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DR. L. H. BAILEY,

\V ho will gi\'c an address in the .Armory tomo rrow c\"(."lling, Decem­ber I!, on "The Spirit of the Col­legc." Every college mill! :ltld wom:m should hear Dr. Bailey.

LANSING ALUMNI ASSO­CIATION.

: \11 :IIU01ni lIssocialion i" SoOIl to be formed ill Lansing. :lIu\ for the purpose of organi1.lltion it meeting is to he held in tile Chamber of Commerce rooms on T uesday C\"(::I1·

ing, Dcccmhcr 19, at 7 :30 o'clock. Lansill:; offers c:';ccplioll aJ oppor­tun ities for the organization of a strong alumni <lsso<.:iatiol l, since 125 grMluatcs ha\'c their residence in this city, beside w hich the re is a large number loyal men and WOmen who have spent some time in col­lege hut who never g r ~l duatcd.

\\'e ccrtailily wish the promoters success and prospe rity , ami belien~ that mllch good may bc dOlle the institution th rough the org-anitation of:1II association in Lallsing. Those who arc actively illte rcsted in this movement are, E. C. L inde mann and Z. C. Goodell, 'I I, E. I. Dail, 'O::! :Ind H elen CsselstYIl, '09·

"THE MONEY SPINNER. I>

T he armo ry was the scene of some v'cry clever acting Saturday evening, w hen the Dramatic club put Oil its fi rst pl ay, " T he Money ~pinner."

The scene of the play was the homa of H arold Boycott and his p retty young wi fe, 1\1 illicent, whom he had Imlrried two years p rev ious, thus taking he r from the home o f her fa ther, Baron Kroodle, a noted gamble r. .

l-hrold y ields to te mptat ion and borrows from his firm to pay :1 bad debt, a fact which he tries to shield from his wife. He is watched by a dctecti~'c in the person of Jules Faubert , who has hired in the com­pany as clerk.

At this juncture papa Kroodle and daughte r, Dorinda, take up thei r abode with Harold and Milli­cent, much to the disgust of the former. M rs. Boycott fina lly suc­ceeds in drawing from her husband

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the cause of h is trouble, ;lIld a t once sets about maki ng plans to secu re the money to p;ly the loall.

Lord Kengllssie, her fonne r lover, and now the promised hus­band of Dorinda, :\ppCll rs a ll the scellc. H c is:1 m an of gn~at wcalth, and )01 illicent decides to t ry he r old game as "money s pinner" and with the ca rds win the desin:d 10,000 francs from this Olall. H er phil! is thwarted by Faubert. Kengussie is furious, :lIld hot words follow.

11 rs. Boycott and Lonl Kengus. sie an' no w le ft alone, and the forme r tells her troubles to he r fi rst lover. R cconcil i:ltion is at once ef· fected, the Lord becomes I larold's banker, rauber! is d ismissed, an d the tleht is cancelled.

The pa rts wen! all well executed. The Ba ron and his brandy bottle was the causc of much merriment, and l\larg:ot, with her interruptions alld droll 1I11IJOUnCcmellts, kept the players busy. It is hoped we may h,1\'e another p roduction during the win ter tcrm.

THE OAST. Lord Kengussie. ____ Mr. MelJi)llald Baron Kroodle ...... ____ Mr. Q.-intt Harold Boycott. _. __ '" Mr. il1itc.hell Jules Fllubert_. _________ Prof . King Porter_ ... . _______ . ____ .. Mr. Carey Mill icent Boycott _____ MissGraham Dorinda Kroodle ... _____ Miss Carter Margot _ ... _. ___ . __ . ____ Miss Crane

THE FOOTBALL BANQUET.

T he IUlIlual football hanquet, held ill Cilib D F ridny evcning, wus en· joyed by some ::!50 pe rsons alld is cOllct."{ktl to be thc best e.-er held . All speakers were present with the exceplion of \V . K. P ru{ldclI, who sent the m:lIIag-ement a teleg ram of explanation and regret. 1fr. Prud­dell was out of the city, h a,·ing bee n called a\\",ly 011 :lCCOUll\ of business.

1'rof. F rench was toastmaster, :lnd introduced each speaker with a :I timely s tory or joke.

Capt. Ri blet was the first speak­e r, his subject being, "A R etro· spect." II is retrospect covcrc(1 the four years of h is college life, and of the r ll pid advances ~ I. A. C. had nwde along all lines of a thletics du r­ing that time. H e was strong in his praises of the IOY:11 band and root­e rs for the ir su pport du ring- the en ­tire SeaSO\l, and especially for t heir e ffort s in cOll nection with the Ohio game.

i\lr. C rotly, of Lansing, was the secolld s penker, and d rew a compar­ison of football and the s trife Oil the ficl(1 of battle.

Prof. Macklin's talk on 1< H ealth ilnd Exercise," together with a fund of good stories, was enthusias tically recei " cd, as was also Prof. Kedzie's " \ Vhllt It Amounts T o."

Assistant Cortright was called upon, and slated tha t he was espe· cially well pleast.-d with M. A. C .'s work at offense, and believed it the best ever seen here. From p resen t prospects, M. A. C. will have an· other exceptionally strong aggrega. tion in 1913,

Cheers for the coach, team and speakers closed the p rogram of the most successful inter-society foo t­ball banquet ever held at M. A. C .

GEORGE W. HA IG H

EARLY DAYS AT M. A. C.

C;<pt. Geo. W. H aigh, 1861, Tells How Forestry Was Studied ie 1857.

To the E ditor : Y ou askcd me to write sOlllcthing

about li fe lIt the college in the early years, from tSSi to 1860, ,lIld I gl'ldly attempt it- tho ugh writing is not my forte-keeping in mind twO things, namely, to be as truth­ful as I Clln in telling: of things that happened long time ngo,nnd to repre­se nt those ellrly days,-ollr labors, dilliculties, s ut:c.:sses aLld disappoint. ments-in such a way 1h:lt the stu. dents o f today may, by contrast. see the great advantages they enjoy over thcs\Udents of those pioneer times at :\\. A. C.

