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

SPECIAL LITERARY NUMBER.

V O L . : 14. L A N S I N G , M I C H I G A N , T U E S D A Y , J A N U A R Y 5, 1909. N o . 14.

THE CHRISTMAS BOX. ANNUAL STATEMENT.

M r s . W a l d r o n s tood in t he k i t ch­en w i n d o w of a l i t t le co t t age si tu­ated in the o u t s k i r t s of t h e t h r i v i n g N o r t h D a k o t a t o w n , w a t c h i n g the sun as it s lowlv sank b e h i n d the s n o w , w h i c h , as far as t he e y e could r each , lav w h i t e and g l i m m e r ­ing ove r the level p la in . B u t , g lo r ious as t he sunse t w a s , s h e did not see it, for h e r t h o u g h t s w e r e s o m e t w o t h o u s a n d miles b e h i n d he r , and she w a s w o n d e r i n g h o w the folks in t he b ig w h i t e f a r m h o u s e a m o n g the p ines of t h e old M a s s a c h u ­se t t s h o m e s t e a d w e r e g o i n g to spend C h r i s t m a s . S h e k n e w t h e r e would be r o w s and r o w s of g o o d t h i n g s on the o ld- fash ioned p a n t r y she lves ; s h e k n e w tha t t h e r e wou ld be a l og t ire in the b ig l i re place in t he hal l , and she k n e w tha t t h e r e w o u l d be a bri l l iant t ree in the d imly l i gh t ed colonial pa r lo r , as t h e r e a l w a y s h a d been ; b u t wou ld it s eem just t he s a m e to t h e m , w i t h o u t h e r and R o d nev and the b a b i e s :

Just t hen the d o o r o p e n e d and she t u r n e d to see R o d n e y pick u p the baby and toss h im h i g h in t he air, and t h e n , as he placed h im l a u g h i n g and c r o w i n g in his s w i n g , t u rn to h e r and say cheer i ly . " W e l l , C o e . ou r first C h r i s t m a s in t he n e w h o m e p r o m i s e s '<-> be r a t h e r cool to u s . "

" W e l l . I h o p e it will be cold, so as to seem a little l ike h o m e , " s h e a n s w e r e d s lowlv . and then added •• A n y mail . R o d ?"

l i e s h o o k his head sobe r ly . " N o , " he said, " N o b o d y has any mail to­n i g h t , not even a C h i c a g o pape r .

"for t h e r e ' s a b ig b l i zza rd r a g i n g in M i n n e s o t a and t h e r e ha sn ' t been a t ra in in f rom St . Pa id today .

W i t h o u t r e p l y i n g , C o e h u r r i e d in to t he d i n i n g room to p u t t he fin­i s h i n g touches to t he tea tab le a n d to h ide t he tears tha t wou ld force t h e m s e l v e s into h e r eves . S h e did so w a n t to be b r a v e for R o d n e y ' s s a k e , but not a g h o s t of a le t ter f rom h o m e th i s w e e k I let a lone a n y t h i n g else) . T h i s w a s a l m o s t u n e n d u r a b l e . R o d n e y ' s " g a z e fol­lowed h e r wis t fu l ly . " P o o r , little w o m a n , " he t h o u g h t . " It is h a r d , bu t she ' s a t r u m p . " •

A f t e r s u p p e r C o e s eemed to h a v e f o r g o t t e n t h a t it w a s so far to t h a t w h i t e fa rm h o u s e , and as t h e y t r i m m e d the t iny t ree and filled t he t w o little s t o c k i n g s , s h e t a lked g a y l y of t h e m o r r o w and of t h e g o o d d in ­ne r in s to re for t h e m at t he i r f r i e n d s ' , t h e P a l m e r s , on t he o t h e r side of t o w n .

C h r i s t m a s m o r n i n g d a w n e d b leak a n d g r a v . w i t h a f ew s n o w r l a k e s f l u r ry ing in t he air. I t w a s e i g h t o 'c lock before t he usua l C h r i s t m a s m o r n i n g e x c i t e m e n t had ca lmed d o w n e n o u g h for t h e m to h a v e b r e a k f a s t , and even t h e n F l o s s w o u l d w e a r h e r t iny go ld t h i m b l e to t he table . B u t as R o d n e y said, " I t w a s C h r i s t m a s . "

K n o w i n g t h a t h i s w i fe ' s o n e w i s h n o w w a s t h e h o m e le t t e r , s ince one of h i s g i f t s to h e r h a d been t h e m u c h - l o n g e d - f o r o r m o l u clock, R o d -

BUSINESS OF " C O - O P " SHOWS LARGE INCREASE OVER L A S T Y E A R .

T h e fo l l owing is a s t a t e m e n t of bus ine s s d o n e by t h e M . -V. C . Book B u y i n g Assoc ia t ion for the s e a r c los ing Sep t . L T 9 0 8 :

CASH STATEMENT. RECEIPTS.

Sept. 1, '07 Cash on hand .. $6 22 Sept, 1, .'08 Mdse. sold 1L .'. - 19,412 28

" not in cash acct. _. : . . . . 20 19 Certificates sold (419 a t 75c) . . . ' - .:,'; . 314 25 Cash with t reasurer . . . __ 310 83

DISBURSEMENTS.

Sept. 1, '08 Amount paid for merchandise . . . $18 Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . $50 00

- Freight 1 . . . . . . . . . . 350 65 Salary - . - - . - - . . . . . . . . 847 53 Exchange . . . . . . ._:___ 17 50 Telegraph . :i}.. 19 25 Rent . 175 00 Furni ture . . . " . . . . . . 36 50 1,496 43 Cash on hand . . . , ... 50 27 ( a s h with t reasurer . . . ; 248 94

$20,069 77 MERCHANDISE STATEMENT.

Sept. 1, 07 Inventory stock _. . ._.:_ . . . . $2,671 48 Sept.. 1, '08 Amount paid for merchandise . _. 18,274 13

/ Total e x p e n s e s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... 1,496 43 , Net gain _.- . . . . . . . ; : . . . . 415 90

Sept, 1. '08 Merchandise.sold . . .,_ Certificates of membership . . . Inventory stock . . . — .

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT.

Merchandise s o l d . . . Expense , . Inventory . . . Membership t ickets .

EXPENSE.

Insurance Freight Salary . Exchange -Telegraph"..: ' . Rent . . . . - - - - -Furn i ture Electric l ight .

--

1906-7.

.$16,048 65

. 1.132 26

. 2,671 48

206 25

$20,058 64

1906-7.

$38 40

305 67

588 65

14 60

9 26

175 00

$22,S57 94

314 86

- - ;;-;" — $22,857 94

1907-8.

$19,432 17

1,496 43

3,111 22

314 25

$24,354 37

1907-8.

$50 00

350 00

847 53

. 17 50

19 25

175 00

36 50

$1,132 26 $1,496 43 T h e m e r c h a n d i s e sold d u r i n g the y e a r s h o w s an inc rease of $3 ,464 .81

ove r t he last, y e a r and necessa r i ly inc reased the e x p e n s e s b y $ 3 6 4 , 1 7 . D u r i n g the1 y e a r a l a r g e a m o u n t e x p e n d e d w a s for s a l a ry , as s h o w n by c o m p a r a t i v e s t a t e m e n t of e x p e n s e s d u r i n g the past t w o y e a r s . T h e ex­p e n s e for 1906-1907 is abou t 7% of t he sa les , and the e x p e n s e for 1907-[90S is abou t 7 .7% of sales , an inc rease of 0 .7% in e x p e n s e in p r o p o r t i o n to sales.

F o u r h u n d r e d and n ine t een m e m b e r s h i p t i cke t s w e r e sold d u r i n g the yea r , an inc rease of 144 ove r t he p r i o r yea r .

ney W a l d r o n , clad in h i s n e w g l o v e s and scarf, se t o u t for t he postoffice i m m e d i a t e l y af ter b r e a k ­fast , and as h i s wi fe called af ter h i m , " H u r r y b a c k , " he l a u g h e d h i s p r o m i s e of " I w i l l " o v e r h i s s h o u l d e r at h e r .

