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The Present Crisis at the M. A. C. " No part of this or any other appropriation shall be available in case a sum in

excess of $35,000.00 from any or all sources shall be expended in any fiscal year for the maintenance of the mechanical and engineering department. " - Pro­viso attached to Section 1 a of the bill to provide assistance for the Agri­cultural College.

The auo\'e chi lise is the one which has tied the affairs of the Michigal1 Agr icultural ColI~e in to a hard knot, figunlth'el,v speak ing, and which has brought the authorities of the instit u­tion face to faee with the greatest crisis in its hi story. .L\O one now de­nies that the present situation is in­deed gnl \'e.

The climax came last \·Vedn€sday, when the 1\'[a,V meeting of the State Board of Agricultul'e was held at the College, At that time it was lack 0[' action, rather than action, which fea­hired the session. No contracts for the coming year were j8sued, although these docurnents are long past due. No actions invoh'ing the expenditure of s ums of mone~' were passed, t he time being given to discussion of ways out of the difticulty.

:Most interesting of all was the mo­tion which ol'dered the treasurer of the Board, .E . F . Dads, of Lans ing, to negotiate a loan of $75,000.00, pro­vided the attorney general ruled that such a move was legal. Th e members expressed considerable doubt as to the legality of s uch a pl'oceedi ng, but cla imed that they already had the loan placed, in case a fa\'ol'able opinion was

gi\·en. Last Saturday it was learned that Atturney Gen eral Fel\o\\'s had de­clared the loan could not IJe IHade.

In the RECORD fo]' ':\o\'eml)el' I, ]913, a hi story of the cCls-e was gi\·ell. and thi s is here reprinted. and hl'ought lip to date. It is certain that a great man~' alumni of l\I. A. C. a re rather U1H:.er tain regarding WIHll has been done and wh.v, and it i:-; intended to gi"ve some :-:.ort of an idea of th e po~it i on in which the Co llege finds itself at this time.

lmm€diatel~f upon the passage of t he bill by the legb latul'e, the m€lil­bers of the Boa rd rore~a\\" til e proba­bility of complications. and :;ei ~dJOui fi ndin g exactly ho\\" the Colleg'e ~io(J d. A thorough exam ination of the legal aspects of the case v,'as made. in clud­ing a n exhausth'e study of all legi s la­tion having to do with the affairs of the institution. The fllldingg wel'e summed up and presented to several :; tate oflicials, and are, in effect, a s fol­lows:

It was found that in 1862 an act of Congress, the First Morrill Art. pro­vided for the grant ing of public land s to the val'iolls states, the proceeds

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Pu b1ished by '(1le MICHIGAN AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE ASSOCIATION

East Lansing, Michigan

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DIRECTORY LANSING BUSINESS AND

PROFESSIONAL MEN. T be namee In this Directory, as well 4S

"bose 01 all our other adyerLlsers. are o f reU" ble parties. We hope tbat the faeu lty and students \\'111 take pains to patr onize t.bose who patronl1.e U8.

BARBERS.

N 1<; W BARBt!:R SHOP. In Obase Bulld­iulI,'. uud er Bau('r's Drug and Grocery

Store. If you wlsb n stylIsh hair c u t. glye us It elll]. E . . Il:. Reynolds. Prop.

BOOKS AND STATIONERY. , A M. EMERY, 116 Wa sh.A\'e. N. Books.

• Fine Sta.tlollery, Engraved Galling Qa rds. Fou ntalll Pens. Pictures. Fram es. Fine Fram i n g a S pecialty. Oaillng Oards printed pro m ptly. S!.IMI pf'r IOfI.

CROTTY BROS .. 206 No. 'Voshlng-ton A,-e . -Stationery, Books. 8 1hles, FOUlltnl n Pen s, 1)16rl('810r H1I4. I. P. Note Books.

BOOK BINDERS.

BLUDEAU .t SIEBERT. Bookbinders. accou nt book makers. pa pe r ruUng,

I1brary and nne art. bindings. fil e boxes. map mountings. 81bums. poc.ket. books, etc. OIt.tzens' pbone No.48\l, In OIty Nat ional Rao.k Bulldlnri' . Geo.G. Bludeau and Henry H . Stebfort.

CLOTHING.