Not th:lt those times wcre by any mcans unpleusu ll t. Far from it ! III ret rospect they are glorious! And though they were crude in methods nnd w:lstcful in practices, judged by present s t:tndanls, yet thei r products show that there was good foresight, carefu l thought :Hld sound meri t in their ge neral pla ns :uul purposes.

\ Vhen we note the advancement made in American agriculture in the fi rst fifty yea rs of the college life, when we realize the part taken din :etly and illd irectly in tha t great work by our dear old alma mater, when we view w ith jllst p ride and satis fa ction what he r favo red sons have contri buted toward that nd· n m cement- the w ork of Cook in California, Prentiss and Bailey at Cornell, Bessey in Nebras ka , Dall­iels in \Visconsin, D:lvenport in Illinois, and many othe rs that should be mentioned, we m ust concl ude tha t the humble begin nings in the woods of }..lichig:lIl for advanced agriculture w ere well conceived , and those early trinls and struggles well rewarded.

T o Joseph R. \Villiams, who as state senator persistently u rged and finally forcell the bill that gave us the college throtlgh a reluctant and doubting leg islature, and after wards as its first p resident successfully

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No. 12

ALUMNIJ '6<).

J ames Satterlee writes to htlve h is :Idd resschanged to Los Alwt:ies, Calif. ~ Ir. !Ind .:\Irs. ~atterlccC;>have ;1 ple,ISallt 10cHtioll for the winter IIl'ar where they were t\\O years ago, ami h:tve se,'c ral 11 ichigan friclllis as neighbors. }oJ r. S. stlltes that they a re h:lv ing deligh tful we:tther, and th:lt ,\1 ri!. S:.tterlee is illlpro~'ilJg- in he:llth. Their ad­tlress is 35·f \\ '. 46th Sl.

'9-1--1 • .1. Quigley writcs from Graml

Rapids :IS follows, " T he K £colw is a welcome visitor for the reason th:1\ two of my sons will soon fin· ish high school , aud are pl:LUniuJ.: to elltl'r i\L A. C. They :Ire nalu r­~1I)' much interested in college :Iffairs. I also elljO)' the R EeoHo, as itkeeps me in touch ~vith old and valued associlltions." :\Ir. Quigley is repres~ntillg the Stallllani \~ar· nish \\- orks, of Chicago, as their Ilorthern mlillage r.

'96. It. E. Doolill le, :Ict;n~ ch ief of

th~ L'. S. B ureau of Chemist n ·. W;lS in Lansing last w l: l:k. and .spoke before the State Associrllioll of Fanners' Club" \\·ednesdllY (:\'ell­ing, on ··The E.nforC1;'n1cllt of the ~:ltiOllal Food llml Dru~ Law." :<.Ir. Doolittle enjo}cd a tOllr of th ... campus whilc ill the vicinity, and visited his old hoow, near \\'illifllll· stall .

'oo-'Ot . Capt. )Olnrk I.. Ireland, Coast

. \rtillery Corps, C. S. ,\rIllY, has been aSSigned to the command of the ~Sth company, C. _\. C .• lit Fort T erry, X. Y .. as :1 result o f the reCell t provision of 1:1\\ rclie\ing oflicers from detached se n ·ice. Capt. I rciaml was pursuing the :td­I' anced course at the Coast Artillery School lit Fort:\ lonroe, \ -a., hav ing fin ished from the regular Cou rse liS d istinguished g raduate hlSl J II nc. ·M rs. Irelund (Irma Thompson, '(9) with her two sons will join C;q)t. Irel:lIId at their new station at once.

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M ax D. Farmer, fo rm er in­s trllctor in draw ing at :\1. A. C., writes to Prof. K edzic of his work in connection with the lJ. S . Patent otlice at \ Vllshingtoll. 11r. Farmer h:ls becn assigned to Division 23, w hich division passe!! on ;til patents pcrtnining to horolog-y, time imlicat. ing mechanis ms, voting m:lchines, etc. H is work has to do di rectly with every thing pertaining to clocks, \\'~tches e tc., :lnd their make-up. I n this work is also electrical prob. lems pertaining to electrical clocks, pc I1d u I u m s, and time·operated switches. r-..Ir. F. adds that he h as been granted permission to visit the great na val obsenato ry soon, whe re he will have opportunity to view the moon and othe r planets through the b ig telescope at that place.

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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1912

, J: T E take pleasure in presenting V V to our rcnders this week

a!lotber lIrticlc from the pen of onc of 111. A. C.'s first stud!.'nts, Georgc Haigh, of l\1:lI1bIO, 1-linll. The article will be of speci:ll interest to the ol{ler alumni, ;.5 it deals with the problems in COllm:ctioll with the early d:IYs of the institution. It will be 110 less intere3ting to those of morc rL'Ccnt )'eurs. :IS \\ e all like to re:ld the history o f the college, aud especially history of this kind. \Ve are "ery sure, therefore, that the comribution will be thoroughly appreciated hy everyone, amI our sincere Ih:lIlks arc due ~Ir. lIaigh for his cffort.

ENGINEERS IN DEMAND.

