The M. A. C. RECORD. MICHIGAN STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.

V O L . 13. L A N S I N G , M I C H I G A N , T U E S D A Y , A P R I L 14, 1908. No. 28.

DEBATING TEAM CHOSEN.

At the last preliminary debate held in the college chapel Saturday evening to determine who shall represent the college in the annual Ypsilanti debate Chandler C. Tay­lor, Harry L. Kempster and Chas. C. Oviatt, according to the decision of the judges, were given first, sec­ond and third places respectively, and will therefore constitute the col­lege team.

T h e final debate with the Nor-malites will be held here May 23, our team defending the negative side of the question.

"Hesoli'ed, 7 hat measures which havr been adopted bv the Michigan legislature and approved by the governor shall be referred, upon petition of one-twentiet h of the qual­ified voters, to a popular vote.''''

Strangely enough all three men come from the junior agricultural class. Mr . Taylor entered the five-year course from Shelby. Mich., in [904. Mr. Kempster and Mr. Oviatt are four-vear men. entering in the fall of 1905. Mr.-Kempster is a graduate of the Coldwater high school, and Mr. Oviatt is from the Auburn, Bay county schools.

MACS MINSTRELS. From the. time the curtain rise.-,

revealing the magnificent circle of soloists and comedians, until it falls ..;> :. Jjeatttrful southern srene with Octy in the limelight, there is not a dull moment in the performance of the celebrated M AG's minstrels.

The opening chorus itself is well vvOrfh the price of admission, but it only forms a fitting introduction to this gorgeous masterpiece of min­strelsy.

T h e management has spared no expense in bringing together the best talent the globe affords. Japan has sent her best ; Parisians are mourning the absence of a lovely one now on the way to join the company at East Lansing, and Italy furnishes a . celebrated soloist, an artist on the national instrument of that sunny land.

M AG's minstrels also has the great honor of being the first to introduce an absolutely unique and novel fea­ture, a grand change of end men in the middle of the first part. Noth­ing like this has ever been attempt­ed before. You cannot afford to miss it.

Bandy is forgotten after seeing the dancing of Professor Alee. Willie's dog Towser is one of the marvels of the age (to hear him tell it). As for jokes, one whole Carr is used to carrv them, and the re­maining numbers on the program, dances, songs, acrobatic acts, instru­mental solos, etc. etc., are all on the same stupendous scale.

T h e company also carries its own band and orchestra, an organization unsurpassed in the United States or Okemos.

Grand street parade at 12:45 P-m. Admission 25c. A limited num­ber of reserved seats will be sold 10c extra. Seats may be reserved at the Secretary's office. You want one of these, get in before the rush.

THE RAILROAD INSTITUTE.

Professor Taft, Instructors I Iowe, Ilalpin and others who were out with the institute train returned last Thursday after a most successful 10 days ' trip over the Michigan Central and Pere Marquette Rail­road systems. During this time they made 54 different stops, speak­ing to as high as 450 people at some points.

The train, which was furnished free by the railroad companies, con­sisted of common railway coaches which were used as lecture rooms, and baggage cars which were fitted up as laboratories, in which were shown different breeds in poultry, growing demonstration's of the value of seed selection, etc., the use of the milk tester, samples of spray­ing mixtures, etc.

At all' stops much interest was shown, not only by farmers, but; also by townspeople,"who are be­coming interested in agriculture and agricultural education. The lect­ures and demonstrations were like­wise of much interest to teachers and pupils in the public schools where elementary agriculture is be­ing taught; In many cases the schools were dismissed in order that the pupils might attend the session.

ENTERTAINMENT FOR PEOPLE'S CHURCH.

The third in the series of enter­tainments under the auspices of the \ \ omen's Society of the People'-church will be given in the Armory Friday evening at 8 :oo o'clock. The program will consist of two

par t s ; the first a series of living pictures or tableaux entitled a T h e Illustrated Magaz ine ; " the second a play by the dramatic class en­title " Gunshaw, Hagshaw and Bradshaw." . Admission, 25c.

P A R T L—- Illustrated Maga­zine." Cover design, " Mammy." 1. Serious Business : A young lawyer beginning his first case. 2. Their Presence of Maid. 3. After the Honeymoon : Must I kiss all the members of your family, dear? Oh, no, darling—only grandma and the babv. 4. Hunting for bears. 5. A bear story, Miss Gertrude Alden. 6. Drawing. 7. Yet an­other who will be a sister to him. 8. If taken at her word by all the men to whom she promised to. be a sister 9. Morman Elder Berry, out for a walk with his six-year-olds who all take after their mothers, to. T h e doctor. 11. Romeo and

Juliet, Mr. Walkup , Mr. Campbell. 12. Home-making hearts are happi­est. 13. Family flour, the flower of the family. [4. A man after her own heart. 15. Hear my dolly's prayer.

P A R T I I . - Grimshaw, Hagshaw and Bradshaw. A Farce.

Grimshaw, Mr. Dickson; Bag-shaw, Mr. T u r n e r ; Bradshaw,

; Towzer , a sheriff's officer, Mr. Cavanagh ; Fanny Sparks, Miss Leta H y d e ; Emily Towzer ' s niece, Miss Graham.

