The Eagle.

Vol. IV, 

Agricultural College, Michigan.
June 23, 1893. 

Ao. 19.

COLLEGE AND STUDENT NEWS.

Pearl Kedzie is at home from Olivet 

for the summer vacation.

Mrs. Prof. Gillette, and daughter 
Florence, of Fort Collins, Colorado, are 
guests of Prof. A. J. Cook.

Mr. W. J. McGee will be the delegate 
from M. A. C. at the Y. M. C. A. Con­
vention at Geneva, Wis., next week.

Prof. Harwood will take his class in 
Senior agriculture to the city Saturday, 
to inspect the various manufactories in 
the dairy line.

Misses Winnie Sipley, Daisy Dodge, 
and Ruth Shank were the guests of 
Miss Lucy Clute on Friday, Saturday, 
and Sunday of last week.

The Hesperian Society has recently 
remodeled its rooms in the west ward of 
Wells, and next Wednesday evening will 
give an entertainment to its friends.

Miss Edna Truman of Nashville, is 
visiting at her cousin’s near the College. 
She will sing in the Congregational 
Church of Lansing next Sunday morn­
ing.

The following card has been received 

from Ann Arbor:

Born to
Mr. and Mrs. N. D. Corbin,
a daughter
Josephine Horatia,
June 14, 1893.

A gentleman and his wife, just from 
Chicago, spent a night at the College 
last week, and said, that the College 
grounds were the most beautiful thing 
that they had seen in their entire trip of 
sight seeing.

The Agricultural Department has 
received through Prof. Harwood from 
the Crystal Creamery Co. a creamer No. 
3, a cream ripener, churn and butter 
worker. The apparatus is now in the 
Agricultural laboratory and has at pres­
ent a great deal of attention, as the 
latest and best.

The Italian Bees belonging to the 
College have been taken to Lapeer, 
some of them however were too late for 
the train, and evidently being disap­
pointed in not having a ride on the cars, 
are very angry and hover around the 
depot at Trowbridge, waiting for their 
companions, and ready to vent their 
vemon on man or beast.

In the bulletin on “Michigan Birds,’’ 
we note that the fish duck, common on 
Saginaw Bay. is not lit for table use and 
that the hooded merganser, or top-knot, 
common on Pine Lake, is reported by a 
Lansing authority as follows: “feeds on 
snails and crabs, excellent table duck.” 
A Wisconsin man says of the same duck, 
“flesh almost as rank as the preceeding” 
and a Californian, “this duck is not no­
ticed by the hunters as it has no market 
value.

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OFFICERS & NON-COMMISSIONED
OFFICERS,

Of the M. A. C. Battalion of Cadets.

Summer Term of 1893.

Edson A. Lewis, 2nd Lieutenant, 
18th Infantry, U. S. A. 
Commandant.

Staff.
W. F. Hopkins, 1st Lieut. & Adjutant.
J. B. Dimmick, Capt. & Quartermaster.
Non-Commissioned Staff.

J. C. Patrick,......... Sergeant-Major.
V. V. Newell,......... Color Sergeant.
G. W. Williams,... Chief Musician.
I. R. Jones,............. Acting Drum-Major.

Company A.

L.  J.  Briggs,........................... Captain.
M.  F.  Loomis,.......................... 1st Lieut.
J. P.  Churchill,...................... 2nd Lieut.
H. H.  Rhodes,.......................... 1st Serg’t.
M. G. Kains,.............
M. P. Carney,..........................
C. C. Pashby,............ )
R. Fisher
C. P. Close,................
W. C. Bagley,...........................
R. L. Reynolds,... 
E. L. Fugate,........

..Corporals.

......................

Company B.

F. P. Clark,...............................Captain.
H. R. Allen,...............................1st  Lieut.
O. S. Groner,............................. 2nd  Lieut.
F. M. Nichols,......................... 1st  Serg’t.
R. S. Woodworth,. 
T. Smith,.............. 
H. F. Lake,..........
C. H. Robinson,...
W. W. Smith,........ .................
M. D. Owen,..........
O. P. West,.................

.Sergeants.

Corporals.

.............

Company C.

A. B. Chase,............................. Captain.
R. S. Campbell,....................... 1st Lieut.

  W. F. Wight,.. .........
S. F. Scott,...............
V.  V. Newell,........
E. V. Johnstone,.. 
A. J. Beese,..........
W.  J. Goodenough, 
E. J. Heck,............
H. D. Baker,..........
E. E. Robb,............

..............2nd Lieut.
..............1st Serg’t.

..............Sergeants.

............... Corporals.

Company D.