Th:ll Ihe engincering" profession is not as yct O\'c rc!Olle is e,· ideuccd from lhe number of C:II!S for com· petent men which arc being con tino u:Illy m:ule upon til. A. C. The following is 0. snmpl~ of these, only a few p:IYilgraphs bCUIg quoted:

"\\' e have two positions vacant in our ellgineering dep:l(tmelll , olle of which we would like to fill with a young mall just out of school; t.he other one should h:l\'c a mlln With at least one YCarli experience. both of them cid l engineers. ['lease advise if \'uu hat·~ all)' s itch men ;IQlilable."·

.. I am looking (OT sen:Tal men, with preferably one year's exper· ien~·e . for work as detaile.-s in s true· tural engilleeTing. I will :llso take 1912 gr:ldu:.tcs, and will consider those ha,'i ng morc expeTience than one year. If you call TcconHnend such men to me. with their ad.lress, J will appred:lte it .cry much."

t. I w:tnt Some ass ist:mce in the sales end of this busine§s, and I should lik e to get hold of a you ng man with ;I techniC:11 Ir:linillg, one. of your g rlldu!ltc engineers, o r .1

young mall who may not h:H'e fin · ished his coursc. There are some who prefer gelling illlO the sales T:ttheT than the 1IJ:Lllufacturing end of the husiness, and it is such a one that J am looking lor. "

Y. M. C. A. NOTES.

Dr. F. A. Kclh:T, of China, gave a very interesting talk 1:lst Thurs· day e,'euing, to a la rge audience.

There was 110 union meeting SUllo day evcning, because of the conven· tion of the Student's Volunteer Movement being held al the Ply. mouth ch urch. in Lansing.

\Ve w ill htlve thl,: usual meeti ng next T hursday evening befoTe the Bible Study ba IH\uet.

Prof. John~ton , of t.he English de paTlment, will atidTess the union meeting Sunday evening.

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FORESTERS AT GRAND RAPIDS.

The senior foresters, with l~rof.

Haker, left Th\' rsday afternoon rOT G raud Rapids, where 011 Friduy ther visited the big furniture plants .

During the morning the plants o[ lk.Tk.::y & Gay and John Widdi · comb werc inspt..'Ctcd. Ollsef\'a· liolls were made on each opeTation, starting in the lumbcT plrds with the nlw material , rmc! closing with the finished p roduct ready fOT1)uck. lUg allli shipping, special note being taken of the character of the woods used .

One point of inte rest was the fa ct that flOt Illore than 30 pel' cent. of the entire log is actually utilized in the manufactun~ of high grade fur·niture. A JaTge pTOpoTtion of the finishing woods !lrc of lh e tTOp· ical SOTt, coming from Mexico and Ilotlduras. African mahogany, satin wood and circassion walnut arc also used. The walnut is not used exten· sively, from the fn ct that the compa· nics arc unable to obtain thc Taw mao teriaL 1L i~ olle of the most popu. lar funliture woods in EUTope.

At the \Vid{licomb plam, a large shipment was pointed out as being a consignment to I-Ionolulu.

T he furniture companies are JUSt now prep:lring for the large ex hibit, which is to begin the day after Chdstm:ls. At this time huye rs will Rock in fro m e\'eT)' plITt of the countr\' to make their fUfniWre pur· chases'for the comin~--si x 1I10l1ths. Another exhibit is held during.l une , when the tr ips :Ire repe;tlcd.

At noon 011 FTiday Prof. Hllker and paTty were guesls o f ~I a!lager \Volf, of lhe Palltlind hotel fo r din· nc r. The boys report a most en· joyable and inst ructi\'e trip.

HORT. CLUB.

A large crowd was out at the last meeting of the 1I0 rt. Club, to hear :\Ir. \\' ilbur Judson talk on the sub· ject. ,. lI orticu lture ill tbe l1u{lsoli R i\'er \. :tUey." :\h . .1 ullson is asso· ciated with a you ngeT brothel', who is a gradUAte o f Comel!. ill f ruit growing in the beauti ful :lnd h istoric ,'ulle.y of the H udson, ;thout 130

miles 1I0Tth of the ci ty of Scw York. T he talk W:I S ,'c'ry interest· ing 'because it showed full well that the speaker unders tood the business end of hamlling such :111 ellleTprise.

11.1 r. Gunson rl!:Id extr;lcts from a letter lately received from Ed. Smith, 'J:!, who is doing fruit, storage in· vestigations fo r the pTovince of B.ritish Columbia . There were also on haud seveTal v:lYielies of apples which :-'fr. C. J. :-' fOllrQC had fo r· warded to the club. To Slly the leas t, the), weTe fully appTeciated.

Officers for the wiuteT teTm were elected as follows:

Pres.-R. R. Pailtho rp. \'ice Pres.-A. J. Olney. Sec., Treas._R. Kimball. Scribe_M. L. H olland. 1I.h. Paihhorp made a few reo

marks ill acceptance, and the crowd dispersed.

l\J. J. Gearing is with the Ame ri · can Bridge Co., at Gary, 1nd. His wor k is detailing alld maki ng cor· Teclions. H e is lit. pTeSellt rooming wit.h Fred Stone, and other r.L A. C. men with the company are Ped· ersoo, G oodell, Dunlap and Knight. His temporary address in 8Z2

Adams A ve.

RESOLUTIONS.

lI 'her~as. It has pleased AI· mi!(hty God to take from this life Il e rmun Ilenricksoll, be it

/lcJ'olved, That the membe rs of the Forensic Literary Society ex· tend to o ur brother. I lenT), Il eoriek­son anJ the bereaved family our deepest sym pathy, and be it furtheT

R .:soh-ed, That a copy of these resolutiolls be entcred in the records o f the society, and also published in the 1I01.C,\I) and the tiL A. C. RKCOItD.

C. C. CAI! ~T I:::X S, R. E. CAny!., A. C. MA SO:O;-,

COlllmittee.