REFORESTATION IN THE UPPER PENINSULA OF

MICHIGAN.

An Address Given by Thomas B. Wy-man, Forester for the Cleveland Cliffs

Iron Co., Before the Forestry Club.

The matter of reforestation in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan can htst be treated by dividing the sub­ject into its natural subdivisions and taking them up in sequence :

First. Wha t has been done nat-ui a l l y .

Second. What has been done artificially.

Third. Wha t is now planned. Fourth. Ultimate results. Let us first take up the division

included under the heading :

W H A T H A S I1EEN' DONE N'ATCK-AI.J .V.

We are prone (o believe that nothing has been done by nature toward reforesting the many thou­sands of acres which have been de­forested either by the innumerable forest fires of unknown origin or b\ the woodman's axe. But here we err for there are very few acres which have not already restocked themselves or are now in the pro­cess of restocking. There are thousands of these acres, to be - re. which -how only an occasional •• dl'tig huf. thai seedlbjg will be followed by others from the same source or by others of its own pro­duction and eventually the entire area will furnish forest cover pro­vided fires do not continually pre­vent the efforts of nature. In other words, if protection were furnished, every acre would, in time, reproduce itself.

N"t always, however, is this re­stocking of the species desired but it is a means to the desired end and acts as an usher growth for the more valuable and hence more to be desired species. T h e best, example of this is our native pine, or fire-cherry. On the loamy sand lands of the Upper Peninsula, such as characterizes the Coalwood Tract, to be later described, the fire-cherry occupies the ground within a year after the removal of the hardwoods and the consequent exposure of the soil to the light and air.

The cherry, acting as a nurse, keeps the light soil from blowing and erosion, maintains its moisture and furnishes a quick leaf mould, all things which would be too long delayed if left for the slow-growing maple to accomplish. After four or five years the hardwoods are notice­able under the cherry which is then from eight to twelve feet high. When the cherry is about twetin feet high it has reached the point of most rapid growth and begins to feel the effects of the black knot which attacks it at all ages in this Upper Country. It then begins to shorten its annual height growth, put on more body and, if severely crowded by the oncoming maple and birch or overtopped by the wolfish balsam, it may break at

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I ALUMNI CLASS OF 1907. WHERE ARE

THEY?

The following arc the present addresses of the members of last year's class so far as we have record. Anyone knowing the address of any not given will confer a favor by writing Prof. F . S. Kedzie.

Allen, W. B., Draftsman tor Wm (i Fargo, Civil and Hydraulic Engineer, 112 Seymour Ave., Jackson, Mich.

Andrews. Helen, (Mrs. Geo. O. Stoffer). 457 W. 155th St., New- York City.

Angell, Anna M., at home: East Lan­sing, Mich.

Angell, IraD., R. R. Construction Sur­veying. Box 111. East Lansing, Midi

Ashley. Helen M.. Teaching. Vernon. Mich.

Bailey. Eva, Dietition, Homeopathic Hospital, Ann Arbor, Mich.

Baker, Jay L., Care of Gerald, Storm-field, Lovely Co., Detroit, Mich.

Beckwith, Herbert R , Contractor, Col­lector aud Demonstrator for the Oliver Chilled Plow Works, New York City.

Benham, Rachel, teaching, Chelseii. Mich.

Boulard, Ezra, at home,'K. F. D. i4. Alto. Mich.

Brass, Leroy G, civil engineer. Bridge port, Mich.

Brown, Geo. A., Instructor at M. A. C. Brown, Harry L., creamery. New Mai

ket, Indiana. Burley, Geo. A., government pier m

spector, Harbor Beach, Mich. Button, Jay C . dairyman, Hamilton

Montana. Cade, Claude M., U: S. Geological Km-

vey, Washington, D. C. Campbell. B. G., draftsman for Jackson

Gas Co., 213 W. Washington St . Jackson, Mich.

Canfield, Russell S., care of G. R. (V I. Railway, Grand Rapids, Mich

Carpenter, Albert J., grain and coal. Edwardsburg, Mich.

Clise, Burton B., traveling salesman, care of Oliver Chilled Plow Cot, Memphis, Tenn.

Craig, Myrtle B.. teacher domestic science, Western University, Quia daro. Kansas.

Dalzell, Ruth E., teacher of manual training, 110 Barclay St., Grand Rapids.

DeLange, Wm. W., Draftsman and checker: care of Gabriel Concrete Re-inforeement Qo., 290 Concord St., De­troit.

Dorland, Le Roy. Doty, Stephen W., 200 W 88th St., New

York City. Dudley, Gordon G, care of Grand Rap­

ids Gas Co., 54 S. East St., Grand Rap­ids, Mich.

Ellis, Daniel H., Supt. Parks, Saginaw. Address, Bridgeport, Mich.

Ellis, Geo. H., Rodman in TJ. S. Reclam­ation Service, Willison, N. D.

Fowler, Ernest C, Instructor in Chem­istry, 96 Pleasant St., Amherst, Mass.

Gasser, Wilbert W.. Lumber Business, Sherman, Mich.

Glazier, Hugh I., Civil Engineer. White­hall, Mich.