E LGrN MIFFLLN.-Ladles and Gentle· meo's Furnlsbt n K Goods. See ad

L OUIS BEOK CO M PAN)". II! 1'0. Wasb­Ington AI'e.-Qorrect Olothes. Up-to­

date H al6 alld (T8pS. Olassy Furnishings.

CROCKERY AND GLASSWARE.

H B. LARNED.-Qblna, Glass &: Lamps. • 10/) \ \ · I\!O.blnKton Ave. S.

DENTISTS.

J E. STOFFER. D. I). S. Offiet:!03-5 City • Nationa l Bank Bldg. Automatic phone

661: Bell phon e 61. Former M. A, O. student.

DRUGGISTS.

ROUSER'S OAPITAL DRUG Up to dat.e. UOl'ner store. Hollister Block.

STORE. Opposite

COI~ I~ EG)i": DRUG ."-NO GROOERY 00. EXpress otHce. Agency Star l.aundry.

J. DRY GOODS.

W. KNAPP 00. Dry Goods and 'Fur­nlsbillri's. ~~ \\'8.Sblngton Ave So.

ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES.

CAPITOL ELEOTRIO ENGINEERING 00. - Full line of Electrical SUpplJes,

tDcludlns s t.ud e nU' shad es Rnd cords, car­bon, tantalum and mazda reading lamps. 117 E , Mlcbhra!!A.,:€!.

HARDWARE, STOVES & TINW'RE.

N ORTON'S HARDWARE. Gener a l H a l·dware. Tlnwa rf>. Gr81l1t.eware. Out­

lery, Stoves. ete. III 'V8.Sbtngt.ou Al·e. S . ~.

MANUFACTURING & HAIR GOODS

M RS. o. T . OASJ<::.-Manufactul"lng all Gtyles o f Hnlr GOOds to order, and

Hair Goods Sbop. Old 8wltches enlafJl,'ed. co lored nnd r en9-l-'ated to look I;lS good a s new. The &.r-61l'Co-Amerlca.ll:lygenlc Toilet R equi sites fl sJ)('clft.hy. AutOllla.tlc pbone, No.::w61. %14~ WnshlngtOIl Ave. S .

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.

GRINNEI~J~ BROS. "Mleblgan'sLeadlnjl M USiC House ." RIKb Grade Pianos

8nd P layer Pianos. Easy Term s. Pianos to Rent - Year's Re ntal out on Pu rcbase. E \'eryt.btng In tbe Realm of Music. LA." -8r~o ST'OHE: 210 N. W8.Sblngton Ave.

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PHYSICIANS.

D R. OSOAR H. BRU.E GE [,.-Qor. Mich . Ave. and Grand River Aye .. E ast Lan­

s ing. Hours, 7 t.{l 8:00 a. m. ; t to" ane! 7 1.0 8 p. m. Sundays. 12 to I Rud 5 to Ii p. m. Oltl­zens phone 13-14; B e ll 625.

Do You Want Pair Shears Kni fe Safety Ra7.or-D R . H . w. I~A NDON , "::a.st LanslnJl,'. Mic h .

Omee JlOurs: 7 to 8:00 ft. m .. 1:30 to jJ

and j to 8 p. m. Sunda.ys. 10 to 11:00 o. m. lind 7 to 8 p. m. OItlzenll ' pbone gm.

Gillette. Auto Strop. Ever-Ready and tt:n(\crs to se lect f rom

E YE, Jo":AR. NO '''i AND 'l' RROAT.-I)r. J. S. Owell. 115 W. AlIegftn St" !JaBsln g.

Oltlzens pholl f> 411:1.

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Hones and Strops Saws l-laOlmers Hatchets Chisels Screw Drivers L AWREN OE & VAN BUREN PRINT·

ING OO.-:!10-2J2 G I·ll.Ild Avenue North . Fin e Printing. Both PhOll{'S.

AJ~I~EN PR I N'l'l NG OO.-l28-j)j() 101lit~ St. west. I~ rlntlnit, Type wrluni. Addin g

Mflchlnes, Ottlce Supplies, Progl'luns. l<:n­JlTa\'ed 08rds. Fillng Ollbtncts, SectionAl BookO"ses. Bl'l tI O\)I: Automnt.\(' ;H;\(;' Spe­cial ca l"e gl"cll to :'or. A. O. ami Its stude n ts.