B u t an h o u r w o r e on and n o R o d ­n e y . T h e s n o w came t h i c k e r and f a s t e r ; t h e w i n d h o w l e d a r o u n d t h e c h i m n e y . A n o t h e r half h o u r w e n t by ; t h e clock s t r u c k half pas t ten . T h e ch i l d r en h a d been m a d e as s w e e t and clean as h e a r t could

w i sh and C o e herself , r eady to g o , wai ted by the f ront w i n d o w . But they could neve r v e n t u r e out in such a s t o r m ! W h y d i d n ' t t ha t boy c o m e ? D i d n ' t he k n o w tha t t h e r e w a s n ' t a t h i n g in t he h o u s e su i tab le for a C h r i s t m a s dinner . - T e n m o r e m i n u t e s d r a g g e d by and the w i n ­d o w s ra t t l ed d i smal ly . W h e r e w a s tha t b o y ? S u d d e n l y she real ized t h a t th i s b l i n d i n g s n o w s t o r m must be a b l i z z a r d — t h e first s h e h a d e v e r s e e n — a n d t h a t R o d n e y m u s t be lost .

(Continued on page 2.)

ALUMNI In the Record office there is kept a

card catalogue of all s tudents who have ever been connected with the college. In order that this may be kept up to date, please notify us of any change of a d d r e s s or occupation.

W . J. WRIGHT, Editor.

A let ter from I) . S. Bul lock of Ch i l i . S . A . , i n f o r m s us that he has c h a n g e d h i s a d d r e s s and shou ld n o w he add re s sed Miss ion A r a u c a n a , T e m u e o , Chi l i , Casi l la 7^. l i e h o p e s to visit M A . C . next year . M r . Bul lock wen t to Chi l i i m m e d i ­ately af ter h\> g r a d u a t i o n in 1902 as mi s s iona ry in s t ruc to r in a g r i c u l t u r e , h is w o r k b e i n g la rge ly a m o n g the Ind i ans . l i e incloses a desc r ip t ion of a species of fish, Qalaxias />'///-iocfci, w h i c h he has d i s c o v e r e d , a n d w h i c h has been n a m e d for h im.

( i . I I . El l is , '07 . as a result of civil service e x a m i n a t i o n s , was re ­cent ly p r o m o t e d to be I . S. E n g i n ­eer in the R e c l a m a t i o n Se rv i ce , Ik-will p r o b a b l y remain at Wi l l i s ton . X . D . , a n o t h e r year . l i e i> t a k i n g a vacat ion of one m o n t h inc lud ing holjchu s, most 01 which at his h o m e in F l u s h i n g , Mich . , called at col lege D e c . 18.

Prof . V e d d e r has been asked to n o m i n a t e e l ig ib les recen t ly g radu­ated for severa l k inds of civil en­g i n e e r i n g w o r k at g o o d salar ies for ben inner.-. If t h e r e a r e any such u n e m p l o y e d they wou ld find it to the i r interest to c o m m u n i c a t e wi th h im .

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M r . and M r s . Ben jamin | . M i l ­ler, 820 Cap i to l A v e . , X . . e n t e r ­ta ined t w e n t y - f o u r g u e s t s S a t u r d a y e v e n i n g in h o n o r of the i r d a u g h t e r , Miss Xel la F l o r e n c e Mil ler , w h o s e e n g a g e m e n t to M r . E rnes i I- S h a s s : b e r g e r of H a r v e y , I l l inois, w a s an­nounced . T h e vyedding will t a k e place in J u n e . — S t a t e Republican.

M . E . Hall spent the C h r i s t m a s vacation at his h o m e at C h e s a n i n g , M i c h . H e is t e a c h i n g at X . Y . Mil l s . M i n n .

T h e m a r r i a g e of M r . R a y A r t h u r Smal l ami Mis s R u b y M a y De lv in , d a u g h t e r of M r . and Mrs". C h a r l e s E . De lv in , look place T h u r s d a y e v e n i n g , D e c . 24, at 8 o 'c lock, at the h o m e of the b r ide ' s p a r e n t s , i n B i n g h a m St . , L a n s i n g , T h e y will m a k e t he i r h o m e at San F ranc i s co , w h e r e M r . Smal l has received an a p p o i n t m e n t as ass is tant e n g i n e e r .

H e n r y M . C o n o l l y , ' 08 , and M i s s R u t h F o s t e r , g r a n d d a u g h t e r of M r . and M r s . H e r m a n C o o k of Eas t P a u s i n g , w e r e uni ted in m a r r i a g e D e c - 24. M r . and M r s . Cono l ly will res ide in C h i c a g o , w h e r e M r . Cono l ly is e m p l o y e d by the p a r k c o m m i s s i o n .

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A few weeks ago a student at the Iowa State College was arrested on the charge of stealing apparatus

from the laborato-The Spirit ties, eonvicted and of Larceny, senteneed to the pen­

itentiary for a term of five vears. Whether or not. the penalty imposed in this particular ease is excessive is a matter of judg­ment hut the principle that thieves of public property should be held no less responsible than thieves of private property deserves commend­ation.

There is a peculiar temptation at­taching to public property. Per­sons who would never think of tak­ing the property of a private indi­vidual feel no compunctions of con­science in " running-in " property belonging to the State when the loss affects no one particular person and where, in man v cases, less effort is made to discover the guilty par­ties. Even our own college is not free from this practice. Every \ ear more or less apparatus is missing which in most cases is traceable to a section of a class, often to one of three or four individuals, and some­times to a single individual, in which case suspension or expulsion is the usual punishment. Prosecu­tion and imprisonment, which fol­lows usual cases of larceny, is not insisted upon. Last \ ear several cases of theft of private property from the bath house were reported, and only last term money was ab­stracted several times from student rooms in the WomedS' Building.

Unfortunately the slight incon­venience caused the college by these depredations is small as compared with the self-inflicted injury to the character of the perpetrator of the crime. A habit once formed is not easily broken, and, once a habit is formed of " running in " small arti­cles, it is but a step forward to the theft of private property, or the misappropriation of large sums should the victim of the habit be sometime placed in a position of trust.

In justice to the individual as well as the student body, the college, and the State, the action above re­ferred to must be commended. No doubt other institutions will be forced to follow the example.

(Continued from page 1.) He was probably freezing to death at that very moment! She couldn't even see the gatepost now. And while all this was passing through her mind, little Flossie, the gold thimble still on her finger, slipped her hand quietly into her mother's and whispered '"Where is papa?"

Five minutes more, a shuffling on the porch and the white faced woman threw open the door to ad­mit a half froz.en man, a large box, and several brown paper parcels.

T o Cora Waldron that was the most thankful moment she had ever experienced, and she was not ashamed of the tears in her eves as she drew forward an easy chair and gently placed her husband in it. But that is not all. In half an hour, after a drink of something warm and soothing, Rodney was himself again, and after producing three fat letters from his coat pocket, which he read with as much interest as his wife did, he proceeded to open "the box from home."

The Waldrous dined on oysters, beef steak and custard that noon; but it was Christmas, nevertheless, for the box had come with the first blizzard.

A L I C E E. JEI F E K V .

THE LOST WATCH CHARM.

The country fair was in full blast and Prank was going into town to spend the day. He had dressed himself for the occasion in his best suit, which he had carefully pressed the afternoon before. He was about to jump into the buggy to start away, when his father called out :

" H o l d on, Frank. Mr. lackson was over here yes terday and paid me for the calves he bought the other day. 1 guess y-ou'd bet let-take the money and deposit it in the bank for me. There is fifty dollars in this roll. 1 don't like to have so much laving around. Be sure and be careful with it."

" Sure, dad. Yen can trust me. I'll deposit just as soon as 1 get in­to town." .

'" Well, be sure you do. You know there are a lot of sharps in town on a day like this, on the lookout for honest farmer boys."

"Don ' t you worry, dad. I'll see that it's taken good care of," laughed Frank as he placed the money and book in his inside coat pocket and hopped into the carriage.

