
able one. It could not be otherwise. 
There are criticisms which the commit­
tee have made which are just and reason­
able, and will, we trust, be accepted by 
those in charge of our affairs. There do 
not exist any conditions which warrant 
the condemnation and abuse indulged in 
by some of the Detroit papers. Because 
no rottenness is found, and no scandal 
results from an investigation, the cry of 
these papers now is “whitewash!”

The Report of the Investigation.

The report of the special committee 
appointed by the legislature to “investi­
gate the policy, course of study, conduct 
and general management of the Agricul­
tural College and its property, and sub­
mit, if possible, recommendations look­
ing towards an increase in, and the 
enlargement of, the usefulness of the 
institution,” have submitted their report, 
which is briefly as follows:

THE LEGAL BASIS.
The committee recites the provisions 
of the national and state laws relating 
to the College, and says that the intima­
tion of the statutes is that great latitude 
should be given the Board. In the agri­
cultural course, the criticism is made 
that there is lack of education in the 
practical operations of the farm. The 
report says, “With this exception, the 
course seems to be thorough and the re­
sults highly creditable to the institution.”
The mechanical course is commended 
as follows: “This course we find in a 
very creditable condition. From the 
head of the department down, there 
seems to be push and vim which perme­
ates every student with its influence and 
serves to make the course valuable and 
attractive.”

USE OF FUNDS.

The use of the funds of the institution 
in building and equipment is not criticis­
ed. As to salaries the report is: “while 
we do not find sufficient ground for rec­
ommending the cutting off of any por­
tion of the present force, yet we do 
believe that more work can be given to 
the faculty, and a corresponding greater 
benefit to the students and college, by 
enlarging the laboratory or practical 
teaching without increasing materially 
the force of teachers.” In experimental 
work, 19 instances are given of practical 

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benefit which has resulted from the 
scientific work of the College, such as 
Kerosene emulsion, showing value of 
Clawson wheat, etc.

COEDUCATION.

“The success of the education of girls 
at the University in our State, at the 
Agricultural College of Kansas, and oth­
er leading institutions where the dormi­
tory plan is not adopted, has been such 
that your committee feel that the step is 
fully warranted, and that it is popularly 
demanded, and that as soon as the Board 
of Agriculture can arrange for the 
Industrial course for girls it should be 
done.”

CONTROL OF COLLEGE LANDS.
The committee recommends the pas­
sage of the bill now pending for vesting 
the entire control of the college lands 
with the State Board of Agriculture, 
giving as their reasons practically the 
same arguments published in the Eagle 
some time ago.

The report of the committee then goes 
on to recommend a number of changes 
which they think should be made in the 
conduct of affairs, some of them of a rad­
ical nature.

BOARD AND FACULTY.

Commenting on the abandonment of
the former plan of having joint meetings 
of the Board and Faculty, the report
says, the two bodies have drifted apart 
since that time, and recommends that 
closer relations be cultivated. A signif­
icant and important recommendation is 
contained in the following words: 
“Great latitude should be given to the 
President in his powers and privileges in 
employing and directing his assistants. 
He could and should be held responsible 
for the successes or failures resulting 
from his administration.”

MANUAL LABOR.

Our labor system is then touched upon 
as follows : “Compulsory manual labor 
except as needed in conducting the prac­
tical education in the industrial branches 
should be abandoned. Where so needed it 
should be rigidly demanded and should 
not be paid for. When students elect 
to work, and there is work for them to do, 
it should be paid for at a price commen­
surate with the class of labor performed.” 
DORMITORY SYSTEM .

The committee advise the gradual 
abandonment of the dormitory system. 
COURSES.
“More elective studies should be added. 
Adopt a popular two years’ course that 
shall at the same time be a part of the 
four years’ course. Strengthen and sub­
divide the agricultural course, adding 
to its practical and industrial side indoors 
and outdoors.”

EXPERIMENTAL WORK.

“In the experimental work keep 
abreast of the better class of farmers, 
finding out and demonstrating the value 
of new things.”

THE FARM.

“The portion of the college farm not 
devoted to experimental purposes should 
  be maintained as a model farm. In the 
minds of your committee there exists an 
opportunity for improvement in this re­
spect.”

The report concludes with the follow­
ing words: “Ninety-five per cent, of the 
people of Michigan are in the various in­
dustrial vocations and only 5 per cent. in 
the learned professions, yet almost the 
opposite ratio is maintained in the ap­
propriations for education at our colleges 
of the two classes. This state of affairs 
should be changed and greater promi­
nence given to the subjects that fit the 
great majority for the work they should

 
and will pursue. The “mechanic arts” 
occupy second place only to agriculture 
in this great list of followers. Can we 
not then recommend that a College en­
dowed liberally by congress to “promote 
the liberal and practical education of 
the industrial classes” be occupied by 
eliminating the course in mechanic arts?
We think not, we should build up, not 

tear down.”

A MINORITY REPORT.

Senator Gilbert, in a minority report, 
indulges in some criticism of the man­
agement of the farm, and does not con­
cur in the recommendation of the major­
ity with regard to coeducation.

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Wool bicycle hose with linen 

feet are the kind to buy, and 

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cotton.

Nice line of Summer 

Vests. Come in and see 

them.

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Tailor.
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LANSING, MICH.

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56 WILLIAMS HALL. '

Headquarters for

College Text Books

and

Don’t Be Discouraged !

Because the old house don’t look as

well as your neighbor’s new one.

You can make it look “as good as 

new” with very little expense.

Paint Is Cheap This Year!

Use it. You will be astonished at 

the way it improves the looks of 

old houses.

We have it in quantities from halt a 

pint up. All shades. Call and see.

Stationery.

C. ALSDORF & SON,

Come in and get what you need.

The Druggists.

 
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A. M. EMERY

Has a large line of

BOOKS IN FINE BINDINGS,

PHOTO ALBUMS, PHOTO BOXES 

FRAMES, PICTURES,

ARTIST’S MATERIALS.

SEE HIS ASSORTMENT BEFORE BUYING.

NEWS OF THE ALUMNI.

A. F. Gorden, ’91, has returned from 
the World’s Fair and resumed the study 
of botany.

John R. Potter, with ’93, died at his 
home near Williamston, Sunday morn­
ing May 14th, at 5 o’clock.

Born, at Storrs, Conn., on May 21st, a 
boy by the name of Peebles, whose 
weight is 5 kilo., 443 gr. The Eagle 
congratulates Prof, and Mrs. Peebles.

The friends of W. S. Baird, ’85, will 
be sorry to learn of his illness, which 
makes it necessary for him to give up 
indoor work. He expects to remove to 
the west, where we hope he will find a 
climate and occupation congenial to 
him.

Columbias and Victors,

Are The 
Most

Reliable 

Wheels 

In the 

Market.

Why not
BUY

THE
BEST 

And be

Satisfied.

[The Victoria.]

Sold at the College by

VanDervoort and Curtiss.