111 fact, anything you need in ha rdware YOll wi ll find - and at prices to su it - at

ROBF':RT !-'M ITH l'TO. OO.-()or. Wnsb­lnflton Ave. lind lonll\ St.

Norton'S Harowar6

NEW WASH FABRICS ( WRITE FOR SAMPLE S )

We are now showing the largest and most complete line of the neW' wa,<;habJe fab"ics for f'p ring d"esses tha t. thi lj store ha.1I e\,lw placed on sale.

.\11 the n ewest. weaves in t he pretty sheer ami the header weight white materiltls, A lso ,,,ash fabrics in all the newest T ango ~hades, If there is anything that yO\l de ... il'e in the line oC new fabric s fol' spring gowns and dre:-;~ei", write for s .... tmples. llemember we prepay all charges on mail orders and g uarant ee satisfact.ion 0 1' refund YOlU' lU oney .

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There's a Fashion-Monger in Lansing

MIFFLIN'S SINCE 1887

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SAD TALE OF THE MAN WHO MISSED HIS CLASS REUNION.

We readily admit that the follow ing idea is not OUI' own, but was di scovered in an­other alumni publication. However, the idea was too good to pass over, and we have llsed it . gi vi ng due credit to Th e Reveille, of Louis iana State Univers ity.

The man (class something 01' other) was provoked. Also, he had an important bus i­ness engagement for June 2:3.

He had neither time nor money to go back to th e commen cement reunion. He was tired of J'eceiving commen cement lit­erature. Yes, without a doubt, he was p ro­voked.

He reached out to toss the latest offend­ing epistle into the waste basket. Hi s anTI turned over the bottle of ink, whi ch spread over an imp0l'tant map which lay on the desk, spilled down the front of his new summer suit. Seeing that the map \V,as l'uined, he dete rm ined to save the suit, and rushed to the washstand, jerking on the water with a wrench whi ch broke the fau­cet and caused the water to POUI' in an un­checkable s tream over the floor.

Desperately he struggled with the faucet. He had no time to answer the ringing tele­phone, thereby los ing a big job.

The water spread. ruining some expen­s ive drawing paper, and trickled down to the rooms of a hai J' dresser on the floor be­low, who came up forthwith, bringing a policernan . The man explained and the po­liceman called a plumher.

The man grabbed hi s hat and made a dash for home, kicking the dog that follow­ed him. Said dog bit him so effectivelv that he was forced to get an auto in wh'jch to ride home, and on sending for a doctor he learned that he would have to take the Pas­teur t reatment.

He was still hoping that hi s important busi ness engagement for June 23 would be kept, \vhen a messenger brought this com-munication: ~

"Will be impossible to meet you on June 23. Am going to M. A. C. to attend the Re­union."

ELEVENTH ANNUAL MAY FESTIVAL WELL ATTENDED .

Two full houses greeted the arti sts of eleventh an nual Mal' Festival at M. A. C. last Friday afternoon and e\'ening. A large number of Lan s ing people were pres ­ent at both concerts, helping to fill the spacious pavilion of the Agricultural Build­ing to capacity.

Each of the soloi sts was in excellent voice, and proved to be of exceptional abil ­ity, as stated last week. It is hoper! that t he people at M. A. C. may have an oppor­tunity of hearing each of them again.

The afternoon program was as follows : (n) I Send My Hea rt up to Thee. Sneil. (b) The Song that My Heart is Singing.

Ma cDeTlniri . (c) The Cry ing of 'Vater. Tipton.

MR. ORMSBY. (n) Elegy. \/an Goens. (b) Ungarische Rhapsody. POppet.

MISS POPPE. Dearest Night. Buchelet.

MISS STEVENSON. Prize Song (Mei stersinger) . ~I'(/[J ne}'.

MR. ORMSBY. (n) Air. HU1'e . (b) Am Springbrunnen. DII1'idoff.

MISS POPPE. (n) Her Love Song. Suiter. (b) Slumber Song. Mlu·Dowe ll. (c) Burst, Ye Applebud s. Emery.

MISS STEVENSON. (It) Barrack Ballad. . Bell . (b) Sm uggl er's Song. f( enlOeh"n. ( 0) Mother 0' Mine. Tours . (d) Danny Deever. Da m.1·osch..

MR. MIDDLETON.