Re at the: sheds, and went to the bank. How­ever, he had been rather ambitious since leaving home, and found the bank was not vet open.

" Oh, well, it won't matter," said Frank to himself as he turned and started down the street. " I ' l l take a little look around and come back later."

He had proceeded hut a short dis­tance when someone touched him on the shoulder, and turning, he found Charlie Carter standing be­fore him.

Charlie was known to everybody in town and was a friend of Frank ' s father. He had been a gambler, but had now reformed and was lead­ing an honest life. Like all re­formed criminals he was a relentless enemy of all confidence men and grafters, and had frequently saved the young men from being fleeced by this class of men.

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Leaching town he leiftpis horses he Methodist church hitching

" H e l l o ! F rank , " he said, shaking the young man's hand. " I saw you passing and thought I would stop and say good morning. You are in town for the fair?"

" Yes ," answered Frank. " I couldn't miss that, you know. I guess we are going to have a big-time too, by the looks of the people that are driving into town." • " It 's going to be a big day, all r ight," answered Charlie. "There ' s a big bunch of grafters here too, so if you have any loose change, you want to keep a tight grip on it, and don't let any strangers rope you into their confidence."

" Thanks for the advice, but I guess I'll be able to take care of myself all r ight ," laughed Frank as he moved on down among the many husky farmers. He watched the busy carpenters erecting the booths for the street stands. Walking on he came to the depot. l ie noticed a string of yellow cars on a side­track, from which some blanketed horses were being unloaded. Frank, being a lover of horses walked up to one which had just been unload­ed.

'• Well, what are these beauties for?"

"T h em horses ? Them's for the races this afternoon. This one's Salina Pearl, b'longs to old man Smith down tew Wehber 's cross­ing. Yep them are sure daisies. Say, I3ub, vevvseem like a good sort. D'vou want to earn a half a cart­wheel ?"

"How. '" .asked Frank who was willing but cautious.

"By leading this yet nag, Salina, u p tew the grounds. We ' re short a man, an' if yew'll take this tin up, I'll give yew a half a buck, an' get yew on tew the ground free."

Frank could see nothing wrong in this and assented. Half an hour later he found himself safely inside the fair grounds with an extra half dol­lar in his pocket. His conscience was beginning to trouble him about his neglect of his father's money.

" I t won't matter," he told him­self again. "I'll take a look around and then go down-to the church for dinner. I'll put the money in then." And with this resolve he straight-way forgot the money. He moved toward the stock, that part of the grounds where the stock exhibit was being held, and spent a long­time looking over the prize cattle. He was crossing over to the sheep exhibit when his attention was sud­denly arrested by the sight of a well-dressed elderly man, who was poking about in the grass with his cane. He had evidently lost some­thing of value as he was quite agi­tated.

Frank paused a moment, and then asked, "Have you lost- something, s i r?"

"Yes , yes." replied the man with­out looking up from his nervous prodding. " I have lost the charm which was attached to my watch chain. In whirling my cane I struck the charm and it Hew off. It dropped in the grass somewhere about here." The man straight-: ened up and showed Frank the broken fob.

" W a s it a valuable charm ?" asked Frank.

" Very much so, to me. It is a solid gold locket, set with a two-carat diamond, and is worth nowa­days about two hundred and fifty-dollars ; but it has a personal value of much more than that, to me, as it contains a picture of my wife and

little daughter, who is dead. It is the only picture I have of little Maud and I must find it."

The man then continued his fran­tic search for the missing locket, PYank sympathetically joining in the search; getting down on his hands and knees in order to cover the ground the more thoroughly. After they had searched for some time without result the man looked at his watch, gave an impatient ex­clamation, and then turning to Frank , said :

" Would you be willing to stay around here and watch for awhile, young man ?"

" W h y , I wouldn't mind if it will dp any good. But 1 haven't very much time. Would you be gone long ?"

"No , not very long. I own sev­eral horses that are entered in the races today, and as it is nearly time for the first race now, I'll have to hurr\ to the track. If you'll re­main here and keep a lookout for the locket until I return, I'll give you ten dollars for your trouble. I am Mr. Black, from Kentucky."

" W h y , certainly, s i r ; I will be pleased to oblige you." And Frank hugged himself for pure joy. Here was ten dollars coming to him as easily as the fifty cents and entrance to the grounds.

"Very well. I'll be back as soon as I can, ami I am going to trust you to remain here until I return. I would not lose that locket for money. And, by the way, if yoii should happen to stumble onto the locket, bring it r ight over to the judges 's tand and ask for me ; any of the judges will point me out to you, and I'll gladly give you a hundred dollars if you succeed in finding the locket."

Frank 's eyes widened. A hun­dred dollars was a larger sum than he had ever possessed, and he be­gan searching for the locket with redoubled vigor. He had been thus occupied for about fifteen minutes wrhen another man strolled by with his eyes on the ground. As he passed, near Frank he suddenly-paused and picked something up from the ground at his feet. He examined the object, which he held in the palm of his hand, very closely. As he turned the object over in his fingers, Frank saw that it was the locket.

Frank thought fast. He was not going to let that money slip through IT is fingers if he could help. The stranger, unconscious of any ob­server, continued his examination of the locket. After a moment's thought, Frank approached. "Have you found something, sir?" he asked innocently.

"Yes , " replied the man holding up the locket for inspection. "Ra the r a valuable .find, too, I should judge."

Frank eyed the trinket hungrily and tried to think of some plan by which he could get hold of the locket. The one hundred dollars looked pretty- good to him.

" Somebody lost it," continued the man, ag he sprung the locket open and examined the pictures in­side. " They must value it. highly, too. I wish," continued he lookino-caref ully around, " I wish there was some one to whom I could give it. I have not got time to look up the owner. I must hurry to the train."

" Y o u might give it to me, and I'll try and find the owner," sug­gested Frank eagerly.

The man laughed. " If this

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thing is worth a hundred, it's worth five hundred. And yet, you, a per­fect stranger, ask me to turn it over to you. Oh, no, young man, I'm not so easy as that. There' l l prob­ably be a big reward offered, and I can sell my chance in the thing to someone who will watch for me."

" What ' l l you take for i t?" asked Frank, remembering his father's money.

" Well, if you want to take the chance, I'll let it go for a hundred. T h e owner will probably advertise, and offer two' hundred dollars a t the least for a reward."

F rank ' s face fell; he didn't have that sum with him, and, anyway that was all the reward M r . Black had offered him. Thinking it best to risk his father's fifty dollars for the promised one hundred dollars reward he said :

" I haven't that much with me, but if you'll call fifty dollars a fair price I'll take the locket off of your hands."

T h e man did not wait to argue but said, " All right, here's the locket. Give me your money, for I 'm in a hurry ."

F rank promptly produced the fifty dollars without a twinge of conscience. He had reasoned out that it was his duty to double the money. . T h e exchange being made, Frank hurried at once to the race track. Reaching the judges ' stand, he inquired of one of the judges for Mr. Black.

" Mr. Black ? W h o in thunder is he ?" said the nearly crazed judge.

"Mr . Black—Mr. Black of Ken­tucky," replied Frank. He has a lot of horses entered here and he said I would find him here at the judges ' stand."

" H e y ! Ward , " sang out the judge, "look after . this fellow will you? He's looking for a Mr. Black."

"Mr . Black? What were his initials or what horses had he en­tered ?" inquired the more polite Ward.

" W h y , I'm sure I don't know. You see he 'lost a very valuable locket and offered me a hundred dollars reward if I should find it. While I was looking for it, another man,, in passing, picked up an ob­ject near me. I was on my feet in an instant. As he turned the ob­ject of his find over on his hand I saw it was a locket. On looking at it more closely I saw it was set with a-very handsome diamond. I knew at once that it belonged to Mr. Black. T h e stranger let me see the inside and to my joy I saw there were two pictures, a sweet faced lady and a small child, just as Mr . Black had described to me."

" Well, well, quite a coincidence," murmured the judge whom they had addressed as Ward.