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TUESDAY^ APRIL 14. 1908

Class of J 907. Where are they?

( C o n t i n u e d .from p a n e ! . '

Goetz, Christian H., care of Land and Lumber Co., Ausable, Mien. Address, 188 Elm St., Ludlow, Ky.

Goldsmith, Dayton R. Goldsmith, Philip V.. Asst. Chemist,

Dept. Foods and Feeding. Mass. Exp. Sta.., 96 Pleasant St.. Amherst. Mass.

Gould, Fletcher A.. Student at U. of M., 7:S4 E. University Ave., Ann Arbor. Mich.

Granger, Christopher M., Forest Assist­ant, I'. S. Forest Service, Duraugo. Colo.

Gregg, Orestes 1.. Instructor in HortL culture, M. A. C.

Grover, E. Lynn, care of Delavan Con­densed Milk Co., Box <>:«. Delavan, Wis.

Hart, Walter, L Hayden, Leroy N.. Kendall, Mich. Hayes, Glenn B. Heinrich, G Arthur, Instructor in

Mathematics and Civil Engineering, M. A. C. /

Hitchcock, Lytton B. Hitchcock, Warren W.. [nspeotor Chi­

cago City Railway. 4806 St. Lawrence Ave.. Chicago, 111.

Hudson. Ralph S.. Farm Foreman, M. A. C

. Johnson, Maurice K., Masonary Inspec. tor for I. C. Railway, Milo. Mich.

Johnson, Wilmer Earl, Inspector De­troit River Tunnel Co., 911 Baldwin Ave., Detroit.

Kinney, Inez, teaching, 73:3 N. Walnut, Lansing:, Mich.

Kramer, Herman T., Kratz, Oscar A., water inspector for

Isthmus Canal Commission, Culebra, Canal Zone.

Kraus, Ezra J., Bureau of Entomology, U. S. Dept. of Agri., 1010 North St., N. W., Washington D.C.

Krentel, Calla L, principal Chatham school, Chatham, Mich.

Lilly, Scott B., Instructor in civil en­gineering, Cornell University; 309 Eddy St., Ithaca, N. Y.

Liverance Wallace B., Instructor in dairying, M. A. C.

McHatton, Thomas H., horticulturist of Georgia experiement station; Experi meut, Ga.

McNaughton, Charles P., implement and hardware merchant, Middleville, Mich.

Martin, Lenore Belle, teacher, Yates

City, 111. Miller, Violet, dietition in hospital,

Saginaw, W. S., Mich. Minard, Ray F.,

Moomaw, Dalton. Instructor in civil engineering, Cornell University; 209 HuestisSt., Ithaca, N. Y.

My res J. Lindsay, Palacio, Alfonso G., Fanning and Dairy­

ing, Durango, Dgo., Mexico. Parsons, Ivan E., Farming, Grand

Blanc, Mich. Peck, Clair B., Draftsman, D. S. S. &

A. Ry.. 117 E. Ridge St., Marquette, Mich.

Pennell, Ray L., Fruit Farming, care of C. J. Monroe, South Haven, Mich.

Perry, Neal C, Piano Instructor, 711 Michigan St., Petoskey, Mich.

Piper, Win. E., Instructor Cornell Uni versity, 309 Eddy St., Ithaca, N. Y.

Pokorny, Mrs. Ida B., 1090 Trumbull Ave., Detroit, Mich.

Pokorny, Emil C., Erecting Engineer, 1090 Trumbull Ave., Detroit.

Post, Otice C, Electrical Engineer with Westinghouse Electric Co., 274 Swiss-vale St., Swissvale, Pa.

Pratt, Alvin C, Graduate Apprentice with Olds Gas Power Co., 727 Michi­gan Ave.. W., Lansing, Mich.

Rinkle. Lorin G., Instructor Dairy Hus­bandry, University of Missouri, 307 College Ave., Columbia, Mo.

Robinson, Earl P. Roby, Edith, Teacher, Haslett. Mich. Rounds, Florence B , Teaching Draw

ing Dept.. M. A. C. Rowe, Clifford L., Draftsman, Phoenix

Bridge Co., 237 Fourth Ave., Plnenix-ville. Pa.

Siler, Rudolph H., with American Radi­ator Co., 202 Sheridan Ave., Detroit. Mich.

Shuttleworth, Paul H., care of Knox 5c and 10c Store, Lansing, Mich.

Smith. Guy W., Farming, R. F. D. 11, Kalamazoo, Mich.

Smith, Lyle E. Stewart, Bert C, Draftsman. Median

ical'Division Canal Commission. Cule­bra. Canal Zone.

Stone, Harry G. Taylor, Ernest H. Thatcher, Fent E. N., Ravenna, Mich Towne, Earl H.. Graduate Apprentice,

Olds Gas Power Co., 317 Capitol Ave., N., Lansing. Mich.

Towner, Alonzo A., care of Columbus Food Laboratory, 103 State Si.. Chicago.

Van Alstine. Ernest, assistant chemist, Illinois experiment station, 609 Daniel St., Champaign, 111.

Van Halteren. Andrews., apprentice at Olds'Gas Power Co.. 919 Jerome St Lansing, Mich.