In t he evening Haydn's oratorio, the "Creation," was rendered by the College chorus of 175 voices, assis ted by Mi ss Stev­enson, Mr. Ormsby, and Mr. Middleton. Great credit is due Mr. Fred Killeen, who has directed t he work of the choru s for the past few years.

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THE M.A.C. RECORD I'UnUSFUW f;nmy TUESDAY DURING TUE COLLEGE YEAR

BY TH.l': MlCl-llGAlX AOIHCULTu nAL COLLEGE ASSOCIATION.

GEOIIGE ·C. SHEI't'IELD Managing Editor.

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Circulation This Week, 902

A CHANCE TO DO SOMETHING. Friends of the College never had a better

opportunity to do something for the insti­lution, than is \lresented lo them by the present critical stale of affairs. A chance is now offered to every alumnus, former ,tudent and friend of the Agricultural Col­lege to get behind and push a movement that. is really worth whi le, and one that is of supreme importance to the people of the state. '

No one will deny that the College is probably in the most criti cal stage of its history, a situation beside which the one of 1858, when a movement was instigated to sell the property at auction was subdued, fades into significance.

The institution is without funds, the members of the teaching force are unpaid, and outstanding bills cannot be met. If the Supreme Court should decide against the College, absolutely nothing will remain. In that event, a special session of the legisla­ture, to undo the previous mistake, will be the only thing that can save the College from closing its doors.

How would any alumnus 0 1' former stu­dent of the lVL A. C. feel in that event? How would it seem to picture the walks overgrown "Vlith grass, the campus desert­ed and neglected? Can you bear to picture the buildings closed, neglected and si lent with the oppressive silence of desertion? (;{jne all the boisterous, happy-go-lucky stu· dent life; gone the earnest, willing teach· ers, A once famous and prosperous educa­tional institution, devoted to the interests of the state at large. closed and deserted in this enlightened twentieth century, the desks and equipment which should be pro·

moting the interests of Michigan covered by a layer of dust.

It is not a pleasant picture. Now as never before, have the friends of

M. A. C. a chance to show the fi ne quali ty of their regard for its welfare. There are two things to be done, in which every man and woman can and must play a part.

F irst. 'fife Governor of the State of Michigan should be earnestly and respect­fully urged to call a special session of the legislature. A crisis like lhe present one is a poor time to play politics, and only the interests of the state, as repres.ented by one of its largest jnstitutions, should be consid­ered.

Second. Each member of the legislature must be urged to pass the Act of 1913 with­out the $35,000 engi neering limitation. This is no time to consider petty jealousies, to irreparably injure the whole because of a single part. Each member of Michigan's legislature should be asked to cast aside such small feelings and consider the matter in a broader, more progressive light. With the advancement of the Agricultural Col­lege will come an advancement of the agri­cultural interests of the state. These things go hand in hand, and a blow at the one must necessarily injure the other.

There is no doubt that this matter and the problem of its solution are the most im­pOl"tant th ings that you, as an alumnus of the College, have ever had to consider. The reunion, important as it is, is completely overshadowed and sinks out of sight, as compared with the future · of our College.

It is time for you, each one, to get busy. The slightest delay may hasten the trouble. See your duty, and proceed to do it, for the sake of the College and all that it means to us, its alumni.

* * * Dr. Nelson S. Mayo, '88, manager of the

veteri nary department of the Abbott Alka­loidal Company, of Chicago, will go to' Europe this summer in the interests of that company. He will also attend the Interna­tional Veterinary Congress, to be held in London in August.

No time like NOW to plan for June 23.

Demonstrations with a powei: lawn mower have been conducted on the campus recently. and some can foresee the passing of the faljliliar horse·drawn mowers which have kept the lawns neat in recent years. The power mower requires the services of but one man, and it is claimed that it will cover as much ground per day as both of the horse mowers now in use.

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from the sale of which were to be placed in a fund. This fund was to be in­vested in stich a way as to draw not less than five pel' cent. interest , said interest to be apportioned to th e state in stitutions pro­vided for in th e way designated in the Mor­rill Act. The Michigan legi slatul'e in 1863 expressly accepted thi s grant by two acts, thereby binding the people of Michigan to observe the terms of the Morrill Act, one of which mentions "the mechanic ar ts,"

The s ituation last spring was somewhat di fi'erent than that in 1885, when the Fed­eral go\'el'nment advised the Michigan Ag­r icul tural College t hat there was danger of forfeiting thi s grant, owing to th e fact thai no department of engineering had been es­tabli shed . Steps toward )lro"iding such a department were immediately taken, m:; shown in Act No. 42 of the Publi c Acts of M iclugan, 1885.