'88. J. I r. llro wn, of Battle CTcek, as·

soci:lte e{litor of four al:! r icu1tur:l1 papeTs and staff photogr;lpher for Lcslit·'s I/ 'cd'/y, w rites for extra copies of the Rt:cou tl containing: Dr. Uessey's :trticle, ami adds:

"I was with the class of '88, and since ba\ e looked fOT that old split stonc every time I rode out to the college. Somt!lhing: ought to be done to enclose that sacred spot amI prevent lilly fu ture possible ,·andal. is m of cither tTee or s tont' ,"

r-.h. Brown was an eng- ineering st udent and, that he has tht: ability . 1.0 "ti uk eT" is prove n hy the follow­ing extr:lct taken from the Chal· mcr.~' D O;lIgs:

"For his ca r, he has built special equipment which .:onsists o f a ham· mock for his s illall daughter,:I spe· cinl tool box designe{l by him self. 101<ling- dining table for the tonneau, resefl'oir in which to carrydril1kill~ wtller, speci:l! traveling trunk de· signed by h imself. and rolli n;.! 1Il;IP show ing- e,'ery road in 2 0 :-'fichigau counties.

' ·:\1 r. Brown h as eq uipped his ca r with self· starte r, lamp, igniter, spe· cin l elect ric lighting devices, fore· doors, ventilators, e tc. Ilis C;lr has Iravek"{l over 18,000 mill-s, chieliy in road report work . .:\lr. Bro wn has Ile ,'er h:l(\ an accident, and th ere is not e\'en a semtch on ally of the fend ers."

'07· E:ITI I~. \l.obinsoll, of Decatur,

Ind., writes as follows : " I cannot affonl to get along with ·

out th e H: ECOltU. so I'll make nn-· self a ChristmaS present of it for another yea r.

"You Illar he IISSli red thaI I fol· low the :\1. ~\ . C. teams in all th eir h:tIl!.::S, with intense inte rest. T he footbllll team of 1912 certainly h:lvc made a record to be proud of, :.IS did Ihe basehall team e'lrlier in the \'e:lr.

"to!. A. C. W:I S :111 ex tre;nely good place to "live :md [earn" five and ten years hack, and yet it keeps on g rowing and impro\·ing. I k no w I must get back there again soon and feast my eyes 011 that f:lv­o red !!Celie.

'oS. FTank O'Gara, with the gTeat

TT:lns·continental Railway Com· missione rs of Ontario, was last spring promoted 10 be resident cu· Kincer. Mr. O'Ga ra states that the constTuctOTS closed thei r wOTk fOT the season 011 No " . I, and he is now busy getting the final cross sect io ns and profile Teady t OT the fi nal esti· mates a ll lhat sect ion of the job.

H. \V. R o wley is now ill the g reat northwest. His audress is Masinosin, Alber ta.

EARLY DAYS AT M. A. C.

(()Q"Ullued frol" pl'\W",I.\

lau nched the new untried ent(' rp ri se too much c redit ';:llInot Ix· g-i' en . l ie hel ped nlUd1 It) 1II'lke succeed· ing times bette r in \\ h ieh 10 li,·(" brigh ter and hroader and more sat· isfyin;!, not only to those engaged in :Igricuhure, uut to the whole iu· dustTial :lI1d ecouomic life o f this g rc;\l bnd.

BIIt J was to tdl yOIl of the earh' dars, the d:IYs of IS57, when 10', )'o\lng men, ncarly :ill from f,lrms in Mi ch ig an, began the s tudy of "adnlllccd" lIg-ricn llure HI i\l. A. C.

Y Ollr s lu{lentsof l.oJ:lY hal'e th.::ir course ill forestrY :lt the college, de· voted to the slIldy of our be:wli ful and invaluable fores t trees _ theiT conse rv ;ltiou, protcction :111<1 prese r· ratio n _ one of the most important studies in your entire course of in· struetion.

\\ 'e of 1857 h ad :1150 oll r cou rse in forestry, hut il was a Ilifferent one, and a depressi ng- one as I now look back, de"oted to the(lestnzctiOIJ - tllC lolal dt:.~/rllt:tiOIi _lmrll;l1g' up al:d fO"';~'rr allllih;w!il1g' _ one o f thc lillest foreSls tl'tlt e'.;r the good Lonl ).!"al-e to man for his lise and profit :l1It1 comfort.

T he main features of this early course of s tudl' were how to .Iestro\, gre:lt fo rest tr~eS Ihe quickest, (':lsi. cst and most complete w;IY: how to fci ll rees so that thcy would burn fastest : how to pile lo).Cs .. 0 they would hurn IllOst compl .. ,e!\-. There \\,,\S much Ilrl ,md SOIl;C science ill Ihi", COll r s~·. For in_ st:mee, the trees 111lI;;1 be fclll',1 in such a way as to " winrow" the tops, so that at Ihe firs t burni))).!' all tlw linlhs and h rush would be l·on· sumed. ,,'hen n Iree's "1(':lIIiug''' was in the wrollg' dirf'ctiou , the nei~hborinl! trees l11u,,1 he felled again!>1 it so that it \\ ould fu ll r ight whell it fina llr went down. This r('ljuired judg;nent, s kill ;Iml Tisk . The proper huililing of :1 log' pile was :In art. T he "clcl,tion of its s ite! ({Iown hill fn)lll ~"'en'whe re if possiblt·. heca use lo;.:'~ 111o, e mud) e:lsie r that w"yl, .111,1 the pilin;.:' u f I he lug-s so t h:11 they \\ ill roll lu;.!cI her in bu rning- :Ind not Toll "p:l rt amine. ces!>ital\' a rehuildiug of Ihe p il t· these wer{' some of Ihe prin ~' iplcs in · ,·o!\·{'{I.

T he end SOUg-lll was dl'struclion, ;11lt! it see ms Hpp:lllill:,(' !1v\\' 10 thillk of Ihe trees \Ie turn ed 10 ashe ... :\lothill g W;lS saved C:l:l'l'pl a h·w great oaks lor f(;Il,'e r:.ib; e\er \,. thin;.:' else-whi le llsh, whilewoo'd, w:l111l1t,:l s well :\S the I cs~ \' :llu!\hl~' beech, ll1aple, lo;lsswoorJ :11111 ellll, w ere relell tlcssl) hUflled.