Yerran, Garfield, Waite, Roy H., poultryman. M. A. C. Warden, Walter, farming. Rushton.

Mich. Weeks, Harold B., White, Oliver K., fruit and general

farming, Hart, Mich. Wilcox, J. Clyde, Instructor horticult­

ure and forestry, New Hampshire College, Durham, N. H.

Willson, Edwin A., care of Anaconda Copper Mining Co., Box 751, Anacon­da. Montana.

Wilson, Arthur W., Wright, Lee H.,

ALUMNI MEETING.

Chicago Association Held Meeting April 4

The Chicago M. A. C. Alumni Association held a very enjoyable social and banquet. The following alumni from Chicago and vicinity were present:

Antisdale, E. S. _ Armstrong, W. G '02 Armstrong, W. Clyde '03 Bohm, John J Bolte, J Willard - '05 Bolte, Mrs. J. Willard '05 Brown, W. R '03

Chamberlain, Paul M.. __-'88 Dean, Olney J. . . '03 Doty, H. H. _. _.'9t Fisk, Alex. A '05 Fisk, J. E •:• '06-Ford, Clem C : '05 Francisco, Geo. D . . . . . . ' 02 Haganey, Jas. A. . , ...'06 Harrison, Herbert E. '88 Hawlev, Wm. P '92 Herbert, Fred W '96 Hodgman, Chas. E '60 Hoyt, C. E Johnson, Willard M . ._ . ._ ._ Johnson, Mrs. Clem . . Johnston, Fred L - ....'05 Johnston, Mrs. Fred L. '05 Jones, J. H.. Kennedy, Sam'l J '01 Kingsley, H R '03 Kingsley, Mrs. (Mable Downey).'04 McGrath, T. F. .'89 Merkel, J. F .' '97 Martin, Geo. E '04 Millspaugh, Clark W '02 Nies, Jno. D. '04 Perrigo, J. W . '94 Pond, A. L. '97 Preston,.Mrs. F. L... 04 Prost, J. H . . '04 Reynolds, C. P ...'02 Reynolds, Mrs. (Marv Ross) Robbins, G. G......." 04 Rumler, Wm. R. _ '86 Shedd, Ward P 02 Simmons, Geo. E . '94 Simmons, I. L .'97 Smith, Clarence E ••. '84 Smith. D. W 02 Stevens, Kin ton B '06 Taylor. L H '01 Towner. A. A '06 Weed, Howard E , '«9 Williams. Geo. W '96 Woodworth, P. B... '88 Woodworth, Mrs. (Lucy Clute).'93

Following the banquet, the fol­lowing program and toasts were given :

•'College News and the Engi­neering Department."—G. W. Bis--cll.

"_Reminiscences.M Clarence E; .Smith. '84.

«M. A. C. Girls."--Mrs. Mary Ross Reynolds, '03.

" M. A. C. .Men at Work'."—Paul M. Chamberlain, '88.

- Recollections of Old Wells Hall."—II. 11. Doty. '01.

••Fortv Years Ago."- Chas. E. I iodgman. '6<>.

Resolutions were passed by the assembly expressing a wish that College Hall might lie preserved on account of the associations by which it is endeared to all alumni.

Reforestation in Upper Peninsula.

M ' o n t j n u e d f r o m pa t re ! . '

about half its height and Sri add its decaying top to the soil cover. By the thirtv-tiflh year the cherry has been practically superceded by the clean-boiled hardwoods which have, since their birth, been kept in the straight and narrow upward path leading to light.

Oil typical hardwood soil sandy loamjwith us - the natural reproduc­tion comes in more slowly simply because it produces directly the ma­ple, beech and birch with no usher growth of cherry. This often leads the layman to believe that the soil producing the cherry is the stronger and hence more valuable for agri­cultural purposes. As a conse­quence many of the descriptions of cut over lands purchased with the idea of turning them into farms have now gone back to the state for . taxes while our really good agricul­tural soil has not yet been exploited.

Of the coniferous timbers there are large acreages reproduced in white, Norway and Jack pine and mixtures of the same on soils grad­ed according to the needs of the species. This regeneration is of all ages from one to fifty years and in

stands of all degrees of density. I know of tracts of jack pine regen­eration which are simply impassable and others which to duplicate and raise would cost from $15 to $20 to the acre. Yet few of these lands

. are protected in any way, and every time a few acres are lost by fire the commonwealth is the unconscious loser.

There are also scattered tract of practically pure poplar _ of various ages and quality, the most extensive of which borders Deer Lake in town 49 N., range 11 W. This

' town contains without doubt the most diversified regeneration as well as some of the most typical and beautiful regeneration to be found in the Upper Peninsula, and should, in. its entirety, be set apart as a state-forest reserve. As a reserve it would typify and preserve Upper Peninsula, pine and poplar regener­ation, while offering to both penin­sulas the most excellent basis for comparison of growth and soil adap­tability. ' " . ; . '

W H A T H A S 1 I E E N I K I X K A l t T I F I -

C I A I . I . V .