A common point in all the legi f' iatil)ll which has heretofore been passed regal'd­ing the Agricultunll College is the term "mecha nic arts." Parti cular attention hap. always ueen exercised to Hssure the pres­ence of that important item .

In 1890 came the Second Mo .... iII Act. followed in 1907 by th e Nel son amendment. Both these acts wel'e intended 011'01' th e more complete endowment of the colleges for the benefit of agri culture and the me­chani c arts ." And th e State of' Michigan, through its legi slatu .. e, accepted these acts and bound itself to support the embodi ed provi sions. The methods of expending these amounts were \\'ell defined, but in each case Uthe mechanic arts" was a part of the act. The Second ]\[olTill Act ga,'e $25,000. The Kelson amendment increas­ed ihis to $50,000, "'hicll, with the $70,000 now accruing to th e college from the orig­inal Mor .. ill Act, gh'es the college a total in­come of $120,000 from the Fedeml govel'll­ment for the purposes of education alon e. The moneys used for the support and mClin­tenance of the experiment stations are not included.

Legal advi ce given the State Board has been to the effect that the Federal depa .. t­ment havin g these mone,vs in charge in sists on a fail' and proportionate disbursement of them, and that no department shall be favored to the excl usion of any other. A failure to maintain this proportionate efll­ciency may result in a withdrawal of Fed­eral support.

The board decided that it would be im­possible to maintain a proportionate effi­ciency if the expenditures for the engineer-

ing department were to be lintited to $35,-000 pel' annum. It appeared further that any attempt whatsoever to limit any de­partment would result in the utter demoral­ization of the department, its faculty and student body.

The State Board, in its statement, con­tests the .. ight of the legis lature to limit the expenditure of Federal f unds, and also de­ni es the constitutionality of th e "$35,000" clause. The \lI'esent status of the case is best s ummed up as in the copy sent to the state ofiicials, viz . :

(a) We (the State Board) shall coniinue that department as now conducted, and ns it may legitimately grow and develop.

(b) We shall, as nearly as may be, in view 01' th e accounting diflic ulties inh erent in ~uch cases, limit the annm\l expenditure of state funds in thi s department to $3:;,000.

(c) For th e r emainder of the necessa ry expenditures we shall lI ~e a ~unk i ent POl'­tion of the f unds or the Federa l govel'n­ment.

This program \l' ll5 followed until about th e middle of l\Iarch, when a notice W3!' re­ceived f rom Auditor General Fuller th at th e College had overdra\l'n th e funds for the engineering department, and that 110 more mon e.v was 8\'ailable for the College. This, in spite 01' t he fact that a sum of nearly $100,000 was on hand to th e credit of th e College in the state treasury at the time.

Mandamus proceedings to compel MI'. Fuller to show cause why the College ~hould not hm'e its mon ey were at on ce in­stitu ted by Judge William L. Carpenter. '75, representing the State Boa rd, before th e Supreme Court. The case was heanl on April 7, and it was confidently expected that. in the interests o( the people o( th e state, a decis ion would quickly be forth­coming. The passing of six weeks, with no word from the Supl'eme bench, has brought matter!' to a cri t ical stage, and necessitated the attempt to obtain a loan sufficient to pay the salari es of the faculty and sub-faculty.

Approximate estimates gi"e the follow­ing idea of the College affairs a t th e present time :

In case the Supreme Court ujlholds the act, a special session of the legi s ature wi ll be necessary. wi th the alternative of closing the College. If t he College is retul'lled to the tenth-mill appropriation, it will have abou t $8.000 to run it from July 1 to Janu­ary. 1915. At the end of the college year. the College will be $97.000.00 in debt, and will have but $24.000.00 to pay on account.

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A LETTER FROM NEBRASKA.

M. A. C. RECORD, East Lansi ng, Mich.

My Dear Sir :-1 am reminded by Pro­fesso)' M. G. Kains, recently elected to the chair of Horticu lture at Pennsylvania State College, that very little has been heard from M. A. C. men in Nebraska recentl),. This is not because we lack interest in the old college, but because of oU1i interest in other things which always need to be done next.