I lovell the t rees th ell RS nuw, a5

most all mo rt:lls ,10, and [ uow COil. fess thnl I ne\'e r shouldered 111\' axe to do m)' three hUIlTS colleg-e \\'ork in those old c1:1\s without U SOl'I of unconscious s lludder :11 the ruthless destTuctiun we were all eng:tged in.

Y et I s\lppose there was no Other way. Lund mu st be had for tillage! and the trees h;lt! to go, thotwh 1 have IlIlUly times wished n;t so many had been tak en.

(Oon ttnued On page 4.1

Annou ncement is made o f the coming marTiage of Arthur Sa r. geant of the cl ass of '10, :md Miss Jessie Gibson, o f L nnsinK. Mr. Slirgeant is with the overlnild con . st ruction department o f the D etroit United Railw ay Co. The marrillge will take place the llilter part o f De. cem ber.

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We are Showing T he Largest and Best Assorrment of N ovelties In

Neckwea r, Fancy Jewelry. Gloves. Hosiery. Etc. A cordial invitation is extended to the College

people to pay us a visi t.

ohe Mills Dry Goods Co.

Do You Want P :l jr Shears Kuife S:lfct} R:lzor _

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II one5 :11111 St ro ps S:aws H ammcrs 11 :l.Ich(·ts Chisels

I Scrcw IJrh'crs In b Cl , an)' lhin~ )'OlL nced in hardw;t rc you will lind_and at prices to su it -;'It

Norton'S HarOwar6

EHR,Y KINO Of

FURNITURE FOR YOUR ROOM

Cots Folding Beds

Matresses

Book Cases Desks

ALL GOODS DEU,' ER,ED fR.EE

M. J. /( B. M. BU6K

--'" ~ A BO U T THE CAM P US C. \\., Gifford has heen ello.':clI ,1:;

cllptain of the 191.) foot hall h:;Ull.

A blthy hoy, Ch!lrle~ :-'coll, WII$

hanl to I n~1 nll·tor lind ~I rs. DUll ford 011 \\·clhle,.,lay, Dec. \.

Thc Enginecri!l:":- SQl.·icI) hoi. Is ito. fa ll lerlll h;Ultluet in Club B, toni;.!ht. .\11 excellent pro).:rclJII o f t oa~IS h:I" ,"eclI arranJ,.:'·11.

Dr, 1luuolI , of the \'etcrina r.1 11.:· pnrtmellt, goc" to " 'OoStl'r, Ohio. thi .': weck. to offcr expert testimony in conllcction 1\ ith :I circuit court <':IIS,· .

T hc d:I~!; iu brill nledl,ltIi~'s is alto:rnpting to build a campus scat in eonncclio ll \1 ith their wurk ill rc· infon:cd concrete work , T hc\" ;lrc als" hu i ltlil1~:1 h;l1f·si/ell modd of ;1

septic 1:1I1k,

.\ p;tir of w hitc Orphin).{toll binl~ Inri\ cd i ll L :lIISil1~ lasl weck, h;1\· in:;:- becII shipped from EI1~l:lI1d. They wcrc cOII~ i~ J1I.:d to O. :\. Se.,.lc\·. ou r wcmher hu reau 1I1atl o f East L:msing. ami :In· proh,,"I.' Ihe finest specimens o f thl! "arielY C\'c r sccn hcre. The birth were o n Ihe t o!ld IS da),s.

Pro f. :\Iyers hllS recently heen g rant..:d :t p:,lent 011 a mech anical model of the eye, which is no w on sllie. T hc model demonstrates thl' mech;,nies of no rm;11 lt CCOnllnolla~ tion, alld shows the causc and effect of far and near s ight. The model catl be succcssfu lly used ill the g r:ldcs of lhe p ublic schools HS weI! as the colleges, a nd should provc II valuable :lddition to the equ ipment o f e ithe r.

L. {J. A dams. 'Is,,,pelillhc wL'ck elld with friCllIls in Owosso.

. \ SOli , ~hcldon D., W;'IS hor l! to }'Ir. ami ),Ir,;, Owen Srnilh, \\·l,tI· lIe:;,t!;,y, :\'1>\. ~ 7 .

E. P. \\·andel. 'II. wa" ;1 "ollege \'isiwr;1 d<ly or IWO rcco:ntly, <I S \\:lS ;11"'0 :\1. J. 0carin:..:-. 'I.!, nuw o f vary,lml.

1r1~tnlt;tor 0i lsoll h as hccll g-r:H1h:d a si:o. munths' leaH' u f absence, hc· g-iU llill;":- J anll ;1ry J, ill ordl' r to (·o m · plete his \Iork al Ihe Yule Forcst School.

\\ ' illiam C ;ddwt"l l, '76, :tU ended thc hi!: li\e !>t 'Jl:k shu w in (.:hie llg'''' ;tllIl thoug-h IIllahk to cOllie out tl' thl· colle)..:"e, c ;llIcd Pro f. Kellzie liv 'phollc \\ hCII ill 1.;lIlsinJ,.:" ju:.t to Il:( IHI knn\\, he W:I " still <111 e;o rt h :lIId ill1ere~ted in :\1. .\. C.

Dr. :\Iumfo rd, the ne l\' he'lIl o f farn. nlun"x:elllent work ill :\1 ichi· ~:III, \\';lS at thc colleg-e Ihc pa~t wc.:k, anti spoke before the .·\ ssod· ,Ilioll of Farmers Clnhli HlolIg Ih.: li ne o f eXlcnsion work. lie expects SOOIi to take up permancnt he:III· 'Iuarters :It Ihe toll eg.:.