The first steps in artificial refor­estation in the Upper Peninsula were taken when Air. S". M. Hig-ginS, of the Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company, planted a forty-acre tract near Negaunee in 1903. This tract is a part of what is known as the Baldwin Kiln Plains, and is typical white pine soil. The description was planted to white and Scotch pine and Norway spruce, three-vear-old plants being used with a smattering of other species put in for experimental purposes. Fur­rows were plowed six feet apart and the plants were placed approximately six feet apart within the row. The growth dliring the first \ ear was somewhat retarded by the dense stand of grass which occupies the entire plain. Protection was fur­nished by a fire lane consisting of a double line of back furrows about eight feet apart running around the entire plantation. T h e space 'be­tween the furrows was kept burned clean during the tire season to pre­vent fire from crossing.

The second season showed a marked growth and a tendency to push the leaders above the grass. Flic same protective measures were

taken and in addition a stock fence built around the plantation. This plantation is looking well now and should have no serious conflicts in the future as it is well established.

The next plantation was estab­lished near the Company Fish Hatchery, near Munising. and con­sisted of about thirty acres of Norway spruce. This planting was done in 19Q5 by Thos. B. U'ymaii. Three year old stock was used and was hole planted about 6 ft. x 6 ft. through a dense growth of fire-cherry which covered a southern slope .overlooking the hatchery. No cultivation has ever been given and no especial protective measures, other than a sharp lookout for fires by the keeper of the hatchery, have been put into force. Yet the spruce has developed nicely and will push its way through the overtopping cherry without difficulty. The per­centage of loss in this plantation has been less than 5 per cent, and such loss has been largely due to the matting of the brake fern above the plant in the fall, and the break­age resulting from the snow bear­ing all to the ground.

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GRANGER & GULLETT WOODBURY'S OLD STAND HOLLISTER BLOCK

A B O U T T H E G A M P U S A wind break is being planted

along- the south sidc'of the college farm.

Approximated 125,000 forest seedlings ha\ e Keen shipped from the college nurseries for reforesta­tion purposes.

Everybody is going to . the min­strel show Saturday night. Loosen up ami bring your family and all your friends.

I p to 1S60 the expense of the national government was approx­imately one dollar per each of the population. It has now increased to nearly 12 dollars per head.

J . C. De Camp, '10, has planted 25,000 black locusts on a tract near Muskegon. They are set four feet apart each way, making 2,722 trees per acre. He expects to harvest the crop in about 10 years.

E . C. Krehl is in Bay City this week testing cattle for advanced registry on the farm of Hon. T . F . Marston. W . M. Rider is testing the cattle at the East Michigan asylum at Pontiac for the same pur­pose.

The annual tribute of the United States to the scourge of tuberculo­sis is over 100,000 of its inhabitants. Each year the world yields up about 1,095,000 souls to this disease, each day 3,000 and each minute 2. I t is now universally admitted that tuber­culosis is the most frequent cause of death, according to some statistics, every seventh, according to.others every sixth, death is due to this dis­ease.

Mrs . Chas. E. Marshall returned Friday from a 10 days ' trip in New York state.

Director Brewer has broken ground for a new house in the Chase and Angell addition.

Don't wait for a man to look you up to sell you a ticket, look him up and secure a good seat for the min­strels.

The agricultural section of the Michigan Academy" of Science, program for which was announced last w e e k , will be held in the chapel Friday from 2 to 4.

Lost. - A kev-ring containing nine or ten keys, one key marked

w i t h .an . "x . " Will tinder please leave at secretary's office or barber shop. C. E. Smith, 130 Abbot.

Many friends of I I . M. Howe, former secretary to Pres . Snyder, will be sorry to learn of the death of his wife at Alpena, April 5. Mr. Howe is .. secretary of the Churchill Lumber Co. there.

Remember May 28th as the date for the May Festival. T w o con­certs will be given, one in the after­noon and one in the evening. In­vite your parents and friends to visit you at fruit time. They will surely enjoy the Anisic.

T h e second recital by the stu­dents of music will be given Friday evening, April 24th, at 8 p. m. in the Women 's Building. T h e pro­gram will be printed in next week's R E C O R D . Students and friends are cordially invited to attend.

At the union meeting Sunday evening Ray Stannard Baker spoke on Heroes I Have Met.

Pres. Snyder, Secretary Broun anil Prof. Baker are in the north pari of the state this week looking over the forest reserve.

Only one night. The only stop between New York and San Fran Cisco. Come early and enjoy the whole show, April iti.

The first Y. W. C. A. meeting in the spring term was lead by the president, Miss Severance, who took as her topic, "Fa i th . "

Dr. D. B. Waldo, principal of the Western State .Normal, will speak before the Foresters ' Club at the chapel Tuesday, April 21,011 The Land Tax Problems. Everyone cordially invited.

Did \011 see the bushels of short, evergreen twigs on the snow north of College Hall and elsewhere? These were from the Norway Spruce trees and were gnawed off by red squirrels.

Teacher — " A rich man dies and leaves $1,000,000 to eight nephews and nieces. What does each one ge t ? "

Scholar "Automobiles, ances­tors, and appendicitis."

"May I print a kiss upon your lips? " I said, and she looked her sweet per­

mission ; So we went to press And I rather guess,

We printed a full edition.—Ex.