" A s the man would not trust me with the locket, and had no time to get it into proper hands, he sold it to me for fifty dollars. So here I am looking for Mr . Black. Surely he must be around here. See, here is the locket; you can see for your­self that is a very valuable one."

" My poor young friend," said Ward after he had examined the locket closely, " You have been made the victim of a couple of sharps. You will never lay eyes either on your money or those men again."

" But look at that diamond—you must be mistaken."

" Did you happen to notice

whether this locket had any name of a firm on it's inside rim, young man ?•"

" W h y no I didn't think it could be anything but a real good locket. Are you sure it" isn't worth any­thing," gasped Frank as he realized the extent of his loss.

" I t isn't worth fifty cents. You have lost your money my boy, and the only thing left is to report the matter to the police. They may catch them, but it is doubtful," said the judge kindly.

Frank took the locket and walked blindlv away. Grown boy though he was, large tears began to fall un­heeded on his nicely pressed suit. He did not worry so much over the amount of money lost, but over the cause of losing it. He had betrayed his father's trust. How could he explain his foolish actions ? With his mind filled with all sorts of bit­ter thoughts he stumbled through the noisy crowd to the exits. Pay­ing no attention to directions, once outside the hated fair grounds, he continued his burdened way. Sud­denly a hearty voice hailed him. " W h y , Frank Orchard! what on earth has happened to you since I saw you last?"

Frank lifted up his head to see Charlie Carter before him. He was so grateful to find a sympathetic firiend that he told him his troubles at once.

" P h e w , " whistled Charlie, " that ' s , tough. Wha t did they look like? Can you give me some more de­tails ?""

Frank described the men as best he knew.

" Hold on—did you see he had a peculiar twitching in his left eve ?"

" Yes — I mean Mr. Black had this twitching in'his left eye."

" Hooray, we've got 'em pinched already. The sheriff, on my advice, has just run them in as suspicious characters. Hurry up and we'll see if we can match up. T h e Mr. Black you describe is a smooth one. He is Snookums Wad in the gang. I can't make out who the other one is unless it's Pete Gamble." And he did not have to hurry Frank to­ward the cheerless grey stone jail.

On reaching the jail Charlie Car­ter explained the situation to the sheriff,and the men were brought out.

" T h a t ' s h im! That ' s h i m ! " shouted Frank, when ' Mr . Black' alias l Snookums Wad ' was brought in. After hearing the story once again the sheriff without any hesi­tation produced a roll of bills from the safe. He carefully counted out a roll of fifty dollars, then turning to Frank he said :

" M y son, I think vou have learned your lesson. You were fortunate however in having learned it with no loss of money. But I think you are an honest lad, in fact I know it from your actions. Here is your father's money."

JERRY'S REWARD.

" Have a shine, s i r?" A tall, fairly well-dressed man of

perhaps 40 years of age, who was standing on the dock of Forty-third street, New York city, turned his gaze from down the bay and looked down at a typical " street crab," who eagerly awaited an answer to his question. T h e man stood mo­tionless, but the boy did not urge him with words as most of his kind would have done, but there was a look in his big blue eyes that spoke more forcibly than words.

Finally the man smiled and ad­dressed the boy with :

" Well, sonify, who are you, and why do you wish to shine my shoes?"

"Au, qui tyer kiddin'and sit down on the box here so I can earn a nick," answered the boy. " How d'ye s'pose I know who I be. Me pals call me Je r ry ; so I guess that's who I be."

" How old are you ? " questioned the man.

" Huh, I don't know nothin' 'bout that," came the ready reply.

The boy had been working so deftly in the meantime that he had neatly finished his task, and as he arose he spied the steamer " Fair­field," which plies between New York and Richmond, about to pull in at the dock. This meant a rich pull for the boy and he was anxious to get away, but he stopped short, however, with his mouth agape, when the man slipped a crisp two-dollar bill into his hand with a slap on his back, a chuckle, and " k e e p the change."

This was beyond the boy's wild­est dreams ; it meant so much in his meager life. His breath was too far £one for speech, and he could only look first at the bill then at the man.

" Take it home to your mother," suggested the man.

" I hain't got none," replied the boy. The man was touched deeply as the boy continued, " I can't take your coin, sir, 'cause when me moth­er died I told her I wouldn't take nothing that didn't belong to me."

He laid the bill in the man's hand and turned his tear flecked cheek away quickly.

The man took a step toward the bov, and, laying his hand upon his shoulder, told him how the boat would carry them to his beautiful home in Virginia, while the boy listened intently. It was soon ar­ranged that Jer ry should make him a visit at once, and if he liked it he could stay as long as he wished. His sole earthly possessions—his shoe-box and papers, he left on the dock.

" Wha t you want me to call yer, s i r?" said the boy as they clambered aboard. "Well , you might call me Mr. Long, if you like, J e r r y , " an­swered the man with a laugh.

Many things were talked about on the way, mostly new and won­derful to Je r ry . While he knew all the intricacies of our great me­tropolis and many things about men in general unknown to boys of thrice his age, his knowledge of the most simple things of life was ab­surd. After two days of extreme happiness for Je r ry the boat whis­tled for Richmond. Je r ry and his companion landed with the rest, and Je r ry again found himself amid familiar surroundings. He was picking out would-be customers on every side.

The pair entered an automobile, and soon broad fields opened up be­fore J<erry's wondering eyes, the like of which he had never seen. An old homestead welcomed him as one of its own. He liked it all, and roamed about over the wide acres of the old farm day after day, en­tirely free to go and come when­ever he chose. Soon a nearby-school opened and Je r ry attended his first class.

Years sped by, and Je r ry grew and developed into a young man of more than ordinary ability in both a physical and mental light.

He had long since been adopted by the " L o n g " family. Every ac­quaintance was a friend, now he had completed his high school ca­reer with honor and was leaving for college.

His college course began with a triumph when he was elected presi­dent of his own freshman class. Je r ry showed his worth and proved his prowess in athletics by making the varsity football team the first year. N o one loved the game bet­ter, nor took defeat worse.

Jerry was playing his second year on the Varsity when the inci­dent occurred which made him for­ever a hero at his college. His own Alma Mater was playing Knox University, their old-time rival, for the championship. T h e teams were evenly matched, and after 50 min­utes of fierce play the score stood a tie of 12 to 12, with 10 more min­utes to play. Each player was straining his every nerve, while in the stands the excitement was in­tense. Jerry, from his position as full-back, found a weak hole in the Knox line and plowed through, on repeated plunges, to within striking distance of their goal. At last a scant two yards lav between the ball and victory. It was " thi rd .down" and the goal to make. The backs held a brief consultation, and the ball was snapped to Je r ry . A crash ! The line wavered, and a few sec­onds later Jer rv was lying beyond the goal line at the bottom of a pile of grimy players with the ball hugged tightly to his breast. In an instant the Knox captain was seen wildly gesticulating to the ref­eree. Something Was wrong. Time was called, the game was over. Would the touchdown hold? T h e Knox captain claimed the ball bad been stopped for an instant in its for ward course, and therefore claimed a "hold," one foot from the goal. T h e referee was fair and just, but undecided; however lie was not anxious to overexcite the now fran­tic crowd. A strange hush fell on both players and spectators,- while the opposing captains argued and explained. The Knox captain was wild, but at last he turned and told them all that if Je r ry Long would give his own 'opin ion he and his team would be satisfied to accept it as final.

Je r ry , breathing hard from his so recent exertions, came slowly for­ward. Every eye was on him. Suddenly his thoughts returned to a death-bed and a pale face looked into his while the words came slow­ly but clearly to him : "Never take anything which doesn't belong to you, Je r ry !" His jaws set in their characteristic way,and his eyes grew moist, but the words came firmly : " I t was a hold ; we did not win."

Knox was jubilant, while Je r ry ' s team-mates and friends were silent from the force of the reaction. However, they soon realized what a noble thing it was to do in the heat of a battle like that, and Jerry was lifted from his feet and carried to the dressing rooms amid deafen­ing shouts and cheers.