We ,were greatly pleased to receive a visit from president Snyder last winter, in con­nection with seve ral university presidents who came to Nebraska to look over the situ­ation and advise the people of the state relative to the desirability of building up the UniYersity on a single campus 01' of building two separate plants three miles distant from each other. We hope that this or some other mi ssion will bring President Snyder often to Nebraska.

As many readers of the RECORD know, Professor H. R. Smith, '95, transferred hi s affiliations from the University of Nebras­ka to the University of Minnesota about a year ago, although he comes back to see us frequently, and is reported to be prospering in his new location .

Professor George W. Hood, who is with us in horticulture, came from M. A. C. last summer, and often speaks of the conditions there. Professor Hood is making good at the University of Nebraska, and we would be glad to have more men of his character in the institution .

Mr. W. P. Snyder, a brother of President Snyder, has also been with us for ten years, after taking his master's degree at M. A. C. Superintendent Snyder is in charge of one of the largest and most important sub­stations of the University, havi ng three sections of land and large expeTimentai in­terests in live stock and in crop production. Some of tile best experimental work of the Nebraska station has been done at the North Platte farm.

Dr. Bessey, '69, head Dean of the Uni­versity, is our oldest 111. A. C. alumnus ",nd the best known 111: A. C. man at the mstltu­tion . Always popu lar in hi s work, hi s pop­ularity increases with the year s, an<:l al­though his splendid services to the Umver­sity would have warranted hI S retmng long since, he prefers to stay in the harness, and does not expect to leave us for many years yet. . . ..

My own connection wIth the UllIverslty now dates back for fifteen years, more re­cently as Dean of the College ~f Agricul­ture and Director of the ExperIment Sta-

tion. Since coming here, the work of agri­cnlture has grown f rom one of small im­portance to perhaps the most important work of the University at present, although th is would not be acknowledged by the members of the other colleges. With the years of growth, the students have increas­ed, the registration of the present year be­ing 43 per cent. greater than of the preced­ing yea r, with about 550 students regis­tered in coll ege or graduate work in agri­culture a n(1 a greater number registered in the secondary school which is con nected with the college.

The University feels that it is on the eve of a period of splendid development, when the question shall be settl ed as to whether one or two plants shall be built up. An ap­propriation of more than $2,000,000 was made by the last legislatu re, to be a"ailable within the next six years, and the question of whether one or two 1)lants should be de­veloped was left to a referendum vote of the state. In case it is decided to build two sepa rate plants, one on the city campus and the other on the Uni versity farm, one-third of this $2,000,000 will be available for buildings and permanent improvements fol' agriculture at the farm campus. This, with the buildings already on hand, will give us a plant considerably exceeding $1,000,000 in value outside of the in vestment in land.

I should greatly appreciate being present at the reuni on on Jun e 23d, but 1 fear my present plans will not permit me to do so. I send my best wishes to the class of '87, and others who may be present. I am.

Very truly you rs, E. A . BURNETT, '87.

HERE THEY COME.

" I expect to altf'nd the reun ion this year. Can you inform me if th e re is an ~1. A. C. bunch going from Chicago, and if th ey are making any s pecial train arrangement s?

"E. R. G I:'\lI.\M. ex-'06. "Te rry, S. D: '

W. R. ("Doc") Walker, '11e, until re­cently connected with the signal depart­ment of the D. U . R. in Detroit, has wr itten to the RECORD, and we note that "Doc" is now a member of the firm of Smith and ",Talke r, dealers in fine groceries and meats at 1649 Grand Ri ver Ave., Detroit.

Your friends will be at the Reunion. Will you?

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BASEBALL INVASION OF OHIO GREAT SUCCESS.

M. A. C., 4; Oberlin, 2. M. A. C., 13; Western Reserve, 3. M. A. C., 5; Ohio State, 3.

The baseball squad from East Lans ing went through northern Ohio like a troop of l\fexica n rebels advancing on the ca pital. and returned home last Friday with three g'ames added to their winning li st. Pros­pects for winding lip t he season at a fast gait are now bri ght, and the team will go into the remaining fh-e games determined to keep the rest of the slate clean.