DRAMATIC CLUB'S PLAYS WELL RECEIVED.

The second public appearance of the Dramatic Club at the Armory Friday night in two farces, "All in a Fog" ' ami ' -Our .Yew Footman," was well received by a large and appreciative audience. T h e r e seems to he a growing interest in this line of work and with the new staging which makes possible the proper presentation of small dramas, the future success of the club seems assured. The following is the cast of characters :

I. "ALL IN A FOG." CHARACTERS

Mr. Hloomtield Brambleton. Mr. Oviatt. Lawrence Lavender (a valet). Mr.

Turner. Mr. Simonides Swanhopper (Model

Bachelor), Mr. Gilbert. Cieily (Brambleton's daughtar). Miss

Ray nor. Matilda Jane (Housemaid), Miss Edith

Hudson.

II. "OUR XEVV FOOTMAN-CHARACTERS

Sybil (Miss Amberly), Miss Pratt. Laura, Rosa, friends of Miss Amberly.

Miss Lora Hyde, Miss Carney. Spiggott (the family butler), Mr. Fraser. Hopkins (a footman), Mr. Hulse. Lord Thirhiiere, Mr. Campbell. Robert (a page), Mr. Garcinava.

Most men will rejoice that the price of this spring's Easter hats is not computed according to acreage.

The M. A. C. RECORD.

ATHLETICS. OLIVET HERE SATURDAY.

W i t h the o p e n i n g of the s p r i n g t e r m and w a r m w e a t h e r c o m e s a g r o w i n g in teres t in the o u t d o o r a th le t ics . Basebal l and t r a c k . t e a m s a re n o w ou t e v e r y d a y g e t t i n g in to fo rm. T h e baseba l l s q u a d h a s been cut to 2^ men . each 'of w h o m is w o r k i n g for a place on the t eam wi th so little, a p p a r e n t difference be­t w e e n m a n y of t he cand ida tes t h a t t he final t eam cannot be p icked w i t h o u t f u r t h e r p rac t ice . T h e most p r o m i s i n g cand ida tes at p resen t are C r i s s e y and D a l s t r o m b e h i n d the bat ; N i e s , N e l s o n and V a u g h n of the old men and B a k e r and P e t e r ­son a m o n g the f r e s h m e n for p i tch­ers . Mil ls will m a k e good at 2nd. V a n c e at 3rd. Y o n d e t t e . R e e d and ( i . G. W h i t e are about evenly ma tched ,for 1st. Ol in , a good in-l ielder but w e a k w i t h the st ick and C 'our t r igh t are out for shor t and one Or more of the p i t c h i n g staff m a y be w o r k e d in for that posi t ion if neces sa ry . The p rospec t s for a w i n n i n g t eam are b r i g h t . S a t u r d a y the t e a m went d o w n to p l a y M o r -r i sy ' s S e n a t o r s , but few of t he Lan­s i n g p l a y e r s w e r e in so t he i r de ­ple ted r a n k s w e r e tilled in f rom the M . A . C . subs . S c o r e 2—,1 in favor of ' V a r s i t y t e am.

BASEBALL SCHEDULE.

April IS Olivet at M. A. C. " 23 De Paul at Chicago.

24 Culver at Culver. 25 Notre Dame at Dotre Dame.

May 2 Al inaat M. A. C. 8 Hillsdale at M. A. C.

15 Wabash a t M. A C . " 20-21 Lake Forest University at

M. A. C, 23 Ypsilanti Normal a t M. A. C.

" 26 Alma at Alma. 29 Syracuse University at M.

A C. 30 Alma at 11. A. G.

TRACK SCHEDULE. April 18 Annual Cross Country Run.

•' 24-25 Varsity Meet. May 2 Alma at M. A. C.

" 9 Detroit University School at M. A. C.

Hi Notre Dame a t M. A. V. to Central Michigan Intersclto-

lastic. 23 Triangular Meet.

Wabash Armour Inst i tute 11. A. C. at Chicago.

30 Open. J u n e 6 Conference Meet a t Chicago.

T h e first r e g u l a r basebal l g a m e of t h e season wi l l b e p l a y e d on t h e col lege field w i t h O l ive t S a t u r d a y a f t e rnoon . A doub le h e a d e r may be pu l led off.

CROSS COUNTRY RUN.

T h e annua l c ross c o u n t r y run will be pul led off S a t u r d a y of th is w e e k o v e r t h e r e g u l a r cou r se , v i z . : E a s t a long sou th b a n k of river to H a g a d o r n ' s b r i d g e , n o r t h to H o w e l l road then wes t to a r m o r y .

EASTER EXERCISES. E a s t e r exerc i ses will be he ld in

the a r m o r y next S u n d a y a f t e rnoon at 3 :op o 'clock ins tead of the r e g u ­lar chape l se rv ice at <.) :oo. R e v . Le G e a r , of L a n s i n g , will g ive the a d d r e s s . T h e cho i r will r e n d e r special mus ic .

WHAT ARE WE COMING TO.