Dr. George Fische r, of :\'ew York City, gave two lec tures :lt '\/. A . C' 0 11 Monday c\ cnin!,!:, Dl·c l,

0 11 "Eugenics." Dr. Fisdltr is :It the head of thc physical training depa rtment of thc Nat ionlll Y. 1\I. C , A" lmtl h is talks we re li stencd to w ith J,.:"rcat intcrest. He 'Itldressed the mcn students in the a rmo ry at 6 :30, and ga \'e a gelle r,11 lecture under thc auspices of the \Vomen's Club ill the church a.\ eight o'clock.

I' rc~. Sn\llcr W:IS U\ Dctto it Thutllll:1\-, \\:hcrc he altl·lII!t:d a o.;UII· ferelll':c ";f c(>lI~c prcsidellls.

Prof. EII~tacc will read :, p:,!>cr hcf"re thc \\-e",IC(11 :\'cw York ll nrti"ultural ::;"ciclv aT l{ u.::hc"lc r , ,hi.., \\cek \\ edlle,<tl;\\,.

The home of :\1.:\1. :\Ji ller, on ILorri~ol1 .\\'0:., E:I,,! L:'Il'<ing". W:I~ completely deslroYl·d hy jirc :O;un, Iby morning- al onc o'clock .

I]. G. Knowlton, 'I :: , htls tinished his work fnr the D ep:.rtuH:nl of . \ ~rinlhurc . alltl is now cngaged :IS

nllrsery iuspcctor in th e :-:t.lte o f Ohio, with he(l(ilpJ;lrIL' rSOlI l ·rlnmOl.

Judg-c Brow n, form ed .l· ju\-enilc jucl:.,re ;It S:tlt Lake Ci t \' , who is now di rcding- '- T hc Bo,"s' City " :1t

Garl' , Iml., was :Jt :\1. .\. C. 1:15t II ec'k. Thc jud~t.' is con templ:Llin;,:­scnding: sever:t l hoy s 10 lake Ihe Will tl·r COll rSe in :lgricullur.:.

Th(· }ol ichi:":-'lIl Oratoricnl League h"It[S its annual business mecting" :tt Ypsiblmi :,alUrday. Dec. I I, at which ti llle arrang-emctllS fo r the corning COll tcst will be d iscussed . M. A. C. will be n:presellle~1 al Ihis mceting by the [,,(::11 preside nt, ~Ir. I. T. Pickfo rd.

Th e an nouncement of last wee k was 110t q uite cle:lr with refercnce to Prof. B!tiley's lIppcar;II1Cc hcre. It 1t:IS bee ll fifteell "ea rs since he :lddreslied :1 studellt -audience at M. A, C. [n the announccmen t the word studcnt wus omitted. H e was or:ltor:lt the a lu mni association m ceting in 1903, and :lgain ad­d ressed it body of :llumn i ill 1907,

A ~on, C"rI 11 ~'nri, \\ as horn 10

Dr. :11111 ~Ir.!> . de ZCl·UI\ 0 11 Frid;\\ o f Ilist 1\ cek .

T hc Stllte Ho:c Kccpt: r ,,' .\ s~o,-, i· alion Illcet ,II :\1 .. \. C. Thnr",by ;t111! Frill:!) of this II t.'ek.

~If!" \\ ' . C . .\["rti leh I:t~t I\cck fu r Intli;u,apoli ... where she \\ill visit at hc,' j,lll hO!11l· until aher the holil[:ty".

:\'ew hu;.!'IC!" ha\'c heCIl pun: h:tsed for the hu;,;!c ~'III;I<L alld Ihe ho\'" lire Ilurkill;.!' har,1 to ll1;1ke :t crell;I, :\],Ie s ho\\ ill;.! ill the spring:.

I'ro f. /uhnsloll awl IO<ilnu' tor Simpson ~I' e re 1t1 Chio.::a)!o n·cl·nlly, to :I\tcnd the :\'ation:1I COllrl~'il of TC;h:hers of Ellg-lisll. Prof, John. ~ I O I! was :lIro:mh a 11l{'IJlbe r uf Ihis Coullcil. and ·' I r. Simp;mu \\;, ~ elcctcd :, lI1el1ll'l'r:tt th i~ Illeelil1~,

C. :\1. Cade; 'oi, w;." a ~'ol1~,!{e \' i~ i lor Llll' past \\cck, corning' here fro m Culor:uh... ~Ir. Cadc has scen a gre.11 ul'a l of Ihe ~·OUntry "ince his cOIllll'(; tioJl with the CO:!SI :lIld Geodetic Su n ey. li e has reo el'ntl ), JOlle some wurk in the l'>a\1,.. n Ul country :l1Il1 about th e isl:lIlds in the p,.cinc.

T hrouj!h the effo rt s .)f Ins trUctor Corey ;U1d others, a 1Il:ltltloJin cl ub will be added to the lisl of colle"'c Il1l1sic :l1 attraClions, A t a tIleeli~g last \Vcdnesday evening there were scventee n present _ thirteen mundo_ lins, thr~e j..(' u it:lrs :lIld a piano. As yet th~ o rga ni zation is telllp? rary, bu t w rit be made pcrmanent If the in te res t il1 same justifies the ;'lction.

The M . A. C. RECORD.

EmybodY'osd' , THE STATE JOURNAL BECAUSE

It completely COI"e r g the field of local news, politics, and the world of sports.

Bec:nlse its telegraph and correspondence service cn;.blc it to gi\-c its readers the latest general news of Ule day in ad . yance of ally other newspaper coming into Lansillg.

Have THE STATE JOURNAL delivered to your home by ca rrie r

EARLY DAYS AT M. A. C.