Tha t evening the team met for its annual banquet. The captain for the following season was elected. When the big center got up and nominated Jer ry Long, "the squar-est man in school," no ballot was needed. A g a i n and again that eventful evening "Hip . hip, for J e r r y ! " was heard, and the nine 'rahs rang out with a will. J e r rv , at last, had his reward.

I. J . COKTKIGHT.

Q

4 The M. A. C. RECORD.

WHEN A COOKING DEMON­STRATOR WAS APPRE­

CIATED.

" Hello, Central. Please give me 4°79 J-

" I s this Mr . Richard Grant 's office ? O h ! is it you Dick? It didn't sound like your voice. Yes, 1 got your note, but I called to tell vou I cannot be at home. W h v , Miss Mac Donald chose me to dem­onstrate at Frankfort tomorrow. Don't say tha t ; I consider it quite an honor to be the one to go. N o I shant forget the note. I'll write you from Frankfort . Well, Dick, 1 wish I could give you the answer vou want, but while vour parents object I can' t . ' What? On the Michigan Central—Please do not cut us off Central—Yes at 4:3o. The carriage is waiting, so good-bye."

The passengers on the Michigan Central line had been looking doubt­fully from the windows for an hour or more when the conductor opened the door with a bang and announced, " W e l l , you may-as well make your-selves as comfortable as possible for we're in for it now for several hours at least. The rails are all ice, and even if they weren't the snow's drifted here so high that we couldn't pull through. I guess you can all

.hear and see for yourselves what the wind is doing."

The passengers squirmed uncom­fortably. A portlv gentleman got up and walked to the door and started to open it, but a driving blast of snow caused him to use all his strength to close it again. •• Well I guess we're in for freezing and starving from the looks out­side," he muttered as he walked back to his seat.

A child in the rear of the. car whimpered fretfully. The passen­gers grumbled out criticisms of the road. Then there was silence while everyone turned towards the win­dows to watch the storm.

Suddenly the man behind the portly gentleman said, "Well , Judge , old man, how much would you give for a good square meal ?"

At this, everyone turned from the windows and eyed the speaker. Across the aisle the girl in brown, with eves that matched, raised her head with interest.

" See here Mac! whv do you ask such an outlandish question. W h y I'd. let the other fellow set his own price of course, that is with my present feelings' at least," said the Judge.

" That ' s too good to be passed up, Judge. I think I'll advertise this interesting 'Want. ' W h o knows what may be hidden under these seats ?"

As Mac finished speaking he arose and addressed the passengers : "Lad ies and Gentlemen, here's the chance of vour lives. This gentle­man here, who is well, able to keep his promise, offers any of his pos­sessions to the one who will give him a square meal."

The girl in brown, across the aisle. now got up arid with flushed face-walked to the front of the car. From a suitcase she took several packages and a chafing-dish. Us­ing an empty seat for a table, she placed the chafing-dish upon it, and then,in a quiet tone asked the con­ductor to bring a panful of clean snow. The snow was brought and soon melted. The contents of sev­eral packages were emptied into

the chafiing-dish and soon an ap­petizing odor filled the car.

T h e storm was becoming a sec­ondary thing now, for the figure in brown was the central attraction. But listen! She is speaking— "Fel low passengers, at this minute I am due to give a cooking demon­stration at the Farmers ' Institute at Frankfort . But since I am de­layed you all may as well get the benefit of the food that I was going to use in the demonstration. First , bring that hungry babv here and then I shall serve the rest in order."

A silver drinking cup and a spoon were the onlv available arti­cles to serve with, but everyone awaited his or her turn patiently as the girl passed among the hungry crowd.

The Judge came last, and after emptying the third cupful remarked to Mac, "Well I 'm thinking that if this young ladv hadn't of come to our rescue we'd all be cannibals by this time, and ready to devour each other.

" T h a t ' s about right, Judge , but it's high time vou were settling your obligation," laughed the man from behind.

" Y o u scoundrel," muttered the Judge, but turning lo the young lady he said, " Miss, I really do feel greatly indebted to vou, and any service that I can do for you would not half payr my debt."

T h e brown eyes looked straight at the Judge , then in hesitating tones came the reply, " Y o u are welcome, sir. but since your title leads me to think you a person of very great judgment I am tempted to ask you one favor. I have no father nor mother, and would you please advise me on a very perplex­ing mat ter?"

" J u s t i n my line," responded the" fudge. " Nothing- could give me more pleasure."

So an appointment was made for the following day.

It was late the next day when the train reached Frankfort , but at the appointed time the girl in brown met the judge. She drew a letter nervously from her bag and handed it to him.

" I am wanting advice as to the answer I ought to make to this let­ter," she said.

The judge's eyebrows lifted sud­denly as he glanced at the writing. After reading the letter to the end he said, "According to custom all evidence must be in before the court decides a case. Wha t has the plain­tiff to say for herself?"

"Only this, sir, I care for him a great deal."

"Well , then, sit right down and write that young rascal, that having submitted the matter to the court a verdict was given in his favor. And here's the seal of mv office to seal the whole affair."

Glancing at the seal she noticed that the judge's name was Grant, and it was with a flushed face that she thanked him.

D O R A L. S L O A N .

THE INIQUITY OF THE FATHERS.

" Do hurry, Ellen ! My curls look all right. Now please let me go, for I want to hurry and wake mama, 'cause we're going Christ­mas shopping this morning ; mama promised me we would." A strange light of pity shone in the nurse's eyes as she gently tied the big bow

on the brown curls and caressingly patted the soft cheek.

" I wouldn't wake mama yet, Miss Virginia. She was out at the ball last night, you know. Your papa left word that you -were to come to him in the library as soon as you were dressed. So hurry along, dear, and see what he wants." As the child went out of the door she murmured sadly, " Poor lamb, it's

• little she knows what is ahead of her, and she so innocent."

T h e child skipped merrily down the corridor. W h e n she came to her mother's door she softly pushed it open and cautiously tiptoed up to the bed. It was empty. " M a y b e mama is waiting with papa and we're all going shopping together. Oh, goody, goody !"

With flying feet she ran down stairs and into the library. Her father sat alone by the window, with such a gray, stern look on his face that she hesitated in sudden fear. He held out his arms without a word, and with instinctive under­standing she suddenly threw herself into them and began to cry bitterly. Motionless the two sat .until the child's crying became more sub­dued, when the man began to talk to her in a curiously strained, husky voice. He told her as gently as he could how her mama had left them last night because she no longer loved them, how she must never speak of her again to anyone but him, and last of all how she must try to be a good girl, better than ever before, to make up for the wrong her mama had done. The child, suddenly grown' strangely mature,'nestled closer in his arms and whispered, " We'll be good to­gether, won't we papa, and we'll never, never forget mama."

From that time the two became the closest of companions. Tears would often spring to people's eyes as they passed the two walking to­gether hand in hand, and heard the child quaintly talking of the mother whom they never were going to forget.

One day she was invited to a par­ty at the house of the little girl who had always been her chosen friend. She was having such fun in a game of Blind Man's Buff, when slie sud­denly heard whispers behind her which sent the crimson to her face.

" I'm not going to be Virginia's chum any more, 'cause she's got an 'evil heritage, ' I heard my mama say so."

" I'm not going to play with her either," said a little boy's voice,. " ' cause I heard my father and. mother talking 'bout something aw­ful that her mother had done, so I don't think she is a very nice girl ."

When Virginia went home that night her father noticed her flushed cheeks and unnaturally bright eyes. Finally, with gentle questioning, he learned the entire story, and through­out his whole being he quivered with the pain of it. He soothed the little girl as best he could, and when she gave him his good-night kiss their friendship was cemented firmer than before.

So Virginia grew into a sensitive, reserved girl, with no close com­panion except her father. They often talked of her mother, of whom at long intervals they heard, and who was apparently well and hap­py. At such times the girl would say : " She doesn't need us now, daddy, but when she does we must not fail her." And her father, with­out answering, would stare fixedly at the fire.