J. B. Dimmick,.........................Captain.
G. E. Simmons,.........................1st Lieut.
J. W. Rittinger,.......................2nd Lieut.
R. S. Welsh,.............................1st Serg’t.
D. D. McArthur,.. 
L. A. Wilson..........  ................ Sergeants.
W. A. Ansorge,....
H. E. Ward,..........
W. C. Stebbins,.... 
G. L. Stewart,....
A. C. McKinnon,..

..............Corporals.

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Sergeants.

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in stock at COST.

Take advantage of this sale and 

obtain some of the finest cut glass 

in the world at extremely low 

prices.

C. ALSDORF & SON.

The Druggists.

The Eagle
Published every Friday, at 
Agricultural College, Michigan, 
ROSCOE KEDZIE, - - Editor.

Terms,
One Year, -  -  75 cents.

One Term, -  -  20 cents.

Single copy, - 

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Entered at the post-office at Agricultural 
College, Mich., as second class matter.

A Slue Mark Means That Your Subscription 

Has Expired. PLEASE RENEW !

APPRECIATION.

The Detroit Journal a few days ago 
contained the following article, which 
is so refreshing and well-merited an 
appreciation of the work of the College, 
that wo print it for the benefit of those 
who do not see the Journal.

During the recent troubles in the Mich­
igan agricultural college, the Evening 
News, true to its instinctive hatred of 
public educational facilities, did all 
it could to throw discredit upon that 
institution of learning.

The ignorant prejudice of the News 
led it to the assumption that the col­
lege was a failure because the number 
of students has not grown rapidly. That 
is too silly to call for refutation. 
Judged by that rule, how many famous 
colleges would be pronounced failures'. 
More students are desirable, undoubt­
edly, but the agricultural college is a 
great success even with its present roll 
call.

The influence of that college is not 

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exerted solely on the young men who 
enter as students. It reaches all the 
farmers of the state who are capable of 
receiving and using new ideas. By 
means of farmers’ institutes, published 
lectures, and articles in the agricultural 
and horticultural papers, the professors 
of the agricultural college have done a 
great work to the end of placing farming 
on a higher plan. They have by inves­
tigation and experiments in laboratory 
and field, added to the farmer’s knowl­
edge regarding destructive insects, the 
rotation of crops, the use of fertilizers, 
the use of seed, the feeding of cattle, and 
many other lines of activity in agricul­
ture. They are patiently building up 
a science of horticulture for the develop­
ment of new fruit and vegetables and the 
improvement of those we already have. 
They are studying chemistry and botany 
and all the sciences as they enter into 
agricultural problems. The work of in­
vestigation and discovery is of equal 
value with that of actual instruction 
given to the students.

Practical men acquainted with the 
agricultural college approve of it. There 
is an excellent instance which Detroit­
ers will appreciate. Hiram Walker, all 
will admit, is a practical, hard-headed, 
business man. No one will accuse him 
of using sentiment in the slightest de­
gree in conducting any one of the score 
or more of enterprises with which he is 
connected. Some of his trees become 
infested with injurious insects; he sends 
to the agricultural college for an expert 
to examine them and suggest a remedy. 
His thousands of acres of farming land 
around Wakerville needed better culti­
vation to make them profitable; he wrote 
last year to the agricultural college to 
have a scientific farmer recommended, 
and the college sent one of its graduates, 
whom Mr. Walker engaged for a long 
term of years to take charge of his agri­
cultural interests.

COMING— SO’S THE MILLENNIUM.
Over four hundred feet of track has 
been laid on the Michigan avenue ex­
tension of the street railway and Supt. 
Davids states that by Saturday night the 
rails will be laid to the driving park. 
The grading will be completed tomorrow 

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night, and the whole extension will be 
in running order by July 1.—State Re­
publican. Why can’t Supt. Davids hus­
tle a little more, and get the road to the 
College by Commencement..

MORE LOCAL NEWS.

Circus today,— the great Forepaugh. 

Everybody goes.

The Hesperian party is to be held to­
night and not Wednesday as is stated in 
another column.

Mr. A. C. Cole, ’95, of Grand Rapids, 
leaves College this week on account of 
sickness at his home.

The ball team borrowed a battery 
last Saturday and tried to beat the Flint 
nine. Score 14 to 4 the wrong way.

It is said that shower baths are becom­
ing quite fashionable these warm nights 
in the West Ward of Wells and 3rd floor, 
Williams.

Mrs. L. H. Bailey, of Ithaca, N. Y., is 
visiting her mother, Mrs. Smith of Lan­
sing. Mrs. Bailey's many friends hope 
to see her often at the College.

Among the Mechanical Engineers at 
Cornell University who received the 
degree, M. E., on June 15th, we take 
pleasure in noting the name of Wm. H. 
VanDervoort.