" Is t he room d i s in fec ted , ' " •• Y e s . m o t h e r , and 1 Have steri l­

ized the cu r t a in s , deoder ized the fu rn i tu re , sep t ic ized all t he f ix tures , vapor ized the air , w a s h e d m y lips in an an t i sep t ic solut ion, and

- H a v e you sept ic ized the mist le­toe ?"

" T h o r o u g h l y , m o t h e r ; eve ry ­t h i n g is d o n e . A r t h u r is w a i t i n g n o w in the h y d r o g e n r o o m . "

" T h e n you mav g o in and let h i m k i ss you , d e a r . " - Liff/ncotfs.

"There was a young girl from Berlin Who was so excessively thin That when she essayed To drink lemonade She sliped through the s traw and fell

in."

ATHLETIC COUNCIL MEET­ING.

T h e A t h l e t i c Counc i l met F r i d a y . A p r i l 10th and e lec ted t h e f o l l o w i n g officers for the e n s u i n g yea r .

P r e s i d e n t — C . J . Ov ia t t . Vice P r e s i d e n t . — P . J. A l c K c n n a . T r e a s u r e r ( i . I I . A l l e n . S e c r e t a r y - I I . \ Y . Mi l l s . T h e Counc i l au tho r i zed a foot-

bull g a m e w i t h W a b a s h C o l l e g e to be p l ayed h e r e O c t . 3 1 .

T h e da te set for the annua l circus w a s A p r i l 25th .

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our spec Woo .lispl us a tine.

Car

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UNC LADIES \ r e especially invited to oa i ress Goods Department ti

tin- very newest creation 1. Silk and Cotton Fabric; iv for the Spring season ( 1 opportunity to show you

Mahijioor, Sortli a

neron & Arbaugh (

11 a t 1 in-s in > on 3ive our

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Dairy Employment Agency Lansing, Michigan.

F. O. F O S T E R , Propr ie tor .

i rffice oil Oakland Blclg.

( ' i t . Phone ]"'.«i Bell Phone 2M

O F F I C E S U P P L I E S JOB PRINTINC

The place where you get a "Square Deal"

ALLEN PRINTINC CO. BELL 109-4 305 MICH. AVE. E. C'T. 1006

A L L M E A T S . . . May look a 1 ik*• to you, but tin-re is a

very great difference in the qunl i ty we hand le and t h a t sold by some o the r m a r k e t s . We h a n d h ' none but the very best. Like the pudding , the proof of Rood mea t s is in the ea t ing . A t r ia l will con-v inre you t h a t you ought to t r ade wi th us*

We m a k e daily t r ips to the College. HoTH P H O N E S . Oareful a t t e n t i o n given

to phone o rders , G o t t l i e b R e u t t e r .

822 W a s h i n g t o n Ave. Sou th .

. . . C A L L O N . .

Eawrcttce $ Uan Buren Printing Co.

W H E N IN N E E D OF

C A L L I N G C A R D S 122 OTTAWA ST. E.

A V E R A G E men are as colorless as fJ5£ average clothes. College men are outside the average—their togs have to be

-College Brand Clothes are. Just a bit more dash to 'em, a great sight more style

-and the precisely right amount of fit. Though exclusive their price isn't enough to exclude you from wearing 'em. For the young man and the " like-to-be-young."

O'CONNOR, Clothier. Sole Agents for College Clothes.

DIRECTORY L A N S I N G B U S I N E S S A N D

P R O F E S S I O N A L M E N .

H A C K A N D BAGGAGE LINES.

o RDKK YOUR HACKS for par t ies a t CarrVs Hack Barn . Livery in connec­t ion . 110 Wash ing ton Ave. N .

The nanii-s in th i s Directory, a s well as those of all our o t h e r adver t i se r s , are. of reliable pa r t i e s . W e hope tha t t h e faculty and s t u d e n t s will t a k e pains to pa t ron ize those who pa t ron ize us.

BARBERS.

H A R D W A R E , S T O V E S & T I N W'RE.

N O R T O N ' S H A R D W A R E — G e n I T » 1 Hardware , T inware . ( i rnni tewnre . Cut­

lery, Stoves , e tc . Ill Washington Ave. 8 . Wee ad .

JEWELERS.

M A. C. B A R B E R S H O P . Rooms in new . Kath House. H. A. Sias. Propr .

BOOKS A N D S T A T I O N E R Y .

A M. E KIIY. lie. Wash. Ave. N. Books. « F ine S ta t ione ry , Engraved ( 'ai l ing

c a r d s . F o u n t a i n Pens, P ic tures , F r a m e s . Fine F r a m i n g a Specia l ty . Up-to-date s tyles .

B O O T S A N D SHOES.

CH A S . A. PIELLA.—Jeweler and Opti­cian. 121 Washington Ave. N,. Lan ­sing. Mich.

T FAVK your Fine Watches and Jewel ry 1 ^ with J . J . H e a t h for repai rs . He will

please you.

M A N I C U R E A N D HA.IRDRESSING.

M RS. 0 . T. CASK.—Manicure and Hai r -di-essjng Par lors . Masquerade wigs

for ren t . Swi tches made of (rut ha i r or combings . The France-Amer ican Hygienic Toilet Requisi tes a specia l ty . New phone lis. 222J3 Washing ton Ave. S„ up s ta i r - .

f~* D. W o o l l B l ' R Y . ^ B o o t s and Shoes. We V , . shoe the s t u d e n t s . Spend .