At last it came time for her to go away to college. It seemed as if they neither could undergo the or­deal of parting, and the only com­fort for either was the hope that Virginia would at last have a chance to make young friends who would be unprejudiced, for the people among whom she was going would know nothing of her mother 's shame.

T h e first few weeks were a reve­lation to her. Barring the sorrow she felt at leaving her father, she had never been so happy since the great sorrow had come into her life. T h e girls were so dear to her and she was already beginning to love them. One afternoon she danced down the hall to get some of them to share with her a great box which her father had sent her. A s she stopped at Helen's door a voice, clear and girlish, came to her Over the transom :

. " N o , girls, I like Virginia aw­fully well, but I would never be willing to take her into the Sorority knowing what we do of her moth­er. You never can tell,—and 1 be­lieve we ought to .first consider the good of our sorority and the girls who have made it what it is."

Once more Virginia became quiet and reserved, and now she no long­er had her father's companionship to help her. She would not hurt him by telling what had happened, but at the first vacation he read it in her face, and though neither said a word each knew that the other understood.

In her last year at college came the hardest blow of all. Her father was killed in a railroad accident. A distant cousin came to live with the lonely girl, and so her life went on, painted in darkest colors. She be­gan to think herself one of the cho­sen few w bo were never to know happine'ss, ami so when the love of a man came into her life it seemed to her nothing'' less than a miracle, especially when he seemed to love her the more after hearing the story of her mother. T h e morning after he had told her of his love, for the first time, she awoke with a thrill of joy. To-night he was coming for his answer, and she knew in her heart what this answer was to be.

As the servant ushered him into the library where she stood wait­ing, he thought she had never seemed so beautiful before. He was almost afraid of her, she was so cold and white, but with confidence in what her answer was to be, he at once asked the question which meant so much to them both. She was still for a moment, and then in a voice she herself scarcely recog­nized as her own she uttered the single word, " N o . " Impetuously he started to speak, but she mo­tioned for him to be silent. Then in the same quiet, unemotional voice, " My mother came this afternoon. She is ill and needs me. Since I was a child 1 have always vowed if this time ever came I would not fail her." A s he again started to speak, " Y o u must understand. ' It would be impossible now. Oh, please, please go • and don't make it any-harder for me." As the door closed behind him she sank into a chair before the fire and hid her face, as sob after sob shook her slender body, E . C H A M B E R L I X .

With '02. Mr. H . H. Whitely, with above

class, is located at Millersburg,Mich., where he edits the Presque Isle County Ne-xs.

T h e M. A. C. R E C O R D .

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There are several additions to the teaching force this term.

T w o pleasant vacation parties were held in the Union Literary Building'.

L O S T . — A silver hunting-case watch. Finder please leave at sec­retary's office. •

So far the enrollment in the short courses promises even larger classes than last year.

'. Familiar faces serve to liven up the campus again after a couple of weeks of loneliness.

Capt. Fuger was called to Detroit Sunday by the death of his father-in-law. He will be back the last of the week.

In this week's R E C O R D we print a few of the many good stories pre­pared and handed in in English work last term.

M. .L . Ireland, '01 , now with the United States army at Frankfor t arsenal, Philadelphia, writes : " I am much disappointed to learn from the review of the football season that the best team we have ever had has failed to receive the enthusiastic support that it deserved. If this is the situation don't ask 'why ?' some day when you find that we have a poor team. A s an example of what support can do, look at the victory of the army over the navy this year, just because every man at Wes t Point and all of the army were be­hind the team, and they knew it, although the navy had been picked to win."

The soft weather has spoiled the skating riiik on the athletic field.

There was good skating on the river above the dam during vacation.

Prof, and Mrs . Xewmana re now living in their new home on College Heights .

C. S. Williamson, former instruc tor in chemistry at M. A. C , is now proprietor of the Williamson laboratories at Columbia, Tenn . He does an analytical and consult­ing business. '

The Lufkin Rule Company, of Saginaw, Mich., has donated to the Forestry Dept. a complete exhibit of their log rules, measuring tapes, dip rules and lumber gauges. The same will be placed on exhibit at the Fores t ry Department.

The four hospital cottages back of the Bacteriological Building are now well toward completion. Each one will contain four nicely fur­nished rooms and wilt contain all modern conveniences for treating communicable diseases. They will be connected from'the college heat­ing system.

Professor Pettit of the Entomo­logical department has received from Francis Kiefer, Forester 'oS, with the U. S. Forest Service, stationed at the Arkansas National Forest, Mena, Arkansas, several very good samples of short-leaf pine infested with dendroctonus frontalis. T h e specimens have been placed in cages to mature the insects. These will be used for experimental pur­poses.

EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING.

Michigan Improved Livestock Breeders' and Feeders' Association

A T THE COLLEGE JAN. J2-J3.

T h e eighteenth annual meeting of the Michigan Improved Livestock Breeders 'and Feeders ' Association will be held at the college Tuesday and Wednesday of next week. Tuesday afternoon will be given ever to the sectional meetings which will hold their sessions at 2 p. m. in the various college build­ings.

At five o'clock, Tuesday, a union meeting of all sections will be held in the college armory, at which Dr. Marshall and Prof. Shaw will speak on topics of interest to all livestock growers .

At 7 130 p . m. a luncheon will be served in the dining hall of the Women's building.

Wednesday's program will be as follows :

MORNING SESSION 9:00 A. M. IN COL­LEGE ARMORY.

President's Address Robert Gibbons. Eeport of Secretary Report of Treasurer Address, "The Improvement of Live

Stock," H. H. Dean, Professor of Dairy Husbandry,

Ontario Agricultural College* Address, "Bovine Tuberculosis and Its

Economic Bearing," Dr. C. E. Marshall,

Michigan Agricultural College.

Address. "Methods of Eradication of Bov ine Tuberculosis," _J. J. Ferguson,

Animal Food Department, Swift A Co, Discussion on Tuberculosis.

Led by H. H. Hinds. President State Livestock Sanitary Commission.

AFTERNOON SESSION, 1 :30 P. M.

Address, "Beef Production in the Corn Belt," Director E. A. Burnett,

Nebraska Experiment Station. Address, " Benefits of Improved Blood

to the General Fanner," G. Arthur Bell,

IT;'8, Bureau o( Animal Husbandry.

T h e following associations will hold sectional meetings Tuesday p. m. : Mich. Horse Breeders' A s s ' n ; Mich. Shorthorn Breeders' Ass'n ; Holstein Fricsian Ass'n, of Mic'h.; Mich. Jersey Cattle C lub ; Mich. Guernsey Cattle Cluh ; Mich. Red Polled Breeder's As-,"n ; Mich. Merino Sheep Breeders' 'Ass'n ; Mich. Oxford Down Sheep Breed­ers ' Ass 'n ; Mich. Berkshire Ass'n : Mich. Duroc-jersev B r e e d e r s 1

Ass'n and the Mich. Poland China Breeders' Ass 'n.

Mr . E . I. Wilcox, of the class of '08, and at present manager of the Beaver Valley Farm, Cedar Falls, Iowa, was a caller at the college last week. Mr. Wilcox is filling a re­sponsible position on this farm, and is being entrusted with the entire oversight of the farm work as well as the management of the Holstein-Friesian herd of cattle kept thereon. He says he likes his work and is get* ting along; well.

6 The M. A. C. RECORD.

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P r e s i d e n t — L . C. S m i t h .

W a r d e n — L . T. B u r r e t t .

S e c r e t a r y — J . A . Mil ler .

T r e a s u r e r — E H . G u n n i s o n .

M a r s h a l — R . S. C o l b y .

R E C O R D E d i t o r — C . L e m m o n .

EUNOMIAN.

P r e s i d e n t — A . L. S o b e y .

V i c e P r e s i d e n t — W . G. M a y .

S e c r e t a r y — W . R. W a l k e r .

T r e a s u r e r — C . C. W a t e r m a n .

R E C O R D E d i t o r — J . W . C h a p i n .