Oberlin was the fi rst team to fall before t he Aggies . Th is team, co nceded to be one of the strongest in the Ohio conference. was powerless before the pitching of Mil ler and \Veeder, while 1\1. A. C., haying found their batting eyes again, fell on the offer­ings of Wall ace i'OI' eigh t clean hits, includ­ing a home l'llll by Griggs and a three-base clout by Fuller. iIIiller pitched shut·ou t ball for six innings, but a t rio of hits in the seventh sent him to covel' . v\" eedel' , who s ucceeded him, al lowed no hits, and strllck out two of the six men who faced him.

The SC01'e b~r innings : R. H. E. M. A. C ...... O 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1-4 8 1 Oberli n . . .. . . 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0- 2 4 3

M. A. C.- Miller, Weeder and ROWl ey. Oberlin-Wallace and Nil son.

Nineteen si ngl es, well bun ched, combined w·ith five errors by the opposing team, prov­ed to be an excellent r ecipe for victory, when tested out by the M. A. C. team against Western Reserve at Cleveland. It was so good that thirteen runs were scored before the Aggies grew tired of marathoning around the paths. The final score was 13 to 3.

In spite of the bad condition of his hands, Bibbins was back in the game and perform­ed perfectly. The real feature of the game, however, was the bombardment turned loose by the top end of the M. A. C. batting order. Sixteen hits were regi stered by the firs t five men, Dodge and L. Ch ilton grab· bing" a quartette each in s ix trips to t he plate. The Reser ve team got enough hits to win an ordinary game, but Weeder. who was officiating for M. A. C., kept them well scattered and struck out seven batters.

Ohio State furnished a stift' battle for l\1:acklin's crew, but when the r uns were counted at the fini sh, lacked three of havi ng enough to win. Dodge, pitching for M. A.

C., struck out ten men, and contributed to winn ing his own game by introducing a triple and a double at ollportune times. Fick and L. Ch ilton also kept up the hitting which characterized the trip, the former getting a h ome run and a dOUb le as hi s por­tion. Bibb ins played a stellar game behind the bat, accepting seventeen chances with­out an error. . M. A. C. got after Cook in the firs t in ­ning and cll'ove him to cove l'. Richmond, who took up t he burden, was hit freely in the second, but got better as .the game pro· gl·essed.

The sco re by innings : 11. A. C . .. . .. 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 0

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H. .E. 9 2

2 Ohio State . . 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 6

SEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING OF M. A. C. ASSOCIATION OF NEW ENGLAND.

Fea t ured by t he presence of three coll ege preSi­de nts , the sevent h a nnual m ee ting of the I\e w Eng· land 1\1. i\. C . .r\ ssoci;l t iol1 was h eld ,'l ay l fi a t S lu·in g fi eld. I\las,;.

Following a. de li ghtfu l hour s pe n t in meeti ng u nd re ne win g olrt fl'i f' nd s hips, all elabol':ll\> s iX-COllrsf' banquet was se r ved at tllf' Hotel \Vonlt y_

Ra y Stannard 8 al;;('r, '89 , t h e rc tiring pres ide n t. acte d a :;; LOastm aS te r, and ke p t th ings mo vi ng all the Lim e. H e call ed fi rs t lIpon ea ch o f t h e Three coll ege prcs ide llls ror n .' marks .

Presid e n t .J. L. S n y de r told fir s t of th e life rll ;\1. A. C_ and til,e a Cl. i vit ies of th e pa st Y(I,'Ir. The many advances in t'du ca ti onal and rpcl'pationai work we re we ll portrayed du r ing hi s tall<-

Pres ide n t HowHrd Edwards of Rhode Is la n d A. C. and Preside nt Ke nyon L. Butt e l'field of the .l\lassachuset,ts A. C. re pli ed wi th r emini sce nces of lire at. the 1\\i cb igan Ag ricullural Coll ege.

Af te r sever a l coll ege songs had lJl'e n s u ng, t h e toa s lmaster call ed upo n se \'c ral peopl (' for im­prompt u '-emarks, aJJ1on~ tl J('m be ing l\ l rs . J . 1.... Snyder, Dr. W. J . Beal , I. H . Bultpr fie ld a nd Dr. Charles E. :\1ars h a ll.

Offi ce r s el ecte d fo r t he following y('a r <Ire: Pres i­den t, Theodore S tanley, '86; secreta l·y -t reasurCI·. C. C. Se veY. '03a.