Dr. Kedzie has received a letter from 
D. R. Stewart, of Broxburn, Scotland, 
inquiring about the test in Michigan for 
the inspection of kerosene. Mr. Stewart 
is a member of the Broxburn Oil Co., 
Limited, and seeks to raise the test for 
inspection on account of the number of 
lives lost and property burned up by 
reason of lamp explosions in Great Brit­
ain—300 lives lost annually in England 
and Wales from this cause. The flash 
test is only 73° F. No wonder!

John Herrmann, 
Tailor.
218 N. Washington Ave., 
LANSING, MICH.

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Resolutions of the Columbian Soci­
ety On the Death of F. J. Bone.
At a meeting of a committee of the Co­
lumbian Literary Society, held June 20, 
1893, the following resolutions were 
adopted:

Whereas the Infinite Father in His 
wisdom and mercy has seen lit to advance 
our beloved brother, Fred J. Bone, to a 
higher plane of existence, be it

Resolved, That in the death of our 
fellow-member, we have lost from our 
society one whose upright character, 
amiable disposition and devotion to du­
ty have won the respect and admiration 
of all;

Resolved, That we extend our heart­
felt sympathy to the bereaved family in 
this great affliction;

Resolved, That a copy of these reso­
lutions be added to our minutes and that 
they be published in the Eagle and the 
Speculum.

Sanford H. Fulton, 
Wilber J. Cumings, 
Edward C. Crawford, 
Philip S. Rose.

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Adam Bede.

PRICES— 35, 50 and 75 cents.

Adam Bede, as presented last Friday, 
by Miss Benfey, was greatly enjoyed by 
all who did not mind the thick swarm 
of mosquitoes, which vied with the read­
er to attract the attention of the aud­
ience. All unite in according Miss 
Benfey great credit for her remarkable 
self-possession and entertainment under 
such trying circumstances. She is a 
delightful reader, and we should be glad 
if we could hear her soon again. The 
Feronians deserve the thanks of the 
community for giving us the treat.

Call at room 31, and see those note 
books. Ruled, 225 pages, cloth cover, 
35 cts. Unruled, 225 pages, cloth cover, 
30 cts. Also fountain pens for sale. 
John Holland fountain pens $1.75.

Palmer & Hale.

Wight Bros.

56 WILLIAMS HALL.

Headquarters for

College Text Books 

and 

Stationery.

Come in and get what you need.

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NEWS OF THE ALUMNI.

O. A. Turner, ’90, of Grand Rapids, is 
in the engineering corps of the D. L. & 
N. R. R.

Alex. Moore, ’89, is Circuit Court Com­
missioner of St. Clair Co. Alex. expects 
to pay the College a visit during Com­
mencement week.

From Colorado comes a very hand­
some illustrated catalogue. In the 
Faculty list occur the names of five 
M. A. C. graduates. 
.

James M. Smith, class ’82, writes that 
he has just been appointed superintend­
ent of schools at Saratoga Springs, N. 
Y. He is to have charge of the instruc­
tion in biology.

Of the nine graduates in the class of 
1893, at the Michigan Mining School, 
three are old M. A. C. boys. They are 
A. A. Abbott, ’87, A. L. Waters, ’90, and 
George B. Church, with ’91.—Spec.

H. R. Case, with ’88, has left railroad­
ing, and is now a member of the North-western 
 Sewer Pipe and Tile Co. of 
Sioux City, Iowa. The company is doing 
a thriving business. They ship two car 
loads per day.

Rob. Kedzie, with ’93, is making a 
visit at his home in Grand Haven. He 
will go from there to the World’s Fair, 
and then to Lordsburg, New Mexico, 
where he will assist his brother, Don. H. 
Kedzie with the Western Liberal.

A handsome, illustrated Commence­
ment number of the Rocky Mountain 
Collegian, published at the Colorado 
Agricultural College, has' been sent us. 
We notice an interesting article by Prof. 
C. P. Gillette, ’84, on “Agassiz as a Col­
lege Student.”

Prof. C. B. Collingwood,’ 85, of Arizo­
na Agricultural College, made a pleas­
ant call on the College Tuesday. He re­
ported Director F. A. Gulley, ’80, as at­
tending the Columbian Fair, and Prof. 
Tourney and Instructor H. J. Hall are 
visiting friends in Michigan. These four 
worthy sons of M. A. C. are making a 
great success in the Arizona Agricultur­
al College and exert a wide influence in 
the territory.

J. H. WOOD,

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Wool bicycle hose with linen 

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Nice line of Summer 

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them.

ELGIN MIFFLIN.