M a r s h a l — J a s . B r o d y .

E.NtilNEERINU SOCIETY.

. P r e s i d e n t — W . H . H a r t m a n .

V i c e P r e s i d e n t — F . F . B u r r o u g h s .

S e c r e t a r y — 0 . C. W a t e r m a n .

T r e a s u r e r — A . P . P u l l i n g .

P r e s s R e p o r t e r — A . M. Mi l le r .

M e m b e r of E x e c u t i v e B o a r d — L . W .

D o u g h e r t y .

P r e s i d e n t — B . B . P r a t t .

V i c e P r e s i d e n t — W . N . Moss,

S e c r e t a r y — R . L. T a y l o r .

T r e a s u r e r — V . G. A n d e r s o n .

M a r s h a l — C . H . D i c k i n s o n .

L i b r a r i a n — G . G. C o v e r .

R E C O R D E d i t o r — G . H . C o l l i n g w o o d .

UNION LITERARY.

P r e s i d e n t — J . S. W e l l e s .

V i c e P r e s i d e n t — J . W. K n e c h t

S e c r e t a r y — M . V. Cogsd i l l .

T r e a s u r e r — F . S. B a r r o w s .

R E C O R D E d i t o r — A . M. B e r r i d g e .

R e g i s t r a r — H . R. B a t e s .

J a n i t o r — (i. S. D i m m i c k .

ALPHA ZETA.

C h a n c e l l o r — G . A. G i l b e r t .

C e n s o r - - 1 ' . H S j r a r w a y .

S c r i b e - - - I . A. M i t c h e l l .

T r e a s u r e r — R . W . Tayk j r .

H i s t o r i a n — W . Postiff.

&GRORIAX.

P r e s i d e n t — M a r y Al len

V i c e P r e s i d e n t — E t h a Ch ih l s .

S e c r e t a r y — M a e W a l k e r .

T r e a s u r e r — L u c i l e S t o u t ,

M a r s h a l — M a r j o r i e A t c h i s o n .

THEMIAN.

P r e s i d e n t — F l o r e n c e H a l l .

Vice P r e s i d e n t — L u c i l e C a r n e y .

S e c r e t a r y — E v e l y n Kojif.

T r e a s u r e r — V i r g i n i a L a n g w o r t h y .

C o r r e s p o n d i n g S e c r e t a r y — H a r r i e t

W e s t o n .

R E C O R D C o r r e s p o n d e n t — A v i s L i l l y .

M a r s h a l — G r a c e B a c o n .

DELPHIC

P r e s i d e n t — G e o r g e B r a u l t .

V i c e P r e s i d e n t — H . H . B a r n u m .

S e c r e t a r y — D . F . F i s h e r .

T r e a s u r e r — A . G. B o v a y .

ERO ALPHIAN.

P r e s i d e n t — C a t h e r i n e E. K o e h .

V i c e P r e s i d e n t — M i n n i e J o h n s o n .

S e c r e t a r y — E l i z a b e t h S c h n e i d e r .

T r e a s u r e r — C a t h e r i n e B e n h a m .

M a r s h a l — M a r j o r y H o y t .

R E C O R D E d i t o r — B a r b a r a V a n H u l e n .

OLYMPIC.

P r e s i d e n t — R . C. R u d z i n s k i .

V i c e P r e s i d e n t — R . S. W h e e l e r .

S e c r e t a r y — F . E . B a r l o w .

T r e a s u r e r — W . F . R a i t h e l .

R E C O R D E d i t o r — I . D. M a c L a c h l a n .

M a r s h a l — H . S. P e t e r s o n .

COLUMBIAN.

P r e s i d e n t — A . J . H u t c h i n s .

V i c e P r e s i d e n t — O . L. S n o w .

S e c r e t a r y — S . A. M a r t i n .

T r e a s u r e r — O . G. A n d e r s o n .

M a r s h a l — E . G. P o t t e r .

NOTICE T O R E S I D E N T S O F

EAST LANSING Beginning: at once we shall run our own delivery to East Lansing-

every MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, and

FRIDAY morning.

Yours, for better service,

CAMERON & ARBAUGH CO.

C L O T H I N G .

FERONIAN.

P r e s i d e n t — M i l d r e d Ferg-uson.

V i c e P r e s i d e n t — R u t h M i n o g u e .

S e c r e t a r y — M i s s i e B e n n e t t .

T r e a s u r e r — R u t h Moore .

J a n i t r e s s — M a r y P e n n i n g t o n .

HESPERIAN.

P r e s i d e n t — C h a s . D u n l a p . V i c e P r e s i d e n t — N e l s o n B. H u b b a r d . S e c r e t a r y — R . H . G i l l a m . T r e a s u r e r — R . W . Sloss . R e g i s t r a r — W . I. Mil lar . R E C O R D E d i t o r — R a y m o n d R. P a i l -

t h o r p .

MR. SMITH.

H a r r y S m i t h , j u n i o r a t Y a l e ,

w a s e x c e e d i n g l y b o r e d . H i s r o o m

m a t e h a d g o n e h o m e f o r t h e h o l i ­

d a y v a c a t i o n a n d lef t h i m . w i t h s e v ­

e r a l o t h e r f e l l o w s w h o s e f a m i l i e s

w e r e t r a v e l i n g o r o t h e r w i s e o c c u ­

p i e d , t o s p e n d . a l o n e l v C h r i s t m a s

at t h e F r a t e r n i t y h o u s e . l i e

k n o c k e d t h e a s h e s f r o m h i s p i p e ,

y a w n e d , t h r u s t h j s h a n d s i n t o h i s

p o c k e t s a n d s a u n t e r e d t o t h e w i n ­

d o w .

O u t s i d e , t h e s n o w w a s f a l l i n g

l i g h t l y - , c o v e r i n g roo f , t r e e a n d

s h r u b w i t h a sof t b l a n k e t of d o w n .

A t t h e s t r e e t c o r n e r s t h e a r c l i g h t s

w e r e b e g i n n i n g t o c o m e o n . ( l a s h ­

i n g s u d d e n l y a n d t h e n s u b s i d i n g

i n t o a s t e a d y g l o w . P e o p l e w e r e

h u r r y i n g p a s t w i t h t h e i r a r m s ful l

of b u n d l e s . A s h i v e r i n g m e s s e n ­

g e r b o y p u l l e d b i s b o o k f r o m h i s

p o c k e t a n d p a u s e d u n d e r t h e l i g h t

t o r e a d t h e a d d r e s s . H a r r y w a t c h e d

h i m h u r r y p a s t t h e w i n d o w .

S u d d e n l y a s h a r p r i n g c a m e a t

t h e d o o r . " T e l e g T a m f o r y o u ,

S m i t h , " c a l l e d s o m e o n e f r o m t h e

n e x t r o o m . H a r r y h u r r i e d o u t

i n t o t h e h a l l , w e l c o m i n g a n y i n t e r

r u p t i o n of t h e m o n o t o n y . H e t o r e

o p e n t h e e n v e l o p e a n d r e a d t h e

c o n t e n t s .

" C o m e to X e w Y o r k t o n i g h t

8 :1 I f o r C h r i s t m a s . C a n ' t m e e t

y o u m y s e l f — w i l l s e n d m a c h i n e .

S i g n e d , f a m e s I S e t t e s . "

' " R a h " : R a h ! Y a l e ! " s h o u t e d

H a r r y , - I s n ' t J i m a p r i n c e . - B u t 1

w o n d e r h o w h e is g o i n g t o m a n a g e

i t . w i t h h i s s i s t e r ' s h o u s e p a r t y

c o m i n g off at t h e s a m e t i m e . G a d !

I h a v e l e s s t h a n a n h o u r t o g e t

r e a d y i n . " a n d h e r u s h e d off t o f l i n g

a d r e s s - s u i t , t o o t h b r u s h a n d h i s

t h r e e f a v o r i t e p i p e s i n t o a s u i t c a s e .

H a r r y s t e p p e d o u t of t h e d e p o t

a n d a c r o s s t h e w a l k . A s o l i t a r y

m a n s t o o d b e s i d e a m a c h i n e .