((.'ontinued from I>!II' 1.1

To show you this, let me take you with me on a wlilk which I well remclIl ber to have t:lkcll on a' h riKht Sl1ndllY morning' in the fall of ItlS7 throu~h what j" now :1 pllrt of the colleKc Call1pus. The st ro ll extend­ed beyO/~d the "Big Ollk," which was forlJl(ldcn to be Cllt, lind across the Cedar River. The forests were superb all every side. As we as­cended the opposite bank, II be'")' of p:lrtriu);:,e arose from our \'ery feet ;Hld flew dowu each side of the stre;lIn. Red, g ray, bl:lck ami fox squirrels were in cvitiem:c e\'cry­where, the great !lumber of beech trees there abounding' furnishing them ,m abundancc of their fa\'orite foot!. III the distance beyond three deer wcrc seen bounding awa)·.

But wh:lt impressed me most was the beauty, size, regubrity :1110 gr:lIlduer of this magnifi cent t ract of timher.

On thl.! college side of the river, the timber hall been felled by con· tract work bt:fore the RrrivRI of the slU\lell!s. \Ve cRllell this the "slashing," and it was well uumell. No s\·stl.!m had been used in the fellin~ of these trees. The\' were just chopped down in the 'c:l"icst wily possihle. and left as they fell. with 1)0 limbs cleared off nor trunks ';111 into log)!iug lengths.

But it furnished got)(t fuel through the follo\\ illg "inkr. though the nual finish required hanl work from the s\m\t:nts.

In th:ll winter (,857- 8), IIIl!re were li S stated. one hundred ;LIllI

Oill' StLHltnts allcndin~ ~!. A. C. ill the lin;1 year of its exis t(:llct'. All li\-ed al the College, and /lImos' nil \\ e re f"rmcrs' sons, \\ho had serv .. " :Ipprenliccship:H home in the hanly art of clearing land. I recall among them Robert ::;kinner and thc GUll' nison hrothers, leaders of their class in the handling of the !lxe. There were others skilled in woodcra ft, but their n:lInes do not cOllie bllck.

The he:ld of the" Forestry Dc­p3rlment" was onc Iliram Il odges, a gi:tIIt of the timber, :1 practical woodsman, who possessed ill good degrec the useful faculty of getting the best results from the labor of the students.

The "O"e r the ri"cr" clcarinK was where the work went 011 in earncst. The most experienced ax men were selected to go ahead and fell the trees so that they would ·'winrow." This requi red great skill, specially wherc SI t ree le:lned the wrong way and had to ha\'e severlll others felled against it to make itdropns wHnted. The cutting of this tree against which others had been felled was auended with danger, but we had no accidents,

Those of us less experienced fol­lowed the experts, and chopped the tree trunks free from limbs and into Jogging lengths for burning.

And 80 the grand old forest g rad­ually d isappea red with nothing ' saved except the better lengths of oa k resen'ed fo r rails.

Between the two college build­ings and the Detroit and Lansing plank road was quite a strip of brming land, which h:ld been par­tially cleared. To develop this as rapidly as possible was a leading thought. The plank ro:ul WllS the principal highway to the receclltly established capital from the city of Detroit. A six-horse stage malic daily trips, Ilnd was generally filled to capaeit)· with passengers. Man), prinlte vehicles were to be seen, SOme large freighting w"gons, and farmers with ox teamS going to or returning from market.

Now it W:lS felt that this strip, if rllpidly developed and put to h:tlld· s~me crops, would give a pleasing new of the college, and make the first impressions of it favorable. So a large ;md powerful stump pulling machine was employ(.-d, aud ill the vif:;!orous operation of this we all had a sort of lld vKllced course in forestry. MallY hundreds of the big stumps that dotted this tr:let along where Faculty Row now runs were tipped up on edge, :md g-rcat (ju:lIltit ies of earth e:une with them. So thick were these gre:lt stumps when thus tipped up that an ox lelUll could 1J01 be 11ri\'cn 011 lhis land. In this condition the)' reo mained for several months, till winds and rains ami fros ts loosened the mold and surbcc earth, which fell away, leaving the more tenacious clay to be remo ved with pick SIxes and much hard work by the stu· dents.

Then the stumps were roUed to­Kether, the roots gruuhell OUl, :lI1d final buruings Slarh·t..!.

\Ve plowed that field \\ ilh a brc:tk. ing.up plow, 10 which was hitched a tellm of four oxen ;uld two horses, :md finally bte in the season it was really for the crop.

But the result was most unsatis· factory and disappointing. The crop was spolled and poor, and nothing to be proud of.

And for several years the crop was poor and profitless 011 this land where we labored so long and so hard.

One miKht think from the fore­going that we gayc little thought 10 study in those old days, or that our studies were of secondan' import· ance. Such is far from true, as the learning, culture and broad. vigorous mentality displayed hy many of the carll' graduates in th~ir subsequent brilliant and most useful careers has abundantly demonstrated.

There was n de\·otion to study :lnd a zeal fo r the pursuit of k nowl­edge which would be it revelation to some modern students. The cur­riculum was crude per haps, and lacking in much that would now be ref!arded as elementary and essen· tial, but we WCllt at it with intense earnestness, just as we went at the wood chopping. There werc no athletics thell. We didn't need any _that is any artificial ones; we got the real article, good and plenty, ill. the "slashing" and the big clearing over the river.

GEORGE \V. H AIGH, with '6 1.

VERY reader of the M. A. C. Record is cordially inf)ited to f)isit our store, use our rest room, telephone, and our mail order department by writing for samples or ordering mer­ch.andise; money refunded whenever you are not pleased.