BOOK BINDERS.

/ " E O . G. B L F H E A r A Co.—Bookbinders, v J account Ixiok m a k e s , paper ruliuu,

"library and fine art bindings,* file Ixixes, map moun t ings , a lbums, pocket books, e tc . Cit izens phone No. 66. In City Nat ional Bank Building.

C L O T H I N G .

T O T I S BKCK\—Clothier. G e n t s ' F u r n i s h -i—* ings. Ha t s and Caps. 112 "Washington

Ave. N o r t h .

C R O C K E R Y A N D GLASSWARE.

MUSIC, PIANOS, E T C .

^ R I N ' N E L L BROS.—Pianos, Organs and t_X e v e r y t h i n g in t h e line of music . 219.

Washington Ave. N.

OCULISTS.

P H A S . G. JEN K TNS. V^ Eye, Ear. Nose and 12 a. m. and 2 to ;> p. in. Rooms 2t«-2tll Prudden !

M. 1).— Diseases of Throat. Hours, 9 to Citizens phone 1030.

Block. J O S E P H FOSTER. M. !>.—Eye, HUu?j Nose J and Throa t . Hours . II to 12 a. in.; 2 to 4 p . m . ; Sundays 12 to I : E v e n i n g 7 t o S. Cor­ner Allegan St.. and Capitol Ave. , Lans ing . Both phones . .

H H.LARNED.—China . Glass & Lamps. . In.") Wash ing ton Ave. S.

DENTISTS.

A F. <nis i» IN. ii. r>. s. M. A. r\ 'in, r.of . J t . '111. 21* Wash ing ton Ave. South .

Phone, Ci t izens 'VSTi.

f E. S T O F F E R . Ii. 1>. S Oitice 301 City J . Nat ional Bank Bldg. Ci t izens phone

livid. F o r m e r M. A. 0 . s t uden t .

PHYSICIANS.

DR. BE. W. LAVDON. Office and resi­dence M. A .C . office hoars from 7 to

8;30 a. m . and 12:30 t o 2 and 8:80 t o 8 p. m . Sunday office hours . 1 to "> and 7 to K p . m . N'cw phone 1680.

D R. OSCAR H . BRUEGFIL. Hours . 9 to l l a . m . ; 2 to l a n d 7 to x p. m . S u n d a y s

-1*- ' ' *""""" Agricul tural College. 12 to I and ."i to (i p. i M icl i . ('it izens pi

N f H. MOORK, I). T). S. Office .111-113 Hol-Uster Building, Lansing^ Mich. Citi­zens phoiu* !7r>.

PLUMBERS.

^) W. MORSE, Ii. 11. S. Holl is ter Block, V. room 517. Ci t izens phono £2, Bell

phone 896. ' J

D E. PAR.MEI.KK, Dentist, 117V-2 Wash-• ing ton Ave. S.. Lansing. Michigan.

Cit izens phone, office 275: reside nee. 201.

SH I E L D S * LFADI.KY.— Plirfiihin Hea t ing , •'/*> Wash ing ton Ave. N

^sillg. Both phones .

S P O R T I N G GOODS.

1^ and Lan-

T H . h A K R A R E K . - B a s p Hall Goods, Foot. J • Rail Goods. Tennis . Golf. Guns. A m m u ­nit ion and Fish ing T a c k l e 385 Wushinfftou Avenue Sou th .

D E P A R T M E N T S T O R E S .

CA M E R O N & ARBAUGH CO. Largest and best l ighted store in Lans ing .

DRUGGISTS.

RO F S E R ' S C A P I T A L DEtJG STORE. T'p to d a t e . Coi-ner s tore . Opposite Hol l i s ter Block.

J) O B I N S O N L>RIT(i Co.. successors to Als-^. dorfA:Son. Hi'ugs and Druggis t s 'Sun­

dr ies . 102 Wash ing ton Ave. N .

D R Y GOODS. W. K N A P P * CO. successor to J e w e t t &

. K n a p p . Dry Goods—222-221 Wash . A v . S .

E L E C T R I C A L SUPPLIES.

c APITOL ELKOTRIO CO— E l e c t r i c a l Supplies , TeleRraph I n s t r u m e n t s and Telephones . 11 Michigan Ave . E.

FURNISHING GOODS.

ELGIN MIFFLIN.—Ladies and Gent le­men ' s F u r n i s h i n g (4oods. See ad .

M F U R N I T U R E DEALERS.

J . & B. M. BUCK.—Furni ture . Corner W a s h i n g t o n Ave. and Ionia S t r ee t . See ad.

tanner $ turner ISo. 6 D, Wells Hall

F u l l lint; of J. H . I^a r rabee ' s

ATHLETIC GOODS

A nice a s s o r t m e n t of T e n n i s

R a c k e t s , a l so Bal ls . C| Ca l l

on u s o r a sk us to call on y o u .

A t h o m e af ter b r e a k f a s t , d in­

n e r or s u p p e r .