" M r . S m i t h ? " h e s,aid, r a i s i n g h i s

h a t .

" Y e s , " s a i d H a r r y g i v i n g h i m

h i s s u i t c a s e a n d s t e p p i n g i n t o t h e

c a r .

(Concluded in next week 's issue.)

. . . C A L L .

Lawrence $ O N . .

Uatt Buren Printing £ c

W H E N I N

C A L L I N C 1 2 2 O T T A W

N E E D O F

C A R D S A S T . E.

SPAULDING SWEATERS AT

Larrabee's 325 Washington Ave. S.

TANNER & TURNER, Agents 6 D WELLS

F. N . B O V E E

Optician - Photo Supplies IXGERSOLL BLOCK

Washing ton and M i c h i g a n A v e s .

Engraved or Printed Cards Fountain Pens Loose Leaf Books >laeey Book Cases and Office

Appliances fox and Royal Typewriters Keelox Ribbons and Carbon Papers

ALLEN PRINTING CO. Bel l 1:094 - C i t i z e n s 1006

A L L M E A T S . . . May look al ike to YOU. but the re j - a

very irVcai di(Terence in the qual i ty we handle and tha t sold by some Otber m a r k e t ? . We handle cone but the very i>est. Like the pudding, tin- proof of good mea t s is in th*' r a t i n g . A trial "will con­vince you tha t you ought , to t rade with us.

We make daily t r ips to the College, KoTJJ PH< >N KS. ( 'arefn! a t t e n t i o n given

Xo phone order*. G o t t l i e b R e u t t e r .

'i'2'2 Wash ing ton Ave. South.

DIRECTORY L A X S I X t , 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 .

The names in th i s Directory, as well as those of all our o the r adver t i sers , a re of rel iable par t ies . We hope that the faculty and s t u d e n t s will t ake pains to pa t ron ize those who pat ronize us.

B A R B E R S .

r ^ O & L E G E B A R B E R SHOP.— Three V^ cha i rs . Andy—t'has.— Ernie—where all the fellows get t he i r work <loni'. in new Bath House.

B O O K S A N D S T A T I O N E R Y .

A .M. E M E R Y , 118 W a s h . Ave . N . Books, • Finv S ta t ione ry . Engraved Calling

Cards, Foun ta in Bens. P ic tures . F rames . F ine F r a m i n g a Special ty; Up-to-date styles.

B O O T S A N D S H O E S .

G R A S K E R <fc <-; U LL;E T T.—Boots and Shoes. W e shoe the s tuden t s . See ad.

B O O K B I N D E R S .

GEO. « . B L U h E A U & CO.—Bookbinders, account book maker s , paper rul ing,

l ibrary a n d fine a r t bindings, file Vx>xes, m a p m o u n t i n g s , a lbums , pocket books, e t c . Ci t izens phone Mo. 56. In City Nat ional Bank Building.

L OUIS BECK,—Clothier, ( t e n t s - F u r n i s h ­ings, H a t s and Caps. 112 Wash ing ton Ave. Nor th .

C R O C K E R Y A N D G L A S S W A R E .

H H . I L A R N E I ) . — C h i n a , Glass A Lamps . 105 Wash ing ton Ave, S.

D E N T I S T S .

T E. S T O P F E R , B . D. S Office SOI City J • Nat ional Bank Bidg. Ci t izens p h o n e

104S1. F o r m e r ,\f. A. 0 . s t uden t .

\ T H. MOORK, I). U . S . Office 411-413 Hoi-i - N . l is ter Building. Lansing, Mich. Citi­

zens phone 475.

R W. MORSE, P . 1>. S. Hol l is ter Block. • room 517. Cit izens phone 52, Bell-

ohone :>!tt>.

D K. F i R M K I . E E , Dentist , \\7% Wash-• . ing ton Ave. S.. Lansing, Michigan.

Automat ic .phone , office 3402: residence. S4G&

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

CAMERON & A R B A U G H Co. Largest and best l ighted store in Lansinsr.

D R U G G I S T S .

ROUSKR-S CAPITAL" DRUG STORE. Up to da te . Corner s tore . Opposite Hol l i s ter Block.

R OBINSON P R t T 0 Co.. successors to Als-d o r f A S o n . Drugs and Druggists" Sun­dries . 102 Washing ton Ave, N.

D R Y G O O D S .

T W. KN \ P P * CO. successor to J e w e t t i J . K n a p p . DryUood.—222-224 W a s h . Av.S

E L E C T R I C A L S U P P L I E S .

/~ \APITOL ELKCTRIC E N G I N E E R I N G V^. Co.— Electr ical Suppl ies and Toys. Telegraph I n s t r u m e n t s , S tudents" Lamps and (extension Cords. 117 Michigan Ave E.

F U R N I S H I N G G O O D S .

ELGIN MIFFLIN.— Ladies a n d ( ien t le -men ' s Fu rn i sh ing Goods. See ad.

F U R N I T U R E D E A L E R S .

M i. (* B. M. R I C K . — F u r n i t u r e . Corner . Wash ing ton Ave. and Ionia S t ree t .

See ad.

H A C K A N D B A G G A G E L I N E S .

A R H E K YOUR H A C K S for par t ies a* v / Carr ' s Hack Barn. Livery in connec­

t ion, tin Washing ton Ave. N.

H A R D W A R E , S T O V E S & T I N W R E .

V l i l l T u N ' S H A R D W A R E . — t i e -. . H a r d w a r e , Tinware . < i ran i tewar

Washing ton A v.

1 r a 1 ,Out-

I C E C R E A M , S H E R B E T A N D I C E S .

DA V I S A- CO.. 127 MIC all k inds of Fancy

ami Ices. Both Phones .

iu-an Ave. E.. i ce Cream, Sin

J E W E L E R S .

/ " H A S . A. PI KLLA.- . Ieweler anil Opti-V^ cinn. 121 Washington Ave. N.. Lan­

sing, Mich.

7 EAVK yoor Fine Watches ami J e w e l l ? 1 ^ with .L.I. Hea th fin- repairs . He will

M A N I C U R E A N D H A I R D R E S S I N G .

M RS. o . T. CASE.— Manicure anil Hai r -dress ing Par lors . Masquerade wigs

for ren t . Swi tches made of cut hair or combings . The France-Amer ican Hygieni« Toilet KeiiU'sites a special ty . New phone lis. 222$^ Washington Ave. S.. up s ta i r s .

M U S I C , P I A N O S , E T C .

G BUNNELL BROS.—Pianos, o r g a n s and e v e r y t h i n g in t h e line of m u s i c i\<> Washington Ave. N.

O C U L I S T S .

f ^ H A S . Q. J E N K I N S , V_̂ Eye, Ear. Nose and \'l a. m. and '1 t o 5 p . in. Rooms 208-204 Prudden

M. D.— Diseases of Th roa t . Hoars , 9 t o Citizens phone IflMP.

Jloei. TuSKKH KoSTKK. M. !».— Kye, Ear, Nose

J and Throa t . Hours , '.* to 1̂ a. in.; 2 to 4 p . m . : Sundays VJ. to 1; Evening 7 to <s. Cor­ner Allegan St . and Capitol A \ e „ Lansing. Both phones.

P H Y S I C I A N S .

D K. H. W. [ ,AM)UN. Office and resi­dence M . A . < \ Office hours from 7 to

8:80 a. m. and L2i80 to % and .«::«) t o 8 p . in . Sunday office hours. A to ."> and 7 to H_p. m. New phone I".tfo.

DK. (>SCAK H. P,KI'K(iKL. Hours , 7 to 8:80 a. m. ; "1 to 4 and 7 to H p. m. Sun­

days, \'l to 1 and 6 to « p. m. Bast l iansing, Mich. Oitizens phone 1502,

P L U M B E R S .

C H I E L D S & LEADLKY.—Plumbing and O H e a t i n g . 3110 Wash ing ton Ave . N., l o n ­

ging. Both phones .