'rhe followin g people Wf' re I)rf'se n l: :\'11'. and J.\I rs. R. S. Bake r, 01'. Beal, Pres ide nt and Mrs. K. L. But te l'fi e ld. I. H. Butte rfi e ld . Prof. and 1\'11-8. W. D. Hurd. Pror. and 1\lrs. C. S. Hicks, P . C. Kenn ey, Dr. and Mrs . G. E. ~ I ars hall. a nd Arno Itano. all of Am­her st : ~I r. and :\trs. Edw,\' B. Heio. Mrs. Mary Hoss R eynolds. and !\II' . G. C. Sevey of S pring field , Mass.: Pres iden t Edwards, H. I. A. C., Kingston ; .'1 r . a nd !\'lrs . T . A. Stanl ey. Ne w Brilain, Conn. ; Prof. rind Mr s. A. G. Gull ey , and Prof. a nd l\lrs. A. ' 1'. S U'v­e ns, StO rT's . Conn .: l\'Ir. John B. Stewart. Windsor , Conn., and Pres id ent a nd l\.'lrs . ,J. L. S nyde r, r ep­rese nting t he l\lich i gan Agr icultural College.

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NEW ENTRANCE RULING .

One measu re passed by the State Board of Agriculture at its recent meeting deserves spe­cial mention, and should be quite strongl y impressed upon prospective students with whom any of Oll}, alumni come in con ­tact. It is as follows:

"Resolved, That res iden ce in lVli chigan for the purpose of regi stration sh all be determined according to the constitutional pl'oYision goyerning the resi­dence of electors j that is, no one shall be deemed a resident of l\IIichigan for the pu rpose of registration in the l\fichigan Agricultural College unless he has resided in this stat e s ix month s next preceding the date of his proposed enl'ol1ment, and no person shan be deemed to ha\"e CTained 01' lost a residence . . in this state while a student ,n the College. The residence of minors shall follow that of the legal guardian. The residence of \\"i\"es~'hall follow that of the husband. Aliens who luwe taken out their first citizenship papers and have otherwise mt:t these requirements fol' resI ­dence, shall be regarded as elig­ible for registration as. res idents of Michigan , DiscretIOn to ad­just indiddual cases within the spirit of thi s rule shall be lodged with the Secretary, with the right of appeal to the State Board of Agriculture./)

The i"ollowing penalty was then imposed:

"Whereas, The State of Mich­jo-an, in a liberal and generou~ Sl)irit, extends the priyileges of the 1I1ichigan Agricultural ('01-le"e to s tudents from other st~tes and cou ntries at but a moderate advance in fees abo\·e fees charged residents of Michi­gan, and,

H\Vh el'eas, It happens f rom time to time that persons not legally resident in Michigan at­tempt to take advantage of the College by registering from. Michigan in order to save the s mal1 difference in fees. and,

"Whereas, No penalty what­ever has heretofore attached to such procedure, the only re-

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quirement being, \vhen discov­er ed, that the student should re­r egister at the proper fee; therefore, be it

"Resoll·ed. That hereafter the burden of r egistering under p roper residen ce shall be placed upon th e student, and it shal1 be the duty of each student at reg­istration, jf there be any pos­si ble question of h i~ rig-ht to legal residence in 1\l ithiga n, un­c1er the rule, of th e State Board of Agriculture, to raise the ques­tion with th e registration ofTIcel' and have ~lIch question passed upon and .<eWed by the Jlroper officers of the Michigan Agri­cultural ('ollege, pre\·jotl s to J·egistration. Any student \\-ho r egi sters i m properl~' under thi:; rule shall, when disco\'ered, be I'equired to pa~' not on ly the proper lHln-res idellt fee, but shall be Hs:-;e~sed as all addition to the anlllla l fee for tll<lt ~·ea i', the sum or ,'10.

"Resoh'ed further, That be­fore an~· student's l'egi~tl'atiol1 is accepted IJ ~- the departmental r egistratioll unite r, such oOiter shall plate In the hands of the prospecti\-e student a copy or this r eg·ul ati on Hnd al so the rules of the State Board of Ag­ri culture \\'it h respect to the de­termination uf re~idence:'

Don ' t for a moment gel the impress ion that there is to lIe no reunion this year, a~ a I'esult of the Coll ege finances. This is just the \"er)' time that the Col-

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