New Silks and Dress Goods Much Under Price. $U!S SLOrm Serge. 54 and 56

inche. wide; hea\'y qual-ity. Sp6C'ial, the yard .. 5'.00

$1.60. $1.16 aud S2.()() quali­tiel! of Drus Goods aod Su.iti ogs. 54 ioches wide. Sample pieces. yard ...... $'.25

$1.26 Princess lleasalioe, full yard wide; all colors. Silecial the yard . . ...... . .. . . .... .. . 98c

'1.2~ rich. hea,·y. plain Satlo Faille, 8 IIlLmple half piecee; new fall colOn!. It wear •. Special, the yard . .......... 75c

J. W. KNAPP CO. Cloaks. Suits, Furs, Ladies' and Gents' Furnishings, Dry Goods, House

Furnishings, and an imm ense Sc: and (OC store.

lAwrence & VanBuren Printing Company

210~2 1 2 Orand Ave. North

Lilley College Uniforms

Are the '''·kl' ........ ·• 1..,(IIl~d ~l"ndartl tor ",ltllKry !>(! hool .... Imll are 'l'Ot" at a ll Ihe l('M l nl{ "'JJlell'l'~

't\·cry,,·hcnl. T he), a rt' more tl\1 .... e 'h·t 'n appen ra'K'e 111111

11'1\'" b@!lcr .er,·lee I'u.n a n ), olb"' rmllke o f .,.,lt ell'~ n n tforl" .

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DIRECTORY LANSING BUSINESS AND

PROFESSIONAL MEN. Tbe name. In lhb Directory. IIlJ ""ell .. ,

tbOH 0' all our other ad .. erUse ... II"' of reU.ble !)IIrtle • . We bope Ib ... Ihe '-.cull)' and ltudeDU .... UI take I>8lnl to PIIlronlze !,.boiIe "'00 !)IItron,ae u l.

BARBERS_

CO 1.1. EO p; 8ARBEN. SHOP.- In Batb lfOll8@. And,. I~ ~tlll ...-ltb ;\I. A. Q. A haud,. parlor. and Ilood "'ork done.

NEW UAHI:IEN. SHOP. 'n Ohase HuUd· lUll. u"der Hauer'8 Drua and Grocery

Store. If you "'I~I' a5t,.U!h hlllre"t al\'e u~ a call. Jol. l>:. Ite,. nOld$. Prop.

BOOKS AND STATlONRRY.

A M. E:)IERY. II' WBlh. A'·e. N. Boo,.. • Fine Stallone..,.. &lIjftA"ed OalJlne

Oarll.. FountaLn Pen •. PIcture • • FtAme •. nne "tAmlna a Sp@'(:'alt,.. UD-\O-date I17lft. Out Olal.-cut In Lan"lna.

BOOK BINDERS.

BLUOEAU.., Sll!:liI!:.RT.-lIookblnde .... -.cc:ount book m..,u, .... _per ~"na

IIbtA..,. .nll ftne art bhKllngll, IIle bo"e": map moun\lna •• albumf. JIOC,ket boob ete OltlU_OI' pbone No.~. In OU,. Natio ..... i Baok Bulldlna. Geo.O:"Bludeau !lnll H~nt,. If. Sieben.

CROCKERY AND GLASSWARE.

H H.I. ARNEO.--Qbl .... Glan .to lamp • . • lor. W'l8blnlllOn Ave. S.

DENTISTS.

R OU SER'S OAPITAI. URUO STORI':. &~I1~~:'Jioc:?>rner 1l0te. OpJIO!Ilte

CQI.LIW ~: o a CG A50 (: I! oc' ):~ ~:xpre... a m,· •• Al{eney S nor I./Iund r,..

DRY GOODS.

=;-;;;;E::;LE;::CTRICAL SUPPLIES.

CAPITOl, ELEOTRfO )';NOINI'::ER I50 00. - Full line of Electri cal SUllplle ••

1n,l:ludl nll Itnd en l'" ~badel r .. , ~ "01"(" . car· bon. lallllliuln lind nuud a telld ln r lamPI, IIi E . .'\I'chlgan .'" ,·e.

FURNITURE DEALERS.

M J . .to n. M. nU(lK.- l"urn ltnre. (lorn('r • '\\' lllIhlngton A.-e . An" l on lll Street ,

See Ad. -=== HARDWARE, STOVES & TINW'RE.

N O RTO N'S "_,R OW A lU:.-O eneral Hard"·,, re. Tln .... ".{-. Gr .. n ' l e",·",C Cut.

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MANUFACTURING AND HAIR_ DRESSING.

M R~. o. T . (J ASI-!. - lIAnut.n u r1 nll. ~h""' POVl nl! Ii: ",,'rd..-Inl: P!\rl.., ...

8""\11'111'1 _ made of cut hMr or ('O",bln • •• "tlOO <:<)Ior(>-<l a nd. r,;no\'llloNl to took a. Ilooll 4S ,,11'. .... The f tAn('O- Aml' rl""n IiTII'Iflile T olIl!l I(equblte~ }, ~"IU.lt }, I.T\·. AutomllUc pllo ue MIl. :!'lI"" WIISblnlltOtl A '·f. S . - MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.

PHYSICIANS.

D I!. OSOAR H. BRUI!:OEL.--<''o . M'c b A,·c.aod.Ornnd Rln'r A~" .. );~I I ... n:

,-Inll. Hours., U, S:8lA.m. : ft04a'ldTI08 p.m. Sunlla"l. l~toll1J'd O tO'tI.m. 0\ '1. Zl.'na phone 13U, 8eU IIt$.

D R. H. W. LAND4]N. ~;!I" t I .. nllm!:. )lIcb. Om~e hours: , to 8:30 A. m .. t%::.:I to I

and8::f!~08 p.D' . SundA,.. 10toll'OOlil m 7 t08 P.m. (J\th.en~ · pho"e~. . . .

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(llllxells phone ~;'8.

PRlNTlNG.

L AWRENOE .to VAN BUREN PRINT_ I NO OO.-tlO-!lt "non,1 A .. enue North Ylne Prlnllnjf. Both Phones. .

A I.LEN PRI1"TING 00. OoruerOapltol a"enue and 10llia str""l. Pr1DUnll.

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